They stepped out of
the Tardis one at a time, Amy and Rory watching Jayne warily while the Doctor
looked completely unconcerned. “One of
you three is about to tell me how you rutting got on board.” Jayne looked at each in turn, frowning. “Come on, then!”
Amy and Rory looked
to the Doctor. He blinked at them. “What?
You two know as well as I do; why do I always have to be the one to
explain?”
“Oh for the love
of--What’s going on?” They all looked up
at the stairs above the cargo bay to see Malcolm Reynolds jogging down the
steps, the tails of his coat swishing. “Jayne? Care to explain?”
“Stowaways, Cap’n,”
he said simply, smirking at the three captives.
“Really?” Mal crossed his arms and stared pointedly at
the big blue box behind them. “They just
stowed away on the great blue crate that was not part of our cargo?”
Jayne worked his jaw
for a moment, glanced sideways at his captain with wide, slightly baffled eyes,
then shifted his weight and cleared his throat.
“Uh, yeah. Guess so.”
Mal rolled his
eyes. “Right then. How about one of you three explains?” He turned expectantly to the time travelers,
but the next voice came from the other side of the bay.
“They’re right where
they should be.” Everyone looked up at
the quiet voice, even Jayne looking away from the intruders. “Right where they wanted to be.” River cocked her head at the police box and
smiled a little. “Here to help.”
“Help?” The Doctor raised his eyebrows and smiled at
her benevolently. “Help with what?”
She shrugged. “Don’t know.
Neither do you. She does.” River pointed at the Tardis. “Not telling, though.”
“Yeah, she’ll do
that.” The Doctor and River shared a
secret smile together.
“Yeeeah,” Mal said,
pulling attention back to himself. “Sweet
as her nonsensical babbling is, I’d like an answer in plain English, if that’s
not too much trouble. Or am I
interrupting crazy time?”
Unfortunately for
Mal, he still didn’t get his answer, as Serenity
rocked just then, and Wash’s voice sounded over the comm. “Captain, you might wanna come up here....”
“Gorram it! Jayne,” Mal said, pointing at him and glancing
significantly at the trio before he darted back upstairs.
“Got it covered, Cap’n.” The Doctor eyed the gun that was once again leveled
at them with vague annoyance.
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