Life Onboard Serenity: Forwardly Going In A Vaguely Type Direction
POSTED BY: DRPAIN
UPDATED: Sunday, November 16, 2008 04:58
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http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=34123
Previous thread:
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Story so far:
Aiko has her suspicions of Ivy/Tommy; John senses her and winds up taking her to the Infirmary; 13 and Pain found Ivy/Tommy sleeping on the weight bench where they have an interesting conversation; Pain playfully threatens 13 to return Ivy/Tommy's blanket; Aiko finds herself in the Infirmary, winds up trying to shoot herself with Mal's gun, and is immediately doped up by Simon; a Mr. Cornwell is looking for Ivy/Tommy; Ivy has a conversation with Kaylee, but Kaylee can't get a word in edgewise until later; Wolf makes an appearance; Pain gets knocked off his feet while snacking on some grapes by Ivy/Tommy; Ivy/Tommy and Pain ignore 13 as Pain takes her to the Infirmary; After that Pain and Ivy/Tommy play a game of Go, Fish, which Pain loses and has to take Ivy/Tommy on a date; The Wolf wants to come home and Pain cheats 13 at Battleship; While on said date Ivy/Tommy get scared by a holo-minstrel and freaks out; After that, their date goes along well until 13 crashes it and has some words with Ivy/Tommy.
*takes a breath and continues*
Leaving 13 to pay the bill, Pain and Tommy play a game of Paint Tag, which Pain loses, but winds up getting to make-out with Tommy; Just as it's getting hot and heavy, 13 butts his nose in and winds up getting shot by Tommy; Upon returning to Serenity Pain finds out, via Mal and crew that Ivy/Tommy might be a Fed after Mal reads off the messag
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WARNING: STILL SOME SLIGHT KISSING AND LIGHT GROPING (but no guns) 
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Originally posted by DRPAIN:
"So shall we continue where we left off?"
"I'm sorry about earlier."
"What you have to be sorry for?" Pain said as he stepped forward.
"The fed thing. I still don't think he believes me."
"The Captain?" Pain asked. She nodded slowly as she looked up into his eyes. "He's just jumpy. But if you have River on your side, he'll come along soon enough. He'll just need some convincing. Don't you worry none."
"OK."
She grabbed onto his shirt near his waist and laid her head against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her. She looked up at him.
"Kiss me?"
Pain picked her up as they started the process of the long, slow kissing again. After a bit, she had her arms wrapped around his neck, holding on for dear life. They stumbled over to the bed and Pain not so gracefully sat down, pulling Ivy into his lap. The kissing intensified, her need starting to consume him.
He slid his hands under her shirt, tracing his fingers up her back, she shuddered a bit, until his hands hit a point about 1/3 the way up. He felt a ridge along her skin. She immediately stiffened up and pulled away, climbing off his lap.
"What was that?" he asked, standing up to meet her.
She tugged her shirt down nervously.
"It's nothing."
"Let me see."
"No, it's nothing."
"If it's nothing, then let me see."
She knew he wouldn't be persuaded to drop it. She almost wished Tommy was there to help her out, but Tommy was "dealing" with whatever that memory was that she kept trying to remember. She exhaled slowly, then turned around so he could look.
"I fell out of a tree when I was a teenager," she tried to explain.
Pain pulled up the back of her shirt to reveal four long scars that extended across her whole back.
"Tommy..." He said. "That don't look like something you'd get falling out a tree. That looks like-"
"It was a Cutlass Tree," she interrupted. "It's named after the swords. It has long leaves that are sharp enough to slice skin. I fell. Nearly sliced me to the bone."
"A tree did that?"
"Yes," she lied as she turned around to face him, pulling her shirt down again. "You've never heard of it?"
"No. Why would anyone keep one of those if they are so dangerous?"
"The fruit has medicinal properties. Like Aloe, it helps with burns, but is a lot better."
"OK."
"Well, I should be going."
"Why?"
"I'm really tired. You wore me out," she said as she finally smiled again.
"Where are you gonna sleep?"
"Either the galley or in the common area downstairs. Whichever is more quiet. Sometimes, I have to switch halfway throught he night."
"Can't be too restful."
"I do my best. I don't have many options," she smiled and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Thank you for tonight."
And she turned towards the ladder.
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"Thank you for tonight."
And she turned towards the ladder.
"You're welcome." replied Pain, walking over to the control panel and unlocking his bunk's hatch. He smiled at her and said, "Can't get out if'n the door's locked."
"Thank you again." she replied smiling.
"You're welcome again." Pain replied, still smiling as he watched her climb up the ladder and leave. Just as she was halfway up the ladder, Pain called up to her, "Hey! Don't forget to call your friend from the bridge. I'm sure he'd very much like to hear from you." He thought of something else to say and said it with a grin, "Oh and if'n you get tired of dividin' your sleep between the galley and the common area, you're more than welcome to use my bed if'n you want. I can sleep on the floor with just a pillow and a blanket. Just a thought."
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Grayson just got seated in his ship when a familar chime of an incoming wave sounded.
He answered it and was relieved to see Ivy there. She looked off the the side, telling someone thanks, then turned and focused her attention on Grayson.
"Ivy!" Grayson said, a wave of relief washing over him. "Thank God you waved. I was getting worried."
"We're fine Grayson, or rather I am fine. I've been feeling really good lately. Real strong."
"Are you? Are you really?"
"I'm doing good. I promise," she told him. Then she got a small smile on her face. "I've met someone, Grayson."
His face fell a little.
"You found someone? Are you OK with that?"
"I'm OK. He's really nice. Has a very gentle soul."
"But you're OK?"
"Yes. I promise."
"Tell me where you are."
"I'm on a ship. I finally got the nerve to leave my job and take up a more mobile one. I'll be selling botanicals to those who need it."
"I have to tell you, Ivy. That's a lot of change. I'm worried," he told her as he punched a few buttons. He frowned when he saw the location where she was waving from was being scrambled. "Your scrambling your source code. What is that about?"
"Just security. I'm fine. Hit a couple of bumps with some people here, but I think we're OK."
Grayson was getting a little more than alarmed.
"Ivy, I'd like to talk to Tommy."
"Tommy?" she asked. "Tommy's busy. Maybe she can wave you later."
"What do you mean busy. What is she doing?"
"I don't know really, but she's busy," Ivy told him. "Well I got to go. Getting tired. It's time for bed."
"Can't you tell me where you are?"
"Not now, I have to respect the Captain's wishes," she said. She smiled back at him. "I have to go. I'll wave again soon."
And then the wave was gone. He kept pushing buttons but the source code never came up.
"Gorram it. She's remembering," he said, dread filling his heart. "I have to find her."
He cleared himself for liftoff and headed towards the last place he had a location for her.
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Ivy sat huddled into a ball on one of the chairs in the galley’s common area. She had spent the good part of three hours there. She didn’t have her gun and she was feeling a bit on the vulnerable side. She was scared and she was exhausted. She jumped at every sound. She wrapped herself even tighter in her blanket.
Someone came in the room. She nearly jumped out of her skin but she hunched down in the chair as much as possible in order to stay hidden. It was male and he was getting a cup of coffee. She squinted to better see who it was. It was the Captain. Her entire body stiffened. She knew he still wasn’t convinced that she wasn’t a fed. She also knew she could have been very close to being harmed earlier.
Luckily, he left as soon as he got his cup. He hadn’t seen her.
This wasn’t doing her any good. She needed to sleep and she didn’t feel safe. She didn’t know what to do. Unless…
She got up and padded to the crew quarters. Stopping at the right bunk, she quietly opened the door, silently climbed down the ladder and closed it behind her. The lights were dim, but she could see Pain sleeping on the bed. Very quietly and with a stillness she never before possessed, she slipped onto the bed next to him, covered herself with her own blanket and clutched it tightly. Feeling safe for the first time that night, she quickly succumbed to sleep.
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Pain's Bunk - 7 a.m.
The lights in Pain's bunk slowly turned on, doing their best to mimic a sunrise was they brightened. Pain blinked his eyes open and found a wondrous sight sleeping in his bed. He watched for a moment as Ivy's body rose and fell as she breathed before doing his best to slide out of bed without waking her up. Today was his turn at BD or Breakfast Duty, which explained why he woke up a 7:00 in the morning. He wondered to himself if they had any ingredients to make some huevos rancheros and hash brown shaped protein. He didn't know, but he'd check it out once he got into the galley.
Careful not to stub his toe on his foot locker, Pain quietly opened it up and put on a pair of pants over his boxer shorts. As he got dressed he paused, listening to Ivy stir. The captain would probably want to talk to him about her, probably in private in his room or on the bridge. Pain had just put on his shirt halfway when Ivy started to wake up.
"Mornin'." Pain replied with a smile as he pulled his shirt down. "Sleep well?"
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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"Mornin'." Pain replied with a smile as he pulled his shirt down. "Sleep well?"
Ivy rolled from her side onto her back and stretched, with her arms high over her head and back arching. The hem of her sleep shirt rose a few inches, showing off her trim, flat stomach. She opened her eyes and saw Pain standing next to the bed and started, sitting straight up and pushing herself backwards at the same time.
"Sorry," He said. "I didn't mean to startle you."
She relaxed and chuckled at herself.
"Not you, I'm being silly. Wasn't awake all the way."
"I have breakfast duty, so I have to go up now."
"You cook?" she said as she yawned and took the time to stretch in another direction.
He just flashed a grin at her as she yawned again.
"You still tired?" Pain asked.
"A bit. I didn't sleep well," she said as Pain shot her a mock hurt look. "Well, I meant... I meant that I didn't sleep well out there. Slept like a rock once I came here."
"I'm glad. It was right nice waking up with you being here," he told her as she yawned again. "You want to just take your ease here? Get some more sleep? I could wake you up later."
"That'd be nice," she said as she closed her eyes and squirmed a little to get comfy.
Pain leaned down and gently kissed her, then left. When he got to the top, he turned to close the door, but not before hearing someone call his name. It was the Captain.
"Pain," he said curtly. "I need to talk to you... NOW!"
Pain closed the hatch to his bunk quickly and placed his fingers on his lips.
"Ssshhh! You're gonna wake her," he said without thinking.
That was not the right thing to say.
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Fore Deck
"Not my problem, Pain." replied Mal in an unhappy tone. "You, me, my bunk, now. We've got somethin' to discuss."
"Yes sir." replied Pain. "But what about breakfast duty? I believe it's my turn to feed the crew."
"That can wait." Mal said, as he ushered Pain towards the hatch of his bunk. "I want to talk to you about Ivy."
Mal's Bunk
As the two men climbed down into Mal's bunk, Mal gestured to Pain to take a seat in the chair near the desk. Once Pain had seated himself, Mal closed the hatch and asked, "Pain? What do you think you're doin' galavantin' around with someone like Ivy, who just mayhaps be a Fed?"
Pain crossed his arms against his chest as he looked up at the captain and replied, "I believe it's called "gettin' to know" her, sir. That generally happens when two people are on a date."
"A date?" Mal asked Pain, ignoring the bigger man's sarcastic comment. "Do you plan on "datin'" all of our female passengers, Pain, or just the one's who might be Feds?"
"She's not a Fed, sir." Pain shot back, obviously angry.
"And you know that for a fact, Pain?" Mal countered. "Or does she have you wrapped around her finger tight enough that you're blind to the truth?"
"Sir? Pain asked, raising an eyebrow. "You goin' anywhere with this or are you just ventin' your jealousy towards my abilities to have a relationship with the opposite sex?"
The punch to Pain's jaw was a little unexpected, but his pigu managed to stay on the chair. Pain rubbed the spot where Mal's fist connected with jawbone and moved it from side to side. It was still in one piece, so either Mal didn't hit Pain hard enough or he wasn't intending on breaking the mercenary's jaw.
"I see you've been practicin'." Pain replied, rubbing his jaw and swallowing the blood that was in his mouth. He could've just as easily stood up and laid the captain flat out, but he chose not to. "So you goin' to use me as a punchin' bag or was this goin' somewhere?"
"What do you know about her, Pain?" Mal asked, flexing his fingers on the hand he used to punch Pain with. "Jeez that man's jaw's thicker than plas-steel. Gonna need an ice pack." he thought, as he put his hands behind his back.
"I know she's afraid of holo-minstrels, she's allergic to walnuts, she hates 13, and she's very agile." replied Pain, watching the captain trying not to grimace.
"Anythin' else?" Mal asked, looking at Pain.
"She's really good at Paint Tag, she's an excellent kisser.." Pain grinned at that part, but stopped as he noticed the captain giving him a cold stare. The grin vanished as he continued, "Um she has four long scars on her back."
"Where did she get those?" Mal asked.
Pain let out a sigh. He hated being interrogated, especially by the captain. He rubbed at his jaw again, then said, "Says she got them when she fell out of a Cutlass Tree when she was a teenager."
"Cutlass Tree huh?" mused Mal. "Never heard off it."
"Me neither, but that's what she said caused them." Pain replied.
"And you believe her?" Mal asked.
"It does sound a bit iffy, but what am I goin' to do?" Pain asked, somewhat frustrated. "Strap her to a lie detector and demand the truth?"
"It'd be a start." Mal replied.
Pain stood up, glaring at Mal, then asked, "Are we done here? I've got food to cook and people to feed. That can't be done if'n you're goin' to interrogate me like I killed the Prime Minister of Londinum."
"Yeah we're done." Mal said. Pain walked over to the ladder, pressed the button on the control panel, and was about to head up when Mal chimed in, "Pain?"
"Yeah?" Pain asked, gripping a ladder rung in one hand.
"You notice that she seems to act different from time to time? Like she's two people sharin' the same body?"
"Somewhat." replied Pain. As he started to climb up the ladder he continued, "I'll ask her about it when I get the chance."
Fore Deck - Heading to the Galley
He of course wasn't going to. At least not right away, but perhaps sometime down the road, after they got to know each
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Ivy woke up and looked at the chronometer. It was nearly 9 am. She smiled and sat up. She felt good. Really good. She hadn’t slept that well in a while, but it was time to go. She stood up and wobbled a bit. She felt rested, but fuzzy.
She could still feel that there was something she was trying to remember.
I said, don’t look, Ivy.
“Whatever,” Ivy said.
She climbed out of Pain’s bunk, accidentally leaving her blanket behind. As she went into the galley, she grabbed a protein bar and ate it while she went down to her room. There she contemplated what to wear.
You can’t stay in your PJs all day.
“I’d like to.”
Wouldn’t everyone?
“That’s the truth.”
As she got dressed, she checked on each and every terrarium.
“What kind of plant would you think that Pain would like?”
Ugh! That stupid game again?
“It’s not stupid. It’s fun.”
It’s stupid.
“How about Strawberries? Maybe it will remind him of our date.”
You ate the strawberry, he didn’t.
“He could like it,” said Ivy as she picked a couple of the strawberries and slipped them in a napkin she had. “Let’s go find him.”
She stepped out of her room and she heard a ruckus coming from the cargo bay.
What’s that?
“I don’t know,” Ivy said as she started towards the bay, but she let her mind stray. “We have to thank Pain again for yesterday. It was a good night out.”
And the kissing wasn’t bad either.
Ivy laughed.
“You liked that too, didn’t you?”
Tommy snorted and changed the subject.
What is that sound? It’s like a game or something.
“Does sound like they’re having fun.”
As Ivy rounded the corner, she looked up and saw the hoop hanging from the ceiling. What she didn’t see was the person who collided with her, sending her flying onto the floor and the strawberries flying from her hand.
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Cargo Bay
Jayne was running towards to hoop, ball in hand and ready to make a basket. He had plenty of energy from the food Pain had cooked earlier as did everyone else who was playing. What he didn't see was Ivy walking onto the play area talking to herself. The impact knocked the wind out of the man and sent the two sprawling onto the floor.
Jayne got to his knees as everybody who was playing stopped to gawk at what happened. Shaking his head he replied none-too-nicely to the downed Ivy, "What the gorram hell, woman? Watch where you're goin'. Can't ya see this is a play area or were ya just too busy talkin' to yourself to see that?"
"Jayne, be nice." called Kaylee, as she knelt down to Ivy. "She was just distracterated is all. Didn't know we were playin' Hoop Ball." She looked at Ivy and asked, "You okay? Jayne didn't hurt you did he?" She glanced at the strawberries littered on the floor and asked, "Who were those strawberries for?"
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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