Chapter 2: Finding Diego

Faye woke up in a darkened living room on the couch. She couldn't tell what time it was, but she didn't care. She could feel Spike's body nestled close to her. His arm draped over her, she couldn't think of anywhere else she would rather be.

When she woke up again, she was in a different room, which she couldn't quite recognize. She was lying on Spike's chest. Then she realized that she must be in Spike's room. He stirred as she changed positions.

"Good morning," he said.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Morning."

He leaned down to kiss her. "Maybe we should get up," he said.

"Do we have too?" Faye asked.

Spike smiled. "Afraid so," he said, sliding our from under her and the sheets. Faye pulled the sheets around her naked form, and watched as Spike pulled on his pants. Then she got up herself, and slipped on one of his shirts. Not fully dressed, but decent, they headed down the hall towards the living room and then into the kitchen.

Jet sat at the table drinking a cup of coffee. Ed sat with the computer, and Ein lay on the floor at her feet. They all looked up as Faye and Spike entered the kitchen.

"Morning guys," Spike said casually. Jet nodded and Ed said good morning excitedly. Faye smiled at her and went over to see what she was working on.

"It's amazing what getting layed can do for that woman," Jet whispered jokingly to Spike.

"Yeah," Spike said laughing.

The next day, they landed on Calisto. Spike and Faye went to check local hotels and pubs. Jet stayed on board the Bebop, to monitor their progress, and the use of the planes. Spike and Faye spent all day trying to find a lead on Diego. They met up and headed back to the Bebop.

"Did you find anything?" Spike asked as they headed back.

"I'm not sure," she replied.

"What do you mean?" Spike said, stopping and taking her hand.

"Can I tell you when we get back to the Bebop? Then I can tell Jet too, instead of having to repeat myself," Faye asked smiling up at him.

"Okay," Spike said leaning down and kissing her lightly. Then he led her back to the planes and then to the Bebop.

"So did you guys find leads?" Jet asked when they were all sitting in the living room.

"Faye thinks she might have something," Spike said.

"The guy we are after supposedly goes by the name of Diego la Vera, right?" Faye asked.

"Yeah, so?" Jet asked a little peeved that Faye would ask such a stupid question.

"Well, when I asked around about a guy by that name, nobody seemed to know him. When I showed them the picture, they knew exactly who I was talking about. They said his name was actually Diego Valentine. Maybe you should get Ed to run a search on a man by that name. See if the pictures match up," Faye explained.

"Clever girl...," Jet said smiling. "Good work."

Just then Ed came running into the room. "Did someone call for Edward?"

"Yeah," Jet said laughing. "I need you to run a search on a guy named Diego Valentine."

"Okay. Edward would be happy too!" Ed said, as she set to work on the search. For the next few minutes they sat quietly, waiting for her to get done. It didn't take long. "Ah ha!" Ed exclaimed. "Here you go!" Then she ran off with Ein on her heels.

"Yep, that's the same guy alright. I wonder which is his real name...," Spike said. "Kind of weird that he has your last name, huh Faye?"

"Yeah...," Faye said a little distantly. The name and picture looked so familiar to her. She couldn't quite place it though. No doubt that it had stirred her memories a little though. She couldn't be related to this man could she? But if she was, maybe he could tell her more about her past....

"Faye, are you okay?" Spike said, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah, I'm great," she said smiling at him. "Let's go back and see if we can find this guy."

"Okay, Spike said taking her hand. Then they were gone, Jet shaking his head after them.

Spike and Faye talked to everyone without turning up anything. They knew who he was, but either they didn't know, or they weren't willing to tell where he was.

"Looks like we are going to have to start bribing people," Spike said.

"Or we could just threaten to kill them," Faye suggested.

Spike smiled at her and gave her a quick kiss. "I like the way you think."

She smiled back. "Let's go."

"Where is he!?!" Spike demanded. He slammed the bar tender up against the wall.

"I don't know...," the bar tender said nervously.

"Liar!" Spike said menacingly. "Faye, kill him."

Faye cocked her gun and aimed it at the bar tender.

"Okay, okay, okay. I'll tell you, I swear. Just don't kill me!" the bartender pleaded.

"Start talking. You have 60 seconds, or I'll kill you," Faye threatened maliciously.

The bar tender gulped and took a deep breath. "Diego is hiding in the warehouse section of town. There is a large abandoned building to the left of the cheesy tavern that way. That's where you'll find him."

"You better be telling the truth, because if you aren't, we will be back, and it will be your bounty we are collecting," Spike threatened. With that he let go the bar tender, turned around, and grabbed Faye by the elbow and left.