Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or Firefly. They are property of Joss Weadon and Fox. Just borrowing them :) I have the entire story mapped out on paper, just trying to get my thoughts straight to type it up. Please be patient with me. I have been a writing nut as of late, bouncing between my stories. Hopefully, I will be updating this one regularly now to completion.

Not surprisingly, I fell asleep reading the book and it was late. I was wide awake. I have a feeling getting information out of live people, not some opinion skewed book is a better idea. I got myself cleaned up and ventured back toward medical to check on Mal.

The ship is quiet, lights are dim. Everyone must be asleep. I found my way to medical, Mal was sound asleep on the bed and I hesitated for a second before going to sit in a chair beside his bed. Handsome, that is the first word that comes to mind when I look at him. I find it odd that I was instantly comfortable with him. It was his eyes they spoke volumes when I grabbed him, to save him on the planet. Fierce, protective, curiosity, passion, kindness and a bit of hesitation were all pouring from him. It was obvious the first used Caleb, to influence me against the exact action I took.

"Bao Bei?"

"Hey, just wanted to check on you." His eyes were staring so intently at me. "Couldn't sleep..." I shrugged, smiling and he smiled back.

"Not complainin...so you gonna tell me that story, since I ain't going nowhere at the moment." I laughed and his eyes twinkled at me.

"Why are you so curious about me?"

"Not everyday that I have a beautiful woman save me." He smiled, that same crooked smirk from our first meeting.

"Beautiful hmm...thank you for the compliment."

"Just statin pure fact."

"Let's save that for another time."

"Somethin to hide, or not trustin me yet?" He kept his eyes on me trying to gauge my response.

"Everyone has something to hide." He gave a slight nod in agreement. "But nothing that will cause trouble, to you or your crew."

"Fair enough." He slowly sat up and gently swung his legs over. "For some reason I trust you, hopin I won't regret it."

"So far, I haven't regretted trusting you." His smiled amused at me,that mischievous twinkle was back. "You sure you should be getting up?"

"Been shot many a times, Captain can't be out of commission too long."

"Very true." His eyes shot to me, my tone giving away that I spoke from experience. He stood up, his face giving away the pain as he put his weight on his leg. "Wait." I walked over beside him and wrapped an arm around his waist, pulling his arm over my shoulders. "There. Now where to?" He looked down at me, I could tell he was debating. "I won't tell anyone." I winked at him and he smiled obviously amused.

"Back to my quarters, near your room." We made our way out of medical and I went back down the path to my room. "Right over there." I got him to the hatch. "Thank you."

"Going to be ok getting down there?" I was genuinely worried he would fall on his ass. He laughed.

"No, I m good." He pushed the hatch with his bad leg. "Get some sleep." I nodded and went over to my quarters, pushing the hatch and climbing down, noticing him watching me as I descended. I pushed the hatch closed and smiled.

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When I woke up, I could hear people moving around the ship and wondered what time it was. I decided to get myself together to go look for the raven haired slayer. As soon as I climbed up, I saw her. She was standing across from my quarters and looked to be waiting for me.

"Morning." I smiled at her, she seemed curious about me. "I'm Buffy."

"River." She tilted her head still studying me.

"Beautiful name." I walked closer to her, she continued to stare. "You waiting for me?"

"You're like me, but your dreams are scary." I was surprised, she could see my dreams. What did they do to this girl?

"Yeah, I am not from here. I am here to help you." I looked into her eyes, so she could see the honesty.

"I know." She turned and started walking away, I ran up to catch up with her. I walked beside her, we ended up in an odd looking living room area.

Everyone was sitting at a table eating. All eyes looked at River and I. I could see everyone's eyes register surprise, when River grabbed my hand and pulling me to the table to sit beside her.

"Buffy, glad to see you got some sleep." Mal gave me a small smile, nothing like when we were alone. I assume due to the entire crew being here. "This is my crew. I believe you met the Doc yesterday." I nodded and noticed Simon looked at me suspiciously between me and River. "This is my second in command, Zoe." Who gave me a tight smile and nod. "That there is our pilot Wash and Zoes husband. The big goofy looking guy there is Jayne." I chuckled and Mal grinned knowing exactly what I was thinking...girl name. "This little darling is Kaylee, she is our engineer. I see I don't need to introduce you to River."

"No, she introduced herself." I smiled at River, who smiled back and from the faces, I don't believe she does that often.

"So Buffy, what brought you to Elsa?" Zoe raised the question, staring at me intently. This woman did not trust or like me.

"Just going where the verse takes me, nothing specific." I knew I was being evasive, but I wasn't about to tell them why. They would think I was insane.

"Interesting." Zoe stood up and left with Mal close behind her. My slayer hearing was a blessing and curse, as I heard her telling the captain she didn't like me. His response was 'hell you didn't like wash either and you married him', both River and I laughed, once again getting odd looks from the crew. She was definitely a slayer.