Well, this is probably the quickest I've ever updated. Well, here comes chapter 3. Hope you enjoy!
By the way, my reference last chapter to Peirot, was Mad Peirot, the psycho that resembles the penguin from batman, Bebop fans will know who I'm talking about.
Chapter 3
Spike sat in the cockpit of Swordfish II, waiting patiently for Jet to finish the launch sequence. "You know, this is seriously going to weight on my conscience, turning this girl in." Said Jet over the intercom. Spike just smiled, "You're too soft hearted Jet, just launch me already." Jet smiled, "Why, are you afraid that Faye is going to get to her first?" "WHAT?! You mean she already launched!?" Screamed Spike. Jet chuckled, "Yep, about five minutes ago while you were taking a nap." "Damn her, C'mon Jet let's go!" Jet just laughed and pressed the launch button.
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Faye Valentine roamed the back alleys of a small fishing town on Ganymede, she knew this was the general area that Spike had his run in with little miss lab rat. Faye didn't care what this girl had been through, it probably was nothing compared to the trouble she herself was going to be in if she didn't pay off her debts. Besides, pity wasn't going to fill her stomach anytime soon. As Faye began to roam about, she saw the bottom half of someone poking out of a dumpster, "Obviously a homeless person looking for there next meal." Thought Faye. Faye was starting to think about joining the person, she was starving.
Faye approached the person, "Maybe they'll know where to find this Lita Kino." She thought. Just then, the person dropped from the dumpster to face Faye. It was her, Lita Kino herself. Lita didn't back away from Faye, she just smiled a pleasant grin, "Hello there." She said happily. Faye just grinned a little, she was just waiting for the best time to act. Lita still smiled, she looked up into the cloudy sky, "Oh, I hate these rain cycles, oh well guess it's necessary to keep the terraform in balance." Faye still grinned, "Yeah, guess that's the downside to living on a moon covered in oceans." Lita looked at Faye with a concerned look, "Hey, you have anywhere to stay," She turned and pointed toward her little dry spot, "You can stay there with me if you like."
Faye took the opportunity to pull her pistol, she placed it to the back of Lita's skull. "Actually, I was hoping you would like to come and stay at my place, a little ship called the Bebop." Lita froze, the Bebop was a ship full of bounty hunters, and notorious ones at that. Lita didn't know what to do, she turned slowly to look at Faye. "I can't believe you, I was being generous to you and this is how you repay me." Faye laughed, "If you really want to be generous, then let me collect the six million woolongs that are on your head." Lita was scared, this was terrible, this was it for her, time to go back to the lab, back to all that horrible torture. "Please, please let me go." Begged Lita, cold rain started to fall, making her shiver. Faye just laughed, Lita asked again, this time it was in a threatening tone, "Let me go now, or you'll be sorry." Faye smiled, "This gun is loaded, and if there is on thing I know about you, it's that you can't take a bullet to the skull."
Lita's eyes showed fear, Faye grinned "Yeah, that's right, you can die, just like the rest of us, and I'm sure the ISSP can just bring you back to life, or maybe they'll just take their spare parts back." Lita felt tears starting to mingle with the rain on her face, "Please no! No, they've taken everything from me, NO NO NO!" Faye backed away a bit, the girl started gripping her hair tightly and ranting like a lunatic, "NO! Damn you, you don't understand do you?!" Cried Lita. "Understand what?" asked Faye, she was truly afraid, this girl was about to snap. But Lita started to bawl like a child instead, "You don't understand what it's like to have nothing, no family, no friends, not even a past, you probably don't even know what it's like to be wanted." Faye paused, this girl wasn't vicious, she was alone and afraid, just like she herself once was. She looked straight into Lita's teary eyes, "Yeah, yeah I do kid." Faye herself was about to start crying, "It sucks, being all alone, and when you have people breathing down your neck, wanting to turn you in." Lita hadn't stopped crying, "So, are..are you going to t.turn me in?" Faye paused, she looked at the shivering, crying mess of a girl in front of her, she couldn't turn her in, she had never done anything to be turned in for, she was just trying to escape those who wanted to hurt her. "No, I wont, as a matter of fact, why don't you come with me, we'll get you dried off and warmed up." Lita smiled a bit, "Thanks, thanks a lot." And then, slowly, the two walked back toward Faye's ship.
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Unknown to Faye and Lita, Spike had been watching from around the corner the whole time. At first he wanted to scream at Faye for softening up on their bounty, but Faye made a good point, the girl hadn't done anything wrong. Spike loved money, but his sense of true justice overrode his greed. He picked up the intercom and called back to Jet, "Hey Jet, I'm coming home." Jet looked at him expectantly, "So, did you get her?" Spike sighed, "Well, Faye did, sort of." Jet grinned, "Sort of, well what did she do wrong?" Spike smiled, "She bonded with her." "And you were worried about me." Laughed Jet. "Yeah, yeah, well anyhow, Faye is bringing her back, she looked like she could use a hot meal." Jet laughed, "Bell peppers and beef it is." Spike smiled, "Yeah, I hope she doesn't like beef with her bell peppers." Spike turned off his comm and walked back toward the Swordfish, it was time to go home.
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See You Space Cowboy
Well, hope you liked it. R/R. I don't know if this should be a tragedy (In true Bebop Fashion) or a happy ending. Oh well, keep reading and find out.