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That damn girl! : A Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine fic

Chapter 2

Faye had never been more shocked in her life. A woman's done that much destruction? She thought. But Faye covered up her puzzlement with an 'I told you so' look on her face. Now Spike was confused.

"What?"

"Oh nothing." She started. "Remember when you said that I was too weak to be a bounty hunter because I'm a woman?"

"No but continue."

"Well guess what? THIS WOMAN'S DONE MORE DAMAGE THAN ANY GUY WE'VE EVER CHASED PUT TOGETHER!" Faye yelled.

"That's why we need a strategy and I need your help! Now take this damn pencil and think of at least one thing!" Spike roared back.

Faye stopped. She took a deep breath. Then another, and another, and another, until spike impatiently yelled "Now what're you doing?!"

"I'm lowering my blood pressure! You get me so damn worked up that I gotta revive myself every freaking 15 minutes!"

"You do that, while I go rebuild Atlantis." He said, tapping his watch.

"Well I might as well just go after Mikako myself!"

"Now where the hell did you get that idea?! You might as well wear a t- shirt saying 'Here I am Mikako, come get me'!"

"Not a bad idea." She replied sarcastically. Faye sighed again. "Alright." She said calmer. "If we're gonna do this then we needa work together, right?"

"Right."

"So we're gonna call a temporary truce until Mikako's in the bag."

"Fine."

Spike and Faye shook hands. Faye kept her head down, until she was tempted to look up. Their eyes met. They continued staring…. 1…. 2… 3… 4… 5….

Ed swung the door open and started jumping around the room, yelling. Faye and Spike immediately let go of each other's hands and looked back at the sheet.

"So I should probably be stationed here right?" Faye started. She winked at Spike, so he would play along until Ed left.

"Uh… yeah… And Jet 'n Ein'll stay on the ship and Ed could come with me!"

"Perfect!"

Spike and Faye high-fived. They continued working for hours and hours, even long after Ed had given up and gone back to play on Tomato. And this was the result:

Spike would station from behind Mikako's ship, and plant a tracker just in case.

Faye would come from the left of the ship, and when she was stationed, Faye and Spike would distract Mikako until the bebop came in from the right with Ed, Jet and Ein. And if all else fails, Ed would join in on the front of the ship and Jet would attack from the bottom.

Faye leaned back in her chair and took in a deep breath. "It took 14 hours to come up with such a simple plan."

"Has it really been that long?" Spike looked at his watch. "Nah. More like 13 hours, 58 minutes and oh….. 20 seconds?"

"Nobody likes a wiseass."

A few minutes passed. Faye took a quick peek at Spike and cracked a tiny smile. He looked at her with a confused face, but all she did was turn her head.

"How about some coffee, hm?" she asked, trying to be as calm as possible. Spike smiled.

"Sure."

Faye and Spike walked into the kitchen. Spike smiled as Faye started to brew the coffee.

"So." Said Faye. "This truce thing isn't so bad, huh?"

Spike laughed. Faye looked at him. "What?"

Spike shook his head. He sighed. "Ya know," he started. "Maybe we should…. Well…. Ya know….. hook up tomorrow night."

Faye dropped the coffee pot. She looked around. "Who's in back of me?"

"No one."

"You mean me?! As in US?!"

"Well… kinda…." Spike was blushing at this point. Faye soon joined in. She looked down and ran into her room.

"Faye! Hold on!" Spike called. But she was already gone.

Faye laid on her bed, thinking. "What the hell is my problem?" she mumbled. Faye turned over on her side.

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That's it 4 this chap ^^ I luv cliff hangers!! I just hate it when it happens to me! -_- lol! Please review!!!

suki