Hey guys, here's chapter 7. I really put some effort into this chapter so I hope you enjoy it.  And PLEASE don't forget to REVIEW.

Chapter 7

In the kitchen Spike was rummaging around in the cupboards and refrigerator for several food items while whistling a song.

"Huh?" said Ed who had just stuck her head through the kitchen door. "What is lunkhead doing in the kitchen?"

"Well Ed, this is what we call cooking" Spike said as he got his frying pan ready. "And don't call me lunkhead" he said gritting his teeth.

"Ok lunkhead" Ed said grinning happily then continued walking past the kitchen. Spike groaned.

"Kids" he said shaking his head as he put the pieces of chicken into the heated frying pan. He looked in the cookbook 'let chicken fry for 5 mins on each side or until it gets a nice golden brown colour.' Well that doesn't sound hard" he said to himself "I told Jet that I could do this but he just wouldn't believe me."

 "I still don't believe you Spike" Jet said stepping into the kitchen.

"Oh come on, a little support please?"

"Yup," Jet said looking at the chicken in the frying pan. "This won't even last an hour of your cooking"

"Take that back" Spike said his face red with anger.

"No way." Jet said laughing. "I bet you 500 woolongs it won't last very long in your hands"

"That's chump change Jet." Spike said watching the chicken fry.  

"Well that's all I can afford to loose." Jet replied.

"Well then it's a deal" Spike said with a lopsided smile on his face. "I'm broke too."

Jet laughed as he made his way out the kitchen door. "This is the easiest 500 woolongs I've ever made." he said to himself.

"I heard that." Spike said between gritted teeth.

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Faye sighed contentedly as she relaxed in the tub. "Finally..." she breathed taking in the sweet scents of lavender. "Sweet aromatherapy…" She slowly leaned back in the tub and closed her eyes for a moment letting the sweet smell of lavender relax her. She then took up her book and continued to read the story. She really didn't care for the story. It was just another cliché story that she had read a million times before. How boring, but and times like these it served a purpose which was basically to keep her awake.  It was one of those romance novels that gave some women hope that someone was truly out there for them. Although she found this book boring, it was way better than the last one. The whole medieval thing, as she found out, was not her style. She preferred the more modern romances where the girl would meet some wonderful guy that would take good care of her and give her the security that she needed. But as usual Faye would never admit to this and at the same time it was what she saw in Spike. Faye yawned a bit as she put down the book.

"I better get out before I fall asleep." She said wearily as she got out of the tub.

"FAYE FAYE!!!" Ed screamed as she burst into the bathroom at full force. Faye practically jumped out of her skin at the sound of the crazy child's voice.

"ED!!!" Faye screamed back as she hastily grabbed her towel and covered her naked skin. "WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING IN HERE!!"

"Edward has information." Ed said in a sing song voice followed by a bark from Ein.

"What information could be so important for you to come in here like that?!"

"Its lunkhead"

"What about lunkhead?" Faye asked looking a little concerned.

"Lunkhead is making dinner for Faye Faye to make her feel better. I heard Uncle Jet talking about it"

"…" Faye looked at Ed for a moment before she burst into laughter. That was the craziest thing she'd every heard. Spike cooking. Maybe next Ed would tell her that the Bebop would explode in 5 seconds if she didn't pick her nose. She laughed so hard that she started to cry almost forgetting her embarrassment of the possibility that the kid had probably seen her naked just moments before. "You've got to be kidding me Ed" she said trying to control her laughter.

'It's true. Ed saw it with Ed's own eyes"

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Spike put the chicken in the oven and closed it then sighed as he wiped the few beads of sweat off his forehead

"Ok, well all I have to do now is take out the chicken in 20 minutes." He said to himself "This cooking thing isn't so bad after all"

"SPIKE!!" Jet shouted from the living room.

Spike quickly went to the living room where Jet was sitting down watching Big Shot. The guy they were featuring today was an unidentified male. He was wanted for the kidnapping of Ryan Black, the current protector of the stones of power that could only be used by the person who the stone chooses to be its owner. The maid at the hotel that Mr. Black was staying at said that she had heard 2 people arguing in Mr. Black's room but when she opened the door the only thing she saw was an open window. Jet turned off the television when they had finished talking about the details of the bounty. After that they were very silent. Spike was the first to speak.

"Isn't Ryan your brother Jet?" Spike asked.

"Yeah… he told me he was sensing some trouble in his letter but I never thought something like this would happen." He said concern evident in his voice.

"So Ed didn't just come here because she missed you then?"

"Yes, Ryan thought it would be best if she stayed with us."

"So we're going after this guy then?"

"Damn right" Jet said smiling "We're gonna kill that guy and save my brother"

"His kidnapper has to be a vampire then if he cannot be identified and a pretty strong one too if he could catch your brother"

"Yeah I know" Jet said his expression was suddenly serious again. "And he has to have some knowledge of the stones of power and maybe even some inside help to find the location of my brother anyway. Finding my brother is like finding a needle in a haystack. You could probably just call him a John Doe."

"So who could it possibly be?" Spike said scratching his head.

"Hmm…" Jet said trying to think of a possible suspect who could have known about the stones. "Maybe we need to check out the scene of the abduction before we try to guess."

"So what do we tell Ed in the mean time?"

"Honestly Spike, I have no idea what we're gonna tell her"

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Faye walked to her room giggling all the way. She couldn't believe that Spike was cooking dinner for her. 'Does he even know how to cook?' Faye thought to herself as she put on her white shorts and grey shirt. Maybe Ed really was playing a trick on her. She could never imagine Spike ever doing something like that for her. It almost seemed too good to be true. Maybe he was like that nice, handsome and romantic guy in her book or maybe he just felt like doing something different. Whatever the reason was, Faye was really excited. No one had ever done something like this for her before. Even is it didn't taste good, it's the thought that counts.

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In the living room Spike and Jet were still talking about the abduction of his Jet's brother Jake. They still could not figure out why someone or something would want to abduct Jake or how they even found him in the first place. One thing was certain though. It had something to do with the stones of power. Just then Faye walked in with a towel over her shoulders drying her purple locks.

"What's up with you guys?" Faye asked noticing the serious expressions on their faces.

"New bounty" Spike answered. "We'll fill you in on it when we have some solid info."

"Ok" Faye said "Anyway Spike, Ed told me about you making me dinner and I just wanted to say thanks." She said kissing him on the cheek.

"Huh? What food--" Spike's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Oh my god!! THE CHICKEN!!"

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Ok guy, what do you think? I know it was a little short and well overdue, but hey cut me some slack I'm going for honor student this year (doubt I'll make it though : P)if you see that I'm taking way too long to update please feel free to ANNOY ME!! Please don't stop reading this fic. It'll start to get really cool really soon. PLEASE REVIEW!!! And remember; feel free to ask me any questions about the fic.

Ja ne  ^_^.