Disclaimer: Um refer to chapter 1 for the disclaimer.
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It Wasn't the End After All

[Chapter 3]

Two months after Spike's death, Faye and Julia were watching
TV, when a transmission came through.

"Is Julia there?," a voice asked from the snowy transmission.
"Who wants to know?," Faye said in her usual angry voice.
"IS SHE THERE!," the voice shouted.

Julia listened to the voice and shook her head to Faye.

"No she's not here! Who the hell are you!?," Faye replied.
"None of your concern. If you see Julia tell her that the
Junction is looking for her," and with that he was gone.

Faye looked at Julia. "Who the fuck was that?"

Julia looked away with fear in her eyes. Faye apologized for
coming out at her. She kissed her softly on the cheek.

"Will you please tell me who that was?," Faye asked softly.
"I'm not sure."
"Ok then who the hell is 'the Junction'?"

Julia looked Faye in the eyes and started to cry.

"I always knew he would come looking for me," she sobbed.
"Who?," Faye asked growing impatient.
"Faye there's something that nobody knows about me."
"What?"

Julia stopped crying and wiped the tears from her eyes. She
took a deep breath before telling her story.

"When I was younger I ran away from home once to see what
kind of freedom I would get. I was very foolish not to notice
that I had a loving family. Anyway while I was out on the streets,
I had to beg for money and steal my food. I lived in an alleyway
for a year before my family found me and brought me home."

Faye's eyes filled with tears. "But who is 'the Junction'?"

"The Junction was a man who had taken pity or I guess the
better word would be 'advantage', of me. He gave me food
when I couldn't find any. He let me bathe in his bathroom and
he would buy me little gifts every now and then..."

Faye sighed. "I know there's a 'but' coming."

Julia nodded her head.

"But as you probably know, men aren't nice to women
without a price."

Faye shook her head in agreement. "Go on."

"Everything he gave me had only two conditions on it. One was
that I never told the cops about him and his little drug operation
and the second was that I...I...," Julia started to cry again.

Faye grabbed Julia and pulled her close. She hugged her as the
she cried on her shoulder. Faye stroked her hair until Julia finally
stopped crying long enough to finish her story.

"I had to sleep with him whenever he wanted," Julia managed to
say and started crying again.

Faye thought for a moment.

"I don't understand. Why is he looking for you now?"
"He's always been looking for me. But I was always careful
to avoid him. He was the main reason why I joined the Syndicate."
"But that still doesn't exactly explain why he's looking for you."

Julia sighed.

"He made me promise to him once that I would never leave him.
If I did he would just come looking for me and simply take me
back," she said.

Faye held her closer.

"Don't worry that'll never happen. Not as long as you got me."

Julia smiled at the other woman.

"I hope you're right," Julia said kissing Faye on the lips.

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Three days later, they had a rude awakening. Gunshots could be
heard outside of the Bebop.

"What the hell is going on?," Faye asked leaving the bed she and
Julia were sharing.
"Faye, I have a bad feeling," Julia said holding the blanket over her
bare chest.
"Don't worry. I promised not to let anything bad happen to you."

Faye got dressed and grabbed her gun. In the hallway she could
hear alot of commotion as someone ran from one door to the next.
The person got closer to her door and when he ran in Faye pointed
her gun at him.

"Who the fuck are you?," Faye demanded.
"I'm just looking for Julia," the man said quickly.
"Why?," Faye asked cocking her gun.
"Because the Junction wants what belongs to him!"

Julia gasped at what she heard.

"Get dressed. We have to go now!," Faye shouted to Julia.

Julia got dressed as fast as she could into a pair of jeans and
one of Spike's old shirts. Pulling on her boots, Julia told Faye
to kill the man.

"Sure. I'll be glad to," Faye said and pulled the trigger.

Julia checked her gun and gave Faye a kiss.

"What was that for?," the younger woman asked.
"For protecting me. And this one is for luck," she said giving
Faye another kiss.

The two crept into the hallway and quickly searched for Jet.
They found him in his room with a very angry and very worried
look on his face.

"Jet are you all right?," Faye asked.
"Yeah I'm fine but can someone please tell me who the hell are
those guys outside?"
"It's a long story. Right now we need to know if there are anymore
of those guys aboard the ship," Julia said.
"I don't know but I think we should take off right now," Jet said.

The all agreed and headed carefully for the cockpit. They came across
five men who each got their head blown off. Once in the cockpit they
took off and were soon in space with two other ships after them.

Just when they thought were safe, something bad happened. A gunshot
rang through the cockpit and hit Faye in her left arm.

"Kuso!," she shouted grabbing her wound.
"Faye!," Julia shouted and was soon by her lover's side.

Jet cornered the man who had shot Faye. "Who are you," he demanded.

"I was the one who sent the transmission the other day," he said.
"You bastard! I'm gonna kill you!," Faye shouted and was held back by Julia.
"Ha! You wouldn't kill Julia's father now would you?," the man asked.
"Julia's father?," Faye said looking at Julia.

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A/N: Muhahahaha! I told you something bad would happen to one of the
characters! It's getting interesting isn't it? Julia's father? Hmm...What's
going on here? Found out in the next chapter! Ja ne!