A/N: I, obviously, don't own anything. Though, Joss does own my soul.

This is a Firefly fic. Mal/OFC. Rated M for future chapters.

This is my first published fanfic. If anyone reads this, please let me know what you think so I can decide if I want to continue with it. Thanks!

"Persephone," Captain Malcolm Reynolds stated when asked where they were headed this time.

"Yessir," Wash said and piloted Serenity towards Persephone.

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When they reached the planet the Captain decided it was time for a little leisure. They had just gotten paid from a big job and he wanted to treat his well-deserving crew. The Shepherd had decided to stay on Serenity and look after River so Simon could have some down-time.

They found themselves at a saloon they had heard was amazing. And from what they experienced, it was. The liquor was great, the food was surprisingly wonderful, and there were even Burlesque dancers onstage performing.

The crew was enjoying their time and watching the show. Then the dancers came off stage and danced up and down the aisles of spectators. While they watched they saw an older, drunken man slap one of the girls on her behind. The dancer stopped, turned around, picked the man up by his collar and punched him in the face. Hard. Everyone stopped and stared in shock. The drunken man gathered himself and shouted, "YOU STUPID WHORE!" at the dancer and slapped her in the face. Her head jerked to the side with the slap but she didn't cry out. Instead, she looked at the man sideways and gave him a cynical smile. She reared back and slugged him in the face even harder than the last time. Then three men stood up behind the man, clearly his buddies. The audience quickly evacuated the bar, seeing the upcoming trouble.

The man shouted at his buddies in Chinese to "KILL THAT BITCH". Mal stood up to go help the woman but Zoë held his arm and nodded towards the girl as she spun around and delivered a powerful kick to the man's head. Knocking him clean out. The three other men lunged at her, yelling. She delivered a quick front kick to one hard in the face and elbowed another man in the nose. The she quickly drew a gun out from under her dress and shot the other man in the knee cap.

Needless to say, Malcolm and the rest of his crew were very impressed. The bartender, and clearly the manager, yelled at the woman from behind the bar.

"Lacey, you stupid whore! Look what you've done!" The woman walked up to him and took off her feathery, red headband and laid it on the bar. Then she ripped her dress all around 'til it reached her mid-thigh and threw the cloth in his face. She tore off her red gloves and shouted, "I RUTTING QUIT!"

"You can't quit, Lacey!" the manager yelled as she walked away from him. "You're nothing without me! NOTHING! You'll never find work again, you stupid bitch! You're gonna starve!" He kept yelling at her from behind the bar as she smiled at him, flipped him off, and walked out the door.

Mal stared blankly. Trying to understand what he just saw.

"Did that broad just hand four men their asses by herself? … And in a dress?" Jayne asked, dumfounded.

Mal exchanged a quick look with Zoë and they ran after the woman. When Mal and his friends ran out the door they saw the woman storming off and could hear the manager still screaming obscenities.

"Wait! Uh… Lacey! Wait!" the captain yelled.

"Leave me alone, Ralph!" the woman called back while taking down her hair. Malcolm had caught up with her and grab held of her arm.

"I ain't Ralph," he said, slightly out of breath.

"Let go of me!" the woman yelled and ripped her arm away from his grasp. Mal put up his hands to indicate he didn't want trouble.

"Hey, Lacey, just listen. I think what you did back there was amazing and I'd like to offer you a job," he stated calmly.

The girl paused for a moment. "…I'm listening."

Mal smiled. "My name's Malcolm Reynolds. I captain a Firefly called Serenity. This is my crew. Zoë, Wash, Jayne, Kaylee, Inara, and Dr. Simon," he said pointing to each member. The girl was still listening, so he continued. "I don't know how you feel about outer space, or if you have any special—"

"I'm a navigator," the girl interrupted him. Mal was surprised by the interruption.

"A navigator?" he asked.

"The best damn navigator in this 'verse!" she stated purposefully.

"Captain, we don't need a navigator," Wash interrupted, "We've got me. I know where I'm going," he stated smugly.

The woman turned towards Wash and stared him down with burning eyes. "Oh, really?" she inquired. "When travelling through the border of our galaxy and you come across the third segment of the Ares asteroid belt, do you bank right or left to get to the planet Macharies?"

Wash was stumped but decided to take a guess. 50/50 chance right? "Uhm… Well, left. If my memory serves me right."

The girl smiled. "Well first of all there's no such thing as a planet Macharies. But there is a planet Machaon, in which case you would bank right to get to."

Wash held his head down in defeat. That was enough for the captain. "Listen, Lacey. If you want a job on Serenity, you've got it." The girl smiled. Mal reached out his hand and the girl took it with a firm handshake.

"I'd love to work on Serenity with ya'll."

"Wonderful!" Mal exclaimed as Wash was comforted by Zoë from his recent defeat.

"Oh," the girl stated, "And my name ain't Lacey."

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"Allana, huh?" Kaylee asked as they boarded Serenity with the rest of the crew.

"Yup. I used a fake name at that saloon. Didn't want anyone following me when I finally did find a boat to work on."

"So you've been looking for a ship?" Mal asked.

"Sure have. Just been working at that rutting place to get by 'til I found someone."

"Alright then, Allana. You're officially apart of Serenity's crew. Now folks, it's getting late. I want ya'll to get some sleep tonight. We head out tomorrow. Get to bed," Mal said and his crew dispersed except for Kaylee who grinned at Allana and gave her an unexpected hug.

"Welcome to our family!" Kaylee beamed.

"Uh, thanks…" Allana said, shocked. Kaylee broke away from the hug, then walked over to the Captain and kissed him on the cheek.

"Night, Cap'n!" she smiled, "I love you!"

"Yeah, yeah. Get to bed," Mal said with a kind smile and Kaylee obeyed. "Well, I'll show you your room."

Now that they were in much better lighting, Mal noted some of Allana's features. She had firey red hair. Not orange, but red. And big, emerald green eyes and creamy colored skin. Mal also saw that she had a very, very nice body. Especially in her red and black burlesque dress. He quickly shook any of those thoughts away.

When they had reached her room, Mal turned to Allana and tried really hard not to stare at her cleavage.

"Well," he grunted, "This is it. It ain't much now but it's got a decent bed for tonight. Tomorrow we'll letcha get all set up how ya want. And getcha some new clothes."

"Thanks very much, Captain," Allana smiled. This was her first good look at Mal and she noticed how attractive was.

"Well, uhm…G'night," Mal said and started walking away.

Allana smiled and as she shut the door to her room. She went to her bed and sat on the edge. She thought of her new captain and simply said to herself out loud, "Yummy."