Chapter 7: Trick or Treat
"You speak a language that I understand not.
My life stands in the level of your dreams,
Which I'll lay down."
The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare
A sneaker clad foot connected sharply with the back of a very big and very ugly thug's head. THWACK!!! Aforementioned thug dropped to the ground in an inelegant heap.
Faye grinned and clapped appreciatively. "Very nice."
Andy took a mock bow and turned to their now unconscious bounty. "Aw, the other half of my audience didn't see my trick." She leaned down and cuffed the man's hands behind him.
"But I bet he won't forget your trick any time in the near future." Faye joined Andy in dragging their meal-ticket to Andy's ship. She sighed as she realized that right after they turned in this bounty and picked up Ed they would be leaving for the Bebop. Soon she would be back in the grip of all her old memories.
They climbed into Andy's ship and made their way to the nearest ISSP station to turn in their find. Then, Andy flew Faye back to where she had left the Redtail. Faye climbed aboard her ship and reluctantly picked up her communicator.
It barely rang once before an enthusiastic Ed answered. "Faye-Faye! Is it time to go to Bebop now?"
Faye couldn't help but smile at the girl's exuberance. "Yes, Ed. It's time to go to the Bebop."
"Will Ed see Jet and Spike-person too?"
Faye's frown returned. "Jet's there but Spike isn't. He had to go away for a while. I don't know if he's going to come back, Ed."
"Why not?" Ed sounded almost forlorn as she asked Faye the question she'd been asking herself since he'd left.
"I don't really understand it either, Ed. All I know is that he had to put his past to rest and he got himself hurt pretty badly in the process." 'And now we all wait to see if he'll come back to us. Sometimes I feel like I'm the one who's living a dream now, waiting to see if it's a sweet dream or a nightmare,' Faye thought as she discussed a pickup time for Ed and hung up. 'His fight with Vicious was the impetus for the disintegration of our happy little family. I wonder if he misses it too.'
"When do we leave to pick up the kid?" Andy's voice pulled Faye from her reverie.
Faye shook her head to clear away her nostalgic thoughts before answering. "We should leave now."
Andy nodded and headed for her ship. "I can't wait to meet your friends. I have a feeling they'll bring me a great deal of insight into the 'Real Faye Valentine.'" She didn't wait for her friend's comeback as she climbed aboard her ship and turned the ignition. "Here we go."
tbc(reviews are greatly appreciated.still)
"You speak a language that I understand not.
My life stands in the level of your dreams,
Which I'll lay down."
The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare
A sneaker clad foot connected sharply with the back of a very big and very ugly thug's head. THWACK!!! Aforementioned thug dropped to the ground in an inelegant heap.
Faye grinned and clapped appreciatively. "Very nice."
Andy took a mock bow and turned to their now unconscious bounty. "Aw, the other half of my audience didn't see my trick." She leaned down and cuffed the man's hands behind him.
"But I bet he won't forget your trick any time in the near future." Faye joined Andy in dragging their meal-ticket to Andy's ship. She sighed as she realized that right after they turned in this bounty and picked up Ed they would be leaving for the Bebop. Soon she would be back in the grip of all her old memories.
They climbed into Andy's ship and made their way to the nearest ISSP station to turn in their find. Then, Andy flew Faye back to where she had left the Redtail. Faye climbed aboard her ship and reluctantly picked up her communicator.
It barely rang once before an enthusiastic Ed answered. "Faye-Faye! Is it time to go to Bebop now?"
Faye couldn't help but smile at the girl's exuberance. "Yes, Ed. It's time to go to the Bebop."
"Will Ed see Jet and Spike-person too?"
Faye's frown returned. "Jet's there but Spike isn't. He had to go away for a while. I don't know if he's going to come back, Ed."
"Why not?" Ed sounded almost forlorn as she asked Faye the question she'd been asking herself since he'd left.
"I don't really understand it either, Ed. All I know is that he had to put his past to rest and he got himself hurt pretty badly in the process." 'And now we all wait to see if he'll come back to us. Sometimes I feel like I'm the one who's living a dream now, waiting to see if it's a sweet dream or a nightmare,' Faye thought as she discussed a pickup time for Ed and hung up. 'His fight with Vicious was the impetus for the disintegration of our happy little family. I wonder if he misses it too.'
"When do we leave to pick up the kid?" Andy's voice pulled Faye from her reverie.
Faye shook her head to clear away her nostalgic thoughts before answering. "We should leave now."
Andy nodded and headed for her ship. "I can't wait to meet your friends. I have a feeling they'll bring me a great deal of insight into the 'Real Faye Valentine.'" She didn't wait for her friend's comeback as she climbed aboard her ship and turned the ignition. "Here we go."
tbc(reviews are greatly appreciated.still)