Cowboy Bebop
Boys are Back 8
"We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight"
Bonnie Tyler
"How much longer?" Spike asked as he strolled into the control room of The Bebop.
"We'll be there by tomorrow afternoon" Jet replied from his seat in the captain's chair. He leaned back, folded his arms, and closed his eyes. "Spike, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course I'm sure. What are you talking about?"
"Are you sure you can trust these guys? They are working for The Syndicate, after all" Jet turned and looked up at his old friend, still amazed that he was seeing Spike alive and well again. "I mean, how are you even sure they'll give you what you want once they have him?"
"They will. I'll make them if I have to."
Jet sighed, and then sat silent for a moment.
"Well.it's getting to be about time to feed him." he said, breaking the quiet. He started to get up when Spike laid a hand on his shoulder.
"It's Faye's turn. She's doing it now."
Faye stood arm's length from Hakkou. He sat atop a small crate, his hands were each handcuffed to a pipe, and his ankles were duct-taped to keep him from kicking. She held out a mug of warm soup with a straw in it, and he stuck his neck out as far as he could to sip it. He took several gulps before pulling back and looking up at her.
"Thanks. The milkshakes were starting to stick in my throat."
Faye said nothing, but simply looked at him. The resemblance to Spike was utterly amazing. The lips, the chin, the nose, the cheeks, the forehead were all the same. His hair was even wild and poofy, just like Spike's. But his hair was gray, more like Vicious'. And his eyes were totally the wrong color. It was at that moment that Faye suddenly realized it; Spike's eyes matched now! She had noticed something seemed a little odd about him now, and she finally realized it. His eyes were no longer a slightly different shape of that hazel brown that had once entranced her. Now, they matched completely.
"He's never going to accept you, you know." Hakkou's voice broke Faye's thoughts, and she looked down at him.
"What do you mean?"
"He'll never take you over Julia. You can think about it all you want, but he'll always walk off to die for her, rather than stay and live with you. He'll never appreciate that you wanted to be with him, still want to be with him. He'll always be blinded by his fallen angel."
Faye stood in total silence, shocked by these venomous words. Her lip trembled, and she turned away from him, not wanting him to see it if she started crying.
"What do you know about me?" she said over her shoulder.
"I know almost everything about you. I know how rejected you felt after you and he spent that night together, and then he acted like it never happened. You thought about that a lot, didn't you? Of course you did. You kept thinking that you and he had made some sort of connection, but to him all it was, was just single night of liquor-induced lust. That hurt, didn't it?" He waited for a response, and when none came, he whispered "Look at me, Faye." He waited, but she did not turn to face him. "Look at me."
She turned around and looked at him. His gaze softened, and he sat as far onto the edge of his seat as he could, trying to bring himself closer to her. "I'm everything you ever desired about him. All the qualities that you wanted are all here, embodied in me. I can be everything you wanted him to be.and so much more. All you have to do is.let me go."
For a moment, Faye hesitated.
"Faye! What the hell are you doing!" Faye jumped when she heard Spike's holler. She quickly turned and walked away from Hakkou, but she was stopped by Spike. "I told you to never talk to him! He'll just try to mess with you're head!"
"I'm sorry." Faye said quietly, her head bowed, her eyes not meeting Spike's as she passed him. Spike turned, and glared at Hakkou. Hakkou simply smirked at him, and then winked.
"Well, it looks like our little doggy has fetched his bone" Dr. Cornelius said as he eyed the monitor. On the screen, a single blip that represented The Bebop was growing closer to a second blip, which represented the lab.
"Let them come" a cold, metallic voice hissed from the darkness behind him. "I'm sure he'll be very pleasantly surprised."
"Spike, don't do it." Faye said. Spike stopped, mid kick, and turned to face her. He had been training in darkness, sharpening his skills, just in case he did have to force Cornelius and his cronies to keep their promise.
"What?"
"Don't do it.don't take him back to them." Spike frowned at her as he wiped his brow with a towel.
"So, he did get inside you're head. I told you not to talk to him!"
"Its not that." Faye said, "I just.I have a really bad feeling about this."
"Faye, I told you not to worry. I am perfectly in control here."
"No, you're not!" she shouted suddenly. "You never were! Don't you see that? They're just using you! Once they have what they want.who knows what they'll do? They might just kill you."
"You don't understand Faye. You never did." Spike turned from her and strode out of the hallway, heading toward the living room area. Faye followed, continuing to plead her case.
"They'll never give you Julia back, Spike. And even if they did, would it be worth it? Do you want to go off and get killed again because of her?"
"Some things are worth dying for." Spike muttered as he walked into the living room. Ed sat in a corner, typing away on her Tomato. Neither Faye nor Spike noticed how her typing slowed down once they entered.
"You went off and got killed once. Isn't that enough?" Faye demanded of him. Spike turned, venom in his glare.
"Listen, you think you can tell me what to do? It's my damn choice, and I'll do what I want!"
Faye stepped back, her eyes shining with the tears that were forming under them. Spike hesitated a moment, surprised at himself, but then turned away from Faye and went into the kitchen. He dug around in the refrigerator, seeking something cold to drink. All they had left was soda pop, he had been hoping for something stronger. But, it was better than nothing.
"Spike." Faye said as she came into the kitchen as well. "Do you remember.that night, when we both had too much to drink.we came back, and tried to walk up the stairs, but instead we fell to the floor.and we."
"Yeah, I remember." Spike tried to keep his back turned to her, trying not to let her see how her words were affecting him.
"It may have meant nothing to you.but that night, when we were laying alongside each other.I forgot about everything for a moment. I forgot about discovering my past.about finding bounty heads.about everything.all I knew was that I felt like I was at peace."
"And I forgot all about my past, and for the briefest of moments, I just lived in that night." Spike said. Faye looked up. She had not even noticed him come up to her. He stood before her now, looking down at her sad face.
In a movement that totally surprised Spike, Faye threw her arms around him, and buried her face against his shoulder. Her sobs came like a flood. He hesitated a moment before he brought his arms up, wrapped them around her.
"I just.don't want to see you.walk away again." Faye said between her sobs.
Spike tried to think of something to say, but then decided it would be best to say nothing. For just this once, he decided, he would let Faye know that he did care.
Moments last forever, cowboy.
Boys are Back 8
"We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight"
Bonnie Tyler
"How much longer?" Spike asked as he strolled into the control room of The Bebop.
"We'll be there by tomorrow afternoon" Jet replied from his seat in the captain's chair. He leaned back, folded his arms, and closed his eyes. "Spike, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course I'm sure. What are you talking about?"
"Are you sure you can trust these guys? They are working for The Syndicate, after all" Jet turned and looked up at his old friend, still amazed that he was seeing Spike alive and well again. "I mean, how are you even sure they'll give you what you want once they have him?"
"They will. I'll make them if I have to."
Jet sighed, and then sat silent for a moment.
"Well.it's getting to be about time to feed him." he said, breaking the quiet. He started to get up when Spike laid a hand on his shoulder.
"It's Faye's turn. She's doing it now."
Faye stood arm's length from Hakkou. He sat atop a small crate, his hands were each handcuffed to a pipe, and his ankles were duct-taped to keep him from kicking. She held out a mug of warm soup with a straw in it, and he stuck his neck out as far as he could to sip it. He took several gulps before pulling back and looking up at her.
"Thanks. The milkshakes were starting to stick in my throat."
Faye said nothing, but simply looked at him. The resemblance to Spike was utterly amazing. The lips, the chin, the nose, the cheeks, the forehead were all the same. His hair was even wild and poofy, just like Spike's. But his hair was gray, more like Vicious'. And his eyes were totally the wrong color. It was at that moment that Faye suddenly realized it; Spike's eyes matched now! She had noticed something seemed a little odd about him now, and she finally realized it. His eyes were no longer a slightly different shape of that hazel brown that had once entranced her. Now, they matched completely.
"He's never going to accept you, you know." Hakkou's voice broke Faye's thoughts, and she looked down at him.
"What do you mean?"
"He'll never take you over Julia. You can think about it all you want, but he'll always walk off to die for her, rather than stay and live with you. He'll never appreciate that you wanted to be with him, still want to be with him. He'll always be blinded by his fallen angel."
Faye stood in total silence, shocked by these venomous words. Her lip trembled, and she turned away from him, not wanting him to see it if she started crying.
"What do you know about me?" she said over her shoulder.
"I know almost everything about you. I know how rejected you felt after you and he spent that night together, and then he acted like it never happened. You thought about that a lot, didn't you? Of course you did. You kept thinking that you and he had made some sort of connection, but to him all it was, was just single night of liquor-induced lust. That hurt, didn't it?" He waited for a response, and when none came, he whispered "Look at me, Faye." He waited, but she did not turn to face him. "Look at me."
She turned around and looked at him. His gaze softened, and he sat as far onto the edge of his seat as he could, trying to bring himself closer to her. "I'm everything you ever desired about him. All the qualities that you wanted are all here, embodied in me. I can be everything you wanted him to be.and so much more. All you have to do is.let me go."
For a moment, Faye hesitated.
"Faye! What the hell are you doing!" Faye jumped when she heard Spike's holler. She quickly turned and walked away from Hakkou, but she was stopped by Spike. "I told you to never talk to him! He'll just try to mess with you're head!"
"I'm sorry." Faye said quietly, her head bowed, her eyes not meeting Spike's as she passed him. Spike turned, and glared at Hakkou. Hakkou simply smirked at him, and then winked.
"Well, it looks like our little doggy has fetched his bone" Dr. Cornelius said as he eyed the monitor. On the screen, a single blip that represented The Bebop was growing closer to a second blip, which represented the lab.
"Let them come" a cold, metallic voice hissed from the darkness behind him. "I'm sure he'll be very pleasantly surprised."
"Spike, don't do it." Faye said. Spike stopped, mid kick, and turned to face her. He had been training in darkness, sharpening his skills, just in case he did have to force Cornelius and his cronies to keep their promise.
"What?"
"Don't do it.don't take him back to them." Spike frowned at her as he wiped his brow with a towel.
"So, he did get inside you're head. I told you not to talk to him!"
"Its not that." Faye said, "I just.I have a really bad feeling about this."
"Faye, I told you not to worry. I am perfectly in control here."
"No, you're not!" she shouted suddenly. "You never were! Don't you see that? They're just using you! Once they have what they want.who knows what they'll do? They might just kill you."
"You don't understand Faye. You never did." Spike turned from her and strode out of the hallway, heading toward the living room area. Faye followed, continuing to plead her case.
"They'll never give you Julia back, Spike. And even if they did, would it be worth it? Do you want to go off and get killed again because of her?"
"Some things are worth dying for." Spike muttered as he walked into the living room. Ed sat in a corner, typing away on her Tomato. Neither Faye nor Spike noticed how her typing slowed down once they entered.
"You went off and got killed once. Isn't that enough?" Faye demanded of him. Spike turned, venom in his glare.
"Listen, you think you can tell me what to do? It's my damn choice, and I'll do what I want!"
Faye stepped back, her eyes shining with the tears that were forming under them. Spike hesitated a moment, surprised at himself, but then turned away from Faye and went into the kitchen. He dug around in the refrigerator, seeking something cold to drink. All they had left was soda pop, he had been hoping for something stronger. But, it was better than nothing.
"Spike." Faye said as she came into the kitchen as well. "Do you remember.that night, when we both had too much to drink.we came back, and tried to walk up the stairs, but instead we fell to the floor.and we."
"Yeah, I remember." Spike tried to keep his back turned to her, trying not to let her see how her words were affecting him.
"It may have meant nothing to you.but that night, when we were laying alongside each other.I forgot about everything for a moment. I forgot about discovering my past.about finding bounty heads.about everything.all I knew was that I felt like I was at peace."
"And I forgot all about my past, and for the briefest of moments, I just lived in that night." Spike said. Faye looked up. She had not even noticed him come up to her. He stood before her now, looking down at her sad face.
In a movement that totally surprised Spike, Faye threw her arms around him, and buried her face against his shoulder. Her sobs came like a flood. He hesitated a moment before he brought his arms up, wrapped them around her.
"I just.don't want to see you.walk away again." Faye said between her sobs.
Spike tried to think of something to say, but then decided it would be best to say nothing. For just this once, he decided, he would let Faye know that he did care.
Moments last forever, cowboy.