Then they all heard a gunshot, then another, and then many more coming from the cargo bay.
“Daddy!” Kaylee shouted and before Simon or Wash could say a word she was gone and Simon grabbed his medical bag and was about to follow when suddenly there was a beeping sound from the control panel and Wash and Simon looked to each other with wide eyes, knowing that ominous sound.
“Missile lock!” Wash said in a terrified voice and then Simon turned back to the sensor board and shouted its location and in a second Wash was twisting the ship in a tight, rapidly descending turn away from the incoming missile.
-- The Return Home - Part 19 by cbsteve