psl part 10

[bigdamnherosir]

The past five months has been good, money wise. Mal got shot by a woman named Patience, but not bad. And Zoe'd managed to grab the coin, so it hadn't been a total loss. They all even managed to get planet side once or twice over night. They didn't always have a ton of food, but they were doing alright

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[likeswifesoup]

When Mal staggered back to the ship without Zoe, Wash was immediately there, demanding what he was going to do about rescuing his wife. All those scenarios he'd played out over and over in his mind when he was sitting on the bridge, waiting when they were out on a job, and now it was all coming true

[bigdamnherosir]

When it's Wash and not Mal or Jayne, Zoe looks like she's seeing the best thing she's ever laid eyes on. It gives her enough fuel to catch the gun and nod.

"I'm good. Let's get the hell outta here, shall we?" If she focuses on how she feels at right this second, she won't be able to get out - or at the very least she'll slow them down so much that they'll all be humped. So she pushes herself, forces herself to follow him out, to push until they're off this gorram moon. And she's a little angry, so there's no hesitation to shoot some people.

[likeswifesoup]

The adrenaline from the rescue is the only thing keeping Wash going right now. Mal is going to have to find a moon somewhere so they can all recover from this. But right now, seeing Zoe, just those few words with her, it has a restorative effect on Wash.

"Jayne, clear a path," Wash called out, leading the way out, and shooting a guard who was coming from the side towards them. It was a good shot too, a clean head shot. Wash was not happy at the bastards who had held his wife for so long, so right now he was going for maximum damage to protect Zoe. He glanced back at Zoe, taking her by the hand as he led them back towards the shuttle.

[bigdamnherosir]

Zoe sees the shot, registers pride, but she can't actually focus on anything other than that shuttle in front of them. Her hand is in his, and once they're inside she sags against the side, closing her eyes but gesturing him away from her and to the cockpit. He can worry about her later. Right now they just have to get out.

Opening her eyes, she forces herself to provide cover for Jayne, firing until he gets into the shuttle and they both get the door closed so Wash can take off.