Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by some drunk who had pointed out she was the woman on TV instantly half the bar was out to get her though they didn't make a move right away she knew it. it was way to big a bounty for them to ignore. Now that she was satisfied that Spike had probably gotten her message by now she laid some money on the counter, shot down the rest of her drink, and walked out. It didn't take long for her to notice the crowd of goons following her they made no attempt to hide it.
She turned to them and shot them a smile as she tossed two grenades.
"Sorry boys today's just not your day." She said walking off as they
tried to run for their lives but most were caught in the blast anyway.
As she walked she wondered how long it would take spike to find her.
Here on mars. He was there too but she couldn't just go to him not
with him in charge of the Red Dragons now anyway. She knew she'd be
shot before she even got in the front door and Spike wouldn't have
been able to do anything about it he'd have to come to her figure out
the puzzle one clue at a time.
Spike was going over the list of crimes Angel had committed specifically the most recent ones he noticed after going into detail he found that she had betrayed her partner on one of the jobs and shot him too. That wasn't like her...unless it was a clue he was reminded of the time she was supposed to shoot him at the graveyard he'd come bearing a rose and she'd come bearing a gun full of bullets with his name on them.
That was it she would be there the graveyard she was on mars she had to be. He went to the graveyard it was Cloudy and dark probably about to pour down just like it had been that day. He passed a flower girl on the way in but took little notice of her. He looked around but found nothing except a rose and some feathers... She was leading him somewhere he wasn't sure where yet but he was on the right path. He went back taking his clues with him he sat in his chair feet up on the desk and held the rose what could the significance of it be?
"Got a sudden love for flowers?" Jet asked stepping into the room.
"You know you should try knocking Jet." Spike said putting the rose down.
"Oh come on man I know your on to something so why not tell me what it is?" Jet said leaning on the desk.
"Julia is leading me through the past these are the only clues I've got right now though." Spike said pointing to the Rose and the Feathers.
"Hmm...A rose and some feathers..." Jet picked up the rose and looked it over.
"Hey this looks relatively fresh and there aren't many places on mars where a rose of this quality would grow." Jet said
"Yea? What's your point?" Spike asked
"My point is maybe you should ask some flower vendors in the area if they've seen her. I doubt she grew this herself just to leave as a clue too much time and effort." Jet explained
Spike thought about it and then remembered he'd seen a flower girl at the graveyard he jumped up and took off for the grave yard leaving jet with a look of confusion as to what had him so worked up.
It had was starting to rain he had to get there before she left he knew she had to have some clue for him. He got there just in time she was already walking away
"Hey Flower girl!" He yelled
she stopped and turned around with a curious expression
"Didn't I Just see you here?" She asked him
"Yea...But It just occurred to me to ask you did a woman with blonde hair and Hazel eyes buy a rose from you recently?" He asked
The flower girl thought for a moment "Actually yea there was one not too long before I saw you the first time. Ah! I remember now she had said if I saw a guy with green hair wearing all blue to tell him she'd see him where the angel feathers are. Whatever that means." She said.
"Angel feathers?" Spike took one of the feathers out of his pocket.
"So wherever these come from?" He said more to himself than to the
flower girl "Uh yea I guess they just look like bird feathers to me.
Oh! Hey there's a bird called a angel it lives somewhere in these
parts supposedly though I've never seen one." She told him.
"Hm...I think I know where she is. Thanks you've been a big help." He said giving her some money and taking a few flowers.
"Um no problem and thanks for buying my flowers. I've got to go now" She said starting to walk off it was raining now and she was soaked Spike was too though he hadn't noticed it because he was too busy thinking.
"Uh hey lemme give you a ride home or something I'd hate to have you walking in the rain on account of me." Spike said pointing to his car. It was still new he'd only had it since he'd taken over things.
The flower girl thought for a moment. "Uhm...Okay it's kinda of a long walk so a ride would be nice." She said walking over to the other side of the car and getting in.
Spike got in and started to drive.
"By the way my names Jennifer" She said
"I'm Spike. Spike Spiegal." Spike said
"So uh where do you live?" He asked
"It a small place near Annie's convenience store you know of it?" She asked
"Yea I know of it I know Annie Personally" He answered.
"Oh good well you can drop me there." She said
"You know Annie?" He asked
"Yea I do odd jobs for her come to think of it I think I might have heard your name before.." She answered
"I wouldn't be surprised if you had." Spike said
after that they rode pretty much in silence until spike pulled up by Annie's place.
"Hey Jennifer tell me something, you always make it a point to remember Faces of people visiting the graveyard?" He asked
"Actually no just certain people have a certain air around them that I take notice of I tend to remember them. You just happen to be one of those people Spike. See ya." She said getting out of the car and going in Annie's. Spike started to get out and pay Annie a visit since he was there but he had more important things to do.
He went back to the place where Julia had supposedly died he figured she'd be waiting there.
He found the exact spot the roof top was surrounded by birds whose feathers matched the ones he'd been carrying around. This was it. it had to be He even found the spot where she had fallen a blood stain still remained there he kneeled and touched the ground.
"Even the rain can't Wash away our sins." Came a voice from behind him Spike turned around quickly and found Julia standing there.
"It is you...Julia." Spike said taking a step toward her.
"Spike..." She said she wanted to go to him her feelings inside upon seeing him were mixed but before she did anything else another voice came from the shadows.
"Now all the Fallen Angels Have Gathered together again." The voice said and then a figure stepped from the shadows first the black cloak then the sword then his face was revealed
"No! it can't be! I Killed you myself!" Spike yelled.
"But it is I told you Spike I won't die as long as you still live." Vicious replied.
"And so the soap opera that killed hundreds begins again." Julia said interrupting their reunion
"What do you mean?" Spike asked.
"Julia is back where she belongs With ME." Vicious answered.
"what?!" Spike yelled changing his focus to Julia. She didn't look at him she just looked away and kept silent.
"Julia...Why?" Spike asked but he got no answer
"I could ask you the same question Spike." Vicious said
"You stole her from me and turned her against me then somehow after I kill you you come back I kill you again and you come back I Kill you a third time you Come back What does it take for you to die?!" Vicious asked
"I wouldn't die until I found her when I did I actually did die that day but someone else kept me alive. And I took her from you because you didn't deserve her your nothing but a heartless Dog!" Spike yelled at him. Spike was fuming he could feel that old feeling coming back to him.
"Hahaha maybe I am but Regardless I'm the one who gets to go back while you stay stuck in hell where you belong." Vicious retorted
"You both deserve to be in hell and me along with you None of us deserve to be happy ever again in life but I'll find a way and if that's with Vicious then so be it." Juila cut in.
"But why him? Why not come to me? Its not like I was hard to find." Spike asked his eyes pleading with her.
"Because You left me in a pool of my own blood and Vicious was the one who saved me he found me and took care of me Spike" She answered
"I was in a coma for a month! There's no way I could have gone back!" He said trying to break through her reasoning.
Juilia hesitated before speaking again she hadn't known he'd been in a coma.
"Spike give up she's mine again and it's staying that way this time." Vicious said
"Tell me Vicious is this your final revenge? Getting her? You think if you have her you take away my reason for not dieing? And that now you can finally kill me?" Spike asked
"Yes and no Being able to kill you is just a bonus spike This soap opera we've been living ends here and now." Vicious said rushing spike with his sword.
Julia just watched unable to do anything she knew before Spike even got there they would fight she knew before she even planted the first clue.
Vicious' advance was cut off by a hail of bullets.
"What?!" Vicious looked to where the bullets came from.
It was Faye in her ship.
"Sorry but I'm cutting this party short." Faye said
Spike looked up at her with a grin "Faye you're a lifesaver Literally" He said taking off "Catch ya later guys" He said sliding down a ladder.
"Why you!" Vicious said starting to go after him but was cut off by another hail of bullets. "CURSE YOU!" Vicious yelled at Faye.
"Vicious he's gone let's get out of here." Julia said already starting to leave Vicious wanted to go after Spike but knew it'd be pointless to try so he followed Julia.
Faye let out a sigh of relief She was happy she'd gotten there in time. Then it hit her.
"Wasn't that Julia? What was she doing with that Vicious guy?" She asked herself
She shrugged it off figured she'd find it all out from spike later. She headed back to wait for Spike Knowing he'd probably Chew her out for getting involved even if he had thanked her then.
Spike was running hard occasionally checking to make sure He wasn't being followed he wondered how Faye had found him but that wasn't important. Right now he had to figure a way out of this tangled mess of Buildings it was a giant maze he'd known his way coming in but because of his paranoia about being followed he'd gone a different way and gotten lost he wandered and occasionally caught glimpses of what he thought was either Vicious or Julia but always turned out to be just Shadows.
Finally Spike reached the end of the maze a way out to the street then he saw Vicious go by.
"SHIT" He thought he hid behind a dumpster and waited until Julia had passed as well. He couldn't fight Vicious now he didn't have his gun on him he'd figured he wouldn't need it meeting Julia and even if he had he wouldn't have wanted it. Though now he wished he had thought differently.
He decided to make his move and make a break for the street once there it wouldn't take long for him to figure out where he was and where the nearest Red dragons were he needed a gun bad. This was the first time Spike was enjoying the perks of Running the Red dragons Extra guns . Everything else was superficial to him.
He got to the street but Vicious had heard him pass and came back for
him he was now running for his life he had no other choice but to run
He looked around to get his bearings and what luck he wasn't too far
from HQ. Though he knew that wouldn't make much difference if he didn't
get a gun if he could go through The HQ by himself to get to Vicious.
Vicious Certainly could go through it to get to him.
Spike had a decent lead on Vicious he could easily get a gun in time.
But he'd forgotten Julia who had run for a roof top position and had
set up a sniper rifle She had to kill spike or Vicious would kill her.
Spike only noticed the infrared beam just in time he rolled
underneath and when she fired the bullet actually went through his
hair and he felt it as it passed and hit the pavement.
He Vicious gained a little on him each time he stopped to dodge one of Julia's shots at this rate he wasn't going to make it but just then a few Red dragons had gotten curious and come around the corner.
"YES!" Spike thought.
"Quick Gimme a gun!" He yelled at them and one threw him a MP5 spike caught it in mid dive dodging another of Julia's shots By now his men realized what was going on and opened fire on Vicious but his sword deflected the few bullets that were fired accurately enough to even come close to hitting him he slashed them to pieces but spike now with a gun let loose a whole clip in Vicious' Back. Vicious fell a earth shattering screech could be heard as he did and then a shot hit spike in the side. He fell spike reloaded and scanned the area for Julia she was no where to be seen Spike left Vicious' Body there he didn't care if he was dead or not or if Julia came to save him all Spike wanted was to make it back home at this point.
He rushed the doors and told his men to be on alert. Mean while outside Vicious somehow through some ungodly means stood up again. Only he didn't try to pursue spike he instead went to Julia who was already running to him. She took him away to bandage him and let him recover.
Spike finally relaxed in his room he flopped on the bed bleeding everywhere he knew if Vicious came he'd know about it long before he got to his room and if he came Spike knew he'd probably die. He'd died every time he'd fought vicious and Vicious had died with him most of the time. Spike lay there bleeding wounded probably fatally Julia didn't miss much with that sniper rifle and she always hit vital organs. This was love. love hurts she'd loved him and sent a bullet full of what was left of her love to his heart And he'd buried it deep in his soul he was nothing now nothing but a shell with no one and nothing to live for...
Spike slowly passed out whispering softly "And so I die again for that woman."