~Hey, I know I haven't posted a chapter in forever, I have been majorly
busy with trips and softball. I apologize that my last two chappys have
been a lot shorter than the previous. The next and final chapter of When
It's Over is entitled "Bittersweet Symphony" the title based on the song by
The Verge. Thank you for reading my story ~please review~ I posted the end
of the previous chapter because I haven't updated in forever.
When It's Over
End of chapter 5: I Need Your Help
Later that night, Spike and Jet were watching TV when Edward walked into the room with her head down.
"I wonder where Faye is." Jet said.
"Who knows?" Spike said.
"Ed knows." She said as she sat down on the floor.
They both turned to her. "How do you know?" Jet asked.
"Edward told her where to go."
"Ed, what are you talking about?" Spike asked.
"Faye Faye wanted to know where to find Marco and Edward told her."
"And where is that?" Spike asked.
"Tomato found that he was coming from Venus and would be here on Mars today."
Spike took the information into thought. 'Vicious and I are going to Venus for awhile.' He remembered Julia telling him.
"Damn it!" Spike said.
"What?" Jet turned to him.
"Vicious has her."
Chapter 6: Bittersweet Symphony
When Faye awoke, she was tied up in a small room. Once her eyes focused, she saw Vicious sitting in front of her with his arms crossed. Faye was scared of very few things and people, and Vicious was the top on the list. She tried not to let her fear show in her eyes, but she didn't think it was working.
"You are finally awake." He said without looking up.
"If you are doing this to get to Spike, don't bother. He couldn't care less about me." Faye informed him.
At the mention of Spike's name, Vicious reached over to her and hit her across the face. Faye spat at the taste of blood in her mouth.
"If I wanted Spike, I would not waste my time with you." He said.
Marco came into the room with a tray in his hands. Faye guessed what was on it.
"Here you go, Vicious." Marco said as he handed the tray to him.
"Forget it. I want to see her suffer." Vicious said. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her head back. He leaned down close to her face and spoke. "This will be the last time you will ever see the light of day." He shoved her away and walked out of the room.
Marco grinned and sat down in front of her. "Geez, dollface. What did you do to get on his bad side?"
Faye turned her head away from him.
Vicious walked back into the room with Julia behind him. He looked at Marcus. "Why hasn't your poison killed her yet? Julia did her part and you were supposed to finish the job. Now why isn't she dead?!"
"Let's just say I knew you wanted to see her suffer." Marco said as he walked out.
Vicious glared at Faye again. "You say Spike does not care about you, but he came for you the first time, right? So apparently-"
"It had nothing to do with me. He was hoping to find you or his precious Julia again." Faye said bitterly as she looked at Julia.
"You and Spike deserve each other." Faye caught Julia look away when Vicious spoke. "Too bad you both have to die." He said.
Vicious took Julia's hand as they walked out of the door. Faye sighed and dropped her head.
Back on the Bebop, Spike was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands.
"Ed is sorry, Spike-person." Edward said.
"How do you know that Vicious has anything to do with this?" Jet asked him.
Spike sighed. "I remembered something Julia said to me a while ago. She said that she and Vicious were going away to Venus. Then earlier, she said that Vicious wanted Faye dead because she had caused him trouble before."
Their conversation was interrupted by the screen coming on. The screen was dark but Spike recognized the voice instantly.
"I have one of your lady friends in bad condition, but also in my possession. Guess which one." Vicious said and the screen was quiet again.
Spike put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the hangar.
"You know it's a trap, right?"
"Yeah, but Faye's there. She doesn't deserve any of this. And Vicious and I have past issues to deal with."
There was nothing Jet could do, but watch him walk away.
Spike knew exactly where to go to find Vicious. The abandoned firehouse near the alley where they had had their confrontation earlier. He thought about the message Vicious had sent him. He knew that Vicious would never harm Julia, but was merely using that to draw Spike. Spike was and had been at the point where he just wanted to end the battle between he and Vicious, no matter what. And now Faye has been drawn into it...well, Faye had put herself in the situation a while ago, but now she was getting tortured for Vicious' pleasure.
Spike walked into the dark building, expecting to see Faye, but wasn't surprised when he saw nothing. Soon enough, he heard something. He drew his gun and aimed towards the sound. This time, he saw Julia tied to a chair in the large room. He slowly walked over to her, knowing it was a set- up. He let down his guard to untie her.
"Spike-"
"Some reunion, huh?" He whispered before shots rang out.
Julia disappeared and was replaced by about half a dozen syndicate members. Spike managed to take a few of them out before seeking temporary shelter behind a large post, but not before taking a bullet in the shoulder. Pulling out one of his famous grenades, he threw it behind him and covered his head as the grenade exploded. Then he came out from the post, his gun drawn in his good arm. He managed to take out more of the men on his way down the stairs.
He came to a smaller room and this time, he saw Faye tied up. He quickly untied her.
"It's about time, you got here, I was starting to worry." She complained.
Shots rang out around them and they dived out of the way. "Next time, warn me, Spike!" She said as she covered her head. Then she spotted a fallen man near her and saw her gun in his hand. She reached over to him and grabbed it from him.
"Ah, my baby." A sly smile spread across her face as she unloaded on the remaining men. Then she looked up and saw Spike run to the door and glance back at her.
"Don't go and get yourself killed, Spike." She said.
He smiled before he left the room.
She tried to return his smile, only she wasn't kidding.
Spike found Vicious upstairs, waiting for him. He had blocked out the pain from his shoulder a long time ago. Now he was just concentrating on what he had to take care of. What was right in front of him.
Vicious looked up and stared at Spike. "So I see you found out which woman I was speaking of. It is hard to believe that you are willing to risk your life for a woman that you can't have. Is Julia really worth all that to you, Spike?"
"Julia has nothing to do with this, Vicious. It's between me and you." He drew his gun and pointed it directly at Vicious.
Vicious glared at him before the building went up in a blast of smoke and fire.
The building blew up just as Faye ran out of the door and onto the street.
"Spike." Faye said quietly.
Vicious and Spike were hardly disturbed by the explosion, but they were shaken around quiet a bit though. Spike was thrown into the wall and Vicious was knocked down.
Spike hit the wall with his bad shoulder and cursed. "What the hell?" Spike thought to himself. Vicious obviously hasn't done it. He was beat around, too. Spike looked up and saw Marco's ship escaping.
Vicious cursed. It seemed he had forgotten that Spike was there. He ran to the now-open rooftop and into his ship, but not before he threw a grenade of his own into the building. Spike followed him out onto the roof, but was blown back by the second explosion. He saw Julia in the seat beside Vicious before debris hit and knocked him back towards the building.
Faye was sitting outside smoking a cigarette, when Spike tried to casually walk out of the building. She could see him somewhat limping, but playing it off. Happy to see him alive, she had to resist the urge to wrap her arms around his neck and hug him.
'What am I thinking?' She asked herself. 'Momentary lapse of judgment.' She smiled.
Spike looked at her. "What are you smirking about? Disappointed to see that I'm still alive?"
She threw her cigarette down and stood up. "Not at all. If you were gone, I wouldn't have anyone to come rescue me. Personally, I think Jet would just leave me."
"Can't really blame him." He managed a small smile.
Faye hesitated before she asked her next question. "What happened in there?"
Spike shrugged. "Marco took off with Vicious' drug supply. It's suicide." He started walking to his ship. "Let's go back to the Bebop."
Jet was fixing dinner when they arrived back on the Bebop. He was surprised to see the Swordfish II in the hangar along with the Redtail. Truthfully, he was only expecting Faye's return. But once again, Spike had cheated death and Jet had his partner back.
Soon, Jet called to everyone saying that dinner was ready. Ed and Ein came bounding down the hall to the sitting room. Faye had eventually emerged from the shower and sat down to eat. Spike, however, was not in his usually spot in front of the TV. After Faye finished eating, she found Jet sitting in the control room, planting out their next course according to the newest bounty.
"Where's Spike?" She asked.
Jet nodded toward the window. Faye looked out and saw Spike sitting on the deck smoking a cigarette and looking up at the sky.
"Did she leave with-" Jet asked.
"Yeah." Faye answered.
"Oh. Where do you think she is?"
Faye shrugged. "With the dangerous beautiful types, you never know." She walked back down the hallway.
Jet shook his head. 'Doesn't she realize that she falls into that category?' He laughed to himself.
The next day, Faye woke up unusually sore, even with the bruises. She stretched painfully before heading to the shower.
Still feeling bad after her shower, she walked into the sitting room where Edward and Jet were working on the next bounty.
"So, where's the fuzzy-haired one?" she asked.
Edward shrugged. "Spike-person left a long time ago, Faye Faye." She replied not looking up from Tomato.
"So, who's the next lucky person on the list?" Faye asked looking at the bounties.
Late that evening, Spike returned to the ship. Faye was in the hangar complaining to Jet about her ship's condition. Jet apparently wasn't listening. Spike shook his head when he saw the two and walked up to them. He tossed a small capsule to Faye.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Take it and see." He said as he walked down the hallway.
She gave Jet a skeptical look. He shrugged and she followed Spike down the hallway.
"Spike, what are you talking about? What is this stuff?"
He turned around to her. "It's something I found." He said sarcastically. "Just take it and find out."
"How do I know that this isn't poison or something?" she asked.
"You don't. I guess you are just going to have to trust me on this one." He continued walking.
Faye was sitting on her bed looking at the weird azure-colored liquid in the tube Spike had given her. She had two options. One: Take it and die; Two: Don't take it and die. She sighed. 'Hm, such great choices.' She said as she downed the small amount in one drink.
"Well, no immediate change." She said out loud. Suddenly, she got an overwhelming feeling of drowsiness. She laid down and put her hand on her head. Before she knew it, she was out cold.
She woke up hours later and immediately noticed something different. The bruises on her arms and legs weren't as prominent as they once were. They were starting to fade. She quickly got up and walked to the sitting room where Spike was standing in the doorway, watching TV.
"It worked, Spike." She looked at him. "Thank you. I still don't know what it is, but it must have cost you a fortune."
He shrugged. "I was gonna use it on something worthless anyways."
Faye broke into a smile and crossed her arms. "Thanks, Spike."
He walked back down the hallway. "Yeah. Just don't make a habit of acting this way. It's freaking me out."
She smiled.
Jet, who was standing in the kitchen, walked into the room and sat down and saw the way Faye was looking at Spike. She sat down on the corner of the couch.
"You sure look better." he said.
"I know." She said, looking at her arms. "I feel better too."
"Good. Maybe now you'll start helping out around here again." After seeing the look on her face, Jet replied, "Nevermind, it's not like you did anything to begin with."
Faye smiled. Jet was shocked that she didn't have some kind of comeback.
He cleared his throat and managed a small laugh. "You got it bad for him, don't you?"
She stood up and stretched. "Doesn't really matter, does it?"
Jet didn't reply.
"Even if I did it's just bittersweet that I can't have him." she shrugged. "Oh well, I'm off to see the ponies. I've missed them. Later, Jet." She walked out of the room and headed to the hangar.
Jet shook his head and smiled.
END
~No one can free you but yourself.~
~Hope you enjoyed 'When It's Over' please, please review, I love hearing from other writers!!! It was great reading your comments and it made writing this story more exciting. Thanks a bunch!
When It's Over
End of chapter 5: I Need Your Help
Later that night, Spike and Jet were watching TV when Edward walked into the room with her head down.
"I wonder where Faye is." Jet said.
"Who knows?" Spike said.
"Ed knows." She said as she sat down on the floor.
They both turned to her. "How do you know?" Jet asked.
"Edward told her where to go."
"Ed, what are you talking about?" Spike asked.
"Faye Faye wanted to know where to find Marco and Edward told her."
"And where is that?" Spike asked.
"Tomato found that he was coming from Venus and would be here on Mars today."
Spike took the information into thought. 'Vicious and I are going to Venus for awhile.' He remembered Julia telling him.
"Damn it!" Spike said.
"What?" Jet turned to him.
"Vicious has her."
Chapter 6: Bittersweet Symphony
When Faye awoke, she was tied up in a small room. Once her eyes focused, she saw Vicious sitting in front of her with his arms crossed. Faye was scared of very few things and people, and Vicious was the top on the list. She tried not to let her fear show in her eyes, but she didn't think it was working.
"You are finally awake." He said without looking up.
"If you are doing this to get to Spike, don't bother. He couldn't care less about me." Faye informed him.
At the mention of Spike's name, Vicious reached over to her and hit her across the face. Faye spat at the taste of blood in her mouth.
"If I wanted Spike, I would not waste my time with you." He said.
Marco came into the room with a tray in his hands. Faye guessed what was on it.
"Here you go, Vicious." Marco said as he handed the tray to him.
"Forget it. I want to see her suffer." Vicious said. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her head back. He leaned down close to her face and spoke. "This will be the last time you will ever see the light of day." He shoved her away and walked out of the room.
Marco grinned and sat down in front of her. "Geez, dollface. What did you do to get on his bad side?"
Faye turned her head away from him.
Vicious walked back into the room with Julia behind him. He looked at Marcus. "Why hasn't your poison killed her yet? Julia did her part and you were supposed to finish the job. Now why isn't she dead?!"
"Let's just say I knew you wanted to see her suffer." Marco said as he walked out.
Vicious glared at Faye again. "You say Spike does not care about you, but he came for you the first time, right? So apparently-"
"It had nothing to do with me. He was hoping to find you or his precious Julia again." Faye said bitterly as she looked at Julia.
"You and Spike deserve each other." Faye caught Julia look away when Vicious spoke. "Too bad you both have to die." He said.
Vicious took Julia's hand as they walked out of the door. Faye sighed and dropped her head.
Back on the Bebop, Spike was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands.
"Ed is sorry, Spike-person." Edward said.
"How do you know that Vicious has anything to do with this?" Jet asked him.
Spike sighed. "I remembered something Julia said to me a while ago. She said that she and Vicious were going away to Venus. Then earlier, she said that Vicious wanted Faye dead because she had caused him trouble before."
Their conversation was interrupted by the screen coming on. The screen was dark but Spike recognized the voice instantly.
"I have one of your lady friends in bad condition, but also in my possession. Guess which one." Vicious said and the screen was quiet again.
Spike put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the hangar.
"You know it's a trap, right?"
"Yeah, but Faye's there. She doesn't deserve any of this. And Vicious and I have past issues to deal with."
There was nothing Jet could do, but watch him walk away.
Spike knew exactly where to go to find Vicious. The abandoned firehouse near the alley where they had had their confrontation earlier. He thought about the message Vicious had sent him. He knew that Vicious would never harm Julia, but was merely using that to draw Spike. Spike was and had been at the point where he just wanted to end the battle between he and Vicious, no matter what. And now Faye has been drawn into it...well, Faye had put herself in the situation a while ago, but now she was getting tortured for Vicious' pleasure.
Spike walked into the dark building, expecting to see Faye, but wasn't surprised when he saw nothing. Soon enough, he heard something. He drew his gun and aimed towards the sound. This time, he saw Julia tied to a chair in the large room. He slowly walked over to her, knowing it was a set- up. He let down his guard to untie her.
"Spike-"
"Some reunion, huh?" He whispered before shots rang out.
Julia disappeared and was replaced by about half a dozen syndicate members. Spike managed to take a few of them out before seeking temporary shelter behind a large post, but not before taking a bullet in the shoulder. Pulling out one of his famous grenades, he threw it behind him and covered his head as the grenade exploded. Then he came out from the post, his gun drawn in his good arm. He managed to take out more of the men on his way down the stairs.
He came to a smaller room and this time, he saw Faye tied up. He quickly untied her.
"It's about time, you got here, I was starting to worry." She complained.
Shots rang out around them and they dived out of the way. "Next time, warn me, Spike!" She said as she covered her head. Then she spotted a fallen man near her and saw her gun in his hand. She reached over to him and grabbed it from him.
"Ah, my baby." A sly smile spread across her face as she unloaded on the remaining men. Then she looked up and saw Spike run to the door and glance back at her.
"Don't go and get yourself killed, Spike." She said.
He smiled before he left the room.
She tried to return his smile, only she wasn't kidding.
Spike found Vicious upstairs, waiting for him. He had blocked out the pain from his shoulder a long time ago. Now he was just concentrating on what he had to take care of. What was right in front of him.
Vicious looked up and stared at Spike. "So I see you found out which woman I was speaking of. It is hard to believe that you are willing to risk your life for a woman that you can't have. Is Julia really worth all that to you, Spike?"
"Julia has nothing to do with this, Vicious. It's between me and you." He drew his gun and pointed it directly at Vicious.
Vicious glared at him before the building went up in a blast of smoke and fire.
The building blew up just as Faye ran out of the door and onto the street.
"Spike." Faye said quietly.
Vicious and Spike were hardly disturbed by the explosion, but they were shaken around quiet a bit though. Spike was thrown into the wall and Vicious was knocked down.
Spike hit the wall with his bad shoulder and cursed. "What the hell?" Spike thought to himself. Vicious obviously hasn't done it. He was beat around, too. Spike looked up and saw Marco's ship escaping.
Vicious cursed. It seemed he had forgotten that Spike was there. He ran to the now-open rooftop and into his ship, but not before he threw a grenade of his own into the building. Spike followed him out onto the roof, but was blown back by the second explosion. He saw Julia in the seat beside Vicious before debris hit and knocked him back towards the building.
Faye was sitting outside smoking a cigarette, when Spike tried to casually walk out of the building. She could see him somewhat limping, but playing it off. Happy to see him alive, she had to resist the urge to wrap her arms around his neck and hug him.
'What am I thinking?' She asked herself. 'Momentary lapse of judgment.' She smiled.
Spike looked at her. "What are you smirking about? Disappointed to see that I'm still alive?"
She threw her cigarette down and stood up. "Not at all. If you were gone, I wouldn't have anyone to come rescue me. Personally, I think Jet would just leave me."
"Can't really blame him." He managed a small smile.
Faye hesitated before she asked her next question. "What happened in there?"
Spike shrugged. "Marco took off with Vicious' drug supply. It's suicide." He started walking to his ship. "Let's go back to the Bebop."
Jet was fixing dinner when they arrived back on the Bebop. He was surprised to see the Swordfish II in the hangar along with the Redtail. Truthfully, he was only expecting Faye's return. But once again, Spike had cheated death and Jet had his partner back.
Soon, Jet called to everyone saying that dinner was ready. Ed and Ein came bounding down the hall to the sitting room. Faye had eventually emerged from the shower and sat down to eat. Spike, however, was not in his usually spot in front of the TV. After Faye finished eating, she found Jet sitting in the control room, planting out their next course according to the newest bounty.
"Where's Spike?" She asked.
Jet nodded toward the window. Faye looked out and saw Spike sitting on the deck smoking a cigarette and looking up at the sky.
"Did she leave with-" Jet asked.
"Yeah." Faye answered.
"Oh. Where do you think she is?"
Faye shrugged. "With the dangerous beautiful types, you never know." She walked back down the hallway.
Jet shook his head. 'Doesn't she realize that she falls into that category?' He laughed to himself.
The next day, Faye woke up unusually sore, even with the bruises. She stretched painfully before heading to the shower.
Still feeling bad after her shower, she walked into the sitting room where Edward and Jet were working on the next bounty.
"So, where's the fuzzy-haired one?" she asked.
Edward shrugged. "Spike-person left a long time ago, Faye Faye." She replied not looking up from Tomato.
"So, who's the next lucky person on the list?" Faye asked looking at the bounties.
Late that evening, Spike returned to the ship. Faye was in the hangar complaining to Jet about her ship's condition. Jet apparently wasn't listening. Spike shook his head when he saw the two and walked up to them. He tossed a small capsule to Faye.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Take it and see." He said as he walked down the hallway.
She gave Jet a skeptical look. He shrugged and she followed Spike down the hallway.
"Spike, what are you talking about? What is this stuff?"
He turned around to her. "It's something I found." He said sarcastically. "Just take it and find out."
"How do I know that this isn't poison or something?" she asked.
"You don't. I guess you are just going to have to trust me on this one." He continued walking.
Faye was sitting on her bed looking at the weird azure-colored liquid in the tube Spike had given her. She had two options. One: Take it and die; Two: Don't take it and die. She sighed. 'Hm, such great choices.' She said as she downed the small amount in one drink.
"Well, no immediate change." She said out loud. Suddenly, she got an overwhelming feeling of drowsiness. She laid down and put her hand on her head. Before she knew it, she was out cold.
She woke up hours later and immediately noticed something different. The bruises on her arms and legs weren't as prominent as they once were. They were starting to fade. She quickly got up and walked to the sitting room where Spike was standing in the doorway, watching TV.
"It worked, Spike." She looked at him. "Thank you. I still don't know what it is, but it must have cost you a fortune."
He shrugged. "I was gonna use it on something worthless anyways."
Faye broke into a smile and crossed her arms. "Thanks, Spike."
He walked back down the hallway. "Yeah. Just don't make a habit of acting this way. It's freaking me out."
She smiled.
Jet, who was standing in the kitchen, walked into the room and sat down and saw the way Faye was looking at Spike. She sat down on the corner of the couch.
"You sure look better." he said.
"I know." She said, looking at her arms. "I feel better too."
"Good. Maybe now you'll start helping out around here again." After seeing the look on her face, Jet replied, "Nevermind, it's not like you did anything to begin with."
Faye smiled. Jet was shocked that she didn't have some kind of comeback.
He cleared his throat and managed a small laugh. "You got it bad for him, don't you?"
She stood up and stretched. "Doesn't really matter, does it?"
Jet didn't reply.
"Even if I did it's just bittersweet that I can't have him." she shrugged. "Oh well, I'm off to see the ponies. I've missed them. Later, Jet." She walked out of the room and headed to the hangar.
Jet shook his head and smiled.
END
~No one can free you but yourself.~
~Hope you enjoyed 'When It's Over' please, please review, I love hearing from other writers!!! It was great reading your comments and it made writing this story more exciting. Thanks a bunch!