For the first time ever, Fantasy Cat would like to acknowledge its very first reviewers so thank you Katie, Piro Flare, and RySenaki. Your reviews were wonderful as well as unique might I add. And guess what?! You'll finally get to meet Sam Kaito in the next chapter! Ya know, sometimes I think I brag too much about this guy that ya never heard of.

Destiny Lies in the Syndicate (a.k.a. the Prophecy of Faye Valentine)

By Fantasy Cat

Disclaimer: I own nothing, but Sam cuz Sam rocks!!!!!

Chapter Three: The Shrew Woman's Escape Attempt

So here's the situation that it had been for the next three months…

The Red Dragon Syndicate was alive and powerful again. The building was rebuilt and it was bigger than ever. With Vicious's increasing power, the Red Dragons became the most feared, yet most respected Syndicate on the entire planet. Anything that Vicious desired was always done for him.

Faye was basically mourning over Spike's "assumed" death. At least she had a place to get away, but basically she couldn't leave her room for any reason, except…Faye became somewhat an escort for Vicious. She had to go with him to all of the conferences with other syndicates, and other evening galas. A least she got to wear all the really fancy and elegant dresses she wanted, but all of this was meant for Vicious to basically show off himself and to convince others that his powers go even as far as the ladies department. The only thought that ran through Faye's mind knowing this was 'UGH!'

As for Spike, living sucked more than ever. Especially, when Vicious made an effort to come down to his cell about every other day to give him a blow in the stomach where he slashed him, just for the fun of it. Spike slowly lost his sanity, a perfect opportunity for Vicious to give him a final humiliation by putting him in a straitjacket. He basically gave up on any hope.

Faye felt like that a little. When she was in her room, she would usually cry and think. Faye was not a quitter though. For the past three months, she took the liability of making an escape plan. The longer she planned, the better it would be.

She had no way of getting in contact with Jet, nor would it be wise to just hop into her Redtail and fly off. She had to think differently, a lot differently.

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The skies were dark and gray above Mars, and the streets were more quiet than usual. Vicious would be meeting with the head of a recently developed syndicate, the Gold Lion. Secretly, it was Vicious's hope that he would one day take it over. Faye wore her favorite green dress she was given (of course, if you were planning on running away like her, you would run away wearing something you would like to keep).

Anyway at this particular meeting, Faye was not allowed to go into the conference room with Vicious. She had to sit on her butt in the lobby in between two guards. In her casual voice she used her usual request of going into a powdered room. The guards guided her to it. 'Heheheheh' she thought. 'Just slip into the "Women Only" powder room and slip out the window'. She kept a straight face as they walked and then she saw the sign on the door. Unisex.

'UNISEX?!' Faye's plan was about to take an awkward situation.

So they all entered the restroom as Faye had assumed would happen. Then out of a quick thought, she decided to go into a bathroom stall. One that was right next to a wall. If she hold out long enough, the guards would grow tired and decide to wait outside the restroom instead. Faye went in and placed a small mirror facing back where the guards were. She sat on the toilet and waited. In twenty minutes, it was successful. Quietly she waited a little longer and stepped out of the stall. The window was frozen shut. 'Damn' She forgot that it was winter. She sacrificed her long lucius nails and all feeling in her fingers, but she managed to open the window. She was three stories above ground. She hated the fact that she wearing high heels. Slowly she made her way down to where she could see through the second story window. There was no watching she could move on…

"Hey!" a voice shouted.

In split second, Faye thought the voice came from someone in that second story room instead of the annoying kid that was joking around on the street. Either way, she ended up losing her grip on her escape attempt and she crashed into a cold, icy, pile of snow in the alley. What a crash. It hurt like hell.

"Oh, shit," she groaned.

"You're in it…very deep." She looked up to see Vicious and the guards there looking down on her.