A dropped weapon.

[zoe]

"Who defends us poor women folk?" Came Inara's crystal voice as she stepped into the Cargo Bay and moved up to the join the circle.

A picture of utmost beauty and wonder in a room full of theives, mercenaries and Pirates. Though Inara wasn't exactly innocent anylonger of such things but this new man certainly wouldn't know it.

Inara had been joking of course, she had been a decent fighter to begin with, but her years on Serenity had hardened her some, and now she could shoot just as well as she could sing, play music, and sword fight.

[james]

James looked up and saw one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, and it took his breath away. "umm... errr..." he shook his head, and looked at his feet for a moment while rubbing his eyes. " He looked slightly up, enough to see Dave, "I can show you where I last saw Mal..."

James slowly looked back around the room, "Its not far... but..."
he sighed not knowing how to put it. "I am not sure..." James took another deep breath. "Can I borrow some bigger guns?" James tilted his head and looked Dave square in the eyes.

[Dave Cassidy]

Dave looked over towards James "Youve got my pistol, i have a DE .50 in my kit bag, but this is the only long rifle i have." he said indicating the L85 assault rifle, which he had modified with a longer barel, scope, and bipod.

"Im one of the best shots in the continent, you want me to get this guy that has Mal?" he asked vincent.

[vincentmccloud]

Vincent knew Inara was joking by her question, he responded in an equally joking manor, "Inara, I'm insulted. The great protector is standing right before you." He gave her a very elaborate bow before turning back to the others. "Weapons locker's over there. I'm sure no one would mind as long as you put them back when you're done."

Vincent tried to look impressed at Dave but deep down it was not so. Vincent not only had a pair of Desert Eagles .50, but with his superior eyesight, most of the time he didn't even need a scope. "Well...I must say Dave, you a man with taste. Oh, and I don't really need your help..."

He took off his cloak and revealed that he had half a dozen pistols holstered. His Desert Eagles, Smith & Wesson magnums and a pair of AMT Hardballer Longsides. He turned back to his bike and revealed 2 short swords sheathed onto his back, one of which was curved like a katana. From his bike he unveiled his infamous zweihänder sword. The blade alone was 5ft long and the hilt was 1ft making the whole weapon almost as big as he was. Because of his intense training with it, he was able to wield it almost effortlessly with just one hand. For a moment he had a sadistic grin on his face, but it quickly changed back to his normal look. "...But then again Dave. An extra gun is always handy."

[Dave Cassidy]

"I figured you would have a few. But i only have these three because i really do travel light.. Besides, other than extreme holsters, you cant really carry that many..." he trailed off at the end, realising that an extreme holster sounded like a good idea...

"And you can always do with a little help, besides, you never know how many people he might have working with him." he sprinted back to his room to grab his webbing and DE .50, and returned shortly.

[OUT - Dave's room - and back]

[justin667]

Jayne smiled at Inra. "Hey Nara." He had taken up on Kaylee's nickname for her, so it wasn't anything new. "I don't see any women around here?" Jayne looked around, in mock surprise. He was trying to stay light while they scrambled. "Do you?" He knew he mightget hit, but that was ok. Inara was as good as any guy when it came to fighting, though she wasn't that big of a fighter.

Jayne went and opened the weapons cabinet. Grbabing some of his personal guns from it, he put it in his holster as well as Mal's gun. Mal may need it. "How bout Nara is our distraction?"

[james]

James ran over to the weapons locker and hurled it open, glancing left and right seeing if he could find anything that resembled his favorite gun. After searching for a few seconds he gave up and shut the locker, "damn" he whispered under his breath, "they don't have one..." and he looked up as the only person in the room took off his cloak to see all of the guns, and he couldn't help but see if he had a Mateba Autorevolver. Finding that there wasn't one in the cargo bay wasn't that shocking, he would actually have been surprised if he had found one on this planet. The only reason he had even known that it existed was because his father gave him one when he joined the Alliance military, and it never left his side, that is until his crew had left him on Ezra.

James slowly walked back toward the cargo bay entrance, "Hey, I'm gonna be right outside. I need some fresh air..." and with that James slipped back out onto Ezra, thoughts of his dad filled his head.

[Out - Ezra - Wondering]

[danieltam]

Daniel walked into the cargo bay with his sister and saw everyone else gearing up. He looked round at everyone, Vincent was clearly taking charge of the situation. Jayne was asking him questions on what to do which meant full well that Vincent asserted his dominance over everyone else. Daniel walked right up to Vincent trying not to look intimidated. "Me, Haven and mom. We're going too."

[Haven Tam]

Haven followed her brother into the cargo bay. Going down the steps, Haven closed one of the gun cabinet doors. If the alliance came by, they didn’t need too many questions. Smiling at Vincent, she tucked her hands in her jean pockets. “Bella’s gonna stay behind. We don’t know if our dad is going yet, but River,” she looked at Daniel, and decided to stay vague for now because of David, “can’t handle it.”

Haven was nervous. She wanted to go, but this was also her first time out.

[Simon Tam]

Simon stepped onto the catwalk outside the Shuttle and said "We're coming Haven. Vincent." before walking down the stairs onto the main level of the cargo bay.

"Your coming aswell, Inara?" he asked, before picking up the medi-kit from a stowage locker ont he new hover-mule and checking that it was functioning properly, he had recently purchased a cratefull of alliance medi-kits, which were almost medical centers they where so complex, being able to scan, diagnose and treat many battle-field injuries, they where invaluable on many of the crews 'High-risk' missions.

"Medi-kits working fine." he said with a glance towards the group.

[kaywinnet]

Kaylee followed Simon as he checked the medi-kits. "At least we know we'll be prepared in case something does happen." She said as she remember about River. "Oh Simon, I saw River when I was looking for you. She was in the common room, she didn't look too good. She was curled up by herself and mumbling again. Do you think she'll be alright while we're gone?" Kaylee asked as worry took over the emotions on her face.

[vincentmccloud]

Vincent heard James' disappointment when he looked into the weapons locker. He was clearly looking for something very specific. He would have suggested that he have a look at his personal stash but he had only just met the man and he wasn't prepared to let a stranger search through his personal effects.

He started to consider Jayne's plan of Inara as a distraction when he noticed Daniel march right up to him almost demanding that they were going with them. He looked over to the rest of the family and smiled back at them. "So...the Tam family wants to help rescue the captain, is that right?" He changed his expression to make it look as though he was thinking deeply. He looked at each of them for a moment and began to speak again, "You may come, under the condition that you do EXACTLY what i say, when i say it, no questions asked. Do we have an understanding?" He held his hand out to Daniel as he was closer to him.

[justin667]

Jayne looked around. it seemed the whole damn crew was coming. "Heck, I'm heading out with that James kid. Let you all have a nice family talk." Jayne loved them all, but right now they needed to figure out how to save Mal. And his niece and nephew showing up was not the smartest of all plans.

[Out - Ezra - Wondering]

[Haven Tam]

Haven nodded to Vincent. She couldn't go if she had to make her own mind about firing the gun and when to shoot or who to shoot. Looking to see her brother and parents reaction, she cleared her throat. "How will Bella be alone? Zoe took her son out shopping for some new clothes." Their cousin needed some new stuff so the two had gone shopping. It would be impossible to find them without the kidnapper possiblely catching them all.

[kaywinnet]

Kaylee looked down as she heard Vincent talking to Daniel. She had never seen her son look as headstrong as he did in that moment. She looked at Haven as she spoke and took a few steps away from Simon so she knew Haven could hear her. "Don't worry none about Bella sweetie, River is here if sheneeds anything." Kaylee said, hoping River would be able to help if need be. Given the state she had last seen River in, she wasn't too sure. Kaylee stepped back toward Simon. "i really hope River is alright. I wish Zoe were here, we could sure use her right about now too." Kaylee looked to the ground. She was slowly beginning to doubt her own efforts to help the crew rescue the captain. She didn't want to back out now, but she hoped she wouldn't have a repeat of what had happened so many years ago when Mal was taken by Niska. Stop! You can't keep thinking like this every time someone needs your help! She thought to herself. As much as she tried to keep herself from doing it, she was still worried. She just hoped it wouldn't effect her attention to her surroundings or to her orders. The last thing she wasnted was to let the cre3w down; to let the captain down. But somehow she was afraid she might not be able to take a shot.