The Vengeance on Faye Valentine

By Fantasy Cat

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

Chapter Eleven: He Has the Answers

"You…love me?" Faye could barely ask in a whisper. It had to be a dream. Spike could not have been for real. Now Spike was nervous what was he to say now? Take back what he said?

Their moment was interrupted by Spike's phone. But Spike only continued to stare at Faye. Faye looked down at the pocket where his phone was. She reached over into Spike's pocket causing him to be momentarily startled.

Faye answered Spike's phone. "'ello?"

"Faye? What are you doing with Spike's phone? I need to talk to him!" Jet's face appeared on the screen. Spike took the phone from Faye.

"Yo?"

"Spike, I got Bob to trace the phone call of the tipster. It's a cell phone number owned by Roder Cray. Ed tracked the guy down. The guy was reported dead two days ago. He was a member of the Gold Lion Syndicate."

"The Gold Lions? What do they have against Faye?"

"What do I know? Anyways, Sam and I are gonna go check out their headquarters, meet us there OK?" Spike hung up. "I remember now," said Spike. "Vicious had some pals in the Gold Lions. He wanted to bring us and them together as one syndicate." Spike couldn't understand it. What in the world could a syndicate have against Faye to frame her for murder?

He turned back to Faye. "I gotta go after Jet's lead and see what we can find. You'll be outta here soon, ok?" That was when he noticed Faye was crying. His hand approached her face to wipe the tear. Spike darted out, and Faye sat still on her cell bench. To no one she murmured. "I love you, too."

Spike had zoomed away in his Swordfish when something occurred to him. Instead of heading for the Gold Lions headquarters, he tracked down the Bebop. He went inside to find it empty. Only Ed was tapping away on her computer and Ein was sleeping right next to her. He yanked her away.

"Spike-person…where we going?"

"I have a job for you Ed." He threw her onto his Swordfish and they sped off. Ein only stared at the disappearing ship scratching his ear.

The Swordfish zoomed through Mars' skyscrapers landing on top of an old building. Ed stumbled out first. Spike stood up and looked over at a damaged building. "I thought so," he said. "The Red Dragons place is completely messed up. Okay, Ed prepare to risk your limbs."

"Ed's limbs?" Ed held one scrawny arm with the other.

Spike armed himself as he and Ed went through the main entrance. The place was a mess. Bullet and bomb damage was visible everywhere, but no one was present. Ed crept behind Spike when she saw something to her left moving. Curious, she took a marble from her pocket and threw it across the room.

KABOOM! A small bomb exploded behind a staircase. "Great," said Spike. Carefully the two ran across the desolate lobby and took the elevator up without meeting up with any bombs or any person. They did come across a couple of dead bodies. The place was empty from top to bottom. The two then arrived at Spike's office. It was no surprise to him that everything was turned over and glass and blood were every where. Spike dug the mess for his computer.

"Okay Ed. Somewhere on this computer are some secret files that only Vicious had access to. I need you to open them up for me."

"Okie dokie Spikey!" Ed put on her hacking goggles and went to work on the floor. "Ow, Ed sat on glass."

Faye lied on her cell bench staring at the ceiling. There was little use for sleep after all that was happening. She remembered what Spike said about the Gold Lions being involved in all of this. She shouldn't be rusting in a jail right now. She had to get and hunt the guys responsible for all of this. What she needed was a way to escape.

Then she heard a wolf whistle.

"Hey cutie," said a young warden that approached her cell. "I hear you are in here for first-degree murder. That's major criminal offense, but I have court connections. Perhaps I can persuade them to drop the charges if you know what I mean."

Faye got up and went over to the bars. "You're disgusting," she told him.

"But one night can make all the difference. You can pay me after the trial. Trust me."

"Well, you are kinda cute." Faye took one hand through the bars and tugged on the warden's shirt. The warden moved and tugged on Faye's vest. Slowly Faye took it off and threw it. The vest flew and landed hanging over the security camera.

KAPOW!!!! The warden was knocked unconscious. His form laid against the bars; his hands on Faye's…

"EW!" said Faye. She backed up and went to work searching the warden for some keys.

"Ed found this," she moved the computer infront of Spike's face.

"Good job Ed," he said. "Roder Cray is an assistant to the Gold Lions leader." Spike searched another page and his eyes opened up. It was an old email that said only these words:

'I've enclosed some reports that show Faye Valentine killed your brother. She works for Spike.'

"The guy who tried to kill me, he set up Faye. He's with the Gold Lions." Spike quickly sped out of the room. Ed slowly followed him, so Spike yanked her to get her to move faster.

They parked next to Jet and Sam's ships near a junkyard.

"Spike, what took you so long?!" Jet demanded.

"I found some answers. They set up Faye to get back at her for killing Vicious."

"That's a strong case for vengeance."

"Yeah, they tried to kill me and Sam before they found out that it was Faye. I don't trust their motives though. There's still something not right about this. The Red Dragons place was completely raided."

"Well, we better move in before they give Faye the chair." Jet and Spike headed toward the back of the Gold Lions headquarters with their guns set.

"Hey Ed," said Sam.

"Mommy!" said Ed. They followed Spike and Jet to a back door. Spike took a grenade and threw it into a glass window to cause some distraction. The bomb's impact caused the steel back door to come loose and everyone moved in. Spike, Jet, and Sam were armed and kept their eyes open. Most of the time, they managed to blend in among the panic while Spike threw more grenades around.

Sam and Ed got into a security room after Sam shot the guards. "Okay, daughter. Why don't you show me those special skills you have," he said.

"Okay mommy!" Ed went to work fiddling with the security computer. This gave Jet and Spike their advantage. In a classic fashion, that Spike had done once before, they took the elevator up to the highest floor. The Gold Lions leader was sure to be there.

Faye crawled around the ISSP parking lot waiting for a clearing. She used the keys she had taken from the warden to hop into a ship and start it. She was lucky that she took the warden's shirt. The ship was wobbling into the air before the escapee alarms blared throughout the area. Now it was up to Faye to lose the cops and head to the Gold Lions headquarters.

She had a serious score to settle.

Update news: Yeah, it's about time hasn't it. So I wanna get this story done quickly. I will have a new chapter up next week after Christmas and maybe another chapter after that. I'm gonna keep these chaps over 1000 words so I can get more stuff in and get the story finished sooner too. Got to go. I'm still taking emails for my mailing list!