I'm back. Check it.
Spike's pistol aimed at Andy's head. Andy's happened to be doing the same thing to Spike's head.
"For once," Spike growled, "can't we catch this moron before we kill each other?"
"Sure," Andy replied cheerily, "put your gun down."
Spike stared. "You first."
A sudden turn made by Bauer's ship sent them flying into the glass of the cockpit. "Right. Let's just get him." Spike grimaced.
They quickly shattered the glass of the cockpit. Bauer turned in his seat. "No fair! No teaming up!"
"Zip it."
They hauled the Teddy Bomber from his chair and onto the hull. He squirmed, but eventually fainted and lied still.
Spike looked at Andy. "You wanna land this thing?"
"Nah. Go ahead."
"I insist."
Before this argument could get too fierce, the main thruster cut out, and one by one the ship's systems died.
"What the hell?" Andy hissed.
"Just like the Swordfish..." Spike whipped out his phone and frantically dialed Jet. "JET! Jet, come in!"
"Relax, kid." Came the static-filled response. "I'm already on my way."
Andy pointed out a small craft approaching from the west.
(Bauer's ship continued to plummet from the sky)
The Hammerhead swooped down and pulled up right next to the hunters. With Bauer swung over his shoulder, Spike leaped to the other craft. He turned around and saw Andy contemplating whether to try it or not. After much deliberation, Spike decided for him
Later, aboard the Bebop...
"And then the Hammer started losing its systems too, so we crash landed and caught a StarTaxi up here." Jet concluded. "I'm surprised the StarTaxi made it here..."
"What an intense situation," Faye sighed. "I'm so glad you're safely back here..." The others ignored her sarcasm.
"He wasn't talking to you." Spike snapped. "He's telling Ed so she can figure out what's going on."
"Calm down, Spike." Jet interjected. "Ed, any ideas?"
Ed squealed with delight. "Edward knows! Edward Knows!"
Jet and Faye stared at Ed in awe. Spike twiddled his thumbs. Ein complained about not having enough of a part in my story.
"Well, what is it?" Jet encouraged.
"Cold!" she shrieked joyfully. "Cold cold coldy-cold!"
Faye sat down and promptly fell asleep. Jet continued his attempt to attain a straight answer.
"Coldy cold cold coldy col-col-cold-coldy..." Ed sang to herself.
"Ed, what the hell do you mean by cold?"
"Jet-person said word!"
"What?"
"The word! The bad word!"
"Jet-person is sorry. Now what did you mean by 'cold?'"
"Teddy-head have cold."
"What are you talking about? It's not that cold in the holding cell!"
"A virus, Jet." Spike said boredly. "The ships have some sort of computer virus."
Jet stared at Spike, who continued to twiddle his thumbs and look extremely bored.
"But how would three ships have the same thing? Computer viruses are sent. They're not contagious by themselves...are they?"
Andy shut the door to the galley and sank into the couch next to the unconscious Faye. "What'd I miss?"
"The ships have a computer virus. We're trying to figure out how it spread." Jet said, mimicking Spike's boredom.
"Ed told them." Giggled Ed. "Ed didn't get enough credit from friend- peoples." Under the confused stare, Ed returned to her chess game.
"Thank you for informing us, son." Andy said in a politician's baby-kissing voice. "Now then, how-"
"Edward is girl-type! Not son-type!"
"Ah. Forgive uncle Andy, little lady."
"Edward has an uncle?" she awed.
Faye jolted awake. "Ed has an uncle?"
"No," Spike growled. "Andy's just being a moron."
"Oh." Faye returned to dreamland.
"Now then," Jet continued "How would a-"
Suddenly, the ship rocked. The lights dimmed, and Faye involuntarily mumbled something about the microwave not working.
"Ed, what's going on?" Spike sighed.
"Main thruster-device-thing not working. Systems shutting dowwwwnnnnn......" She trailed off, and fell unconscious, pretending to be the ship.
Spike's pistol aimed at Andy's head. Andy's happened to be doing the same thing to Spike's head.
"For once," Spike growled, "can't we catch this moron before we kill each other?"
"Sure," Andy replied cheerily, "put your gun down."
Spike stared. "You first."
A sudden turn made by Bauer's ship sent them flying into the glass of the cockpit. "Right. Let's just get him." Spike grimaced.
They quickly shattered the glass of the cockpit. Bauer turned in his seat. "No fair! No teaming up!"
"Zip it."
They hauled the Teddy Bomber from his chair and onto the hull. He squirmed, but eventually fainted and lied still.
Spike looked at Andy. "You wanna land this thing?"
"Nah. Go ahead."
"I insist."
Before this argument could get too fierce, the main thruster cut out, and one by one the ship's systems died.
"What the hell?" Andy hissed.
"Just like the Swordfish..." Spike whipped out his phone and frantically dialed Jet. "JET! Jet, come in!"
"Relax, kid." Came the static-filled response. "I'm already on my way."
Andy pointed out a small craft approaching from the west.
(Bauer's ship continued to plummet from the sky)
The Hammerhead swooped down and pulled up right next to the hunters. With Bauer swung over his shoulder, Spike leaped to the other craft. He turned around and saw Andy contemplating whether to try it or not. After much deliberation, Spike decided for him
Later, aboard the Bebop...
"And then the Hammer started losing its systems too, so we crash landed and caught a StarTaxi up here." Jet concluded. "I'm surprised the StarTaxi made it here..."
"What an intense situation," Faye sighed. "I'm so glad you're safely back here..." The others ignored her sarcasm.
"He wasn't talking to you." Spike snapped. "He's telling Ed so she can figure out what's going on."
"Calm down, Spike." Jet interjected. "Ed, any ideas?"
Ed squealed with delight. "Edward knows! Edward Knows!"
Jet and Faye stared at Ed in awe. Spike twiddled his thumbs. Ein complained about not having enough of a part in my story.
"Well, what is it?" Jet encouraged.
"Cold!" she shrieked joyfully. "Cold cold coldy-cold!"
Faye sat down and promptly fell asleep. Jet continued his attempt to attain a straight answer.
"Coldy cold cold coldy col-col-cold-coldy..." Ed sang to herself.
"Ed, what the hell do you mean by cold?"
"Jet-person said word!"
"What?"
"The word! The bad word!"
"Jet-person is sorry. Now what did you mean by 'cold?'"
"Teddy-head have cold."
"What are you talking about? It's not that cold in the holding cell!"
"A virus, Jet." Spike said boredly. "The ships have some sort of computer virus."
Jet stared at Spike, who continued to twiddle his thumbs and look extremely bored.
"But how would three ships have the same thing? Computer viruses are sent. They're not contagious by themselves...are they?"
Andy shut the door to the galley and sank into the couch next to the unconscious Faye. "What'd I miss?"
"The ships have a computer virus. We're trying to figure out how it spread." Jet said, mimicking Spike's boredom.
"Ed told them." Giggled Ed. "Ed didn't get enough credit from friend- peoples." Under the confused stare, Ed returned to her chess game.
"Thank you for informing us, son." Andy said in a politician's baby-kissing voice. "Now then, how-"
"Edward is girl-type! Not son-type!"
"Ah. Forgive uncle Andy, little lady."
"Edward has an uncle?" she awed.
Faye jolted awake. "Ed has an uncle?"
"No," Spike growled. "Andy's just being a moron."
"Oh." Faye returned to dreamland.
"Now then," Jet continued "How would a-"
Suddenly, the ship rocked. The lights dimmed, and Faye involuntarily mumbled something about the microwave not working.
"Ed, what's going on?" Spike sighed.
"Main thruster-device-thing not working. Systems shutting dowwwwnnnnn......" She trailed off, and fell unconscious, pretending to be the ship.