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Spike cursed as he swung from the tree, landing almost silently on the ground. Last he'd heard, Jet had said that they were entering through the front door. He hadn't heard anything since. The man snuck around the edge of the building, expecting to see Jet and the Code's bodyguards in a feud.

He jumped, slightly surprised when the radio fastened to his belt started speaking. It was Faye, wondering what was going on. No one answered. Spike pressed himself to the building and peaked his head around the corner, first looking for Jet. He finally saw him, his eyes hardly over the steering wheel and staring toward the building. It didn't seem that he'd seen Spike.

Twisting his head, Spike could see Code standing behind two men while the rest were fanned out behind him. It was then that he noticed the building ask for a retina scan as a metal rod with what looked like a camera lens on the end of it popped out of the building. Spike laughed inside of his head. 'Let's see how he gets through this," he thought as he stared closer.

One of the men in front of Code leaned forward, placing his eye only two centimeters from the rod. Spike was surprised when it slid back into the wall and the door swung open, allowing them access. 'Oh great. And how are we going to get through that?' he found himself thinking as the last of Code's crew stepped through the door and it slid shut, locking them out.

Jet got out of the car and began walking toward Spike while warily watching the building. A grim frown was set onto his features as he stopped a few feet away. "Not sure how to get through that," he told his comrade. That was when the radio cackled to life and an ear-piercing scream rang through loud and clear. "Edward will help!"

Spike gave Jet a 'now what?' look before slowly walking toward the door. He expected that was what the girl wanted him to door. As he stopped in front of the door, the retina scanner rod slid from the wall. Spike frowned, wondering what Ed was up to and how long it would take for security to find him.

Without warning, the rod returned to the wall and the door slid open. Before they lost their chance, the two comrades escaped into the building without a second glance. Two men were standing there and both looked confused when Jet and Spike entered. They were about to say something when the door slid closed and Spike lunged forward, sending a punch toward one man and a kick toward the other.

His fist landed directly on one man's nose and the crack he heard made it clear that it was broken. On the other hand, the other man had ducked from Spike's kick and backed right into Jet's waiting arms. He hit the man in the back of the head, rendering him unconscious. Looking over at the fuzzy-haired man, he smiled when he noticed the scientist lying on the ground and Spike struggling to take the white coat from him. He finally succeeded in his task and threw the coat on, not really caring what it looked like. Jet followed his example and soon they were both walking down the hall incognito. In-bad-cognito, should I say?

Luckily, Edward had practically taken over the security cameras in the building and she was playing a different tape of the cameras. Therefore, no one noticed Spike and Jet enter and they never even realized that someone else was watching their halls. Back on the Bebop, the girl laughed maniacally and her K-9 friend barked enthusiastically.

"Hey Jet?" Spike's voice broke the monotone noises of the short hallway. "Yeah?" Jet replied, looking at his friend. "Where's Faye?" by the time the words left Spike's mouth, Jet was already chuckling and shaking his head. He followed up with a shrug of the shoulders, signifying that he didn't know nor did he care much.

"Where is he?" Jet spoke into the radio. There was a pause before the word 'Five' was said over the radio. It was a simple word for a simple meaning. They were on the fifth floor. Walking toward the elevator, Spike pu7shed the button about five times more than he needed to. Jet noticed this, but he didn't say anything and merely stepped onto the elevator.

It stopped almost as soon as it had begun and Jet feared that they had been caught. However, he forced himself to relax as another man stepped into the elevator and pushed the button for the eighth level. He was another scientist and he stared oddly at Spike and Jet, wondering who they were. It took a moment before realization registered on his face.

"You're the new guys, huh?" he asked, his voice taking on a slightly playful tone. The man was rewarded with a frown and a blank stare and his foolish demeanor quickly disappeared. "Okay," he said nodding and turning away from the men, exhaling noisily and hoping that they weren't going to the same floor as he was.

Finally, the elevator reached the fifth floor and when the doors slid open, Spike and Jet wasted no time walking out of it. The two looked around for a moment, noticing that it was merely a narrow hallway with doors lining it. There was one door near the end out the hall, but Spike doubted they could get in there. There was a plate in the wall with a small slit in it along with a pad of numbers. Obviously, you needed either a password or a card to get through there. Perhaps both.

"Ed will get it," a voice said from the radio. Shockingly, she sounded quieter and calmer. She probably felt the need for them to be quiet in this place and it showed. Before the two knew it, that door too had slid open and allowed them to enter. Code and the other ten men all turned to face them, some surprised and some angry. Spike flashed a grin, not waiting to pull his gun and begin firing.

To the side of him, Jet could be found doing the same thing. Some men ducked behind the many tables and chemicals while others advanced toward them. These were the ones who were shot down first as the comrades flipped tables over and ducked behind them. Unfortunately, that was a very bad idea because on Jet's side, two of the chemicals mixed and, in result, exploded.

It was a small explosion, but it was enough to break glasses and throw Jet against the wall. Spike didn't waist the time to see if his partner was okay. Instead ,he fired a few more shots before ducking again and loading a new clip into the Jericho. This needed to be done and it needed to be done fast. Jet groaned as he started to get up, but he found himself staring into a gun.

He saw the man begin to squeeze the trigger as sweat dripped from his forehead. He then heard a crash and saw a blur of black as something fell onto the man. Faye slipped an arm around his neck as she straddled his back and broke hi neck, watching him fall to the floor and landing on her feet when he fell. She flashed a grin at Jet and swung around, shooting randomly.

The woman counted five men down and five to go. Of course, there was Code as well. That was who she was going for. Meanwhile, Spike was exchanging bullets with three men when he managed to take down one. He barely noticed that there were remnants of a fire in the corner and that it was inching increasingly closer to Code. Code was hiding behind a desk, a chemical cradled in his hands.

Spike managed to down another man, hitting him between the eyes. That left only three. Faye leapt from behind the desk, firing her gun at another. He dodged two bullets, sending one toward her. It hit her in the arm and she cried out in pain as she was flung sideways. She flung herself to the floor and rolled behind a desk as bullets richocheted off of the ground all around her.

"Damn!" she yelled, gritting her teeth. Jet threw himself forward, firing a single shot at the man who was trying to knock Faye off. That was all it took. The man looked down at his chest, his hand raising at the same time before he fell to his knees and stole one last look at Jet before falling face-first into the spilled chemicals.

Fire was slowly making its way closer to an unnoticing Code. He was staring daggers at Spike as he pulled a gun from his pocket. He aimed it at Spike's head, but before he could pull the trigger, bullets flew over his head. He turned angrily only to see Faye, lying on her belly on the floor, her arm outstretched toward him and a gun in it.

Jet had taken down another man while Spike ended the last one's life. "Take this, you crazed mother fucker!" all of them heard Faye scream as she shot. Code had jerked himself to the side, thinking that she was shooting at his head. He didn't know how wrong he was. The bullet instead hit the bottle of the chemical it was holding.

Code's eyes widened in horror as its contents spilled. Faye watched in slow motion as Code twisted his head, watching as splashes of his precious chemical dashed over the fire. "This isn't supposed to happen!" he screeched as he jumped up. The thoughts of how he was supposed to kill Spike ran through his head. Thoughts of how Faye was supposed to die. Thoughts of how he would use the chemical.

He knew that he should have put up much more of a fight. That he should do something. How could they do this to him? He tried to jump back, but by that time it was too late as the chemical exploded, engulfing Code in fire. There wasn't enough there to kill him, but instead he was granted with the slow torture of burning alive.

It was that time that sprinklers came on and alarms went off. Jet could vaguely hear boots clonking against the floor as security ran toward them. As he rose, all he could think of was that they had to get out. And fast.

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Well, that was long. Sorry it didn't have much action in it...The next chapter will be the last! I just wanted to thank everyone for the reviews, I loved them, and thanks for reading! The next chapter will more or less be a week, maybe more, after this chapter. Also, please forgive me if it takes a while to upload. I'm on vacation, lol. But I will finish it before a year is over! Lol, thanks, review, and see ya!