Life Onboard Serenity: Second Terraformed Planet to the right....
POSTED BY: Choo1701
UPDATED: Friday, October 6, 2006 23:58
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*Pain chased Dani into a small clearing in the woods. Pain grinned and unholstered his pistol as he saw Dani just sitting in the middle of the clearing, his pants hanging from the creature's mouth. Pain pointed his gun at Dani and said*
Give me back my pants you little freak. I promise not to hurt you.
*Pain heard running noises and labored breathing. He was about to turn to see who it was when Ertia said*
You get your pants back yet?
*Pain smiled at Ertia then turned his attention back to Dani, who was still chewing on his pants. Dani was unusually quiet at the moment, only making chewing noise and not talking. Pain wondered why Dani was so quiet when Dani tilted her head at a sound and said*
BUYJCREW?
*Before Ertia or Pain could say something, several men appeared out of nowhere, apparently wearing camoflauge that made them blend in with the foilage. They leveled their guns at the two as someone familiar entered the clearing and pointed a tranquilizer gun at Pain. Pain recognized who it was and immediately stepped in front of Ertia, using his body as a shield to protect Ertia. Pain muttered something under his breath then said in a growl*
Hello Serena. Nice to see you again.
*The beautiful Asian woman smiled at Pain, walked up to him, smacked him hard with the gun in her hand and said*
I'm not Serena you hun dan. Serena's the one who you shot remember. Or did you forget how to tell twins apart?
*The woman backed away from Pain and aimed the gun at Pain's chest. Ertia managed to move to Pain's side, saw the woman who looked like the one that boarded Serenity a few months ago, and said, anger and fear filling her voice*
Hi Melanie is it? What the hell are you doing here and what do you want with us?
*Melanie smiled at Ertia, the tranq gun not leaving it's target, and said to her*
Oh we're only here for Pain not you sweetcakes. However I think some of my boys wouldn't mind spending some time with you.
*Melanie nodded to those who were in back of Pain and Ertia. Pain spat at Melanie and said*
Your goons ain't touchin' my girl without gettin' through me you 
!
*Melanie smiled and replied*
Oh I think they will my darling Pain.
*Melanie fired three darts into Pain's chest, the drugs in the darts taking effect immediately. Pain's vision blurred as he fell to the ground. Ertia tried to get Pain's gun but was unable to as three sets of hands grabbed her and pulled her away. Ertia kicked, punched, and swore at the men. She was about to scream when a heavy weight hit her in the head, causing her to go unconscious. The men smiled and one of them said*
So Captain what do you want us to do now?
*Melanie replied as she holstered the tranq gun*
We take Pain onboard the shuttle and then secure him in one of the Tiger Claw's rooms.
*Another man spoke in a burly voice*
And what about the girl and that freak on the ground.
*Melanie looked at Dani, then at the restrained and knocked out Ertia, and said*
Kill the freak and do whatever you want with the . Just be sure to be back on the shuttle in an hour.
*At that Melanie turned around and headed back to the shuttle at the other edge of the woods, joined by the rest of her men, two of them who picked up and carried Pain's tranqed body with them. One of the three that stayed behind leveled a silenced pistol at Dani and fired twice, hitting the freak in the head and chest. Holstering his pistol the man joined the other two and said as he looked the unconscious Ertia up and down*
Well boys lets get to work.
*The sounds of men laughing mixed with the sounds of clothes being torn off.*
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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*cold*
*bone cold*
Ertia's eyes blinked open and she rolled over. Every inch of her body ached, the ground like ice against her bare skin. She was back in prison, beaten down and tortured.
No, there were stars above in the night sky? Where?
What?
"Hello?" She whispered to the dark of the forest, but there was no answer. It was night, and all was silence.
Rolling over, she felt something, sticky and limp, against her bare skin. Pulling back, she raised up enough to look down, the glitter of moonlight creasing the dark shadow, identifying the bloodied, destroyed shape of something... some animal?
Her muscles were trembling, and pain shot through her body as she tried to stand, causing her to pitch forward onto the mossy forest floor. A hand touched her face and came away dark with blood. Another slid down her thigh, and she turned her mind away from what she knew had happened.
How did she get here?
Crawling, she found clothes, a shoulder bag. Inside was a com-unit, square and black. Trying not to weep, she pressed the button, "Hello? Hello? Is anybody there?"
"E!" A voice somehow familiar. Yet not so much. Who? "Hey! We were just wondering where you two crazy kids were! You getting back to the ship soon?"
E? Who was E? Who was the voice? Something danced on the edges of her memory but was gone, "I... think ...I'm lost..."
The voice, distant, not talking to her, "I don't know, Captain. She doesn't sound so good."
A new voice, crisp, and clear, "Hey, Ertia, Mal here. I got no notion to be playing games today. I need you and Pain back on the ship, pronto."
"Mal?" Who was Mal? Who was Ertia? Pain. Pain she knew. She couldn't escape pain; it was shredding her apart. Her voice whimpered over the com, torn from her raw and aching throat, "No games. Mal? Help me...please..."
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*Something about Ertia's tone of voice worried Mal. He replied into the com*
Alright E we will. I just need to know where you are.
*Mal clicked the com button and said to Wash*
Do those portable coms have anything in them to help track down someone?
*Wash thought about what the Captain said and replied*
Uh yeah they have a transmitter inside the casing. I just need the serial number on the case to activate the transmitter.
Meanwhile in orbit on the other side of the planet....
*It was dark yet warm where Pain was. The sounds that he heard weren't those of nature but those of a ship. Pain tried to open his eyes but his eyelids felt heavy, the drugs used to tranq him still in his system. Pain felt something cold and metallic around his right wrist. He gave it a tug and was rewarded with a metallic rattling. He thought to himself*
Ok I'm on some kind of ship and I'm handcuffed to something. Ertia? Where's Ertia? Did they bring her as well? Is she onboard the same ship as me?
*Pain decided to speak*
Ertia? Bao bei are you here? Speak to me babe!
*There was nothing but the hum of an engine from somewhere in the ship. The drugs were making Pain woozy and made him fall asleep. Pain didn't even hear the sound of the door opening or the person who placed a plate of food and a glass of water nearby. He didn't even notice the child that was in the room, touching one of his arms. The person however did and shooed the girl away from her father. The person and the girl then left the room, the windowless door closing behind them.*
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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The strong voice again, assured, comforting, "All right, E. I need you to do something for me. On the side of the com you've got there's some numbers. Read those off for me, mei mei."
Silence. Numbers. He called her little sister. So she knew him? She held out the com, black against the starlit sky, "I...it's dark... I can't read."
Patiently, quietly, the voice came back, reaching through the electronic speaker, "That's all right. You gotta focus now, mei mei. You run your hand along it, find those numbers, feel what they are... you read 'em off."
It was a command. Calm and solid, something to hold on to in the maelstrom of her confusion. Her fingers were trembling, and she gasped for air as she searched the little box, "8..7..No. It's upside down... 8 L 0 5 4 3 T..no..Y.. it's a Y.. 2 2."
"You got it, Wash? Okay, mei mei, we've got you. Where's Pain? Is he there?"
"I'm all alone." Tears welled and overflowed, the numbness and shock receding in the wake of overwhelming fear and terror. "I'm all alone."
"No. No, you ain't." The voice on the other end of the com, "We're coming for you, E. You just hold on. We're coming."
Back onboard Serenity, Mal turned around and punched the shipwide, "I need a team to fetch Ertia. Sounds like she's in a world o' hurtin. Zoe? Doc? Choo? Better take some extra muscle with you."
that's right, kids, I'm back. And we apparently have a secret to uncover, some reavers to destroy, and a 'verse to save?)
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Good to have ya back erita, heard from anyone else...
"Its yellow..." Choo said.
"yeah...and?" John asked, "It was free."
Choo stood there, staring at the Hover Mule john had brought in.
"You coming or not?" Zoe asked as she got in the passenger seat, "besides, jayne drunk himself unconcious..."
"yeah...he'll feel that in the morning." remarked John as he started the engine.
Jumping on board Choo climbed into the back. Simon passed him a medi kit. "Becareful, she might have hit her head too hard." he advised over the roar of the engines.
"Thanks for the tip," Choo shouted as the Hule zoomed out of Serenity and into the cold night.
"Knives said he'll get some help from some of the townsfolk, " John said as many lights appeared in the woods, "And Mal's informed the others of the situation, Had them put some of the planet on land lock as well..."
"Properly already gone." noted Choo.
"If not, we'll be ready for them," Zoe said as she loaded up her gun.
Meanwhile Simon entered the infirmary to find Nico nosing around. "Um...Can i help you?"
Nico looked up, a bit embarresed."Sorry, was playing hide and seek with the long haired girl."
"That would be River, she's my sister. I'm Simon. And i think you should know, she is very good at playing hide and seek..."
Watching from the vent above River gave a small smile while listening in....
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What they do to E and Pain!!!
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OoC: ok, now I'm lost. I've gone from talking to zoe to playing hide and seek with river. Did I even get introduced to Mal first? Sorry to be bothersome, just that things have skipped forward a bit fast for me.
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Sorry, Nico. I've been beaten and raped and have trauma-induced insomnia, otherwise, I'd love to help sort out that whole who-was-I-talking-to-again issue. 
I'm afraid you'll have to get used to it with these folks. I was once in the engine room, the cargo bay and the galley simultaneously while talking to Zoe, Book and Pain respectively. *shrug*.
I'm afraid LOS is not the most consistent game on the face of the planet. :)
She managed to find a t-shirt and pull it on, but it was sliced, gaping open over her body. A bright light and a hum through the trees alerted her, and she ducked down, curling her hand tight around the com.
A hover-mule hummed into the clearing and settled.
"Ertia? You here?" A warm womans voice called over the hum of the motors.
A man climbed down, a flashlight in his hand, swinging around the dark clearing. "Here she is."
She stared into the beam of light, a deer in the headlights of an oncoming car.
"It's okay." Choo reassured, but stopped suddenly, "Ew! What IS that?"
Zoe's light swung around, and she grunted, "Looks like 13's pet.. Rani, or whatever. Just ... step over it."
Ertia just stared at them. "Who are you?"
Zoe glanced back over her shoulder, a surprised look at John and Choo. "Don't you recognize us?"
"She's gone." John's voice answered quietly, "Listen. There's only chaos."
He cocked his head a moment, then leaned closer, "Can you tell me who think you are? What's the last thing you remember?"
Ertia blinked at him, thinking for a long moment. "My name's Sam. Samantha Diggory. I... went to prison..."
Tears overflowed and mixed with the blood that trickled down her cheek. "How did I get here?"
"Hooo boy!" Choo whistled out a long breath, "This is gonna be an interesting story."
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diggs
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Diggs?
I'd hitched a ride with the first-mate (Chloe?) and her little rescue squad. It seemed strange how Chloe always spoke of things such as traumatic amnesia and vicious rape as normal occurences in their lives.
As the merchant-mercenary tried to get through to 'E,' or Samantha Diggory, I scouted out the area.
"Wait," I said. "Where's the man? Pain?"
Chloe and merchant looked up, faces stricken.
"Tah mah duh," the merchant swore. "Whoever did this to E must've taken him."
I nodded, and knelt down beside E/Samantha.
"Samantha. Do you remember anything? About the man you were with? About who did this to you?"
A leaf crackled in the forest surrounding us, and E/Samantha jumped, fear painted on her face. I slid a small mousegun (concealed in a small holster on my inner right forearm) into my hand, gripping it tightly.
"Samantha?"
She shook her head wildly, eyes jumping back between me and the others. It was then that I recognized her.
"You're the fugitive that the Alliance was hunting! The computer programmer!" I sighed deeply. This would make things a bit more interesting. "Faked your own death, along with-"
"Me." 13 stepped from the forest, a bladeless sword-handle in his hand. "Fly's on the way."
I screamed inwardly. Was it a curse? Was my luck so awful that I would take passage on a ship that housed two known fugitives?
OoC: Iin case you've been wondering, the reason Szats' doesn't know about River and Simon is because he hasn't been introduced. More on those interactions later.
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Onboard the Tiger Claw, in orbit on the other side of the planet...
*Pain woke up, the drugs in his system finally losing their effect. There were lights on in the room. They weren't bright enough for him to see the entire room, but they were bright enough so that he could tell there was a plate of food and a glass of water nearby within easy reach. Pain took the plate in his free hand and sat it down in his lap. Pain made a face at the food and thought*
Great I get cold protein to eat. Yay.
*Pain noticed there were no utensils, shrugged and dug into the protein with his hands. The shackel on his other arm had enough play in its chain to let him use his other hand to eat. Pain swallowed some cold protein, grabbed the glass of water, and drank some of it. It was room temperature and tasted a little funny but Pain drank it anyways.*
Meanwhile on the bridge..
*Melanie stepped into the bridge as the pilot said*
So ma'am what're we goin' to do with our passenger?
*Melanie thought it over. She really didn't know what to do with Pain, but said to the pilot*
We keep him alive for the time being. I'll assume his crew will be looking for him soon so I suggest we move on to our job on hand.
*The pilot nodded and said*
Yes ma'am Captain. Coordinates laid in for Beaumonde. At full burn we should be there in 12 days.
*Melanie nodded and replied*
Good I'll be in my quarters.
*Melanie turned about face and walked off the bridge as the mid-bulk freighter left the planet's orbit and headed for Beaumonde.*
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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