Untainted Altruism
I walked down the raining street trying to get to the parking deck. I started thinking of that dream I had. This day reminds me so much of it; it's wet, dark and rainy. I kept on thinking of how that dream is strange. The first thing I notice is that when I say that I love Julia she never said she loved me back, it's almost like she… I'm tired of thinking of that stupid dream, of course she loves me. I know it, she just has to love me.
"Spike it's Faye, I think I found our bounty head." Faye rang in with a coy smile on her face
"Where?" as if I didn't already know.
"In the old part of town, near the shut down industries." Faye informed
"Fine, I'll be there soon, be careful, he is supposed to be an actual challenge." Faye seemed surprised when she heard that comment.
"Ok Spike I'll make sure my teddy bear doesn't fall in the mud along the way." Faye gushed as she turned off the communicator.
I ran to the Swordfish and jumped in. Why did I ask her to be careful? I have never said that before. I am losing it, who gives a rats ass if Faye trips and falls anyway? I put the Swordfish in gear as I thrusted upward to the old industrial district. I scanned the area and wondered why he would be in a run down district if he was supposed to be targeting someone of importance? Who knows, who cares, as long as I get my woolongs I'm satisfied.
I landed the swordfish down in an empty lot, and took out my Jericho. I hopped out the cockpit silently and walked down the rainy road. The rain was soon making puddles on the street and making my clothes and hair damp. The sky was a dark shade of endless gray, and the buildings blended in with the sky. I went down a trash strewn alleyway and heard a crash and a voice curse. I turned to the direction of the voice and pointed my gun.
"Gotcha." I turned to see it was only Faye on the other side of the wall; her emerald eyes were wide with surprise. Her velvet hair and clothes damp with the rain
"Geez Spike don't scare me like that!" She clenched her teeth, and she sighed
"Excuse me, if hadn't had made so much noise I wouldn't have scared you." Faye looked a little confused
"I didn't make that noise I thought it was you lunkhead!" Faye turned behind her as I immediately searched for the bounty.
I looked out into the blurry street, dismal with rainy mist, and dark with dirt. There were broken burnt shells of cars and buildings everywhere, perfect for a sniper perch. Everywhere I turned I saw more and more places where he could be hiding. I realized that Faye and I were sitting ducks.
'Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerr' The sound of a bullet whizzed by my ear. I turned to see that a bullet shot through a lock of Faye's damp violet hair.
"eeeep" Faye jumped
"C'mon let go!" I pulled Faye's arm as we sprinted down the rain splotched road. Every step I took, a bullet seemed to be millimeters from me. Faye was sprinting along behind me trying to keep up with my long strides, but I couldn't slow down. I kept shooting behind my shoulder at windows in the dark, hoping one would hit its desired target. I winced as a bullet grazed my arm. I heard Faye yell, I turned my head to see if she was ok.
"Keep going lunkhead I'm fine!" I could see a red line on her cheek, some blood started to seep from the wound.
I tried to find a good place to hide, I turned to see an alley way and I pulled myself and half-slung Faye behind a dumpster and continued to run down the alleyway to a dead end. The large brick wall made it so that we couldnt possibly escape.
"Why in the hell is he shooting at us?" Faye asked
"I don't know, maybe because we are trying to capture him?!" I yelled at her
"He doesn't know that!" Faye yelled back angry that I was yelling.
"Maybe he knows we are bounty hunters from other bounties." I calmed down a little
"That doesn't make sense Spike, if he knew we were after him he would have just ran away kill the guy he was hired to kill." Faye concluded
"So you know that he is hired gun too?" I asked
"Yeah, but that's pretty much all I know." Faye looked behind me for any sign of the sniper.
"Someone told me the…" Spike paused "The Red Dragon Syndicate! I bet this is Vicious' work. The jack-" I cut myself off as I looked at Faye
I saw Faye's emerald eyes go wide as she looked behind me, I knew the sniper must have been there. I saw everything in slow motion as I turned to see the sniper on top of a building behind me, gun already aimed and locked. I watched as the bullet flew towards me; like a deer caught in the headlights I froze, I couldn't move for some reason. Then I felt a strong push from behind me. I stumbled forward, like a clumsy toddler as I realized what Faye was doing. The bullet flew past me and struck Faye in the chest. She took a bullet for me, it happened so fast I couldn't even react. All I saw was Faye fling backwards like a rag doll and plop on the wet concrete; lifeless as her blood mixed in with the water. What happened to me, why couldn't I have done anything? I just stood there, motionless like a damn fool, While she saved me.
"Faye! No!" I turned to see if she was still alive, it looked as if the bullet found it's mark. I knelt down beside her as I looked over her lifeless body. Her velvet hair was drowning in her own blood as the rain became harder. I was too afraid to check to see if she was breathing. She took a bullet for me, why would she do that, it doesn't make any sense. I had never done anything to her to make her act so selflessly toward me. I felt my stomach overturn with unexpected guilt. I suddenly filled up with blind rage, anger that I had never really felt before. I was going to kill this man if it was the last thing I ever do. How dare he shoot at me, and how dare he shoot her.
the tears of angels...