Life Onboard Serenity #44: Who We Were (NEW CHARACTERS WELCOME!!!)
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Pain and Ivy's Bunk: Much much later..
"I love you, Ivy..."
"I love you too," she said, but she included his given name, which he had told so very few people in his life.
They lay there for a while, basking in post coital bliss until their hatch was rudely opened.
Pain quickly covered Ivy and was about to yell out a string of obscenities when he heard Jayne's voice.
"Gorramit Pain!" Jayne bellowed. "Stop rutting your girlfriend and get your pigu down to the cargo bay before Mal has a hissy fit. We have work to do and even though something like this is probably more fun, you probably would like to have a place to do it in. Dong ma?"
Then the hatch slammed close.
"Probably?" Pain said with a chuckle.
"At least he didn't insult me," Ivy added. She sensed Pain's apprehension about leaving though. "Go ahead and go. You do have a job. We wouldn't want to be homeless would we?"
"Ivy, I'm not leaving," Pain said.
"No. I'll be alright. I'll go find Jacey or River or anyone else on the ship. Go on or I'll kick you out of bed for a night."
Pain sighed and then turned to her.
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"It can wait for just a moment, though," he said as he rolled her onto her back and brought himself above her.
They kissed each one getting more and more passionate and their tongues waged war with each other. It didn't take much time for her to wrap her legs around his waist and for him to gently drive home.
It didn't seem rushed, but it was. However, it was quite pleasurable. The two worked themselves up to the brink of no return and passed that while looking deep into each others eyes. Their moans quiet but meaningful.
Ivy's eyes said to go and that she'd be OK while Pain's reflected his apprehension. Afterwards, they still didn't want to part from each other.
"I'll be waiting when you get back," Ivy said. "We can continue then. I have plans for you."
Pain smiled widely, then reluctantly got up, got dressed, armed himself and disappeared through the hatch.
Meanwhile...
Mal waited impatiently as Pain took a while to show. He was muttering something about deciding if he should fire the man, being oversexed and making them late.
When Pain finally arrived, he was still a bit flushed. Mal glowered at him.
"Don't keep me waiting again," he growled. "That's the second time you've been... busy when it is time to leave."
He turned to the group in general. It was a small away team: Mal, Zoe, Jayne and Pain.
"Seems John and his brother are having some troubles lining up their job, so we are going to take one in the meantime," he explained. "We need to ship a load of..." Mal paused knowing it would get a snicker. "A load of bull semen to be delivered at a breeding farm."
Jayne did indeed snicker.
"He said load..." Jayne whispered to Pain as he snickered some more.
"Guess it is a mite valuable. Good breeding stock and it needs to be carefully watched," Mal continued. "I don't see any trouble, but I want to be careful. Let's get mounted up."
As Mal walked towards the mule, Jayne snickered again.
"He said mounted," Jayne whispered again before bursting into laughter as he climbed into the mule.
"Jayne... Shut up," was all that Mal said.
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Cargo Bay
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"Don't keep me waiting again," "That's the second time you've been... busy when it is time to leave."
"Sorry, sir." replied Pain to Mal. "I'd say it wouldn't happen again, but it probably will."
He gave the man an apologetic smile before the captain turned to the others.
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"Seems John and his brother are having some troubles lining up their job, so we are going to take one in the meantime," he explained. "We need to ship a load of..." Mal paused knowing it would get a snicker. "A load of bull semen to be delivered at a breeding farm."
Jayne did indeed snicker.
"He said load..." Jayne whispered to Pain as he snickered some more.
Pain rolled his eyes and shook his head from side to side at Jayne's snickering and comment.
"What are you, seven?" Pain asked in a whisper.
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"Guess it is a mite valuable. Good breeding stock and it needs to be carefully watched," Mal continued. "I don't see any trouble, but I want to be careful. Let's get mounted up."
As Mal walked towards the mule, Jayne snickered again.
"He said mounted," Jayne whispered again before bursting into laughter as he climbed into the mule.
"Jayne... Shut up," was all that Mal said.
Pain rolled his eyes and shook his head at the other mercenary as he stepped into the hover mule and took a seat in the back. He checked his guns to make sure they were loaded before everyone on the team got aboard the hover mule, buckled up, and set off towards their destination.
During the trip
The hover mule sped across the prairie-like landscape, wind whipping through everyone's hair, berating their ears, and blasting against their protective goggles. Zoe was driving and the captain was in the passenger seat. Pain sat behind Zoe on the driver's side, while Jayne sat opposite of him.
Pain leaned over, tapped the captain on the shoulder, and asked over the wind, "SO HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTIN' PAID FOR THIS EXACTLY?"
"DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW! DIDN'T GET AN UPFRONT PRICE WHILE CHATTIN' WITH OUR CONTACT ON THE COMM!" shouted Mal in response to Pain's question. "BUT THEY DID SAY THAT THEY'D COVER OUR FUEL EXPENSE TO GET THIS STUFF TO ITS DESTINATION!"
Earlier on the ship
Before they landed on the planet, Mal had gotten a wave. He had it transferred to his bunk where he answered it.
"Howdy. To whom am I speakin' to?" Mal asked the man on the other side of the screen.
The man had slicked back black hair, wore a lab coat, and had some goggles resting on his forehead. He was a white man in his 30's and stood about five foot ten inches tall. In the background was a lab with all sorts of scientist-y gizmos and whatnot.
"My name is Dr. Kalvin O'Hare. I specialize in artificial insemination of livestock at the Institute here. One of our well known clients, Sir Warrick Harrow has informed us of you." replied the good doctor. "He has asked us to contact you once you were within range and offer you a job."
"A job you say?" asked Mal, wondering just how Harrow knew him and his were going to be on this planet. He shrugged it off and continued, "So, Dr. O'Hare. Just what kind of job are you offerin'?"
"Pick up and transport of a case of cryogenically frozen bull semen. Sir Harrow has some heifers of high pedigree that he would like to breed." replied Dr. O'Hare. "You will be paid on delivery at Sir Harrow's estate and your fuel expenses paid for, Captain Reynolds."
"So why me specifically? You must have a gaggle of other folks that you could've asked." replied Mal over the Cortex.
"Sir Warrick Harrow spoke highly of you, Mr. Reynolds." O'Hare said over the wave. "We've had a problem with bandits in the past and no one else will take the job. You on the other hand have been known to take such jobs."
Mal smiled at that and replied, "Well that is true. My crew and I have been known to live life on the edge a few times. Alright, I'll take the job."
"Splendid." replied a relieved O'Hare. "The coordinates have been sent to you.
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Overlooking the Pass
Through a pair of binoculars a hundred or so yards away, a pair of eyes watched as a hover mule with four people seated inside it zoomed towards the breeding facility. The owner of those eyes tracked the hover mule with those binoculars watched as the hover mule came to a stop outside the breed facility's main entrance. Green numbers on the edges of view in the eyepiece ticked off numbers such as range and direction as the wielder zoomed in on the foursome and Dr. O'Hare.
A grin formed on the mouth of the man holding the binoculars as he took them away from his eyes and looked back down the hill to his two cohorts. The leader of the trio of bandits stood about six feet tall even, had weather worn tan skin, long black hair, and more than his fair share of scars. He wore a pair of heavy duty jeans, a tank top with a black leather jacket over it, and a pair of steel-toed boots. A yellow bandanna covered his nose and mouth from the dust.
"Well hombres, looks like that gringo doctor found another group of folks to haul away more of what we're here to steal." replied the leader to his two comrades leaning against a sidecar equipped motorcycle with all-terrain tires. He placed his hand on the butt of the chromed semi-auto pistol holstered on his spiked black leather belt and continued, "Looks to be three guys and a woman. All appear to be armed. Whether or not they're dangerous remains to be seen."
The man walked over to his own vehicle, a heavily customized hover chopper with a side mounted turret wielding dual machine guns, and took out a crinkled pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket.
While he pulled down the bandanna from his face, the man stuck a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and said while lighting it, "We'll wait for them to leave and then make our move. You hombres know the drill. We take them at Bandit's Pass and we hit them hard and fast."
Meanwhile at the Breeding Facility.
"This place smells like a gorramn farm." replied Jayne, making a disgusted face while covering his mouth.
"It kind of is, Jayne." replied Mal as he looked over to the mercenary. "Or did you not see the pastures and livestock grazin' as we rolled up."
They entered the main building and shivered from the coldness inside. The others working inside had on the same type of white lab coat and environmental gear to deal with the cold as Dr. O'Hare had on, in addition to the sterile gloves on their hands and protective booties over their footwear.
"I apologize for the temperature inside here." replied Dr. O'Hare to the foursome beside him. "We like to keep it as cool and sterile in here as possible. Speaking of which I must ask the four of you to stay here while I fetch you your cargo."
The man turned to Mal, Zoe, Jayne, and Pain and gave them a smile as he gestured to the decontamination chamber that was set into the transparent plas-steel wall that separated where the doctor, Mal, and the gang were standing. The foursome watched as Dr. O'Hare stepped through the entrance to the decontamination chamber and get blasted by jets of compressed air. They then watched through the transparent wall as he grabbed a bulky container and made his way back to them, walking through the chamber once more.
"Here you go, Captain Reynolds." replied a cheerful Dr. O'Hare as he handed Mal a formed composite box that was a foot in length, width, and height. As the four looked at it, with Zoe smacking Jayne's hand away, the doctor continued, "Inside is one hundred and twenty vials of cryogenically frozen bull semen. The box itself has a self-contained power source so you don't need to worry about having to hook it up to anything. It'll keep the contents at a stable temperature until you arrive at your destination."
"Well then.. I.. uh suppose we should get goin' then." replied Mal as he stared at the box. His eyes finally managed to look at Dr. O'Hare as he handed the container to Pain and said, "It's been a pleasure doin' business with you, Dr. O'Hare. We'll be sure to see that Sir Harrow
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Bandit's Pass
The foursome hadn't seen it coming and by the time they heard it, it was too late. They were being chased and shot at by two bandits on a motorcycle with a sidecar. The motorcycle bandits were weaving and dodging the shots fired at them by Pain and Jayne, while Zoe was doing her best to dodge their gunfire. They were too focused dealing with the two bandits behind them, that they didn't see the lead one blocking the road up ahead with the turret mounted dual machine guns mounted on his custom hover chopper aimed right at them.
"Sir?" shouted Zoe over the gunfire and the hover mule's engine.
"Yes, Zoe? What is it?" shouted Mal as he joined in on the firefight.
"We may have a slight problem up ahead, sir." Zoe shouted back just as the lead bandit opened fire on the approaching hover mule.
"Whoa! Hey!" spat Mal as a bullet went through the windscreen, whizzed past his ear, and missed taking out Pain my a quarter of an inch. "Evasive maneuvers, ma shong!"
Zoe didn't need to be told twice as she swerved a hard right to avoid the machine gun fire. The motorcycle with the sidecar behind them stayed on their tale as the leader on his hover chopper took off after them. The bikes were fast and were gaining on the hover mule. The two groups continued to trade gunfire with another as Zoe looked for a way to at least half the number of bandits on their tail. She spotted a boulder and tapped Mal's shoulder as a bullet cut through the air between them.
"Head for it!" shouted Mal as he tapped Pain and shouted, "Pain! We're coming up on a rather large boulder! See what you can do with it and that motorcycle!"
Pain nodded and checked his ammo before aiming his gun at the motorcycle with the sidecar. He braced himself as Zoe swerved to avoid the boulder and then fired off the remaining rounds at the motorcycle, striking its rider in the chest and throwing the man off it. The bandit in the sidecar had a wide-eyed look of horror as the motorcycle slammed head on into the boulder, flipping end over end before coming to a rest on its side. Two bandits down, one to go.
Jayne cheered at the sight of the motorcycle crash, but that excitement was short lived as he caught a bullet in the shoulder. Jayne swore as he clutched his shoulder and hunkered down in the back of the hover mule as Pain reloaded and fired at the hover chopper. The bandit leader cackled and gunned it while dodging the shots fired at him. As he did so, he fired at one of the hover mule's engine and growled in delight as the high powered machine gun rounds ripped through it. With only one engine running, the hover mule's crew could only fly at half the speed they were going.
"That hun dan's gainin', Zoe!" shouted Mal as he reloaded his pistol.
"I see that, sir, but with only one engine runnin', we won't be able to outrun him for long!" shouted Zoe over the wind, engine noise, Jayne's cussing and yelling, and gun fire.
The hover chopper closed the distance between it and the injured hover mule with ease, even with the gunfire being directed at it and its rider. With a grin behind his yellow bandanna covered mouth, the leader of the three bandits, now reduced to one, activated his hover chopper's auto-pilot as he eased up on the hover mule's left side. The man stood up and jumped into the hover, immediately kicking Jayne in his injured arm and punching Pain in the face hard enough to send the gun that he held in his hand flying out into the prairie below. Mal tried to fire his gun at the man, but the bandit connected his boot with Mal's face, knocking him out cold.
Zoe was doing her best to zig and zag, trying to dislodge the man from the hover. She received a few shots fired at her, but none hit her. The man then spotted the cryo container strapped between the two mercenaries and went for it. He fired a few more shots Zoe's way striking the console in front of her. He had just managed to undo one of the straps holding the case down, when Pain pulled out his backup gun and fired it into the man's left knee. The man screame
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Ivy hated it. She hated it when Pain was on a job. She had personally seen and felt the way a job can go horribly wrong. She had the bullet scars to prove it.
"How did you feel when..." Jacey was saying as she met with Ivy.
But Ivy wasn't particularly listening.
"Ivy? How did that make you feel..."
Ivy was nervous. Very nervous. What if something went wrong? What would she do?
"IVY!" Jacey exclaimed firmly.
Ivy whipped around.
"What?" she asked.
"I asked you a question."
"I'm sorry. I'm just a little distracted," Ivy explained. "Things can go wrong when you are on a job. I just worry."
"I'm sure everything will be OK," Jacey tried to assure her. "Don't they do this kind of thing as their job? I mean this is a transport ship. They pick up cargo and take it from point A to point B. Doesn't sound too hard."
Ivy smiled at Jacey. She obviously didn't know much about the crew's doings.
"Well, even in the best planned out job, things here on the rim don't always follow the plan," she said as she lifted her shirt enough so Jacey could see the one bullet scar that she had. "I went on a job once. Things did not go well."
"Is that a bullet wound?" Jacey gasped. "How did you get shot?"
"I got shot three times," she said. "I almost died... Actually, I did want to die. It would have been so easy to just let go..."
Jacey looked at Ivy intently.
"So what stopped you?"
"Zoe," Ivy said. "She reminded me that you shouldn't get the chance to pick whether or not you want to live. If you have folks that love you, you can't just leave.
"You see, her husband died not to long ago and he didn't get the choice I had."
"So you came back?" Jacey asked.
"For Pain," Ivy said. "And for me, I guess. I loved him and Zoe's words just connected with me."
"Do you like Zoe?"
"I don't know her as well as some of the others, but yes. Yes, I do."
"That's good," Jacey said as she jotted some notes into her CorPad.
"So did you have any friends while you were in captivity? Anyone you connected with?"
"Sure. There was S-" Ivy started, but she didn't finish. She looked at the time and got up from her seat and began to pace a little. Not a super overt pacing, it looked more like nervous energy. Ivy shook her head a little. "Tommy was around. She wasn't as loud then as she is now."
"You were about to mention someone else. Someone who's name started with a S?"
Ivy was distracted again.
"The person who's name started with a S? Who was she?" Jacey probed again.
The sound of a gunshot rang through Ivy's mind and she stumbled a little. She put her hand up to her temple and shook it off.
"I don't want to talk about it anymore," Ivy told her.
Jacey nodded. She didn't want to push her. She wanted to gain her trust and make her feel comfortable enough that she could feel safe talking to her.
Ivy looked at the time again.
"Is there something wrong, Ivy?" she asked.
"They're late. Something must have gone wrong."
"Things just might have gotten delayed, I'm sure everything is OK."
"They're late," she repeated.
That's when she heard the not-so-right sounding and the equally not-so-right smelling mule arrive back in the cargo bay. The hair pricked up behind her neck. Then she heard Kaylee.
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"Oh my God! What happened!"
And Ivy bolted for the cargo bay, just knowing that Pain was hurt.
Her heart was pounding so hard that if she were paying attention, it probably would've been painful.
Simon was already in the infirmary. She looked off to one side and saw Mal leaning up against a crate, still looking a bit dazed. Zoe was tending to him. Kaylee was on top of the mule, swearing colorfully at the damage to the mule.
Where in Pain? she thought frantically.
Then she saw him coming out of the infirmary with his shirt thrown over his shoulder. His bloody shirt. And he had a bloody nose too.
"PAIN!" she nearly screamed as she ran to him and collided w
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Her scared, tear filled eyes looked up at his.
"Are you OK?" she asked. "Please tell me you're OK."
"I'm fine, baobei. Really I am." replied Pain as he held Ivy in his arms. He used a hand to wipe away a tear that fell and continued, "I'm not shot. I just got punched in the face while in a movin' vehicle. Jayne was the one who got shot. I just used my shirt to help stop the bleedin'."
Pain began to stroke Ivy's back trying his best to soothe her fears away. He leaned down and gave her a kiss before saying, "Everythin' is goin' to be fine, darlin'. We got the cargo and arrived back in more or less one piece." He looked into Ivy's beautiful green eyes, smiled and said, "I missed you, beautiful."
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"I missed you, beautiful."
Ivy beamed as she realized that Pain was fine. Just a little banged up, but nothing that wouldn't heal up quickly.
"Missed you too," Ivy said as she wiped some of the blood off his face. "I hope you killed the bastard that messed up that pretty mug of yours."
She smiled and hugged him again. Firmly.
"You scared me," she said. "I don't like being scared."
She willed herself not to think of what could've went wrong.
"Let's go get you cleaned up, then," she said as she pulled him by the hand away from the area. It was too crowded. "Is Jayne OK?"
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Jacey followed Ivy to the cargo bay and watched from a distance. She was surprised at the state of the away team. They were battered. One was shot. Jayne. The big crude guy she met when she first came on board. Their mule actually took on a good bit of damage as well. She shook her head, amazed by it all, but one thing that bothered her was the fact that most of the folks there treated this kind of thing like it was an usual occurance.
She'd think more on that later, but in the meantime, she watched Ivy.
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"I hope you killed the bastard that messed up that pretty mug of yours."
Was she serious? Or was she joking? Did she actually think that? And did he? Would he?
She was a bit alarmed by the cavalierness of their conversation.
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"You scared me," she said. "I don't like being scared."
Jacey wasn't real sure Ivy would be strong enough to handle Pain getting hurt or killed. It may have to be something she might have to introduce into their conversation. She wouldn't want Ivy blindsided by something like that, especially since this may be a common occurance.
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"Let's go get you cleaned up, then."
Jacey watched puzzled as Ivy led Pain away. She hadn't asked about anyone else. Was Pain literally her whole world? Was she focusing so much on him that she was excluding most everyone else on the crew? That could be dangerous too.
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"Is Jayne OK?"
Jacey smiled in relief as she heard Ivy ask about Jayne. That was one little thing she would need to explore, but other things were more important at the moment.
She watched Ivy and Pain disappear, probably heading somewhere like their bunk. Jacey retired to her room and made notes on Ivy's file in her CorPad.
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"I hope you killed the bastard that messed up that pretty mug of yours."
"Last I saw of him, he was fallin' off the hover mule and tumblin' in the dirt." replied Pain with a smile as he continued to hold onto his girl.
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"You scared me," she said. "I don't like being scared."
"I'm sorry, baobei. Scarin' you wasn't my intention." replied Pain apologetically.
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"Let's go get you cleaned up, then," she said as she pulled him by the hand away from the area. It was too crowded. "Is Jayne OK?"
Pain let Ivy take him into their bunk and closed the door behind them. He watched as she grabbed a wash cloth and ran it under some cold water in the sink. Then she instructed Pain to sit on the foot locker and began to wipe off the dirt and grime that was on Pain's arm's and face.
"Jayne's fine." replied Pain as Ivy wiped off a cheek with the damp washcloth. As she ran it under the sink again, he continued while watching her, "He just got shot in the shoulder. He should be fine and dandy in no time under Simon's care."
Pain stood up and walked over to Ivy as she wrung the washcloth out and used a hand to turn her face so that she was looking at him. Pain smiled and then brought his mouth to hers', giving her a slow yet intense kiss that seemed to last for an eternity.
When Pain's lips finally departed from Ivy's, his hands were resting on her sides as he looked into her eyes and said, "I really really missed you, Ivy."
Pain then leaned in and kissed Ivy again, his hands beginning to caress her sides while their tongues dueled with passion inside their bunk.
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"I really really missed you, Ivy."
Ivy melted into Pain's body as they kissed, each one getting more and more heated. She put her hands against his chest and pushed lightly. Their lips parted and she looked longingly into his eyes.
"Me too," she admitted. "But we still need to finish getting the blood off you. It's kind of a... turn off."
Pain nodded and let her finish his face. Then she wiped the washcloth over his chest and shoulders to rid him of the blood that had settled there from the shirt he had lent Jayne. After she was done, she ran her hands over his broad chest before bringing his head down to her lips. As she kissed him, she sighed contently.
"Now where were we?" she purred as their passion was turned up.
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