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Learning to be Patient

Chapter 2

Threats

“Now don’t any of you go turning off the communicators for any reason,” Mal warned sternly. He has assembled his crew in the cargo area of Serenity to give them a harsh talking to before they set so much as a pinkie toe onto Tempest. “It took a long time and a pretty penny to round up enough for each of us,” he continued not dropping the seriousness tone of his voice.

He looked sternly to his crew, few of which seemed to be paying attention. River sat on the catwalk, her legs dangling over the side innocently as her mind seemed to wander out of the cargo area as she stared down to the group.

Jayne glanced up from behind the Captain where he was cleaning one of his many guns and caught her eyes. She kept a hold on his as if she were trying to communicate with him.

“Jayne,” Mal called, “Have you been listening to a gorram word I’ve been saying?” All eyes fell on Jayne and as he felt a small amount of blood pool under his cheeks he scrambled to think of a diversion.

“You’re being all moon-brained about this Mal,” he exclaimed angrily trying to create a cover, “Nothing bad ain’t gonna happen.”

“Something bad always happens,” Inara reminded as she moved past River gracefully, the extra material of the glossy dress she wore flowing lightly.

“Well because I know Jayne is gonna take extra caution I think I can relax now,” Mall informed sarcastically, “I want everyone to be in contact, no one is to go past the town square, and everyone has to be back on the ship in two hours. If that’s a problem, you’ll just have to find some othe