So... this started because... you know, why not? But it's fun, and I've already posted 11 on LJ, so I decided to post this story here as well. :D Tell me what you think; I love getting con crit.

I own nothing, just by the way.

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"The Inspector will come for me!" Geneva snaps, eyes flashing as she regards her captor with contempt.

Thoraxis smirks slowly and leans into Geneva's personal bubble. "Are you sure about that, Constable?" he purrs, softening his voice to a near-human tone.

She narrows her eyes looks away from his face, struggling in vain against her laser bonds. "Of course he will. We're friends."

Thoraxis snorts and looks at the dashboard of his DimensionShip (much bigger, much better than that stupid Model X7 Dimensionwhatshit of the Nitwit Inspector). "Yes, tell that to all his other friends." Turning around sharply, he grins. "He'll forget about you and just get a new little human companion."

Geneva shakes her head. "You have literally spent millennia chasing after the Inspector, but you still don't know him. He always says," her voice and expression transition into a softer emotion Thoraxis identifies as human affection, "that the friendships formed in the Dimensioniser are the closest one ever makes."

Thoraxis shakes his head in disdain. "Yes, but you're just a temporary friend."

She looks stung and he smirks again. "Did I hit a nerve, Temporary Constable Geneva?"

"No!" She says defiantly.

Striding forward, Thoraxis raises her chin with two fingers and looks into her eyes.

All he can see is deep, unswavering loyalty.

He sighs and lets her go.

Later, he leaves her at a restaurant in the Hakulpakaa Way, a small galaxy a few light years away from the Milky Way, and points her to a communication device.

"Why are you letting me go?" She demands, hands twisting the material of her shimmery-golden dress. She thinks he's tricking her.

Thoraxis observes her for a moment, and then shakes his head. "You're boring, Geneva Stilton."

He doesn't tell her that she doesn't need to call the Inspector. The wretched Knight had been following them since the planet of Ip'ka.