Author Notes: As you've probably already guessed, I do not, never had, and probably never will own Cowboy Bebop, its characters, or anything else Cowboy Bebopish. Except for my cat. Its sort of Bebopish. If you saw her, you'd agree.

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Part 3: Jet Black (Riveting Upbeat)

In Space. Around Pluto.

With a click, the small screen turned on. A news program was on. Another click, and the channel changed. On the next channel was a vague commercial for perfume. Click. The next chhannel was interesting.

A bright logo popped up on the screen. "BounT.V." It faded away and on came two characters. To the right was a male with some sort of visor over his eyes and spikey, green hair. He wore four rings on one ear, fingerless gloves, and a leather jacket over baggy blue jeans. On his left glove were a few buttons and a wire connecting to his visor.

To the left was a female version of the same. She wore a small white shirt and an open, shorter black jacket with long sleeves, showing only her fingers. Her pants were tighter and she wore glowing earrings on each ear. She had long blue hair which reached down to her back. They both looked like they were around the age of eighteen.

"Wha'zup all you bounty hunters!?" the boy said. "My name's Andrew!"

"And I'm Felicia!" the girl introduced. "Welcome to the first episode of BounT.V.!"

"The brand-spanking new show which gives you hunters all the latest news on the biggest bounties out there!"

A man placed his mechanical hand on the top of his hairless head and growned. He dropped the remote and continued to watch in disbelief. "Its been only -what- two weeks since Big Shot was cancelled and they already have this?" he asked himself.

"Hey, Andy," Felicia continued, "whose our first person?"

"This one's a real unusual case!" Andrew began tapping the buttons on the back of his palm. The screen switched to show the name and stats of the bounty head. Where his picture should be was only a blank screen with the letters N/A.

Jet looked on the name in shock. "No way!"

Felicia popped up in front of the stats, and turned to read them. "Hmm, I forgot about this one! Radical Edward! What, is he still hacking into satelites or something?"

"Um, actually, " Andrew started as the camera turned to him. "After a long time of quiet, Edward's back, and this time he's hijacking..um.....farm animal food!"

"Get out!"

"Its true! He hijacked a whole trailor worth, yesterday! Not only that, but he banged up a bunch'a junk in his getaway!"

The door opened and Jet looked up the stairs. In walked a beautiful, young woman. Faye Valentine. Most men would consider a catch, but Jet thought he couldn't get rid of her. "Hey, Jet, if anyone comes looking for me, I'm not here....Jet?" She turned to see that Jet's eyes were locked on the screen. She walked down the stairs and looked over Jet's shoulder.

On the screen, was Felicia. She turned a condescending eye to Jet. "Isn't she a little young?"

The sudden comment, shocked Jet who hadn't even heard her come in. "You don't understand, Faye! It's not like that!"

"You're like twice her age. But I suppose you weren't thinking about that were you?"

"Now, listen! I'm not interested in the girl, I'm interested in the bounty! It's Edward!"

Faye's eyes widened. She turned back to the screen, but it was too late.

"We'll be back after this!" Felicia said with a wink. Then commercials appeared.

Faye sighed, placed both her hands on the back of her head, then started walking off to her room. "We both know that Ed doesn't make the news. If you're gonna lie, make it plausable."

"Wait, Faye! You have to believe me!"

"Who am I to judge?" She left the room.

Jet sighed and fell back on the sofa. Moments later the show came back on.

"That was interesting, Andy, but who else is out there? How 'bout someone with a big big bounty! Yeah!"

Andrew typed on the small keys on the back of his palm again and up came another screen with stats. This time, it showed a picture of a rough looking man with an X-shaped scar across the center of his face and no hair on his head. On his neck was a cut off picture of some sort of blue bird. "This guy's known as Gorro "Stone" Rudolfski. Tough looking dude. A whopping 3, 000, 000 wulongs! Last sighted hanging 'round Pluto."

"Ooh, now there's a nice pile of cash!"

"Yeah! But I gotta worn all you hunters out there. There is a reason why he's worh so much! This fellah's dangerous!"

The screen turned off. Holding the remote, Jet placed the remote on the counter and smiled.

The Hammerhead flew over the icy streets. Jet landed on the roof of a parking lot, then got out wearing thick overclothing. Despite the best efforst to make Pluto livable, the planet remained in a neverending winter. The air was visible as Jet sighed. This was the hard part of bounty hunting.

After three hours of asking questions around the streets, Jet had the information he wanted. Stone was keeping a low profile by working behind the scenes at a circus that could barely find enough money to stay open. Jet looked around the trailors behind the big house to see the back of a rather large worker, picking up some ropes. "I'm looking for a man named Gorro Rudolfski, " Jet said. "I bet you've heard of him."

The man didn't turn around. Instead, he stood up and began winding the rope into a circle around his forearm. "What you want him for?" The figure was huge, even when compared to Jet.

Jet pulled out a gun. "He's got a hefty price on his head. I'd be crazy to leave without him. So I suggest that he comes quietly."

The man dropped the rope and then turned around, displaying an X mark upon his face. His right hand balled into a fist. "And I suggest little bounty hunter should leave now. Before Gorro get upset."

Jet cocked his gun. "Well, I - "

"Too late!" Gorro yelled, running straight to Jet. With a swipe of his hand, Gorro knocked the gun out and grabbed Jet by the neck and lifted him into the air. "Gorro sick of talking to bounty hunters. All bother Gorro too much."

Jet was loosing air quick. Never had he been so overcomed by an enemy so easily. He tried to pry the large fingers away from his neck, but all efforts failed. Jet thought to himself, *How the hell did Spike always get out of these things?* Pulling his right arm back, Jet let his metal arm colide with Gorro's face.

Gorro's grip let up and Jet fell to the ground. He looked back and found the gun he dropped. Gorro rubbes his aching jaw then looked at his hand and saw blood. Enraged, the giant lurched for Jet who had turned his back. At the last moment, Jap rolled around fired two shots.

The giant fell and grasped his legs. The bullets made it impossible to stand and the pain made it hard to even think straight. Jet walked over and pointed the gun at him again. This time, Gorro was out of the fighting spirit. "Now, " Jet began. "I hope you're more willing to do this the easy way."

"It's probably best if I don't tell Faye about the bounty. She'll only find some way to cheat me out of it then head off for the race tracks." While returning to the Bebop, Jet saw the ship had sustained some great damage. Inside, he saw Faye sitting back on a couch. "I see you've been working hard." Faye looked back tiredly, then payed him no heed.

"The hell happened to this ship?" Jet's eyes opened as he saw in her hand was one of his bonzai trees, uprooted and grabbed cruelly. "The hell did you do!? Can't I even leave you alone with my plants!?"

Faye's face grew red with anger and she threw the plant into Jet's face. She then stormed off to her room. Jet stood there with a few leaves and a puzzled look on his face. "What was all that about?"

See you later... Space Cowboy