"Hey, old boy!" Jet crouched down and took the dog's face between his hands, giving him a good rub about his neck. Ein's tail wagged appreciatively. He jogged about in circles around the two men, barking.
"What the hell is he doing here? Are you sure that's him?" Spike looked at the dog suspiciously. Ein stood up on his hind legs and twirled around, falling and landing on his side..
"Yeah, it's gotta be him." Jet said. "What are you doing here?" He asked Ein as though he could answer. Ein continued to walk about in circles.
"Does that mean Ed's around here somewhere?" Spike looked back over his two shoulders as though the crazy flame-haired girl would magically appear.
"What do you say, Ein? Is Ed around?" Jet brought a heavy hand down on the dog and rubbed his back affectionately. Spike still looked as though something were not quite right.
"Obviously they have something to do with the movie. Let's see if we can find Ed 'round here somewhere." He took a few steps towards the end of the alley when his legs suddenly seemed to stop working. He looked down and the kid was sniffing his boots.
Ed wrapped her long, rubbery arms about Spike's legs, "Spike!" She practically barked. She reached out a hand and took hold of a fold in Jet's pants. "And Jet!"
"Obviously the script called for a freaky kid and her mutt." Spike said. He took hold of Ed's wrists and pried her off of him. She immediately leapt up into his arms and threw her arms around his head.
"Ed missed Spike's hair." She sunk her face into Spike's dark, unruly hair and inhaled deeply. She looked over at Jet and smiled, leaning her fresh cheek against the top of Spike's head. Spike struggled to get away.
"What's going on? Why are you here?" Jet asked as Spike whirled and whipped about with Ed clamped around his neck. Ed sprang from Spike's arms and began to cartwheel around the pair.
"Father-person is helping movie people." She paused to answer while standing on her hands. She waved a foot towards a trailer at the other end of the alley. "He finds places."
"Like a location scout or something?" Spike was asking Jet more than Ed. He could never figure out what Ed was talking about. The kid was walking around on her hands. Spike resisted the urge to grab her and shake the information out of her. She was obviously done talking to them about father-person.
"So do you think they might have got the idea to do this movie from Ed?" Jet stood from petting Ein and scratched the top of his head.
"I don't think Ed has any ideas to spare to tell you the honest truth." Spike answered. He couldn't imagine Ed stringing together enough coherent sentences to be able to put together a film. Someone else had to be behind this.
"Hey, Ed," Jet began, turning the child upright and holding her to the spot. "Do you think you could take us to see your father?"
Ed seemed to think about it for a second before answering with a maniacal grin, "Yes! Follow Ed!" She spread her arms out to her side and sped off around the corner making airplane noises with Ein barking and running after her. Spike sighed, irritated and already tired from watching her for five minutes. Jet didn't notice. He was already off following the nutty kid.