The man with the fake arm returned with a towel and a bowl. "No need for yelling, Spike." he said, placing the items by Iris' side. Her teal eye stared at him for a solid minute before she turned towards Spike.

"(1)Ποιος είναι αυτός, ακίδα?" She asked, giving a slight uncomfortable look as Jet's hands lightly moved her arm closer to his eyes.

"(2)Ένας φίλος, αστεράκι, ένα παλιό φίλο." Spike answered back, "Jet, do you think you could remove that bullet?"

The man sighed and rubbed his bald head, looking quite puzzled. The bullet was in deep, yes, but nothing really seemed to be damaged and it was blinking. Were bullets suppose to do that?

"I could but," He looked towards Spike, "Is it suppose to be blinking?"

Spike gave a confused look towards Iris, who's eyes only widen in surprise. Fear clouded her eye and her face paled—that signaled to Spike that it was bad. He thought about it for a moment. The bullet created by Iris' "people" did blink like bombs, but tended to be used as trackers—

"It's a tracker! Get rid of it! Now!" He yelled, his voice sounding more then worried.

Jet nodded his head and pulled the bullet out as carefully and quickly as he could. Iris winched in pain, but did not say a word or let out a single sound. Once the bullet had been pulled out, Spike threw it on the floor and smashed it into pieces with his foot, observing the crushed pieces for anything else. Iris held her arm and breathed in heavily. Spike turned his attention towards the girl. The grip Iris had tightened, as if she were in serious pain and on the verge of death.

"Are you alright, Iris? Someone get bandages!" Spike called as he ripped off a pieces of his sleeve and pressed it against the bleeding wound. The young princess looked up to him with a poker face, her eyes full of pain. She slowly nodded her head as it rested on Spike's chest.

The purple haired woman called 'Faye' handed a roll of bandages to Spike, who grabbed it and wrapped Iris' arm in a hurry. His eyes flashed for a moment, full of fear and worry, as his fingers nimbly moved with the bandages. Faye watched, impressed. She would have never thought that Spike would have such skill or the care do even bother with such a thing. This is a kid for Christ's sake, he hated kids with a passion, along with females. This child was both—she was a kid, or at least looked like it, and was a female. Why wasn't Spike being the rude piece of shit he was?

The girl that laid in his arms was asleep, breathing in normal rhythms. Her slightly tanned skin seemed a bit pale, her teal hair was messy, her body covered in a military uniform that looked very old-fashioned—just who exactly was this?

"Spike, if you don't mind me asking," Faye spoke from the doorway, "Just who is that? She seem rather close to you."

"A friend. This is Iris, she's the crowned princess of Neptune. I've known her since she was little, when I was about her age." Spike answered, "She's also known as the famous General Star around the galaxy, hence why Neptune is feared so much."

"You kidnapped a princess and famous General?! Have you finally lost it?!" Faye's and Jet's voices overlapped at the same time. Who on earth would do such a thing? Kidnapping a girl—who looked rather lonely—wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either. This girl was a crowned princess and famous General—two things that the people would want back.

"Wait, if we return her once the report goes up, we could earn a ton of mon—"

"I am not retuning her to the planet! If you want the money, you'll have to pry Iris out of my cold dead arms!" Spike shouted, grabbing Iris' small body and pulling it towards his own in a protective stance. "She just escaped, I refuse to return her."

Iris winched slightly at the sudden action, her eyes opening painfully. They were the same shade of teal as her hair, only looking more dead and lost then anything. The scar of her left cheek was shown as her long bangs moved to the side. Ed watched then pointed towards it for a moment before she had gone back to what she was doing.

"There is a bounty on her head! 'Lost Princess, Reward is over 2,000,000 wonlons'~!" She cheered, "The Queen has requested all bounty hunters search for her and bring her back dead or alive!"

Spike's face twisted into anger. He looked down at Iris, who only narrowed her eyes in sadness before looking back up.

"Take me to Mars...Alexio won't do anything, he hasn't been with my family for years. He's unaware of everything..."

"I doubt that." Spike said, carrying Iris to the couch. He placed her down gently and sat next to her.

"I trust Alexio more then anything, Spike. He's a doctor and refuses to talk with any of our siblings but me and Aikaterina." Iris, the color returning to her a bit better and her voice coming back fully, stared at Spike. Jet and Feya watched and Spike sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Please..."

Spike made a face before placing a hand on Iris' head. "Fine."

Iris' face lit up as she smiled, "(3)σε ευχαριστώ!"

Spike turned towards Jet with an awkward look on his face. Jet gave a sly grin before he stood up and head towards the ship's mainframe. Faye sent Spike a strange look. She was quite jealous by the fact this girl could easily make Spike do what she wanted, but there was the fact he knew her most likely longer then any one on the Bebop has.

She sat down on the other couch, giving Spike strange looks. The green haired male didn't seem to care as he began talking with Iris in the same language as before. It was a surprise to her that he even knew foreign languages.

"(4)Είστε βέβαιοι ότι αυτός θα βοηθήσει εμάς, Ίρις?"

"(5) Εμπιστεύομαι Αλέξιο, αυτός είναι ο μόνος αδελφός που ξέρω ότι θα κρατήσει όλα ένα μυστικό, θα πρέπει να με εμπιστευθείτε." Iris gave a serious look. Spike only sighed once again and nodded his head, not wanting to argue with Iris.


(1) Who is he, Spike?

(2) A friend, Little star, an old friend.

(3) Thank you!

(4) Are you sure he'll help us, Iris?

(5)I trust Alexio, he's the only brother I know would keep everything a secret, you have to trust me