The Bounty Hunter

Chapter Four

By A Fire Inside


"What do you people eat around here? What's this…Crap, crap more crap…what is this? Avocado juice—you can't be serious" Yamato said as he rummaged the cupboards.

"It's called eating healthy." She responded as she made grabbed the juice from him.

"No, no it's not…Vegetables and fruits, huh? Where do you get all of your protein? For god's sake woman, kill a cow or something!" He yelled in frustration while moving towards the other room.

"Would you mind telling me when you plan on moving around? It'll save me the trouble of tripping after you." She shouted with a yank of the cuffs.

"Well you shouldn't have cuffed yourself to me in the first place…tripping after you…please you're tripping over me not after me." He scoffed.

"Wasn't it you who decided to swallow the key?" she pointed out while he examined a sandwich.

"Finally something decent…this—this is what…you should…be eating…I mean—bread, ham…dude it even—it even has bacon…good eating" he managed between bites.

"Don't speak with your mouth full," she scolded as she pushed him away from her.

"Here have some," he handed her the sandwich she of course refused. "When was the last time you had a sandwich? C'mon if may not be made of tofu—and it may have bread instead lettuce…c'mon," he said as he backed her into a wall. "You know…you'd make the animals that died to become these ingredients very proud…I mean if they knew they'd be going into such an incredibly hot body they commit suicide…just one bite."

"They'd only commit suicide because they'd know that they'd be responsible for someone's messed up physique," she said reluctantly taking a bite.

"Still you'd eat more because they wouldn't slaughtered they'd be dying at they're own hands?—hoofs" he corrected.

"But how can you eat bacon knowing where it came from?" she questioned him.

"How can you send your bounties to prison knowing what they do there?" he responded. "Besides my ancestors didn't fight huge dinosaurs for me to be eating grass. We're at the top of the food chain for a reason!" he added.

"Prison and animal rights aren't even comparable." She retorted

"Maybe so…but I'm glad I'm getting the death sentence. No chance in hell am I going to be some guy's girlfriend." He said taking the last bite of the sandwich.

"You're afraid of being someone's girlfriend? Look at this," she said as she displayed a file on a large screen. "You've killed twenty-nine people, robbed forty-seven graves, put eighteen people in critical condition…what else do we have here? You've—held up sixty-two banks…impressive for someone who's only 25 years old…I see, you committed your first criminal act when you were 16, hmm" she read aloud.

"…I hate that picture, I mean red isn't my color wouldn't you agree?" he questioned after several moments of silence.

"Yeah, black looks much bett…I mean how should I know?"

"Oh my effing god she almost agreed with me." He mocked.

"Shut-up!"


"Hey, why don't you go to that website—you know the one with the names and pics of all the bounty hunters Black killed." He asked after having sat next to the ship entrance for over an hour.

"Why do you think he's dead?" she asked.

"C'mon Mimi! I know you're more than something for me to look at. Prove it and use your head. It's 11:30pm, almost a day! You'd think the guy would at least call!" He shouted while dragging her into the computer room.

"Fine! You're See he's not in here…"

"Let me see…what's the jerk's name again?" he asked.

"Michael Parker" she responded.

"That, by far is the whitest name I've ever heard…no wonder…you couldn't recognize him…Jerry, gross…your partner got skinned."

"…"

"…Ms. Tachikawa—uh, Mimi?" he asked

"…He was only here for about two weeks…there isn't that much of an emotional attachment there." She said in a shaky voice.

"…So…"

"…"

"I guess this is the reason Jerry's ahead of me on the wanted list…Even I don't kill people and gloat about it online." Yamato noted casually.

"I hadn't noticed…we should get going" she said head towards the control room.

"What! No! I haven't slept in thirty-seven hours. I'm all for going off to meet my death…but would you just let me sleep?" Yamato requested. Not waiting for a response he began walking in the opposite direction of her. "I know I saw a bed around here somewhere…" he said as he looked through each room.

"Fine we can sleep…just do me a favor and stay on your side of the bed." She ordered him as she dragged him towards her room.

"Oh c'mon…you know you want me to disobey you as much as I do." He said as he climbed into her bed.

"…Get over yourself." She yawned.

"…No thanks…but I wouldn't mind getting under you."

"Go to…hell"

"I love you too."


Author's notes: …yeah I finally updated…Demetri and I aren't on the best of terms at the moment…so what'd you guys think. I really couldn't think of any good transitions for going from: dead partner to "hey let's climb in bed together."

So yeah, please review…please. And don't forget to check out Rock Legend's c2 community titled In Vacuo in Extrimis.