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Chapter 5.

Faye was pretty well settled in to life on the Bebop. She could walk around comfortably without feeling like the creepy guest and had even been out to catch a few bounty's with Jet. It seemed as though she lived here her whole life and nothing phased her anymore for snapping at the other crew members. Not that Spike was around much for her to snap at. Spike hadn't been around in the past 3 days and when Faye questioned Jet about it, he just shrugged and said "It's not unusual"

Faye was cleaning her new gun Jet had given her at the beginning of the week for protection when he went out, In case Marx came back. He was surprised at Faye's excellent shooting skills when he watched her test it out. She just shrugged it off. Faye sat in the small laundry/spare room, her hair over her face and small beads of sweat on her forehead from concentration. She was in a pretty bad mood.

She had broken 2 nails already.

"Ahh! Stupid thing! Why do guns need cleaning anyway?" Faye yelled, throwing the rag down in frustration and ran her hand through her hair, annoyed. She stood up about to leave the room when she noticed Spikes' communicator sitting in the opened cupboard.

He took it everywhere with him.

A Jet policy

Faye picked it up and took it into the living room where Jet was sitting reading a book about the finer points of Shogi. She limped slightly over to him. Still a little wobbly from her wound.

"Hey Jet!" Faye sat on the yellow chair opposite him. "Why would Spike leave this behind? Surely he takes it everywhere with him?"

Jet looked up from his book a frowned at the communicator. "Idiot, if he's stupid enough not to take it with him then how am I supposed to get him out of trouble?"

"Trouble?" asked Faye, trying not to show concern.

"He's always in it, trouble follows Spike wherever he may be." Jet seemed to have enough of the conversation and went back to his reading.

'Fine I'll just ask Ed, Jet said Spike had been talking to Ed about something'

"Hey Edward, want some ice cream?" Faye teased.

"Edward and Ein want ice cream!" Exclaimed the red headed girl, as she balanced the computer on top of her head.

"Well tell me what Spikes been up to"

"Spike person said not to tell Faye Faye or Jet person anything, I salute him" Ed Saluted thin air.

"Oh well." Said Faye, "I guess I'll just have all this ice cream for myself then."

Ed looked at Faye wide-eyed as she watched her take a bite of the strawberry ice cream.

"mmmmm, delicious"

"Spike person went to see Marx man…" Said Ed, snatching the container away from Faye and manging into it.

'Marx! What the hell? Why?'

"Jet! Spike…Gone to…Marx!" gasped Faye as she hurried as fast as her leg would let her into the living area.

"Now why does this not surprise me" Sighed Jet, not looking up from his book, "Faye, Spike can look after himself"

"Marx… he can't!"

"You're on your own with this one Faye, good luck with that."

'Bastard'

Faye stormed out into the ship hold and climbed into the red tail. The ship Jet had lent to her. It was a pretty nice ship considering the price it was bought for. Faye yelled at the transmitor, "Jet open the door"

"I want that ship back in one piece" Came the response.

Faye turned on the ship and flew off to find spike.

Faye hovered the Red Tail over Marx's house, looking for signs of Spikes or the swordfish. Scanning the ground for any sign of, well…anything. She'd have to go in. Faye knew the place quite from living there for 3 years.

Marx had moved her from Earth to Mars to avoid bad investors. He then continued his research in a special lab hidden beneath the house. Faye hadn't been allowed in there but she went anyway.

Her stubborn personality always won.

Lost in her thoughts, Faye quickly snapped back into attention when her eyes caught sight of the Swordfish poking out from behind the shed.

'Damn, they must have him'

Faye turned the Red Tail around and flew it into a park a few streets from the house much to the children playing baseballs' dismay. She jogged, ignoring the pain in her leg to the mansion where Spike was. Instead of going to the front gate she climbed over the ivy wall around the side of the grounds.To avoid difficulties.She should've taken the front gate. The climb was difficult and Faye cursed the whole time.

"Fucking stupid piece of crap bush thing! Why the hell would anyone want to put a plant like this shit anywhere!" The ivy snapped and Faye landed flat on her back on the hard ground.

'Ow!'

She stood up, stretching and brushing ivy off her. She brushed the hair from her eyes and set off across the grounds toward the back of the house.

Gun at the ready.

Faye picked the lock on the big oak door at the back of the large brick mansion with a pin from her hair. She hadn't seen any guards or anything yet so it all seemed safe. The door creaked slightly when she opened it. No one, thankfully, was waiting on the other side. Faye stood in the familiar back porch. It was full of plants and had green swirled tiles with white panel walls.

Faye never liked Marxs' taste.

Cautiously Faye opened the adjoining door which led into the hallway. Poking her head out, she couldn't see anyone waiting to kill her so she scurried to the other side of the hallway to another door which led down into the basement. She was sure Spike would be there. Opening the door she proceeded down some cement steps and into a large corridor with 3 doors and a built in cupboard. The middle door went down to the lab and the door on the right ended up leading to a hatch in the garage ( for quick get aways) The left door was an empty room so Faye was sure Spike would be kept in there. The door creaked when Faye opened it, Faye had been expecting to see Spike tied up somewhere but instead she came face to face with one of Marxs' security who had been sitting in the newly converted staff room eating some lunch. The man seemed just as shocked as Faye and stood up quickly knocking the plastic chair over and spilling his sandwich everywhere. Faye used this as an advantage and was already at his side with the gun pointed at his head.

"If you know what's good for you, you won't try anything funny. Ok?" Faye took the safety of her gun as a warning to the man. Faye looked over at the mans name tag which said 'Larry'.

'Larry!' thought Faye 'Who the hell names their child Larry!?'

Faye gestured to Larry that he should sit back down, keeping the gun to his head with his every move.

"Stay there!" yelled Faye while she searched the room for something to tie him up with, all she found was coffee mugs and tea bags.

"Oh well fuck it" said Faye aloud as she walked over to Larry. "Sweet dreams"

She smacked the edge of her gun over the side over head knocking Larry out. Faye grinned.

'I think I enjoyed that'

Then she realised.

'Stupid, stupid, stupid me! I should've asked where Spike is! Oh well' Faye walked past Larrys' body, half in the chair and half hanging of it. She could see sweat marks under his arms and observed his greasy face and stubble. She quickly decided that he was definitely a Larry.

Once out in the Hallway again Faye was going mental wondering where the hell Spike would be. She cursed quietly and decided she would have to check upstairs. Dreading the climb with her dodgy calf. She was about to start to climb the stairs when she heard a dull thud on the door of the built in cupboard.

'No way' she thought 'that's tiny'

Faye pulled out her gun and took the safety back off, inching towards the cupboard. She braced herself and placed her hand firmly around the door knob. Wrenching the door open quickly so it hit the outside wall with a bang, she pointed her gun at figure inside. It was dark and she could only see the dark outline of whom she knew was Spike from the fuzzy top of the shadow. Casually she flicked on the light and lent against the door frame.

"Sup cowboy"

Spikes mouth was gagged and overall he looked pretty ok. He had a cut on his head and a small black eye but other than that he looked fine. Shackles attached to the back wall of the cupboard bound his arms about head. His legs were shackled to the floor and his knees permanently bent.

'He looks pretty Damn uncomfortable' thought Faye.

Faye bent over him and buled the gag out of his mouth, straightening up to check outside. A noise of someone coming down the concrete steps startled her and she grabbed the door, leaping into the cupboard, closing it as quietly as possible behind her. The unfortunate thing was, was that the cupboard was barely big enough to house Spike let alone too of them. About a centimetre of room was all there was on either of Spikes side and around 3 inches from his feet to the door. Probably why his legs were shackled bent.

Spikes' pretty tall.

So as Faye jumped into the cupboard she tripped on Spikes' feet landing backwards into his lap. Her bum wedged in between his bent legs and his chest, her legs bent over his. The pair sat in silence as they waited for the footsteps to fade, they heard the slam of a door and then nothing. Faye hoped Larry hadn't just been discovered.

"Soooo…" Faye heard Spike say just behind her head. "Took your time Faye"

"Shutup Spike, It's your own stupid fault you decided to go and get caught. What the hell are you doing here anyway?"

"Just chilling…"

"Dickhead. How about we try and get out of here?"

"Well you're the one not in cuffs"

"Ok, I'm gonna pick the lock, if I can just... turn around" Faye struggled and wriggled around on spike for about a minute until she managed to turn over onto her stomach, sliding into Spike's lap so now she was wedged front on in between spikes legs and chest.

'Right' Faye swallowed and took a deep breath, this position was a little close for comfort. She reached up and began working at the lock, wriggling around to get comfortable, ignoring spike completely.

'Right' Spike swallowed and took a deep breath, trying to ignore Faye wriggling around on his hips. He closed his eyes concentrating on breathing.

"Oh god" Spike whispered, he cleared his throat. Keeping his eyes tightly shut.

Faye didn't notice and kept moving around, she got one lock free, Spikes' right arm dropped down to his side. Spike clenched and unclenched his fit regaining movement. Faye moved to the other hand, her breasts now in Spikes face. Spike couldn't say he didn't enjoy it in fact he was enjoying it a little too much. When Faye moved around again this time Spike brought his free hand down onto her hip.

"Faye, stop…just stop" he uttered, eyes shut.

Faye looked down at Spike looking incredibly uncomfortable. His eyes were shut and he was biting his bottom lip.

"Wha…ohhh, I see." Faye couldn't help turning a bit red herself despite her sarcastic tone. "Sorry, I uh didn't notice. I'll stop in a second."

The Lock came undone and Spike brought his hand down to his side, taking a big breath. Glad it was over, well sort of anyway.

Faye had the two locks on Spikes feet off easily in a minute. As soon as they were free. The pair quickly scrambled to there feet in an attempt to get off each other as quickly as possible.

The two stood in the cupboard Faye staring straight at Spikes' chest and Spike staring at Fayes' black hair. Neither moved for a moment until Faye looked up at Spike. She stared into two different shades of red, one eye darker than the other. Spike looked down at Faye, a slight grin on her soft lips, she had a beautiful face.

Almost like Julias'.

Her emerald eyes glowed even in the dim light of the hanging bulb above them.

"Ahem" Faye cleared her throat, "We should probably go now" Faye turned and reached for the door handle but Spike stopped her, grabbing her wrist. His other arm pushed her up against the wall. His face was an inch from her own. He kept her pinned to the wall. Faye could feel his breath on her cheek. He looked directly into her eyes and moved only a millimetre closer. Fayes' body felt like a thousand volts of electricity had been charged through it. She shut her eyes waiting for the kiss. Suddenly she felt the tension from her wrist and shoulder leave. Spike stood up and grabbed the door, opening it and looking out. He stepped out of the cupboard leaving Faye still up against the wall as if his hands were still there.

'Why didn't he kiss me?' She was confused.

Spike appeared back around the door, "you coming?"

"Umm yeah…yes" she replied, straightning up.

The two walked up to the concrete stairs, Faye a little behind because her leg was starting to ache. Spike turned around. "you ok?"

"I'm Fine" Faye snapped, looking away from him.

Spike opened the door to the entrance hall where he was met face to face with 6 of Marxs' guards and Marx himself. The security didn't hesitate and started firing immediately. Spike dived back behind the door, with no gone it was useless. Faye through hers to him and he began shooting at the attackers. When there was 3 left he came out from behind the door and through the gun back to Faye. He could handle these guys with hand to hand combat. Faye came out form behind the door shooting down a guard as she did. Her eyes focused onto Marx who in the midst of battle just stood there grinning. He beckoned at Faye to come over but Faye just stood there. She raised the gun and pointed it at Marx. His eyes began to widen as he realised Faye wasn't joking. She was stronger now.

"Fuck you arsehole"

Marx fell to the ground, blood soaking his shirt on the chest area.

"Spike lets go!" Yelled Faye when all the security guys were on the ground, some dead, some alive. Spike followed the limping Faye to where the Swordfish was hidden. Spike jumped in and Faye followed. Her leg was killing her. The red ship took off. Security was everywhere shooting up at the ship but they weren't quick enough.

"Drop me off at the Red Tail, It's in a park a few streets from here."

"Ok" replied Spike and headed towards the Park.

Faye walked out of the bathroom, she could hear jet cursing as he fixed Spikes ship. The bullet holes had torn something or other in the engine but Faye didn't listen when he told her. Spike was sleeping on the couch, snoring lightly. Faye touched her lips,
'Spike almost kissed me' she thought 'So why didn't he'
Faye couldn't be bothered, she was tired and these thoughts were making the fatigue worse. She sunk into the arm chair massaging her neck. She closed her eyes and tried to block Spikes' face.
She couldn't.
'Oh well, I guess I'll just have to dream of Spike Spiegal then.'
Faye drifted of to sleep, the image still fresh in her mind.

Spike opened one eye, checking that Fayes' were closed.
He noticed she had a slight smile across her lips.
'Her lips…' Spike licked his own and sighed. 'Not much I can do now'
He closed his eyes to rid himself of the image of Faye.
It didn't work.
There she was in his dreams.
'I can live with that.'

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