"The Syndicate will be after you, Johnny. The senator has connections, and he loved his son dearly." Jet said.
Johnny pulled out a cigarette, and lit it.
"I know that. Carter was also a friend of Vicious. Although, "pet" seems to be a better word. At least, from what I gathered from his ramblings. So, I'm a dead man." he replied.
"You could fight back." Spike said.
Johnny smiled at that.
"No, I couldn't."
He pulled a High-Power out of his foot locker.
"Spike, do you know what this is?" Johnny asked.
"A gun." he replied, eying it carefully.
"It was my dad's. The Van gave it to me after they executed him when he tried to pull off a coup. They gave it to me to remind me what happened to people who went against them. I want you to have this. Maybe it'll remind you what happens to people who go against the Syndicate. And if not, 13 extra rounds of 9mm won't hurt to have."
He paused, seeing Faye come out to the deck.
"Faye, I fixed your Glock!"
He pulled it out of his foot locker.
Faye walked over to retrieve it, when a flash of light made her squint.
Johnny knew what this was. So did Spike. Spike started to move, but Johnny held up his hand to stop him.
"Spike. Don't go getting yourself killed on my behalf. If you get yourself killed, how are you gonna find-"
The Glock skidded off the deck, breaking on impact with the ground below.
Johnny didn't hear the gunshot, it was suppressed, from a mile away. He didn't see the muzzle flash, it was behind him. He did, however, feel the double-tap of the rounds enter and exit his left lung, one piercing an artery.
He didn't have long.
Spike and Faye went prone immediately.
Johnny stumbled to one knee, and fell flat on his face.
Spike crawled over to Johnny, to check his wound, turning him over, shouting his name, but it was all so far away.
Johnny took a moment to notice how beautiful the Martian skyline was. Birds flew peacefully above him. It didn't matter. He didn't matter. Life would go on.
Then he stopped thinking.
On a building a mile away, Shin sighed, and flipped down the lens cover on his scope.
See you, Space Cowboy.