Chapter 5
Repayment
"I'm back," Spike called as he and Angel walked into the living room area. "And I brought someone with me."
"Spike, did you bring Ed a souvenir?" Ed asked.
"Not unless I count," Angel smiled. "But I come bearing a transfer code."
"Transfer as in money?" Faye sat up from the couch.
"Just show the computer and you four will be 15 million woolongs richer." There was a computer keypad in front of her before she could add another word. After a few minutes of bypassing security codes and passwords, "Where do you want the money to be sent to?"
"We each have separate accounts, but it only goes to Spike, Jet, and me," Faye answered.
"You could probably just give hers to the nearest casino," Jet joked.
After another few minutes of exchanging account numbers and more typing and security, "Okay, the transaction is complete. Now where's the bathroom, I need a bath, please."
"Up the stairs and down the hall to the left," Jet said.
"Thank you," she bowed, still holding the sheet close.
"You can borrow some of Faye's clothes if you have nothing to where," Spike offered generously.
"Hey! She can, but it helps to ask first," Faye complained.
"Thank you, again." She disappeared for a while and came back down in the outfit Faye had put out for her. It seemed to fit pretty well. Her long black hair was braided down her back. "I don't know what I could possibly do to thank all of you."
"Don't worry about it," Jet said kindly.
"Yeah, it's the least we could do after you being so generous with the cash," Faye said.
"You don't understand, I mean for everything. I'm free thanks to you, that bastard Shouka is dead. Getting caught by you was the best thing that ever happened to me," tears were starting to cloud her vision, but they were tears of happiness instead of stupor from tranquilizer.
"Come on, I can't seeing a woman cry," Jet said trying to get her to stop. He wasn't accustomed to this much gratitude.
Angel wiped her eyes but kept smiling. "Now my only problem is what do I do now? My family is dead, Shouka is dead, I have no one." When she realized this, the smile got significantly smaller and almost a bit sad.
Ed started jumping around and singing some nonsense. "Stay-stay with Faye- Faye and Ed. Don't be sad, stay with us. Ein is fine and Jet is wet. Spike is easy to like and I think he likes you. Don't go, stay on Bebop and be a cowboy!"
"Be a cowboy?" she sounded like she was seriously considering it.
"Did she just say I'm wet?" [Hey it was the only thing I could think of at the moment that rhymes with Jet]
"Wee! Spike has a crush on Angel-lady," Ed just kept dancing around.
"Ed, shut up," Spike yelled. [Though he didn't deny it]
"I guess Ed is right though," Jet said.
"What? Are you serious?" Spike was still not denying it.
"About Angel staying with us, stupid."
"You mean, you would let me?" Angel thought this was too good to be true.
"Finally, another female who's sane," Faye said, obviously not referring to Ed. Just another normal time on the Bebop.
"I guess I do belong somewhere, after all," Angel seemed very happy about it.
"What do you mean another? At last count, now we finally have one," Jet said to Faye. She stuck her tongue out in return. Really mature.
"Angel, could I talk to you for a minute?" Spike said motioning to the kitchen.
"Yeah, what about?" she asked following.
When they were alone, he turned to face her. "Ed was right, you know? I do like you. More than I thought I would like anyone after Julia died. I think- I think I'm in love with you." He said the last part almost too quickly to make out.
"Spike," she said slowly. "I think I love you too. Wow, it feels so strange saying that. I never thought I would get the chance to."
"Back on my ship, you were talking about repaying me for more than just the money," he ventured carefully. She nodded. "We'll be landing on Venus soon, not staying in the ship." [Wow, Spike is acting shy. How cute! ]
"I know, what about it?" she was used to people being more direct with her.
"Well, um, I thought maybe you might want to join me checking into the hotel?" he didn't want to say it with the others so near.
"Oh... yes, I'll go to the hotel with you..." she finally gets it. Both were blushing madly.
"What were you guys talking about?" Faye asked when they came back down.
"Nothing, just where we might be staying," Angel said nonchalantly.
"For that, you needed privacy?"
"No, for that we needed quiet," she's good. "It was too loud to discuss anything out here."
A whole bunch of hours later...
"Welcome to Venus, please be aware of the following health advisory..." They got their throat poppers for the helium atmosphere and left to go find a not-too-swanky-but-relatively-nice hotel. They only got two rooms because they didn't want to spend all their money at once. The rooms were split thus: Faye, Jet, and Ed. Spike and Angel. Angel's excuse was she knew him the best. Kind of lame, but they seemed to buy it anyway.
Repayment
"I'm back," Spike called as he and Angel walked into the living room area. "And I brought someone with me."
"Spike, did you bring Ed a souvenir?" Ed asked.
"Not unless I count," Angel smiled. "But I come bearing a transfer code."
"Transfer as in money?" Faye sat up from the couch.
"Just show the computer and you four will be 15 million woolongs richer." There was a computer keypad in front of her before she could add another word. After a few minutes of bypassing security codes and passwords, "Where do you want the money to be sent to?"
"We each have separate accounts, but it only goes to Spike, Jet, and me," Faye answered.
"You could probably just give hers to the nearest casino," Jet joked.
After another few minutes of exchanging account numbers and more typing and security, "Okay, the transaction is complete. Now where's the bathroom, I need a bath, please."
"Up the stairs and down the hall to the left," Jet said.
"Thank you," she bowed, still holding the sheet close.
"You can borrow some of Faye's clothes if you have nothing to where," Spike offered generously.
"Hey! She can, but it helps to ask first," Faye complained.
"Thank you, again." She disappeared for a while and came back down in the outfit Faye had put out for her. It seemed to fit pretty well. Her long black hair was braided down her back. "I don't know what I could possibly do to thank all of you."
"Don't worry about it," Jet said kindly.
"Yeah, it's the least we could do after you being so generous with the cash," Faye said.
"You don't understand, I mean for everything. I'm free thanks to you, that bastard Shouka is dead. Getting caught by you was the best thing that ever happened to me," tears were starting to cloud her vision, but they were tears of happiness instead of stupor from tranquilizer.
"Come on, I can't seeing a woman cry," Jet said trying to get her to stop. He wasn't accustomed to this much gratitude.
Angel wiped her eyes but kept smiling. "Now my only problem is what do I do now? My family is dead, Shouka is dead, I have no one." When she realized this, the smile got significantly smaller and almost a bit sad.
Ed started jumping around and singing some nonsense. "Stay-stay with Faye- Faye and Ed. Don't be sad, stay with us. Ein is fine and Jet is wet. Spike is easy to like and I think he likes you. Don't go, stay on Bebop and be a cowboy!"
"Be a cowboy?" she sounded like she was seriously considering it.
"Did she just say I'm wet?" [Hey it was the only thing I could think of at the moment that rhymes with Jet]
"Wee! Spike has a crush on Angel-lady," Ed just kept dancing around.
"Ed, shut up," Spike yelled. [Though he didn't deny it]
"I guess Ed is right though," Jet said.
"What? Are you serious?" Spike was still not denying it.
"About Angel staying with us, stupid."
"You mean, you would let me?" Angel thought this was too good to be true.
"Finally, another female who's sane," Faye said, obviously not referring to Ed. Just another normal time on the Bebop.
"I guess I do belong somewhere, after all," Angel seemed very happy about it.
"What do you mean another? At last count, now we finally have one," Jet said to Faye. She stuck her tongue out in return. Really mature.
"Angel, could I talk to you for a minute?" Spike said motioning to the kitchen.
"Yeah, what about?" she asked following.
When they were alone, he turned to face her. "Ed was right, you know? I do like you. More than I thought I would like anyone after Julia died. I think- I think I'm in love with you." He said the last part almost too quickly to make out.
"Spike," she said slowly. "I think I love you too. Wow, it feels so strange saying that. I never thought I would get the chance to."
"Back on my ship, you were talking about repaying me for more than just the money," he ventured carefully. She nodded. "We'll be landing on Venus soon, not staying in the ship." [Wow, Spike is acting shy. How cute! ]
"I know, what about it?" she was used to people being more direct with her.
"Well, um, I thought maybe you might want to join me checking into the hotel?" he didn't want to say it with the others so near.
"Oh... yes, I'll go to the hotel with you..." she finally gets it. Both were blushing madly.
"What were you guys talking about?" Faye asked when they came back down.
"Nothing, just where we might be staying," Angel said nonchalantly.
"For that, you needed privacy?"
"No, for that we needed quiet," she's good. "It was too loud to discuss anything out here."
A whole bunch of hours later...
"Welcome to Venus, please be aware of the following health advisory..." They got their throat poppers for the helium atmosphere and left to go find a not-too-swanky-but-relatively-nice hotel. They only got two rooms because they didn't want to spend all their money at once. The rooms were split thus: Faye, Jet, and Ed. Spike and Angel. Angel's excuse was she knew him the best. Kind of lame, but they seemed to buy it anyway.