"You're kidding, right?" he asked even more feared for his life. She pulled the bloody carcass out and dropped it to the floor.
"Nope, dead serious. How do you think I got all the money I make? Working at a fast food joint? We're all bounty hunters. Ed's our resident hacker and me, Spike, and Jet go out and do the dirty work." She explained as she bent down and examined the bloody creature.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing, you can't be a bounty hunter! It's just not true!" he said as he scratched his head. With the same bloody had she used to pull the animal out, she picked it up and took it out to the deck.
"Yup, I'm an old fashioned cowboy…err, cowgirl." She said as she tossed the dead body into the ocean below. She was walking back into the hangar when Pidge raced in.
"I heard a gun shot, what happened?" he questioned.
"It was just me," she said as she picked up a rag and started to wipe off her hands. He sighed.
"You know, one of these days, you'll kill me. I swear." He grumbled.
"Nah, I don't think so." She smiled. "Anyway, it was a raccoon. Might want to get checked out for rabies, but I think you'll be alright." She said as she tucked the rag into her other back pocket and wiped some sweat from her forehead.
"You're too kind. But the engine needs a lot of work. There's a possibility it may even have to be totally rebuilt." He lectured as he rubbed his bandaged hand.
"Well, that gives us the ability to customize the engine, doesn't it?" she asked as she propped her hands on her waist. Pidge nodded.
"Yea, but you're looking at millions of woolongs." He said. "Not that that would be a problem for you." Jordan looked at him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he questioned.
"Oh, so you told him huh?" Pidge asked Alex. She nodded.
"He was asking about the gun, so I figured I should tell him." She said pulling her gun out again and emptying it of the unused bullets.
"You knew?" Jordan exclaimed. Pidge nodded.
"Yup, didn't want you to go blabbing to your mother or your friends, so I didn't think to tell ya. But mom found out a few weeks ago." He said.
"Uh oh, how'd she take it?" Alex giggled. He shook his head.
"How do you think?" The two of them laughed while Jordan was still left confused and in the dark.
"Well I guess you want to get back home soon and do some brainstorming," she began.
"It's your ship, you should be involved in the planning too. Why don't we head inside and sit down?" he insisted. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Eh? Yea, why the hell not." She said as she started for the door. She pushed a button to close the outside hangar doors as she walked through the doorway into the ship. The two followed her down through the corridors into the living area where Ed was playing with Ein. "Since I forgot to introduce you earlier, this is Ed, our computer genius." She said as she pointed to her. She smiled and waved to the three of them.
"What about the other two?" Jordan asked.
"I told you they went out and they'll be back in a little while, don't you listen?" she snapped. Yea, he was cute, but still the little brat that always followed her around. She heard him grumble as Ein ran over to her. "And this is Ein. He's Jet's dog but I guess you should say he belongs to all of us." She said as she reached down and scratched his head.
"Touching." Jordan grumbled.
"Oh shut up and sit down!" She barked as she led them over to the kitchen table. Her two guests sat to either side of her at the table and Pidge pulled out a large rolled up sheet of paper and flattened it out on the table.
"I did some research last night and found a copy of the original GT Pegasus plans. These should help us make heads or tails of the engine and wiring." He said. He went on talking about how he got them but then started to point out key parts they'd need to find and weren't going to be easy to find. They were discussing different designs for the cockpit dome when the outside door opened and shut.
"We're home!" Jet called as they entered the living area.
"Hi honey!" Alex smiled as Spike entered. He walked over to her with a wide smile.
"Hey there sweetheart." He said as he leaned down and gave her a kiss.
"Where did you go?" she asked in a childish tone.
"Nowhere. Just out for a little ride." He said with a sly grin.
"Didja bring me anything?" she smiled.
"No, aren't we going out tonight?"
"Oh yea!"
"Nice to see you again Spike, how ya doing?" Pidge said as he stood and shook his hand.
"I'm doing well Mr. Bordeaux, and you?" he asked.
"Could be better, but I'm alright." He said as he rubbed his hand. Spike was already glancing at the young man sitting at Alex's side. "Oh, and I'd like you to meet my son Jordan." Jordan stood and took Spike's hand. Alex looked at the two of them, they stood almost even but Jordan was a little shorter.
"Nice to meet you Jordan." Spike said with a friendly smile.
"Yea, Alex tells me a lot about you. It's good to meet the famed boyfriend." He said forcing himself to smile. Spike could sense that kind of thing, it was like a sixth sense he had.
"I wish I could say the same, but she doesn't really talk about her past." He said still trying to force forward a positive attitude. Jet disappeared up to the bridge within 5 minutes of walking into the ship.
"I'm going with Jet, you three sit and make your plans." Spike said walking up to Alex once again and leaning down to her. He kissed her forehead and smiled. "Play nice."
"I always do." She said as he walked off to join Jet. Jordan took his seat beside her again as they continued to plot out the design for her Pegasus. They were sitting for maybe 15 minutes before they heard the sound of someone running from the bridge. Alex looked up to see Spike leap down the steps and through the living area. "Spike?" Alex said as she stood, worried by what she had just seen.
"Don't get up. I have to run out after a bounty." He said as he threw open the door to the gunroom and started rummaging around inside.
"I'll be right back," she said, excusing herself from their presence and then dashing into the gunroom after her love. She entered in time to see her man pulling out several guns from different drawers and closets. "What are you doing?"
"Jet's buddy at the ISSP just relayed information about a highly violent and hostile bounty that's gone on a rampage a few miles from here." He panted as he began to load a large gun.
"All the more reason for you to stay here!" he insisted. He looked up at her.
"He's worth 80 million." He said as he continued to load the gun. She looked at him dumbfounded. "And that's the price if he's killed. Get him alive and he's 100." Her jaw dropped but then her conscience snapped her out of it.
"If he's worth that much, he's too dangerous. You told me yourself that Mad Pierrot was only 52 million!" she said. Spike began to recall how he had almost been killed twice when he faced off with that mad man.
"But I'm all about the thrill of the chase, not to mention the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."
"Yea well your life isn't worth it! I'd rather have you than any amount of money!" she protested loudly. Pidge and Jordan probably heard her, but she didn't care because he was more important to her.
"I'll be alright Alex. Don't worry." He said as he began to conceal several guns in his many pockets and hidden holsters. "I'll be home in no time with the 100 million." He said as he kissed her forehead and headed for the door. She followed him out of the room and through the living area. Her two guests were still at the table, but were discussing something with their attention fixed to the blueprints on the table. She walked with Spike up to the hangar and to the side of the Swordfish.
"Spike," she uttered when she grabbed his coat as he started to climb into the cockpit. He stopped and came back down to her. "Don't go. Please." She said. She was extremely upset and was ready to start crying. The higher the price of the bounty, odds are that the bounty is increasingly difficult and sometimes even deadly. Spike wrapped his arms around her.
"Y'know, when I went to take out Mad Pierrot I thought I wasn't coming back. The reason I didn't think I was coming back, was because I didn't really have much to come back to. With you here, I know I'll come back because I have you to come home to." She inhaled his scent deeply, hoping this wouldn't be the last time she'd see him alive.
"Spike, I really don't want you to go." She pleaded.
"I have to. Besides, think of what we can do with what we'll have when I get back." he reassured with a soft kiss to her lips before turning to ascend into the Swordfish. He was only pulled back down. He turned to face her. "Wha…" he said. He couldn't even get the full word out before receiving a sharp and stinging slap across his face. "What the hell was that for?!"
"Kiss me like you mean it god damn it." She growled as he rubbed his cheek. He only smiled.
"Bitch, I'll do what I want." He said as he took her in his arms. They leaned in and their noses rubbed. Their lips touched and then the deep kiss followed, lasting for close to a minute. He let her go and climbed into his ship.
"Come back to me alive…or at least in one piece." She said as the cockpit shut and sealed. He gave her a thumbs up and a big smile as the engine started and the ship rolled out of the hangar. The jets kicked on and he was off and into the sky like a shooting star. If he came back dead, she would kill Jet for sending him out there alone.
"Nope, dead serious. How do you think I got all the money I make? Working at a fast food joint? We're all bounty hunters. Ed's our resident hacker and me, Spike, and Jet go out and do the dirty work." She explained as she bent down and examined the bloody creature.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing, you can't be a bounty hunter! It's just not true!" he said as he scratched his head. With the same bloody had she used to pull the animal out, she picked it up and took it out to the deck.
"Yup, I'm an old fashioned cowboy…err, cowgirl." She said as she tossed the dead body into the ocean below. She was walking back into the hangar when Pidge raced in.
"I heard a gun shot, what happened?" he questioned.
"It was just me," she said as she picked up a rag and started to wipe off her hands. He sighed.
"You know, one of these days, you'll kill me. I swear." He grumbled.
"Nah, I don't think so." She smiled. "Anyway, it was a raccoon. Might want to get checked out for rabies, but I think you'll be alright." She said as she tucked the rag into her other back pocket and wiped some sweat from her forehead.
"You're too kind. But the engine needs a lot of work. There's a possibility it may even have to be totally rebuilt." He lectured as he rubbed his bandaged hand.
"Well, that gives us the ability to customize the engine, doesn't it?" she asked as she propped her hands on her waist. Pidge nodded.
"Yea, but you're looking at millions of woolongs." He said. "Not that that would be a problem for you." Jordan looked at him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he questioned.
"Oh, so you told him huh?" Pidge asked Alex. She nodded.
"He was asking about the gun, so I figured I should tell him." She said pulling her gun out again and emptying it of the unused bullets.
"You knew?" Jordan exclaimed. Pidge nodded.
"Yup, didn't want you to go blabbing to your mother or your friends, so I didn't think to tell ya. But mom found out a few weeks ago." He said.
"Uh oh, how'd she take it?" Alex giggled. He shook his head.
"How do you think?" The two of them laughed while Jordan was still left confused and in the dark.
"Well I guess you want to get back home soon and do some brainstorming," she began.
"It's your ship, you should be involved in the planning too. Why don't we head inside and sit down?" he insisted. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Eh? Yea, why the hell not." She said as she started for the door. She pushed a button to close the outside hangar doors as she walked through the doorway into the ship. The two followed her down through the corridors into the living area where Ed was playing with Ein. "Since I forgot to introduce you earlier, this is Ed, our computer genius." She said as she pointed to her. She smiled and waved to the three of them.
"What about the other two?" Jordan asked.
"I told you they went out and they'll be back in a little while, don't you listen?" she snapped. Yea, he was cute, but still the little brat that always followed her around. She heard him grumble as Ein ran over to her. "And this is Ein. He's Jet's dog but I guess you should say he belongs to all of us." She said as she reached down and scratched his head.
"Touching." Jordan grumbled.
"Oh shut up and sit down!" She barked as she led them over to the kitchen table. Her two guests sat to either side of her at the table and Pidge pulled out a large rolled up sheet of paper and flattened it out on the table.
"I did some research last night and found a copy of the original GT Pegasus plans. These should help us make heads or tails of the engine and wiring." He said. He went on talking about how he got them but then started to point out key parts they'd need to find and weren't going to be easy to find. They were discussing different designs for the cockpit dome when the outside door opened and shut.
"We're home!" Jet called as they entered the living area.
"Hi honey!" Alex smiled as Spike entered. He walked over to her with a wide smile.
"Hey there sweetheart." He said as he leaned down and gave her a kiss.
"Where did you go?" she asked in a childish tone.
"Nowhere. Just out for a little ride." He said with a sly grin.
"Didja bring me anything?" she smiled.
"No, aren't we going out tonight?"
"Oh yea!"
"Nice to see you again Spike, how ya doing?" Pidge said as he stood and shook his hand.
"I'm doing well Mr. Bordeaux, and you?" he asked.
"Could be better, but I'm alright." He said as he rubbed his hand. Spike was already glancing at the young man sitting at Alex's side. "Oh, and I'd like you to meet my son Jordan." Jordan stood and took Spike's hand. Alex looked at the two of them, they stood almost even but Jordan was a little shorter.
"Nice to meet you Jordan." Spike said with a friendly smile.
"Yea, Alex tells me a lot about you. It's good to meet the famed boyfriend." He said forcing himself to smile. Spike could sense that kind of thing, it was like a sixth sense he had.
"I wish I could say the same, but she doesn't really talk about her past." He said still trying to force forward a positive attitude. Jet disappeared up to the bridge within 5 minutes of walking into the ship.
"I'm going with Jet, you three sit and make your plans." Spike said walking up to Alex once again and leaning down to her. He kissed her forehead and smiled. "Play nice."
"I always do." She said as he walked off to join Jet. Jordan took his seat beside her again as they continued to plot out the design for her Pegasus. They were sitting for maybe 15 minutes before they heard the sound of someone running from the bridge. Alex looked up to see Spike leap down the steps and through the living area. "Spike?" Alex said as she stood, worried by what she had just seen.
"Don't get up. I have to run out after a bounty." He said as he threw open the door to the gunroom and started rummaging around inside.
"I'll be right back," she said, excusing herself from their presence and then dashing into the gunroom after her love. She entered in time to see her man pulling out several guns from different drawers and closets. "What are you doing?"
"Jet's buddy at the ISSP just relayed information about a highly violent and hostile bounty that's gone on a rampage a few miles from here." He panted as he began to load a large gun.
"All the more reason for you to stay here!" he insisted. He looked up at her.
"He's worth 80 million." He said as he continued to load the gun. She looked at him dumbfounded. "And that's the price if he's killed. Get him alive and he's 100." Her jaw dropped but then her conscience snapped her out of it.
"If he's worth that much, he's too dangerous. You told me yourself that Mad Pierrot was only 52 million!" she said. Spike began to recall how he had almost been killed twice when he faced off with that mad man.
"But I'm all about the thrill of the chase, not to mention the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."
"Yea well your life isn't worth it! I'd rather have you than any amount of money!" she protested loudly. Pidge and Jordan probably heard her, but she didn't care because he was more important to her.
"I'll be alright Alex. Don't worry." He said as he began to conceal several guns in his many pockets and hidden holsters. "I'll be home in no time with the 100 million." He said as he kissed her forehead and headed for the door. She followed him out of the room and through the living area. Her two guests were still at the table, but were discussing something with their attention fixed to the blueprints on the table. She walked with Spike up to the hangar and to the side of the Swordfish.
"Spike," she uttered when she grabbed his coat as he started to climb into the cockpit. He stopped and came back down to her. "Don't go. Please." She said. She was extremely upset and was ready to start crying. The higher the price of the bounty, odds are that the bounty is increasingly difficult and sometimes even deadly. Spike wrapped his arms around her.
"Y'know, when I went to take out Mad Pierrot I thought I wasn't coming back. The reason I didn't think I was coming back, was because I didn't really have much to come back to. With you here, I know I'll come back because I have you to come home to." She inhaled his scent deeply, hoping this wouldn't be the last time she'd see him alive.
"Spike, I really don't want you to go." She pleaded.
"I have to. Besides, think of what we can do with what we'll have when I get back." he reassured with a soft kiss to her lips before turning to ascend into the Swordfish. He was only pulled back down. He turned to face her. "Wha…" he said. He couldn't even get the full word out before receiving a sharp and stinging slap across his face. "What the hell was that for?!"
"Kiss me like you mean it god damn it." She growled as he rubbed his cheek. He only smiled.
"Bitch, I'll do what I want." He said as he took her in his arms. They leaned in and their noses rubbed. Their lips touched and then the deep kiss followed, lasting for close to a minute. He let her go and climbed into his ship.
"Come back to me alive…or at least in one piece." She said as the cockpit shut and sealed. He gave her a thumbs up and a big smile as the engine started and the ship rolled out of the hangar. The jets kicked on and he was off and into the sky like a shooting star. If he came back dead, she would kill Jet for sending him out there alone.