The Will To Win Chapter 12: Protected? Yeah Right!

Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop. I swear this gets old fast.

----------Last Time----------

"Soon Spike. Soon." The figure whispered to him self with a sinister smirk on his face. Spike finally made it back to the apartment only to find everyone a sleep in there respective rooms. He made his way to the same couch he and Faye made out on only a few hours ago. He slowly began to shut his eyes as he thought of the words on that dreadful letter.

"When angels are forced out of heaven, they become devils, isn't that right, Spike?"

----------Now----------

11:30am and we find Faye walking out of her bedroom ready to start another day. Walking to the living room she finds Spike still asleep on the couch.

'That's strange. He's usually up before I am. I bet he came in late last night but the question is where was he?' Faye thought to herself as she watched Spike sleep. She made her way to him and sat on the coffee table. She watched as his chest rose up and went back down. She looked at his thin lips, the same that were on hers only yesterday.

'I can still feel the electricity from that kiss.' She thought. 'If Ed hadn't come in would we of gone any further than the kiss? Would he even remember the moment we shared, if you can even call it a moment?'

Spike had a feeling that he was being watched. He opened one eye only to find Faye deep in thought. Remembering the letter he decided he wouldn't go any further with Faye in hopes of protecting her from Vicious.

'She could easily be his next target but why do I care?' He thought. 'Why does the shrew's safety concern me? I…. do care I don't know if I can deny it any longer. That kiss we shared broke something inside me and now its begging for more but I can't for her sake I can't let this go any further.'

Spike propped himself on his elbows causing Faye to jump back to reality. Their eyes locked for a moment before Spike turned away and completely seated himself on the couch.

"Where were you?" Faye asked breaking the silence that hung in air. She felt uncomfortable with the way he just stared at her without looking into her eyes. He was just looking at her with a blank expression.

"Out. I had to get my mind off things. I told you not to wait up for me." Spike replied nonchalantly. It was hard for not to able to touch her but than again they never had anything special so it wouldn't be as bad.

"How'd you do with Ed?" He asked.

"Um…well I explained to her the facts of life and how nature takes it course." Faye said with a small tint of pink in her cheek, remembering her conversation with Ed yesterday.

"Heh…nature taking its course? That's funny." Spike smirked in amusement. He thought Faye would just tell her it was just plain sex and not to do it unless she wanted some fatal disease. He didn't think she would take the time to explain but that goes to show him how wrong he was and he respected her for explaining things to Ed in a calm manner.

"Spike about yesterday…"

"Never happened." Spikes suddenly alert when she was going to mentioned their little fling together yesterday. Its not that he wanted to forget what happen, he just wanted to protect her. "Lets not get carried away with just one simple kiss. It was nothing."

Faye felt her whole world shatter after he uttered those words. He rather just put a gun to her head at least it wouldn't feel this painful. Faye felt herself inwardly shutter and squeeze her hands into a fist. She could feel the small trail of blood in her palm caused by her fingernails pressed so tightly into her skin.

"What did you say?" She asked so softly that he almost didn't hear her. Spike knew she was trying not to let this bring her down. He knew that she was hiding behind a mask so he wouldn't know that he hurt and it made him feel terrible. 'But what's done is done. Now I just have to finish what I started' He thought.

"You heard me. It was nothing. We both got caught in the moment and ended doing stupid shit. Luckily Ed came in or we would've done shit we'd both regret at least I would've regretted it." Spike stood up firmly from the couch.

"The only thing that matters is that we get Vicious so we could part our separate ways. To tell you the truth it would be nice to get you out of my hair. Don't take it personal but I don't fall for cops."

Faye stared angrily at Spike. He was only playing with her. She didn't mean anything to him. He only thought of her as a cop trying o make a decent living. All he cared about is avenging his precious angel.

"Is that all you think of me? A cop?" Faye asked. She could feel her voice tremble as she spoke but remained calm. She wasn't going to let Spike effect like this but she felt that he already has.

"Well what did you want to me to think as? A friend maybe even a lover? I don't think so. We're two different people who's trying to bag the same guy."

Faye couldn't take the verbal abuse anymore. She was tried of playing this game and she didn't want anything to do with Spike. So she silently walked over to the front door and opened wide enough for somebody to walk out.

"Get out." Faye demanded. "The deals off but don't worry I won't send you to prison. I only ask that I'll never see you again. So if you see me pretend you don't know me and I'll do the same."

Spike wordlessly grabbed his stuff, slipped on his shoes, and walked out the door. Both did not notice that Ed and Ein were quietly watching the whole fight from behind the kitchen counter. Spike made his way towards the elevator but not before Faye said one last thing.

"You're right Spike. We're two different people who's trying to bag the same guy but the only difference is I'm going to do it without you." Faye said bitterly.

"We'll see about that." Once that was said Spike heard the elevator doors open and walked inside. Faye slammed the door before the elevator doors closed and ran into her room. She closed the door and cried in her bed.

Ed and Ein came out from their hiding spots and crept to Faye's room. Ed could hear Faye crying from the other side and it made her feel terrible that she couldn't do anything to comfort her.

"Ed knows that Spike-person did not mean all those bad things he said Ein. We have to go and set things right between those two." Ein barked and with that Ed bolted out the door with Ein following close behind.

----------Somewhere near Faye's apartment complex----------

A man all clad in black was watching with his binoculars the fight between Spike and Faye. He was surround by at least 10 men who were also dressed in black and wore black facemasks. The man stopped watching when he saw Spike walk out and Faye sprint into her room. He reached out into his pocket and pulled out a communicator.

"Sir Spiegal has left the building. What do we do now?" The man asked. The communicator flashed an image of Vicious where he sat in a chair in his office.

"Bring the girl to me. I don't care how you do it but make sure that she comes to me alive and Andy, do not fail me." Vicious responded.

"Yes, sir." Andy said as the screen went black. He stuffed the communicator back in his pocket and looked at the other men who patiently waited for orders.

"You heard Vicious. Faye is to be brought back to him alive. Now lets move!" Andy commanded and the men headed towards Faye's apartment.

----------Faye's Room----------

Faye had stopped crying but the pain was still unbearable. She got up and walked out of her room to find her front door slightly ajar. She walked over the door and closed it. She didn't want one of her pesky neighbors to walk in.

'Oh Spike,' Faye thought. " I want to hate you right now but I find it impossible. Part me doesn't believe that you thought that kiss was nothing. I know you must of felt something but why are you pushing me away? What is happening to you?'

'The only thing that matters is that we get Vicious so we could part our separate ways. To tell you the truth it would be nice to get you out of my hair. Don't take it personal but I don't fall for cops.'

'You don't fall for cops huh? Well I find that hard to believe since you made the first move. You didn't have to kiss me but you did.'

Faye was knocked out of her stupor when she heard the front door bust open. She turned to see men all dressed in back holding guns and that's when she remembered.

'Those men are dressed like the guys who killed parents! They're from the syndicate but how did they know where I lived? I bet it was Andy. It had to be!'

As the men burst in the apartment Faye ran into her room to get her gun that was hidden in her dresser. She pointed it to the black men as they barged into her room.

"Hold it right there! Don't come any closer!" Faye yelled. The men just pointed their guns at her and she pointed her guns at them. One held up his hand to tell them to drop their weapons. Once they did as they were told the man started to walk over to Faye who still had her gun raised and ready to fire.

"Stand back!" Faye demanded but the man is still trying to advance her. He stopped right in front of the gun. She stood there firmly as she pointed her gun to this man. He slowly removed his facemask.

"You…I knew it!" Faye grasped her gun tighter as she pointed it at Andy. "What do you want? Spike isn't here!"

"No its not Spike we want its you. We're here to finished what we started 15 years ago."

"Like hell you will!" Faye fired a shot but Andy avoided it by grabbing her wrist causing her to aim the gun up the ceiling (a/n: Like how Gren grabbed her when she tried to shoot him). He grabbed her other arm and twisted it around her back. Faye ended up dropping her gun because Andy was squeezing her wrist so tight.

"Now are you going to come quietly?" Andy asked as he held Faye. Surprisingly Faye managed to slip her arm away from his grasp. So she punched him across him the face causing his nose to bleed.

"Damn you wench!" Andy held his nose, which gave Faye the perfect opportunity to escape. She tried to bolt out the door but the men dressed in black held her. Faye tried to fight them off. She kicked and punched even cause a few to bleed but there was to many of them to fight off.

Andy grabbed Faye's gun from the ground and stomped over to the gang who was dealing with a struggling Faye. Two men held her arms while another two held her legs. Andy just slammed the butt of the gun into Faye's skull causing her to black out.

"All this for a damn woman," Andy muttered blood still seeping from his nose. "Take her to the van."

The men who held Faye passed her to another guy who threw her over his shoulders and took her to the van that was waiting downstairs. Once he got there he tossed her into the van while everyone else jumped in and then the van drove off.

----------With Spike----------

Spike didn't feel like calling a cab so he decided to walk besides he didn't know where he was going. He thought of the things he said to Faye and the look on her face when she kicked him out.

'This is for her own good. If she stayed with me she would only get hurt.' He thought. 'I just didn't mean to hurt her the way I did. I don't know what came over me. Maybe I was just pissed at myself for letting Vicious get in the way of everything.'

"Spike-person!! Wait!!" Spike turned to see Ed running towards him with Ein not to far behind barking like a mad dog. Spike rolled his eyes at the site but was glad to see them none-the-less. He never really got to say goodbye to the two. He also wondered if they were going to stop running soon because if they don't than they're going to CRASH…. knock him into the ground.

"Spike-person you can't go! You just can't!" Ed was pulling at Spike's jacket.

"Ed can get off me!!" Spike yelled in frustration. The man was trying to collect his thoughts. Ed quickly jumped off Spike so he could breathe. Spike picked himself off the ground and looked at Ed.

"What are you doing here, Ed? Where's Faye?" Spike scolded himself for even asking about Faye but he had to know. He had to know if she was ok or not.

"Faye-Faye is in her room crying her green eyes out." Oh that made him fell great. He didn't want to make her cry. He just wanted to protect but he guess that what comes when you do. You have to make sacrifices for the ones you love right?

"Why did Spike-person and Faye-Faye fight?" Ed asked while holding Ein.

"It's um…complicated." Spike replied. After he said Spike heard sirens and soon saw police cars zooming past them. He got a bad feeling in stomach too like something terrible just happened. He watched the cars and hoped they didn't turn right down at the end of the street but they did. Hey Spike's known to not have the best luck in the world so why would now be any different?

"Damn it! Ed, Ein, let's go!" Spike started to dash down the street as quick as he could with Ed screaming for him to wait up and Ein following behind. Now Spike knew something was wrong.

'I hope Faye is alright.' Was Spike's last thought as he turned the corner and kept running down the street as fast as his legs would carry him.

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A/N: Yeah long time no see I know. I'm trying to update all my fics before I leave for New York but I don't see that happening since I'm leaving tomorrow and won't be coming back until January 1st. This should give me sometime to think of the next chapter for This Is My Cinderella Story and I'll update as soon as I get back. So Happy Holidays and have a Happy New Year's!!

Kendra Luehr- lmao yeah I wouldn't want to be in Faye's shoes. Thanks for the support I might do a one-shot with a lemon just to help get better with it or something. Thanks for updating 'The Protector'

classy.Edward-I'm glad you took the time to read them all. I'm trying to keep everybody in character. Thanks!

Neko-Yuff16- Yeah I bet will probably think of it when she's with her hubby. Who knows but thanks for reviewing though!

lydrel-Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you like and its Spike and Faye all the way even though it's taking awhile for them to get together but they will eventually.

animefreak03-Yep this is my fic. Glad you like it and I must say you did a great job with 'My Perfect Match. I think it came it out great and I also like that new fic you have it.

ni9htdreame12- Here's more! Sorry I didn't' get it out sooner but thanks for reviewing though.