Disclaimer: I tried to buy it off of Joss Whedon, but he wouldn't give, so it's still his, unfortunately. Aheh.

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The crew of Firefly class transport ship Serenity was gathered on the red earth surrounding two small grave markers which had been erected in memory of two members of their crew who had lost their lives in the battle for security and freedom.

God saw he was getting tired

And a cure was not to be.

So he put his arms around him

And whispered, come with me.

With tearful eyes we watched him suffer

And saw him fade away.

Although we loved him dearly,

We could not make him stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,

Hard working hands to rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us

He only takes the best.

Simon stared at the slowly scrolling verses that had been programmed into Shepherd Book's grave marker as an epitaph. The words were so appropriate for the preacher, someone with such a good heart, pure enough and with such outstanding moral values that he could have rightly been called God’s right-hand man. He sighed lightly and tightened his grip on Kaylee who stood at his side, her head hung, resting gently on Simon's shoulder.

They had all suffered the day that they had met with the army of reavers, but no one had sacrificed more than the two brave men who had lost their lives. Shepherd Book and Wash had helped in the fight to win the battle, but had been lost in the war. Now all that remained of the two men were small stone sculptures with silvery holograms that would shine in the darkness of the night like stars, a small tribute to the once living, breathing people that continued to live now and would continue to live forever on in every one of the crew members’ hearts.

Simon's gaze turned from the smiling face of the Shepherd, now flickering in place of the lettering he had only moments ago observed, to the verse that was scrolling along on the ex-pilot's grave marker. It was one simple verse that Zoe h