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Zoe followed Mal as he entered the cockpit.

“I’m just saying that freezing girls ain’t exactly Badger’s style,” Zoe stated.

“No,” Mal agreed, “but we both know that Badger can be a mite unpredictable.”

Zoe smirked, “So can you, sir.”

Mal shot a look to her, which only widened Zoe’s smirk.

“I’ve got Badger on the line,” Wash announced from his seat.

“Shiny,” Mal stated, breaking his stare from Zoe.

Mal took a step to the console, staring at the scruffy image of Badger on the screen.

“Captain Reynolds,” he began. “I heard you was taking an issue with my cargo.”

“Oh, it’s not really an issue,” Mal commented sarcastically. “But I would take an issue if you put things in the cargo that I did not agree to transport.”

“What are you playing at,” Badger asked in annoyance.

“Don’t play games with me, Badger,” Mal said cheerily. “The girl.”

“Girl?”

“You know; pretty, blond, and sitting naked in a box”

Badger snickered, “I haven’t the slightest idea what you’re talking about Mal. Of course, if a naked blond girl got mixed up in your cargo, I’d gladly take her off your hands.”

Mal grimaced as he cut the call. The screen momentarily flashed white before emptying to black.

“I told you freezing girls wasn’t his style,” Zoe smirked.

***

Simon flicked the syringe twice before injecting the girl with the sedative. She laid on the exam table, tossing a little, as if she was having a nightmare in her sleep. But once Simon administered the drug, she relaxed.

Inara’s frame leaned against the counter as she stared intently at the girl.

“I wonder where she came from,” she said to no one in particular.

“Yeah,” Jayne grunted in concurrence. He too was in the infirmary, leaning in the corner of the room closest to the door.

Simon returned the syringe to a tray at the