Chapter 2

Everyone didn't know what to say about this revelation. Spike was stunned. He hadn't seen his dad for a long time after he left him at the age of 8. His mother died after giving birth to him. Spike passed all that aside and assumed this wouldn't be his dad.

"No." Spike said, "No, no, NO!"

He slammed his hand on the table.

"Spike, I realise this is a very shocking thing to tell you," the doctor said, "but this is your father."

"YOU'RE LYING!" Spike yelled, angrily, "MY FATHER RAN AWAY FROM ME AFTER MY MOTHER DIED AND COULDN'T HANDLE IT! HE CAN'T BE A BOUNTY HEAD OF 10 MILLION WOOLONGS!"

Faye couldn't take anymore of Spike shouting.

"SPIKE, CALM DOWN!" Faye shouted, "SHOUTING ISN'T GONNA CHANGE A DAMN THING!"

Spike stared at Faye with anger. Faye did, too.

Then, Spike decided to calm down.

"Well then, try to prove me wrong." the doctor said, in response, "Prove to me that he isn't a bounty worth 10 million Woolongs."

"Fine." Spike responded, patiently, "Where can I find him?"

The doctor gave Spike some information.

"Well, there's been reports of him joining up with a group, but I tried to find out who, yet the computer couldn't reveal which."

"Well, that's just great." Spike said, "I'm off. Anyone else wanna join?"

Faye let out a sigh.

"Fine, I'll go."

Spike, trying to think of a point of why Faye can't join him, gave in and left the lab with Faye.

"Jet, stay here and look after Ed, will ya?" Spike ordered.

"Oh, sure thing." Jet responded.

Then, Spike and Faye were gone.

Outside, Spike was walking down the pavement with Faye but couldn't help but ask him questions.

"How come you never mentioned anything about your family?" Faye asked.

"You're asking me this, why?" Spike asked, annoyed.

"Because you mentioned your parents earlier." Faye responded

"Yeah, and that's all you'll ever hear." Spike said.

"Fine." Faye sighed.

Back at the lab, the doctor tried to figure out the group he mentioned, while Jet and Ed were waiting for Spike and Faye, bored out of their minds.

"There must be something I'm missing." the doctor tried to reveal the group.

"Well, what?" Jet asked.

"I don't know." the doctor responded, "Maybe, I should try and examine the bounty's details and see if it reveals anything."

The doctor opened the door, only to find a corgi running into the room, barking around the room and occasionally, growling at the doctor.

"What the-GAHH!" the doctor questioned, while panicking at the energetic dog as it sometimes growled and barked at him.

"EIN!" Jet and Ed said simultaneously.

"You know this mutt?!" the doctor asked, angrily.

"He, uh, he belongs to us." Jet answered.

Ein started to jump in front of the keyboards and walked around on them, as the computer screen starts to glitch by showing different information.

"GET OFF THE KEYBOARD, YOU DISGUSTING MONGREL!" The doctor shouted.

The corgi growled at the doctor and jumped towards him, barking as he launched. The doctor ducked his head, and Ein is about to fall on the ground. Luckily, Jet manages to catch the dog in his arms just in time.

"Listen, doc, that's no way to talk to the pooch. Or act, even." Jet scolded the doctor.

Ein started to feel safe around Jet's arms and allows him pet his head while letting out a happy whine.

"See, he just missed us, since we were in here too long."

"But thanks to him, the computer's broken, so we don't know the group." the doctor said, irritated.

"Who're they?" Ed asked pointing to the screen

"'They'? Who do you mean..." the doctor turned to the computer screen and saw a group of men on the screen.

"...'they'." He finished his question turned realisation.

He saw who the group was.

"Oh no." He said, under his breath, "No, no, no, no, no."

"What is it?" Jet asked.

"I know who this bounty is working for." the doctor responded.

"Oh. So, does that mean Ein isn't a 'disgusting mongrel'?" Jet asked, jokingly.

"No," the doctor responded, "but listen, he's part of the Alaris."

"Who are the 'Alaris'?" Jet asked.

"You don't know?" the doctor asked, "They are a group of assassins and thieves, who steal and kill people for it."

"Spike doesn't know this." Jet said.

"Exactly." the doctor said, "Which is why you need to go after him."

"Will do. Ed, you and Ein go back to the Bebop and stay there." Jet ordered Ed.

"Aw, but Ed wants to beat up criminals, right, Ein?" Ed asked Ein.

Ein let out a bark in response and jumped out of Jet's arms.

"Ed, I'm serious." Jet said.

Ed drooped her head, and Ein let out a whine as they both left the lab before Jet.

At the centre of town, Spike and Faye were still looking for his father until they saw a man in black. Not a suit but a sort of black cloak and a black fedora type hat. Spike and Faye started to suspect something.

"What do you think?" Faye asked.

"Well, if I were wearing something like that, that screams crime."

The man in black seemed to have seen them and ran. Spike and Faye chased after him until they reached an alley. Spike and Faye took out their guns to arm themselves.

"Alright, game's up, my friend." Spike called out.

"Well, you seem to be doing well and you're using your senses, boy." a voice said.

"What?" Spike asked.

"Back then, you would have had a lotta trouble if you were trained back then."

"WHO ARE YOU?!" Spike shouted.

"After all these years, it's me."

The man in black revealed himself and unmasked himself to show it is Spike's dad. He looked like Spike but had grey around his hair and has a beard.

"Dad..." Spike said, stunned.

TO BE CONCLUDED...