Jet came barreling in the room, destroying the settling atmosphere that Spike and Faye were sharing. "Faye, if you want to live, you're going to have to pay off your debt." Faye looked questioningly at him. "A man just came by and told me to tell you that."

Faye nervously bit her bottom lip. "My debt can't be paid all at once. I'd have to live at least five lives just for me to get it all paid!"

"Just what did you do to get all of this debt piled onto you?" Spike asked.

"I got into an accident, and was saved." she said softly, lightly smiling at Spike.

"Well, we better find work. Spike, as soon as you can, you better find a job as well." With that, he limped out.

Faye looked down at the computer monitor that was sitting on the table. She sighed, and spent the rest of the night by Spike looking for a job.

I might have had some sort of grace before. But, it seems that I've lost all of that and the only thing that I can do now is mess up. And mess up I did. You have no idea how hard it is to start a clean slate. It's almost ironic. I dress up in clothes, actual clothes where all the body parts that I usually flaunt are now hidden, and what happens? I get cat calls!

I tell Spike these things after I got done with my latest shift of jobs. This one was a job at a restaurant where I got to be a waitress. I don't know how many glasses I broke, but because of the sudden appearance of customers due to me, the boss couldn't afford to fire me. In that sense, I'm grateful. But, Spike seems to get mad, which I find cute, and tells me to change before I go out into my real clothes.

Jet has been a real pal. He's been going out and doing god knows what, but he always comes back with money. Since Spike's here and getting healthier by the day, we don't really have to lock up the savings we've been earning. I counted the little bank of cash that we keep for my debt. It barely made a dent, but at least it was something, so in that sense, I'll be able to keep my life.

My new life with Spike has been great. He hasn't been able to take me on a date yet due to his bandages, but he swears he will. I never really quite appreciated him until now. Jet told me he can finally breath in the Bebop now because we're not at each others throats. Isn't that funny? Have we really been at each others throats that much? I didn't think so.

"There, how do you feel?" Faye asked as she took the last of Spike's bandages off. It had been a fortnight now, and Jet was finally able to walk without a limp, as well as Spike was able to make a quick recovery. Everything helped, the money that they were making. Most of it went to Faye's debt bank that they kept in a small coffee can in the Bebop, and the other part went to groceries. With actual proteins, Spike was able to heal miraculously.

Spike timidly stretched his muscles. "My, my. You could be a doctor!" he said while jumping to his feet. It had been a long while since he had been able to actually stretch up without the support of the bandages, and it felt great to him.

Faye smiled. "Glad to be of service. That'll be 100,000 woolongs."

"100,000! All you did was bandage me up and make sure I had food!"

"That's the beauty of Martian capitalism." she joked. They both laughed as Jet walked in.

"Whatever joke I missed, I don't wanna know. Faye, here's your share of my profits..." he said, while fumbling for the money.

"Jet, out of sheer curiosity, exactly what do you do?" Spike inquired, while taking a look at the bundle of cash.

"I'm not saying."

"Just be sure it's nothing illegal now." Faye commented.

"Should you be talking?"

"I've become a model citizen! No longer do I roam around like my gypsy ancestors, nor do I go out to the races!" she said dramatically.

"Get a grip."

"Makes for good t.v. doesn't it?" Spike said, while watching Faye amusingly. Jet rolled his eyes, just as someone was knocking on the hatch door. Sighing, Jet left the two and opened the door.

"Did you tell Faye to pay up?"

"Yeah."

"And?"

"We don't have all the money. Faye's working hard though and she's hoping to have it all paid off in a few years."

"A few years?"

Jet looked the guy in the eyes. He didn't like him. There was something about him that he just couldn't trust about the guy. Call it police instinct. "Yeah, a few years. That's what I said."

"Well guess what, pops? We can't wait a few years. We want it now."

"Get out of here." Jet said loudly so that Spike and Faye could hear. "I told you we'll have it paid in a few years."

Spike looked at Faye. Making a shushing gesture, he lead her to the room where they had once kept their weapons. The handguns were still in there and as Spike took one, it felt heavier. Forgive me he thought while he quickly loaded it. Faye hesitatingly took one as well. Just like Spike, it seemed she quickly adapted to the good samaritan role. The gun felt heavy in her hand, and she almost forgot how to operate one.

Taking the bullets, she too loaded it and nodding to each other, they both made their way cautiously to the main room. Nothing seemed to be amiss, and they could still hear Jet and the guy arguing. In an instant, they heard Jet grunt, as he was pushed aside.

Two men came bursting into the room. Spike and Faye reacted quickly, dodging the bullets and firing back. Faye was always terrible at getting caught, and the event was no different. One of the men managed to grab her.

"Hello Ms. Valentine." he said into her ear.

"Get your hands off her!" Spike yelled, while firing a shot.

"If you want to see her alive, you better have her debt paid off by the end of this month. Or else. Oh yeah, and give us the money that she's already accumulated." the guy said smiling. He pointed his gun to her head.

Sighing, and giving him a look of hatred, Spike left and got the money. He handed them the bulk of cash, and as he tried to snatch Faye away, they left. "We'll leave you a message. See ya."

"Spike! Spike!" Faye yelled, as she was taken away.

A/N: What do you think? I belive I'm only going to write two more chapters and this story will be complete. Sorry! I'm glad a lot of you enjoy this story. It was really fun. Thanks for being patient with me since I hardly have any time to update. Just be patient a little bit longer, ok? I'm going to try to get the next two chapters up as soon as possible. Don't forget to review!