Here it is, sorry for the delay other projects and work to deal with!!! So without delay...enjoy!!!
Chapter 9: Violation
Enemy contact…were under heavy gunfire requesting air support!!!
HQ? Do you respond?!
………
HQ I repeat…need urgent air support we are pinned down do you copy??!!
……
INCOMING MISSLE!!!!
BOOM!!!
"AHHH!!!"
I realised I was dreaming again, I still have nightmares from that day, it keeps me up every night.
But I fell back down as I was bandaged in most places, I was still in pain from those gunshots I took, I then realised I was on the couch.
How the hell did I end up here? All I remember was Rico shooting me and I jumped at him with the taser and we both got electrocuted.
I also did shoot him in the head but after that…
I then heard some footsteps and saw Jet entering with some hot drink as he looked a bit surprised I was up.
"Your up, I was wonderin when you'd be." he said giving me the drink.
"What happened?" I asked lazingly.
"You got shot up." he said sternly.
"What about Rico?" I asked.
"Dead, you shot him in the head, I managed to get you fixed up quickly but…
"But what?" I asked.
"Look at your bandages." he said.
I looked underneath my shirt and saw that there were bandages across my chest and arms as I saw they were blood stained, but I looked underneath them and saw…nothing, no wound, cut, burn or even a scab, I even checked my hands from my fight a few nights ago and saw they had been healed as well.
"You look more surprised than I did, do you have any idea how you're doing this?" he asked.
"No…what's happening to me?" I asked in fear.
"I'm not sure but I did get a blood sample from you, I sent it off to the doc hopefully he can shed some light on how your doing it." Jet said.
"I hope so I mean…how?! It's just impossible for a human being to survives being shot three times and electrocuted with ten thousand volts going through your eyeballs." I questioned.
"I don't know myself but in this world things are somehow possible." Jet said.
"So what now, do we tell the others?" I asked.
"For now we keep this between us both until it's solved and try to keep yourself under control until then." Jet said.
"I'll try but I'm not making any guarantees." I said.
As then both Spike and Faye came back from their bounty.
"What the hell happened to you?" Spike asked.
"Well it involved a drug using sociopath, me, a barrage of bullets and ten thousand volts running through his body." I said.
"That bad huh? Well at least you got the bounty I take it?" Faye said.
Jet looked at us all and just did not want to talk about it, I also knew what that look meant.
"You've got to be kidding me?! All that and nothing to show for it, I feel so jipped right now." I said disappointed.
"The Syndicate took the bounty off as soon as they found out Rico was dead, so it was their way of getting rid of a problem and having it done for free." Jet said.
"Yeah well at least some of us actually got a bounty." Faye said holding her share.
"Six thousand in the bank, it'll keep us afloat for a short while." Spike said holding his share.
"What now?" I asked.
"Well as soon as Kira comes back we leave for Jupiter 7." Jet said.
"Where is she anyway?" Faye asked.
"I don't know, that girl usually takes off on her own accord, if it was important she'll be back." Jet said.
"Probably beating some guy up for checking at her out." I joked.
"Not the first time that has happened, at least she used her connections in ISSP to get herself out of those types of jams." Jet explained.
As then the main doors open to reveal the devil herself as VAG had returned.
"What the hell happened to you?" Kira asked.
"Hit by a bus." I joked.
She raised an eyebrow to that comment.
"No, not really me and Jet went for a bounty head." I explained.
"And you got all shot up…typical." Kira sarcastically said.
"At least I was hunting one today, what were you doing to try and get some cash?" I asked.
"…"
"As I thought, I don't know what you get up to and spend how many hours on but…oh it's that then is it?" I joked.
She looked a bit confused at that statement but it just hit her hard as she went wide eyed and pushed me up against the wall hard.
"You fucking pig!!! You really think that you son of a bitch!?" Kira yelled in my face.
As I showed no signs of intimidation as I shot her a small grin.
"Well not really but you do go out at some ungodly times and yet you return when it suits you, now tell me that ain't a bit suspicious.?" I explained.
She looked at me as if I just violated her and she just let go of me and stormed off out the door.
"You had to say something didn't ya?" Jet said.
"Hey I speak my mind if something's bothering me." I said.
"Well we can't take off until she's on board so since you're feeling a bit better you can go and get her!!!" Jet ordered me.
"My punishment huh? Well I guess I suppose I should and I guess I should apologise and let the baby have her bottle." I said.
I went back to my room and grabbed some change of clothes as I changed into some jeans, a black vest and grab my coat and weapons as headed on out to find VAG.
We were still on Venus so that was a plus but unfortunately no idea where she went to as I then pulled out my communicator and contacted Ed for support.
"Ed? You there?" I asked.
The screen came into full picture and popped up the face of Ein, who just stared at the computer.
"Ein? Can you get Edward for me please?" I asked.
I couldn't believe I was asking a dog this, as he ran off and barking was heard and then finally Ed showed her face.
"Heeelllooo!!!" Ed said in her normal perky tone. "It's TJay person, what can Ed do for you?" she then asked.
"Ed I need you to get a lock on Kira's signal." I said.
"Alright! Edward is searching!! Searching…Searching…Searching and…there you are!!! Ed has found KiKi, she's several blocks from your location." Edward informed me.
"Thanks for the help Ed." I said as we cut off.
I used the tracking modulator to find her and she was on the move I followed the signal for about twenty minutes until she eventually stopped and it seemed now I would find her as the signal originated from a bar which was called The Blue Lounge.
I just opened the doors and entered the dark and dimly lit room as the sound of Jazz was playing on stage.
The place was a smoke filled hole where all sorts of people lurked, as I began to look for VAG it wasn't hard as I found her sitting near the bar and it seemed she was drinking.
She sat alone as the barmaid was talking with her.
"What'll it be hon?"
"Four fingers please." Kira answered.
"Rough day hon?"
"Why are all men such assholes?" Kira asked.
"It's the way they are, but you can't count em all out."
"Like this guy I know, he's a bit of a smartass half the time and half the time he gets serious about things…I mean sure he's a good person but we hardly know him and he just dropped out of the sky and into our lives…what is it about guys like that, that just rubs you the wrong way?" Kira questioned.
"Well hon it's a total mystery but some times they can or sometimes it interests you."
"Not unless they guy thinks you're a whore." Kira said having a shot of her drink.
"I never said you were one, you assumed it!!!" I said cutting in the conversation.
She looked behind her recognising the voice to be me and was in complete surprise and anger I was there as she turned back around.
"What do you want?" Kira spat at me as she took a shot of her drink.
"I came to find you and to apologise." I said.
"Apologise? Ok first you insult me then you wanna apologise?! Did Jet make you?" Kira asked.
"Partly but I did feel bad about what I said, it was out of order and for that I am sorry." I apologetically said.
"You think just a simple apology is gonna make up for this? You know sometimes you can be an arrogant smartass who has no regard for people's feelings, but seeing you just came down here made the effort to do so to my face, I accept." Kira reluctantly said.
"Seriously? I thought you were just gonna punch me in the face then accept it." I said.
She then looked to me and well punched me in the face as my lip was busted.
"Now that you mention it, I think I will, we're even now." Kira said with a smirk.
I was still standing as I held my bleeding lip, but I guess I deserved it after what I said, but it was also the first time I'd seen a smirk on her face rather than an angry look on her.
"You have a nice right hook there, could've broken my jaw if you wanted." I said tasting blood in my mouth.
"At least it'll shut your mouth for a few minutes." Kira said going back to her drink.
"Highly doubt that." I said as I approached the bar and sat next to her.
"Just out of curiosity where do you go? I mean none of us have any idea what you actually do on your outings?" I asked out of curiosity.
She just looked at her glass and took another gulp.
"I get it, you don't wanna talk about it, I understand." I said.
"I go looking for bounties but I always turn up dry…but somehow you managed to find one without a contact." Kira questioned.
I gave a look of "I do have one but I don't wanna say in case you kill me."
"I just stumbled upon it by luck after I beat the crap outta these guys." I explained.
"You're lying." Kira said. "It's written on your face so don't lie again, how did you get that last bounty?" she asked.
"…" I didn't answer her.
"Okay then I guess we'll let the captain of the ship know of your little past time activity or should I just ask Otto?" as she dangled her communicator in front of me.
"How did you…
"I did pick up a few things in ISSP, I bugged your comm and I followed you, the SFAL has a lot of brutal competitors you think you can take them?" Kira asked.
"Not saying I can but I won't go down without a fight and I can guess you want something in exchange for your silence to our captain?" I asked.
"Your info, who gave you it?" Kira asked.
"Otto did, he hears about things in there and tells me after I win a fight and collect the cash." I explained.
"Ok but if you're making money I want in and the info." Kira said.
"You mean we will, it's my info and my money." I said.
"You really think I would…dammit!! Fine I'll split the bounty with you, I want twenty percent of your winnings and we'll keep this quiet." Kira proposed.
"Twenty? How bout ten?" I offered.
"Ten? Fifteen?" Kira said.
"Twelve, that's my final offer." I said.
"Ok fine twelve but you better get us good info with a good bounty." Kira said.
"That is more like it." I took a shot glass filled with vodka. "To our "partnership" and us getting the bad guys." I toasted.
She smiled a little and held her shot of whisky up as we knocked them together." Cheers." she said as we necked them back.
We had a few more and decided to leave. " Hey hon."
The barmaid called to Kira who turned back to face her. "As I said you can't count em all out."
She grinned and nodded at that as we left and went back to the ship.
"Why did you leave ISSP isn't it a better job than this?" I asked.
"Sometimes having a job that requires you to follow the rules won't help you to save lives, just endanger them." Kira said.
"Someone died on duty while you had no choice but to follow protocol." I answered.
"Something like that." she said darkly. "What about you, you're an ex soldier what happened?" Kira asked.
"…Let's just say all things don't go according to plan." I said as I tried to tell her.
"Something went wrong on a routine mission didn't it?" Kira asked.
"Sort of, but it's….
She could see I was finding it hard to talk about it as then we arrived back at the Bebop and made our way in.
"Where the hell have you two been??!!" Jet demanded.
"Around." Kira said.
"Have you two been drinking?" Jet asked.
"I wanna no but I'd be lying." I answered.
"Oh forget it, we're taking off, we're heading to the Orion space station for supplies." Jet said as he headed to the cockpit.
I headed off back to my room for some rest…"Wait…TJ." Kira said.
"Yeah?" I asked turning back to her.
"How will you know when the next fight is?" Kira asked.
"Otto calls me, so we just wait until then." I said.
"Ok, I'll see you at dinner then…you've got a hanger to clean." Kira said walking off.
"Wait…the hangar…you've got to be kidding me??!!" I complained as I grabbed the mop.
So both of them have gone into partnership with one another by blackmail but how will this fair out? And what will the blood tests reveal on TJ?
What you think? Reviews please!!!