Title: Something In Your Eyes
Pairing: Giles/Inara
FFA: 332
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Don't own …. Obviously
Giles knew that they never should have let Dawn began experimenting with her blood to see if she could open other portals to other dimensions or alternate realities. But Dawn and Willow had insisted and they had been careful, but that didn't stop him being accidentally sent far into the future of a different reality. Giles had been thinking about it for the past two months that he had been stuck here, but right at the moment it was the farthest thing from his mind.
Inara was curled around him breathing heavily, "Well I certainly wasn't expecting you to have that much stamina."
"Years of practice my dear." Giles gave a Ripper-esque smirk. "I want to thank you for choosing me though, I know how this system works and I know that you were the one to choose me. So thank you."
"There was just something in your eyes that attracted me to you." Inara smiled as she got up slowly and made some tea. "Care to join me?" She said sitting on her plush little couch.
"Of course." Giles got up off the bed and sat next to her and graciously accepted the cup of tea she offered him. Giles took a sip, "Not what I'm used to but good all the same."
"It's a special tea used only by companions." Inara explained. They both jumped when they heard gun fire and loud cursing. Giles immediately grabbed his pants and pulled them on while Inara grabbed one of her dresses that allowed her to move around more easily. "They said they wouldn't be doing anything illegal today." Inara muttered.
As they exited the shuttle they saw Mal, Jayne, and Zoe engaged in a firefight with eight rough looking men. Mal was engaged with two men, Zoe with another two, while Jayne had three. So no one noticed the man that was about to creep up on Mal except for Inara and Giles.
"Mal!" Inara yelled. Giles took a more direct approach, he pulled a knife that was in belt of his pants and threw it hitting the man directly in the heart.
Mal raised his eyebrows, "Thanks." Then he went back to his two opponents. Five minutes later all the men were either dead or running.
Inara and Giles went down the stairs to see if Jayne, Mal, and Zoe were okay. Inara went directly to Mal, while Giles first went and grabbed his knife from the dead guy. "Mal you said that there wouldn't be any trouble and that it would be okay to have my client here." Inara berated Mal after she made sure he was okay.
"It was Jayne's fault." Mal shrugged.
"Was not." Jayne shouted back. Mal glared at him and Jayne started walking to the kitchen, "Geez Mal how was I suppose to know-" Jayne trailed off as he walked further away.
"Thanks for throwing the knife back there." Mal said off handedly to Giles.
"No problem." Giles said before turning to Inara, "Well I guess I should be going."
"Yes I suppose we will be leaving soon in any case." Inara replied briefly glaring at Mal. Once they returned to her shuttle Giles finished getting dressed and gathered all his things and was preparing to go when Inara stopped him. "I would like to thank you for saving Mal; he is a good man despite how irritating he is."
Giles smiled and gave Inara a light kiss on the mouth, "I can tell."
"How?" Inara asked.
"Because you care for him." Giles replied softly. As Inara struggled to answer, Giles stepped around her and opened the shuttle door. "Call me if you are ever in the range of here again."
"I will." Inara said.
"Good." Giles gave her one last kiss before leaving the ship briefly nodding to Mal as he exited the doors.
Giles watched as Serenity powered up and took off. For the first time Giles was glad that they hadn't found him just yet.
