The Vengeance on Faye Valentine
By Fantasy Cat
Disclaimer: I own Sam and that's all ya need to know.
Chapter Ten: Mother and Daughter
"Faster Ed!"
"Ed don't like working under pressure."
Spike's hair was completely out of bounds. His fingers have been digging endlessly into the green strands waiting for Ed to track down everything that caused this to go wrong. Who put out the arrest warrant? What exactly was Faye accused of doing? And who the hell told Faye she killed these strangers in the first place?!
Jet tried pouring another drink for Spike. He knew he had way to many, but even he didn't seem able to focus either. Only Ed was in full concentration downloading the police reports from Tomato. Sam looked over at her daughter. The time to confess who he (or she) was would have to wait.
"Spike-person be happy!" Edward said without turning her head from the screen. "Report came from a-non-ee-moose tip!"
"That doesn't help at all Ed. Anonymous is not a real person!" Spike was going crazy again. "I'm going to the station."
"What for?" asked Jet suspiciously.
"To bust some heads!" Spike grabbed his keys. "Then I'm gonna bring Faye back!" Spike ignored Jet's protests as he headed out the door. Jet sighed. "Alright Ed, what are the charges."
"First degree murder of John and Emily Marshall. Adopted boy name Darien. Parents found shot to death by one Austrian Glock 30 in the chestie. Neighbors call and police find dead parents and baby crying."
"Damn!" said Jet. "The woman could get execution for that charge. What about the tipper? What did he had to say it was Faye and all?"
"Mysterious tipperrrrrrrrrr? Tipper say he counsel Faye. Said she was very depressed on murder night about losing baby then she went home. Counselor person called police."
Sam looked puzzled. "This guy pulled off something convincing. There's gotta be a way to track where the call came from." Jet began to rub his chin. "Well they developed new technology that tracks down where calls come from. But it's ISSP confidential stuff unknown to the public and cannot be released for investigation unless absolutely necessary. They probably won't bother with the call if Faye is being convicted. I'm not sure if I can get them too, but maybe Bob can convince someone to get the information released. I'm going to give him a call right now."
Jet immediately sped off. The living was silent now that it was only Sam and Ed. Ein was moping around in the hallways. Ed stretched her arms out like a spider monkey. "All done!" she said.
"Edward," said Sam. "Do you mind if I ask…you don't have any parents?"
"Ed has a father person. He's driving a lot on Earth."
"Why don't you live with him Ed?"
"Ed dunno. Ed loves father person but father person gets Ed lost. Father person say Ed can stay with Bebop and stay put."
"So you like it here more?"
"Ed looooove Bebop family! Is Sam gonna be part of Bebop family too?"
"I'm not sure, Ed. Look, I need you to listen to carefully for a moment. I know this is weird but there's something you need to know. It's about your mother. Do you remember the last time you saw her?"
Ed formed a fish face trying to think. Just as it seems she was smiling she put her hands to her face to shake her head "no".
"Do you miss her?"
"Ed dunno mother-person. Ed wish to see her though."
"I'm right here Ed…it's me…I'm your mother."
"The best I can do is give you the address, but I'm sure if I told them it's for investigation purposes they'll release the info to me."
"Thanks Bob. You're at the Mars Headquarters, right? I'm afraid Spike might run down there and caused havoc. Give him a straight jacket if he does."
"Will do," Bob chuckled on the screen phone. "Talk to ya, soon."
Jet hung up at the perfect moment.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Jet dropped his head in frustration. "What now?" He headed back to the living room and found Ed screaming backing away and pointing at Sam. "Calm down Ed," Sam was stuttering. "Mother-person is a man! Mother-person can't be a man!" Ed screamed. Then she silenced herself as the wheels in her head began to turn. "Can it, Jet-person?"
Jet just stood there ignoring Ein licking at his boots. Something really went down in the ten minutes he was gone. Mother…Man…Sam… "Ed…whatever it is, you deal it with Sam. I'm not gonna touch this with a ten foot pole."
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It was a jail cell, something that Faye was familiar too, but only for temporary cases. She gave up yelling her innocence to the guards. But hope sprang up again when she saw the familiar lanky form of Spike swing by to her cell.
"Spike?" Faye began to cry. The warden opened the door and immediately Faye leaped onto Spike without looking closer to see it was him. But now she was soaking her tears into his good suit. Spike was kinda shocked but sympathetic. "It wasn't you Faye. I know it isn't, and we're doing everything we can to find who-"
Faye looked up at Spike surprised. "You believe me?"
"I believe you more than anyone, and I always will."
"B-b-but this is not like you-to take me seriously."
Spike his arms to move Faye to the cell bench. "Sit down Faye." They both sat down. "When I went back to the Red Dragons I realized how much I miss being with you and the rest. I missed Julia, but I felt like a different person after Vicious died. After the syndicate was given to me. You were all that I thought about the whole time Faye. And before then when we were held up for all of those months, I realized that I wanted to stay alive for you. I wanted to make it up to you Faye. I'm going to stay here. I won't be running away anymore."
Faye was looking down finding it hard to believe anything he was saying. But Spike took her eyes and showed her what he was saying was real. "Why?" she asked him.
"Because I love you."
HOORAY!!! This is the first time in any of my Bebop fics I got Spike to finally say it to Faye!!! YAY YAY and so forth!!! It's a new chap in over a month!!! Now say you love me with a review!!
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