Chapter 5: The Hunt is On
On Ganymede at Port City, Spike and Faye went separate ways. Spike decided to walk down the boardwalk, amusing himself by watching the sailors busy themselves with shipments. He let his mind wander and pretty soon he was thinking about Faye. He could no longer deny his feelings for her any longer. He was in love and he knew it. Even though he knew that she had feelings for him (I mean who in their right mind would use their bounty money, that they just worked their ass off for, for an enormous hospital bill?) he didn't know how to approach her. He decided to leave it be for a while. His thoughts also wandered to Julia; his first love, the love that almost got him killed. He knew he should have listened to Faye. He should never have let his past control him. Julia was his past, but Faye he felt...Faye was his future.
Faye was sitting in a bar. She had decided to hit everyone in the city. The one she was at right now, The Silver Dish, was full of sailors. She couldn't believe her good luck. She was getting some interested looks from one table. She instantly turned on the charm and kept flashing them looks, too. Finally one guy stood up and moved over and sat down next to her. "Whisky," was his order to the bartender. "Hey there beautiful," he said to Faye. Faye decided to play along. "Hey there yourself," she replied, her voice dripping with sensuality. "I noticed you sitting here all alone and I was wondering why you were." he said. She ignored the question in his comment and asked "Do you know a Victor Villantos?" "Nope, why has he been bugging you? I mean, how you look, it's a wonder you don't have a male friend with you. Maybe I could fill in." He laughed and his hand moved to her butt. She glare at him and slapped him hard across the face. "Get lost ass-hole!" she said and turned back to her drink. The guy knocked over his stool and was about to hit her when she jumped up and punched him hard in the nose. "I said get lost!" she said again. "Why you bitch!" the guy said and punched for her. She ducked and he hit another guy. The guy immediately started back on the guy who hit him and pretty soon the whole bar was fighting with each other. Out of the corner of her eye Faye saw a punch coming for her but it was suddenly blocked by another guy. She did a double take. It was Victor. He pushed the other guy into someone else who started fighting with the guy who was pushed. Victor turned to Faye. "Come on. Let's go while we can," he said and started leading her toward the door.
Spike was walking down the boardwalk when he heard some angry shouting from a bar. He noticed the name: The Silver Dish. 'Geez,' he thought, 'I wonder what the guy was smoking when he came up with that name.' At that time he noticed two people leaving the bar and hurrying down the sidewalk away from the bar. He looked closer and realized it was Faye. 'But who is that with her?' he thought. He noticed the black hair and realized it was Victor. 'Damn, she's good,' he thought. He looked from Faye to the bar and back to Faye. "I see you're still as popular as ever Faye" he said aloud and started to follow them. At that moment his comm. unit beeped and Spike looked into the face of Jet. "Spike where are you?" Jet asked, "And where's Faye?" "Faye's doing her job. She's with Victor. He's as good as caught." "She's alone with him?! Oh God Spike, get to her now! Victor's much more dangerous than we thought. You're not going to like what I'm about to tell you, Spike," Jet said and told him the news. Spike's eyes widened and he yelled "Shit!" He started running toward where Faye and Victor went to, turning off the unit and readying his Jericho in his hand with a new clip on the way.
Victor led Faye down the sidewalk a block, turned the corner and led her down the sidewalk two blocks. "Hey, isn't your name Victor Villantos?" she asked him innocently. He stopped and answered "Yes, where did you hear it though?" "Oh... uh...just on the boardwalk. Anyway thanks for helping me. Can I show you something?" "Sure," he said and turned around. She snapped handcuffs on him as fast as a wink. "You're under arrest, bub," she said to him. "Oh I don't think so," he said with a sly grin and whistled very loudly. All around them men began to appear. "You see, I'm very good at not being caught. I found the Dragons make very good bodyguards as well as associates." "The Red Dragons?" she said with a gasp and readied herself as the crowd of men circled around her. She struck a position and the first blow came from behind. She was jostled around the circle, punched and slapped. She fell to the ground and was kicked. The last thing she remembered before losing consciousness was a lone figure jumping into the crowd kicking and firing a gun.
A/N: any guesses who that is? well if you haven't guessed it's spike, well, i don't know what to tell you