In a fiery inferno
Jet's POV
I remember I yelled to Faye to be careful, but I doubt she heard me. A woman on a mission rarely listens. I sighed heavily, listening to Ed quickly tap away at her tomato; I suppose trying to get more information on Spike. I don't know what she really does half the time, but she doesn't get in trouble so I don't worry. I saw Ein sitting loyally beside her as if he were her best friend. Ein always does favor Ed and Spike over Faye and me. I think he liked Spike for the fact of saving him, but Ed for the fact that they get along together like two…somethings in a pod. They really connect, like they can figure out what the other feels and acts, and what to do about it. I know Ein is some sort of super dog, I suppose he can read human emotions. It would make sense I guess.
I didn't realize I was staring at Ed and Ein until Ed slowly turned her head towards me. Her hair had gotten longer I noticed, her movements more fluid than when we first met her, and she actually began to…well…you know...develop a little. She still, however, had the same child like attributes to her. She still pretty much acted the same since the first day she came, but she seemed to be hiding something behind her innocent, crazy smile and her amber eyes. She turned with a slightly confused and sad expression on her face.
"Jet, what did happen to Spike?" She asked quietly
"Why did you come back?" I asked back, soft enough not to make her upset, but hard enough to give her the impression that I wanted an answer.
"Well, my father, he was what you call a cartographer on earth, was in the old city of Cairo near a pretty river called the Nile. This city had heavy meteor showers near it for a while, that is why father was there to pin point meteor landings. Ed stayed with father for a while, living in a building near an old oil well." Ed fidgeted around, I knew she didn't want to tell me, but it be best if she got it out of her.
"Then late at night Ed heard a large boom like a giant missile. Ed looked out of her room to see that Cairo was being struck with meteors. Father was out with his servant-person to pin point their locations; when a meteor hit the old oil well. It exploded and made everything around it into a giant fireball. I ran out with Ein to find father and servant person, but they had been near the oil well when it exploded and they were …dead." Ed's tears welled up with tears but she soon held them back
"Ed had people bury them under a meteor crater, so they could always be in the place they wanted to find. I then figured out that Ed and Ein had no other place to go but back here." Ed grinned largely and somersaulted.
"I'm sorry Ed, about your father; he was your only family." I wasn't expecting a story like that. I thought she would have just got bored and decided to come back.
"No, Bebop is Ed's family silly! You are Ed's father!" Ed grinned larger
"Sorry Ed but I am no ones father." I laughed; I couldn't be a father if I tried.
"Ed thinks you would be fantabulous father!" I think she made up the word fantabulous...she is strange
"Sure Ed... is fantabulous a word?" I asked, I would really like to know what does on in her bizarre brain
"That is not important. Now, tell me Jet what happed to Spike?" Ed's eyes got wide in anticipation "Faye doesn't like to talk about Spike at all, so I'm asking you." Ein barked as Ed flipped onto Ein.
"A few days after you left, he decided to leave, but he left for a much different reason Ed." I paused for a few seconds trying to figure out how to word this "He left because he couldn't let go of his past. He us left to… die." I thought for a second what to say next
"Faye tried to stop him, but he just left her in the corridor crying. He left us to die, but it's the way he left us is what kills me. He's back now, I don't know why he came back when he did; maybe he felt guilty, maybe he is trying to get his ship back, or most likely he just wanted to see how we would react if he did come back." I stopped for a moment, I couldn't say anymore about Spike; Ed didn't need to know half of those things I did say.
"Then Faye left a few weeks after his funeral, she was gone for a while, you remember. You came back right after Faye left. She came back though, I knew she would, she left to return, the last thing she wanted to do was to become Spike. Faye left so she could return, Spike left so that he didn't have to look back, I guess his plan backfired."
Ed sat up. "I know why Spike came back. He came back because he realized that Bebop was his family, just like Faye and Ed. Spike found out that we are his family, it just probably took him longer because he's taller." Ed smiled and put her goggles on her eyes as she began to hack away on Tomato.
"Ed you're a strange one." I turned to go water my bonsai. I couldn't help but think that she was right. Well, sort of right, she was on the right track she is just a little wacky.
I went to my room to see that my trees, for some reason, were growing much faster and they look much healthier than they did a few days ago. I knew I didn't water them anymore than I usually did. I read in some article that bonsai grow to the emotions of the people that take care of them. I didn't believe this, how could a plant know how a person feels? Then again, Ein is a dog and he can read Ed's emotions, so why can't bonsai? A tree is a living thing, and so is a dog, and a human, it would only make sense that if a super dog could read emotions that my little bonsai could. Well, I think I have been somewhat livelier now that Spike is alive, but I don't think I could consider that happier. As I watered them slowly, I noticed that one of them was particularly overgrown. I picked up the bonsai and began to prune it when I accidentally clipped of one of its larger limbs.
"Damn!" I cursed at myself. I remember the last time I did that is when Spike was in trouble. I don't know what it means, but I rarely cut the bonsai that way. That reminds me, I need to call Faye and ask her if she found Spike yet. I picked up the communicator and dialed her number.
"Faye pick up."
"Yeah what is it Jet?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm in the Red Tail going to the cemetery."
"Why do you think he will be there?"
"Julia is there, he'll be there. Meet us at the pool hall you guys met at."
"Why at the pool hall? Why not on Bebop?"
"I want there to be witnesses incase you try kill him."
"Fine, I wanted a drink anyway."
"Bye."
I turned off the communicator and walked down the hallway.
"Ed, I'm going out, don't let Ein eat anything!" I yelled, knowing Ed she'll let Ein eat what is left of our food
"Okay, Okay! Bye Bye, Bye bye!" Ed waved while playing on tomato.
I walked toward my Hammer head and got in. I opened the hangar and flew out in the direction of the pool hall. I have a funny feeling about this; Syndicates are way over my head even when I was still in the ISSP. I never liked them, the violence they brought, the loyalties they crossed, the destruction they caused; all senseless and preventable. I know why Spike disappeared, I would have too. I really hope this doesn't become a huge mess, not that Spike isn't worth the trouble, I just don't like cleaning up his messes. I think he stayed hidden for a reason, I don't know what that reason is at this moment. Something tells me he would have come back under normal circumstances. I missed that kid, I'm glad he is back now, even though he did leave us. God, I hope I'm not turning into an old softie. That's the last thing I'd like to be right now, old and soft.
I sat at the Pool hall for what seemed to be days. Faye, for some reason, is four hours late, she probably couldn't find Spike. At least I hope that's all it is, if she got caught cheating at another casino I'm not bailing her out. I wonder if this plan will work or not. Syndicates are very hard to fool. We only have to fool one, the other three will just call off the bounties and take our word for it that he is dead. The other three really don't care if he is alive anyway; they just put up the bounty to say that they don't want anything to do with Spike. This plan seems logical, but all logic these days has been twisted into an almost unreachable form. I hope it will work; I'm ready for things to be back to normal, or as close to normal as they can possibly get. I called the Red Dragon Syndicate right after Faye left, to say that I would be tracking down Spike, but they didn't respond, only a voice recording that stated
Any Bounty Hunters after any bounties funded by the Red Dragon Syndicate please know that we will only take the bounty if it is alive.
Damn voice recordings can't they just pick up a damn communicator and just tell me 'yes you can work for Red Dragon Syndicate.' It wouldn't be that hard.
I motioned for the bartender to give me my third vodka; I was just about to drink it when I heard a person run in from the dingy doorway. I looked to see Spike, out of breath, with a new expression painted over his face. I had never seen him with this expression on his face as long as I knew him; I don't exactly know what it is. He ran over to me and pulled me out of the pool hall into the dark alley.
"Spike where in the hell have you been?" I asked
"Jet, I need your help something's happened." His eyes were wide with worry and his eyebrows slightly slanted
I know now what that expression is, it is fear. Fear is the one expression that Spike would never have. Spike was always fearless, but then again times have changed. I have never once saw fear in his eyes; it scared me. If he is scared about something chances are I will be too. It must be something terrible to bring about fear. It hit me; I realized what must have happened. Something must have happened to Faye. My bonsai are right again, I don't know if it was a coincidence that I cut the branch, or if it were an act of fate.
"Spike, where's Faye?" I asked urgently I felt my gray eyes flash
"He took her...Scythe, He has Faye!" He almost broke down; I could tell he was very distraught. I took him by the collar quickly.
"How did this happen?" I asked him irritated, how could he let this happen?
"We were getting my ship when he ambushed us, grabbed Faye, and shot me in the chest with a damn tranquilizer bullet." He spilled out guiltily, his eyes clouded with overlapping emotion. I let go of his collar.
"Why does he want Faye? I thought he was after you." I asked him lowly
"It's about Vicious; I think he wants revenge for what I did to Vicious. He said that he's going to kill Faye how Julia was taken from Vicious. It's a game to him; he left Faye's Glock and her Red Tail fully functional, like he was inviting me to follow him." He gritted his teeth as his garnet eyes flashed a reddish color
"How does he know Vicious?" I asked him
"I don't know, he wasn't at all involved with the Red Dragons or any other Syndicate, I don't think until-" He stopped abruptly
"Until what Spike? You are going to have to tell me everything if you want me to help you." I demanded
"Until I gave him my position in the Syndicate, after I killed Vicious and woke up in the hospital . I gave him the position of Leader of the Red Dragons." He confessed "I never thought he'd go after you guys though, especially if I never returned to Bebop. You have got to believe me Jet; I would never want this to happen." He said with a very serious tone, it occurred to me that the reason why he never returned was mostly because he didn't want the Syndicate to go after Faye and me. Now that the Syndicate has Faye, he thinks that his sacrifice was in vain and he doesn't know where to turn. I knew something prevented him from coming back; he isn't as much as a lunk head as I thought he was.
"Listen Spike, we can't tackle a Syndicate on our own, especially if he knows we are coming, is there anyone on the inside that can help us?" I asked looking at him with his head in his hands sitting on the ground.
"Shin, he can help us. I think he still holds a high rank in the Syndicate, but I have no idea how to contact him." He looked up thinking "I don't know if he even wants to speak to me again after giving the position to Scythe, damn."
"Shin, he was at the fire fight wasn't he? I thought he died, but he was at your funeral." I thought through my mind if this guy could be trusted. "Faye does have her communicator, but they probably confiscated it. We could try it though." I said as I took it out. He immediately grabbed it from my hands and dialed her number.
"Spike wait! They will hear the communicator ring." I yelled at him
"They know we are coming already-" he looked into the communicator hopefully, his face slightly dimmed when he saw Shin instead of Faye. "Shin, Shin is that you?" he whispered through the communicator hoarsely.
I heard a young smooth voice say clearly through the communicator three phrases.
"Flying Dove, Scorpion Stings soon, way of the setting sun." Then he turned off the communicator
"Wait Shin, I want to talk Faye!" He yelled desperately through the turned off communicator.
"What did he mean by that?" I confusedly asked. I wonder if Shin is ok in the head
"Its old Syndicate code, he says that Faye's ok, but Scythe has little patience and might hurt her soon. He also says that the defense is lightest on the West wing of the building and that we should attack that way." He said simply his garnet eyes were singed with hate, worry and despair.
"This is all my fucking fault Jet, Faye's going to get hurt because of me... and now I'm dragging you into it. This is the one thing I have been trying to prevent from happening, but it looks as if I didn't do a very good job; did I?" He frowned as he got up and put his hands in his pockets
"Spike, we are going to bring Faye back in one piece. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself and bring your ass back to Bebop so that we can get Ed's help." I told him as I began to walk toward my Hammerhead
"Jet, I'm sorry, for…you know." He told me as we walked to our ships
I looked at him for a moment "Well, I suppose I can forgive you if Faye did. Hey how did you get the Swordfish back?" I asked him curiously
"Well, I kinda made a trade, Faye's Red Tail for my Swordfish." He grinned slightly
"Spike when we get her back, she is going to kill you." I chuckled
"Well, I did get money from the trade, and she has her own money so… I'm sure she will be able to get the Red Tail back." He put his arms behind his head and smiled faintly "I can always trade my ship back in for hers also." He smiled as his eyes unfocused in front of him and a faint smile appeared on his lips. That smile soon turned into a frown and he said lowly
"I'm not going to let my past kill Faye; I won't let her die." He looked at me with clear eyes
Spike loves her alright, I'm glad he's finally realized that. Dumbass, to think he almost threw it all away too.
"Yeah, c'mon Romeo, we have to get Ed's help so that we can get a good plan." I got in my hammerhead and began to head back to bebop "Follow me." I said as we sped off back to Bebop.
I began to try to process the info in my brain. Scythe was Vicious' friend, so where was he for the past three years, I have never heard of him even in ISSP. Who is this guy? If they didn't meet through the Syndicate, or Spike… then where? I don't know, and you know what, I don't care, all I know is that he is planning to kill Faye for some really fucked up reason, and I think we will put a stop to that. Spike and I will stop this Syndicate trash dead in his tracks, and make him wish he wasn't even born. It's almost like old times, only there is a lot more on the line then a few woolongs. Spike will stop at nothing to save Faye, and I will stop at nothing to make sure he doesn't die along the way. Ha, without me Spike would be dead a while ago I bet. I always did have to look out for the lunk head; I'm more like his…his father… No, no no nonono. I am no body's father, my god; I'm only like ten years older than Spike is. I can even be his brother! Yeah, I could be his brother…nah. Come to think of it I don't even know what the hell I am, and I sure would like to know. As long as I'm no ones grandfather … I am not old and soft. Hmph.
"Jet…Jet... um we're at Bebop you can get out of the Hammer head now…" Spike yelled up to me with his head cocked to one side, his eyes trying to hide a unmistakable nervous despair
"Oh, sorry… yeah…" I quickly got out of the hammerhead and proceeded down the hall to Ed and her tomato. I saw out of the corner of my eye a flash of brown fur and a wisp of pink as they flew past me and tackled Spike.
"Spike is back Ein, I told you he'd come back!" Ed said sitting Indian-style on top of Spike, with Ein licking Spikes cheek happily.
"Hey there Ed, I see that at least two of us haven't changed." Spike said trying to get up and dodging Ein's licks at the same time. I could tell that Spike was glad to see Ed and Ein, but it was impossible for him to be happy.
"Stop fooling around Ed, you need to help us with something again." I said quickly trying to get back on the subject.
"Ok jet-father!" Ed called as she cart wheeled past me and plopped down next to her Tomato
"Jet… father?" Spike asked
"I don't know, I really wonder about that kid sometimes, I am no ones father." I folded my arms across my chest
"I think you'd make a great father, a cook, a technician, a florist and a nagger all rolled into one." Spike chuckled as he walked past me to Ed
"Shut up Spike! Jack ass…" I yelled at him
"Jet father where is Faye?" Ed asked
"Don't call me that!" I yelled again, I really hate it when people can't just call me Jet. I avoided the topic of Faye for the time being, I think it would just make Spike more uneasy.
"Ed, I need you to look up Scythe for me, and cross reference Vicious." Spike asked quietly with a serious undertone.
Ed looked at Spike and merely nodded her fingers moved wildly as she searched. "AHA here we are! It says that Vicious and Scythe were trafficking Red Eye together! This also says that Vicious was a soldier along side Scythe and Gren on Titan." Ed announced
"Wha? So they met on Titan? What else is there?" I asked, I saw that Spike was thinking
"Um…Oh wait, it says here that Scythe is also nicknamed the Scorpion and is rumored that he tried to kill numerous people including Gren with some of his very own scorpions. After the war, an anonymous person sent Gren to prison, and had Gren illegally put on the drug Red eye with out prior testing. The person that had him imprisonned was said to be Vicious, but rumored also to be Scythe himself." Ed read the card confused
"I see now, Scythe got jealous of Gren and his friendship with Vicious and tried to take him out of the picture. I don't get one thing though, how come we never met this Scythe guy before? And another thing, If he was so close to Vicious than why didn't he get involved with the Syndicate sooner?" Spike's head was reeling with facts
"Well, I could care less; I want to know where he is now Ed." I asked as nonchalantly as possible, although I was intrigued by this Gren, and this whole Titan war.
"Scythe is in the new Red Dragon Syndicate headquarters." Ed announced
"New? I didn't know they got a new base." I rubbed my black hair, I must have been out of the picture longer than I thought.
"Yeah, it's larger, grander, and more heavily defended than a military compound." Spike told me his lips locked in a tight frown
"So… we can penetrate it right?" I asked him
"Well, yes but even the two of us will barely be able to handle the West wing." Spike growled sitting on the couch
"That is where Ed comes in, Ed will make distraction!" Ed grinned and flipped
"Ed, how you don't even have a ship-"Spike sputtered
"Yes she does, but that is besides the point, there is no way you are going to take on a Syndicate army with an old cab." I crossed my arms
"No silly, not with lobster, with Spikes ship!" Ed wailed happily
"Huh?" Spike and I both said together
"Scythe will be expecting Swordfish and hammerhead, but not lobster! Spike will sneak lobster into the West wing gate." Ed pointed on her tomato to the west gate. "I will pilot Swordfish and shoot down Syndicate baddies!" Ed growled and threw up her arms and pretended to be Spikes ship, flying around Spike and I.
"Ed! Who gave you permission to fly my Swordfish anyway?" Spike gritted his teeth
"You want to get Faye back don't you?" Ed asked seriously, her amber eyes riddled with a serious undertone
"Wait, how did you know about Faye?" I asked curiously
"I could tell by the strange way Spike was acting, and she isn't here." Ed smiled
"Well, I still don't know Ed, you are a bad pilot, I have seen your skill." I laughed
"Give Ed a chance! Ed is not baby anymore! Ed can pilot Ship, Ed can shoot guns, Ed can do whatever Ed wants!" Ed frowned
"Fine Ed, go ahead, but if you crash my ship, I get to keep yours." Spike grinned "What do you think dad?" Spike looked at me smirking
I glared at him "Ed you can go, but I'll back you up, so you don't get your ass blown to hell." I said simply, I hope not to come across too harsh, but the harsher I was, the more serious Ed will be.
"Ok Jet fa- shall we go?" Ed asked cutting off the father part
One second I walked to the Ice box and grabbed a handful of grenades, my gun and an extra Jericho for Spike. "Here Spike." I tossed him the Jericho and spare clips.
"No thanks I have a gun." he let the gun fall on the couch beside him. Then he took out Faye's Glock. "I think I might shoot better with this gun." His eyes were a graceful garnet color. Faye is the only person that could bring that particular shade of garnet in his eyes. She is the only one that could bring grace to his face in the most desperate times.
"Ok Ed, here." I tossed the Jericho to Ed watching her bobble it in her hands
"Jet, um Ed is not a very good shot." Ed sweat dropped and held the gun in her hands
"Just pretend it's a...virtual game, and shoot them before they shoot you." I explained in the best of terms that I could.
"Yessir!" she saluted and marched down the hall with Ein wagging his tail behind him. I watched till she was gone into another room then turned to Spike.
"Spike are you ok?" I looked at him his eyes were filled with despair again
"I am fine Jet, stop worrying about me."he said as nonchalantly as possible
"I'm worried about Faye, if you are going to be in a little world of depression, that isn't going to help her. All I am asking Spike is that you keep your cool, if you do that we will rescue Faye successfully." I had to get it to him across some how. He needs to get out of his depression so that he could get into mind set of rescuing Faye
"I know Jet. You told me that, you know you'd make a pretty good father." I couldn't tell if Spike meant that as a joke or he was serious, since Spike was rarely serious, I took it as a joke
"As good as a father as a cook right? Get in the damn cab!" I shouted back, not really angry, just damn irritated
"I wonder, Jet, is fate playing some game with us?" Spike asked slowly walking down the corridor
"Fate loves playing games Spike, lets hope we win this one." I loaded my gun and walked to the hangar grabbing Ed by the collar along they way.
"Ed you listen to me ok, be serious." I said as she grabbed her little remote that she used to pilot ships with
"Ok Jet fa-, ok Jet, but you have to listen to Ed also. Ed put homing beacon on Lobster so that we can know when Lobster is in West gate ok!" Ed put on her goggles and hopped into the Swordfish
I fell down into the worn seats in the Hammerhead, "Sure Ed. Hey Spike are you ready?" I looked at Spike in the forest green hover-cab.
"Jet, I was born ready, lets go." Spike sounded confident, he sounded like his old self. I grinned
"Ok kid, lets go." I chuckled
"Ok pops." I snarled at him, but it turned into a smirk, damn that kid.
I watched as Ein was barking madly as he opened the hangar door with his nose. Ed flew out of the hangar like she had been flying that ship for years. She spiraled across the dead of night. I was the next to go I hit the thrusters to the max as I followed Ed to the Red Dragon Syndicate H.Q. I looked behind me as Spike peeled off towards the left lowly and quietly. He looked funny flying a different ship than the Swordfish, I could almost laugh.
I tensed up as we neared the Red Dragon H.Q. it was an ominous blood red color against the Ebony sky. I readied my harpoon as we neared the Northeast face of the building. I could see Ed was grinning slightly as she armed the machine guns and charged the cannon with her remote. I then had this rush of adrenaline flow through me, I knew I was ready. I smirked.
"C'mon you Syndicate fuckers lets see what you got!" I said lowly as I whipped around to see the Syndicate's Legion pour out of the hangar like blood from a cut. I watched to my surprise as Ed flipped and boosted high in the air as she plowed through the Syndicate legion making a hole in their defenses already. She was a good little pilot, I just hope there are no steel beams anywhere nearby. I swung my harpoon in a 360 degree circle as a crunched the armor of a Syndicate ship smashing into another nearby. Ed fired the canon towards another larger ship making it explode in a fiery inferno as it fell to the ground. We were making some leeway at the legion, in spite of the odds. I couldn't see Spike from here, but I figured he was close to the entrance. I nearly dodged a missile coming straight for me.
"Damn Ed watch out they're now firing missiles." I yelled through the communicator I just turned on.
"Its ok, Ed can fix that!" Ed cheerfully grinned
"Huh?" I starred blankly as I harpooned another ship and threw it into a wall
"Ed can jam the Missiles firing computer, just wait a minute I'm sure it will work." Ed typed on her little remote and her tomato.
"How did you get your tomato?" I asked her quickly
"I had to bring it or else I couldn't track Spike. " Ed grinned as she fired her canon at another ship, but it narrowly missed
"Just hurry Ed! Hey, is Spike there yet?" I winced as a missile hit my left thruster
"Yes, Spike made it a few minutes ago." Ed bit her lip as she hacked into the missile computer
"Lets get out of here then!" I yelled as my Hammerhead was beginning to slow down due to the left thruster malfunction.
"We can't we have to stay here or they will get suspicious... there they can't fire missiles anymore!" Ed cheered herself on as she flipped to dodged machine gun fire.
"We are going to get killed out here, Ed I have a plan." I began to think up a plan of the top of my now bald head
"What is that Jet fa-" Ed looked in the communicator
"We are going in the Headquarters, listen, Ed you need to hack into the hangar door mechanism and open it when we fly in." I told her
"Um..ok it might take a minute, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it!" Ed whipped out her tomato once more and began to put her hacking skills to the test.
"Good." I turned off the communicator momentarily as I rerouted engine power to the main thruster and readied my harpoon again. I watched as I saw three ships come up behind Ed and fire their machine guns. I quickly harpooned one and sent it into the other. The last one though shot Ed's right wing. Smoke began to emit from the wingtip.
"Jet um, Ed's ship is smoking! What does Ed do?" Ed sweat dropped
"Hang in there, it was only a minor hit, I hope, just keep trying to get the door open." I yelled through the communicator
Ed saluted into the communicator as she shot her machine gun at the opposing wall of syndicate drones. The hammerhead's thruster was beginning to overheat and the computer alerted that it was on fire.
"Damn, Ed are you done yet?" I yelled urgently into the Communicator
"Err... one minute Jet father- oops I mean Jet, now lets go!" The hangar door opened and I flew in with Ed slightly in front of me. I heard the hangar door close behind us as we landed. I heard machine gun fire against the thick hangar door. Only missiles can penetrate such a thick door, either that is a coincidence or some type of sign.
"Ed where is the nearest elevator?" I asked her
"It's down this hallway Jet!" Ed put her tomato on her head as we came to the elevator a few yards away.
"Uh oh, the elevator is shut down, and the stairwells are blocked." Ed whipped out her tomato
"Can you hack into the system and operate the elevators?" I asked her impatiently
"Yes I can, hold on." Ed began typing on her tomato as I looked in the corner of my eyes to see a pair of guards on patrol. They took one look at us, and shot at Ed.
"Ed watch out!" I yelled as I shot the guards in the chest. I looked down to Ed fearing the worst.
"Jet, they got tomato!" Ed's eyes well up with tears as she pointed to a bullet hole in the middle of tomato's screen. "I can't hack now; we have to resort to Plan B." Ed said sadly
"What is plan B?" I asked
"We have to get to Lobster and fly up to the top story!" Ed grinned. I slapped my self in the forehead
"Ok Ed lets go, but quickly!" I grabbed Ed's arm and pulled her down the hallway.