Thanks to all my reviews. Here is chapter 3 and I hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 3: The Angel from the Underworld

Vicious slowly pulled out his katana; he was finding pleasure in seeing the look Faye had on her face. He hoped that the Van would show such fear and respect when he was about to kill them. Sunlight, shown on the katana, was reflecting. The katana made a grinding noise as it scraped against the sheath. To others it carried death and pain but to himself:

Freedom and Power

After his sword was free from the sheath, he walked slowly toward the crew. The katana hung loosely at his side as he walked up to them. His cruel smile was intimidating and was what scared Faye the most.

Vicious lifted the sword to her neck and she trembled as the blade touched her skin. Shivers went down her spine and she was finding it hard to breathe. She kept her wide eyes on him the whole time.

"Vicious..." she said quietly. Almost so Jet couldn't hear.

"You're trembling...." He said, at this she flinched. "My blade might slip if you don't stop trembling..." he smiled. She was getting more horrified by the second. She wasn't scared the first time they had met. But by the incident with Gren on Callisto, she feared him; he was the monster under the bed, in her nightmares, everywhere. He alone haunted her.

Jet stared in awe at Vicious. He was wondering what kind of person had this emotional control over Faye. Jet had seen Faye with worse people than this but she wasn't afraid.

Jet saw her as a strong-willed woman. He could see now that Faye was deathly afraid of him, like she knew him or something. Jet mentally sighed. Why is the past always involved? He asked himself in his mind. But he already knew the answer:

The past dictates the present.

"Do you two know each other?" Jet asked aloud, figuring that he needed to find out now rather than later.

Faye sighed: Jet to the rescue. She was deeply grateful for it too. She had figured that if she had to take anymore of Vicious' threats then she would have a heart attack.

"So to speak," Vicious said, taking the sword off of Faye's throat and turning around. He retreated into the darkness slowly. But before he left, he turned.

"If Spike doesn't show up in 48 hours, you're all dead," Vicious flashed his cruel smile and exited. The door slamming behind him, Faye, Jet, Ed, and Ein were alone again, victims of the cruel silence around them.

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Spike was in deep thought when the monitor rang again. In such deep thought that he didn't realize it was ringing until the fourth ring. He snapped out of his trance and hit the ENTER button. It wasn't a communication, just an e-mail. Spike opened the file and his eyes widened.

Spike,

Meet me at the Seaside Café on 3rd Avenue in Tharsis. I hope to see you again.

Your Angel,

Julia

Spike looked at the letter at least three more times. "Seaside Café... 3rd Avenue... Tharsis..." he repeated to himself. He quickly got up and ran to the hanger. He wasted no time in getting into the cockpit of his ship and taking off with those three things running through his head.

He knew very well that it could be a trap but he didn't care. He knew the risks and he was willing to take them.

As the Swordfish lifted higher into the air, Julia crossed his mind more and more. He was going to her this time. She would be the one waiting and unlike her, he would be there.

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Faye let out a sigh at Vicious leaving. Jet wasn't going to ask. He knew it was none of his business anyways. He also knew that Faye was in a bad mood and because of that, he knew it wasn't wise to ask.

Faye put her head down and took deep breaths. Then she lifted it up and she had calmed down a bit. Vicious seemed to be cleared from her mind but the pain from the cuffs was back as she flinched from moving.

Jet was relieved that she was back to normal and looked at Ed who seemed in deep thought. Ed then turned to Faye.

"Scary-man is freaky... who is he?" Ed asked Faye. Faye shook her head and groaned.

"Ed you are annoying today," Faye said to the girl hoping to get Ed off of her back.

"You say that Edward is annoying everyday," Ed wined, putting on a sad face.

Faye groaned. Jet just laughed. This was beginning to be interesting. "Maybe this isn't going to be so bad," Jet said. "If we weren't going to die in 48 hours."

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Spike looked around the café he had walked in and scanned the room. Just some teenage kids, a business man, two waitresses and an old woman with a cat. Spike didn't see Julia anywhere.

He chose a booth and sat down. Figuring that Julia would be there soon, he decided to order some coffee and wait.

As his coffee was delivered to him he saw a woman enter the café. She wore a long, black coat, had black hair and black sunglasses on. She walked over to wear Spike was and sat down across from him.

Spike just stared at awe at the woman. Maybe the black wig was a little too much but Spike saw her face.

"Julia."

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Ah, a cliffhanger! Well sort of. Anyways, hope you enjoyed. Please read and review and I'll have the next chapter up soon. Thanks again for reading.