Chapter 4: Ed's return and the Bounty of the Century!

Faye stared at Ed in disbelief for a moment. How had Ed found her? She had written a letter to her 3 months before she had left the Bebop for mars, telling her about spikes death and everything. All the while Ed was dancing around chanting, "Ed found Faye-Faye, Ed found Faye-Faye, yay yay, yay yay!"

"Ed, how the hell did you find me?!" Faye asked in astonishment. Ed looked up at her, jumping back, and then doing a handstand. "Ed hacked into the Mar's government and checked all the residents on mars!"

Faye stared at her in astonishment a moment longer. Edward fell over, the got up, smiling, tears in her eyes. "It's good to see you again Faye- Faye!" Edward shouted, throwing herself into Faye, wrapping her arms around her. "Edward missed you so much!" Ed said, crying.

Faye stood there, then smiled, returning Ed's hug. "I missed you too Ed."

~*~*~

Sometime later.

Faye sat on the couch, looking at the pictures from earlier, stopping at the last picture, with Vincent and the mysterious brown haired woman Sherry. "Who were you." Faye whispered to herself. Edward was checking into the mars database to see if anyone had spotted Domino recently.

"Faye-Faye, Edward found him!" Edward shouted triumphantly. Faye shot up, going and looking at the computer screen. "Domino Arquilla, last seen today in the middle city district!"

Faye smiled. "Great job Edward." She went over to the coat rack, putting on Vincent's trench coat, grabbing her glock and 5 clips of ammo. "Where are you going Faye-Faye," Asked Edward. Faye smiled. "Im going to go find our bounty Ed." She tossed Ed a headset. "Here, take this so we can communicate," Faye said, sticking an earpiece that allowed her to talk to Edward in her ear. "Alright Faye-Faye, be careful." Edward said, putting on the head set. "Don't worry Ed, ill be back." Said Faye, smiling and then walking out the door, closing it behind her. She walked down the hall, loading a clip into her glock, loading the chamber.

~*~*~

Faye found herself in a cab, going around the main area of town. She sighed, looking out across the city. It was a grand place, full of life, birth, happiness, but it was also a place full of death, chaos and destruction.

The cab driver looked back at her. "Where do you want me to go lady?" Faye sighed. "Take it around the area once more would ya?" The driver shrugged, "Sure thing lady." The cab circled the area once more. Suddenly, Faye saw a man who looked like Domino out in the street. "Stop!" She shouted. The cab came to a screeching halt. "Hey, what the hell was that all about?!" Faye handed the man some money and then got out of the cab, chasing after Domino.

Domino walked slowly through the crowded street. Faye followed after him, nearly unable to catch up. Suddenly, Domino shot off into a club called the neon light. Faye followed after him into the club.

In the club there was dancing, drinking, people in the club seemed to be having a good time. Faye looked around. "Damn, he lead me in here to throw me off." She said to herself. Faye looked around the club. There seemed to only be one exit, and that was the entrance. Faye grinned. "Well, he'll have to show up sooner or later, and when he does, ill nail him."

Faye walked over to a booth near the entrance, sitting down with a heavy sigh. Soon a woman came over to take her drink order. "Give me a club soda," Faye said with another sigh. "Ill have whiskey, and would you fill the glass near the top please?" Came a familiar voice. Faye looked up to see Vincent sitting down across from her. The waitress nodded and went off to get their drinks.

"So, it seems we meet again miss valentine." Vincent said, smiling. Faye just stared for a moment, then grinned at him. "Yeah, so is this a favorite hangout of yours or are you just stalking me?" Vincent laughed. "Neither, I'm just meeting a friend here, that's all." Faye smirked. "Why don't I believe you?" Vincent grinned at her. "Believe what you want princess, I'm here on business."

The woman came back, handing them both their drinks. Faye sipped at her club soda, while Vincent knocked back the whiskey. They both sat in silence for a while, neither looking at each other. Suddenly, a tall, handsome man came up. "Hey there miss, wanna dance?" Faye looked up at the man, not knowing what to say, when Vincent burst in. "Hey, sorry man, but we were just about to dance." The man sighed in defeat. "Alright," he said, then walked away.

Faye looked up at him with a smile. "thanks, you saved me." Vincent grinned. "Well, shall we?" he stood up, holding his hand out to her. Faye looked up at him. "You've gotta be kidding me." Vincent smiled. "Come on sleeping beauty, its just one dance. What can it hurt?" Faye blushed a little, still not moving. "Alright, how about this, if you dance with me, Ill buy the drinks, hows that sound?" Faye looked up at him. "Really?" Vincent nodded. "Yeah, just a dance."

Faye looked up at him, sighing, and then getting up, walking with him to the dance floor. Just as they got there, the music slowed down. "Alright, this is the last slow dance of the evening everyone! Grab a partner and lets do it!" Faye growled. She hadn't expected it to be a slow dance, and by the look on Vincent's face, he hadn't either. The music started, and Faye began to dance with him.

"Heh, your not too bad at this actually Faye." Vincent said, smiling. "Yeah, great, im not a bad hick dancer." She replied sourly. Vincent chuckled. "Aw come on, its not that bad." Faye sighed. Somebody bumped into her by accident, pushing her into Vincent. She looked up to see Vincent smiling at her. "Glad to see your getting a little more friendly princess."

Faye's face turned completely red. She backed away from Vincent, going back to the table as the dance was ended. Vincent shrugged, grinning. Suddenly, out of the back walked Domino, heading towards the entrance. Faye saw him and reached for her pistol, slowly chasing after him as he walked outside.

~*~*~

Faye chased the bounty down the street. He was walking rather slowly. Faye followed him for a while, trying not to become noticed. Suddenly, Domino walked off down an alleyway to the right. Faye backed up against the wall, holding her pistol low. She quickly looked around the corner. Domino had vanished.

Faye slowly walked into the alley. The alley turned right up ahead. She wondered if that's where Domino could've gone. She walked up into the next section to see a dead end a ways down. Faye looked up in shock. "What the hell?!" Suddenly, from behind her, a figure came up, getting her into a chokehold.

"Well well, what do we have here.?" Domino said nonchalantly. He looked down at her glock. "I take it you're a bounty hunter." His voice was low and cold. Faye shivered as she felt his breath on her neck. "Heh, it'll be a shame to kill you, you know, I value women. What I don't value is bounty hunters, especially ones after my head." Domino said. Domino put his other hand on her head, about to break her neck. "Goodnight." He whispered into her ear.

Suddenly, Domino cried out in pain and let go of Faye. She gasped for air, turning around to see another man, his face in the shadows, unable to make him out. He had just saved her.

The two men just stood there, staring at each other. From Faye's angle, she couldn't make out the other mans face, but she could make out long, dark hair. She watched as they stood there, staring each other down, neither moving. She couldn't help but wonder if they were going to fight, or just continue with their staring contest. She got her answer.

Domino reached down, pulling out an especially long knife. He lifted it up and swiped at the figure, who dodged and re appeared behind Domino, kicking his Achilles Tendon. Domino dropped to his knees in a cry of pain, and the figure kicked him in the back of the head, sending Domino's face flying into the pavement.

Faye just stood, speechless. She hoped that this newcomer wasn't going to kill domino, or vice versa. The last thing she needed was her bounty to die or some stranger dying just to save somebody he didn't know. Faye decided that was it, and she picked up her gun off the ground and aimed it. "Alright, both of you freeze!!" The two men stopped fighting and turned to her. Faye was still unable to make out the face of the newcomer who had saved her life.

Suddenly, Domino took off across the alleyway and out into the street, almost getting hit by a car. The figure that had just saved her sighed, turning around to chase him, but Faye was still aiming her gun at him. "Stay right where you are!" She shouted at him. The figure turned around, chuckling, raising his arms over his head. "So what, are you going to kill me?" Came a familiar voice. Faye couldn't identify it, since it was so low, but she then suddenly saw what appeared to be a sword sheath sticking out in the faint light of the alleyway.

Faye was astonished. She looked over for a moment, seeing if anyone else was coming, and then looked up to find the figure was gone. "What the hell is going on here?" Faye asked herself. Had the man that just saved her really been Vincent?

A/N: Hey guys. Sorry I didn't post before now, I've been really busy this week, and I was a little pressed for time, so I had to rap up that chapter quickly. I promise that tomorrow or later tonight Ill begin working on the next chapter. Also, I realized the reason why no one is replying when they read this, and I've got news for you SxF fans, don't give up hope just yet, like I said before, old characters will be making returns, and that could include our good friend mr. Spiegel. And, In coming chapters, I've got some good stuff, including a re-appearance that will leave you on the edge of your seats. Who will it be? Well, you'll just have to keep reading to find out. So until next time fans, I say to you all, "Late'."