Slowly Emerald eyes woke to blinding light of the sun and dead silence. Faye's head pounded as she picked herself off the floor. Then it all came back to her…
"Alexandria!" Faye's heart raced as she began to remember what happened the night before. With broad eyes she slowly walked down the hall to her room. Hoping not see her husband's body lying in a pool of blood. She breathed in before she opened the door. Her prayer wasn't answered. There lay her husband his mouth wide opened and bullet holes in his head. Faye hated the site of bodies even when she was a bounty hunter. Tears filled her eyes, reality finally hit her…her husband the man she loved and spent five years with was dead.
In the door way Faye dropped to the floor and sobbed loudly. She covered her face and prayed it was all dream but when she opened her eyes his blank stare was still there.
"Thomas!" She cried, rocking herself back and forth.
With hate in her heart all she wanted was to see Vicious' face looking up into Faye's gun. She collected herself and walked over to a small wooden dresser. She opened it and threw out the clothes that were in it out of the dresser and pulled out a dusty brown box. She unlocked it.
Inside the box were her beautiful colt 45, and a radiophone. Faye changed into a white tank top and black jeans, she grabbed her gun and phone as she made her way out the room. She looked once more at Thomas, and with one tear sliding down her face she said:
"I love you." She shut the door. She walked down her spiral stairs. She wasn't sure what she was going to do just yet but she knew she had to get away from the house. As she passed the living room she saw Delores lying on the floor, no blood just Delores. Faye's heart wrenched.
Delores was like a mother to Faye…she couldn't leave her lying on the floor for all that she had done for Faye.
Faye picked up the small woman from off the ground and placed her on the couch. Faye cried one tear for her as well…she kissed Delores on the forehead and covered her with a blanket.
"Goodbye Delores." She said as she walked out the door. She peeled out the driveway with her car. She needed to get as far as she could from the house. She made her way to the city. She didn't know where to go or who to go to. Then his face came to mind, it would be a three-hour drive but that was the last time she felt safe.
She turned to wide alleyway and whipped out the radiophone. She looked at it and saw how old it was…she prayed it worked. She turned the channel to three, which was the Bebop's frequency. She hesitated before pressing the button down…
"What if they don't have the bebop anymore? What if they don't help me? What if they're not alive?" That last thought nearly knocked the wind out of her. She didn't want that.
She breathed in and pressed down on the button. She exhaled and said:
"Hello? Bebop? Do you read me?" she said trying to keep herself calm.
She let the button go and closed her eyes…she prayed to hear a voice…any voice it didn't matter.
Her prayer was finally answered. "This is the Bebop." A woman's voice came through the static. Faye didn't care if it was an alien she was happy some one answered.
"Yes uh…I'm looking for either a Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, or Edward Wong." She said loosing her calmness. Her hands shook with anxiety and her heart raced fast. The woman spoke again.
"This is Edward." The sweet mature voice said. Faye almost laughed thinking it was joke, but then did the math…when she left Ed was 13…5 years later would make her…18. The reality hit Faye like a ton of bricks.
"Ed…This is Faye." She said through the walkie-talkie.
Ed had must been in shock because it took her a moment to answer.
"Faye-Faye?" Edward's voice became softer and sadder. Faye hadn't been called that in a long time. She was glad to hear that name.
"Yeah, Ed it's me." She said with happy tears trailing down the side of her cheeks.
Edward didn't say anything for a moment. So Faye did.
"Uh…I was wondering…if I could…uh…come see you?" she asked trying to sound convincing.
"Faye…where have you been?" asked Ed…still sounding shocked by Faye's surprise contact.
Faye lost it…she couldn't hold the tears back anymore…she wiped away the tears as fast as she could.
"Uh…Ed I promise I can explain what happened, but please I need to know where you, or Jet, or Spike are…I need…I need your help…please." She said desperate now.
Edward took a long time to answer so long that Faye was about to give up. Faye leaned her head against the headrest thinking that Ed wasn't going to answer back.
"Spike and Jet are off on a bounty but…we're docked in the old harbor." Said a sweet excited voice. Without dither Faye sped off to the old dock. She drove up to the curve and got out her car. She saw a metallic ship resting on the waves in the water; she ran down the rickety pier…her sights set on what looked like the bebop. When she came close enough she slowed down.
Her eyes lay on her old home…the great bebop was now rusty and dinged up real badly. She touched the cold metal and felt so many memories. The paint was peeling away and the graffiti that said "bebop" was faded. Faye felt like she was home…that was something she hadn't felt in a long time.
The sound of a metal door opening pulled Faye away from her memories. She kept her eyes on the opened door. She was about to step in, when someone stepped out. Bright golden eyes met Faye's emerald beauties. There in front of her stood a beautiful woman.
"Ed?" Faye's words were stolen out of her mouth all she could seem to say was "Ed."
Edward's orange hair was long and glossy, her waist was thin and her body was fully developed. Faye thought her eyes were deceiving her at first. Faye thought she was looking upon an angel.
"Faye?…FAYE!" Edward leaped into Faye's arms. She hugged her with happy tears drizzling from her eyes. Faye hugged back…she couldn't believe that this woman was Edward Wong. When Ed pulled away she smiled as she wiped away her tears.
"Ed look at you! You're…you're all grown up." Faye said…some motherly love seeped out of her.
"And look at you, you look so different." Edward said studying her. Faye wondered if Ed could see the sadness in her. A moment of silence passed between them. Then Ed hugged her again.
"Crack…Crack" The horrible sound of cracking wood came from beneath them. The boards broke underneath them, and they screamed as they plummeted into the dirty, cold water.
"Achoo!" Faye sneezed and wrapped more blankets around her. She sat in the living room waiting for Ed to come out of the shower. As she waited she looked around the bebop. It was as if she had stepped back into time. Everything seemed the same. She liked it…because she hated change. She sat on the yellow couch, it was torn and old…and smelled funny, but it was the same old couch. She looked at the picture they had all taken not to long before she had left. They all smiled in that picture even Spike.
She wondered what Spike looked like…if Ed had changed, she thought of what time had done to him.
"BARK! BARK!" A bark startled Faye. And on the yellow couch with his tail wagging rapidly was Ein.
"Ein…how ya been boy?" Faye sat down on the couch and petted him. Ein looked smaller and weaker. Ein was old now; he was kind of fat and a lot slower than he used to be. He licked her fingers…and she remembered the first day they met. How she scared him when she growled at him.
Even though he was old he still had that somewhat smile written across his face.
Ed walked out the bathroom and smiled as she saw Faye playing with Ein.
"He's gotten real old." Said Ed with a smile. Faye didn't look up.
"From what I have seen you all have gotten older." She said with a smile.
A loud sound broke their moment again.
Ed smiled a large smile as she said, "It must be the boys!" she said gladly. She ran down the hallway.
Faye waited to hear something… "YOU'RE BACK!" Ed said happily. Faye heard to other voices. One deep voice that was almost as jolly as Santa, and another calm raspy sweet voice.
"You'll never guess whose here." Said Ed as if she was small child again.
"Is that weird little kid, that wants to fly the ship?" Spike said. Faye heard his voice and felt somewhat sick and somewhat happy. As their footsteps drew near, Faye's heart began to race fast.
Ed was the first to turn the corner and as she did she jumped and said "Tada!"
Faye's big eyes rested on them…it was really Jet and Spike.
Soaking wet and covered in blankets she stood in front of them feeling her face turn red.
Jet and Spike's mouths hung open and they're eyes were broad.
Faye didn't know what to say…she was at a loss of words. She just couldn't take her eyes off of Spike. For it was really he, it wasn't a dream like the five years before…it was the "real" Spike.
Faye finally said:
"Hey…hey boys." She stuttered.
"Faye?" Jet was the first one to speak. Faye studied Jet, to her now he still looked big and strong but his beard had a few gray hairs, more wrinkles and his metal arm was patched with different pieces of metal with very small dents.
"FAYE!" Jet said with a smile. He rushed over to her a swept her up in his big arms and squeezed her small body. Faye smiled as she was held in arms like a small child.
He set her down and moved so she could see Spike. He still had widened eyes and inside his chest banged liked a drum. He settled his eyes on her; he had waited for five years to see her in front of him again. Her soaking wet hair made her look like mermaid with her large teary emerald eyes. Spike's hair was longer and curlier, he seemed bigger to Faye…but his eyes had become so old. She had seen that he regretted his choice.
She stepped closer to him and smiled a little and said:
"Hey Spike, are you just gonna…" Faye didn't even get to finish her sentence before Spike took her in his arms. He breathed into her neck and held her tightly. She felt so cold to him, but he felt so warm to her.
"Faye…" was the only thing that came out of his mouth. Faye felt safe again and she had missed this feeling.
Then Alexandria came to her mind. She slowly pulled away from Spike and looked down and away from everyone. Waiting for that question.
"What are you doing here?" and there it was. Faye turned back to Spike his eyes, filled with happiness. Faye sat down on the couch and she came out with it.
"I came for help." She said quietly. Edward, Jet, and Spike sat around her.
"What is it?" asked Jet. "If it's money problems you're on your own. We gotta enough of that." Said Jet.
"It's not money…it's…it's…." she couldn't finish. She didn't know how to say it without panicking again, and she had to keep herself calm. But his name just flew out of her mouth.
"VICIOUS! VICIOUS STOLE MY DAUGHTER!" she looked at Spike with tears in her eyes as the words fell out her mouth. Spike, Jet, and Edward all had widened eyes full of fear.
"But…Vicious is dead." Said Spike.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Hey Everyone I hope you like this chapter...I know it kinda sucks but I promise the other one will be better. Newayz HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
