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Chapter 1: A Hospital Bill
Ed was happily typing away at her computer searching for bounties when something popped up on the screen. Clicking on it, a whole report on was happened the month before on Mars at the Red Dragon Syndicate Headquarters. "Ed has found something!" she called out. She scrolled down to read about what happened when a picture caught her attention. "It's Spike-person!" she squealed. "What!?" Jet yelled as he ran from the kitchen. He ran over to Ed and almost shoved her out of his way. He looked at Spike's picture in the report and continued to scroll down. More pictures popped up of a blown-up building and he said under his breath, "What did the idiot do now?" he read the report and gasped. The report said: After killing Vicious, head of the Red Dragons, Mr. Spiegel collapsed from lack of blood. He was unconscious when medical help arrived. He was brought to the nearest hospital where he went through two surgeries. His condition has been upgraded to fair. Police are trying to find any friends or family as he had almost no money or identification on him. His hospital bill must also be paid.
Jet looked up with sad eyes from the report to look at Ed. Ed noticed quickly and asked, "What happened to Spike-person?" Jet answered her. "I'm afraid Spike has been injured, Ed. He is in a hospital on Mars. As soon as Faye comes back from her bounty I'm going to bring Spike back." Unusually the only word she said was "Oh."
Jet noticed her solemnity and thought 'Damn, the kid's as upset as I am. But who wouldn't be after getting this news?' At that moment they heard the hangar door opening and the Red Tail landing. Faye skipped in whistling and waving a cash card. "Ten million woolongs, all for me!" she said, then noticed the sad faces. "What happened?" she asked. Jet stood up and gestured for her to sit down. She sat down and he began. "It's Spike. He-". Her eyes widened and filled with tears as she broke in. "Oh shit, damn it, oh God, he's dead isn't he?" she whispered. "Oh God, oh Spike, oh hell, Spike why did you do it, why?" and she started to cry. "Faye," Jet said as he shook her gently, "he's not dead just injured. He's in a hospital on Mars running up a bill that could soon rival yours. I have to go pay the bill and bring him back." She said, "But Jet, you don't have any money like that." "That's where you are wrong," he answered. He went to his room and came back with a cash card. It said 20 million woolongs on it. "I started saving it a while back for some emergency, guess this is it," he said. Faye shook her head. "I can't let you do that Jet. You saved that money. Let me go and use my bounty money." It was Jet's turn to shake his head. "No, I can't let you do that to your hard worked money." Faye turned her sad eyes to him and pleaded with him. "Please, it's the least I can do for being a bitch all these times." He looked at her and nodded slightly. "Alright, you can go, but you'd better take this too because you might need it after all." She thanked him and turned on her heel and left. Jet watched her go and said to Ed, "Ya know Ed; I think she kinda likes that kid." He scratched his head and went back in the kitchen.