If Love is a Crime: Part II
If love is a crime baby I do my time.
Whether it's wrong or right you can sentence me to life.
Some might say I'm guilty of love in the first degree
So were the thoughts of one woman. She stood carefully on the deck of the docking bay. In this world, liquor, betting, and gunshot hit hard. It had been a month since Faye Valentine had left the Bebop. She was deep in depression over Spike's death at the hands of Vicious. She'd brought in enough woolongs to pay for her debts and help out Jett. Ed and Ein were with Ed's father. Faye began to feel she had nothing to live for anymore. A serious underground smuggler had a rich amount of woolongs on his head.
"It might be tricky, oh well I can handle it. I sure wish my partner in crime was still around." Faye had visited the empty headstone and cursed Julia under her breath.
"Damn you! Why couldn't you let me love him! It's all your fault he's dead!" Faye yelled into empty air. "Stupid lunkhead went and got himself killed. He knew he was alive!" Faye had nearly been in tears. Faye put out her fifth cigarette for the day. She'd changed. Neither ponies nor dogs excited her. Faye's spirit had died along with Spike. After a hard bounty, Faye dropped onto the Bebop to check on Jet. Instead, she was greeted by the yelps of a Welsh corgi and a much too familiar voice.
"Faye Faye! Jett person knew you were coming!"
Faye jumped back. "Ed! You're back!" Ed was being her usual hyper self.
"Ed miss Bebop hot dog bun all too young all's fair in love and war!" Ed announced happily. Ein barked at her.
Faye stuck out her tongue. "Shut up mutt I didn't miss you!" Jett came out from he hangar. He had oil on his hands; he'd been repairing the Hammerhead.
"Hey Faye." He greeted. "
Hey Jett. I just got some woolongs for bounty so I thought I'd share the wealth." Faye said. She then showed him the groceries she'd been concealing.
"Damn Faye you've changed." Jet knew why. It was obvious Faye had been in love with Spike. Spike had abandoned her and went to die for Julia, who didn't even love him. Faye wasn't in the mood for peppers and beef Jet's "specialty". She again watched the mysterious video that had been sent to her. That was before the accident, before she'd been frozen. She could remember parts of her past, but the great majority was a blank. Faye was tumbleweed blowing in the wind. A tear fell for her eye.
"What are you doing here! Man you scared the living crud out of me!" Jet gasped. Faye was half listening.
"I just got out of a coma." A deep, rumbling voice answered Faye's blood froze. That voice, it had an edge of sadness and sarcasm. It was Spike Spiegel! But he's dead! Faye's brain screamed. She'd seen his bloody beaten body with her own eyes!
"Where's Faye?" Was the second pair of words out of Spike's mouth.
"She was in her room last time I checked." Jet replied a matter-of-factly.
"Ed is so happy to see Spike-person again!" Ed said in her high-pitched voice. Faye was underneath her sheets, paralyzed. Spike peered in, his green-brown hair looking tussled and unkempt.
"Faye?" Spike called tenderly into the darkness.
"Spike!" She replied with longing in her voice. Spike came over and sat on the bed.
"Are you mad at me?" He asked.
"You went to die for Julia." Faye replied with bitterness in her voice. Spike ran a hand over her bare leg. Oh that feels good. Faye practically moaned. "
I didn't go to die for Julia. I went to stop Vicious and find out if I was really alive. Besides Julia isn't dead." Great, Faye thought, itchy pants would run back to her.
"Why did you go then?" Faye spat.
Spike smiled. "To kick Vicious's ass"
Faye laughed. "Typical lunkhead, why did you kiss me like that?" Spike leaned over and French kissed her hitting her half naked body. Faye couldn't describe how sensuous it felt.
"Because I love you I came back for you." Spike's different colored eyes looked sincere.
Faye finally felt her life come back. "Aishiteru." She replied hoarsely. Their lips locked and Spike pulled her into his arms. He was surprisingly gentle, for a man that pulled a trigger on a regular basis. Spike did truly love her. She was a mixture of mango lip-gloss and deep space.
"Tempting." Spike whispered as he kissed her neck tenderly. Spike and Faye's romantic interlude was interrupted by Ed.
"Faye Faye Spike Person come to main room." Ed said in a sing-song voice. Spike groaned. Faye quickly changed into something quickly and walked into the living room. But Spike slapped her butt and grinned.
"I'll get you yet!" Faye smirked.
"Nice Faye, nice." Spike laughed.
"Oh shut up itchy pants." Faye teased playfully. Spike claimed his usual place on the couch but this time Faye laid down next to him. Spike pulled her down next to him.
"Take it easy lunkhead the kid's in the room." Faye laughed. "Bigshot is on." Spike switched on the TV. It appeared the show had had a comeback fan base.
Faye groaned. "Dumb show." Spike then lit a cigarette. Soon Spike's smoke rings encircled them.