A/N: Hi all this is my 1st Firefly fic. This story is what happens a few months after Serenity. I may not put any Chinese in because I would probably screw it up but I will try. I do want to say that this is going to take me some to write so updates on chapter will be slow. I have a feeling it's gonna be some hard work getting the tone and dialog just right.

As usual I own nothing that is Firefly. I just get tales spinning in my head and hope to do the man who truly owns them a glimmer of something decent.

Thanks for reading.

Inara was lying in her bed dreaming of her and Mal. It was a simple dream. They were sitting side-by-side eating and apple together just watching the sky. He would cut a piece of the apple and hand her it and then cut himself a piece. It was a recurring dream that she had been having but it was always the same. The two of them just sitting but this time the dream felt different. She felt like a malevolent presence was watching them. She went to take another piece of apple from Mal when she looked at his hand it was covered in blood. She then looked at Mal and he had blood running down his temple. She looked at her own hands covered in blood and started to scream.

She awoke from the dream panting and perspiring with dread. She thought to herself it was only a dream then she heard.

"Hello Inara"

She looked wildly around the room and saw at the foot of her bed sat a woman. She held an energy weapon in her hand. Inara could only see her eyes in the darkness but she knew who it was.

Trembling Inara said, "Leandra"

"Yes. It's me."

Inara said in a small voice "They finally decided to kill me?"

The woman calmly replied, "Yes they have."

"Why now?"

"They know you were involved in the whole Miranda incident and think you may betray them."

"They sent you."

Leandra shook her head, "No."

"Why are you here then? If not to kill me."

Leandra watched Inara for a moment before speaking. She finally said, "I intercepted the call that you are code black now and came to warn you. Also to try to protect you."

"I see."

Both women looked over at the shuttle door as it flew open. Mal and Zoe came charging threw pistols ready to shoot.

Without even blinking the strange woman whipped out a second pistol and pointed one at Mal and the other at Zoe.

She said to Inara without taking her eyes off of her, "Tell your friends to back off or the'll be deader then a flower out in the snow."

Inara slowly rose out of her bed to stand between Leandra and them.

"Mal lower you guns. We can trust her."

His eyes darted back and forth between the woman and Inara.

Zoe said, "I've got your back Captain. Whatever you decide."

Inara put her hand on Mal's arm, "Please."

Mal lowered his weapon but kept a way eye on the woman. His eyes flick towards Inara and said, "Alright then Inara but you best be telling me why there is a strange armed who woman who put Jayne to shame."

River walked in the shuttle and looked all around she turned her eyes to the captain and said, "Told ya there was so one was here."