Arriving At Londinum

[vincentmccloud]

"Ah, red hair. It'll go with my eyes. Yeah, auburn will do fine. You ain't cutting my hair though. I just want to make that clear." Vincent liked his hair. He's had it that long for as long as he could remember. Vincent began to chuckled and Simon becoming blonde and Daniel being called up for a 'meltdown'. "What are we gonna do with your family River?" He kissed her forehead and began to take the ship down. "Roger that Alliance Cruiser Endeavor, and thank you."

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Daniel

Daniel rush on and looked around, "Whats the emergancy? What is it?" He actually believed Mal when he said meltdown. It wasn't until he noticed Bella freaking out that he knew what he really meant. He put his arms round her and took hold of her hands. "Its ok. Don't worry. It'll all work out. You'll see."

[Arabella Hart]

Bella shook her head, her hands to her temples. “No no cutting your hair. Though Daniel may need one. No, no what am I saying? I need the hair cut. Just look at it.” Time for her flaws. Skin was blemished, uneven tan, hair was frizzy, nails and cuticles were horrible, burnt hands and wrist.

She looked up at Daniel. “How can you say that? It will not be all right. You know how critical she is? As soon as I walk in she will judge me. ‘Hair frizzy, why can’t you go tan somewhere. And where did those burns come from’” Bella mocked her grandmother’s voice. She shook her head, not knowing what to do.

[Captain Malcolm Reynolds]

Mal laughed lightly. This was too much fun. He frowned some. He hated being on Alliance soil. But that was a lot of money. He needed it. They needed it. The crew couldn’t live on protein forever and they needed repairs.

“So let Inara pamper you. Her and Kaylee do a good job at that. She’ll soften you up. Just calm down girly.” He wasn’t ready for this. Sitting at the controls, Jay was off somewhere, sleeping. Grabbing the controls, he moved the ship to a free spot, landing it in a few minutes time. They were locked. He could see many woman through the window up high, but he looked for the one who could comfort Bella. “Why don’t we leave these two to hide while we move to the cargo bay?”

Mal motioned as he headed out, mumbling. Too much hormones going on.

[OUT-Cargo bay]

[river]

River remained in Vincent's arms, even though she was assuring them that she was going to be quite alright she was on the verge of a fit and a bad one. She concentrated in on Vincent's head it was always allot calmer than her own thoughts. Half the time her thoughts weren't her own anyway they were who ever had the most on their mind at the moment. River gleamed the planet as they got close to it trying to find any potential danger to them. She didn't sense any at the moment, but she knew to keep her mind open to the fact that it could happen.

River suddenly caught a gleam of her parents thoughts, and Solstice's. She focused more on her parent's movements than anything else. She moved her hands so that they were around his chest and she snuggled with him and held tight. She couldn't do it, her parent's were close which meant they could be going to this party and they'd find Simon and herself. Then they'd send her back to the academy because she was alledgedly happy there. She looked at Vincent and then nuzzled into him.

"Bella, it'll be fine go to Inara and Kaylee they can make it so you can pass any inspection that anyone will put you through, I promise" said River "Please relax"

River didn't like being in a room with someone who was nervous or panicking like Bella was at the moment. Thoughts drifted to random things, they lost order, sense of time, place, sequence, River couldn't deal with that at the moment. She snuggled closer into Vincent's arms trying to block out the others. She caught her dad's thoughts, he was thinking about her and Simon. He was mad too, especially because Simon gave up everything to find her.

"Vincent, they're here, my parent's they're here" said River quite panicked

Daniel probably wasn't going to get it just simply because of the fact that he never got to meet his dad's parents, his grandparents. He didn't know how strict his granddad was or how much he wanted her back at the school.

"They can't find me, they'll send me back, they'll make me go back" said River "I don't belong... dangerous like you. Can't be controlled... can't be trusted. Everyone could just... go on without me and not have to worry. People could be who they wanted to be... could be with the people they wanted. Live simple... no secrets."

River was officially in a flow blown fit, this would be the second one that Bella would have seen, River knew Daniel's first reaction was to go and get Simon and give her medicine and make her calm down. River wasn't in the mood for medicine though she didn't want it.

"I remember everything, and some of its made up and some of it can't be quantified but I understand" said River "Ball of yarn... All knotted and tangled with different weights and colors, but pull one string and you pull them all.."

She was severely freaking out on them, Daniel was going to go get Simon and the needles. She looked at Vincent.

"No needles, please no medicine, no more, they can't just stick twenty needles in my eyes and ask me what I see" said River

This was the worst fit River had had in a while, she was fine the other night after Vincent's letter to her. She was mostly okay after heading to the infirmary to check on Vincent, she had had a nightmare but he had comforted and made her feel allot better. He'd made love to her and that amazed her. She was trying to push those thoughts into the front of her brain and work on focusing on him. She couldn't do it though her memory was jumping everywhere she couldn't do it.

"Can't focus, jumping everywhere, not able to it doesn't work, not making sense" said River "No silence, never silent, always there"

[vincentmccloud]

"Shhh, Don't worry. They won't be able to send you back to that place. Wanna know why? Cause they'll have to get though me first. And you know better than anyone, that I am not the man with whom to mess with." River's words weren't exactly hurtful but they did cause him great pain. He wiped away the tears that were starting to come out of her eyes. He picked River up and carried her back to their room. "Come on. I've got something for you." He turned back to Bella and Daniel. "Can you two keep this to yourselves? Please."

[Out-River & Vincent's Room]

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Daniel

"There you go. Just let Inara and my mom take care of it." He kept his arms around her. He so desperately wanted her to feel better. "Don't worry. Afterwards you'll never have to see her again. Plus I'll be with you the whole time." He looked on to River and Vincent. "Um....but I really think I should....let dad know about this...." But he heard how desperate his tone of voice was when he said please, so Daniel chose to agree. "Ok, I won't say anything."

[river]

River curled into Vincent's arms clinging to him.

[out vincent and River's room]