Following Part 4

To Recap:

Serenity has answered a distress call sent out by Zirondelle, a Dragonfly class freight hauler with a fairly legendary reputation as a blockade runner during the war. Upon learning that Zirondelle is out of power and low on life support energy, Mal orders Serenity to join up with the ship and render aid. Enter Rene Cariveau, captain of the Zirondelle, and more than 80 refugees from Sayabec, a formerly independent fuel refinery station on Acadia Colony recently taken over by the Alliance. Things are barely stable when Mal discovers Zirondelle's pilot - and mother of Cariveau's son - is none other than the girl he promised to marry after the war. Compounded by Cariveau's first officer getting stabbed, Inara has also fallen victim which has put Mal on the hunt for what could be a former POW turned to some manner of fearsome creature by the Alliance. Plus, there's passengers with all manner of secrets to hide and a part of Book's past comes back to haunt him. Someday things are going to go smooth - this is not that day.

Disclaimer:

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Author's Note:

MIGHTY BIG THANK YOU goes to Kristy for a quick and enthusiastic Beta read, and to her daughter Leora for helping with the French.

The MIGHTY BIG APOLOGY still stands for anyone who can read and speak Cajun or Chinese. The translations as I understand them are included, except the Chinese swearing. Any browncoat worth their salt knows all those anyway.

Glossary - Cajun and French/Cajun

Bet omitted v revini - Stupid to come back

Ne peut pas v garde pour eux maintenant...ne peut pas les sauver... - Can't watch for them now...can't save them...

Beb Tete dure – Stubborn Sweetheart

Frè panse qu'il doit inquiéter toute fwa - Brother thinks