Hey people! I finally have an outline drawn out! It was so weird making it but I think that all in all people will like this fic, though I realized that there isn't much room for the romance that I thought there would be, but don't worry, this is still a romance!!! (And there will be a chapter to prove it! ... I think) I have figured out that this fic will last around 18 to 20 chapters.
I made a mistake in the last chapter... The recap was from chapter one rather than chapter two... but I am sure you guys figured that out... Anyways, I think that I will just wait until this is all finished to fix up everything, so, until then, bear with the few mistakes from the first few chapters, I am going to be extra, extra careful from now on, though, knowing me, there will still be mistakes.
I'm just going to thank my beautiful reviewers and ask you all a question... Look at my profile and tell me what you think of my latest fic idea, I really want to hear what you have to say about it!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything regarding the Cowboy Bebop plot or its characters... But apparently nobody else wants to take credit for James Becker (aka 'Becky') so I guess (since, in a spurt of insanity, I created him, uh, her- er... it) I'll just call him my own.
Title: Fallen Petals of the Rose
Chapter 4: The Plan
~~~Recap~~~
(Last time...)
"Well, that takes care of one problem, but what about actually catching the guy?" he asked.
"One thing at a time, Cowboy," James laughed.
"And why are you so keen on helping me?"
"You probably realized by now that I am not in this for free, but don't worry, if you catch Sekart with my help all I want is 10%," he explained. "And as for why I am even bothering to help, well, that man has made my life a living hell, he threatened to kill me a few times too."
"May I ask why?"
"You can ask," he said simply, "Doesn't mean I'll tell."
~~~Now~~~
"So now what?" Spike asked.
"Now," James started, "We go to a more private place so as not to be disturbed."
Spiked looked around to see people staring at him awkwardly, he guessed it probably had something to do with the seductive voice that 'Becky' used. He didn't have a choice but to play along so he acted as drunk as he could.
"Ok," he tried to slur," Where do we go?"
'Becky' winked and said, "Well, the closet served the purpose just fine last time, but why don't we go somewhere more comfortable? Like, oh say, my room?"
Spike nodded his head and replied, "Ok."
Soon they were standing outside of James' room, during the ride in the elevator James had explained that he could see some of Sekart's main men enter the bar and thought it best if they got out of there ASAP. Then he asked if Spike new that all along or if he just needed help "coming out of the closet". Spike scowled, James laughed.
They entered the room and James sat down in one of the chairs, Spike chose to stand.
"Ok," James stated, "I think it would be best if we got your little girl friend out of Sekart's clutches, that way, he wont have any black mail material, and the less help we get the better."
"How do you figure?" Spike asked.
"Well, if Sekart catches wind of this, the less people he can go after, the better," he shrugged, "You know, he can't go catch someone because he won't know about them."
"I get it," Spike nodded. "But I have some people who can help us, and they are about 100 miles away."
"What can they do?" James asked.
"Ed can hack into anything, you know, find some dirt on the guy, and then Jet is the level head, he's good back up," Spike explained.
"Ok, well see what they can get on the guy," James told him.
"Ok," Spike said as he activated his link, "Hey Jet, you there?"
"Spike?" Jet's voice questioned.
"Yeah, it's me," Spike assured him.
"Have you gotten any further on the situation?" Jet asked.
"Kind of, I was able to get ahold of Faye, she is fine for the time being," Spike informed him.
"Good, good," Jet nodded, "Ed and I are still working on finding out more, so far we still only have the basic stuff, you know, it's like this guy has no past."
"What do you mean?" Spike asked.
"Well, before 3 years ago, there basically was no Drake Sekart, it's kind of difficult to have no record in this day and age," Jet explained.
"Yeah, that's true," Spike agreed. "What do you think that means?"
"I don't know," Jet sighed, "Either he did his best to stay out of the lime light, or, before a few years ago, there was no Drake Sekart."
That was unexpected. Drake Sekart wasn't real? Then who was that guy? Geez, this just became really confusing.
"Well this is weird," Spike declared. "So this Drake person could just be a fake identity to someone else?"
"That's what I think," Jet shrugged. "So, you're sure that Faye's ok?"
"Yeah," Spike confirmed, "He left her alone in a room, but the door was surrounded."
"Oh, ok," Jet acknowledged.
"I have some help," Spike announced.
"Really?" Jet asked.
"Yeah, his name's James Becker," Spike informed him.
"You sure you can trust that guy?" Jet asked.
"Well, the fact that he's a cross dresser helps, along with the fact that I caught sight of Sekart, or who ever he is, while I was with him." Spike explained, "Plus, he already brought up payment methods."
"I guess you know what your doing, but paying for him is coming out of you and Faye's share," Jet forewarned.
"Yeah, yeah, what ever," Spike brushed it off. "So, do you have any ideas of what we should do?"
"Get Faye out of there first," Jet advised, "That way, he can't threaten her life or something."
"Yeah," Spike agreed, "Now the only question is, how?"
"Hmm," Jet murmured. "This is interesting."
"What's that?" Spike asked.
"Well, apparently, at every murder scene he is suspected of he leaves a bit of a calling card." Jet explained.
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Wilted rose petals." Jet said, "Spread all over the victim."
"Weird."
"I'll say," Jet agreed.
"Wonder what it means," Spike wondered.
"Don't know, maybe it's just something he does for flare, it might not mean anything," Jet suggested.
"Yeah, you're right," Spike agreed. "Well, let me know when you find anything interesting, I've gotta go now."
"Right," Jet said, "Later."
"Later."
"So, did you find anything?" James asked now that Spike closed the link.
"Well, Drake Sekart might not be a real person, but other than that, not much really," Spike told him.
"I don't know how much they will be able to find out," James said, "Sekart, or who ever he is, is rather secretive, considering."
"Not exactly good for us, is it?"
"Nope particularly, no," James nodded.
"So, we should get Faye out of there first," Spike suggested.
"Yes, that would be the best thing to do, get her away from him," James agreed.
"So before you sounded like you had some sort of plan or something," Spike prompted.
"I just might have something," James admitted.
"Care to share with the class?"
"I had the crazy idea that you could pose as Sekart to his men, you know, while he was occupied with something else..." James started, "Then you could get to the girl and get her out of there."
"You're crazy, there's no way I could pull that off!" Spike shouted.
"Why not?" James asked, "You're around the same height as him, your voices aren't that different sounding, and with a little disguise you could easily fool the men, as I said before, Sekart is a man with an ever changing face, they never know what to expect."
"Then how do those guys ever really know when it's Sekart?" Spike asked.
"What guy in there right mind would go off and try to control those guys if they weren't really Sekart?"
Spike thought about this a second, "Good point."
"Thought so," James said with a smile.
"So, we are basically going to try and con his men?" Spike asked for clarification.
"Basically," James shrugged.
"So how do I go about doing this?" Spike asked.
"Oh, I think you should just study him and his actions for a little while, but keep your distance, if he catches you; well that basically ends the plan." James explained.
"Right," Spike nodded, "So I learn how to be Sekart, and then trick his men into giving me Faye."
"That's the plan."
"Ok, so let's get going," Spike said, preparing to go back down to the casino.
"Do you have anything else to wear?" James asked.
"Why?"
"One of his men might recognize that outfit on you," James warned.
"You're right, I do have something else, but what would I wear when I am pretending to be Sekart?" Spike asked.
"That is where I come in, my friend," James grinned, "I have more that just female clothing, you know."
"Great," Spike said as he made his way to the bathroom to change.
Ok, so... Is the plot starting to unfold? Is it captivating all of you? Or is it all just so-so? If you want me to know what you think there is only one thing to do, and it won't take that long either! Want a hint? It involves that button down there that says "Submit Review"... I am sure you know what I am talking about.
Next chapter we are going to take a look at what's happening to Faye... See her thoughts, endure more commentary... The action will be returning in a couple chapters! Maybe by chapter 6.
I made a mistake in the last chapter... The recap was from chapter one rather than chapter two... but I am sure you guys figured that out... Anyways, I think that I will just wait until this is all finished to fix up everything, so, until then, bear with the few mistakes from the first few chapters, I am going to be extra, extra careful from now on, though, knowing me, there will still be mistakes.
I'm just going to thank my beautiful reviewers and ask you all a question... Look at my profile and tell me what you think of my latest fic idea, I really want to hear what you have to say about it!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything regarding the Cowboy Bebop plot or its characters... But apparently nobody else wants to take credit for James Becker (aka 'Becky') so I guess (since, in a spurt of insanity, I created him, uh, her- er... it) I'll just call him my own.
Title: Fallen Petals of the Rose
Chapter 4: The Plan
~~~Recap~~~
(Last time...)
"Well, that takes care of one problem, but what about actually catching the guy?" he asked.
"One thing at a time, Cowboy," James laughed.
"And why are you so keen on helping me?"
"You probably realized by now that I am not in this for free, but don't worry, if you catch Sekart with my help all I want is 10%," he explained. "And as for why I am even bothering to help, well, that man has made my life a living hell, he threatened to kill me a few times too."
"May I ask why?"
"You can ask," he said simply, "Doesn't mean I'll tell."
~~~Now~~~
"So now what?" Spike asked.
"Now," James started, "We go to a more private place so as not to be disturbed."
Spiked looked around to see people staring at him awkwardly, he guessed it probably had something to do with the seductive voice that 'Becky' used. He didn't have a choice but to play along so he acted as drunk as he could.
"Ok," he tried to slur," Where do we go?"
'Becky' winked and said, "Well, the closet served the purpose just fine last time, but why don't we go somewhere more comfortable? Like, oh say, my room?"
Spike nodded his head and replied, "Ok."
Soon they were standing outside of James' room, during the ride in the elevator James had explained that he could see some of Sekart's main men enter the bar and thought it best if they got out of there ASAP. Then he asked if Spike new that all along or if he just needed help "coming out of the closet". Spike scowled, James laughed.
They entered the room and James sat down in one of the chairs, Spike chose to stand.
"Ok," James stated, "I think it would be best if we got your little girl friend out of Sekart's clutches, that way, he wont have any black mail material, and the less help we get the better."
"How do you figure?" Spike asked.
"Well, if Sekart catches wind of this, the less people he can go after, the better," he shrugged, "You know, he can't go catch someone because he won't know about them."
"I get it," Spike nodded. "But I have some people who can help us, and they are about 100 miles away."
"What can they do?" James asked.
"Ed can hack into anything, you know, find some dirt on the guy, and then Jet is the level head, he's good back up," Spike explained.
"Ok, well see what they can get on the guy," James told him.
"Ok," Spike said as he activated his link, "Hey Jet, you there?"
"Spike?" Jet's voice questioned.
"Yeah, it's me," Spike assured him.
"Have you gotten any further on the situation?" Jet asked.
"Kind of, I was able to get ahold of Faye, she is fine for the time being," Spike informed him.
"Good, good," Jet nodded, "Ed and I are still working on finding out more, so far we still only have the basic stuff, you know, it's like this guy has no past."
"What do you mean?" Spike asked.
"Well, before 3 years ago, there basically was no Drake Sekart, it's kind of difficult to have no record in this day and age," Jet explained.
"Yeah, that's true," Spike agreed. "What do you think that means?"
"I don't know," Jet sighed, "Either he did his best to stay out of the lime light, or, before a few years ago, there was no Drake Sekart."
That was unexpected. Drake Sekart wasn't real? Then who was that guy? Geez, this just became really confusing.
"Well this is weird," Spike declared. "So this Drake person could just be a fake identity to someone else?"
"That's what I think," Jet shrugged. "So, you're sure that Faye's ok?"
"Yeah," Spike confirmed, "He left her alone in a room, but the door was surrounded."
"Oh, ok," Jet acknowledged.
"I have some help," Spike announced.
"Really?" Jet asked.
"Yeah, his name's James Becker," Spike informed him.
"You sure you can trust that guy?" Jet asked.
"Well, the fact that he's a cross dresser helps, along with the fact that I caught sight of Sekart, or who ever he is, while I was with him." Spike explained, "Plus, he already brought up payment methods."
"I guess you know what your doing, but paying for him is coming out of you and Faye's share," Jet forewarned.
"Yeah, yeah, what ever," Spike brushed it off. "So, do you have any ideas of what we should do?"
"Get Faye out of there first," Jet advised, "That way, he can't threaten her life or something."
"Yeah," Spike agreed, "Now the only question is, how?"
"Hmm," Jet murmured. "This is interesting."
"What's that?" Spike asked.
"Well, apparently, at every murder scene he is suspected of he leaves a bit of a calling card." Jet explained.
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Wilted rose petals." Jet said, "Spread all over the victim."
"Weird."
"I'll say," Jet agreed.
"Wonder what it means," Spike wondered.
"Don't know, maybe it's just something he does for flare, it might not mean anything," Jet suggested.
"Yeah, you're right," Spike agreed. "Well, let me know when you find anything interesting, I've gotta go now."
"Right," Jet said, "Later."
"Later."
"So, did you find anything?" James asked now that Spike closed the link.
"Well, Drake Sekart might not be a real person, but other than that, not much really," Spike told him.
"I don't know how much they will be able to find out," James said, "Sekart, or who ever he is, is rather secretive, considering."
"Not exactly good for us, is it?"
"Nope particularly, no," James nodded.
"So, we should get Faye out of there first," Spike suggested.
"Yes, that would be the best thing to do, get her away from him," James agreed.
"So before you sounded like you had some sort of plan or something," Spike prompted.
"I just might have something," James admitted.
"Care to share with the class?"
"I had the crazy idea that you could pose as Sekart to his men, you know, while he was occupied with something else..." James started, "Then you could get to the girl and get her out of there."
"You're crazy, there's no way I could pull that off!" Spike shouted.
"Why not?" James asked, "You're around the same height as him, your voices aren't that different sounding, and with a little disguise you could easily fool the men, as I said before, Sekart is a man with an ever changing face, they never know what to expect."
"Then how do those guys ever really know when it's Sekart?" Spike asked.
"What guy in there right mind would go off and try to control those guys if they weren't really Sekart?"
Spike thought about this a second, "Good point."
"Thought so," James said with a smile.
"So, we are basically going to try and con his men?" Spike asked for clarification.
"Basically," James shrugged.
"So how do I go about doing this?" Spike asked.
"Oh, I think you should just study him and his actions for a little while, but keep your distance, if he catches you; well that basically ends the plan." James explained.
"Right," Spike nodded, "So I learn how to be Sekart, and then trick his men into giving me Faye."
"That's the plan."
"Ok, so let's get going," Spike said, preparing to go back down to the casino.
"Do you have anything else to wear?" James asked.
"Why?"
"One of his men might recognize that outfit on you," James warned.
"You're right, I do have something else, but what would I wear when I am pretending to be Sekart?" Spike asked.
"That is where I come in, my friend," James grinned, "I have more that just female clothing, you know."
"Great," Spike said as he made his way to the bathroom to change.
Ok, so... Is the plot starting to unfold? Is it captivating all of you? Or is it all just so-so? If you want me to know what you think there is only one thing to do, and it won't take that long either! Want a hint? It involves that button down there that says "Submit Review"... I am sure you know what I am talking about.
Next chapter we are going to take a look at what's happening to Faye... See her thoughts, endure more commentary... The action will be returning in a couple chapters! Maybe by chapter 6.