Dream to See You
Chapter 8
By: Rachel
Rated: R
Genre: Supernatural/Drama
E-mail: PeachGirlKiley[at]aol . com
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It's chapter 8! Woot. Thanks for all the reviews on chapter 7! Yes, Julia's a little out of it from the hormone imbalance from her being pregnant and all. Is it Spike's baby, or is it Vicious's? What of Faye's past, what will the town's people think?! READ REVIEW!
Update. I got my Pierrot CD! Dictators Circus is AWESOME! I bought the limited edition, so it came with a DVD too. As of now I'm on track 6 of 11, and I'm in heaven. The CD came with a BIG sticker too! ::Huggles the band:: They're so talented! I love you guys!.
On a rather depressing note…I'm not going to a convention this year. I was going to go to Big Apple Anime Fest, but it's been canceled, and I want to go to Otakon, but my mom says no! THEY'RE HAVING LARCHENCIEL IN CONCERT!! ::weeps:: Oooo, Hyde...-
Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop.
Spike yawned and rubbed his face with his left hand as he looked towards his right. He couldn't feel his right arm. He looked towards the windows it was dark out. He sighed. Faye buried her face into his chest, leaning her head in the crook of his shoulder. He ran his fingers through her hair as she let out a quiet hum and hugged him close.
He swallowed as Shin opened the door. "You're awake?" He smiled and walked in slowly. "So, is it love at first sight?" He grinned.
Spike just stared at her. "I don't know what it is." He breathed. She let out a hum and rolled onto her side, hugging her pillow to her chest. Spike sat up and rubbed his shoulder. He pulled the blankets up to her neck and stood up carefully, making sure that he didn't wake her. "She sleeps for how long, and she's still so tired and worn." He walked into the kitchen with Shin and sat back into his kitchen chair.
"With the stuff she's been through, it's not hard to believe. She needs to regain her health…or gain it." Shin sighed.
Spike looked up at Shin with a fading glance. "So, has the doctor diagnosed her will any mental illness yet?" Spike frowned.
Shin wrinkled his nose together. "Don't talk about my work so sarcastically, you'd never be able to treat the cases I've had success with!" Shin snapped in a hushed tone. He wet his lips and looked towards Spike's bed. "She's clinging to us, like a frightened child would to their parents. She doing this mainly because she didn't get to bond to anyone in the fundamental stages of—"
"So she just needs people who she can trust and confide in, because she didn't have anything like that when she was growing up." Spike cut Shin off from his award winning speech.
Shin scuffed, crossing his arms. "In simple terms, yes…" Shin bit his lip and shook his head. "If we don't take it slowly though, she could end up hurting herself and others. That power of hers…" Shin pierced his lips together. "The eyes thing," he bowed his head as Spike's face contorted as he tried to hold back laughter. "If she doesn't learn how to control that, she'll only end up tearing herself apart. If she hurt one of us, she'd be devastated at this point. I mean, look at the lengths she took just to be able to have you save her." Shin leaned forward and rested his head in his arms. "When the weather clears up enough, I want to take her back to the offices, maybe get her checked by a doctor…"
Spike shook his head. "We can't take her to a doctor, right now; whenever she feels threatened her eyes turn black, right?" He waited for Shin to nod his head. "So, when a lady in white comes waltzing up to her with a four inch needle ready to draw blood, she'll flip out."
Shin stared at the doorway as Faye eyed Spike as he spoke. Spike stopped talking and turned around. Faye's hair was still damp and she yawned. "I'm okay with needles." Faye mumbled and walked past Spike and Shin.
Spike blinked. She sounded offended by his words as she walked past him, with her head held high. She started humming as she opened the fridge and pulled out a soda and smiled as she looked at the design on the can. "Do you want me to open it?"
Faye shook the can up and down, feeling the can expand in her firm grasp. Shin's eyes widened as she jogged towards Spike and popped the tab. The soda sprayed in all directions. Shin quickly took the papers and dove under the table. Spike hissed and ran towards the sink and counters. Faye laughed a wide grin crossing her lips. "Very interesting…" Shin snorted as he chuckled quietly under the kitchen table.
"Fast learner?" Spike questioned Faye.
Faye thought over his words. "I saw it in my dreams. I saw the person shaking the can, opening it and chasing after the person it was spraying all over." She smiled as Spike cringed.
Spike nodded his head. "You're supposed to drink it." He sighed and grabbed another from the fridge. He tapped at the lid. Faye's sparkled with excitement. He popped the tab and was ready to scream and run, but nothing happened. Spike handed it to her. She took the can and sniffed. Her eyes widened and she coughed before sipping loudly.
Spike smirked. Faye stood straight as she swallowed. "It's good." She stated.
Shin shook his head. "Nice one Spike, you've brought another caffeine addict into the world. Spike glared down at Shin who was still on the floor. "I'll clean up and watch Faye…you go take a shower."
Spike's shirt and hair were soaked. He nodded his head weakly and stepped towards the bathroom Shin waited until the door was shut before he turned back towards Faye. He blinked. "God!" Shin heard Spike shout and the door swung open and he flew into the kitchen. Shin stared at the soda can sitting on the kitchen counter and nodded his head weakly.
"I forgot to mention that to you." Shin pouted as Faye walked into the kitchen her head bowed.
"Sorry Spike…" Faye sighed and walked towards the front door. "Is Ed around?" She turned back and stared at Shin and Spike who in turn stared back at her.
"Well," Spike started. "I can give her a call at her uncles and see if she'll stop by."
Faye's eyes widened and she nodded. "Ed's coming over!" Faye ran past them and outside towards the garden.
"Faye, stop!" Spike shouted. Faye froze as she gazed at the tearoom. Her fingers curled in. Her feet and legs were covered in snow, up to her mid-thigh. She began to shake and turned back towards the house with the most frightening look Spike had ever seen.
"S…Spi…Spike." She shuddered before she screamed and fell to her knees. She began seizing violently.
Spike swallowed the ball in his throat and quickly ran outside. "Faye! Faye, its okay! You're not going back there!" Spike fell to her side and held her arms down.
She jolted forward and grabbed his head and held it firm with both hands. Her teeth bared, and clenched, her eyes narrowed, and angry. Shin watched from the porch as Spike fell into her arms and watched as they sank into the snow. Like a dream, they fell into their own trance. "What the hell…" Shin breathed.
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Spike jumped to his feet and looked around. The air was thick, and hot. It was night and he could hear the crickets chirping their mesmerizing tune. Spike swallowed hard and his entire body wrenched. His skin crawled and he bent forward and shouted out in pain. "Faye!" He screamed.
He couldn't feel her. "Faye, answer me!" He turned and a rush of air pushed him back, and there she was. A smile on her warm face, her eyes kind, she laughed as he fell into a small pool of water. It felt like it about to start raining any second.
Faye reached down and took his hand. "Let me help." She pulled Spike back up to his feet.
Spike followed her lead as she walked inside. The place was dark, a crack of thunder shook him to the core and he shivered. Faye smiled and pointed towards the front door. Spike tossed his bags in the rain was pouring. Faye leaned her back against Spike's chest and he wrapped his arms around her to keep his balance as he watched in awe. His lips parted as he watched himself screaming and falling to the ground.
Faye pointed towards the room to their left and Spike's brown eyes grew as Faye walked out. They watched themselves in the resent past. Spike swallowed Faye was soaked as she stood over him. She leaned down and smiled. Tiny droplets of water fell from her hair and landed on his forehead.
Spike smiled. "It was you, not a leak?" Faye grinned and nodded her head. She bowed her head as they continued to watch the scene unfold.
He screamed out again and shot forward. Reaching for his bag he grabbed the bottle of sleeping pills and downed one, muttering words to himself quietly.
Faye grasped hold of Spike's right hand and tugged him into the living room. They watched as he fell onto the couch and curled into a ball, helpless and alone. "…but don't leave me…alone." Spike's eyes widened as he heard his forgotten words.
Spike leaned against the doorway as he watched Faye crying by his side. "I don't remember saying that." He mumbled. His eyes darkened. "I want to go back now." He ordered.
Faye pouted. "Are you sure?" She hugged him. "I won't leave you alone, we can go anywhere while were like this." She smiled warmly.
Spike gritted his teeth and shoved her away sharply. "I said that I wanted to go back, now take me back!" Spike growled his eyes narrowed, fists balled.
Faye bowed her head and nodded weakly. "As you wish." she whimpered, as if she were about to cry. Spike shuddered as she locked her arms around him and shut her eyes. "Close your eyes." She uttered as she let out a silent breath of air.
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Swallowing he listened and clamped his eyes shut. Faye smiled and kissed him on the cheek. Spike reeled back and opened his eyes. Shin was hovering overtop of him with a pale expression. "You're alive." He sighed.
Spike blinked and looked back towards Faye who got up and jumped off the path and into the garden. The snow bit at her legs and a chill washed over her. It was the first time that something cold, actually gave her a chill. She laughed and turned back towards Spike who stared at her in a daze. "Spike, when the snow melts, take me away from here. Far away from here…can you do that?" She leaned down and placed a hand on each side of his face and stared at him inquisitively, studying his every move.
He smiled and nodded. "Sure." He mumbled.
Shin pierced his lips together. "I'm not sure if that's okay Faye." Shin muttered.
Faye narrowed her eyes and he swallowed. "Why not?" she spat, her eyes flickered.
He sighed. "You've lived in a cellar and a cave your entire life, you're not ready to face the…whatever life."
Her fists balled and she walked over to him and turned as she stood shoulder to shoulder with him. "You know nothing about me." She hissed.
Shin rolled his neck forward and then snapped it back as she walked into the house. He pulled his lips in and ran his tongue over them and exhaled. His eyes were wide and he shivered as a chill washed over him. Now he knew how Julia felt. His mouth moved to speak, but all he could do is gape at the femme fatale as she swayed from side to side with each delicate step.
Spike stood up and nudged Shin in the shoulder. He leaned towards his left ear. "What'd she say?" He questioned.
Shin nodded his head slowly. "Something…" He mumbled. "She said something."
Spike walked towards the house and started to jog inside. "Hey Faye, wait up." Spike pulled back the slider and grabbed her left hand.
She paused and quickly turned back with a wide smile on her paled face and leaned in and hugged him. Spike swallowed and rocked back on his heals. "Can you call Ed now?" She mumbled into his shirt. Spike's lips pierced together. She let go and walked into the living room.
Shin looked at Spike warily and then slowly followed after Faye. He needed to know what she meant by that. After all, he was her doctor. He rubbed his left shoulder as it tensed up and lazily walked into the living room.
"Faye, are you okay?" He asked quietly as he made sure Spike was dialing Ed's house. Faye turned back her eyes dull, her expression blank. She said nothing. Shin swallowed. "If I made you angry, or scared you, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do it. Please, at least talk to me…"
She sighed and turned back her eyebrow arched. "About what?" she spat. She sat on the matted floor and stared at the television that wasn't on.
Shin plopped down next to her. She rippled her lips together and inched away. Shin bowed his head. "Well, what's your favorite color for starters?"
She smirked, holding back her laughter. "Favorite color…" She trailed off and wet her lips. She pulled her hair back behind her ears and rolled her eyes. "How the hell should I know?"
Shin blinked and began rubbing his shoulders again. What was this sudden change in her personality? She went from being helpless and stranded, to cocky and spiteful.
He figured it was best to keep her calm rather than risk have her blow his head up when her eyes turned back. "Why don't we see if we can get the TV working? Would you like to watch that?"
"I'm not three years old. So don't condescend to me." She muttered low, under her breath. Shin took a deep breath and nodded his head.
He clenched his jaw. That was it. "I'm not—" He fell silent as he looked at her. She was right behind him her eyes deathly black, her hair whipped back and forth her teeth bared.
"Listen." She hissed. "Don't look at me as if I'm battered and broken. I'm not some child. If you don't think I know what you're thinking, you're wrong." Her eyes were flickering from green, to black. Shin backed up to the television and Faye inched forward. "I'm different than you are. You know that pretty damn well already. You think I'm happy that I'm out. Of course I am, but there's a part of me that will never be stratified until I get my revenge."
Shin bowed his head. "So, what about Spike…? Why aren't you telling him this?"
She smiled and laughed quietly. "Spike's just like me. He's related to the bastard who kept me in that damned cellar for one hundred twenty-three years!" Faye hissed. Shin frowned and nodded his head.
"You mean twenty-tree…" He corrected her.
Faye snarled and shoved him sharply. "Don't analyze me!" The television screen shattered and tears rolled over her cheeks as Faye's eyes continued to flicker…black, then green, and then back to black.
"Okay!" Shin raised his hands into the air.
"I was in a cellar until I was twenty-four, and then…I was put into that tank. I was alone for so long. Drifting from one person's mind to another, begging for them to help me…" She shivered. "Most of them were weak and went insane. They either ended up locked in their own cell, or buried in the ground." She rubbed her face. Then I drifted into Jack's mind. He was kind, but he couldn't help me either…his son however, could. I found out soon after, that Jack and Spike were related to the man who…took care of me." She smirked. "His grandfather is the one who made that dagger Spike was talking to you about in Annie's house Shin." Her eyes sparkled with delight and her lips curled up.
"F-Faye…" Shin trailed off he was sputtering like an idiot. "Please. Please calm down." He avoided looking into her eyes. He could feel himself aging he was so scared of her.
"Spike was the one who had told me he could help me. He came to me when I was little, in my dreams. I waited as long as I could, and now he finally came." She sighed hugging her arms around her frame.
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"Hey, Jet?" Spike nodded his head as he leaned into the counter. "No, I forgot to pay Ed yesterday…she cleaned up for me." He lied through clenched teeth as he heard something break in the other room.
"Spike," Jet mumbled. "Ed told me what happened."
Spike winced. "I found Faye." There wasn't an answer. "Faye wanted to see Ed. That's why I'm calling you."
Jet swallowed. "Hmm, she just ran out the door…" Spike jumped as Ed tapped his shoulder. Spike heard Jet hang up and he let the phone slip from his fingers as Ed eyed him. Her face was sour her head bowed.
"How—" Spike stopped himself. He found it best to just stop asking questions as this point. He was either going insane, or the world around him was. He couldn't make up his mind for that answer just yet.
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Faye stood straight and smiled at Shin. "Ed's here." She cooed, stretching her arms into the air.
"She is?" Shin piped. His hands were still shaking. He glanced at the broken television and chewed at his lower lip. "What the heck…is she?"
He kept calm even it he was frightened by the goddess's sudden burst of schizophrenia. It was his duty to stay calm, for his career's sake anyway. As a doctor he vowed to be a realist, notice his surroundings, and listen to what his patient'shas to say.
"Ed!" Faye's eyes sparkled with delight as she ran over and gave the girl with golden eyes a hug.
"Faye-Faye, you're finally free!" She laughed. The two grasped each other's hands and jumped up and down.
Spike smirked and walked past Faye and Ed carefully before he inched his way over to Shin. "What was the crashing I heard?" He smiled as the girls twirled in circles and skipped around the kitchen.
Shin frowned. "She blew up your TV. That's all; nothing drastic." Spike watched as Shin crossed his still shaking arms and dug his fingers into his arms.
Spike nodded his head slowly and pouted as he continued to gaze at the girls. "So what re you saying?"
Shin's jaw dropped and his arms fell to his sides. Spike narrowed his eyes as he saw his cousin's complexion. "The TV's old, anyone could have seen that happening—"
"Shh!" Shin hissed, whacking him on the back side of the head. "God! I'm saying she's lost it!" He moved his fingers around his head in circles. "Now I'm not saying I won't help her, but don't freak when I tell you she needs to be locked up!"
Spike clenched his jaw and Shin watched as his temples flexed. "She's fine…"
Shin shook his head slowly. "Far from it," he sighed. "It's like a form of split personality disorder, or schizophrenia. With people she's found of…" He pointed to Ed. "…she's sweet, and well mannered; however, you get her pissed and you see a new side to her."
Spike looked Shin over. "Different…how?"
"She started cursing, and threatening me. Her eyes…flickered from green to black, very rapidly. When she raised her voice, the television exploded. She wasn't even close to it." Shin wet his lips and shut his eyes, rubbing his face vigorously, trying to erase the images from his mind.
Spike was silent for a moment. "Different enough to scare the heck out of Julia?" he leaned towards Shin, whispering. Shin nodded, smiling weakly.
"I need to know what kind of tests he did on her Spike. I'll do my best, but don't hold me on this one. You could just end up getting hurt in the end if you get to close to her." Spike rubbed the back of his neck and nodded steadily.
Faye turned towards the two of them and smiled warmly. She walked towards the fridge and took out two sodas. She tossed one to Ed and she caught it was ease.
Spike looked at his feet and then glanced past Edward, and out at the snowy ground. "Faye," he breathed. "Would you want to leave tonight?"
Faye gripped at her soda can tightly. She looked at him from top to bottom, studying his every move as she walked over to his kitchen table and sat down his chair. It creaked as she rocked back on it.
Faye looked towards Shin, her eyes cold. Shin swallowed hard and bowed his head avoiding her eyesight. She sighed and nodded her head. "I would like that very much." She popped the tab on her soda and sipped noisily. "However, I want Ed to come with us." Shin looked up and Faye smirked at him her eyes locked onto his. Shin paled as he looked over at Spike.
"That's fine with me. We have an extra room at Annie's that you two can share." He took a deep breath. "Ed, call your uncle and make sure it's okay with him.
Ed blinked. "I already packed my things into the trunk of your car Spi-Spi." She giggled as Spike's face went blank.
Faye licked her lips and looked back at Spike. She walked over to him and set her soda onto the table. The condensation rolled onto the wood, leaving a ring of water surrounding the orange can. Her hand stretched out and traced along the outside of his face. She smiled. "It's okay. I won't hurt you, or anyone you love." She leaned in and hugged him tightly. "I love you too much to ever hurt you Spike." She whispered into his ear. Spike shuddered as a chill washed over him.
Like out of a horror film, Shin watched his only living relative be possessed by the deadly being. "Spike…?"
Faye turned her head sharply to the right and gritted her teeth. "Shin…" She smiled. "What did I tell you about before?" She sighed and stood up walking towards him and tapping him lightly on the face. "Be a dear and start packing."
Spike narrowed his eyes. What was that just then? That woman, it wasn't the girl who was calling him for help. It was the voice of someone filled with pent up anger and hate. This side of Faye frightened him. He couldn't hide that fear; all he knew is that he was somehow related to this whole ordeal. How though?" he looked at Ed who's usually cheery face was pale, dark, and dismal.
"Ed, you okay?" He sighed as Faye walked into the bathroom and gathered some needed things.
Ed arched her right eyebrow and pierced her lips together. "I'm fine Spike." She hissed.
Spike tensed. She never talked like that, nor did she address him as Spike. "Are you sure?"
Ed looked at him darkly. "Ed's going to miss, Ein the most." She whimpered.
"Ein?" Spike questioned the unfamiliar name.
"Ed's pet dog, Ein, that's what Ed named him. Uncle Jet-person found Ein in the woods when Ein was still very little. Ein's a good dog." Spike smiled and ruffled her hair.
"Ed if you really want to, you can stop by your uncle's and take him along too. We can stop by the pet store and get some things for him on the way to Annie's house." Ed's eyes twinkled and she smiled and hugged Spike tightly.
"Ed is sorry for shouting at Spi-Spi and Shin!" She ran after Faye. "Faye-Faye, they said Ed can come too!"
Faye laughed and nodded her head looking at Spike and Shin. "I'm ready." She mumbled. She stood in the door wearing her white gown again. Spike narrowed his eyes at her.
"Faye, wait. You at least need to wear the sweatshirt that you were wearing. It's freezing out." He walked into the bathroom and picked up the clothes. Faye walked inside and phased into it the garments. She grimaced as she fixed the sleeves. Spike frowned and quickly grabbed her arm and tugged her away from the hall and shut the bathroom door behind him.
Faye whipped around and looked at him oddly. "What?" She mumbled.
Spike bowed his head. "Why me?" he asked her. "Shin told me what happened, Faye. I need to know why you're acting this way only towards me." He slid down the door and looked up as her face, twisted her eyes darted to the floor looking for an answer. "Julia wasn't lying either…was she?"
Faye shut her eyes and shook her head slowly. "Spike when we get to the city, I'll be fine on my own." she nodded her head. "I thank you for helping me Spike." She smiled and walked over and kneeled down. Wetting her lips and leaned into him and hugged him close, burying her face in the crook of his neck. "I'm sorry for the trouble that I caused you."
He pushed her away with a look of disgust. "What are you going to do? Where will you go? Faye, you're helpless. You need—"
She slapped him. Spike blinked, still in shock. "Just shut up! Don't act like you can understand me Spike!" She screamed. Tears rolled off of her cheeks. "You don't know anything! Wow, so you read some of the bastard's journal entries and found out that I'd been slapped around! That doesn't solve anything!" The bathroom mirror shattered as she screamed. "Do you want to know who he is Spike?" She forced a smile on her face. "It's your grandfather who did it to me. He died a year after your father was born. He tested his experiments on himself before…" She trailed off. "He gave himself a lesser dosage, that's why you're powers only show up if you really try." She whimpered.
Spike stared at her in a daze. It was his grandfather that had hurt her so much? He'd never known him, and his father barely spoke of him. "Faye, I'm sorry." He mumbled. "I didn't know."
Faye nodded her head. "I know you didn't." She sat on the edge of the bathtub.
"Faye, I'm going to help you. It doesn't matter. You're not going out on your own when we get to Annie's." Faye wiped her eyes clean of any straying tears.
"Spike." She sighed. "When you learn more, you'll want me to go out on my own." Her eyes narrowed and she phased out of the room. Spike stared at where she had just been sitting. What was she talking about?
What was she talking about? LoL. Anyway, so how are all of you doing? I myself am enjoying my summer thus far. Although…it'd be nice to go to Big Apple Anime Fest…::weeps:: DAMN YOU REPUBLICAN CONVENTION!! Not that I'm against republicans, or anything…just the convention cause they made the con be pushed to next year. I myself am an independent. Yeah, in my American Political Systems class at school we did a test thing to figure out if you were a Democrat, or a Republican, lol I was split even. ' A true independent…
So what do you think of Faye now? Does she really love Spike, or is she using him? Will he go back to…::gasps::…Julia?! Like hell he will. ::cough:: -.-'
Then again, who knows…she might get her little fingers around him again. Oh, the horror of it all! REVIEW!! REVIEW-REVIEW-REVIEW!! (Can you tell that I'm hyper?) Woot. I'll try and get the next chapter out sooner. I was away, and busy and whatnot. Have a great summer everybody!
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