It's payback time! You didn't think the girls would just take their licks, did you? Well get ready for a hilarious form of payback! Prepare to laugh!

-Randall Flagg2

(1)

Faye was trying her best to sleep. She had to lay on her stomach after what Spike had done to her. Her bottom was too sore. But it was nowhere near as sore as her ego. She, Faye Valentine, had been spanked! Gods above, she had never been so humiliated! And it had been Spike who had administered the punishment too! That was just too much, too soon. And the way she had been crying! She had never cried like that before! Only children were supposed to cry that way! Ooh, it made her so angry. Thanks to Spike and paddle, she had been reduced to a mess of tears.

"Jerk." Faye thought. "You are so dead once I think of a way to pay you back. Nobody humiliates me like that and lives to tell about it. I just need a way to get back at you."

Wait a minute! That girl, Serenity. She had been the one to start the pranks in the first place, so surely she could help her pay Spike back! Jet too. Ah heck the whole lot of them. Inuyasha had punished Serenity, Spike had punished her, and Jet had let it happen. It was a perfect circle.

Faye smirked. She got up, reached into her pocket, lit up a cigarette and went down the hall. With Serenity's help, she just might get revenge.

(2)

"Hang on, hang on, I'm coming!" Serenity yawned as she went to the door. She opened the door and there was Faye. She had a very sly look on her face.

"Oh hi Faye. What's cooking?"

"Can I speak to you and Ed for a moment?" she asked. Ed was sleeping in a sleeping bag on the ground in Serenity's room.

"Uh, sure."

(3)

Next day...

Jet black yawned and stretched. Time for another day in the game of life. He got out of bed, got dressed, and went downstairs. Everybody was already eating breakfast (Faye and Serenity were eating standing up). He made himself some toast and sat down at the table next to Inuyasha.

"Sleep well?" Inuyasha asked, eating toast as well.

"Yeah sure. You?"

"Fine." Inuyasha shot a nasty look in the direction of his sister. "I hope you've learned your lesson Serenity." he said coldly. "If not, you're getting another trip over my knee."

Serenity whimpered. "Yes Inuyasha sama." she said quietly, and resumed eating her breakfast.

Spike, Inuyasha and Jet conversed as they ate, discussing things about their lives and things like that. The girls were silent. If only the other three knew what awaited them. Oh of only they knew...

(4)

After breakfast, Jet went upstairs to take a shower. The events of last night still weighed heavily on him. He felt a bit sorry for Faye and what she went through, but on the other hand she did deserve it. Those pranks had been anything but fun. Jet still could not taste anything after the incident with the hot sauce.

Before he could undress, he saw a small string with a sign on it that said "PULL".

"Oh what the heck, I'll try it." Jet said to nobody in particular. He pulled the string.

CRASH!!! A open bag of tools which had been taped to the ceiling fell on Jet. Wrenches, hammers, and a jackknife fell on Jet, knocking him onto the ground. Pain shot up his head in waves. For a moment he could have sworn he saw stars in front of his eyes. Then he blacked out as one last wrench fell from the bag and onto his head.

(5)

"What was that crash I heard?" Spike asked.

"Beats me." Inuyasha said. "Maybe Jet fell down or something."

"No really what caused it? That kinda stuff doesn't happen to Jet."

"Whatever. I'm gonna go down to the basement for a second okay?"

"What for?" Inuyasha asked. "There isn't anything of interest in the basement."

"I just want to see it. It's the only place in the house I haven't checked out yet."

"Suit yourself." Spike went to the basement steps and opened the door. He started to descend the steps but when his foot touched the first step he slipped. Spike flailed his arms for balance but to no avail. The steps felt as if they had been greased! He suddenly went flying forwards and toppled down the staircase. But when he got to the bottom...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Spike's ear splitting howl rose up the stairs. Inuyasha rushed down the stairs and turned on the light.

The sight before him was quite laughable.

Spike Spiegal, former operative of red dragon and bounty hunter for the bebop, was laying face first on the ground and he was wailing like a banshee. Inuyasha could understand why since the man had landed face first on a cactus. The same cactus they kept upstairs.

"I don't recall moving that thing down here." Inuyasha thought.

Spike forced himself to stand up. Cactus needles were sticking out of his face. "You sure your sister was taught to respect her elders?" he asked sarcastically.

(6)

First Jet, now Spike. It didn't take a genius to know Serenity and the other girls were behind this. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles. "Wait until I get my hands on that brat! When I find her she's not going to sit for a month!!!"

Spike remarked "And I'm going to help you this time."

They started to go up the steps (carefully sincethey had been greased)when Inuyasha heard a scraping nose from above. He looked up just in time to see a bucket spill a wave of liquid on his head. Almost immediately, Spike began to laugh.

"What's so funny?!" Inuyasha snarled. Spike just laughed and pointed at the hanyou's head. Inuyasha went back downstairs and looked in a mirror. He screamed at what he saw.

His hair had been dyed pink.

"YOU ARE SO DEAD SERENITY!!!!" Inuyasha roared. He dashed upstairs, Spike following him. Jet was at the top.

"You think it was them again?" Jet asked.

"Of course it was!!" Inuyasha yelled. "My sister never learns her lesson!"

The three of them went off to search for the girls.

(7)

Ed and Serenity were giggling. Revenge was certainly fun. Now there was only one part of it left.

Faye turned to Canti. "You know what to do TV boy."

Canti nodded and went down the hall.

(8)

The three men were stopped short by a certain TV screen headed robot. "What the hell do you want?!" Inuyasha asked.

Canti said nothing (although he never did speak anyway). He simply turned Inuyasha around, took out some rope, and tied his hands behind his back. Then, quick as a flash, he tied Inuyasha's ankles up too. Spike and Jet were so shocked by this action that they made no move to stop it. Canti turned to Spike and did the same to him. Jet started towards the robot but he too soon found himself tied up. Then Canti laid them on the ground, stomach down. Just as he did, Serenity, Faye and Ed walked into the room.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Jet demanded.

Faye smirked. "It's a little something we like to call payback. You think we would forget what you did to us yesterday?"

"You had better let us up right now!!" Inuyasha snarled.

"Yeah?" Serenity taunted. "What are you gonna do if we don't?! Spank us?!"

"Not if you let us up right now." Spike said evenly.

"You just try it! I think it's time we give you guys what you gave us!"

Inuyasha grew nervous. "What do you mean?" he said.

Faye went down the hallway and came back with the paddle from the garage. "You'll see!"

Jet's eyes widened. "You wouldn't! Don't you dare!"

Faye gave Serenity the paddle. "You got it first, so you can get whichever one you want."

Serenity started towards Inuyasha. "Here we go!" she crowed and slammed the paddle as hard as she could against Inuyasha's bottom. The hanyou screamed in pain. Serenity slammed it down again and Inuyasha felt tears come to his eyes. This wasn't supposed to happen!

(SMACK) "Inuyasha I (SMACK) hope that you (SMACK) learn to lighten up (SMACK) a bit!" Serenity said as she paddled her hapless brother. Inuyasha gritted his teeth trying not to yell or cry.

Faye and Ed approached Spike and Jet. Ed was holding a wooden hairbrush and Faye held nothing.

"Faye I am warning you to let me up right now!! You'll regret this if you do it!" Jet yelled from the ground.

Faye kneeled down next to Jet. "Yeah right buddy. Just don't cry okay?" Faye said. She swung her hand forward. WHACK!!!

Jet gritted his teeth. Faye had a wicked swing from all the bounties she had gone after and it hurt. It reminded him of his childhood with his mother. His mother and that stupid paddle she had!!

Ed for her part when up to Spike and giggled. "Meanie Spike person will pay the consequences!" she crowed and swung the hairbrush at Spike's backside. WHACK!!!!

Spike could not believe this. This wasn't supposed to be happening! He was an adult for God's sake! Adults didn't get spanked! Especially not by kids!

WHACK!!! WHACK!!!! WHACK!!! Inuyasha was quite sore by now. It took all of his willpower to resist crying. Not to mention he was losing the urge not to.

WHACK!!!! Inuyasha finally lost it and began to cry. The pain was too much for him to bear anymore.

Spike and Jet meanwhile were still stoic and silent. Well almost. They too were losing the urge not to cry, Jet in particular. It was like reliving his childhood all over again! Not to mention Faye's hand was particularly hard and was coming down with more and more force. So was Ed's hairbrush.

"Tell me why you are being punished Jet." Faye said sarcastically.

"Shut up!" Jet roared.

Big mistake.

WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!! WHACK!!

(8)

An hour later...

"ARGH STOP IT!!!! IT HURTS!!!!" Jet howled, tears coursing down his face. He was crying pretty loudly. So was Inuyasha. The hanyou's face was streaked with tear stains and his body trembled with sobs. Even Spike was crying! Well, he wasn't sobbing like Jet and Inuyasha. Tears were coming down his face but he wasn't making any noises.

At last, the girls stopped. Faye stood up and Ed put the hairbrush away.

"How does it feel Inuyasha?! Now you know how I feel!" Serenity taunted. Inuyasha didn't hear her he was crying so loud. Jet wasn't being very quiet either. Spike however had managed to stop crying.

Faye, Ed and Serenity began to leave the room when Spike said "Your just gonna leave us here?"

Faye smirked. "Have a good sleep boys. Assuming you can sleep tied up like that."

The trio exited the room, leaving the three men behind them.

(9)

Needless to say, Jet, Inuyasha, and Spike did not get any sleep that night.

To be continued...

(Ending theme is The Real Folk Blues)

Spike's voice: Well, that didn't go over too well. Now that we've been humiliated, something new is brewing. Serenity has gone missing, thanks to some guys in trench coats. And what exactly is this place called medical mechanica? Next on Random Adventures with the Bebop: Taken by Medical Mechanica.