Oh they were pissed alright. At least Faye was, Jet seemed conflicted and was obviously holding back several comments till after Spike had explained himself.

Jet seemed to understand after hearing his admittedly unsatisfactory tale. Faye however was still miffed and stalked off to another part of the ship muttering something about stupid men. Spike didn't care at that moment. Right then he was focused on figuring out what Vicious had done with himself all this time.

Suddenly Jet was all business. "If we're going to do this lets do it right. Wake up Edward and have her see if she can track down where Vicious has been all these years. Mean while we will hit up my contact at ISSP and see if they have any leads on him"

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It took Ed less than twenty minutes to find what they were after. She hacked into the ISSP database, and found they had a dossier on Vicious. According to the file Vicious had just shown up on Mars one day about two years after his fight with Spike. He had not been alone. He and his three companions had been caught on a security camera at the restaurant they had visited for lunch. The first was a tall man with rather unruly black and hair and a curious liquid grace to his movements. The camera never clearly showed his face. The next of his companions was average height with neatly cut, blond hair. He looked to be about 17 and had a round honest face that continually smiled. Which was really odd for someone hanging out with Vicious. The last was fairly tall woman with black hair in a ponytail that reached to her waist.

Vicious was the real surprise though, even more than the smiley kid. His hair was still long but it was tucked behind his ear revealing his face, and he was wearing an honest to god smile, eating and laughing with the other three. The footage didn't have sound so it was anyone's guess what they were talking about.

As they were talking the blond kid reached into the backpack he had with him and pulled out a laptop. He typed for a moment then held his hand out to the camera. The smile never leaving his face, he began counting down with his fingers. Five…four…

After the kid held up his hand the black haired man threw some bills onto the table pulled out a gun and shot the two people at the table next to theirs all in one smooth motion. Three…

as he was doing that Vicious and the woman both stood and produced katanas from beneath their coats.

What happened next was probably action packed but just then the kid reached zero and the footage ended.

Aside from the footage of the restaurant all they learned was that Vicious infrequently turned up in random locations. The ISSP had no clue where he spent the rest of his time. And in the three years since he appeared there had been only four confirmed sightings of him.

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Finally, he had it. After hours of sifting through data he had located the ship with the correct signal. Of the hundreds of ships constantly coming and going on the planet, he had found the one carrying the signal of the tracking device he had planted on his crewmember. They had a head start, but it wouldn't last.

The black ship once again roared into life. This time in pursuit of a ship. It wouldn't get far.

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Having gotten bored with her sulk Faye wandered into the living room, to check up on the source of all the days problems: Vicious. From the first moment she met him he had frightened her. She had encountered plenty of men who were much more violent than him, as well a serial killers and crazy men bent on destroying whatever world they happened to be on. Vicious was not crazy, dangerous but not crazy. The swordsman was aptly named but his viciousness was caged by a calculating mind, determination and relentless ambition. However none of those things could match the iciness that radiated from him.

A part of her hated him for the hold he still had on Spike even after all this time. Even as he slept on their couch a part of her itched to put a bullet between his eyes. But her lover would never forgive her if she did so she turned to leave. She hadn't gotten far before her arm was twisted up behind her, she managed a brief squeal before his forearm pressed into her throat.

Vicious was awake.

sorry this update took so long everybody.

I would have updated but i was in japan. also my beta hasn't seen this yet so please excuse any mistakes

i tried to make the chapters longer but i am rather bad at long chapters