"Hello to you all...wake up the king, wake up the queen, everybody laugh, everybody sing..." Ed sang and flew with her arms out to her sides. She wished she could really fly although her body was so lithe it felt almost as though her feet weren't even touching the ground. She stopped dead in her tracks and Ein skidded to a halt several feet ahead of her, kicking up dust. She twirled about a few times waiting for Jet and Spike to catch up. Jet was out of breath by the time he had made it to where the girl and her dog stood. Spike slowly maneuvered his way through the crowds of movie people. He wouldn't run if there was a fire.
"Fire! Fire!" Ed yelled. "Fire in my heart for you!" She moved her arms about and danced on the spot. She didn't like this standing still thing at all right now. She was far too happy to see her friends again. She was sure they would never find her unless she found them first. "Found you! Found you!" She cried out. She drew one leg up behind her like a ballet dancer, her brown and calloused foot sticking up into the air.
"How do we know she's even leading us to her father?" She heard Spike call out to Jet. O, ye of little faith. Spike's brain was sometimes as fluffy as his hair. Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy. Ed knew he didn't trust her all that much. He still thought she was just some kid. But she knew that wasn't true. She would have more kid-friends and less people-friends if that were the case. Wouldn't she?
"Ed...are you sure this is the way to your father?" Jet asked. She knew Jet was only asking to satisfy the Spike-person. Jet trusted her. Jet knew she was a real member of the Bebops. She smiled and got warm when she thought of it. Jet was her best friend. Next to Ein, of course.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Father-person is this way!" She said, although she wasn't entirely sure. There were so many people around. But she was sure they'd run into him eventually.
She started to run again even though Spike was glowering at her and Jet was still a little out of breath. She was so glad things were like they used to be. She wondered where Faye was.
"There's Faye-Faye!" Her golden eyes grew wide and she waved frantically at one of the Fayes sipping a bottle of mineral water on the other side of the road that was blocked off. "Hi Faye-Faye!" She didn't even blink when she saw a second Faye walk past them. "Hi again, Faye-Faye!" She said.
Jet looked back over his shoulder at Spike and shrugged his shoulders. Spike rolled his eyes.
"Where the hell is he already?" He called ahead.
Ed turned to face them, skipping backwards. "He's this way. This way, this way, this way." She sang. Perhaps she wouldn't lead them to her father. She was enjoying this much more. It was funny when the two men were so serious.
She had to admit, it was strange that there were so many skinny Spike-persons and big-Jet-guys and Faye-Fayes. But Father explained it to her. She was very excited at first, thinking of all the potential friends she could make. But none of these new people were like the Bebops. That's why she was so happy to have found Spike-person and big-Jet-guy again.
"Any girl can make me smile...but only you can make me cry..."