I won't lie. My heart was racing when I went to face this William guy. The only way I knew this guy's name was because he had signed the letter that was left at the Bebop. Though I'm positive he didn't hand deliver it himself. William. It doesn't even sound scary, does it? But still, seeing him there, with that brown hair of his flying in the wind, his dark cold brown eyes, and his overall stature of: I win, scared the shit out of me. I still sensed another motive. The only thing that relieved me at all was seeing Faye, blindfolded and handcuffed, but still fine. At least she gave a reaction when she heard my voice.

"Spike? SPIKE!" Faye yelled when she recognized his voice.

As much as Spike wanted to go to her, he had to hold his ground. He was working with the average bad guy. No, he knew what he was doing. He left no signs of their whereabouts and he was the one who was calling the shots the whole time. "Give me the money." William said calmly.

"Not until I get Faye first."

The two stared each other down as if trying to read each other's thoughts. "I'm sorry." William said as he snapped his fingers.

In an instant his guards started to fire at Spike. Expecting this, but not so soon, he quickly grabbed his gun and started to shoot down the men.

I didn't know what was going on. I sensed a great deal of tension between the two. Then I heard that guy's words again, "I'm sorry." For somebody who's supposed to be the bad guy, he sure is sorry a lot. Gun shots. And lots of them. God, please let Spike be alive whenever this blindfold is off of me.

"Why aren't you doing anything, William?"

"I don't want to contaminate my hands any further than what I have already done." he shouted over the bullets.

"You're still going to jail, you know that?" Spike taunted as he dodged a bullet.

"How? There's nobody here but us."

"That's where you're wrong." Jet's voice boomed from a megaphone. With all the noise, none of them heard the police ship that was hovering above them. Seeing the police ship, with a police member aiming a gun at them, the men quickly dropped their weapons.

- - -

It wasn't over. William confessed that he was indeed working for someone else. Who ever this someone else was the police caught in two weeks time. I guess they really can do something besides hand out bounties and letting bounty hunters do the job.

As for William's daughter, she found a donor. Apparently, the only reason why I wasn't harmed was because he was planning to use me as his daughter's donor. Luckily I didn't die. Now this isn't a fairy tale, but I am happy to say that it does have a happy ending...

Faye was leaning on the counter, trying to decipher the meaning to the cookbook. A pinch and dash? What kind of measurements were those? She frowned at it. Since her rescue, it seemed that they all tried to lead a normal life. The job that Jet held that he wouldn't tell was going back into the force. Sure it was crooked, but he swore he was holding a fine desk job and he was trying his hardest to making the force uncrooked.

Spike had been doing odds and ends jobs while Faye was holding her own as a waitress. She was getting better at feminine grace and wasn't breaking as much as she used to. She was still held as the best waitress because the customers kept pouring in to see her.

Spike walked into the kitchen and noticed Faye scrutinizing the book. He smiled. Sure he was still getting over his wounds from Julia, but day by day, Faye was closing them. It wasn't the fact that she reminded him of her at times, but more or less the fact that she truly loved him. She wouldn't go out and leave him. No, Faye definitely was a loyal dog, always coming back to the one she loved most.

He tapped her on the shoulder, taking her by surprise. "Hey."

"Huh? Oh, it's you Spike." she smiled and allowed him to embrace her from behind. She could smell flowers on him since his latest job came from a florist. She didn't pass up a moment for teasing him about it either.

"I got you something..." he whispered in her ear.

"What?" she asked surprised.

"Here." he took her hand and placed a small item in it. She looked down to see a fake ring in it.

"Huh?"

"One day when I can afford one, that'll be a real diamond ring."

"Spike...I don't know what to say..."

"Just say yes."

Faye laughed. "Yes. Yes Spike, I love you!" she twirled around and hugged him before capturing his lips with hers.

A/N: I am very pleased to say MERRY CHRISTMAS! I practically slaved over these last two chapters in the last two days trying to get this done. Yes, I put off my schoolwork for this, but it's worth it. Projects and tests are killing me (and so is this cold), and yes those are the reasons why I haven't updated in forever. Why am I so vulnerable to sickness at this time! I've also noticed that I really stink at writing endings, and I was more aware of it while writing this story. But, everyone's happy in the ending. I know I'm satisfied. You can just hear the wedding bells for the happy couple, you know? Anyways, I'd like to thank all of you for being so patient with me and I hope you didn't forget about the fic while I was away from writing. Now that all of my fanfics are finished for the year, I really don't know when I'll be able to make another one. I'm a bit devoted to my original fic at the moment, and the next time I write a fic will most likely be an InuYasha one. Hope you all enjoyed your little Christmas present from me and hope your holidays were great and stay healthy!