The Vengeance on Faye Valentine

By Fantasy Cat

Disclaimer: I own Sam and that's all ya need to know.

Chapter One: First Attempts for Everything

"Well…?"

Faye only looked up at Jet with a faceless expression on her face.

"The doctor told me you're almost two months along. Does anyone know about this?" asked Jet with his arms crossed.

"I didn't want anyone to know! That was the idea!" Faye said exasperated. She flopped back down on the hospital bed.

"Havin' a kid ain't nothin to be ashamed about- wait a sec. Who…was…ya know."

"WHO DADDY!!! WHO DADDY!!!" Ed started dancing around the room.

Jet sighed. "I knew I shouldn't have told her about THAT!"

"I found out before I found Spike…" Faye trailed off.

"So, that would mean it's…" Then Jet jumped straight to a more important point that struck him. "Faye, are you gonna tell Spike about this?"

"Oh…ya think I'm just gonna walk into the Red Dragon Syndicate Building and tell the big honcho that I'm pregnant with the kid of the former big honcho?!"

Jet saw a vein on Faye's forehead near the verge of bursting.

"Faye-Faye look mad?" said Ed. "Is it because Faye's gonna be a mommy?!" Ed crawled up to Faye with the biggest Ed grin you ever saw.

"Enough Ed," Jet grabbed her. "Why don't we discuss more of this on the ship?"

Spike and Sam were returning from a meeting with the Gold Lion Syndicate when they stopped for a hot dog. "I think that went exceptionally well," said the happy Sam. "What did I tell ya, Spike? People love ya, cuz you kicked off Vicious!"

"You getting a little bit too cheery," said Spike. And then he pulled out his usual cigarette. "I know a kid who maybe related to ya."

"I wouldn't know."

"Ya wouldn't?" asked Spike.

"I had a kid once. Couldn't remember if it was a boy or a girl and I don't even remember what happened. In fact, I don't remember much before I joined the Syndicate."

"Hmm…" Spike mumbled. He was about to have a bite, when a huge BOOM was heard and stuff was flying. Spike and Sam turned to the corner. "The car!" Sam cried. Sam and Spike rushed out, and sure enough, there was nothing but metal scraps of their car scattered all over the road.

Spike looked down and found an envelope. It was addressed "Spike Spiegel, Red Dragon Syndicate". He looked around. The messenger couldn't have left so soon but he found no one. He opened the envelope and found a crappy piece a paper with few words in large text…

"Syndicate blood is thicker than you think…with vengeance…"

"Who the hell is this sicko?!" Spike asked himself as he crumpled up the note.

Faye lied on the couch with her face to the ceiling fan. A thought hit her 'Spike used to always do this.' She wished so much that she could smoke a cigarette just like Spike would do during these dull moments. The pack that he gave her in the hospital remained unopened. She was killing herself every moment for one smoke. Spike was merely a memory to her since he left.

It occurred to her that Spike was not distant enough to eventually find out about her pregnancy. She would have to tell him. Now she knew what it was like to confront the past with fear and hatred. She was becoming everything she hated and yet loved at once…she was becoming Spike Spiegel himself.

"Looks like I will be telling him," she said.

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