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Faye was so shit faced she could barely stand. Spike had left last night and not returned. Did she really expect him to? Not really. Isn't that why she had gotten trashed in the first place? She didn't want to face the harsh reality of it all. The only man she had ever really loved was in love with a woman he could never have, and had gone to die for her. "Well they deserve each other, dammit!" she mumbled into her arm, resting her head on the bar.
The next morning she had a fantastic hangover. She couldn't even get to the bathroom to go. She lay in her room until the afternoon, sobbing quietly. Every so often Ed and Ein would come in, run around the room, realize that Faye Faye still wasn't ready to play with them, and leave.
She was getting a little annoyed with this routine, so the next time they tried it, she would have her gun ready. She wouldn't actually shoot them, but she had been crying for a long time, so her vision was a little blurry. She fell asleep with her hand on the gun under her pillow.
It was dark in her room when she heard them enter again, but there was the distinct sound of her creaky door opening. Apparently it was a surprise attack. "Well surprise surprise for them when Ed's forehead meets the barrel of my gun," she thought to herself. Just to be safe, she put the safety on.
She heard creeping footsteps edge toward her bed and she was ready to yell surprise. She was caught off guard however when the figure sat down on the edge of her bed and gently shook her awake. "Faye," the voice whispered.
"What is it? What's wrong? And what the hell are you doing in my room, Jet?"
"It's Spike. He's back," he said. She could tell he was upset. His voice was shaking.
"So what? Did the moron decide to come back after all? What am I supposed to do? Act all happy and throw a party," which is what she was doing inside.
"He's hurt pretty bad. Vicious cut him up before he died. One of the former syndicate members brought Spike back here after it was all over."
"He's alive. Spike's alive," was all Faye could think.