TITLE: Destined

AUTHOR: Inquisitive One

EMAIL: inquisitive1swork@hotmail.com

RATING: PG13-R

DISCLAIMER: The only characters that are mine are the ones that have no connection to a show. Which aren't many characters in this story.

DISTRIBUTION: My site http://inquisitive1swork.bravehost.com, Fanfiction.net, Yahoogroups: inquisitive1supdates and some others.

SUMMARY: Firefly Jayne/River. River and Jayne start getting close. Lame Summary... figure out a good one let me know.

NOTES: *FLASHBACK* < DREAM >

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CHAPTER 1

PLANET

"Hmm hm hum." River Tam hums as she walks down the dark street her mind humming over all she feels and hears around her and inside. She stops in her tracks when she feels icy fingers trail down her spine. She turns to find two men watching her causing her senses to go on overload. "Bad men. Screaming. Blood." She mutters shaking her head vigorously. "No thoughts jumbled. Mine... there's... every ones."

"Oh looky we have ourselves a crazy."

River shakes her head, "Not crazy... jumbled." She stops walking when one of the men stops in front of her. "Screams... echoes." She mutters her hands going to her head. "Simon more needles. Go see Jayne... thoughts quiet." She moves to walk around the man when the other stops her by grabbing her arm. "No touching... touching bad. Pain... fear"

"She may be crazy but she would still be fun." One chuckles.

"Pain" River says panicked.

Inside the bar, Simon Tam looks up from his conversation with Kaylee Frye puzzled to find his sister absent.

"I'm sure she's shiny Simon." Kaylee assures seeing the worry in the doctor's eyes.

"Yeah you told her not to go far." Wash the pilot points out.

"See seems lucid enough today Simon." Inara adds

Simon nods knowing the companion is correct. "Even so I should go check on her. Make sure she hasn't wandered off again."

"She always does." Jayne Cobb complains "Don't know why ya bother bringin your crazy sister out... we always end up lookin for her."

Malcolm Reynolds