Again. I had that dream again. I know I'll forget it in a while, but while it's fresh in my mind I can't help but ponder the implications…
…it starts off on the Bebop, I'm in the middle of telling Jet a stupid story about some dumb cat with a million lives. I stand up ready to leave and he asks if "its for the girl" somehow I know he's talking about Julia and my next words surprise me beyond belief. "She's dead." She's dead. My Julia is dead.
Suddenly I know I'm going after Vicious, to end it all. Faye stops me on the way out, I tell her the story about my eyes, hoping she'll understand. She does but only subconsciously, otherwise I'd be riddled with bullets.
I take the swordfish to the syndicate's headquarters, knowing Vicious will be there. Shin teams up with me, and his last words are a shock. They were waiting…for me? I had forsaken them long ago, and yet they still wanted me? True family…but Vicious had left his mark. I couldn't go back, I couldn't trust true family anymore. I had to defeat Vicious. So I did.
I made my way back down the grand staircase, where dozens of syndicate men armed to the teeth (with guns trained at me) watched and waited. They couldn't be Vicious' men. They wouldn't hesitate to shoot me dead. So who were they? And why didn't they kill me?
My last thoughts linger on the bebop crew before I awaken in my bed, always knowing this isn't the first time, always knowing it won't be the last.