The year is 2071, we are at the space port on Earth. There is a ship docked, the Bebop, "Jet, when are we going after the next bounty? I hear the Humanoid Typhoon has shown up on the continent of Akuma No Shinzou. It figures he would come here after destroying all of Planet Gunsmoke. Now there's a $$100 octillion reward on his head, dead or alive." the man says to his friend, co-worker, and pilot, Jet.

"Spike, I know your eager to go after this Vash guy, but you know we still need to repair the Bebop after the last stunt you pulled. I still can't believe you crashed the Swordfish II into the Bebop because you had to catch the last bounty, now eat up." says Jet.

"Aw, beefless Stir Fry again?"

"I told you, you need money to get food and we're all out of money because we need to keep repairing the ship. ED, FOOD'S DONE, COME EAT!" he bends down and gives their dog, Ein, some Stir Fry. Ed comes out and starts eating

"Food, food for Ed, makes the brain big and strong!" Ed says in her usual happy way.

Spike asks, "Hey, where's Fey?"

'Beer Baron Bar' the sign reads as we cut to a new scene, inside we see a tall man. This man is sitting there, red coat, blonde hair, he can be only one man; VASH THE STAMPEDE! "Vash, why are we here?" asks his friend, Meryl. "Have we come for a certain reason?"

"Well, we are here to DRINK of course." He takes a drink and with a goofy expression laughs "AH HA HA HA HA!"

BAM! Meryl hits Vash over the head with a mighty blow, "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! I meant, why are we here? Is this the only place we could go after Gunsmoke got destroyed?" Vash gets a grim look on his face, "Actually, we came here to find my Uncle Kitaguchi, he is the doctor on a United Planet Space Force ship, the Soyokaze. He is under the command of Captain Justy Ueki Tylor."

His other friend, Millie joins the conversation, but only after eating a pudding cup, her one weakness. "Wow Mr. Vash, your uncle must be a great man!"

"Yeah, Captain Tylor actually brought peace between the U.P.S.F. and the Holy Raalgon empire, he truly is a great man."

"Hello, Vash, is it?" he turns to see a beautiful young woman. "Woah, your beautiful, who are you?"

"Fey Valentine is my name, would you like to talk a little over a drink, in private of course."

"Sure, I would be glad to!" Meryl gives him a whack on the head and says to him, "What are you doing, for all you know she is an undercover agent trying to claim the bounty on your head!"

"Oh relax, she's fine Meryl." Vash says

"Okay, but if something happens, I am not saving you." retorts Meryl

Vash walks off with Fey to a private room, "So, Vash, why did you come to Akuma No Shinzou?"

"Just looking for family, I guess."

"Oh, really?" she moves in close to him, "I just love men who care about their families." befor Vash can say anything he hears a click, he looks down to see him handcuffed when Fey pulls out a gun, "But too bad I have to bring you into the bounty collector's office. Don't make a sound and you can keep your life, if your two girlfriends come running, just tell them we're getting a room together."

Vash nods his head as they walk out the door, a few seconds later a man collapses from the heat of the desert continent, this in turn has an ambulance driving up and cuts in front off her path. when this happens she flinches and lets go of Vash, "Hey stop running, if you don't I will have no choice but to shoot to kill!" she runs after him while shooting at him, the gunshots alert Meryl and Millie of Vash's absence and come running. Millie pulls out her weapon and shoots it at Fey to restrain her. Fey doesn't notice until the last second she had to react and jumped out of the way. Millie fires a few more shots are one eventually hits Fey. The two walk up to her and Meryl says "Where is Vash, we need to keep an eye on him before he causes any destruction." Just then a giant explosion happens at the water purification plant. "Well, we found him" they run to the plant and find the owner yelling about the wreckage, "OH MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED!? OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"I am Meryl Strief and this is Millie Thompson from the Bernadelli insurance company, what happened here sir?"

"IT WAS THAT MAN, IN THE RED TRENCH COAT! HE DESTROYED THE FACTORY I OWN, I WILL HAVE TO REBUILD, OH MY GOD THIS SUCKS!"

"I am very sorry, take these donuts as compensation."

"YOU THINK DONUTS ARE GONNA FIX THIS MESS YOU HAVE TO- THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE!" we see Vash running towards Meryl, he breaks his hands free of the handcuffs and grabs the box, "mmmm Meryl, these donuts are delicous, by the way, don't you find it ironic that your insurance company is called 'Bernadelli", if you think about it, it's like you saying to 'go burn a deli' you know?"

"YOU IDIOT" Meryl screams as she gives him another beating then turns to the plant owner. "I am so sorry, sir. I am so, so sorry please forgive us, I thought he was trained like a dog before today."

she grabs Vash by the ear in they go to retrieve Fey, who is now gone. "Where could she have gone?"

Back on the Bebop Fey walks into where Spike and Jet are, "Where have you been?" Jet asks

"To catch that new bounty." she replies

"Huh, you mean the Humanoid Typhoon?" Spike says

"Yeah, he doesn't seem so tough at a glance, but let me tell you, he has some serious dumb luck. I think we are gonna need an army or something to catch this guy."

"Seriously? No one can be that Lucky."Jet says

"Well he is, how do you think he got here after destroying Gunsmoke?"

"Hmm, good point. Spike what do you think we should do?"

"I don't want to share the money, but if he's as lucky as you say he is, we may need some help."

(Note: the animes mentioned in this chapter are as follows in order of appearance/mention: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor)