"Tap, Tap," a soft knock at the door came. "Who could that be?" says Faye Valentine as she approaches the door wearing a pair of red pajamas. She opens the door to find that a small letter is in front of her door. She looks up and down the dark and empty street for a clue as to who delivered the letter. "Who the hell delivers mail this early? Five in the morning." She trails off as the she begins to read the letter:

Faye Valentine,
I've found you a bounty. Come to Mars. A bar called The Purple Swan will be waiting for you. I'll be waiting for you too.
Cowboy

"What!" Faye drops the letter in surprise as memories of her past come flooding back. Her bounty hunting days ended three years ago on that day. Forever etched in her mind were those times when she was free with her comrades on the Bebop. After the day that Spike died there was no life in the bebop. Everyone slowly drifted away and found their own lives.
Faye was no exception. She became a business woman and now works at one of the top companies on Venus. She was never married. No one knew about her bounty hunting career but the three remaining members of the Bebop, Jet, Ed, and Ein. Who would be sending her this mail? "Maybe I should go," she told herself, "I'm due for a vacation, and besides, I want to know which one of them sent me this."Wondering who had sent her this letter Faye sat down on her couch as her cat slid onto her lap. "Let's go on a little trip Carmen" she said to her cat as the got the keys to her old Redtail out and headed once again towards her door and leaves with a few bags and a cat carrier in hand.

"Ring" The doorbell on earth rang. The sparsely populated planet did not receive much mail so this was a surprise for, now sixteen year-old Ed. "Wha." She groggily cart wheeled out of bed and crawled over to Ein to wake her up. Ein awakened and Ed walked over to the door. "Hellooooo?? Who is it??" She asked while peering through a small hole from various angles. She saw and heard nothing but the wind blowing through trees and across sand. "Bark?" Ein questioned her. "I don't know who it is Ein" she said, a bit confused. She opened the door to find a letter with a plain white envelope on her doorstep. She easily opened the envelope as Ein waited for her to read its contents. "Ed and Ein," she said, as she read the letter, "Come to The Purple Swan on Mars. I have a bounty. I'll be waiting." Her voice stopped. Ein looked up at her with an anticipating look in her eyes. "Who.Who would be sending this to us?" Ed knew as well as Faye that Faye, Jet, Ein, and her were the only living members of the Bebop. She remembered that every day of her life. Ed is still hacking, yet she also runs a computer help shop and a store online. She was bewildered that anyone would send her this and skillfully folded it into the shape of a sailboat. Ein still looked utterly confused. Ein has settled down and lives with Ed, as a happy data dog. "Get ready Ein! We go to MARS!" Ed shouted this as she threw on some of her old clothes and packed her computer into a bag. She took Ein's dish and some dog food then hopped onto her scooter with Ein in her bag.

"Tap Tap Tap." The metal of the bebop was rapped upon at a docking station on Ganymede. "What the hell is that?" Jet's voice booms from another room where he has apparently been sleeping. He gets up and walks from his room to the door. "Who would be here in the middle of the night?" he questioned himself. He opened the door to find no one and was about to angrily slam the door when he saw it, a letter silently lying on the ground. "Damn postal service," he muttered as he picked up the letter and sat down on one of the Bebop's tan seats. He slowly began to open it and at first thought that it was just another bill, until he read the contents.

Jet,

Found you a big bounty. Meet me at The Purple Swan. It's on Mars. I know you'll be there
Cowboy

Jet couldn't think of anything to say. After Spike died the Bebop crew fell apart and since he could never leave the old ship he'd been wandering and working small jobs for the past three years. "I wonder. Is Ed behind this? I haven't seen her or Faye in years. I guess I can go. My schedule's clean," with that Jet decided to go to Mars. He started the Bebop up and began to think about his days as a bounty hunter as he started the long journey to The Purple Swan.