We all need help to feel fine... [ Semi-Closed to Billy, open to others in a separate thread ]

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Kaylee doesn’t want to be here anymore. Her eyes had been closed for the majority of Big Zero’s Punishment, her face buried into Kang’s side and shielded by his wing, but the screams were harder to block out. They rang out in her head as Kang had walked her back to Serenity, helped her make it to the infirmary, just in time for her to hurl up her last meal into the nearest sink. He stayed until she had her cup of tea and had assured him for what must have been the hundredth time that it was okay, he could go back and do what he needed to.

After the hundred-and-first reassurance, Kang finally leaves, and Kaylee finds herself alone with her ship. Where Wash and Jayne are, she doesn’t know, but she’s somewhat happy that they aren’t here at the moment. They’ve seen her through worse before, but she would rather sit quietly and think things over than have to talk about anything right now.

She’s not sure how to feel about Stacy at this point, a feeling that has slowly grown from the sound of screams still playing through her head. That she’s been lending a hand for all this time to help fix a ship that was capable of something so awful... Stacy might as well be a Reaver ship at this rate.

Serenity’s engine room has been a place of comfort since Kaylee joined the crew, and she holds her cup of tea close as she starts the engine up. The ship shudders to life, and the low hum alone is enough to calm her. She curls up in her hammock, closing her eyes and concentrating on the sounds of Serenity.

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[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Why it was her method this round Kaylee didn't know, but all at once she was shushing Jayne and smacking her hand down over his mouth. "Don't know if she can hear in here or not yet, shouldn't be talkin' 'bout it like that."

It was probably that moment that she realized exactly how terrified of this ship she really was. That she was worried about it from within her own ship, a place that had been such a safe haven to her for so long, meant that there was more wrong with this scenario than she wanted to imagine.

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Jayne too looked a little paranoid his eyebrow cocked as he gazed around. Finally he leaned in and whispered, "If she's payin' that much attention, we are totally hunked." And then he raised his voice nice and loud "Because this crazy moon brained ship is gonna crash us all into a planet any day now!"

That was Jayne's little way of showing he wasn't scared of Stacy even if he should be. It must be nice to be too stupid to be scared.

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Oh god oh god oh god Kaylee could not jump away from that work bench fast enough. She shrunk back against the nearest panel, quiet and listening just in case a tentacle came slithering up the door. None did, of course, but it still took her a few extra seconds to even begin to relax again.

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Jayne grinned a shit eating smart ass grin, "Nuthin' to worry about." He declared as if he was the authority on the matter.

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

There was still plenty to worry about, as far as Kaylee was concerned, but there was no telling Jayne of anything different.

"Maybe," she mumbled, slowly moving back toward the bench.