Chapter 4: Buried my love alive…

Spike's hands were wrapped tightly around the gun and his finger rested on the trigger.
Vicious rested on his knees in front of Spike; his face bloody and beaten but still had a large wicked smile. Spike grinded his teeth against each other. He looked like a fierce dog ready to attack.

With a small laugh Vicious said

"What a beast, I've never seen you so angry and stern." He barley made his words for he was out of breath.

"I'm just happy to see you so miserable." Spike said without changing his expression.

Vicious chuckled.
"You knew this was coming Vicious, why weren't you prepared?" Spike said now in a serious tone.

"I'm prepared…I'm prepared to die." Spike's eyes widen with shock. Vicious' hand wrapped around Spike's.
"Pull the trigger…Pull the trigger Spike. I've lived for too long." He said in a sad quiet voice.
Spike had waited for this moment forever, and finally it was in front of him. But he couldn't seem to pull the trigger. He could trace back to when they were partners… when they were friends. Then Julia's dying face came to his mind again. Then those memories faded away.

"DO IT SPIKE!" Vicious' grip around Spike's hand had gotten tighter. Spike closed his eyes and pressed down on the trigger. In that moment everything seemed to be quiet, as the gun's blast had gone off. Spike kept his eyes closed till he felt Vicious' hand slip off of his.
In the elevator many shots were fired and Spike's body had become weak. Spike raised two fingers in the shape of a gun into the air, and he simply said…

"Bang." And collapsed to the ground.

:End Flashback:

"Next thing I knew I was in a hospital bed." Said Spike.

"I arrived just in time, we nearly lost him." Said Jet.
Faye was quiet for a moment…she couldn't believe that Vicious and Julia were actually dead.

"Then…if you killed Vicious…who has my baby!" she asked fearful


The room was dark and quiet, Alexandria quietly wept to her self with a bandana over her eyes and her hands tied to something cold.

"I want my mommy and daddy." She said quietly to herself. She tried to keep herself quiet. She didn't want to get hurt by anyone. Her tears were interrupted by a loud creak.
Then she heard slow loud footsteps. She kept quiet. She felt gentle hands untie the bandana and the straps that held her hands down, when she opened her teary eyes she saw a man with black hair that covered one eye and pale skin. His soft red eyes were kind and sweet to her.

"Hi Alexandria." He said with a deep soft voice. She just stared back with fearful eyes.
"My name is Tony." He said with a smile. Still Alexandria said nothing.
"Please don't be scared…" he reached to touch her shoulder but Alexandria pulled away.
"Really there's nothing to fear, look do you like dolls?" Tony then pulled out a small 'Raggedy Anne doll' and tried to hand it to her. Alexandria examined it and then took slowly out of his hands.
"See there's nothing to fear." He said again.
Tony stuck his hand out to Alexandria.
"Come one lets get out of here." He said with another large smile.
Alexandria took his hand and he led her out of the dark room.

Alexandria was nearly blinded by the bright lights that gave off in a large hallway.
She looked around and saw that it was just like a palace.
"Is this a castle?" she asked.

"Yes it's my castle and I want you to be my guest." He said sweetly. Just then a young woman with long dark red hair dressed in a black skirt with a red top came up to the both of them.
"Alexandria, this is Samantha…she's going to show you around and bring you anything you need." He said

Alexandria looked at Samantha, and her beauty mesmerized her.

Her skin was a soft and her eyes were a sweet swirl of blue and green.
"Hello princess." She said with a bright white smile.
Alexandria was speechless, she was almost breathless.

"Are you a queen?" Alexandria asked kindly with wide eyes.

"No, but I'm a friend of your mother and father…and they told Tony and I to watch after you. So that's why you're here." She said with a smile.

"Where is my mommy and daddy?" asked Alexandria sadly.

"Don't worry they'll be gone for a while so that gives you and I some time to play. Sound okay?" Samantha asked.
It was as if Samantha had put Alexandria into a trance. She nodded her head and took her hand.
"Lets go see your new room." Samantha said.

A bald man came up from behind Tony with an ear piece in his ear.
"You sure it's safe to keep her here? Won't Faye come looking for her?" asked the bald man.

"It's safe…besides I don't want Faye, I want Spike." He saidwith a less kind voice.


Faye had gone back to her old room and saw that it was empty only a bed lay in her room. She looked in the dresser and found nothing except in the last drawer was a very familiar yet revealing outfit. She cringed in shock.

"Faye?" Jet's voice rang through her ear.

"You're telling me I used to wear this thing out in public?" She said with smile.

Jet just smiled back…

"Yep, and when you would walk down the street people would take double takes." He said with a laugh.

"Faye, are you sure that you saw him as Vicious?" Jet asked.

"My maid said his name was Vicious and when I saw him he had white hair. It was him…" she was interrupted.

"But Spike said he killed him, 5 years ago. It can't be him. Maybe it's a imposter." Said Jet.

"All I know is that whoever he was has my daughter!" she said angrily. Faye' tears started to roll down her face again.

"It's okay Faye…I promise we'll find your daughter." He said giving her a hug.

She stopped the tears for a moment…and nodded to Jet.

After he took his leave she laid on her bed thinking of that day when Spike and she had become close.

:Flashback:

"Are you still mad at me?" Faye walked into Spike's small room. He was looking out his window with his jacket over his shoulder. The cool air stopped blowing in the Bebop and it turned it into a flying oven.

Sweat drops fell from his forehead down the side of his face.

"Depends, you still the mean ol' woman you've always been?" He asked sarcastically.

"I'M NOT MEAN! YOU'RE JUST A JACKASS!" Faye shouted.

"Yep…still mean." Spike whispered to himself.

"You can't be so careless with you're shots. You nearly blasted our bounty into next week." She said sitting on his bed. "Then you let your guard down." She said with a small laugh.

"It was my mistake…I saw him aim the gun at you. But you're a big girl, I guess you can take care of yourself." He said.

She looked at his arm where the bullet had hit him. She knew it hurt him and she knew she shouldn't have joked about it because he took it for her. She noticed the bandage was bloody, blood started to stream down his arm. She sighed and walked over to him.

She took his arm and unwrapped the bandage.

"You have to change it constantly…or you'll get infected." Spike's hand rubbed up against Faye's chest and he could feel his heart beat fast.

"No it's fine! I can change it." He said pulling his arm back. But Faye pulled it back to her.

"No, I know you…you never get things done." She said grabbing his arm back. Again she seemed to place his hand on her chest, and this time Spike didn't move it.

He felt the warmth of her body and he could feel her heart beat. His face turned hot, as he looked into her big green emerald eyes. And Faye herself caught a few glances of Spike.

Spike seemed to have forgotten about the pain in his arm. He flinched every now and then but didn't feel or think much of it. He stared at her for a long time…he took a moment to look deeply at her. He saw she was truly beautiful. Her purple hair, deep green eyes, and soft pastel skin made her look as if she were a mermaid. He just didn't realize it till now.

"There, I'm done." She said as she finished tying it.

"Thanks." Spike said in an almost loud whisper voice that made Faye blush. She looked away from him as her face turned bright red…she could feel his eyes rested on her.

"Yeah well…I got to go." She turned toward the door and her back felt heavy for she could sense him still watching her.

She stopped in the doorway and turned around with tears in her eyes.

"Spike…" Spike saw small shiny tears roll down her cheeks.

"Thank you! Thank you so much." She said like a small child. She smiled and turned toward the door again.

"Faye? Can I tell you something?" Spike asked. Faye stopped and turned around once again. When she turned around she felt his large hands hold her sides, and his soft tender lips pressed gentle against hers.

Her eyes grew wide, her heart pounded like drums, and her stomach magically turned into butterflies. She was to stun to move all she could do was think:

"What is he doing? Why is he doing this? I should slap him…I should spit on him...I should…do nothing." Faye suddenly knew she wanted this…she suddenly knew she wanted this for the longest time. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around him as well.

Spike picked her up in his arms and the two gentle landed on Spike's bed. Spike unbuttoned her shirt and his as well. As he held himself over Faye, she looked at all the scars on his chest and stomach…she looked at him, then back at the scars, she traced the long lines with her finger and then began to kiss them, as if it were going to heal them and make them disappear. She stopped and looked at Spike, he kissed her forehead then her cheek then to her lips. For hours curled in each other's arms they made love. And the both of them had rather not been anywhere else.

.: End Flashback:.

Faye had woken from her sweet dream and had almost forgot where she was.

She looked across the hall and saw Spike's room, the room where she had first fallen for Spike. She got off the bed and looked out her window and saw large buildings; she had doubts that she'd ever find Alexandria.

"Faye?" She turned around to see Spike outside her doorway. She didn't wipe away the tears or put on a fake smile, she was too worried to think of anything else.

"Hey Spike." She said with a sad tone in her voice.

"I'm truly sorry about your daughter." He said as if it hurt him to say the word "daughter".

Faye's face squinted a little as her face began to swell with more tears, but she tried to stop them…she didn't want them to see that she had became weak, especially him.

Spike tried to keep his eyes off of Faye's rolling tears, but he couldn't.

There was nothing but silence between them. Faye waited for him to say something…but he was silent, just like the old Spike. So she spoke for him.
"She's such a sweet girl…wouldn't harm a fly. She's only five…what harm could she do, to be kidnapped for?" Faye covered her mouth with her hand.

When Faye had gather herself back together again, Spike asked…he didn't want to but he knew he had to.

"Your daughter is she…uh…mi…" Faye interrupted him.

"Her name is Alexandria Anne…Spiegel." Faye said turning her head around to face him.

She turned away from his speechless expression.

A silence dragged in between them…and he then walked over to Faye.

She turned around to the sound of his footsteps. As she did his arms wrapped around her.

She was shocked for a moment and then held in her tears.

But lost it when she felt a warm substance fall on her bare shoulder. She let her tears flow like rivers into Spike's muscular shoulder.

"I promise you Faye Valentine, whoever did this won't get away with it. I promise." He said with a fierce tone in his quivering voice.

TO BE CONTINUED…