Life Onboard Serenity: #41 - Changeable Weather
POSTED BY: Isahiah
UPDATED: Monday, February 9, 2009 04:48
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"Why are you so intent on finding this girl?" John said controlling the agression in his voice. He was angry. This man had came into his home to find a girl who had promised no one was coming. "Tell I just may help you. Don't and you won't find her. Not that I know where she is, but I know she wants to stay hidden and there's someone who'll make sure of that. You're a smart guy, you've figured out we know something. But I can get around a landlock. And if you want the girl, you need to talk. One chance."
His plan wasn't mapped out yet, but he needed info, now.
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And if you want the girl, you need to talk. One chance."
Grayson clenched his jaw. These people knew where Ivy was.
Quicker than you would expect, Grayson had drawn on John all the while keeping his eyes on the others, who had visibly stiffened.
"You listen to me right now. Are you paying attention?" he growled.
"Yes," answered John, his jaw set just as hard.
Both were probably angry enough to want to killed the other and both of them had just about reached their limit.
"Before he passed, her father trusted me to take care of her and she's already experienced more than a person should have to. You should have easily figured that out if you talked to her for just a while."
He heard the cock of a gun coming from the cargo bay. Zoe had arrived just in time to catch the display.
"I'd put that down right now mister," she said as she stepped a little closer. Jayne was about to reach for a firearm that was affixed to the back of a crate when Grayson's backup arrived. Five or six young Alliance soldiers, all armed. So there they were, all with guns pointed every which a way.
"Now before we all get bullet happy, I'd like to finish," Grayson said very slowly and and clearly. "I promised her father and I mean to keep up my end of the bargain, especially after what happened. I want you to tell me right now, everything you know about where she is. She need help. Medical help. She needs to go back to the life she had before. She needs to be in a stable environment. A safe one. One where either I or someone else that I trust can keep a good eye on her.
Now you said that she wanted to stay hidden and there was someone who would make sure of that. She did tell me that she had met someone, but that someone doesn't know what could happen with her. Someone qualified should be watching her. Now, start talking before I really get angry."
River had circled around until she was standing off to the side of the cargo bay doors. She had heard everything Grayson had to say. He had good intentions and she could tell he cared for her very much, but the life he was describing for Ivy could also be called another thing.
Prison.
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Earlier
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Originally posted by EnglishIvy:
“You know what I mean, right?”
"Yeah." he said to the reader. "I do.
After he had said that, Pain showed Tommy where the crew shower was located. Once she stepped inside and after the two exchanged some kisses, Pain headed off to their bunk to stow her stuff away somewhere where Grayson couldn't find them.
Now - Pain and Ivy's Bunk
On the bed, Pain had her clothes and things stuffed into a duffel bag, careful not to break anything of hers' that could be broken. Zipping it up, Pain scanned his room for a place to hide it. There was the air vent, but Pain bet that would be the first place Grayson would look. There were the lockers, but again Grayson was sure to check them as well. That brought another can of worms to the table. Pain had some guns and things that were not-quite-so-legal. Mostly his assault rifles, submachine guns, grenades, and that assault rifle with the grenade launcher mounted underneath. He was going to have to hide those as well and do it in a certain amount of time.
Pain remembered he had the secret storage bin underneath his bed, but it wasn't big enough for both Tommy's clothes and his illegal guns as well as the heavy weapons that were stashed in it. Swearing to himself, Pain thought of only one place that he could think of to stash their stuff. He opened his weapons locker and took out another duffel bag. Opening it up, Pain quickly stuffed every illegal piece of weaponry he had into it. Upon finishing, he closed up the duffel bag and slung it over his shoulder. Picking up the duffel holding Tommy's things, Pain headed up the ladder and out into the fore deck.
Kneeling down, Pain removed the deck grating and slipped down into the passageway, taking the duffel bags with him as he crouch walked through it. Once he found a good enough spot for the two bags, Pain hid them the best he could and hurried back to the fore deck. Pulling himself up, Pain placed the deck plating back and headed off back to his bunk. Sliding down into it, he took off the blankets and stuffed them into the dirty laundry duffel hanging on the hook on the wall. Once that was accomplished, he hurried back up the ladder, closed his bunk's hatch and ran over to the crew showers to get the next thing to hide.
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While she was in the shower, Tommy faded back and Ivy slid back in control. She smiled and hummed while she got any trace of chocolate off of her body. The chocolate was a good idea and quite fun. She was glad they had quite a bit left. After she was done, she stood there under the hot water for a bit.
"Where has Pain got off too?" she whispered to herself. "Maybe there is something wrong with the ship."
Wanting to help out with whatever might be going on, Ivy stepped out of the shower and started to dry off.
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Doc couldn't believe the nerve of that man! Coming up to her after all these years, and asking her for a favor... Her day had been crappy from the start. First the lieutenant has bulluxed-up the supply order, and she had to come planetside to fix it herself. Then the girl at the supply shop was a complet idiot, and it took 2 and a half hours to fill an order that should have been done a week ago. Finally not only 5 minutes ago who should show up and demand things from her but him! The self-centered, heartless, backstabing, je..
"This is Grayson with WPS. I checked in earlier. I need a landlock on a ship on the dock. Names Serenity. And I need some backup. I need to do a ship wide search."
The com interupted her thought, who the hell was Grayson, and what the fu*k was he doing calling in a landlock and running a ship search in my jurisdiction! Doc turned around, and stalked back to THAT ship!
It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting
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"Boys you better drop those guns or your wives will be really disappointed when you get back to that heap of go se you call a home planet."
'Doc. Here. Gorrammit.' John thought. The soidiers dropped their arms.
"Grayson whoever you are I'm of superior rank so you better get off this ship and get off my planet."
"Your planet. Daddy buy it for you" John said before catching himself. She was being all help-y and they kind of needed it.
"John you got a friend in the Alliance?" Zoe yelled from above.
"More an aquaintance really."
"Oh that's rich mocking MY family cause you have room to do that." Doc said stepping toward him gun still trained on Grayson
"You're on my home Doc." John said stepping toward her.
"You know I forgot something earlier."
"What's that?" She socked him square across the jaw. He took the force of the blow and landed on the floor. He picked himself up as she continued to talk. "Grayson you've got exactly 30 minutes to get off this ship and report to me about what you're doing here and what delusion of yours made you think you had the authority to come into my jurisdiction and put a ship under lock down. If you can't make it on time or I find out you harmed one of these not so fine people, I will be shooting you. Move it out boys." The soldiers followed her as she left the ship.
John stood facing Grayson. The man had nothing of value for him. "We don't take kindly to people trying to lock up our crew mates. And as much as you think you can take care of her. we've got it covered. Leave."
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Outside the Crew Shower door
Pain skidded to a halt as he got to the door and rapped on it a few times. Trying his best not to sound like he was a mix of nerves, adrenaline, and fear, and worry, Pain said to the shower's occupant, "Baobei? You still in there?"
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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Grayson could feel his blood starting to boil when he got the “this is my sand box” speech from the Alliance woman. Then she had the nerve to collect the soldiers he had called for before even getting the details of why he was there.
And she also had the nerve to order him to her office to explain himself afterwards. He didn’t answer to her. His division reported directly to the big brass. And he personally knew the Director. The Director would go to bat for Grayson, especially since he had done some favors for him before. The Director owed Grayson a couple. But he knew he would also get his pi gu handed to him afterwards for using the Division’s name for a personal reason.
One thing he did know was that he was now alone and against at least one other gun. He looked back towards the cargo bay and saw the other merc (Jayne) had retrieved a weapon as well. It was probably a certainty that the third person that was standing there was armed as well. If he was dead, he couldn’t help Ivy at all. She would be alone in the ‘verse and surely she would lose control on reality, becoming lost in the literal sense of the word.
What made him even more angry was the fact that he was completely certain that these people definitely knew exactly where Ivy was and they weren’t going to talk. He didn’t know them and all sorts of scenarios were playing out in his head, none of them pleasant.
“It seems I am at a distinct disadvantage in this situation,” he said to John as he set the safety on his gun and returned it to his holster. “I can’t help her if I’m dead and believe me, she will need help sooner or later.
“I want her to wave me. Today. That way I can ascertain the level of safety she has. The faster that happens the better.
“I will warn you that if she comes to any harm. Any at all, I will personally seek you all out and kill you dead where you stand. Am I clear?”
He didn’t wait for an answer.
“I’ll just have a seat over there and keep an eye on you in the meantime. Just to make me feel better about this whole situation.”
With that, he walked across the docks, found a crate to sit upon and watched.
Although he was watching the ship, he didn’t see who was watching him.
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Ivy was walking around looking for the others when she rounded the corner by the infirmary which entered onto the cargo bay. She saw who was standing there and saw everyone's guns drawn. She froze and ducked back behind the door jamb.
It was Grayson and he was too close to finding her. Ivy loved him very much; he was a loyal family friend. But she didn't want to go back and she knew that would be exactly what he'd make her do. She wanted to stay on Serenity... with Pain.
She saw the standoff play out, with no casualties, but noted the fact that Grayson wasn't leaving.
Her heart pounded in her chest and she almost couldn't breathe. Silent tears started the run down her face.
The Captain would definitely not be happy with this most recent development. He would put her off the ship for sure. She knew it.
She heard the footsteps of someone behind her. She knew it was Pain.
"I don't want to go back," she softly said. She turned around to face him, face streaked with tears. "He's gonna make me go back. I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you."
She paused for a second before continuing.
"Mal will put me off the ship for sure. What am I going to do?"
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Outside the Crew Shower door
After not hearing a response, Pain knocked again and raised his voice a little, "Baobei? You in here?"
There was another moment of silence and Pain pressed his ear to the door to see if he could hear anything. When he couldn't hear a peep, he opened the door slowly and stepped in. It was vacant with no one inside, but him. Pain saw the damp towel on the rack and the condensation on the shower door. That meant only one thing to him. She wasn't there. She had finished her shower and had gone off against his warnings as well as River's.
"Ta ma de!" he muttered to himself as he walked out of the room and closed the hatch behind him.
He wondered where she could have gone and then it hit him like a ton of bricks. The cargo bay. Pain felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up and felt the adrenaline kick in. He automatically took the pistol out of his pocket and quickly made his way to the cargo bay, passing though the galley, and slowing as he got to the stairs that lead from the aft deck to the infirmary and cargo bay. He had his gun halfway raised when he saw her trembling. She was obviously scared and he couldn't blame her. Putting the gun away he made his way towards her.
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"I don't want to go back," she softly said. She turned around to face him, face streaked with tears. "He's gonna make me go back. I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you."
She paused for a second before continuing.
"Mal will put me off the ship for sure. What am I going to do?"
He wiped the tears from her eyes and face and wrapped her tightly in his arms, holding her closely to him and placing a kiss on the top of her head.
As he caressed her back, he said soothingly, "Now now, baobei. No one's tossin' you off this boat without goin' through me first, dong ma?" More tears came and she sniffled as he wiped them away and continued, "As far as what you're goin' to do, you're goin' to come with me to the galley where I'm goin' to fix you up somethin' to eat. Afterwards there'll be some cuddlin' and more of me holdin' you close." He looked down into her eyes and gave her a smile. As he rubbed her back some more, he asked, "Does that sound good to you?"
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WWJD: What Would Jayne Do?
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