The Past Returns: Chapter Seven
"P - P - Pregnant?" Jet said in bewilderment.
"Believe it or not but I'm a woman ya know and it can and did happen to me. You can slap that confused look off your face, you're not helping one bit".
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know what to do. First of all, out of the millions of women in the universe this had to happen to me and at the worst time possible".
"Faye?" Spike called and both Jet and Faye heard him approaching from his bedroom.
Faye yanked Jet by the collar. "Listen here Jet I don't want Spike to know about this yet. You're the only one that knows and if he finds out, I'll know who to blame and believe me you'll pay deeply. Got that?"
"But . . . you can only keep it hidden for so long."
"I'm only two months along so it'll be sometime until I begin to show. When the time comes I'll deal with it, okay?" she then released Jet.
"Hey Faye, it took you a while to get back", Spike said. "Anyhow, I'd like you to meet someone".
Returning to her cool and somewhat frisky self "Who? I'm not meeting anyone if I'm not given a good enough reason to".
"I know you're still pissed which you can nag at me later".
"I don't nag, do I Jet?"
"Whatever don't ask me. Just don't".
All three of them walked to Spike's bedroom where they found Shin laying on his bed with just his black pants on and bandages wrapped around his chest. He sat up as soon as he saw he had company.
"Shin I thought you should meet your new crew members since I see you'll going to be here for a while. This is Jet Black, the person who owns this ship and the cook".
They shook hands. "Forgive me Jet but I didn't thank you for helping to treat me, I was a little out of it".
"Sure, no problem".
"And this is Faye Valentine, the woman I'm with now".
"Nice introduction Spike. Let me ask you a question Shin, of all the years you've know him did you ever find him to be a . . . oh what's the word . . ."
"A jerk? Sure all the time. Spike you really hit the jack - pot this time. You got a woman with a great personality and not to mention very beautiful"; he lifted Faye's hand to his lips and kissed it.
"Spike person, Ed want to meet Shin person too", yelled Ed as she came bouncing around the room.
"Here's the main cord of stupidity, also known as Ed, she's annoying but useful".
Ein barked. "Hello Shin person, this is Ein, an engineered data dog. Ed helped Spike and Jet persons and Faye Faye find you. Ed also saw when Shin person took Faye Faye out of the bar about . . . uh . . . two months ago!"
"Useful? Is she brain damage or just stupid?" Shin questioned.
"We think it's a combination of both. Don't worry within time you'll think it's a normal thing", said Faye.
Before anyone realized it a month had gone by. Shin was fully recovered; Spike and him had caught up with old times. Ed, Ein, and Jet remained the same. As for Faye, she noticed that her stomach had become hard and slightly rounder so, she made some changes. She replaced her old clothes with normal clothing, this way no one could tell she was expecting.
Spike and Shin now sat in the living room watching Big Shot. "Folks it seems that the bounty for Shin just went up to 250 million woolongs", said Judy.
Shin shut off the TV. "Spike I've been thinking, its time for me to face Vicious once again. I still have the tape in my procession so I'll go straight to the superior members of the Red Dragon and report him".
"And how do you hope in accomplishing that?"
"Vicious assigned more imperial guards and security around and inside the main building. I guess I'll just have to push my way though them. Right before I escaped I learned that he had turned everyone against me and had given orders to kill me at sight".
"If that's the case then I'm coming with you".
Faye, who was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a long sleeve shirt that was V cut, sat in the kitchen eating a third helping of dessert with Jet talking to her. "Goodness if you keep eating like that then Spike will definitely find out for himself".
"No he won't. But maybe he will find out if he hears you talking like that", she got up and headed for the living room with her plate in hand when she heard something interesting.
"Spike you know that if you come there is a possibility you won't be coming back at all".
"I know, this is my chance to find out if I'm really alive".
Jet came up from behind Faye "You know it isn't nice to listen in on other people's conversations".
"Shut up Jet". He didn't object because he also heard some interesting words that were being exchanged.
"And what about the crew, Faye?" Shin asked.
"I love Faye but, I need to settle this score with Vicious once and for all. It's been decided no matter what".
At this point Faye dropped the plate she was holding and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.
Both Shin and Spike turned around and saw Jet and Faye. "Shit Faye, how much of that did you hear?"
"A good amount actually". She had so much pride in her that she didn't dare to cry in front of him but Spike saw the anger that had build inside her eyes. He stood up.
"You don't understand, I need to do this I -"
"For what? For your stupid past? Sure Vicious made you suffer and treated you like shit but that was in the past. You once told me that sometimes it's better not to know about your past just as long as you live the future! What a hypocrite you turned out to be! All I ever hear you say is: I need that or this is better for me, when are you going to stop thinking about yourself and take people into consideration? Most of all, what about us?! The promises you've made me, I just bet those were all lies. DAMN YOU SPIKE!" Just then a sharp painful pain shot through her abdomen. "Oww! Oh God!" Faye mooned and gripped her stomach.
"Faye are you alright?" Spike asked concerned.
"What do you care? Get the hell away from me!" she yelled as he came close to her.
Another sharp pain shot though her. "Oww!" She leaned against Jet for support; he sat her gently on the couch.
"What wrong with her?" Shin asked.
He ignored him. "Faye you need to clam down, it's not healthy for your condition", Jet told her.
"What condition?" Spike asked confused.
Jet turned to him "She's pregnant", with that he helped Faye to her feet and slowly guided her to her bedroom, leaving a very stunned Spike behind.
"P - P - Pregnant?" Jet said in bewilderment.
"Believe it or not but I'm a woman ya know and it can and did happen to me. You can slap that confused look off your face, you're not helping one bit".
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know what to do. First of all, out of the millions of women in the universe this had to happen to me and at the worst time possible".
"Faye?" Spike called and both Jet and Faye heard him approaching from his bedroom.
Faye yanked Jet by the collar. "Listen here Jet I don't want Spike to know about this yet. You're the only one that knows and if he finds out, I'll know who to blame and believe me you'll pay deeply. Got that?"
"But . . . you can only keep it hidden for so long."
"I'm only two months along so it'll be sometime until I begin to show. When the time comes I'll deal with it, okay?" she then released Jet.
"Hey Faye, it took you a while to get back", Spike said. "Anyhow, I'd like you to meet someone".
Returning to her cool and somewhat frisky self "Who? I'm not meeting anyone if I'm not given a good enough reason to".
"I know you're still pissed which you can nag at me later".
"I don't nag, do I Jet?"
"Whatever don't ask me. Just don't".
All three of them walked to Spike's bedroom where they found Shin laying on his bed with just his black pants on and bandages wrapped around his chest. He sat up as soon as he saw he had company.
"Shin I thought you should meet your new crew members since I see you'll going to be here for a while. This is Jet Black, the person who owns this ship and the cook".
They shook hands. "Forgive me Jet but I didn't thank you for helping to treat me, I was a little out of it".
"Sure, no problem".
"And this is Faye Valentine, the woman I'm with now".
"Nice introduction Spike. Let me ask you a question Shin, of all the years you've know him did you ever find him to be a . . . oh what's the word . . ."
"A jerk? Sure all the time. Spike you really hit the jack - pot this time. You got a woman with a great personality and not to mention very beautiful"; he lifted Faye's hand to his lips and kissed it.
"Spike person, Ed want to meet Shin person too", yelled Ed as she came bouncing around the room.
"Here's the main cord of stupidity, also known as Ed, she's annoying but useful".
Ein barked. "Hello Shin person, this is Ein, an engineered data dog. Ed helped Spike and Jet persons and Faye Faye find you. Ed also saw when Shin person took Faye Faye out of the bar about . . . uh . . . two months ago!"
"Useful? Is she brain damage or just stupid?" Shin questioned.
"We think it's a combination of both. Don't worry within time you'll think it's a normal thing", said Faye.
Before anyone realized it a month had gone by. Shin was fully recovered; Spike and him had caught up with old times. Ed, Ein, and Jet remained the same. As for Faye, she noticed that her stomach had become hard and slightly rounder so, she made some changes. She replaced her old clothes with normal clothing, this way no one could tell she was expecting.
Spike and Shin now sat in the living room watching Big Shot. "Folks it seems that the bounty for Shin just went up to 250 million woolongs", said Judy.
Shin shut off the TV. "Spike I've been thinking, its time for me to face Vicious once again. I still have the tape in my procession so I'll go straight to the superior members of the Red Dragon and report him".
"And how do you hope in accomplishing that?"
"Vicious assigned more imperial guards and security around and inside the main building. I guess I'll just have to push my way though them. Right before I escaped I learned that he had turned everyone against me and had given orders to kill me at sight".
"If that's the case then I'm coming with you".
Faye, who was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a long sleeve shirt that was V cut, sat in the kitchen eating a third helping of dessert with Jet talking to her. "Goodness if you keep eating like that then Spike will definitely find out for himself".
"No he won't. But maybe he will find out if he hears you talking like that", she got up and headed for the living room with her plate in hand when she heard something interesting.
"Spike you know that if you come there is a possibility you won't be coming back at all".
"I know, this is my chance to find out if I'm really alive".
Jet came up from behind Faye "You know it isn't nice to listen in on other people's conversations".
"Shut up Jet". He didn't object because he also heard some interesting words that were being exchanged.
"And what about the crew, Faye?" Shin asked.
"I love Faye but, I need to settle this score with Vicious once and for all. It's been decided no matter what".
At this point Faye dropped the plate she was holding and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.
Both Shin and Spike turned around and saw Jet and Faye. "Shit Faye, how much of that did you hear?"
"A good amount actually". She had so much pride in her that she didn't dare to cry in front of him but Spike saw the anger that had build inside her eyes. He stood up.
"You don't understand, I need to do this I -"
"For what? For your stupid past? Sure Vicious made you suffer and treated you like shit but that was in the past. You once told me that sometimes it's better not to know about your past just as long as you live the future! What a hypocrite you turned out to be! All I ever hear you say is: I need that or this is better for me, when are you going to stop thinking about yourself and take people into consideration? Most of all, what about us?! The promises you've made me, I just bet those were all lies. DAMN YOU SPIKE!" Just then a sharp painful pain shot through her abdomen. "Oww! Oh God!" Faye mooned and gripped her stomach.
"Faye are you alright?" Spike asked concerned.
"What do you care? Get the hell away from me!" she yelled as he came close to her.
Another sharp pain shot though her. "Oww!" She leaned against Jet for support; he sat her gently on the couch.
"What wrong with her?" Shin asked.
He ignored him. "Faye you need to clam down, it's not healthy for your condition", Jet told her.
"What condition?" Spike asked confused.
Jet turned to him "She's pregnant", with that he helped Faye to her feet and slowly guided her to her bedroom, leaving a very stunned Spike behind.