Well? The last chapter was good, ne? ^_^ 'Bout time to see Spike back in the saddle! Yes, this is chapter 21 and I'm glad I was able to write it with all the studying I've been doing ( -_- heh, yea right!) for these damn midterms... arg... well, enjoy this chapter and, YES, HE'S BACK MAUDE!!! :P Ja Ne! ~A.D.C. (AKA: The Dart)
It was about 2 months later and the Bebop crew was living it up. They had almost an infinite amount of money and they were all happy, particularly Spike and Alex. Ed had returned the morning after Spike and Alex declared their love for each other and Faye popped in now and then, just to sneak off with some food and fuel. Occasionally she'd stay for a day or two just to relax, but would disappear again. Jet was becoming quite the chef and Alex was gradually allowed to fly his Hammerhead. Ed was becoming better and better at the drums day by day and received a full drum set for her birthday. Alex found an old CD player from the early 21st century and started collecting CDs to play so she could learn the songs. Spike took some of the money he got from a bounty and went out and bought an old electric guitar and an amplifier. There was a switch that made it sound acoustic like Alex's but then he could adjust it back to sounding like a real electric guitar should. He and Alex would play together and then be joined by Jet and Ed. It was about time they should work together and come out with an album or something, they sounded incredible.
This particular day, the crew was traveling through hyperspace towards Mars. Alex and Spike were in the living area playing together. They were playing a song that Alex learned off of a CD by a band called 'Sublime.'
"Lovin', is what I got!" she sang as both of them played with smiles on their faces. She continued to sing and Spike would occasionally toss in a few words to try and make her laugh. Ed was across from them watching the TV through the computer.
"Yay yay for the music!" she said happily as they ended.
"And now, today's guest is a well known amazing male model from Mars." A woman said from the screen with a smile. Alex continued to strum her instrument paying no mind. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Blade McGowan!" her eyes went wide and she stopped playing immediately.
"Yay! Blade is so cool!!!" Ed said bouncing around on the chair but keeping her eyes focused on the screen as the tall silver haired man walked out onto the set. Alex practically dropped her guitar and raced to the screen to see. There he sat, barely smiling at all which was unusual for him. He was always the cheerful type. He looked like he hadn't slept in days and was just angry at the world.
"Ed, is this live?" Alex asked. Ed nodded.
"Yessiree bob!" she giggled. Spike was still curious as to what just happened.
"Alex? Don't tell me you're obsessed with him too!" He said with a grin. Alex looked at him and didn't smile. Spike didn't know what he did, why was she acting like this?
"Welcome to the show Mr. McGowan, thank you for coming." The host said with a smile and a shake of his hand.
"It's a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me." he said. His voice had changed dramatically from the last time she saw him. He sounded angry and annoyed, not a single sense of happiness could be picked up anywhere.
"So what brings you back to Mars? You've been away a while, just some personal time to yourself?"
"So to speak. But I guess you could also call it business." He said flicking a few stray silver hairs out of his face. "I came back to visit and meet up with an old friend. It's been a while since I've seen her."
"Ah, a girlfriend?" she asked with a sly grin. He only reclined back in the chair.
"Well, it's a difficult situation. We grew up together but then we lost touch for a number of years. A few months ago I saw her again and then I went away on this trip. Now I'm anxious to see how she's been." He said. Alex could feel the tears welling in her eyes and slowly beginning to fall.
"Alex?" Spike said as he noticed the tears. She didn't pull her eyes from the screen. What was wrong with him? He looked and acted so different now. She wiped her eyes and still watched.
"I see, well, I hope you find her and get in touch with her. She must be happy to know you're looking for her."
"Well, I don't know about that. We left each other on uneasy terms; I'm not sure how she'll react when I call her later today." He said.
"NO!" She screamed as she jumped to her feet. The tears just streamed down her face now.
"Alex!" Spike yelled still oblivious as to what was going on. She payed him no mind as she ran to her room and slammed the door shut behind her. collapsing to her bed in a mass of tears, she just cried and cried into her pillow until her door creaked open.
"WHAT?" she cried.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Spike asked as he stepped inside and pulled the door shut behind him. He sat on the bed beside her and rubbed her back.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." she sobbed.
"Bullshit, if nothing was wrong you wouldn't be in here bawling your eyes out. What's wrong?" he asked again sounding slightly angry at first with the swear word but the becoming soft and gentle as his hand upon her back.
"Spike, it's nothing that concerns you. It's something I need to take care of on my own." She said turning her head to look up at him. Her eyes were all red and puffy, damp with her tears.
"Hon, just tell me." he said as he leant over and kissed her softly on her forehead.
"I hate it when you do that." She said as the tears came forth once again.
"And I hate it when you cry like this."
"Shut up! I know Blade. I'm the girl he was talking about. We grew up as kids but then lost touch after my parents were killed and back when I first moved in, I ran into him again. We talked and then he…he had to leave. I'll leave it at that." She said as her eyes wandered to a far off corner in her room. Just then her door opened and Ed was standing in her doorway.
"Alex? Jet said he wanted to see you." She said. Alex sat up.
"You gonna be alright?" Spike asked taking her hand. She wiped her eyes again and tried to smile.
"Yea, lemmie go see what the old man wants." She said as he stood up and pulled her to her feet. They came out of her room and she went up to the piloting area where he was navigating the ship. She walked along the cold metal floor to the end of the hall where she entered the huge windowed area. Jet sat at the helm, playing solitaire on the computer. She knocked on the doorway and he turned around.
"Oh, it's you. I wanted to talk to you about something." He said as he closed the solitaire program.
"What? If it's about the cherry bomb in the toilet, it wasn't me." she said crossing her arms.
"No, no it's not that but I am still mad about that." He said irritated with the topic being brought up again. "You remember how for your birthday you didn't get anything?"
"Yea, how could I not? I was all giddy and happy and I didn't get shit." She said pouting.
"Well, the only reason was because I was saving up money from the bounties for it. I finally got the money for one and we're going personal craft shopping for you as your birthday gift when we land and dock." He said with a smile.
"You're kidding!!!" She squeaked. He shook his head.
"Nope, so get ready to go out, we'll be leaving soon." He said with a slight chuckle and a smile. Alex was ecstatic.
"Thank you so much Jet! You're the best!" she said happily and giving him a huge hug.
"Yea, yea, hurry up before I change my mind!" He yelled after her as she skipped off down the hall. The problem with Blade still existed, but it wasn't of any importance to her at the moment; she was finally getting her own vehicle!
It was about 2 months later and the Bebop crew was living it up. They had almost an infinite amount of money and they were all happy, particularly Spike and Alex. Ed had returned the morning after Spike and Alex declared their love for each other and Faye popped in now and then, just to sneak off with some food and fuel. Occasionally she'd stay for a day or two just to relax, but would disappear again. Jet was becoming quite the chef and Alex was gradually allowed to fly his Hammerhead. Ed was becoming better and better at the drums day by day and received a full drum set for her birthday. Alex found an old CD player from the early 21st century and started collecting CDs to play so she could learn the songs. Spike took some of the money he got from a bounty and went out and bought an old electric guitar and an amplifier. There was a switch that made it sound acoustic like Alex's but then he could adjust it back to sounding like a real electric guitar should. He and Alex would play together and then be joined by Jet and Ed. It was about time they should work together and come out with an album or something, they sounded incredible.
This particular day, the crew was traveling through hyperspace towards Mars. Alex and Spike were in the living area playing together. They were playing a song that Alex learned off of a CD by a band called 'Sublime.'
"Lovin', is what I got!" she sang as both of them played with smiles on their faces. She continued to sing and Spike would occasionally toss in a few words to try and make her laugh. Ed was across from them watching the TV through the computer.
"Yay yay for the music!" she said happily as they ended.
"And now, today's guest is a well known amazing male model from Mars." A woman said from the screen with a smile. Alex continued to strum her instrument paying no mind. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Blade McGowan!" her eyes went wide and she stopped playing immediately.
"Yay! Blade is so cool!!!" Ed said bouncing around on the chair but keeping her eyes focused on the screen as the tall silver haired man walked out onto the set. Alex practically dropped her guitar and raced to the screen to see. There he sat, barely smiling at all which was unusual for him. He was always the cheerful type. He looked like he hadn't slept in days and was just angry at the world.
"Ed, is this live?" Alex asked. Ed nodded.
"Yessiree bob!" she giggled. Spike was still curious as to what just happened.
"Alex? Don't tell me you're obsessed with him too!" He said with a grin. Alex looked at him and didn't smile. Spike didn't know what he did, why was she acting like this?
"Welcome to the show Mr. McGowan, thank you for coming." The host said with a smile and a shake of his hand.
"It's a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me." he said. His voice had changed dramatically from the last time she saw him. He sounded angry and annoyed, not a single sense of happiness could be picked up anywhere.
"So what brings you back to Mars? You've been away a while, just some personal time to yourself?"
"So to speak. But I guess you could also call it business." He said flicking a few stray silver hairs out of his face. "I came back to visit and meet up with an old friend. It's been a while since I've seen her."
"Ah, a girlfriend?" she asked with a sly grin. He only reclined back in the chair.
"Well, it's a difficult situation. We grew up together but then we lost touch for a number of years. A few months ago I saw her again and then I went away on this trip. Now I'm anxious to see how she's been." He said. Alex could feel the tears welling in her eyes and slowly beginning to fall.
"Alex?" Spike said as he noticed the tears. She didn't pull her eyes from the screen. What was wrong with him? He looked and acted so different now. She wiped her eyes and still watched.
"I see, well, I hope you find her and get in touch with her. She must be happy to know you're looking for her."
"Well, I don't know about that. We left each other on uneasy terms; I'm not sure how she'll react when I call her later today." He said.
"NO!" She screamed as she jumped to her feet. The tears just streamed down her face now.
"Alex!" Spike yelled still oblivious as to what was going on. She payed him no mind as she ran to her room and slammed the door shut behind her. collapsing to her bed in a mass of tears, she just cried and cried into her pillow until her door creaked open.
"WHAT?" she cried.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Spike asked as he stepped inside and pulled the door shut behind him. He sat on the bed beside her and rubbed her back.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." she sobbed.
"Bullshit, if nothing was wrong you wouldn't be in here bawling your eyes out. What's wrong?" he asked again sounding slightly angry at first with the swear word but the becoming soft and gentle as his hand upon her back.
"Spike, it's nothing that concerns you. It's something I need to take care of on my own." She said turning her head to look up at him. Her eyes were all red and puffy, damp with her tears.
"Hon, just tell me." he said as he leant over and kissed her softly on her forehead.
"I hate it when you do that." She said as the tears came forth once again.
"And I hate it when you cry like this."
"Shut up! I know Blade. I'm the girl he was talking about. We grew up as kids but then lost touch after my parents were killed and back when I first moved in, I ran into him again. We talked and then he…he had to leave. I'll leave it at that." She said as her eyes wandered to a far off corner in her room. Just then her door opened and Ed was standing in her doorway.
"Alex? Jet said he wanted to see you." She said. Alex sat up.
"You gonna be alright?" Spike asked taking her hand. She wiped her eyes again and tried to smile.
"Yea, lemmie go see what the old man wants." She said as he stood up and pulled her to her feet. They came out of her room and she went up to the piloting area where he was navigating the ship. She walked along the cold metal floor to the end of the hall where she entered the huge windowed area. Jet sat at the helm, playing solitaire on the computer. She knocked on the doorway and he turned around.
"Oh, it's you. I wanted to talk to you about something." He said as he closed the solitaire program.
"What? If it's about the cherry bomb in the toilet, it wasn't me." she said crossing her arms.
"No, no it's not that but I am still mad about that." He said irritated with the topic being brought up again. "You remember how for your birthday you didn't get anything?"
"Yea, how could I not? I was all giddy and happy and I didn't get shit." She said pouting.
"Well, the only reason was because I was saving up money from the bounties for it. I finally got the money for one and we're going personal craft shopping for you as your birthday gift when we land and dock." He said with a smile.
"You're kidding!!!" She squeaked. He shook his head.
"Nope, so get ready to go out, we'll be leaving soon." He said with a slight chuckle and a smile. Alex was ecstatic.
"Thank you so much Jet! You're the best!" she said happily and giving him a huge hug.
"Yea, yea, hurry up before I change my mind!" He yelled after her as she skipped off down the hall. The problem with Blade still existed, but it wasn't of any importance to her at the moment; she was finally getting her own vehicle!