trans_9 | We all need help to feel fine... [ Semi-Closed to Billy, open to others in a separate thread ]

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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Kaylee.

Billy had seen Kang take care of her, felt his heart twist painfully, wished he could have comforted her too. Between all the people rushing to circle him, though, it had taken him a few hours to get away.

Finally, he managed to escape to Serenity. He carried a few small snacks that Renne had generated, hoping she was well enough to eat.

Where would she be---ah, the engine room. Of course. Billy crept there as carefully as he could, poking his head in the door. Was she asleep?

If she was, Billy would just leave the food and a note on one of the surfaces next to her hammock. He moves in as quietly as he can to do just that.

Jayne was uncomfortable.

After the encounter with Steve and the time spent healing and being monitored for infection seeing whoever that girl was ripped apart and put back together did not sit well with the hardened mercenary.

It wasn't the torture that bothered him, it was the sudden realization that the ship itself could do that to them and there wouldn't be a thing they could do about it.

So he did what he always did in situations where he needed to remind himself he was still alive, he worked out.

Grunting and sweating down in the cargo bay Jayne was on his workout bench lifting a heavy weight pushing it off his chest, having long since lost track of the number of times he'd done it.

Jamie had gotten a glimpse of Kaylee as she left with Kang. Numb from what he had seen, it had taken a bit for the realization to sink in that she was there and she had seen the punishment too. Once it had, he took off after them, but they were too far ahead of him to figure out where they had gotten to.

It had taken him a bit of wandering before he figured out that she was likely on Serenity, and it wasn't too much longer after that that he found himself standing outside the ship. He had told her he wasn't going to come there to visit to avoid any conflict with Jayne, but it was Kaylee, and he wasn't about to let that stop him from making sure she was okay...well, as okay as anyone was right about now.

Entering the cargo bay, he stopped just inside, then brought his hands up and cupped them around his mouth to call out and see if she was aboard. "Kaylee? Are ye about?"

Unlike most of the crew, Wash had stayed well away from the observation deck. Part of it was still recovering from being clawed open by the Tyrant, but part of it was the fact that he had no desire to see "Punishment," whatever it was.

From what he'd seen on the omnicomms, it was a good thing he'd avoided it. Flashbacks to Niska was not what he wanted just after being released from Quarantine.

What he wanted was to be back home. So that's where he went.

Serenity was quiet, which was unusual for the ship and only served to remind him how small their crew was currently. His bunk was calling him, but right now he didn't really want to be reminded of who wasn't here. He turned his steps to the engine room. "Mèimei, are you in here?"

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Other other thread. :)

...All aboard the late train?