Cowboy Bebop: The Twin Dragon Sessions
Session Three: Playing with Venom
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Back at the Bebop:
"JJEETTTT-PPEERRSSOONNN!!!I'MMMMMM HUNGRYYYYY!!!!"
A whimper.
"EEEIIIIINNNNN TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Ed sat on the couch holding Ein with one arm and clutched her stomach with mock pain. Jet limped into the main room holding a bonsai tree limb and a pair of clippers.
"EDDDDDDDD, we don't have a lot of money and food right now. When Faye gets back maybe she can go bounty hunting or something but we need to fix the ship. Why don't you find an easy bounty that's on earth Ed so we can get money."
She stood straight up and saluted him. "Aye, Aye Captain!!," she said happily as she ran off to get her tomato.
He sighed and walked towards the bonsai room. 'I hope Faye gets back soon.'
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The sun started setting over as Faye stood up.
Click.
She froze as she felt a cold, steel barrel pressing on her bare back.
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"JET!!JET!!JET-PERSON!! I FOUND A BOUNTY!!" She swung Ein around, while balancing her tomato on her head, as she bounced into the bonsai room. He looked up at her then the screen.
"Already? hm." He took the computer off her head and looked at it. The man on the screen had a gruff pretense about him. His face wasn't shaven, his eyes a piercing amber color, and his hair a graying black.
"50 MILLION WOOLONGS!!...hot damn..."
Jets eyes wandered over to his offense list.
"Death Adder. 16 counts of rape, 13 counts of Murder, and to many attempts and never caught...NO. Forget it Ed, Faye can be a pain in the ass but she ain't goin' after this guy with out back up. My legs too messed up and Spike ain't here."
"Ed can help!"
"NO"
"awwww"
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Thud.
Faye had dropped her bear; she had no idea who was behind her. He had caught her off guard. Her eyes still red, she looked down at her feet. He spoke before she could grab her gun.
"Nuh-uh-uhh!" He pressed the gun harder into her skin. "I don't think so dear."
Faye bit her bottom lip and responded calmly. "What do you want?"
He leaned closer and touched her shoulder. "You my dear....," his voice rasped in a low tone. He felt her twitch slightly, though he expected more. To bad he didn't know who he was messing with.
She was pissed.
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Spike groaned. The twins looked up from their card game. Things calmed down in the room, everyone was passive. The twins looked at the reason for Spikes distress.
Hospital food.
Sachi grinned. "No matter how many times you stab it with your chopsticks, it isn't going to get better 'ya know."
He flashed an annoyed look at her, while Shino tried to hide behind his cards. A creak was heard; everyone looked over towards the door. Rinji stood there over his brother, Shin, who was in a wheel chair and looked very weary. Spike had a relieved look on his face.
Rinji wheeled his brother over to Spikes bedside and sat himself in a chair next to twins.
Sachi ignored the two friends and looked over to Rinji. "Wanna play?"
He looked up at his brother, then to her and shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
Shino dealt. The three were so wrapped up in the game they forgot the other two in the room with them.
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Since the man was standing behind Faye, he had not noticed her eye. It was twitching like mad. She kept her composure though. He leaned over and whispered something in her ear.
'That's it!' She thought a few other choice words in addition, before taking action.
He had never saw it coming, one second she was in front of him and then all he felt was a sharp pain on his back. He had fallen forward but his arms kept him from getting a face full of dirt. Gun still in his possession, she kicked his arm so he would release it. What she didn't expect was him to grab her leg. She was flipped over but luckily she was able to get both hands on the ground and landed a kick to his jaw. He was taken aback letting his grip of the gun to release. Faye took the opportunity and picked up his gun and pulled out hers. Now having both guns aimed at his head he feigned defeat.
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Spike looked over at his beaten and bruised, but happy friend.
"...I thought you were dead...I-I didn't know..."
"I know Spike, I know." Shin said in a scratchy voice as he looked up. He had noticed Spikes expression which held many emotions. It made Shin nervous, usually Spike his his emotions well, only showing happiness when he was truly happy. This however was an unusual moment. "Spike, you don't look like yourself. What is bothering you?"
Spike leaned back on the bed and looked out the window. He hadn't responded.
"Don't do that Spike, I know you. Don't do that again, holding in all your damn emotions. It's annoying."
Spike stared at the ceiling. "You know me too well Shin." His face had a smirk on it.
Shin let out a low laugh.
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Jet looked up from the TV as he heard the door open. Ed and Ein looked up too.
"FAYE-FAhh?!--DEATH-PERSON!!! BAD BAD MAN!!!"
Jet noticed Faye walk in with a man, handcuffed, in tow with a gun to his neck.
"Look at what I found, Jet!" Faye had said sarcastically as she pushed the man forward.
"Faye, how did you get Death Adder? He had a 50 million woolong bounty on his head."
"Wah?! You mean this PERVERT had that big of a bounty on his head? I just thought he was a small fry!"
"YESSSSS FAYE-FAYE!!! BAD BAD MAN HAS BIG BIG BOUNTY!!! WE GET TO EAT!!!"
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"Ha! Royal Flush!!"
"I thought we were playing Goldfish!?"
"Wait? Weren't we playing Old Maid?!"
"WHAT!? COME ON I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WIN!!"
"Hey, me too!!!"
"Yea! What he sai--"
*WHAP*BANG*SLAP*
"--ahg...."
Spike and Shin looked over at the three. Rinji had his face planted on the ground with limbs hanging everywhere and a small puddle of drool forming. Shin had jumped out of range of his sister's short temper. She rolled her eyes and sat back down.
Shin looked over at Spike and whispered something low. "Short fuse, eh?"
Spike smirked. "Yea, we're lucky, she won't hit us as long as we're injured."
"I heard that!"
"Oh jeeze," Shino mumbled. He sighed and pulled Rinji into a seat so he wouldn't drown in his own saliva.
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A few hours had passed when finally the Asteroid Patrol pulled up next to the beaten up Bebop.
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Spike was at it again, but it wasn't only him. Shin had gotten permission from the doctors to be moved into Spikes room. All, including the twins and Rinji sat in the room eating and/or poking at their food. Shin and Spike had refused to eat the disgusting thing they had passed off of as food. Sachi, Shino, and Rinji (who had a large bandage wrapped around his head) sat happily gobbling down the burgers, fries, and shakes they had gotten from the fast food joint down the street. Shin and Spike stared longingly at the fast food feast and disgustingly at the 'food' placed in front of each.
"Aww, come on let us have food!" Shin said in a pleading voice.
"You got food in front of you guys," Shino had stated with a full mouth not looking up from his food. This earned a kick to his shin from his sister for him talking with his mouth full more than the statement itself.
"You call this food!? IT'S NUCLEAR WASTE THAT SHOULD BE SHOT INTO THE FARTHEST GALAXY AND HOPING IT LANDS INTO THE NEAREST STAR!!"
"Wow, I know people hate the food here but that's harsh."
Every one looked up to see a young man, early twenties (maybe younger), with black spiked hair, green eyes, and glasses propped up on top of his head. He was wearing a white doctor's coat and held a transparent tablet with the patient's information on it.
Sachi's eyeballs practically popped out of her head. She being the only female in the room was the only one to notice his physique. She admitted to herself that this one was a tasty side dish. Shino oticed the predatory look on her face and suppressed a fit of laughter. He settled for an 'I know what you're thinking' look. She threw a fry at him in response. Spike rolled his eyes and looked over to the doctor.
"You look to young to be a doctor," Spike said pointing his chopsticks at the doctors ID which stated his name being Minoru Yosuo.
"Yeah, I know, I'm only 18....," the doctor grumbled under his breath.
Everyone stopped and looked at the doctor like he sprouted a second head. Dr. Yosuo looked up from his tablet nervously.
'ugh, great...now I got one lil' girl saving my ass and a boy operating on me....jeeze what has youth come to these days...' Spike thought in an irritating tone. He snorted in contempt at the 'boy' in front of him. Sachi coughed and sipped her chocolate shake while Shino searched for his catsup packets. Shin avoided eye contact instead looking at the interesting wall grout while his brother actually stared at the doctor in confusion. Rinji himself had only turned 18 recently.
"Look if you don't feel me qualified I always could get another doctor. I graduated medical school last year, I skipped about 6 grades. I have a 4.0 GPA and ranked top in each of the schools I graduated from. Would you prefer me or some old man who had to the test three times before he could get his medical license?"
"I say keep 'em." "I second." "Third." "Yea...yea..."
"Well Spike?"
He sighed, he couldn't win, plus the boy in front of him should be a better doctor anyway.
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DON'T PLAY WITH VENOM COWGIRL!
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A/N: I am extremely sorry for the lateness of this chapter. Busy I suppose, well I get two weeks vacation in two weeks. Which will be happily spent in Las Vegas, though during the duration of that period I will try to get out more chapters. Really. Really...sorry....^.^ *scratches head nervously* Oh yea, thanks Max's 1 Only for reviewing! ok...I'm leaving now...Oh and I promise the story will move forward in the next chapter and I'll make the next one longer....brain cramp...