Disclaimer: I don’t own firefly (wish I did) so don’t sue I have no money.

This take places after OIS

Serenity’s Heart

Part 1

Believe it you are a real find, a joy in someone’s heart. You are a jewel, unique and priceless, God don’t make no junk!

- Herbert Barks

Kaylee felt hallow, like all the sunshine she held inside of her had been taken away leaving a dark abyss in its wake. She once felt joy for all things in life, but no more. The joy had left. The others didn’t know, on the outside she smiled and laugh like away. She played the role that was expected of her, but that was it. Kaylee no longer felt the sunlight that used to flow through her like a river of gold. It was Jubel Early who had stolen the light from her, casting her into eternal darkness. No one knew what had happen that night he came looking for River. Simon knew he had tired her up, but that was all he knew. The captain and the other had no clue. River knew, for it seemed she knew everything, but she never told and Kaylee was sure her secreted was safe with River. After all the bad, after Early had been pushed into the darkness of space there was chaos. The patching up of Simon and making sure River was okay it was easy to just faded into the background. Make it seem like nothing was wrong and once the act was started there was no stopping it. No one even question it, no one seemed to notice how quiet she had gotten or that she wasn’t really eating, or the fact that she never really slept anymore. No one seen to see past the mask she had forge well laying on the engine room floor, tied up, hoping and praying that it was all just a dream. No one noticed, but River. She noticed right away as River watched Zoe fix up Simon, River turned as Kaylee walked into the med lad to make sure Simon was okay, already Kaylee felt as if the joy would never return.

“Its okay, not destroy just miss place for the time.” River had whispered to her so low the only Kaylee had heard her. Since then River had stay at Kaylee side. Hanging out in