I had a rough week so I decided that there's nothing better than writing the next chapter to my next story to make me feel better. In this chapter I wanted to show a little of Faye's friendship with Alice. Also the song featured in the chapter does not belong to me. Well here I go again… enjoy.

She got up from the bed before she paused a minute to look around at the dark empty room she had become accustomed to. It was dark and empty, only full of dark outlines and shadows. It had embraced her as she had embraced it, but now as she looked around she knew she would not be coming back to this room that had drowned her tears. One final look around was all she needed to make sure there was no trace of her being there, walking over to the door she picked up the briefcase before she opened the door and closed it behind her for the last time. She walked down the stairs she stopped in front of the sleek, black bike the she had loved.
"Sorry I can't take you with me, but I'll be back for you." She touched the handle for a minute and walked away toward her ship. Tossing the briefcase to the back she climbed in and started her ship, before her phone began to ring. She did not speak when she picked up the phone, she just listened.

"For some reason I always expect you to say hello, or something when you answer the phone." A woman's voice spoke on the other line.

"Well, I guess it's not today." Faye retorted

"Are you ready?" The woman asked.

"You now I've been waiting for this for a while." Faye answered.

"So how are you?" She asked, her voice concerned.

"You want the pure and simple truth?." Faye asked her friend.

"Actually Faye, the pure and simple truth, is rarely pure and never simple.' Her friend stated.

"Alice.' Faye's voice was a little irritated.

"I couldn't help it." Alice chuckled a little.

"I'm Faye, that's the only way I know how to answer your question"

"Bull shit Faye." Alice was now the one becoming irritated. "You can't keep holding this shit in, it's going to kill you.' Faye said nothing.

"Or is that exactly what you want?" Alice asked.
There was no answer.

"Listen Faye, I know you've lost a lot, but talk to me, I can't help if you close yourself off." She urged Faye to talk.

"What the hell do you expect me to say to you." Faye asked pissed.

"I want you to tell me the truth." Alice yelled back.

"You want the truth?." Faye asked.

"I think I'm entitled to it." Alice said lowering her voice again.

"I feel nothing." She stated. "I'm not mad, hurt, sad, happy, nothing. Just empty"

"Faye…" Alice began

"I need to stop by your place to pick up a couple of things I might need." Faye told her before hanging up.

"Faye, wait.' It was too late, the line had gone dead.

Faye shoved the phone into her leather Jacket, taking a last look at her plain apartment building and her bike, she flew off. She sat navigating her ship, only thing being heard was the engine. Her mind began to wonder and she wasn't ready for that. So turning her attention to her radio, she began to search until she found a song she liked…

"Here we are so what you gonna do

Do I gotta spell it out for you

I can see that you got other plans for tonight

But I don't really care"

Faye bopped her head slightly to the beat as she drove over the small buildings andhouses.

"Size me up you know I beat the best

Tick tock no time to rest

Let 'em say what they're gonna say

but tonight, I just don't really care"

"C'mon baby we ain't gonna live forever

Let me show you all the things that we could do

You know you wanna be together

And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah)

With you (yeah yeah)

Come with me tonight We could make the night last forever (uh-oh)"

Zigg-zaging through the sky, the buildings began to grow taller and the streetsbecame more crowded as she moved away from where her plain apartment was. Making her way more into the city.

"…Let me take you on the ride of your life

That's what I said alright

They can say what they wanna say 'cuz tonight,

I just don't even care"

She continued to make her way through the blue sky, the music now becoming louder as she continued to put the volume up. It kept her mind from thinking.

"Let's pretend you're mine

We could just pretend, we could just pretend yeah yeah

You got what I like

You got what I like, I got what you like

Oh c'mon Just one taste and you'll want more

So tell me what you're waiting for"

A smirk place on Faye's lips she speed up, she was close to he destination and all she wanted to do was get there, grab what she needed, she had something she needed to do and nothing was going to get in her way.

"C'mon baby we ain't gonna live forever - forever

Let me show you all the things that we could do - that we could do

You know you wanna be together

And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah)

With you (yeah yeah)

So come with me tonight We could make the night last forever

Yeah... Forever…"

Reaching a clusters of housing and building, she slowed down before catching a glimpse of a brick building and landing her ship on the roof. Grabbing an empty duffle bag, she jumped out and made her way off the roof and down into the building. The hallway was large, paper thrown everywhere. The paint on the wall was a sickening brown color that was pealing in some parts, but the color under that one was no better. She made her way down the hall, her stiletto heels was the only thing heard. Stopping at the last door, she was about to knock, but stopped when she heard foot steps coming closer to the door. She stepped back a little as the door shifted a little and the door opened. Faye looked at the young blond woman who stood smiling in front of her, her eyes closed. Her hair was tied back in a pony tail. She wore boy cut dark jeans and a white t-shirt.

" I could hear you heels from down the hall." She stated moving aside to let Faye in.
Walking into the room she looked around at all the computer screens and electronic things all over the place.

"Sorry about the mess, haven't had time to clean." She stated closing the door.

"It's okay Alice. I don't mind, not staying long anyway." Faye stated turning to smile at her friend.

"Just give me a minute, I was doing something on the computer before you came." Alice stated walking over to one of the computers by the wall. Faye looked at her friend as she moved around easily, without bumping into anything.
Faye walked over to her friend that sat typing away.

"I always wondered how you do that." Faye questioned. Looking down at the computer, it was different from Edward's. There were no keys, it was like a pad with little bumps on it.

"It's a blind thing." She commented jokingly to Faye.

"So what are you doing?" Faye asked stepping away and looking around Alice's apartment.

"research." Alice stated.

"On?' Faye questioned turning to stare at her friend.

"I'll let you know when I find it, now for your equipment." Alice stood from the chair and walked over to a closet, opening it up, Faye saw the arsenal of weapons that covered the wall. All different types of guns, ammunition, grenades, and things she didn't know what the hell they were, but if she had it, it had to be some lethal.

"Grab what you need." Alice stated stepping away from the closet.

"Just needed some ammo and a couple of other things." Faye stated, shoving the weaponry into the duffle bag she had brought with her.

"I know you have some at your place, but do you think all this is necessary?" Alice asked leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.

"If I plan to start a war, I might have well be prepare.' Faye stated finishing up and tossing the bag over her shoulder.

"I would prefer you not start a war, can't you just talk to him." Alice asked, all ready knowing the answer.

"You know what they say, you can get more with a kind word and a gun, than you can with a kind word alone." Faye retorted back.

"True." Alice stated with a smirk. "And you know what they also say? Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." Faye quickly stiffened at her comment, she knew what Alice was referring to.

"Don't." Faye stated heading for the door.

"You can't run away for ever no matter how hard you try, it will always be there. It will follow you until you sort it out. It'll catch up with you Faye, it always does." Alice stated waiting for Faye to respond.

"Thanks for your help Alice, see ya." Faye turned toward the door and with one last look toward her friend she left.

"She's gonna get herself killed with all this revenge crap.' Alice commented out loud to herself. She heard the engine start and slowly begin to fade away, she knew Faye was now gone. Turning and walking to her computer a knock at the door made her move back toward the door. Before reaching the door though, she grabbed a knife that she always kept hidden above the door frame. She made sure to be behind the door as she opened it slowly, to let the person in. Hearing the footsteps enter her apartment she moved form the door and behind the person, moving herself quickly, she wrapped the arm with the knife around the front of the person's neck, while her other arm reached for the left arm and twisted it back. She knew he was tall because she was forced to reach to bring the knife around his throat.

"You have 5 seconds to tell me who the hell you are?" Her voice threatening.

"For a blind girl you got a pretty good grip." A man's voice stated, straining against the knife she had against his throat.

"3 seconds." She stated pressing the knife closer.

"Maybe if you loosened it up a little, I'll be able to breathe, enough to answer your question." The man spoke again.

All of a sudden she let go of her grip on him and moved over to close the door.

"I'm…" He began.

"Her ghost." Alice finished for him.

"What?' The Man asked.

"Your Faye's ghost." Alice turned toward The man. "How do you know I'm not some psycho killer"

"1, if you were, you'd be dead by know." Alice stated moving over to a chair near her computer. "2, just call it a blind thing"

Spike looked over at the young woman who sat across from him. She was a pretty girl with blond hair and seemed to have a small smile on her lips.

"Is there something funny?" He asked annoyed.

"Spike, right?" Alice asked.

"Yeh"

"So why are you hear?" Alice asked ignoring his question.

"I need some information?" Spike answered.

"On?"

"What the hell Faye's going to do, and where it's all going to happen." Spike stated leaning against the wall.

"Sorry, can't help you there." Alice stated.

"Faye can't do this on her own"

"She's been doing it for a while." Alice said, avoiding the fact that she too knew Faye couldn't do it alone. "God's like a fucking comedian playing to an audience to afraid to laugh." she said more to herself than Spike.

"I get what you mean, but it doesn't change to fact that she's going to get herself killed." Spike said moving away from the wall.

"She's going to start a war that's she's going to probably have to finish." Alice stated turning toward the window. "Faye thought she was going after a small time crook. I did some research and found that he's from a wealthy family and behind every great fortune there's a crime"
Spike starred at, Alice her eyes closed.

"His Mother had married into a wealthy family, but they had belonged to the Syndicate"
Spike quickly stiffened hearing Syndicate fall from her lips.

"His mother got greedy and wanted her husband to control it all, How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, than to create it herself?." Alice stopped, she had sense the air in the room change.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Spike asked on edge.

"Well, after the last leader of the syndicate was brought down, which I believe you played a major part in, everything went down the drain, and with all the debt that his family had collected they decided to get into human trafficking. Alive or dead." Alice paused for a minute to let it sink in.

Spike stood there not moving his body still tensed. The syndicate, Vicious, Julia. It was coming all back.

Sorry to end it here but the plot just continues to build up. I hope you enjoy the chapter. Your going to have to wait to the next chapter to find out the whole story and what the part does the Syndicate play. Continue to read, till next time.