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The crew had been in the black for a few days before they landed in another desert, much like the last one that Serenity was all to familiar with. Wash had parked her not too far from a small town that lay in the eastern horizon. They’d been there for a week while Mal worked out a deal with a man who knew of work on Paquin.

Upon orders from Mal, Wash started up the engine and prepped Serenity for take-off. However, the engine made a troubling noise as it jolted and came to a rather sudden stop.

“That don’t sound too good,” Bester said under his breath.

“What don’t sound too good?” Mal asked, Bester hadn’t noticed him walking in the passageway to the living quarters.

“We’re gunna need a new, something.”

“Mind informing me on what that something might be?”

“Not sure quite yet, but I’m workin’ on it.”

“Terrific. Well, figure out what’s wrong. And then we can figure out what to do about it.”

“Sure, shouldn’t be a problem.” Bester replied. Mal left the engine room and went to find Zoë. He couldn’t help but think that something was going to go wrong with Bester’s task. He was eager to trust Bester, but the boy still hadn’t given him much reason to.

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Zoë was in the kitchen taking a quick inventory of the supplies which had become low. Granted, they hadn’t been out in the ship that long, but there wasn’t that much to begin with. She handed Bester the list without a word and started to head towards her bunk when she heard some bizarre noises