Cowboy Funk

- Chapter Two -

Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop or any CB characters. I do, however, own my OC (Kitana Wynne). Credit for the title goes to the creators of CB.

Kitana suddenly felt a force pull her up as she was lifted into the air and placed on some moving object.

'Where's the pain? Is this heaven?' Kitana asked herself as she opened her eyes to find herself sprawled across the lap of the mysterious cowboy, Andy.

She blushed like a tomato.

"Well, hi there, pretty lady," Andy said with a smile.

Kitana blushed even more. She had never been called a pretty lady before, and no less a stranger had said it! She didn't want to fall off the speeding horse, so she wrapped her arms around Andy's neck as he gripped the reins. She was so close to him that she could smell his aftershave.

'What a hottie,' Kitana thought to herself as she felt her consciousness slip away.

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Kitana awoke to the sound of a glass clinking against the table. She sat up sluggishly and surveyed the room. The place looked like a bachelors pad, but it was actually pretty clean.

'Maybe he's gay?' Kitana pondered.

"Well, well, pretty lady. You're finally awake."

Kitana jumped about five feet in air at the sudden sound of someone else being in the room.

"Oh, my! Hello, Mr. Andy."

He nodded and pushed a glass of water across the table.

"Here you go, Miss… Um, I never did catch your name?"

Kitana shuffled her feet off of the couch, "My name is Kitana Wynne. I'm pleased to meet you."

Andy grinned, "Well, I'm pleased to meet you, too. I'm Andy Von De Oniyate."

Kitana shook his hand, "You saved my life! I thank you from the very bottom of my heart. I am forever in your debt."

Andy smiled genuinely, "Don't worry about it! Say, there's a masquerade party at the Chancellor's Building tonight, and I have a feeling the Teddy Bomber is going to be there. Do you mind accompanying me?"

Kitana blushed a scarlet red, "I'd love to! But… I don't have a costume or anything like that." She disparagingly looked down at her ragged and dirty clothes.

Andy noticed the disheartening tone in Kitana's voice. He stood up, and walked into a room down the hall from the den. Kitana heard doors opening and shutting, some shuffling of stuff, the sound of glass breaking, and then loud footsteps as Andy returned carrying a beautiful red satin ball gown and a pair of black heels.

Kitana gasped, "It's beautiful! It looks so expensive… Are you sure about letting me wear this?"

Andy nodded before he fished a white masquerade mask out of a nearby drawer.

"Now you're all set, Miss Kitana. These were my mother's, and she won't mind. She never wore this stuff anyways."

Kitana murmured a thank you before Andy pulled her up and pushed her into the direction of the bathroom.

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Spike's Point of View

I threw the weird mask on as I waited for Jet and Faye to get their costumes ready.

'Kitana, I hope you're okay... I thought you were going to die before I could get to you, but that damn Andy saved you! I'll give him credit for saving MY damsel in distress, but I won't be the bad guy next time. I'll save you for sure next time,' I thought to myself.

Jet and Faye stepped around the corner. "Come on guys; let's go bag us a teddy bear and a moron cowboy."

I sat around talking with Jet about the Teddy Bomber, hoping Jet had gotten his location. I explained to Jet that murder wasn't on the bomber's agenda, seeing as he didn't kill Kitana or me when he had the chance. Finally, Jet got a hit on the radar and we moved in on our unsuspecting target. We noticed that the Teddy Bomber stuck out like a sore thumb.

'He's wearing a teddy bear suit… That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen!'

I walked up to the bomber and greeted him.

"How did you guys find me?" He asked with a completely serious look on his face.

I restrained from punching him while Jet explained the radar. I, on the other hand, sarcastically suggested that the teddy bear suit was totally not a dead give-away. The bomber started trying to clarify his reasons for targeting buildings, but a distinct whistle filled the air.

'Damn that Andy!'

I cursed his very name. Everyone turned to look at the elevator as the lights of the floor number started blinking. Sure enough, when the door opened, there stood the brown steed with Andy and a woman on its back. I rubbed my eyes and noticed the burnt orange hair that was flowing around the woman's shoulders.

'Shit. That's Kitana!'

She was in a beautiful red gown that complimented her curves, but she hid behind a pearl white mask. Her hair rippled each time she turned her head, and I could barely manage a single word out.

"Wow!"