Disclaimer: You know the routine by now. I still don't own Cowboy Bebop. Spike Lives!
A Bid for Freedom
Persephone watched from her window as Spike walked away. Coming from the opposite direction that he was walking, Persephone saw a black sedan pull up in front of the decrepit apartment building. She put on her sunglasses and bunched her hair up under a black bandanna before going out to the car that awaited her.
"Mommy!" cried the little boy as Persephone climbed into the sedan. He looked like his father with his sandy blonde hair and round face, but he had his mother's eyes and a bit of a wave to his hair.
"Look what I made for you Mommy." He proudly displayed a picture with three stick figures on it as the car started to move. "It's a picture of you and me and Daddy."
Persephone took the picture from her son. "It's lovely Keith. Thank you." It was a good thing she was wearing sunglasses otherwise Keith would've seen the tears that were just barely being restrained.
"Keith, come sit next to your father. You don't want to get hurt with the car moving, now would you?" The voice was hard as ice with a sweetness to it like venom. Persephone still had to keep herself from cringing every time he spoke. Victor's hand came out of the shadows as he put it on his son's shoulder as Keith sat next to him.
"My sources tell me that you've had a visitor."
So Persephone was right. They had been watched. She prayed that she and Spike had only been seen together. If their conversation had been heard... Persephone wasn't going to think about it.
"One Spike Spiegel, I believe. Ex-member of the Red Dragons Syndicate and the only target that you have ever failed to take out."
Persephone looked out the tinted window. She wasn't going to let Victor intimidate her into talking. She wasn't going to betray Spike.
"We're old friends. I couldn't take him out," she simply replied.
"Well, if you want what you've always wanted, you're going to have to."
Persephone looked sharply at Victor. "What do you mean?"
"My source also told me about the conversation you had with Mr. Spiegel. Very interesting."
Persephone clutched the leather seat. Her entire body was frozen. Was this it? Was Victor going to kill her son now?
"But then I thought to myself. Mr. Spiegel is the only target that you have ever failed to get. I'll make a deal with you Persephone, if you can take out this old friend, I believe I will have no further use of your services or for this little one." He gestured towards Keith who was playing with a toy space ship.
Victor leaned forward into the light. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Perfectly," replied Persephone, her voice trembling.
Victor smiled fiendishly. "Excellent. You'll do it tomorrow night. Keith and I will be there to see the show, then you two can be on your way."
The car stopped then and Persephone got out. "Remember Persephone, if you don't do this, others will suffer the consequences of your inaction." With that the sedan sped off.
TBC...
A Bid for Freedom
Persephone watched from her window as Spike walked away. Coming from the opposite direction that he was walking, Persephone saw a black sedan pull up in front of the decrepit apartment building. She put on her sunglasses and bunched her hair up under a black bandanna before going out to the car that awaited her.
"Mommy!" cried the little boy as Persephone climbed into the sedan. He looked like his father with his sandy blonde hair and round face, but he had his mother's eyes and a bit of a wave to his hair.
"Look what I made for you Mommy." He proudly displayed a picture with three stick figures on it as the car started to move. "It's a picture of you and me and Daddy."
Persephone took the picture from her son. "It's lovely Keith. Thank you." It was a good thing she was wearing sunglasses otherwise Keith would've seen the tears that were just barely being restrained.
"Keith, come sit next to your father. You don't want to get hurt with the car moving, now would you?" The voice was hard as ice with a sweetness to it like venom. Persephone still had to keep herself from cringing every time he spoke. Victor's hand came out of the shadows as he put it on his son's shoulder as Keith sat next to him.
"My sources tell me that you've had a visitor."
So Persephone was right. They had been watched. She prayed that she and Spike had only been seen together. If their conversation had been heard... Persephone wasn't going to think about it.
"One Spike Spiegel, I believe. Ex-member of the Red Dragons Syndicate and the only target that you have ever failed to take out."
Persephone looked out the tinted window. She wasn't going to let Victor intimidate her into talking. She wasn't going to betray Spike.
"We're old friends. I couldn't take him out," she simply replied.
"Well, if you want what you've always wanted, you're going to have to."
Persephone looked sharply at Victor. "What do you mean?"
"My source also told me about the conversation you had with Mr. Spiegel. Very interesting."
Persephone clutched the leather seat. Her entire body was frozen. Was this it? Was Victor going to kill her son now?
"But then I thought to myself. Mr. Spiegel is the only target that you have ever failed to get. I'll make a deal with you Persephone, if you can take out this old friend, I believe I will have no further use of your services or for this little one." He gestured towards Keith who was playing with a toy space ship.
Victor leaned forward into the light. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Perfectly," replied Persephone, her voice trembling.
Victor smiled fiendishly. "Excellent. You'll do it tomorrow night. Keith and I will be there to see the show, then you two can be on your way."
The car stopped then and Persephone got out. "Remember Persephone, if you don't do this, others will suffer the consequences of your inaction." With that the sedan sped off.
TBC...