Chapter Three- Detour
Nope, still don't own 'em.
Faye's sleep was restless. Spike's warning played through her head. Why was he trying to help me? She asked herself over and over again. And who was shooting at us? Syndicate members? No, she thought. They wouldn't try to kill one of their own members, would they? Something weird was going on, that was for sure. When the sun rose, Faye took a shower and changed her clothes. She was going back to that bar to find Spike. She was going to be the one to arrest him. She set out. Mars was different in the morning, she thought. People were hurrying to get to work, kids were running off to school, it wasn't as relaxed as it had been at night. She found the bar she had been in previously. Spike was sitting there, alone. Acting non-chalant, Faye sat down a seat away from him and ordered a drink. Spike moved closer.
"I thought I told you to leave" he said, taking a long drag off his cigarette.
"I don't listen to bounty heads" she replied, pulling out a smoke. He lit a lighter and held it in front of her. She lit her cigarette and inhaled.
"Why did you help me last night?" she asked after a few moments.
"I told you, I can't tell you that" he replied.
"Why not?" she implored.
"It would mean trouble for me. If I told you why you'd know, and if you slipped and told someone I'd be dead" he replied.
"Why would I do that?" she asked, raising her eyebrow. "I'm going to arrest you anyways".
"No, you're not. Which is why I can't tell you" he replied. Faye looked down at her drink. "Come with me" Spike said finally.
"Where?" Faye asked.
"Just come on, I'll try and explain things to you, just not here" he stood up and walked to the door.
"Damn" Faye muttered and threw down some money for her drink, and followed him out.
"Don't look too obvious, stay a little ways behind me and don't look like you're following me" he told her out of the corner of his mouth. She nodded and followed his lead, careful to stay behind him. He turned down an alley and went through a door. I've got to be crazy. She told herself as she followed him in. It was a small apartment. He closed the door behind her.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to rape you or anything" he said, smirking a bit at the expression on her face.
"Then why'd you bring me here?" she asked, folding her arms over her chest.
"I need your help" he said simply.
"First tell me why you helped me" Faye replied.
"Same reason I need help. I'm going to leave the Syndicate, so I can be free. But once you're in you can't get out. I want you to arrest me" he said. Faye looked at him wide-eyed.
"What?" she asked.
"Arrest me, not permanently, just to get me off Mars. I'll never bother you again" he said.
"Wait a minute, that doesn't explained why you helped me back in that alley" Faye said angrily.
"They were after me. They had a feeling I'd try something like this" he replied. "I need you alive to get me off Mars".
"What if I don't?" she demanded.
"I'll turn you into the syndicate, and find a way to do it myself" he said simply. Faye looked at him.
"Fine, what do I do?" she asked.
"Cuff me, drag me out, get me on your ship, and take me to Ganymede" he said. He held out his arms. Faye shot him a look, and cuffed him. She pulled him out of the apartment. People on the street stopped and stared.
"Be convincing" he hissed in her ear.
"Don't try anything funny!" she said, pulling out her gun. It wasn't so much for the acting, it was for her protection. The Syndicate would shoot her if they saw she had Spike. She opened the door to her spacecraft and pushed him in, then climbed into the driver's seat.
"You're a good actor, Faye" he said, holding the cuffs in front of her. He had undone them. She started the spacecraft and sped up into the sky. She saw ships behind her. The Red Dragons, she was sure of it. They started firing at her.
"Hang on!" she shouted to Spike, and turned a hard left. She stopped and fired back at them, blowing the first one up. More came. She shot straight up into space, and they followed. She couldn't take them all on, she knew that. She was gonna have to run for it. She dodged past the asteroid belt, and zig-zagged through other various ships.
"Where are you going!" Spike shouted.
"Sorry, gotta make a detour" she said back. They passed Ganymede. The Red Dragons were falling behind. One hit her main engine, and hard. The ship shuttered.
"Damn!" she yanked the steering stick back hard, and then left. They had to stop on that planet, whatever it was. She got a better look. Earth. She flew as fast as she could. They were going to crash, that was for sure. They hit the ground hard. They ran away from the ship, and not a second too late. The ship had exploded.