(There's a lot of excitement in space. You never know what's in store for
ya when you land on a planet for a bounty. And lemmie tell ya this. It
never gets boring.)
"99 bottles of bear on the wall, 99 bottles of bear. Ya take one down, ya pass it around 98 bottles of bear on the wall." I sang. (Of coarse, I could be wrong) I was pretty bored. It had been almost five days since Spike and Jet got back from a job.
"Will you shut up with that song already!!!" Faye screamed. Okay I have to say that when she screamed it scared the living daylights outta me. So I decided to shut up before I get beat up like an away team fan at Yankee Stadium when the Yankees lose. But almost five minutes pass ands I need some kind of thing to do while I do nothin' so I did the most suicidal thing I could ever do.
I whistled 98 bottles of bear on the wall. I suddenly stopped and looked over at Faye who was shooting me a mean and I say MEAN look at me. I gulped and smiled sheepishly at her. It was kinda too late to act innocent. She lunged at me and started to choke me. I was defenseless against her NOT because I'm a weakling but because fighting goes against my nature. As if she was some kind of goddess, Ed walked up to Faye.
"What's Faye Faye doing to Gian Gian?" Th girl asked. I tried to yell 'help!!' to her but Faye's hands were real tight around my neck. Finally she let go. And I gasped for air.
"Have you gone crazy?? Just cause I live through some danger doesn't mean you can't kill me or anything! I ain't superman you know!" I Yelled at her but then as usual my temper died down after like five seconds. I stood up still rubbing the sore spots on my neck.
"Look I'm sorry if I annoyed you with my songs but I have to do something while there's nothing to do. That's just how I am!" I pleaded. I didn't want to be marked as a 'going to be a dead man' person on Faye's list.
"No I'm sorry I'm so uptight about them gone for so long." I sighed in relief. "Well now you know what I'm going to do to both of them." She said with a smirk as she left. I groaned.
"I'll never get women." I then noticed Ed had been there for the whole time. She was standing there as confused as could be. I crouched down to her so we were face to face.
"Sheesh, your luck you ain't in my shoes Edward." I said ruffling up her hair. She smiled at me.
"Ed doesn't where shoes but she can imagine how it feels." She said. I thought for a second. What the heck did she just say? Ah well, I shrugged off and just laughed a little laugh and lied down on my couch.
"Gian! Gian!! GIAN!!!" I immediately sit up.
"What who where como??!" I yelled looking around. I picked up my glasses from the table. As soon as my vision cleared I could see Faye. I could tell by the look on her face this wasn't going to be good.
"What is it Faye?" I asked rubbing my eyes.
"Spike and Jet are in trouble let's go!" She said loading what looked like some kind of shot gun.
"Now hold on a second I didn't even say if I was goin' or not!" I said. She quickly turned around with the very big gun.
"Fine you stay here." She said about to run out.
"No wait a second." I said stopping her by the shoulder. "I owe you guys a lot, even though I was lost as I was you guys took me in. And I appreciate that." I said taking out my magnum. I took a deep breathe and looked over at Faye. She gave me a stern look.
"You don't have to you know." She said detecting the fear through my voice. I managed to shrug it off and smiled.
"Hey you kiddin'? Besides I couldn't let you go out there on your own." I said. She nodded and led me out of the ship. As we ran to the exit of the ship Ed ran next to us.
"Where's Gian Gian and Faye Faye going?" She asked.
"We're gonna help Spike and Jet out of a little jam. Take care of the ship Ed!" I said as she stopped running.
"Okay Gian Gian! Ed will take care of the ship!"
"Who the heck are these guys??" I asked kicking away some men in black suits.
"I don't know they just-AHHH!!!" Faye screamed. It seemed the men grabbed her from behind and were basically trying to punch her senselessly.
"Aw dang it! Why do I always gotta be the hero!?" I asked as I grabbed one of them and punched him in the face. I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my arm. I looked to see that I was shot.
"AHH!!!' I yelled in pain. What a time to get shot, if it was back home I could have got medical insurance! Now they just drew the line. Messing with my friends and messing with my chance of free medical attention is where Gian Carlo draws the line!
"Alright buddy, you asked for it! Never and I mean NEVER mess with a new Yorker!! YAAA!!" I yelled using my unwounded hand to punch the guy the just shot me. I aimed my gun at the guy who had Faye.
"Alright punk drop the weapon now!" I said gritting my teeth. Ugh, maybe I should have been a desk sergeant or somethin'. The pain was killin' me.
"Yeah sure kid, you think your hot stuff huh?" The man asked cockily as he held a gun to Faye's head. "YOU drop it. OR this pretty lady get's it." He said. I looked at Faye. I could tell she wasn't very happy to be in that position. I sighed as I dropped my gun.
"Ya play dirty dirt bag." I said feeling a little weak.
"You can say that again." The man said. He then fired again. Okay I really didn't expect him to be THAT dirty. I heard Faye scream and then I fell to the floor. I remember hearing fighting for a while. Then I blacked out.
"Is he doing okay?"
"I hope so. He didn't lose that much blood."
I slowly opened my eyes to see Faye looking over me.
"He's up!" I heard Ed exclaim. Ein started to lick me in the face.
"Ack hey! Down boy Down!" I exclaimed. The first worried face I saw was none other than Faye.
"Oh hey Faye. You doin' okay?" I asked. She laughed a bit.
"I should be asking you that." She said. I blinked and sat up. I found myself shirtless with bandages wrapped around my chest and my arm.
"What happened to Spike and Jet?" I asked. As soon as Faye heard those two names her expression turned from "I'm so happy to see that your alright!' to 'Oh my gawd I HATE those guys.'
"Oh guys!" I exclaimed. "Are you guys okay??" I asked.
"Yeah yeah were okay." Spike said. Jet glared at Spike and nudged him (or rather hit) Spike in the back with his elbow.
"Oh umm, Gian, we weren't. Really in trouble. We were buying supplies after we turned the guy in for the bounty. The clerk at the damn store wouldn't let us through because of one god damned item!" The green haired man said ticked off. Jet sighed muttering something about being hopeless.
"What Mr. Spiegel is trying to say is that when he was throwing his little tantrum he accidentally pushed the device button that told you guys back here that we were in trouble." Jet said glaring at Spike.
"Y-you mean you guys didn't need help?? What about the ten day vacation you guys had?" I asked.
"Some guy mugged us and we had to chase him down for ten days until we finally got our money back." Spike said tiredly.
"You mean, I got shot for- I mean it was- but- Aw the hell with it!" I yelled in frustration as I lied back down. Suddenly Ed jumped right on me.
"Don't worry Gian Gian! Everything will be alright!" Ed said happily.
"ACK!!" I managed to sputter out before the pain went away again. I put my hands on the sides of Ed's face and brought her face to face with mines.
"Ed listen. Gian isn't feeling well. He got shot two times and he wants to rest. OK??" I asked her. She nodded. I sighed as I released her. She slid off me and walked her strange little walk back to her little place where nobody knew. After a while I finally got a chance to get some peace and quiet when everyone left the living room.
"Who were those guys?" I thought.
"Are you feeling okay?" I snapped out of my strong trance of thought to see I was staring at a slightly blushing Faye.
"Ah!" I screamed in surprise. She backed away a bit.
"I'm sorry I didn't meant to scare you." She said. I took a deep breath and shook my head.
"Don't worry bout' it. It happens to me all the time for some strange reason." I assured her. There was a weird silence going on.
"Umm did you want to talk to me about something?" I asked sitting up.
"Well actually yes. Who do you think were those men back there?" She asked. I shrugged. I didn't know either.
"I guess we'll find out sooner or later."
"99 bottles of bear on the wall, 99 bottles of bear. Ya take one down, ya pass it around 98 bottles of bear on the wall." I sang. (Of coarse, I could be wrong) I was pretty bored. It had been almost five days since Spike and Jet got back from a job.
"Will you shut up with that song already!!!" Faye screamed. Okay I have to say that when she screamed it scared the living daylights outta me. So I decided to shut up before I get beat up like an away team fan at Yankee Stadium when the Yankees lose. But almost five minutes pass ands I need some kind of thing to do while I do nothin' so I did the most suicidal thing I could ever do.
I whistled 98 bottles of bear on the wall. I suddenly stopped and looked over at Faye who was shooting me a mean and I say MEAN look at me. I gulped and smiled sheepishly at her. It was kinda too late to act innocent. She lunged at me and started to choke me. I was defenseless against her NOT because I'm a weakling but because fighting goes against my nature. As if she was some kind of goddess, Ed walked up to Faye.
"What's Faye Faye doing to Gian Gian?" Th girl asked. I tried to yell 'help!!' to her but Faye's hands were real tight around my neck. Finally she let go. And I gasped for air.
"Have you gone crazy?? Just cause I live through some danger doesn't mean you can't kill me or anything! I ain't superman you know!" I Yelled at her but then as usual my temper died down after like five seconds. I stood up still rubbing the sore spots on my neck.
"Look I'm sorry if I annoyed you with my songs but I have to do something while there's nothing to do. That's just how I am!" I pleaded. I didn't want to be marked as a 'going to be a dead man' person on Faye's list.
"No I'm sorry I'm so uptight about them gone for so long." I sighed in relief. "Well now you know what I'm going to do to both of them." She said with a smirk as she left. I groaned.
"I'll never get women." I then noticed Ed had been there for the whole time. She was standing there as confused as could be. I crouched down to her so we were face to face.
"Sheesh, your luck you ain't in my shoes Edward." I said ruffling up her hair. She smiled at me.
"Ed doesn't where shoes but she can imagine how it feels." She said. I thought for a second. What the heck did she just say? Ah well, I shrugged off and just laughed a little laugh and lied down on my couch.
"Gian! Gian!! GIAN!!!" I immediately sit up.
"What who where como??!" I yelled looking around. I picked up my glasses from the table. As soon as my vision cleared I could see Faye. I could tell by the look on her face this wasn't going to be good.
"What is it Faye?" I asked rubbing my eyes.
"Spike and Jet are in trouble let's go!" She said loading what looked like some kind of shot gun.
"Now hold on a second I didn't even say if I was goin' or not!" I said. She quickly turned around with the very big gun.
"Fine you stay here." She said about to run out.
"No wait a second." I said stopping her by the shoulder. "I owe you guys a lot, even though I was lost as I was you guys took me in. And I appreciate that." I said taking out my magnum. I took a deep breathe and looked over at Faye. She gave me a stern look.
"You don't have to you know." She said detecting the fear through my voice. I managed to shrug it off and smiled.
"Hey you kiddin'? Besides I couldn't let you go out there on your own." I said. She nodded and led me out of the ship. As we ran to the exit of the ship Ed ran next to us.
"Where's Gian Gian and Faye Faye going?" She asked.
"We're gonna help Spike and Jet out of a little jam. Take care of the ship Ed!" I said as she stopped running.
"Okay Gian Gian! Ed will take care of the ship!"
"Who the heck are these guys??" I asked kicking away some men in black suits.
"I don't know they just-AHHH!!!" Faye screamed. It seemed the men grabbed her from behind and were basically trying to punch her senselessly.
"Aw dang it! Why do I always gotta be the hero!?" I asked as I grabbed one of them and punched him in the face. I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my arm. I looked to see that I was shot.
"AHH!!!' I yelled in pain. What a time to get shot, if it was back home I could have got medical insurance! Now they just drew the line. Messing with my friends and messing with my chance of free medical attention is where Gian Carlo draws the line!
"Alright buddy, you asked for it! Never and I mean NEVER mess with a new Yorker!! YAAA!!" I yelled using my unwounded hand to punch the guy the just shot me. I aimed my gun at the guy who had Faye.
"Alright punk drop the weapon now!" I said gritting my teeth. Ugh, maybe I should have been a desk sergeant or somethin'. The pain was killin' me.
"Yeah sure kid, you think your hot stuff huh?" The man asked cockily as he held a gun to Faye's head. "YOU drop it. OR this pretty lady get's it." He said. I looked at Faye. I could tell she wasn't very happy to be in that position. I sighed as I dropped my gun.
"Ya play dirty dirt bag." I said feeling a little weak.
"You can say that again." The man said. He then fired again. Okay I really didn't expect him to be THAT dirty. I heard Faye scream and then I fell to the floor. I remember hearing fighting for a while. Then I blacked out.
"Is he doing okay?"
"I hope so. He didn't lose that much blood."
I slowly opened my eyes to see Faye looking over me.
"He's up!" I heard Ed exclaim. Ein started to lick me in the face.
"Ack hey! Down boy Down!" I exclaimed. The first worried face I saw was none other than Faye.
"Oh hey Faye. You doin' okay?" I asked. She laughed a bit.
"I should be asking you that." She said. I blinked and sat up. I found myself shirtless with bandages wrapped around my chest and my arm.
"What happened to Spike and Jet?" I asked. As soon as Faye heard those two names her expression turned from "I'm so happy to see that your alright!' to 'Oh my gawd I HATE those guys.'
"Oh guys!" I exclaimed. "Are you guys okay??" I asked.
"Yeah yeah were okay." Spike said. Jet glared at Spike and nudged him (or rather hit) Spike in the back with his elbow.
"Oh umm, Gian, we weren't. Really in trouble. We were buying supplies after we turned the guy in for the bounty. The clerk at the damn store wouldn't let us through because of one god damned item!" The green haired man said ticked off. Jet sighed muttering something about being hopeless.
"What Mr. Spiegel is trying to say is that when he was throwing his little tantrum he accidentally pushed the device button that told you guys back here that we were in trouble." Jet said glaring at Spike.
"Y-you mean you guys didn't need help?? What about the ten day vacation you guys had?" I asked.
"Some guy mugged us and we had to chase him down for ten days until we finally got our money back." Spike said tiredly.
"You mean, I got shot for- I mean it was- but- Aw the hell with it!" I yelled in frustration as I lied back down. Suddenly Ed jumped right on me.
"Don't worry Gian Gian! Everything will be alright!" Ed said happily.
"ACK!!" I managed to sputter out before the pain went away again. I put my hands on the sides of Ed's face and brought her face to face with mines.
"Ed listen. Gian isn't feeling well. He got shot two times and he wants to rest. OK??" I asked her. She nodded. I sighed as I released her. She slid off me and walked her strange little walk back to her little place where nobody knew. After a while I finally got a chance to get some peace and quiet when everyone left the living room.
"Who were those guys?" I thought.
"Are you feeling okay?" I snapped out of my strong trance of thought to see I was staring at a slightly blushing Faye.
"Ah!" I screamed in surprise. She backed away a bit.
"I'm sorry I didn't meant to scare you." She said. I took a deep breath and shook my head.
"Don't worry bout' it. It happens to me all the time for some strange reason." I assured her. There was a weird silence going on.
"Umm did you want to talk to me about something?" I asked sitting up.
"Well actually yes. Who do you think were those men back there?" She asked. I shrugged. I didn't know either.
"I guess we'll find out sooner or later."