Author's Note: This has suffered some re-writes as well. I finally figured out what the heck it is I'm doing with this.

All Firefly characters are the property of someone else. All original characters are copyrighted by yours truly. This is not in any way, means or intention meant to infringe on anybody.

The MIGHTY BIG APOLOGY still stands for anyone who can read and speak French, Cajun or Chinese. The translations as I understand them are included, although that doesn't necessarily mean it's grammatically correct. I leave out the more vicious Chinese swearing. Any browncoat worth their salt knows all those anyway, or at least where to find them.

Translations

Cajun/French

Ecouter, fre. Parti d'ici. Il vous tirera.: Listen, brother. Come away from here. He'll shoot you.

Fre – brother

Parti, Fre. Ce n'est pas l'endroit pour vous - Listen, brother. Come away from here. He'll shoot you

Laissez-le – Let him

Par la Providence – by Providence

Chinese

Wo dui wo zuo de shi gandao hen houhui— I feel very sorry for what I did

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Heartbroken: Meili Long - Part 2

Mal saw nothing but red--red, and the back of the stocky little fella who used to be a member of the Zirondelle crew and was currently standing a little too close to the heart of Serenity.

Storming into Serenity's engine room, Mal heard a little voice that sounded like Kaylee say, "Cap'n?" as he went by.

Mal took hold of Armand Garzon by the back of the neck with his left hand and shoved the muzzle of the gun in his right hand into the base of Armand's skull. The sound of the gun cocking and revving to fire fairly echoed in the engine room's tight space.

"I believe I put out a missive a few days back that said both engine rooms were off limits to non-crew," Mal said ominously. "That means you ain't supposed to be in here."

"Cap'n, he didn't hurt nothin'," Kaylee began. "He was just--"

"Kaylee, when I need