Companion's Therapy

(Please R&R)

Inara sat in front of her mirror, running a hairbrush through her beautiful dark hair. It had been a quiet few weeks for the crew of "Serenity", and their most recent planetary stopover-a basic supply run-was almost over. Time to start looking for new companion work.

Inara was interrupted by a knock on her door. She opened it to find Kaylee, the adorable engineer of "Serenity", standing in the doorway. As opposed to Kaylee's usual cheery disposition, the younger woman was looking as sad as Inara had ever seen her.

"Kaylee! What's the matter?" Inara was concerned about Kaylee-she has always seen the girl as a younger sister of sorts. Kaylee looked up at Inara. "I think I messed up bad this time. The cap'n's steamed at me, an' the engine's a mess, an' we can't leave until.."

It took a little while, but Inara managed to calm Kaylee down enough to get the whole story. Kaylee has set out to do some complex engine repairs on "Serenity" before they got to flying again. Kaylee was an engineering protoge despite not having any real schooling, and such repairs should have been child's play to her. Today, however, something had been off-the new part Kaylee installed had burned out the engine, and repairs would take another week at least.

Inara was an expert at judging people's emotional state, and it was obvious to her that Kaylee was loaded with guilt-at failing Mal, the crew, and (perhaps worst of all) Serenity itself. Fortunatly, Inara knew something about Kaylee's past that just might help..

"Kaylee? Remember that story you told be about when you took apart the engine on your father's motorbike?" Kaylee gazed up at her. "I remember. I was feeling guility for days. Until..." "Until what?" "'Till I 'fessed up and Daddy took a switch to my backside. Hurt, but I felt better after."

Inara smiled. "Do you think it might help if I brought back some of those memories?" Kaylee's eyes widened, then she hung her head. "Yeah. Maybe". "Take off your overalls." Kaylee did as the older woman instructed. Before to long, she was standing before Inara in her shirt and panties. Inara patted her lap. "Come here, sweetie."

Kaylee lay over the lovely companions lap. After adjusting the girl to get a better angle on her buns. Inara hooked her fingers into Kaylee's panties. "Did you get to keep these on when you were younger?" Kaylee gulped. "No. Daddy and Ma always burned my bare butt." Inara nodded, then pulled Kaylee's panties to her knees. The engineer shuddered as the cool air of Inara's shuttle raised goosepimples on her exposed buttocks. "Get ready Kaylee." SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! Inara's palm impacted on Kaylee's small butt. Inara had some experience in the matter, having spanked a client or two in the past. The blows came hard and fast,and Kaylee's cute buns began to take on a distinct pink tone.

For her part, Kaylee tried to take the spanking with dignity, but quickly found herself squirming under Inara's hand. WHACK WHACK WHACK! Poor Kaylee's buns were well on their way to redness now. The young woman began to wiggle and moan in earnest, and as the punishment reached its' climax, she actually kicked her panties off her legs and across the room. Finally, Inara stopped and ordered the sniffling girl up, then had her march to the other side of the room and stand with her hands on her head and her well-spanked buns on display.

While Kaylee did her corner time, Inara reached onto her desk and picked up the wooden hairbrush she had been using earlier....

Mal Reynolds walked down the corridor towards Inara's shuttlecraft. News had just come in-the man who sold Kaylee the parts to repair the engine had been arrested for selling shoddy goods, so the engine burnout wasn't Kaylee's fault after all. Mal always insisted that he has cold, mean, and emotionless-but he had a soft spot for little Kaylee, and had decided to swallow his pride and apoligize. Plus, this gave him an opportunity to barge in on Inara unannounced, which always annoyed her.

Mal was expecting to see Kaylee in the shuttle. What he wasn't expecting his to see his engineer half-naked across Inara's lap, getting her bare bottom smacked with a hairbrush. Mal normally had a wry quip prepared for Inara, but this time he could barely manage to stammer out "Gwai-gwai long duh dong!" and close the door behind him.

Inara stopped paddling Kaylee and sat the girl on her lap, cuddling her and stroking her hair. "Feeling better, sweetie?" "Mmm-hmm. But the captain saw.." "I don't think the captain will be speaking about this anytime soon. Now why don't you just lie down on my bed-I've got some special cream just perfect for soothing a bottom like yours."