Alright, this is actually the first time I've ever shared anything I've written over the net, so I'm relatively nervous. I don't think you neccasarily have to be a Bebop fan (which is currently my favorite anime...it and ghost in the shell) to enjoy the story. But if you are, this story take place right after Spike kills vicious, it's a dying sequence.
"Like a Rolling Stone"
Spike's
vision grew more and more dim as he coughed what blood was still in
his body. He was fading to black, but not before visions of a life
filled with endless wandering and violence filled his minds eye. The
pain was gone. He was back on the bebop preparing to give his life
over to vengeance and certain death.
"To be
without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.."
No
other verse could describe his nomadic life with such clarity. The
words echoed within his dying ego. Fading in and out, yet still
compelled to keep moving.
He saw Julia's weak smile;
she would embrace death as well. He heard endless rounds of gunfire
echoing through his mind.
He was staring into the abyss, and it
was definitely looking back. The images of violence and discord
flooded out of him with every cough, with every weak heartbeat. He
came to with a hard cough. This time it was probably more tar than
blood.
"These damn cigarettes will be the death of
me.." he muttered in a final attempt at levity. After reflecting
on these parts of his life, he crawled to a dark place to see the
stars. This would be the place where he would see
the final visions of his life. Smiling as widely as he could while
recalling jet's stern lectures, ed's eccentricities, and the love he
shared with two women, never able to be reconciled. He was dying with
the people he loved, the violence and pain was gone.
"No direction home, like a rolling stone.."
These words
again echoed within him again. In a state of tranquility, finally
experiencing the peace and love he had always longed for, he uttered
with his final breath,"No direction home, yeah, But I'm coming
anyway."
See you space cowboy...