A black bird flew over head. A lone man walked alone the streets in the
cold night. He had his hands dug deep into his pockets. He pulled out s
picture of a woman with short purple hair and green eyes. His eyes narrowed
as he shoved the picture back into his pockets.
***
Session 4: The Real Folk Blues Part 1
***
In her sleep, Faye tossed and turned, her dreams haunting her. Spike lay next to her, fast asleep with his arm around her waste. He was awoken by her screaming and calling out for help. He saw her tossing and shook her awake. "Faye? Are you ok?"
Faye moaned and opened her eyes. She saw Spike over her and threw her arms around him. "Oh, Spike, it was such a bad dream." She said, crying into his shoulder. "I dreamed you were dying and I couldn't save you."
Spike hushed her and rocked her back and forth. It had been like this for a week. Spike and Faye had become close since he had found her in the graveyard, and he had seen her dreams become worse and worse.
"I'm here, Faye, I'm not going any were." He told her.
"Good!" She said, holding him as tight as she could.
***
The next morning, Faye walked into a bar, her coat held tight to her body. She sat down at the bar and got a beer. A few moments later, Spike walked in and sat at the other end of the bar. Then Jet came in and sat in the middle of the bar.
Faye looked around, wondering were this bounty head was. She yawned and drank the rest of her beer.
"Hey, baby." Said a man from behind her. Faye smiled and turned to look at him. "Having a good time."
Faye gave the man a once over and smirked. "Sure am."
"Want to have a fun time with me?" He winked.
"Oh, I like the sound of that." She winked back and stood. She grabbed his hand and led him to the back alley. He began to kiss her. Faye kept her eyes open and waited for just the right moment, all of the sudden, a gun hit the back of the guy's head and Spike stood over his body with a smirk.
Faye kicked at the man. "You were right, that was fun, my little bounty head."
"You didn't let that guy kiss you, did you?" Spike asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh don't get all possessive on me, Spike. You can't tell me you haven't thought about Julia of late." Faye almost winced at her own words. 'Great job, Valentine!' She thought. 'Way to bring up the old girlfriend.' "Look, I'm going to go do some shopping. I'll see you guys later."
Spike and Jet watched her go. "What's with her?" Jet asked. Spike only shook his head.
*** COWBOY BEBOP ***
Faye walked into the theater as the music began to play. She needed a day to herself, and a nice day of theater was just what she needed. She'd never told anyone how much, though. In fact, it was the first time she gone to the opera house since Vicious. She shuttered at the thought as she took her seat.
The music flew over her like water. She forgot about everything but the sound of the song..
However, a few seats back, a man watched her every move, waiting as he had been waiting since the night he put the tracker on his ship.
When the music was over, and people where leaving, Faye took the back door so as to get to her ship that was waiting for her. She walked over to and..
BAM!
Something hit her over the head and she fell to the ground.
***
The videophone was ringing in the Bebop. Ed yawned and pushed the button. "Bebop, bebop." She said in a sleepy way. "What do can I for you?"
"I need to talk to Spike." Said the lady on the phone.
"Spike's not here. Looking for bounty head. Message, message?"
There was a pause before she spoke again. "Tell him Julia called and that I'll be waiting for him. He'll know what you mean." With that she hung up.
***
Faye woke to see that she was chained to a wall. She tugged at her chains but they held fast. She noticed her gun was gone. She looked around, trying to figure out who brought her here. Suddenly a black bird flew out of the shadows and landed on the ground in front of her. She had seen this bird before. but were?
"Faye Valentine, we meet again." Came a cold voice. Faye's head shot up. It couldn't be. could it? A man stepped out of the shadows. "I have you again, at long last."
Faye gasped. "Vicious!"
***
"I'm back!" Spike called as he walked into the living space. Ed lay on the floor. "What's going on, Ed?"
"Call for Spike person!" Ed said without getting up.
"Yeah? What about?"
"She'll be waiting for you. Said you'd know what she meant."
"She? Who she? Faye?"
"Said her name was.. Julia?"
Spike didn't move. He felt his heart stop. Julia. the name rang in his ears. "Tell Jet I left again!" He said before running out to his ship. He would se her again.. but what was he going to tell her.. What was he going to tell her about Faye?
He made it to the graveyard at last. He went to the spot he knew she would be at. And there she was. A vision of loveliness with blond hair and caring eyes. Same old Julia.
"It's been a long time, Spike." She said, smiling.
"Julia..I don't know what to say.." Spike said.
Julia smiled and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Don't say anything, then." She said. "I know about Faye, Spike. You've moved on, I'm glad. I couldn't have you wasting all the love you have to give. And I'm not here to ask for you back. I'm here to warn you!"
"Warn me?? About what?"
"He has her, Spike, and I don't know what he is going to do."
"He. you mean Vicious? And she. YOU MEAN FAYE!" Realization hit him. He grabbed Julia and shook her. "Where is she? Tell me!"
***
Faye's eyes widened as Vicious ran a cold hand down her cheek. "You are a lovely woman, Faye." He said. "I see why he likes you more then her."
"What are you talking about?" She hissed.
"Didn't you know? Spike's with Julia right now. But like I said, he likes you more. That's why you are here. See, I hate Spike and all.. but I hate you even more."
"Why me?" She asked, holding back tears.
"Because you haunt my dreams, Faye." Vicious grabbed her neck and she cried out in pain. "I don't know what it is about you, but I'm going to take care of it..and at the same time I'm going to take Spike out of the way as well. He'll come looking for you, Faye. And when he sees what I've done, he'll come after me. And I will kill him."
He began to laugh, a cold, evil laugh, and Faye. despite herself, began to cry.
To Be Continued.
***
Next Episode:
Spike goes after the one he loves, but will it be to late? The last episode.
Next Session: Cowboy Bebop: Blues Travels: The Real Folk Blues Part II
***
Session 4: The Real Folk Blues Part 1
***
In her sleep, Faye tossed and turned, her dreams haunting her. Spike lay next to her, fast asleep with his arm around her waste. He was awoken by her screaming and calling out for help. He saw her tossing and shook her awake. "Faye? Are you ok?"
Faye moaned and opened her eyes. She saw Spike over her and threw her arms around him. "Oh, Spike, it was such a bad dream." She said, crying into his shoulder. "I dreamed you were dying and I couldn't save you."
Spike hushed her and rocked her back and forth. It had been like this for a week. Spike and Faye had become close since he had found her in the graveyard, and he had seen her dreams become worse and worse.
"I'm here, Faye, I'm not going any were." He told her.
"Good!" She said, holding him as tight as she could.
***
The next morning, Faye walked into a bar, her coat held tight to her body. She sat down at the bar and got a beer. A few moments later, Spike walked in and sat at the other end of the bar. Then Jet came in and sat in the middle of the bar.
Faye looked around, wondering were this bounty head was. She yawned and drank the rest of her beer.
"Hey, baby." Said a man from behind her. Faye smiled and turned to look at him. "Having a good time."
Faye gave the man a once over and smirked. "Sure am."
"Want to have a fun time with me?" He winked.
"Oh, I like the sound of that." She winked back and stood. She grabbed his hand and led him to the back alley. He began to kiss her. Faye kept her eyes open and waited for just the right moment, all of the sudden, a gun hit the back of the guy's head and Spike stood over his body with a smirk.
Faye kicked at the man. "You were right, that was fun, my little bounty head."
"You didn't let that guy kiss you, did you?" Spike asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh don't get all possessive on me, Spike. You can't tell me you haven't thought about Julia of late." Faye almost winced at her own words. 'Great job, Valentine!' She thought. 'Way to bring up the old girlfriend.' "Look, I'm going to go do some shopping. I'll see you guys later."
Spike and Jet watched her go. "What's with her?" Jet asked. Spike only shook his head.
*** COWBOY BEBOP ***
Faye walked into the theater as the music began to play. She needed a day to herself, and a nice day of theater was just what she needed. She'd never told anyone how much, though. In fact, it was the first time she gone to the opera house since Vicious. She shuttered at the thought as she took her seat.
The music flew over her like water. She forgot about everything but the sound of the song..
However, a few seats back, a man watched her every move, waiting as he had been waiting since the night he put the tracker on his ship.
When the music was over, and people where leaving, Faye took the back door so as to get to her ship that was waiting for her. She walked over to and..
BAM!
Something hit her over the head and she fell to the ground.
***
The videophone was ringing in the Bebop. Ed yawned and pushed the button. "Bebop, bebop." She said in a sleepy way. "What do can I for you?"
"I need to talk to Spike." Said the lady on the phone.
"Spike's not here. Looking for bounty head. Message, message?"
There was a pause before she spoke again. "Tell him Julia called and that I'll be waiting for him. He'll know what you mean." With that she hung up.
***
Faye woke to see that she was chained to a wall. She tugged at her chains but they held fast. She noticed her gun was gone. She looked around, trying to figure out who brought her here. Suddenly a black bird flew out of the shadows and landed on the ground in front of her. She had seen this bird before. but were?
"Faye Valentine, we meet again." Came a cold voice. Faye's head shot up. It couldn't be. could it? A man stepped out of the shadows. "I have you again, at long last."
Faye gasped. "Vicious!"
***
"I'm back!" Spike called as he walked into the living space. Ed lay on the floor. "What's going on, Ed?"
"Call for Spike person!" Ed said without getting up.
"Yeah? What about?"
"She'll be waiting for you. Said you'd know what she meant."
"She? Who she? Faye?"
"Said her name was.. Julia?"
Spike didn't move. He felt his heart stop. Julia. the name rang in his ears. "Tell Jet I left again!" He said before running out to his ship. He would se her again.. but what was he going to tell her.. What was he going to tell her about Faye?
He made it to the graveyard at last. He went to the spot he knew she would be at. And there she was. A vision of loveliness with blond hair and caring eyes. Same old Julia.
"It's been a long time, Spike." She said, smiling.
"Julia..I don't know what to say.." Spike said.
Julia smiled and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Don't say anything, then." She said. "I know about Faye, Spike. You've moved on, I'm glad. I couldn't have you wasting all the love you have to give. And I'm not here to ask for you back. I'm here to warn you!"
"Warn me?? About what?"
"He has her, Spike, and I don't know what he is going to do."
"He. you mean Vicious? And she. YOU MEAN FAYE!" Realization hit him. He grabbed Julia and shook her. "Where is she? Tell me!"
***
Faye's eyes widened as Vicious ran a cold hand down her cheek. "You are a lovely woman, Faye." He said. "I see why he likes you more then her."
"What are you talking about?" She hissed.
"Didn't you know? Spike's with Julia right now. But like I said, he likes you more. That's why you are here. See, I hate Spike and all.. but I hate you even more."
"Why me?" She asked, holding back tears.
"Because you haunt my dreams, Faye." Vicious grabbed her neck and she cried out in pain. "I don't know what it is about you, but I'm going to take care of it..and at the same time I'm going to take Spike out of the way as well. He'll come looking for you, Faye. And when he sees what I've done, he'll come after me. And I will kill him."
He began to laugh, a cold, evil laugh, and Faye. despite herself, began to cry.
To Be Continued.
***
Next Episode:
Spike goes after the one he loves, but will it be to late? The last episode.
Next Session: Cowboy Bebop: Blues Travels: The Real Folk Blues Part II