Cowboy Bebop and Trigun: The Beginning of the End

Chapter 1 Prologue

I always liked life better as a metaphor.

"If you do good, if you live your life well, God will reward you."

Tch. I was rewarded with a bullet to the stomach, blood over my nice suit. I had internal bleeding, ruptured liver, punctured stomach, not to mention a shit load of other things. I was lying there, my blood dripping down onto the holy floor, my head raised to the holy sky, and my not so holy conscience having a dark thought. This is it, Wolfwood. You're dead. You know, just once, I thought to myself, God, why me? I want to live! I lived my life the best I could...

That's when I realized I didn't; I had done so much wrong. A tear, yeah, even priests cry, ran down my cheek. Everything was turning dark, everything, and my limbs felt so heavy, my arm just dropped down, and so did my head. I was so tired, and...everything was black. And that's when I saw the light. That's pretty cliche, and like most people, I was drawn to it. I couldn't stop, I was moving, I was scared. It was going to be hard without Meryl, without Vash...without Milly.

But God always has plans for you.

And he sure as Hell had plans for me.

Chapter 1: The Minister in Black

I was walking towards the light, but I realized a long time ago that my feet weren't moving. The light would get brighter, dimmer, but finally I stood still. I stood there, and I could feel my arms and my legs. It was strange, I saw myself in the third person, but suddenly I was me again, with feelings in my limbs, I had feeling all over, and I was cold. Finally, I could actually walk again, into the light. That was the only place I could go, really. So, I moved my foot.

"Holy shit!"

Not the first thing one would expect while walking to the pearly gates. Instead of a wonderful angelic chorus, I got a curse. Of course, there was holy in front of it, so I'm not sure if that was a taunt or what. I moved my foot again, and my arm, and I felt the gates. I also heard things clatter to the ground, a scream, and suddenly my eyes opened. The light hit me, and I was blinded, I couldn't see, but I could move, and suddenly I was so damn scared; I couldn't lose Milly, I couldn't. I started to kick and shout, I tried to move away, but I kept hitting a wall behind me, I couldn't back up.

"Doc, he's got muscle spasms! What should we do?"

"Quickly, 10ccs of Morphine! He might be going into shock!"

Then everything felt calmer, the light got dimmer. Maybe, just maybe, God would grant my final request. I wanted to see Milly one last time before I took the dive into the light. Please God, let me see her. Please, God.

Let me live.