Epilogue

There were gunshots all over the place and two halves of a TV logo came together. Trumpets let out noise, followed by a banjo playing a catchy tune. The TV logo says 'Big Shot: For The Bounty Hunters'. A couple of presenters stood back to back with their guns out.

"Oy, amigos," said Punch, "How're y'all doin'?"

"And now it's time for 'Big Shot'," Judy said, "The show for all you bounty hunters across the star system."

There were pictures of the three members of Alaris getting arrested and taken into the police station.

"Chucks howdy!" Punch began to speak, "The big news is the thief/assassin group 'Alaris' being arrested. One of the four members, unfortunately, was killed before the group was turned in."

"Oh, well," Judy let out a sigh, "looks like that's 10 million Woolongs wasted."

"On the plus side," Punch continued, "the most dangerous criminals in all the universe are locked up and putting up with life sentences."

"Well, what's up next?" Judy asked.

"I'm glad you asked me, 'cause the next bounty head is Darnal Tramuda, famous for stealing the ancient drug of marijuana." said Punch.

"Huh, never heard of that." Judy put her finger underneath her jaw, "How much is this guy worth?"

"Well, I'd say we're looking at... 900,000 Woolongs." Punch answered.

"Really? Whoowee!" Judy cheered with excitement.

"Well, good luck to all you lucky bounty hunters." She said, looking at the screen.

"Time to hit the road!" Punch was about to wrap up their show, "Tune in next time!"

"Sayonara!" Judy said, while making a gun with her hand and shoots upwards, ending the show.

Back at the Bebop, Ed and Ein waited patiently for Spike, Jet and Faye to return from fighting Alaris. The three of them returned to the Bebop, each carrying heavy bags. Ein, seeing them, barked to announce their arrival.

"Ein, keep it down." Faye ordered Ein, wearily, "You're giving me a headache."

"So, how was the butt-whopping?" Ed asked.

"Ugh, don't ask, Ed." Jet said, "Don't ask."

Everyone remained silent until...

The bags were slammed on the table.

"What're they?" Ed asked, looking at the bags.

"Well," Spike said, letting out what was in the bags - food! "it's not exactly 'bell peppers and beef'."

Ed and Ein stared at the food with delight. Jet stared at Spike, astonished. He started to think to himself.

'How is it that you lost your old man and you're still cracking a joke?'

"We turned in Alaris, got the bounty. Said goodbye to the doctor and went to shop for some more food." Spike continued.

"So what now?" Faye asked.

"There's a weird man who steals giant green leaves." Ed answered.

"Wait... I think I heard about this. It's... uh..." Jet tried to think of an answer

"Marijuana. Or pot, or whatever." Faye answered.

"Didn't that stuff die out, a while back?" Spike asked, confused.

"Ah, no matter," Jet said, "Let's go get this guy."

"How much is he, anyway?" Faye asked.

Spike picked a ticket that came from the TV and read it aloud.

"900,000 Woolongs."

"Aw, that's nothing compared to what we got, 4 million!" Faye said, irritated.

"Yeah, well, let's just try and get the guy." Spike said.

With that, everyone went back to their usual places.

"Hey, Spike, I'm gonna cook us something that isn't bell peppers and beef. D'ya have any suggestions?" Jet asked, calling out to Spike."

"Hang on, I'll just get us out of Mars first." Spike said, as he ran towards the control panel that controls the Bebop and flew the Bebop out of the Mars.

Later, the Bebop drifted across the empty realm of space.

As Spike was at the control deck, he fell asleep. Through his cybernetic eye, he starts to see his dad, a vision he had the moment he was about to leave him

"Son, I'm about to go somewhere and you... you can't follow me." Jeremiah said.

"But, dad..." young Spike said.

"Jeremiah looked at Spike and knelt down to talk to him.

"Listen to me," he said, "you might be alone, but everyone ends up being with people with each other again." he, then, continue to say, "You'll see me again sometime. When that time comes, everything could change."

Spike's vision later saw Jeremiah leaving him.

The vision changed from Jeremiah leaving Spike and saw something else.

Spike saw Her.

She was reading a book and was sitting near Spike, who was covered in bandages.

Spike tried to get up from the sofa, but his injuries made it harder to get up.

"Owwww." Spike grunted in pain.

The woman saw Spike trying to get up and hurting himself and went up to him

"Don't try and get up." she said, "You're hurt, see?"

Spike tried to say something but the bandages were covering his mouth, inabling him to talk.

"Spike, your injuries are starting to heal up." the woman said, while looking under the bandages.

"And, then... and then..." She tried to say something, but then she broke down, tears running down her face. She hid her face with her hands and lay it near Spike's body.

"Oh, why did you ever fall in love with me?" She said, while crying.

Spike looked at her and then looked up at the ceiling, ignoring her.

"And then," the woman let out a sigh, wiping away her tears, "you have to get out of here before Vicious finds you and kills you.

Spike, then, turned his head to her and started to listen.

"When we meet again, we must leave together and be at peace away from Vicious." she said.

There was silence until...

"OK." Spike said, muffled under the bandages, but good enough for the woman to understand him.

The vision started to fade away as Spike woke up, looking at the stars.

Spike started to think to himself...

'OK.'

Spike thought about Jeremiah and the woman he saw in both of his visions, then, he thought...

'No bell peppers and beef? That doesn't sound like Jet...'

Spike chuckled at the thought and left the control deck to join the others.

Like Father, Like Son

See You, Space Cowboy

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