Life Onboard Serenity: #43 – Moving Back As You’re Moving On
POSTED BY: GraysonCornwell
UPDATED: Monday, January 11, 2010 22:06
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OoC: I'm going to assume that it's okay to time jump. If anyone objects, let me know and I'll fix it
The ship shuttered as it broke the atmosphere of Paquin. The landing was shakier than normal, and John knew that he or Kaylee needed to check that out. "You want to land at the dock on the carnival side," John told River, "We'll have to walk aways, but it's as close as we can possibly get."
"So where are we to meet this brother of yours?" the captain asked from his place on the bridge.
"He runs a front business telling fortunes of unsuspecting tourists. We go in that way. We'll need a few people, this town and get pretty shifty."
"All right," Mal replied. He leaned over and pressed the comm, "Listen up, folks. I'm going to need either Pain or Jayne to meet me in the cargo bay suited up and ready to go when we land. You can figure it out amongst yourself who goes. Zoe, I'll need to talk to you for a minute to."
Serenity landed smoothly in the dock and John followed Mal from the cargo bay. He hoped there wouldn't be too much trouble, knowing full well the blame would fall on him.
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OOC: You'll get no objections from me, John. 
Pain and Ivy's bunk
Pain held Ivy close to him, an arm wrapped around her stomach as they napped in their bed. Pain nuzzled her neck and gave it a kiss, whispering something in her ear that caused Ivy to smile and snuggle up against him. They stayed like that, completely unaware of Serenity's entry into Paquin's atmo or her impending landing. It wasn't until the crackle and pop of the comm coming to life, that Pain opened up an eye and lifted his head slightly.
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"Listen up, folks. I'm going to need either Pain or Jayne to meet me in the cargo bay suited up and ready to go when we land. You can figure it out amongst yourself who goes. Zoe, I'll need to talk to you for a minute to."
Pain sat up and yawned, before getting up and out of bed, trying not to wake up Ivy. She looked cute when she was naked and sleeping in their bed. She had the most serene look about her when she slept. Of course once she felt Pain no longer close beside her, she opened up her eyes and saw him pulling on his pants and getting dressed.
"What's going on?" she asked, propping her head up with a hand.
"The job." replied Pain, slipping on his ceramic plate vest and then his shirt over that. He turned to her and said as he buttoned up his fly, "We're on Paquin, babe."
"Oh." Ivy exclaimed, sitting up. "I didn't even feel the ship land, let alone enter the atmosphere."
Pain smiled, walked over to her, and ran a hand through her hair. He gave her a kiss and said, "We had a pretty good nap after our activities, baobei."
Ivy giggled a bit at that and said, "I do like those activities. Especially when they involve you."
Pain smiled and replied as he slipped his gun belt on and fastened it and the straps of the leg holsters, "I know."
After he got that done, he moved to the weapons locker and opened it up. He pulled out the usual twin, black .44 caliber semi-autos and slid them into their respective holsters. He made sure the magazine pouches had mags in them, made sure his knife was were it should be, and then took out a submachine gun and checked it. He slung it over a shoulder and grabbed a few extra magazines for it, stuffing them in one of his pants' cargo pockets as he closed the locker.
Ivy had watched him though all of that and took account of the number of weapons he equipping himself with. She sat up in the bed and as he put on his black leather duster, she asked, "Are you expecting trouble on this job, baby? I don't want you getting hurt."
Pain smiled and walked back over to her. He knelt down on his knees and said to Ivy as he looked into her eyes, "I always expect trouble on these jobs, darlin', but I promise you that I'll make sure to come back in one piece."
He got up and kissed her longingly before he turned around and started to head towards the ladder. He stopped as he got to it, turned to Ivy, and said, "If'n you need anythin', just hit the comm button. Someone aboard Serenity should be willin' to help with whatever you need." He gave her a smile and said before climbing up the ladder, "I love you, Ivy."
Fore Deck/Cargo Bay
At that, Pain disappeared up the ladder, the clang of the hatch signaling his departure. He spotted Jayne coming out from his bunk and the two mercenaries locked eyes. They stared at each other, their eyes narrowing into slits, before both bolted for the cargo bay. Each man wanted to be the one to go on the job and neither wanted the other to be the victor.
They pushed and shoved their way down the stairs that lead from the fore deck to the cargo bay. Both gained ground and lost ground. By the time they were almost in the cargo bay, Pain had the lead by half a foot. Jayne reached and grabbed Pain's duster by the collar, pulling the larger man back so he could get ahead. Jayne's actions however were met with Pain's elbow right below the sternum. The blow was hard enough that Jayne stopped in his tracks, doubled over and wheez
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During the trip to Paquin, Evelyn made sure to stay out of everyone's minds, though certainly not their way. She had a job to do, after all, but she tried hard to be nearly invisible as she went about it. The only person she couldn't and didn't avoid was John, which, as it turned out, might just come in handy. Purposefully striding through the ship, she finally found him in the cargo bay and walked up. It was clear she needed to speak to him.
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Ivy was sad that Pain had to leave. She was tired, though. Her and Pain had been quite active. And she missed him.
She looked up at the Cortex terminal in their bunk. There was a light indicating a message. Slowly she got up and brought up the message.
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WAVE MESSAGE
TO: Ivy
FROM: GRAYSON
Ivy frowned. Why would Grayson be sending her a wave? She played it. Grayson stood in front of it, his face skewed with worry.
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"Hey, Toms. It's Gray. I've moved on. I still have work to do or I'll start to have problems convincing the brass that I deserve a paycheck."
He shifted in his seat a little.
"Staying on Serenity, even for just the amount of time that I did, was uncomfortable for your new friends, which in turn makes me uncomfortable. However, Pain has convinced me that he will do anything neccessary to keep you safe and I... Well... I believe him."
He gave her a weak smile.
"And as much as I wanted to whisk you away to someplace safer, even I couldn't ignore the fact that you were... happy. Happier than you've been since before the incident. And I'm not gonna stand in the way of that."
He got a serious look on his face.
"But I do still want you to check in every three days, just to make me feel better. And make sure that if you need anything, anything at all, you will wave me and I'll be there as fast as I can. Simon, The Captain and Pain all have the address."
He smiled again, albeit a little tentatively.
"Love you, Toms. I just want you to be happy and I can tell that you are, right there on Serenity. Don't forget about me, OK? I still love you.
"Well, we'll talk later. Three days OK?"
Then he disconnected the wave.
She had tears running down her face. She knew it was hard for him to go. She knew that the folks on Serenity made him uncomfortable. But he was letting her go. He was letting her go to live her own life and make decisions all on her own.
And for the first time in a few years, she got scared. It was hard not to have that security blanket right there. But she had friends, she had Pain and she wasn't dumb, so she figured her future seemed bright.
She'd prove that when she contacted Grayson in three days.
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John was slightly thrown off by Pain's enterance into the cargo bay, but brushed it off. It was nice to see the lightheartedness that used to thrive on this ship. He wanted to get back to that just as much as everybody else. "So I guess you're coming with?" he said to Pain as he finished grabbing what he needed. He had his typical two handguns holstered to his belt and a knife hidden just in case. This area of Paquin could be somewhat backwards and dangerous, but they shouldn't have much problem due to the visibility of their firearms.
He was all ready to head out when Evelyn walked up to him. "Can I help you?" was all he had to say to her.
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Evelyn didn't exactly want to get into this in the middle of the cargo bay, but there didn't appear to be another option. She pulled her cortex link out, handed it to him. One of the wanted ads was open, "You know about this?"
She hadn't quite decided what she was going to do yet. Technically, she should capture the woman, but until recently, the same woman had been her superior officer. Evelyn knew she wouldn't get any satisfactory answers from her, but John seemed to know a lot, especially in a way that might be helpful.
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Cargo Bay
Pain sat on a crate as he waited for the job to start, but everyone seemed to be handling some sort of last minute detail. Pain decided to use this time to check and make sure he had everything he needed. He checked his guns to make sure they were loaded and operable, he checked to make sure he had enough spare magazines for them, and he made sure his knife was where it was supposed to be. He felt around for a bit and let out a sigh. He forgot something and needed to go get it.
"I'll be right back, folks." he replied as he stood up. "Forgot to get some grenades just in case. Y'all comm me when you're ready."
Pain ran up the stairs leading to the fore deck. He figured on getting a least two flashbangs and maybe a frag grenade. He didn't want to be too overly armed, but he didn't want to be under-prepared either. Once he rounded the corner of the stairwell that lead into the fore deck, Pain immediately set out for his bunk.
Pain and Ivy's Bunk
Pain opened the bunk's hatch and climbed down the ladder. As he closed the hatch from below, he could see Ivy asleep on their bed, the sheets not doing a good job of covering her up. As he tiptoed over to the weapons locker as quietly as he could, Pain couldn't help but look at her. She looked so peaceful sleeping, that he didn't want to wake her. He smiled at the sight of her face as she laid there with her eyes closed and a slight smile on her lips. Pain's smile faltered a bit as his eyes reached the scars on her back, but came around again when his eyes reached her thigh. She was a very beautiful woman and he was one lucky man.
As Pain reached his weapons locker, he opened the doors and scrounged up two flashbang grenades and one frag grenade. As he put them in one of his duster's pockets and closed up the locker, Pain could feel the warmth of Ivy's breath on the back of his neck, and her hand snaking around to where it shouldn't be right before a job.
Pain let out a low growl and asked, "Is this your way of sayin' I woke you up from you nap, baobei? If'n it is, then I'm very sorry for doin' so."
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"Is this your way of sayin' I woke you up from you nap, baobei? If'n it is, then I'm very sorry for doin' so."
"No, you're not," she whispered as she pulled his duster off his shoulders and laid it carefully across the desk chair. "I think you are really turned on right now."
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She reached around again and ascertained that that was indeed the truth. She removed his knife from his belt and placed it on the desk, then moved down over his hips to his first pistol. She unholstered it and put it on the desk as well.
"Bao bei..." he said with a sigh. "We are about to go out on a job..."
"You haven't exactly been resisting any," she pointed out in a most sultry manner. "And you guys haven't left yet."
She removed the second pistol from his other holster and placed it on the desk as well before unbuckling his belt.
"Now, how fast do you think you could get out of the rest of that stuff and take a little break to calm your nerves?" she asked.
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John looked at the ad. He wasn't surprised she has found it. "I do know about this, as a matter of fact. For now, I think we shouldn't do a thing about it. This is her business now." John looked at her as he was saying this and suddenly, the truth dawned on him. She didn't know who Doc really was. "Oh, you mean... I wouldn't worry about it. Let me just say that Doc has never been who she really is. So I'll handle it." He turned from her before she could respond.
"Alright, let's move, folks," the captain said from the door. "Wait where's Pain?"
"Calming his nerves," River said.
"Well he best calm his nerves on our way to this job."
"No, captain, you wouldn't want that," John said with a chuckle.
"Oh, he's...Gorramit." He walked to the comm link and pressed the button for Pain's room, "you best put your pants on and get down here, or we're leaving you."
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Pain and Ivy's Bunk
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"Now, how fast do you think you could get out of the rest of that stuff and take a little break to calm your nerves?" she asked.
"Shouldn't take that long." growled Pain as he looked at Ivy with hungry eyes.
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Pain removed the submachine gun from across his chest and placed it on the desk with his other weapons. He then removed his shirt and undid his armor, letting both fall to the floor as he kicked off his boots and stepped out of his pants. Pain took Ivy in his hands and kissed her passionately as he sat down on the bed with her in his lap, and her legs wrapped around his waist. She moaned loudly as she slid down his length and started to kiss down his neck and across his collarbone, stopping at his shoulder to give it a little nibble.
"You feel so good." murmured Ivy, as she rocked slowly back and forth, her hands touching every muscle of Pain's that they could.
"Believe me, baobei." whispered Pain, as he nibbled on her earlobe and let his hands caress her body. "Once you fully heal, I'll feel even better."
Ivy let out another moan before her lips locked with Pain's and their tongues fought one another. He stroked her hair and cupped her breasts while she slowly moved against him, sending tingles of pleasure up her spine.
"Promises promises." she mewled as she tilted her head back and felt Pain's mouth on her throat.
"But one I intend to keep." murmured Pain as he kissed her passionately while laying her on her back.
He positioned himself so that he didn't crush her with his weight and started to move slowly inside her. Ivy shuddered and let out a moan as her hands glided over his muscular arms, his shoulder blades, down his back, and down his sides. He felt so good and she wanted more than anything to let him go full speed with her. But she knew that they'd have to wait and that wait would be infuriating for both of them.
Ivy's eyes fluttered as she felt Pain kiss that special spot on her neck and moaned, "Oh yes, baby. Oh God yes."
Pain moved his attention to Ivy's chest while he slowly thrust away inside her, and was about to worship her womanly assets when the comm came on and the Captain's voice spoke over it.
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"you best put your pants on and get down here, or we're leaving you."
Pain groaned and sighed as he said, "Figures. I try to calm my nerves and I get interrupted." He looked at Ivy, gave her a long, slow kiss and said, "I've got to go, baby. I'd love to stay and attend to your needs some more, but I'm really needed for that job."
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