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As Beautiful As You Want To
By Fantasy Cat
Chapter One
So much had change in 10 years. Of the nine planets to go under the greatest change, Earth was the biggest. It has become a Utopia. Yes, this is Earth. This is the Earth that has been ruined by asteroids and meteors for decades, all through one Gate Incident. The poorest and least livable of the planets.
How was this possible?
In the year 2081, a powerful government took control of Earth. Their dream was to make every single resident of Earth equal. No one was more powerful over another. No one was richer than another. No one was more talented and or skilled than another. No one was more physically fit than another.
No one was more beautiful than another.
To make this happen, every single person on Earth was stricken with handicaps. Those who were beautiful were given masks to show ugliness. Those who had a beautiful voice were given equipped voice boxes to harshen their voices.
All of this was meant to make every one equal, to make them feel better about themselves, to make every one happy. But no one could be happy. How can they when they are forbidden to be or do or look their best?
The beautiful ones would take their masks off in the greatest confidentiality of their homes. The talented would practice their greatest extraordinary skills with doors and windows locked, closed, and covered. They had only one person to fear, and she was the Handicap General.
"I never knew you were into culture, Faye."
Faye turned away from the television, to a surprised looking Spike, doing what he always did...grab a smoke. With a smirk, Faye returned her vision to the television screen. Ballerinas were on the screen. The ugliest, worst dancing ballerinas you ever saw. Spike sat on the opposite couch of Faye, curious as to what pot-headed director thought that these ballerinas were good and pretty. It perplexed their minds.
As the two were watching, Ed crawled in like a sneaky snake and popped her head up in front of the television screen, blocking both Spike and Faye's view.
"Oooh, pretty pretty ballerinas," said Ed, her face glued to the television.
"Get out of the way, Ed. We're trying to watch, and I can't believe you think they're pretty!" Faye yelled at Ed.
"They look better off being prostitutes," muttered Spike.
The music in the background didn't sound that great either. Soon Spike and Faye couldn't stand both Ed and the ballerinas on the TV any longer and got off their couches to find something better to do, but Ed was still watching.
Just that when it seemed that the ugliness and horrible dancing would never end, a news bulletin flashed onto the screen. The announcer was stuttering and scratching his head trying to get the bulletin out for the viewers to hear. He couldn't. Fortunately, one of the ballerinas, the ugliest looking ballerina came to take the announcer's place.
14 year old, Harrison Bergeron had escaped from jail. He has been threatening to overthrow the government for quite some time and he was under-handicap, yet his handicaps were to be one of the most highly heavy and ugliest on Earth. Now he is wanted by the Handicap General.
Jet walked into the room watching the weirdest thing he ever saw on television, an ugly ballerina giving the news. "Earth TV has gone way down hill," he said to himself. As the criminal photo of Harrison Bergeron flashed on the screen, Jet secretly thought that he would make a really good bounty if the price tag on him is right.
Now things have gotten weirder on the television screen. Panic ensued everywhere in the television studio. Things were being torn apart everywhere.
Then he appeared on the screen. Harrison Bergeron had now given himself a new name. Emperor of the World. With that, he tore off all 5,000 pounds of his handicaps to reveal his nature form. For a fourteen year old, he was muscular and very handsome.
"Okay, I think we have enough of this," said Jet. He walked over to the TV with Ed still staring and he turned off the TV. No one on the Bebop saw what happened after.
Spike slept lazily in his bed. He knew it was morning, but he didn't care. Usually, he would have someone torture him until we woke up.
Today it was Ed's turn. She burst into the bedroom and jumped all over Spike's bed. With Tomato on her head and Ein jumping on the bed with her, Ed began to yell, "Bounty! Bounty! Bounty!"
Spike pretended to be interested, by he was mad at Ed for waking him up so damn early in the freakin' morning. That is...until he saw the bounty.
'Harrison Bergeron. Age 14. Wanted for jail escape, endangering and threatening the government of Earth, and stripping of handicaps of himself and others. Escaped execution by the Handicap General, and has disappeared. WANTED FOR 150,000,000 WULONGS!!'
That last sentence was enough to get himself, Faye, and Jet out of bed. Their coordinates were set for Earth.
It won't be an Earth they had ever expected, though.
Whew! Boy am I pooped! R and R yo!