"Get out."

"No."

"I said leave"

"No,... Mariah."

Faye gasped. How did he know her alias name? Wasn't he supposed to be dead? All the memories of their times together four years ago came flooding back.

"What do you want?" Faye questioned angrily.

With a smug look on his face, Spike replied, "Bounty for Mariah Jets about one million. I was just looking for her about not too long ago. Someone shot up the place though. Thought someone had killed her, so I left."

Faye's eyes went wide. Did he see who had almost killed her? "Is this what you want to see! She yelled pulling the blankets off of her, exposing a bandaged wound. Spike was at a loss for words. He had been there the entire time, but had not known he was very close to Faye. When those bounty hunters shot up the apartment building, no one had suspected anyone to have come out alive.

"Who did that to you!" shouted Spike.

"Why do you care?"

"Because I was there!"

"Then you would have seen them."

"I was outside of the place."

"So was I. I made it out and was about to get to my ship, when I got f shot. I didn't even see anyone. The only thought in my head was if my child got..." Faye closed her eyes as the tears streamed down.

Spike walked over to the bed and sat down. Running a hand through his hair, he muttered, "You were near the junkyard."

"Yeah why?"

"I fired a shot near ther-"

"YOU SHOT ME?" yelled Faye Valentine. Both anger and shock flashed through her mind.

"I sent a shot in the distance because those idiots kept shooting up the pl-"

"GET THE HELL OUT! SO HELP ME IF YOU GO NEAR MY DAUGHTER I WILL KI-" Faye tried to stand up quickly, but a blast of pain shot through her body, so she lay back down. "Why the fuck, out of all the people, you-"

"IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE IN THERE, I WOULD HAVE SAVED YOUR ASS! BUT NO MISS HIGH AND MIGHTY HAS TO DROP OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH SO NOBODY KNOWS WHO AND WHERE THE HELL SHE IS!" yelled Spike walking out of the room and slamming the door. Faye started sobbing.

It was about noontime when Faye got up to see what was going on. It took a little time, but she got out of bed and started walking. The bebop was very quiet. Edea was in the "kitchen" with Edward. They were both eating sandwiches.

"Hey mommy, Edward made me a sandwich," chirped Edea.

"That's nice," said Faye. Faye looked at Edward and saw the same look she gave her the previous night.

"What's wrong Ed?" questioned Faye again.

"Nothing," said Edward trying to fake a smile.

"Hey Ed, where's Jet?"

"Uhh...Jet went out looking for a bounty," replied Edward.

"Oh. Hey Ed, when did Spike come back?"

"Well," Edward thought for a moment, "Spike came back about three weeks after Ed returned. Ed came back two weeks after the time Ed left. When Spike-person came back, he was messed up badly. Jet-person and Ed cleaned up Spike. It was yucky." Edward was silent for a moment. "Where did you go?"

"I left here because I couldn't take it; with you gone and that lunk-head gone off to kill himself, it got really lonely and depressing. I knew it would hurt to say goodbye to Jet, so I didn't. I even missed Ian." Just then, Ian came into the kitchen and sat at Edward's feet. She put a piece of her sandwich down and Ian ate it.

"Didn't Faye-Faye always fight with Spike?"

"It was some sort of communication."

"But why leave?" questioned Ed.

"I felt I had to leave and be on my own. I had been on my own for a majority of my life so I knew how to handle it. It did get pretty lonely though. I was then one-and-a-half months pre-" she cut herself off.

"gnant." Ed finished. "Jet knew that Faye-Faye was pregnant because Faye-Faye kept throwing up and eating ice cream with pickles. Ed found that nasty, but just thought Faye-Faye was weird. Jet told Ed Faye-Faye was pregnant. How come you didn't come back?"

"I couldn't. I don't know. I tried to move on..."

"When Ed came back, Jet welcomed Ed with open arms. Jet was glad to have Ed back. Ed's dad didn't want her. He was only worried about his business. That really hurt. Jet has been like a father to Ed. Jet would've welcomed Faye-Faye back." Faye put her arms on the table and set her head down. "Ed tried to track down Faye, but it was like Faye disappeared into thin air."

"Mommy," questioned Edea. Faye put her head up.

"Hmm," Faye responded.

"Can I watch T.V.?"

"Ok, come on, I'll show you where it is." Little Edea followed Faye into the "living room." After settling Edea with a very old cartoon from Earth, Faye took a walk.

'Wonder what my old room looks like,' she wondered. It did. The room was empty of any personal possessions; only things left were a bare bed, nightstand, and dresser. The room was clean though.

"Jet left it that way so in case Faye-Faye decided to come back," came a voice from behind. Tears, from nowhere, started to stream from Faye's eyes. Edward embraced her with a few tears of her own.

It was around 5:00 P.M. when Jet returned. Expressions of Frustration and anger shown through his wary features. Faye was standing on the deck looking at the stars, so Jet walked up to her.

"You all right?" he questioned concernedly.

"I guess. Hey Jet?"

"Hmm."

"You knew I was pregnant, didn't you?"

"Well pickles and ice cream together is kind of a sign of something." Jet laughed.

"Now that I think of it, ewww," Faye laughed.

"She has Spike's eyes," stated Jet.

"She's his," muttered Faye looking out at the stars. Turning and looking Jet square in the eye Faye said desperately, "I thought it was going to be different. He told me he wanted to be with me. Then he goes off to "find his past" and gets himself killed; or so I thought. When he leaves I so happen to find out I'm pregnant and then what? Ed left and it was only me and you. I didn't want to burden you with my problems so I left."

"I told you, you could have come back," Jet reassured.

"I couldn't, I dug myself deeper with my alias Mariah Jet. Then I go and get my ass shot by that lunkhead."

"Did you say Spike shot you?"

"Yeah, he told me it was an "accident'' and he didn't know I was there," she uttered venomously.

"Well, nobody knew you were there."

"I just didn't know then and there what was going to happen to my daughter," Faye looked on the verge of tears, but kept them at bay.

"Glad I found you when I did, otherwise you would have died."

"Jet, I don't want to live like this anymore; wondering everyday if my child and I will survive it, or if I get caught on bounty!" yelled Faye...