“Oh Buddha!” Inara cried out, “She stopped breathing!” Inara leaned down to start CPR but River pulled her friend and the woman she considered almost a mother to her, away.
“Just wait...”
“River!”
A few moment's later, with a gasp. Zoë took a deep breath and sat up suddenly. Her head pounding and buzzing, “Oh good gorram. My head is killing me...”
Inara fell onto her backside in shock, mouth agape. “Told you to wait,” River said with a smile.
Zoë suddenly remembered what had happened and looked down at her chest. The bullet hole had been right next to her heart. With wide eyes she saw a small blue spark as the wound healed over. Not even leaving a scar.
“What the hell?”
Duncan sighed, “Welcome back.”
“Back? Back from what? I got shot.”
“You did,” Duncan replied.
“I thought I was dead.”
“You were.” Macleod said gravely, “But you got better.”
-- Undying - Chapter 1 by Briglad