Okay, Here it is. A private reviewer who wishes to remain nameless has
given has kindly informed me that I didn't really develop a relationship
between Kahni and her brothers. So I decided to revamp the story a little,
which works out for my best interest, because I can give you some pertinent
information that I desperately needed to fit into the story eventually and
I was getting stuck as to how I would do it. So normal disclaimers, I own
nothing but my own red/black left/right articulate/artistic mind.
*****This is written from a new character's POV. What if Shin and Lin had a sister in the syndicate? What if Vicious had found another love. Someone, not to replace Julia or Spike but who could fill up the hole left by both of them. WARNING although I have taken liberties with the story, I have not nor intend to change the plot line. Extreme Spoilers Ahead. This is just the preview, more chapters to come.This is my first fanfic. Shall I continue???
They seemed an odd couple Lin thought. Maybe it was because he was so used to seeing him with Julia. Tall, blonde Julia, they just seemed to fit, her and Vicious. But Kahni was different. She was shorter than Vicious, with jet black hair and ice blue eyes. Steel eyes he'd heard his brother say, once. He had not real problem with his sister being with Vicious. He felt she was safer that way. Since he had been assigned to stick by Vicious side at all times, he could keep regular tabs on Kahni and didn't worry about her that much. Shin worried a lot. He was a runner, and didn't have the same kind of relationship with Kahni or Vicious that Lin had. Maybe it was because he missed Julia, or maybe it was because he hated seeing his sister go into Vicious' office and not leave until the following day, but Shin hated the thought of them together But, Kahni was not like Julia. Julia was never a member, she was a gangster's girlfriend. Kahni was one of them. She had work to do and she took orders just like they did. Mostly her orders came from Vicious but sometimes she had to go to the Van themselves. And when she did, it was never a good thing. It usually meant she had work off planet to do and when she was away things got edgy. Vicious grew very quiet, kept to himself mostly. Shin would get fidgety and would even dare to question Vicious' motives. But Lin didn't think his brother was stupid. Lin knew he was just worried about Kahni; worried about her running into.people she shouldn't. And then one day the worst happened. And then one day, she got caught.
(2 years later, Mars, ISSP First Security Prison)
The guard unlocked one of the cuffs, spun Kahni and cuffed her hands together in the front. He pointed to the chair and she sat. The room was very small, no windows except for the frosted glass one in the door. One small table and two chairs were all that furnished the room. A security camera swiveled and blinked in the corner. A private room, she thought. She'd not had a private visit in two years. Not even the syndicate lawyers came to her in these rooms, because they never had any advice or legal matter to really deal with. They were only sent to make sure she was behaving. The guard had left and the low hum of the camera was unnerving.
She laid her head on her arms upon the table. Just as her eyes seemed to close a man walked in and sat down across from her. She looked up but never expected to see HIM there. Her face paled.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." The man said lighting a cigarette. Kahni didn't answer. He handed her the cigarette and she took it with a trembling hand. He watched her body react to the nicotine. After a moment she was able to stop herself from trembling.
"What do you want.?" She asked.
"How're your brothers?"
"I haven't seen them. They don't come to visit, if that's what you want to know." She took another drag and relaxed a little more in her chair.
The man looked puzzled. "Why not?"
"They have their orders. We all have our orders." The man frowned. "From who?" Kahni looked at him and laughed. She inhaled and blew out a small cloud of smoke. He watched her but she didn't move. She was careful, no she was worried. She glanced up and him and caught him staring. It was unnerving, his eyes. One was darker than the other. "What do you want?" she asked again, finishing off the cigarette and stubbing it out on the table's edge.
"He's a Devil. You will die if you stay with him." Kahni stayed silent.
"Talk to me. Let me help get you out of here, and I can protect you." She looked at him squarely. "Really?" she asked sarcastically. He didn't take his eyes off her, but pointed to the camera in the corner.
"He'll never know. He'll never find out I was here. Trust me." That grin she thought. It was powerful. Just like Vic had said. She huffed her disbelief but glanced up at the camera. The light was off and it wasn't moving.
"But.how..?"
"I know a friend of a friend." She still didn't speak. "Help me stop him," he continued.
"You mean kill him." She shot back.
"I mean stop him before he hurts anyone else."
"You mean before he hurts Julia." The man leaned back in the chair and lit another cigarette. He puffed out some smoke and grinned again. "No wonder Vicious likes you." They sat there silent for a few moments. Thoughts passed between them, unspoken, but completely understood. Finally she reached across the table and took another cigarette from his pack. As he leaned forward to light it for her he said, "You love him, don't you." Kahni jerked but didn't move until the tip of the cigarette was lit. She sat back and motioned to the item in his hand. "Why do you keep the lighter?" It was polished silver with a brass top and an engraved red dragon on its side.
"I asked you first." He countered. "I need him, he keeps me alive."
"But he'd let you go to prison for him? It's not the first time you know."
"I didn't go to jail FOR him!" she said pounding a fist on the table. He raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I was convicted of crimes I've committed and have to pay for my sins." She continued.
"And who says when that payment is up? Him? The Syndicate?"
"You've been gone a long time, Spike. But you know that the syndicate doesn't allow mistakes like the ones I made go unpunished. They bury those mistakes. Vicious is the only one that keeps me alive. If he dies, my life is forfeit to the syndicate, whether I'm by his side, or rotting in this prison, doesn't really matter."
"I see." Spike said. He was lost. He didn't know where to go from here. Nothing was getting through to her. Suddenly she stood up and he heard the guard approaching. He knocked on the door and said "Time up." She threw the cigarette down and stepped on it right before the guard came in. As the guard took her arm Spike said, "Wait."
Kahni turned to face him. He was fumbling with the lighter, flipping it through his fingers like a magician. "I keep the lighter because.. Because it works." He smiled and she smiled back. He could here her laughing as she walked out of the room. "Farewell, Spike Speigel. We won't meet again." She called back to him.
Spike sat in silence a long time and finally said, "No, I hope not."
*****This is written from a new character's POV. What if Shin and Lin had a sister in the syndicate? What if Vicious had found another love. Someone, not to replace Julia or Spike but who could fill up the hole left by both of them. WARNING although I have taken liberties with the story, I have not nor intend to change the plot line. Extreme Spoilers Ahead. This is just the preview, more chapters to come.This is my first fanfic. Shall I continue???
They seemed an odd couple Lin thought. Maybe it was because he was so used to seeing him with Julia. Tall, blonde Julia, they just seemed to fit, her and Vicious. But Kahni was different. She was shorter than Vicious, with jet black hair and ice blue eyes. Steel eyes he'd heard his brother say, once. He had not real problem with his sister being with Vicious. He felt she was safer that way. Since he had been assigned to stick by Vicious side at all times, he could keep regular tabs on Kahni and didn't worry about her that much. Shin worried a lot. He was a runner, and didn't have the same kind of relationship with Kahni or Vicious that Lin had. Maybe it was because he missed Julia, or maybe it was because he hated seeing his sister go into Vicious' office and not leave until the following day, but Shin hated the thought of them together But, Kahni was not like Julia. Julia was never a member, she was a gangster's girlfriend. Kahni was one of them. She had work to do and she took orders just like they did. Mostly her orders came from Vicious but sometimes she had to go to the Van themselves. And when she did, it was never a good thing. It usually meant she had work off planet to do and when she was away things got edgy. Vicious grew very quiet, kept to himself mostly. Shin would get fidgety and would even dare to question Vicious' motives. But Lin didn't think his brother was stupid. Lin knew he was just worried about Kahni; worried about her running into.people she shouldn't. And then one day the worst happened. And then one day, she got caught.
(2 years later, Mars, ISSP First Security Prison)
The guard unlocked one of the cuffs, spun Kahni and cuffed her hands together in the front. He pointed to the chair and she sat. The room was very small, no windows except for the frosted glass one in the door. One small table and two chairs were all that furnished the room. A security camera swiveled and blinked in the corner. A private room, she thought. She'd not had a private visit in two years. Not even the syndicate lawyers came to her in these rooms, because they never had any advice or legal matter to really deal with. They were only sent to make sure she was behaving. The guard had left and the low hum of the camera was unnerving.
She laid her head on her arms upon the table. Just as her eyes seemed to close a man walked in and sat down across from her. She looked up but never expected to see HIM there. Her face paled.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." The man said lighting a cigarette. Kahni didn't answer. He handed her the cigarette and she took it with a trembling hand. He watched her body react to the nicotine. After a moment she was able to stop herself from trembling.
"What do you want.?" She asked.
"How're your brothers?"
"I haven't seen them. They don't come to visit, if that's what you want to know." She took another drag and relaxed a little more in her chair.
The man looked puzzled. "Why not?"
"They have their orders. We all have our orders." The man frowned. "From who?" Kahni looked at him and laughed. She inhaled and blew out a small cloud of smoke. He watched her but she didn't move. She was careful, no she was worried. She glanced up and him and caught him staring. It was unnerving, his eyes. One was darker than the other. "What do you want?" she asked again, finishing off the cigarette and stubbing it out on the table's edge.
"He's a Devil. You will die if you stay with him." Kahni stayed silent.
"Talk to me. Let me help get you out of here, and I can protect you." She looked at him squarely. "Really?" she asked sarcastically. He didn't take his eyes off her, but pointed to the camera in the corner.
"He'll never know. He'll never find out I was here. Trust me." That grin she thought. It was powerful. Just like Vic had said. She huffed her disbelief but glanced up at the camera. The light was off and it wasn't moving.
"But.how..?"
"I know a friend of a friend." She still didn't speak. "Help me stop him," he continued.
"You mean kill him." She shot back.
"I mean stop him before he hurts anyone else."
"You mean before he hurts Julia." The man leaned back in the chair and lit another cigarette. He puffed out some smoke and grinned again. "No wonder Vicious likes you." They sat there silent for a few moments. Thoughts passed between them, unspoken, but completely understood. Finally she reached across the table and took another cigarette from his pack. As he leaned forward to light it for her he said, "You love him, don't you." Kahni jerked but didn't move until the tip of the cigarette was lit. She sat back and motioned to the item in his hand. "Why do you keep the lighter?" It was polished silver with a brass top and an engraved red dragon on its side.
"I asked you first." He countered. "I need him, he keeps me alive."
"But he'd let you go to prison for him? It's not the first time you know."
"I didn't go to jail FOR him!" she said pounding a fist on the table. He raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. "I was convicted of crimes I've committed and have to pay for my sins." She continued.
"And who says when that payment is up? Him? The Syndicate?"
"You've been gone a long time, Spike. But you know that the syndicate doesn't allow mistakes like the ones I made go unpunished. They bury those mistakes. Vicious is the only one that keeps me alive. If he dies, my life is forfeit to the syndicate, whether I'm by his side, or rotting in this prison, doesn't really matter."
"I see." Spike said. He was lost. He didn't know where to go from here. Nothing was getting through to her. Suddenly she stood up and he heard the guard approaching. He knocked on the door and said "Time up." She threw the cigarette down and stepped on it right before the guard came in. As the guard took her arm Spike said, "Wait."
Kahni turned to face him. He was fumbling with the lighter, flipping it through his fingers like a magician. "I keep the lighter because.. Because it works." He smiled and she smiled back. He could here her laughing as she walked out of the room. "Farewell, Spike Speigel. We won't meet again." She called back to him.
Spike sat in silence a long time and finally said, "No, I hope not."