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 Eight: Faye's Real Folk Blues (formerly known as: It's a Lunkhead Free Syndicate Battle)

Faye was shocked by his response.

"Spike. It's me, Faye. Are you alright?"

"Spike?" he answered back. "My name is Spike?"

"This can't be good," said Sam.

Faye grabbed Spike and began to shake him. "Spike! This isn't funny! Stop being stupid!!" Faye dropped her head in frustration. "You really don't remember?" she asked him.

"He says I'm…ill…mentally ill," Spike said in small breaths.

"Vicious? Vicious told you you're mental?" Faye asked surprisingly.

"He has been in a straight jacket," said Sam. "I think he's brainwashed, Faye."

"Well, this is just great!" she said. "Spike leaves and comes back as an insane mental patient. Just amazing! I dunno what I'm pissed off at more: the fact that he's crazy or the fact that left us in the first place!"

"Us?" asked Sam.

"Me and Jet." Faye suddenly got an idea. "Hey you remember Jet don't you? And Ed? And Ein?" Faye thought that maybe he was purposely forgetting only her as a joke. She took in a deep sigh before she went on to her next question…"What about Julia?"

"Julia…do I know Julia? Do I know you?" Spike muttered for Faye to hear.

"THAT DOES IT! I GIVE UP! SCREW YOU, SPIKE! I'M GOING HOME! YOU CAN GO AND GET YOURSELF KILLED AGAIN! I DON'T WANT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT YOU ANYMORE!" With tears, Faye rushed out of the apartment. She didn't care if the Syndicate was out looking for them. She didn't know where to go or what to do seeing that she had no idea what had happened to her Redtail.

Sam was left alone in his secret apartment with Spike. "Wow. This is the closest I have ever been to a mental patient. Hee. Hee. Hee."

"That's not funny," mumbled the mental and amnesiac Spike.

"I tried," said Sam.

"Why is Faye mad at me?" Spike asked.

"I can't be exactly sure. From what I've learned, you and her were bounty hunters, and you came back to the Syndicate to try and kill Vicious."

"Why would I want to kill him?"

"Who doesn't wanna kill him, Spike? All he does is kill folks now. He murdered the VAN just to take over the damn Syndicate. And Lord knows how many times he's tried to kill you."
Spike put his arm over his forehead giving Sam the sign that he was suffering from a major headache, so Sam rushed to the kitchen for a glass of water and aspirin.

"But-what was Faye doing there?" Spike asked in pain.

"You know Spike, I think she really cares about ya. I mean, Vicious imprisoned her like you for months just because she went off to find you. After you left the Syndicate all everyone ever talked about around here were you, Vicious, and Julia. I think you would've done better with Faye. At least she has guts, unlike Julia."
"Is she coming back?"

"She better," said Sam. "I don't baby-sit the insane".

"Hey!"

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Faye walked down the block in frustration and anger. But she was careful as to keep out of sight in the case of Syndicate members. Unfortunately, she was unaware that someone had watched her step out of the crappy apartment building. The Syndicate member, who spotted her, quickly phoned Vicious.

"We found them," he said. "Apartment 3286 on Hanai. The girl left the building, but Spike should still be inside. Should I follow her?"

"Forget about her," Vicious responded on the other line. "Spike's the one I want. Just stay there and make sure that Spike doesn't leave!"

"STUPID-LUNKHEAD-CAN'T-REMEMBER-WHAT-THE-HELL-HIS-NAME-IS! LEAVES-THE-BEBOP-TO-GET-STUPID-AMNESIA! DOESN'T-GIVE-A-DAMN-SHIT-ABOUT-ME! Why is this happening to me?!" Faye was still storming about with anger and some tears in her eyes. In her anger and sadness, she looked up only to realize that she stormed around in circles and was once again walking along the same street as Sam's apartment building. She grunted in anger. Suddenly, a loud noise of screeching cars was approaching. Remembering the Syndicate, Faye quickly dove behind a nearby Dumpster. A group of black cars stopped immediately in front of the apartment. Sure enough, out came the Red Dragons. As soon as Faye saw Vicious step outside, chills began to run down her spine as she realized how close she was to all the action and recalling the events of her imprisonment with him for the last 3 months.

"Oh, shit. Spike!" She whispered. She never had a chance to change out of her torn and smelly dress nor did she have any weapons to fight off with.

Sam was looking out his living room window to see the noise. "Uh, Spike. I think we're screwed." The Red Dragons were storming the building checking one room at a time. Two more floors, four more doors, and Sam and Spike would be deader than a crushed worm. Sam rushed into his bedroom to grab some guns. While he was in this process, he heard some noise from his window. Someone was throwing rocks at it. He carefully looked over. He opened his window when he saw Faye below in the alley. "HELP ME, FAYE!!!" Sam screamed in his usual cowardly tone. "Throw me a gun!" she called out.

"How do you know I have guns?" he asked.

"You're holding one in your hand!"

Sam looked and quickly tossed the loaded gun. As soon as Faye caught it, she moved into the building. Sam rushed over with his loaded gun back to Spike. "Come on, we gotta get outta here!" Sam said trying to drag Spike into a closet.

But before he could open the closet, the front door burst open with numerous guns pointing at him.

"Sam Kaito," said Vicious approaching in front of the group. "There's no hiding anything from me. I had my ways of finding out that you told the VAN about some of my plots".

Vicious's goons prepared their triggers…