Shadowing Ivy
By A Shot of Amber
* ~ * Session Three: Winding Ivy * ~ *
Spike pulled a cigarette out of his pack and put it to his lips before shoving the pack back into his pocket and reaching for his lighter, the pocket was empty though. Spike began to search through his jacket when something clicked and a flame shot up next to him.
" Need a light?" A voice asked holding out his lighter. The tiny flame danced near his face. Spike turned his head to look up at the source of the voice only to see a girl he had never believed to be real.
" Julia..?"
He quickly shook his head to clear away the vision and looked up at the girl again. Long black hair hung down on one side, blue green ribbons wound into it near the front. A pair of green eyes looking at him with a confused expression. The lighter flame still burned next to him.
" Julia? My name is not Julia." The girl felt confused to the name. A small part of her heart burning with something strange.
" Hey don't worry about it, I just mistook you for someone else," Spike replied taking the lighter from her hand and lighting his cigarette before slipping the lighter back into one pocket. " By the way what is your name?" He asked looking up at her.
A smile lit up her face bringing the green eyes to life with mischief. " What's it to you?" She asked slyly.
" Maybe I would like to know the name of the girl who took my lighter." Spike blew a cloud of gray smoke out of his mouth then flicked some ash off his cigarette.
" I didn't take your lighter, it fell out of your pocket," she replied crossing her arms in front of her.
" Yea whatever and how did it fall out my pocket?"
" Perhaps because there is a hole in the pocket big enough to let your lighter slip out and fall to the ground."
Spike just laughed and reached for his pocket slipping two fingers in to feel loose threads and a jagged hole at the bottom.
" Told you so," the girl quipped uncrossing her arms and showing him his lighter which was once again in her hand.
" How did you do that?" Spike turned to look at the girl standing behind him. The lighter glinted in the sunlight has he took it from her hands and slipped it into another pocket.
She smiled and leaned down getting close to his ear and whispered something.
" I'm magic." Her voice whispered caressing his ear.
" Oh really, well let it be known that I don't believe in magic," Spike replied leaning forward to escape the feeling of her breath on his ear.
" Well then what do you believe in?" She leaned farther over the bench too. The sleeves of her white shirt slipping off her shoulders to revel thin pale arms.
" Death and the past that haunts me." Spike's voice was very quiet and serious.
She said nothing but blinked a few times and stood up pushing her sleeves back up on her shoulders.
" My name is Ivy if you must know."
" Ivy? That's a nice name for a girl," Spike replied looking at her from the corner of his eye.
She wasn't looking at him though instead her green eyes were wide open with fear staring off beyond them. Spike noticed this and he too turned to look over the fountain in front of them.
A shot rang out heading straight towards them.
" Look out!" Ivy yelled falling to her knees and putting both arms over her head.
Spike jumped off the park bench rolling over to some bushes near to him and pulled out his gun. The forgotten cigarette was pulled from his lips and tossed away.
A few more shots rang out headed in his general viscinity. Spike fired back hitting a man in a dark suit; blood exploded from the wound as the portly man fell to the ground. People screamed and ran away from the shots, Ivy was no where to be seen.
" What a day, I'm just sitting on a park bench minding my own business and this had to happen," Spike muttered to himself as he took aim again. The shot ran out hitting its mark in the chest. Another man in a dark suit fell to the ground his gun falling into the fountain.
" Two done, three to go," Spike muttered reloading his gun.
" You're not going to get anywhere shooing at them like that."
Spike jumped dropping his gun to the ground, bullets rolled away under the bushes.
" How did you get here? I thought you had ran away?"
" I did but I came back, it's me they are after not you. I just didn't want you to die at their hands," Ivy whispered pulling her brown canvas bag off her shoulders.
" After you? Alright what is going on here?" Spike growled suddenly feeling agitated at the girl.
More shots rang out but his gun was empty since the bullets had disappeared into the bushes. Ivy opened up her bag and began to rummage through it.
" I know it's in here somewhere," she mummered shifting through it's contents before pulling out a small black grenade.
" A grenade? What are you planning to do? Blow this place up?"
" No something a little different," she smiled and pulled the pin out before tossing the thing over at the three men.
There was a brief second of silence before the thing ignited with a boom. Thick black smoke poured out covering the men, rendering them blind.
" Come on," Ivy yelled throwing her bag over her shoulders and standing up. "We need to get out of here now." She reached down and grabbed his hand pulling him up.
Together the two ran out of the park. Behind them gunshots echoed in the thick smoke. The two men yelling and trying to escape the blackness while shooting off their guns in any direction, hoping to hit any target except themselves.
She ran quickly, her hand wrapped around his wrist pulling him along with her. The brown bag bouncing off her back, black hair flying in the wind created by their movements. Spike could only run with her, the sounds of gunshots ringing past them soon faded has they got farther and farther away from the park. It was until they reached the port and the ocean did she stop and let go of his hand.
" I think we've lost them," Ivy gasped leaning on the railing.
" Who were those guys? They didn't seem to happy to see you," Spike leaned on the railing next to her his breath slowing down to a normal pace.
" I can't tell you, it's a secret," Ivy replied turning around so her back was against the rail.
" You can't tell me why some strange men are obviously trying to kill you and anyone around you? Sounds pretty fishy. What's wrong you got a bounty on you or something?"
" No nothings wrong and I don't have a bounty on me!" Ivy replied agitation filling her voice. She straightened up and faced Spike, one hand gripping the railing. Anger filled her eyes but that quickly disappeared melting into remorse and sadness.
" Basically I don't want to pull anyone into my problems so I can't tell you," she whispered looking away to the ground where her bag lay.
" Then why did you come up to me in the park if you didn't want to pull me in or get me killed?"
" Because," Ivy looked up at him a smile on her face, " You dropped your lighter and I figured you might want it back."
" Is that it?"
" Yea, I never meant to get you shot at. I just was doing a good deed, my only one for the day. Now if you'll excuse me." Ivy bent down and picked up her bag settling it onto her shoulder. " I think it's time for me to go."
Spike blinked a couple seconds wondering if he should get involved in this girl's problems. His mind came to an option quickly. If he didn't know the girl then he would stay out of her business.
" Well then it's been nice meeting you," Spike replied grinning at her and pretending to tip and imaginary hat.
Ivy smiled back then turned away one hand holding the strap of her bag, the other slipped it into the pocket of her short skirt. Spike watched her walk away like this, the setting sun sending her shadow to extend back towards him. He had just turned away himself, headed back to his ship when her voice stopped him.
" Oh yea before I forget." Spike turned back to the girl. " Here's your lighter back." Ivy pulled her hand out of the pocket and tossed a small silver object towards him.
He caught it one hand and looked down it lying in his palm.
" See you space cowboy," she called sending him a wave before turning and walking away.
Spike grinned and shoved the lighter into his pants pocket before turning away himself.
" What a strange girl."
See you space cowboy.
* ~ * Next Session* ~ *
Spike: Life is all normal on the Bebop.
Jet: Yea, we're out of food and this witch is still here.
Faye: I resent that!
Ed: Ed-person and Ein-woof are hungry!
Jet: Then go find us some damn food.
Faye: Well maybe if you actually helped us to get that last bounty.
Jet and Faye start arguing in the background.
Spike: Like I said everything is normal on the Bebop. Tune in next time for "Enter in the Goddess."
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By A Shot of Amber
* ~ * Session Three: Winding Ivy * ~ *
Spike pulled a cigarette out of his pack and put it to his lips before shoving the pack back into his pocket and reaching for his lighter, the pocket was empty though. Spike began to search through his jacket when something clicked and a flame shot up next to him.
" Need a light?" A voice asked holding out his lighter. The tiny flame danced near his face. Spike turned his head to look up at the source of the voice only to see a girl he had never believed to be real.
" Julia..?"
He quickly shook his head to clear away the vision and looked up at the girl again. Long black hair hung down on one side, blue green ribbons wound into it near the front. A pair of green eyes looking at him with a confused expression. The lighter flame still burned next to him.
" Julia? My name is not Julia." The girl felt confused to the name. A small part of her heart burning with something strange.
" Hey don't worry about it, I just mistook you for someone else," Spike replied taking the lighter from her hand and lighting his cigarette before slipping the lighter back into one pocket. " By the way what is your name?" He asked looking up at her.
A smile lit up her face bringing the green eyes to life with mischief. " What's it to you?" She asked slyly.
" Maybe I would like to know the name of the girl who took my lighter." Spike blew a cloud of gray smoke out of his mouth then flicked some ash off his cigarette.
" I didn't take your lighter, it fell out of your pocket," she replied crossing her arms in front of her.
" Yea whatever and how did it fall out my pocket?"
" Perhaps because there is a hole in the pocket big enough to let your lighter slip out and fall to the ground."
Spike just laughed and reached for his pocket slipping two fingers in to feel loose threads and a jagged hole at the bottom.
" Told you so," the girl quipped uncrossing her arms and showing him his lighter which was once again in her hand.
" How did you do that?" Spike turned to look at the girl standing behind him. The lighter glinted in the sunlight has he took it from her hands and slipped it into another pocket.
She smiled and leaned down getting close to his ear and whispered something.
" I'm magic." Her voice whispered caressing his ear.
" Oh really, well let it be known that I don't believe in magic," Spike replied leaning forward to escape the feeling of her breath on his ear.
" Well then what do you believe in?" She leaned farther over the bench too. The sleeves of her white shirt slipping off her shoulders to revel thin pale arms.
" Death and the past that haunts me." Spike's voice was very quiet and serious.
She said nothing but blinked a few times and stood up pushing her sleeves back up on her shoulders.
" My name is Ivy if you must know."
" Ivy? That's a nice name for a girl," Spike replied looking at her from the corner of his eye.
She wasn't looking at him though instead her green eyes were wide open with fear staring off beyond them. Spike noticed this and he too turned to look over the fountain in front of them.
A shot rang out heading straight towards them.
" Look out!" Ivy yelled falling to her knees and putting both arms over her head.
Spike jumped off the park bench rolling over to some bushes near to him and pulled out his gun. The forgotten cigarette was pulled from his lips and tossed away.
A few more shots rang out headed in his general viscinity. Spike fired back hitting a man in a dark suit; blood exploded from the wound as the portly man fell to the ground. People screamed and ran away from the shots, Ivy was no where to be seen.
" What a day, I'm just sitting on a park bench minding my own business and this had to happen," Spike muttered to himself as he took aim again. The shot ran out hitting its mark in the chest. Another man in a dark suit fell to the ground his gun falling into the fountain.
" Two done, three to go," Spike muttered reloading his gun.
" You're not going to get anywhere shooing at them like that."
Spike jumped dropping his gun to the ground, bullets rolled away under the bushes.
" How did you get here? I thought you had ran away?"
" I did but I came back, it's me they are after not you. I just didn't want you to die at their hands," Ivy whispered pulling her brown canvas bag off her shoulders.
" After you? Alright what is going on here?" Spike growled suddenly feeling agitated at the girl.
More shots rang out but his gun was empty since the bullets had disappeared into the bushes. Ivy opened up her bag and began to rummage through it.
" I know it's in here somewhere," she mummered shifting through it's contents before pulling out a small black grenade.
" A grenade? What are you planning to do? Blow this place up?"
" No something a little different," she smiled and pulled the pin out before tossing the thing over at the three men.
There was a brief second of silence before the thing ignited with a boom. Thick black smoke poured out covering the men, rendering them blind.
" Come on," Ivy yelled throwing her bag over her shoulders and standing up. "We need to get out of here now." She reached down and grabbed his hand pulling him up.
Together the two ran out of the park. Behind them gunshots echoed in the thick smoke. The two men yelling and trying to escape the blackness while shooting off their guns in any direction, hoping to hit any target except themselves.
She ran quickly, her hand wrapped around his wrist pulling him along with her. The brown bag bouncing off her back, black hair flying in the wind created by their movements. Spike could only run with her, the sounds of gunshots ringing past them soon faded has they got farther and farther away from the park. It was until they reached the port and the ocean did she stop and let go of his hand.
" I think we've lost them," Ivy gasped leaning on the railing.
" Who were those guys? They didn't seem to happy to see you," Spike leaned on the railing next to her his breath slowing down to a normal pace.
" I can't tell you, it's a secret," Ivy replied turning around so her back was against the rail.
" You can't tell me why some strange men are obviously trying to kill you and anyone around you? Sounds pretty fishy. What's wrong you got a bounty on you or something?"
" No nothings wrong and I don't have a bounty on me!" Ivy replied agitation filling her voice. She straightened up and faced Spike, one hand gripping the railing. Anger filled her eyes but that quickly disappeared melting into remorse and sadness.
" Basically I don't want to pull anyone into my problems so I can't tell you," she whispered looking away to the ground where her bag lay.
" Then why did you come up to me in the park if you didn't want to pull me in or get me killed?"
" Because," Ivy looked up at him a smile on her face, " You dropped your lighter and I figured you might want it back."
" Is that it?"
" Yea, I never meant to get you shot at. I just was doing a good deed, my only one for the day. Now if you'll excuse me." Ivy bent down and picked up her bag settling it onto her shoulder. " I think it's time for me to go."
Spike blinked a couple seconds wondering if he should get involved in this girl's problems. His mind came to an option quickly. If he didn't know the girl then he would stay out of her business.
" Well then it's been nice meeting you," Spike replied grinning at her and pretending to tip and imaginary hat.
Ivy smiled back then turned away one hand holding the strap of her bag, the other slipped it into the pocket of her short skirt. Spike watched her walk away like this, the setting sun sending her shadow to extend back towards him. He had just turned away himself, headed back to his ship when her voice stopped him.
" Oh yea before I forget." Spike turned back to the girl. " Here's your lighter back." Ivy pulled her hand out of the pocket and tossed a small silver object towards him.
He caught it one hand and looked down it lying in his palm.
" See you space cowboy," she called sending him a wave before turning and walking away.
Spike grinned and shoved the lighter into his pants pocket before turning away himself.
" What a strange girl."
See you space cowboy.
* ~ * Next Session* ~ *
Spike: Life is all normal on the Bebop.
Jet: Yea, we're out of food and this witch is still here.
Faye: I resent that!
Ed: Ed-person and Ein-woof are hungry!
Jet: Then go find us some damn food.
Faye: Well maybe if you actually helped us to get that last bounty.
Jet and Faye start arguing in the background.
Spike: Like I said everything is normal on the Bebop. Tune in next time for "Enter in the Goddess."
Well what did everyone think? Like? Hate? Love? Tell me!!! Send me some reviews or email me at Saphrians_Water_Reflection@hotmail.com. I look forward to all your responses!