Title: I Got Stupid
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Sin: 1. Greed
Disclaimer: Joss is boss, only he could have come up both Faith and Jayne.
Summary: Jayne never learns...

I Got Stupid

"Jayne, what in the sphincter a hell is goin' on down there?" Mal bellowed from the catwalk.

His mercenary was layin' flat on his back with a combat boot pressing down on his throat from one of passengers they'd picked up on Persephone. Her companions were trying to put their property back as the brunette kept him in place. Mal blinked, looking between the woman, and the two other passengers. One was a younger woman with a lighter shade of hair and the other was a younger man.

"Your boy tried to steal from us, Cap'n," Faith snapped, glancing over at the other woman. "He wreck anything?"

"Nope, everything's - still fresh," she sighed. "Connor, everything safe in your crate?"

"Yup."

Faith leaned down so that her face was inches from the mercenary's. He was a good lookin' guy, and she'd give him a go anyday, but right now he'd really pissed her off.

"You get greedy, you get gone, dong ma?" Faith said quietly. "Other than that, and we're five by five."

She released him, and nodded to the other two to follow her. Jayne leaned back against the cold grating of the bay floor, trying to catch his breath. Mal started hollerin' at him, but he didn't pay it no never mind. He strode past the captain.

"Where the hell are you goin'?"

"I'll be in my bunk."