Hahahha. I got away from Spike Spiegal! Hahahahha. Anyway, next in
line...Mars! Hahahahha. End.
-i am cari-
-Session 002- Kids on Mars
Cari slowly opened her eyes to the familiar smell of ramen soup stewing. She sat up, ran a hand through her short, dark, tousled hair and glanced around her. Daz and Matt were still asleep, Daz beside her and Matt in the other twin bed. She smiled at their little boy sleeping postures.
Pulling on a t-shirt over her tanktop she slumped over to the table where Zack was reading a magazine. An old magazine by the looks of it.
"Hey." she mumbled as she reached for the cigarettes and a mug of coffee. He glanced at her, his sleepy eyes taking in every detail.
"Hi." He went back to his article. Cari lit her cigarette and inhaled deeply. She reached for Zack's arm and rested her fingers gently on his deeply tanned and musceled arm. He looked up again.
"You ok?" he asked as he watched her suck on her cigarette.
She shook her head and looked back, "I've got a bounty. I should leave you guys."
Zack smiled and rested his hand on hers. "Is that what you're worried about? The cowboys?" She flicked her half smoked smoke against the far wall, where there were many other ash marks and sighed, replying slowly, "No. I'm not worried about that. I'm not worried. Just wishful."
Zack sighed and rolled his eyes. He took his hand away and went back to his magazine. Cari stared at Zack as he read. His intense ice green-blue eyes were intent on the article and seemed to block her out. He chose to ignore her.
"Zack, what would you do if I left?" she stood up and walked over behind him, placing her head on his shoulder and her arms on his chest. He closed his eyes and leaned back into her soft chest.
"I don't know. Probably wander around until I died. Stayed where I was in case..." He trailed off. Cari leaned closer to him until her lips brushed his ear, "In case...?" Zack opened his eyes and smirked, "In case the place where I was had a lot of hot chicks and good music." "GAHH!" cried Cari and she smacked him on his ear with two fingers. Zack grinned.
Fuming, she picked up her ramen cup and chopsticked the noodles and other ingrediants hurridley into her mouth. She picked up her jean jacket, flung it over her shoulder, lit a cigarette and went to open the door.
Cari paused as she turned the knob and said over her shoulder, "You wouldn't do that Zack. You would cry if I ever left you. And your boys."
She opened the door, letting hot humid air, stench and noise from the street in, then she was gone.
Zack stared at the dark brown door and listened to the air conditioner hum and cough. His brother turned restlessly over in his bed and Daz let out a great snore. He shrugged and turned back to his magazine.
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Cari, cigarette dangling from her lower lip, hands deep in her pockets, a smirky sad expression on her face, stopped walking when she felt a raindrop. In the last half hour she had been walking, the weather had quickly turned into a summer rainstorm.
Ignoring the weather, she hitched her collar higher up around her neck and continued on. She didn't know where she was going. Suddenly, she heard swingy music blaring from a building.
She looked up and saw a building labeled "The White Stripe" and as she watched the building, lights flashed from within and she heard people laughing and dancing. And music.
As she sauntered towards the club, she flicked her cigarette away and noticed a skewed poster: "The Seatbelts! Noon-5!! LIVE!! DRINKS!!"
She smiled and walked on in.
Inside, people were pulsing around her to the popular tunes of The Seatbelts. Cari leaned against the wall in the back and watched the guitarist rock on.
She pushed her way to the bar and ordered a glass of wine. The bartender smiled nicely and commented, "Not much for fun drinking, I see." She glanced at him and took in a scar over his right eye and highly muscular arms, one robotic. He had sideburns and his hair was black.
She smiled back and replied, "I don't go for the heavy stuff till after dark." Turning away from him, she took her wine and made her way to tables behind her.
The chair was backward. She sat down. A favorite began playing and the crowd went wild as they recgonized it. Cari smiled and closed her eyes. Her foot jiggled in time to the music and her thumb tapped it on her glass. She mouthed the words as they were said: "I think it's time to blow this thing. Get everybody and their stuff together. Okay..3,2,1, let's jam."
As she opened her eyes, someone walked up to the table. The trumpet began going as Cari pulled out a cigarette and ignored the person. A hand dropped on her shoulder. Cari slumped down. The sax joined the trumpet. The hand pulled her into a standing position. She fumbled for her lighter. It was knocked from her hands. The trumpet had it's solo. And then it was over. Cari was shoved to the door. A slow song began. They exited. "See ya space cowboy." She muttered as they left the club.
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The cuffs were clipped on and she was shoved into a waiting taxi. She had to drop her cigarette. Cari then turned to face Spike.
"You made me waste a perfectly good cigg." He smiled and leaned against the seat. "Sorry about that." He handed her lighter back.
Cari frowned, "It's no use, now. I can't even light up." Spike shrugged and stared ahead. As they cruised slowly throug the streets Cari watched Spike's profile.
He suddenly called, "Jet! You took a wrong turn! It was left back there!" The man in front turned around and grinned at them.
Cari laughed at the face.
Spike cried, "What the hell?!" Two more people popped up out of the front seat and pressed guns to Spike's head. Cari commented, "You better un-cuff me if you want to get out of this alive." Spike threw back his head and laughed.
Daz smiled and said, "Aw, come on Cari, let's let him go! He's a cool kid." Cari cocked an eyebrow than said, "Up here, Zack." He nodded and twisted the wheel. They stopped at a red light and suddenly, Cari had her door open and was running out into traffic.
Spike tried to grab her before she made it but was held back by Daz and Matt. "No! Shit! Where's Jet when I need him?! I can't let.." He elbowed the boys and hopped out of the car. "Fuck." cringed Zack as he watched Spike go. "Come on kids, Cari's on her own."
Daz angrily punched the door and exclaimed, "Why the fuck did Cari have to kill that guy?" Matt and Zack exchanged glances then Matt said comfortingly, "Don't worry mate, Cari can save her own ass. She'll be back before you know it. Just like before." Daz didn't say anything, but continued looking out the window.
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The traffic had been stopped when Cari left the car, so she had a good head start. Spike, however, had longer legs and more speed. He had hopped on the incoming cars and made it to the sidewalk almost as quickly as Cari. Now he just had to follow the bitch.
Cari was sprinting along the sidewalk in the direction of the harbor. She ducked through stores, out back alleys and through parking lots. Sweat was running down her face and she was breathing heavily. She needed her hands free so she could climb.
Stopping at a lock shop, she glanced behind her but couldn't see any bodies falling to the ground in Spike's haste. Cari went inside and went into the back room. The guy was making new copies of keys.
"Excuse me, could you help me?"
The burly man turned around. It was Jet Black. Cari's eyes narrowed and she looked away, "Shit.."
Spike walked in the door unhurridely. He paused to light a cigarette and then he said, "You're late, Jet." Jet smiled as he grabbed Cari's by the arm and replied, "I had bar problems." Cari stared at the ground. They brought her outside again and walked the rest of the way to the harbor, where the Bebop was waiting.
-----& "Faye, Faye!" called Ed as she checked the bounties and saw something unsual with the latest bounty. Faye glanced over and continued filing her nails, "What is it Ed?" Ed peered at the screen and Ein barked at the monitor.
"That bounty girl! She had a bounty before! And before that! She's had had had had...three! Three, three! Since she was ten! Ten-en!" Faye cocked an eyebrow, "So?" Ein whined and pawed the keyboard.
Suddenly, a new window appeared and Ed screeched, "FAAYYEEE lookie the picture! She's soooo pretty! Yah yah!" Faye closed her eyes and said, "Ed, if you want to get some new information, great, otherwise, keep it down will ya?"
Ed scrolled down and read the girl's bio. "It says she is a three-time convicted murderer, she's had four counts of arson, ten counts of robbery six of those times armed, and she has warrants of arrest from Earth, Mars, and Ganymede! FAYEE! She's a criminal!" Faye groaned; "So are all the bounties we take, Ed."
Ein barked and Ed replied, "I agree, Ein. She's too pretty and nice to be such a big time criminal!" Faye glanced over again and asked, "What's that supposed to mean?" Ed turned to her and pulled off her goggles, "I think she was framed Faye-yay." Faye sat up and was about to say something back when the door opened.
She quickly hissed to Ed, "What planet was the bounty placed on that we noticed it?" Ed checked and whispered back, "Earth, that's the highest one." Faye nodded and leaned back.
Spike came down the stairs into the room and said, "Behold, our 60 million woolongs." He leaned against the railing as Cari was brought down by Jet. She stared at Ed and Ein as Ein began barking and wagging his tail. He padded over to her and licked her shoe. Cari smiled and said, "Hello there, puppy."
As Jet took the cuffs off she bent down and stroked Ein behind the ears. Ed laughed and said, "You got the wrong bounty, Spike-Spike! She was framed." Cari glanced up then got up and sat down on the bottom step, pulling out her cigarettes and lighter.
The three cowboys exchanged looks then sighed, "Right, Ed."
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Daz was huddled on his bed he shared with his sister and turning the pages in her sketch-book. He stopped at the one of their parents. It was a happier moment, the mother and father laughing as they held hands. Daz stared at their faces; Cari caught the moment so perfectly with her pencil.
"Hey, you want pepperoni or sausage?" Matt called. Daz didn't glance up. Zack opened one eye and glanced at Matt, "He's missing her. He'd be scarfing down both if she was hear." He closed his eyes and heard Matt sigh. He opened his eyes again, "What's wrong with you?"
The younger brother glanced at Cari's pack of cigarettes and replied, "I miss her too. It's not like..." He stopped abruptly and turned away. Zack's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "You...you..bastard." He stood up suddenly and walked out the door. Matt watched him go and pulled out his own memory of Cari.
A snapshot of him and her, looking into each other's eyes, a loving smile on each of their faces. Cari was saying something to him then, he remembered. Then Zack came and intruppted them. And he had gotten his ass kicked.
-----&
Cari stared at the three cowboys and Ed. Ein was nestled under her scratching hand. A cigarette was glowing in her mouth, the smoke rising gently to the ceiling. The steps were in a dark corner and combined with Ein's peaceful breathing, Cari was growing tired.
Spike stood up and sttretched then glanced at the girl. She was leaning against the steps, Ein next to her. She looked like she was thinking about something. He called, "Hey! Time to split, little lady."
She blinked and looked up, "Who put the bounty on me?" Ed perked up and chattered, "No name, no name, no name! Number only! number number!" Cari nodded dejectedly and flicked her cigarette to the floor where she promptly crushed it with her sneaker.
Faye left the room claiming she had a shower to take and winked at Cari. Cari glared back. Spike walked towards her but Cari stayed where she was and smiled as Ein began barking and growling at the approaching man.
Jet cried, "Ein!" Cari hushed Ein and stood up, extending her hand, "Come one lil' buckaroo. Let's blow this thing." Ed watched sadly and said softly, "Bye-bye, Cari-chan."
They exited the BeBop.
-END SESSION 002- -SESSION 003- ----NEXT----
-Session 002- Kids on Mars
Cari slowly opened her eyes to the familiar smell of ramen soup stewing. She sat up, ran a hand through her short, dark, tousled hair and glanced around her. Daz and Matt were still asleep, Daz beside her and Matt in the other twin bed. She smiled at their little boy sleeping postures.
Pulling on a t-shirt over her tanktop she slumped over to the table where Zack was reading a magazine. An old magazine by the looks of it.
"Hey." she mumbled as she reached for the cigarettes and a mug of coffee. He glanced at her, his sleepy eyes taking in every detail.
"Hi." He went back to his article. Cari lit her cigarette and inhaled deeply. She reached for Zack's arm and rested her fingers gently on his deeply tanned and musceled arm. He looked up again.
"You ok?" he asked as he watched her suck on her cigarette.
She shook her head and looked back, "I've got a bounty. I should leave you guys."
Zack smiled and rested his hand on hers. "Is that what you're worried about? The cowboys?" She flicked her half smoked smoke against the far wall, where there were many other ash marks and sighed, replying slowly, "No. I'm not worried about that. I'm not worried. Just wishful."
Zack sighed and rolled his eyes. He took his hand away and went back to his magazine. Cari stared at Zack as he read. His intense ice green-blue eyes were intent on the article and seemed to block her out. He chose to ignore her.
"Zack, what would you do if I left?" she stood up and walked over behind him, placing her head on his shoulder and her arms on his chest. He closed his eyes and leaned back into her soft chest.
"I don't know. Probably wander around until I died. Stayed where I was in case..." He trailed off. Cari leaned closer to him until her lips brushed his ear, "In case...?" Zack opened his eyes and smirked, "In case the place where I was had a lot of hot chicks and good music." "GAHH!" cried Cari and she smacked him on his ear with two fingers. Zack grinned.
Fuming, she picked up her ramen cup and chopsticked the noodles and other ingrediants hurridley into her mouth. She picked up her jean jacket, flung it over her shoulder, lit a cigarette and went to open the door.
Cari paused as she turned the knob and said over her shoulder, "You wouldn't do that Zack. You would cry if I ever left you. And your boys."
She opened the door, letting hot humid air, stench and noise from the street in, then she was gone.
Zack stared at the dark brown door and listened to the air conditioner hum and cough. His brother turned restlessly over in his bed and Daz let out a great snore. He shrugged and turned back to his magazine.
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Cari, cigarette dangling from her lower lip, hands deep in her pockets, a smirky sad expression on her face, stopped walking when she felt a raindrop. In the last half hour she had been walking, the weather had quickly turned into a summer rainstorm.
Ignoring the weather, she hitched her collar higher up around her neck and continued on. She didn't know where she was going. Suddenly, she heard swingy music blaring from a building.
She looked up and saw a building labeled "The White Stripe" and as she watched the building, lights flashed from within and she heard people laughing and dancing. And music.
As she sauntered towards the club, she flicked her cigarette away and noticed a skewed poster: "The Seatbelts! Noon-5!! LIVE!! DRINKS!!"
She smiled and walked on in.
Inside, people were pulsing around her to the popular tunes of The Seatbelts. Cari leaned against the wall in the back and watched the guitarist rock on.
She pushed her way to the bar and ordered a glass of wine. The bartender smiled nicely and commented, "Not much for fun drinking, I see." She glanced at him and took in a scar over his right eye and highly muscular arms, one robotic. He had sideburns and his hair was black.
She smiled back and replied, "I don't go for the heavy stuff till after dark." Turning away from him, she took her wine and made her way to tables behind her.
The chair was backward. She sat down. A favorite began playing and the crowd went wild as they recgonized it. Cari smiled and closed her eyes. Her foot jiggled in time to the music and her thumb tapped it on her glass. She mouthed the words as they were said: "I think it's time to blow this thing. Get everybody and their stuff together. Okay..3,2,1, let's jam."
As she opened her eyes, someone walked up to the table. The trumpet began going as Cari pulled out a cigarette and ignored the person. A hand dropped on her shoulder. Cari slumped down. The sax joined the trumpet. The hand pulled her into a standing position. She fumbled for her lighter. It was knocked from her hands. The trumpet had it's solo. And then it was over. Cari was shoved to the door. A slow song began. They exited. "See ya space cowboy." She muttered as they left the club.
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The cuffs were clipped on and she was shoved into a waiting taxi. She had to drop her cigarette. Cari then turned to face Spike.
"You made me waste a perfectly good cigg." He smiled and leaned against the seat. "Sorry about that." He handed her lighter back.
Cari frowned, "It's no use, now. I can't even light up." Spike shrugged and stared ahead. As they cruised slowly throug the streets Cari watched Spike's profile.
He suddenly called, "Jet! You took a wrong turn! It was left back there!" The man in front turned around and grinned at them.
Cari laughed at the face.
Spike cried, "What the hell?!" Two more people popped up out of the front seat and pressed guns to Spike's head. Cari commented, "You better un-cuff me if you want to get out of this alive." Spike threw back his head and laughed.
Daz smiled and said, "Aw, come on Cari, let's let him go! He's a cool kid." Cari cocked an eyebrow than said, "Up here, Zack." He nodded and twisted the wheel. They stopped at a red light and suddenly, Cari had her door open and was running out into traffic.
Spike tried to grab her before she made it but was held back by Daz and Matt. "No! Shit! Where's Jet when I need him?! I can't let.." He elbowed the boys and hopped out of the car. "Fuck." cringed Zack as he watched Spike go. "Come on kids, Cari's on her own."
Daz angrily punched the door and exclaimed, "Why the fuck did Cari have to kill that guy?" Matt and Zack exchanged glances then Matt said comfortingly, "Don't worry mate, Cari can save her own ass. She'll be back before you know it. Just like before." Daz didn't say anything, but continued looking out the window.
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The traffic had been stopped when Cari left the car, so she had a good head start. Spike, however, had longer legs and more speed. He had hopped on the incoming cars and made it to the sidewalk almost as quickly as Cari. Now he just had to follow the bitch.
Cari was sprinting along the sidewalk in the direction of the harbor. She ducked through stores, out back alleys and through parking lots. Sweat was running down her face and she was breathing heavily. She needed her hands free so she could climb.
Stopping at a lock shop, she glanced behind her but couldn't see any bodies falling to the ground in Spike's haste. Cari went inside and went into the back room. The guy was making new copies of keys.
"Excuse me, could you help me?"
The burly man turned around. It was Jet Black. Cari's eyes narrowed and she looked away, "Shit.."
Spike walked in the door unhurridely. He paused to light a cigarette and then he said, "You're late, Jet." Jet smiled as he grabbed Cari's by the arm and replied, "I had bar problems." Cari stared at the ground. They brought her outside again and walked the rest of the way to the harbor, where the Bebop was waiting.
-----& "Faye, Faye!" called Ed as she checked the bounties and saw something unsual with the latest bounty. Faye glanced over and continued filing her nails, "What is it Ed?" Ed peered at the screen and Ein barked at the monitor.
"That bounty girl! She had a bounty before! And before that! She's had had had had...three! Three, three! Since she was ten! Ten-en!" Faye cocked an eyebrow, "So?" Ein whined and pawed the keyboard.
Suddenly, a new window appeared and Ed screeched, "FAAYYEEE lookie the picture! She's soooo pretty! Yah yah!" Faye closed her eyes and said, "Ed, if you want to get some new information, great, otherwise, keep it down will ya?"
Ed scrolled down and read the girl's bio. "It says she is a three-time convicted murderer, she's had four counts of arson, ten counts of robbery six of those times armed, and she has warrants of arrest from Earth, Mars, and Ganymede! FAYEE! She's a criminal!" Faye groaned; "So are all the bounties we take, Ed."
Ein barked and Ed replied, "I agree, Ein. She's too pretty and nice to be such a big time criminal!" Faye glanced over again and asked, "What's that supposed to mean?" Ed turned to her and pulled off her goggles, "I think she was framed Faye-yay." Faye sat up and was about to say something back when the door opened.
She quickly hissed to Ed, "What planet was the bounty placed on that we noticed it?" Ed checked and whispered back, "Earth, that's the highest one." Faye nodded and leaned back.
Spike came down the stairs into the room and said, "Behold, our 60 million woolongs." He leaned against the railing as Cari was brought down by Jet. She stared at Ed and Ein as Ein began barking and wagging his tail. He padded over to her and licked her shoe. Cari smiled and said, "Hello there, puppy."
As Jet took the cuffs off she bent down and stroked Ein behind the ears. Ed laughed and said, "You got the wrong bounty, Spike-Spike! She was framed." Cari glanced up then got up and sat down on the bottom step, pulling out her cigarettes and lighter.
The three cowboys exchanged looks then sighed, "Right, Ed."
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Daz was huddled on his bed he shared with his sister and turning the pages in her sketch-book. He stopped at the one of their parents. It was a happier moment, the mother and father laughing as they held hands. Daz stared at their faces; Cari caught the moment so perfectly with her pencil.
"Hey, you want pepperoni or sausage?" Matt called. Daz didn't glance up. Zack opened one eye and glanced at Matt, "He's missing her. He'd be scarfing down both if she was hear." He closed his eyes and heard Matt sigh. He opened his eyes again, "What's wrong with you?"
The younger brother glanced at Cari's pack of cigarettes and replied, "I miss her too. It's not like..." He stopped abruptly and turned away. Zack's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "You...you..bastard." He stood up suddenly and walked out the door. Matt watched him go and pulled out his own memory of Cari.
A snapshot of him and her, looking into each other's eyes, a loving smile on each of their faces. Cari was saying something to him then, he remembered. Then Zack came and intruppted them. And he had gotten his ass kicked.
-----&
Cari stared at the three cowboys and Ed. Ein was nestled under her scratching hand. A cigarette was glowing in her mouth, the smoke rising gently to the ceiling. The steps were in a dark corner and combined with Ein's peaceful breathing, Cari was growing tired.
Spike stood up and sttretched then glanced at the girl. She was leaning against the steps, Ein next to her. She looked like she was thinking about something. He called, "Hey! Time to split, little lady."
She blinked and looked up, "Who put the bounty on me?" Ed perked up and chattered, "No name, no name, no name! Number only! number number!" Cari nodded dejectedly and flicked her cigarette to the floor where she promptly crushed it with her sneaker.
Faye left the room claiming she had a shower to take and winked at Cari. Cari glared back. Spike walked towards her but Cari stayed where she was and smiled as Ein began barking and growling at the approaching man.
Jet cried, "Ein!" Cari hushed Ein and stood up, extending her hand, "Come one lil' buckaroo. Let's blow this thing." Ed watched sadly and said softly, "Bye-bye, Cari-chan."
They exited the BeBop.
-END SESSION 002- -SESSION 003- ----NEXT----
