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Bebop. Thanks for my so far one review. Again, spoilers will be included
if you did not see episodes 25,26 you may be disappointed in this story.
Kahni tapped her fingers on the table in irritation. She looked around at the blank walls and the tiny camera humming in the corner. All too familiar she thought.
"Two private visits in the same month?" the guard teased her. "Who did you kiss and where?"
"I don't kiss and tell." She replied flashing him a quick, but fake smile. She was nervous and worried. The guard was not leaving. Who had decided to come and see her now. Was it Spike again? Was it the Syndicate? Did the Van find out that he had come to see her? Had Vicious found out? Her mind spun with the horror of that particular thought. She should have been prepared for what came next but it still caught her offguard.
A tall leggy blonde walked in and sat across from her at the small white table.
"You look . . . different, thinner." The woman said.
"Prison can do that sometimes. But you, you look just the same." Kahni watched the woman's hands tremble slightly as she lit a cigarette. She was no longer nervous, but enjoyed every minute of Julia's suffering. Still Kahni had no idea why she had come to see her. And now of all times, only a week before her parole hearing. But maybe she didn't know about that. "What are you doing here Julia?"
"What did Spike say to you."
"What?" Kahni looked shocked and played it well. "What are you talking about?"
"I know he came. I sent him to you. Things are going to get very bad and I didn't, I don't want to see you get hurt." Julia was leaning a bit forward, intense on Kahni's face. "I don't know what you are talking about." Kahni wanted to react differently but knew she couldn't. Had Julia really expected her to accept help from either of them? That was ludicrous. She felt something dark rising in her; a coldness that she fought to keep inside.
"Don't play stupid. This isn't a game, it's your life."
"Hey look, if you say you sent him, maybe you did, but he didn't come here. Maybe. he's seeing someone behind your back." A thin evil grin crossed Kahni's face when she saw Julia blanche.
Julia recovered after a minute or two, but her flustered state would last Kahni a lifetime of vindication. Not that Vicious would have approved, but. . . She didn't wait for Julia to ask, she just reached across the table and picked up a cigarette and her lighter and helped her self.
"Vicious never liked women smoking." Julia accused.
Kahni regarded her darkly. "Yeah, well, me and Vic have an understanding." She said lighting the cigarette and placing the lighter back on the table. "I don't smoke when on the job, he let's me do what I want. It's kinda sweet ya know?" Kahni leaned back in her chair comfortably.
"What do you mean sweet?" Julia was confused. Kahni was acting like they were talking about Spike, not Vicious. He couldn't have changed, not that much. Julia felt she had to be lying.
"I'm an explosives expert, the best the syndicate has to date. Guess Vic doesn't want me to go blowing myself up. As long as we aren't working, I can smoke." Julia still didn't buy it. "He doesn't love you." Julia said. "He's not capable of love."
"You have no idea what he is capable of!" Kahni yelled.
"Yes, I do." She said in her sad soft voice. Kahni hated it. She had always hated it. It was that patronizing voice that she'd used to use when talking with her brothers and her.
"Damn it! He should have killed you when he had the chance the first time. If he'd sent me like he was supposed to you would already be dead." Kahni waited for that to sink in for Julia.
"What are you saying?" Julia asked tentatively.
"He was weak. He was supposed to send me to get rid of you once and for all but he said that he knew better than the syndicate. He said he knew in his heart that you wouldn't betray him, not totally. You think he's not capable of love? Why do you think you are still alive? You don't think he's kept tabs on you? That he's protected you all this time? You're an even bigger fool than I thought."
"It couldn't, it. can't.." Julia struggled with those thoughts.
"It doensn't matter what you believe in now anyway, Julia. Your time marker has expired. We are finished." The last statement was directed to the guard behind her. Kahni stubbed out the cigarette and stood up. Julia look up at her without any expression. "I hope you know what you are doing."
Kahni flashed her a smile. At that moment Julia realized she looked just like Shin. "We'll see each other soon." Kahni winked and let the guard lead her out.
Kahni tapped her fingers on the table in irritation. She looked around at the blank walls and the tiny camera humming in the corner. All too familiar she thought.
"Two private visits in the same month?" the guard teased her. "Who did you kiss and where?"
"I don't kiss and tell." She replied flashing him a quick, but fake smile. She was nervous and worried. The guard was not leaving. Who had decided to come and see her now. Was it Spike again? Was it the Syndicate? Did the Van find out that he had come to see her? Had Vicious found out? Her mind spun with the horror of that particular thought. She should have been prepared for what came next but it still caught her offguard.
A tall leggy blonde walked in and sat across from her at the small white table.
"You look . . . different, thinner." The woman said.
"Prison can do that sometimes. But you, you look just the same." Kahni watched the woman's hands tremble slightly as she lit a cigarette. She was no longer nervous, but enjoyed every minute of Julia's suffering. Still Kahni had no idea why she had come to see her. And now of all times, only a week before her parole hearing. But maybe she didn't know about that. "What are you doing here Julia?"
"What did Spike say to you."
"What?" Kahni looked shocked and played it well. "What are you talking about?"
"I know he came. I sent him to you. Things are going to get very bad and I didn't, I don't want to see you get hurt." Julia was leaning a bit forward, intense on Kahni's face. "I don't know what you are talking about." Kahni wanted to react differently but knew she couldn't. Had Julia really expected her to accept help from either of them? That was ludicrous. She felt something dark rising in her; a coldness that she fought to keep inside.
"Don't play stupid. This isn't a game, it's your life."
"Hey look, if you say you sent him, maybe you did, but he didn't come here. Maybe. he's seeing someone behind your back." A thin evil grin crossed Kahni's face when she saw Julia blanche.
Julia recovered after a minute or two, but her flustered state would last Kahni a lifetime of vindication. Not that Vicious would have approved, but. . . She didn't wait for Julia to ask, she just reached across the table and picked up a cigarette and her lighter and helped her self.
"Vicious never liked women smoking." Julia accused.
Kahni regarded her darkly. "Yeah, well, me and Vic have an understanding." She said lighting the cigarette and placing the lighter back on the table. "I don't smoke when on the job, he let's me do what I want. It's kinda sweet ya know?" Kahni leaned back in her chair comfortably.
"What do you mean sweet?" Julia was confused. Kahni was acting like they were talking about Spike, not Vicious. He couldn't have changed, not that much. Julia felt she had to be lying.
"I'm an explosives expert, the best the syndicate has to date. Guess Vic doesn't want me to go blowing myself up. As long as we aren't working, I can smoke." Julia still didn't buy it. "He doesn't love you." Julia said. "He's not capable of love."
"You have no idea what he is capable of!" Kahni yelled.
"Yes, I do." She said in her sad soft voice. Kahni hated it. She had always hated it. It was that patronizing voice that she'd used to use when talking with her brothers and her.
"Damn it! He should have killed you when he had the chance the first time. If he'd sent me like he was supposed to you would already be dead." Kahni waited for that to sink in for Julia.
"What are you saying?" Julia asked tentatively.
"He was weak. He was supposed to send me to get rid of you once and for all but he said that he knew better than the syndicate. He said he knew in his heart that you wouldn't betray him, not totally. You think he's not capable of love? Why do you think you are still alive? You don't think he's kept tabs on you? That he's protected you all this time? You're an even bigger fool than I thought."
"It couldn't, it. can't.." Julia struggled with those thoughts.
"It doensn't matter what you believe in now anyway, Julia. Your time marker has expired. We are finished." The last statement was directed to the guard behind her. Kahni stubbed out the cigarette and stood up. Julia look up at her without any expression. "I hope you know what you are doing."
Kahni flashed her a smile. At that moment Julia realized she looked just like Shin. "We'll see each other soon." Kahni winked and let the guard lead her out.