Spike reloaded his gun and sat up, firing at the guy shooting at him from the ground. He quickly shot at him and then looked to his left, he saw Julia there and a man on the nearby stairs shooting right at her. He aimed right for him, but it was to late, Julia was shot. He gasped and ran over to her. He held her in his arms and she whispered some last words to him, then she died. He felt the rain pour against him as he stared up into the sky, his anger building in him deeply

Spike blinked. It was just a flashback. He remembered what had been happening and looked around frantically. He saw the Starlight Gamma in shambles, the cockpit seemed intact and he saw Kaitlin there, she was unconscious and bleeding rapidly, then suddenly, from the corner of his eye he saw a flash. He looked over quickly and saw it was a small ship that Gray was escaping in. He got angry again, just like the day Julia died. He couldn't suppress his anger. He glanced at Kaitlin's trashed cockpit.

"..I'll be right back." He muttered, even though he knew she couldn't hear him, and he took off after Gray. Gray saw Spike out of the corner of his eye and sped up and disappeared behind a colony. "Kuso." He muttered, turning back over to Starlight Gamma. He hurried over, gently firing a hook into the ship to take it to the nearest colony. "Please don't die." He said to the unconscious girl. Turning forward and jetting off quickly to the nearest colony.



Kaitlin twitched slightly as Spike sat next to her hospital bed, a dozens roses in his hand like usual whenever a girl he cared about was injured. Spike reached over, grabbed a clipboard at the end of the bed, and read the status paper. She was in a slight coma, but she would be alright. He sighed and folded his arms on the bed, resting his head on them. This was way to much. He knew her for a week and she already came close to death. Was this really gonna work? He probably should just forget about his growing feelings, it would amount to nothing. But for some reason he wanted to hold on. To keep up hope. That's not something Spike thought to himself everyday.

Pictures flowed through Kaitlin's head. She saw herself at a child, training with her master. She saw herself grow up to 17, the leader of her Syndicate, then she saw Gray standing there, in front of her, his gun aimed right at her head. Then she saw herself running off the colony with her friend. She felt free after she left. Then she saw Vicious and Lin pointing his gun at Spike. Then her mind came to a blur.

Spike closed his eyes for a while, letting his mind carry him off. Kaitlin's eyes flickered open and he looked over at her. Grinning lightly.

"Welcome back to consciousness. I am your host, Spike." He said. Kaitlin sighed.

"Where's Gray?" She said immediately. Spike frowned.

"He took off after he self destructed. How? I don't know." He said. Kaitlin sighed.

"Figures.. That's just like him." She said. Spike blinked.

"Okay, I want to know now. How do you know Gray?" He said firmly. Kaitlin looked at her sheets.

"I-I." She sighed. "I was afraid you'd ask me that. Not something I really want to get into." She muttered. Spike looked straight at her face.

"I understand I guess. But promise me you'll tell me someday, okay?" He said. Kaitlin slowly nodded.

"Alright. But on one condition." She said. Spike blinked.

"You have to tell me about your past first."

"Wha?"

"I want to know what happened with you and Vicious. What caused you to fight like that. And about that Julia girl." She said. Spike paused for a second.

"How do you know about Julia?" He said. "I doubt Vicious told you." Kaitlin smoothed a hand through her hair.

"When I was saving you, you thought I was Julia. Who was she?" She said curiously. Spike didn't exactly feel comfortable on the subject.

"I'll tell you when you tell me." He said. Kaitlin sighed and tried to sit up, but only in vain.

"Ow!" She shouted and fell back onto the bed. Spike put a hand on her shoulder.

"Total deja vu.." He said. Kaitlin closed her eyes.

"I think.. I'm gonna rest for a while, okay?" She said. Spike looked down at her bed.

"Alright go on ahead. The doctors only want you here about 3 days then you should be okay. Just cuts and bruises." He said. Kaitlin nodded.

"..Thanks Spike." She said. Spike grinned.

"It's no problem." He said. Kaitlin looked deeply into his eyes, she didn't even seem to find it weird they were different colors. She didn't want to turn her gaze. She wanted to just stay like this. She fought to keep herself from blushing. Then, coming back to reality she found Spike was leaning in closer to her. She blinked lightly and started to turn a little rosy. He didn't stop. She wondered what to do, if this was real. She had died, didn't she? This couldn't really be happening..Could it? She stared up at him and hoped she wasn't shaking. He seemed as nervous as her. He closed his eyes and leaned in more. Time seemed to stop for a second. Simple movements seemed to take an eternity. Finally, she leaned forward to and there lips met for the first time. After that time turned back to normal or maybe even faster, because soon she found him pulling away. She breathed normally again. She looked deeply at Spike and even though this was quiet uncharacteristic of him, he was blushing. Her cheeks felt like they were burning. Spike was the first to talk. "Um.. W-Well I guess I'll leave you to rest for now, okay?" He said. Kaitlin came back to reality.

"I-It's okay you can stay if you. want.." She said. She just couldn't talk normal now. She was totally lost. Spike put a hand through her hair gently.

"You need to rest. I'll see you when you wake up." He said. Kaitlin smiled and nodded lightly. Spike stared into her eyes for a second then stood up and left. Kaitlin felt like her whole body was gonna fall apart. She didn't know if this was a blessing or a curse, but at least she knew one thing. Spike didn't kiss half bad.



Fluffy..ness... lol. ^^; Well at least I wrote something! More to come later, ciaos for now, please review!