The Vengeance on Faye Valentine

By Fantasy Cat

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

Chapter Six: Waking of a Bad Memory

Faye was in the middle of the final term. She would cry and whine about her weight. She was even too embarrassed to go to the ponies anymore.

Spike and Sam remained on the Bebop on the run from their mysterious murderers. Spike had Ed search for leads on who this "brother" of Vicious might be. Spike said that he never knew his name but he had met him, so therefore his killer must be who he says he is.

The Bebop all this time had been hiding out on Jupiter. But it was set to return to Mars soon. The adoption arrangements had already been arrange with an adoption agency there.

"He's going to a very rich couple, Faye," Spike told her. "You might wanna start sucking up to them in holiday cards."

Money was always a problem. There was no longer any beef with their meals, no bounty to pursue.

One night Spike was having a cigarette looking up at the ceiling fan lying on the couch. He hadn't done this in a long time. That's when something bothered him. He never took it seriously. "It" being that Faye was carrying Vicious's child. Wouldn't have the events of the past year and a half bother him at all? Within this time he had found and lost Julia. He avoided his deadly fate but was punished and nearly lost his insanity by Vicious. When Faye killed Vicious, it was as if the Red Dragons had never existed, but he knew they did. Otherwise he wouldn't have gone on to do what Shin had always hoped he would.

Spike was unfocused as he knocked on Faye's door. The Bebop was unusually quiet and empty. When he stepped in, he thought he was in a bad nightmare, Faye's weight gain showed through her clothes which were now ripping. It was near impossible for her to get any maternity clothes and she would still be fat after the baby came.

Faye knew he was there but she no longer cared that he just strolled on in. She gave a heaved sigh "I miss my fabulous self!" she whined. "How did I gain so much weight when I can't remember the last time I had meat?!"

"Stress?" asked Spike. "Come on, you've always been stressful and you're still skin and bones," said Faye. "You look stressed right now. What's eating you."

"Some things," said Spike. "Faye could you tell me a few things."

"Like what?"

"Like about your time with Vicious"

Faye gave a raspberry as she tried to think back, "I just had to act like his pet for a few months, that's all"

"Did he ever advance on you?" asked Spike suspiciously.

"A whole lot," said Faye like she wasn't upset about it.

"Did you ever return the favor?"

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I get what this is about. You wanna know how I got this." Faye pointed to her belly.

"Faye, there's no shame in saying that he raped you…"

"That's none of your business!"

"Than how did this happen?"

"Spike?!" Faye said tiredly. "I just don't want to talk about it, OK? Please? Maybe someday when I am comfortable. No one else knows and I promise you you'll be the first I'll you about it to. And stopped being so crazy. You'd think I'm Julia or something."

There was a huge massive silence after that. Spike was sitting on the end of Faye's bed. "You'll never be Julia…"

"Get out, Spike…," said Faye nervously. "I SAID GET OUT!" As she had just finished, the door was already slammed shut. Faye lied on the bed crying, those words were tearing her up inside. She already knew that Spike would never care for her as much as he had for Julia. "He never cared…he never will…"

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It would be a short while before she would've decided to escape. It was the night that convinced her she could no longer attempt to survive there.

"Come here, pet," he said. Faye hated the fact that their rooms were conjoined for moments like these. When she approached him she could smell the strong red wine behind his lips. She despised the grin he wore. They had returned from a long party. Faye knew that he would just go to sleep straight after a long night such as this.

She was still in her party dress and the winter draft kicked into the room. She was standing by his chair looking at the fire hoping that it would keep her warm. "Please sit down." She heard his voice say. She got down on her knees to be on the level with Vicious. She was disgusted. They had already kissed a few times and she would just cough up afterwards. "You look cold," he said putting a hand on her shoulder.

Faye's mind was rushing as she slowly got off the chair and knee-sat on the floor in front of Faye. Then he pushed her to the ground. It was a very slow response from her mind. It was too possessed by the strong smell of alcohol in his breath.

A sharp pain ran through Faye like lightening. The pain had greatly increased downward. Suddenly, she had a need to hold her breath. And then she shrieked. She heard voices outside. "It's Faye. She must be having the baby now." "But it's too early!" "Who's gonna deliver it?!"

"SHUT UP AND HELP ME!" Faye tried to scream out through the pain as she rolled over back down. Faye was relieved to have heard a door open and close. It would be hours before the pain would end.

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