Author Notes: Bebop, not mine. You've got it already. I have to say that I
am happy to see people liking my story. As usual, reviews of all sorts are
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Part 4: Faye Valentine (Riveting Upbeat Remix)
Jupiter's moon. In a bar.
Faye sat quietly at the counter of the bar, staring off into space. She had just received a 200,000 wulongs bounty reward but didn't feel as happy as she would of, had everything in her life not changed about two weeks ago.
A young men with slick hair walked through the doors and was followed closely behind by two others. They all wore blue business suits, though the man in the front wore his with much more slack than his stiff partners. He took a look around before laying his eyes on......a woman? A woman out here? He let out a smile from ear to ear. Today was his lucky day.
He stepped up to the counter and slammed his hand down, getting her attention. "I tell ya, its not everyday I comes out here around Pluto. The place isn't exactly known for having the prettiest ladies if ya knows what I means. But the one day I got dragged out heres, looky what I finds! The name's Blue Jay."
Faye looked at the man with her shades on. Glancing at his wrist, she saw an odd tattoo. A penguin? Now there's a manly symbol. "Just when I was having a good day too, " she said, while holding on to her small glass filled with ice.
One of the other men in a blue suit bent over and whispered into Blue Jay's ear. When the message was over, he opened his eyes and said, "Youse gotta be kidding me! This is Faye Valentine?" He saw that she flinched for a second. It was her. Jay figured a woman like her would be jumpy whenever a stranger knew her name. "Faye 'Lady Luck' Valentine! Hey, I gots a proposition for ya."
His hand reached into his coat pocket. Faye reached for her gun but it was too late. As her hand entered her red pocket, Jay held his right hand straight forward. He smiled and said, "I bet you recognize this."
The purplle haired woman calmly replied, "A gambling die."
"That's right! So what do you a say? A little games of odds or evens!" Jay reached into his pocket and pulled out another die and a small cup. Placing the dice into the cup he began to shake it up. Faye looked at him and smiled. She could tell that he was obviously trying to con her. A foolish mistake.
One hour has passed and Faye was now sweating bullets. She started with 200,000 wulongs and now found herself 300, 000 in debt. Jay stood up and stretched his arms. Faye didn't like where this was going. "Well," he started, "its getting late likes, so hows about paying up?"
Faye looked all around her for something, anything that would get her out of this but the bar was now empty except for her, the bartender, Jay, and his two currently angry friends. Then there was only one thing left to do, but Faye would need some time, a diversion for a few minutes.
Jay was caught by surprise when the beautiful woman stood up and pointed a gun straight at his face. He began to chuckle to himself. "Am I suppose to be scared?" he began. "We knows about youse, Ms. Valentine. I did come in heres for a drink but it was pure luck that youse would bes here. I'll admit the rigged gambling games were a personal thing, but wes do gots orders to captures youse if you'd ever cross our path."
The other two men took out handguns and pointed them at Faye. They glanced at the already stunned bartender who then slowly walked past them then ran out the door. Faye looked at the two of them and saw that she was out matched. Jay placed a finger on top of Faye's Austria 45 Automatic and pushed it down from his face. "What the hell do you want me for!?" Faye yelled. "Who are you people?"
Blue smiled as he placed a cigarette in his mouth. "We, Ms. Valentine, " he stopped to light his cigarette, then pulled his hand up and pulled his sleeve down, putting his tattoo into clear view. "Wese, are the Blue Penguins! We needs information that we're sure only youse have." The two others gave a hard look at Jay. "Don't worry boys, she ain't telling nobodys." Jay focused back on Faye. "Its best if you cooperate with us. Tell me, where is he?"
"Where is who?" Faye asked shouting. Then it struck her. They were after....Jet! He used to be a cop and they must be some underground criminal group after him. Who else could they mean? She managed to glance at her watch. She smiled. Faye turned to have her back to the counter and then leaned back and slid over the side.
"Dammit!" Jay screamed. "Don't let her get away!" The two partners took aim but Jay slapped their guns down. "Wes needs her alive! Besides, the exit's behind us. Wheres she planning to go?"
Jay heard a loud noise coming from behind him. He turned around and his cigarette fell as his jaw dropped. A spaceship with two large machine guns was outside the glass doors and aimed straight for him. In an instant, it sent out a barrage of bullets, shattering the glass and ripping the bar to shreds. Faye stayed crouched behind the desk as glass bottles and pieces of the wooden wall exploded around her. She touched her bracelet and brought the bullets to a stop. Lady Luck had done it again. The two guards were now on the floor in pools of blood and Jay was......where was Jay? "Dammit, where did he go?" Not wanting to leave anything to chance, she hopped the counter and ran back to the Redtail. It spun around and then took off.
The door to the living room of the Bebop opened up and Faye walked through in a hurry. Blue Jay was obviously part of a serious business, and if he was alive both her and Jet could be in serious trouble. Turning to Jet, she said, "Hey, Jet, if anyone comes looking for me, I'm not here....Jet?" He strolled down the stairs and glanced over his shoulder.
Later, the fugitive Lady Luck entered her room, disgusted at her only partner left. She laid upon her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Though she spoke to Jet a few times she could never tell him about what was going through her. The recovered memories told her of only a life she could never return to, and her new life was destroyed as Ed and Spike had left for good. She closed her eyes and once again, tears came to her eyes.
Faye woke up to find she had fallen asleep. But she didn't wake up on her own. Loud repetitive noises against the ship jogged her back. "Jet, what the hell's going on!?" she yelled but heard no reply. "Great, where could he be? Probably off staring at girls in the park or something." She got up and left her room, the noises were getting louder. After reaching the nearest window, Faye saw it. A blue spaceship - compact, with a short point in front painted yellow - with two wings and two automatic guns mounted on each one was firing at the Bebop.
"Dammit," Jay screamed, wearing a spacesuit within the cockpit. "There's no sign of the bitch." He flipped a switch on a two-way radio. "I'm going to check inside!" A voice began to reply but Jay cut off the radio. His ship landed on the runway of the Bebop and slammed into the side of Faye's Redtail. With the suit closed up and fastened, he jumped out of his ship but scrambled to grab onto the side to prevent flying off into space. His magnetized boots fastened to the ship and he continued his way to the entrance.
Once inside, Jay took off his helmet and threw it down. "I knows you're here, Valentine! I just want information! I ain'ts gonna kill ya!" His words were hard to believe seeing how he had two rather large guns with him.
Faye remained quiet, underneath the table which held the bonsai plants Jet cherished so much. She held her gun tightly and waited for him to get close enough for an ambush. But in her excitement, her head tapped the table and the scissors Jet left on the edge fell. *NO!* She lunged forward and caught them before it could make a sound. However, after all the movement, a bonsai plant fell and smashed onto the ground next to her.
Jay turned to the noise and grinned an insane grin. He dropped one of the large weopons and held onto the other with both hands. He shot and an object fell down the hall, bouncing off of a side wall and into the opposite room. The room Faye was currently in. She looked in horror. He had shot a grenade into the room. She got up as quick as she possibly could and was about to turn but cursed, turned to get the fallen plant and then jumped out of the room as the grenade went off. The explosion meerly left Faye with eroded soles.
Now she was in direct sight of Blue Jay who began to laugh ferociously. "Now Faye" he started to scream. "As you lays face to face with death, what dos you plan on doing?!"
Faye pulled her pistol up and calmly replied, "What do you think?" She only needed to let out one shot.
After launching the body into space, Faye sat down on the couch to rest. "Jet's going to burst a vessel when he finds his trees. Or what's left of them. At least I could save one of them."
"I see you've been working hard." Faye looked back to see Jet had come back just in time to be of no help. She thought to herself: *He has the timing of a true cop. I'm starting to think all of my luck is bad.* Her mouth opened for the long explanation of how she nearly died but was interrupted.
"The hell happened to the ship?" Jet looked at her hand. "The hell did you do!? Can't I even leave you alone with my plants!?"
Faye's eyebrow gave a slight twitch...
See you later... Space Cowgirl
Part 4: Faye Valentine (Riveting Upbeat Remix)
Jupiter's moon. In a bar.
Faye sat quietly at the counter of the bar, staring off into space. She had just received a 200,000 wulongs bounty reward but didn't feel as happy as she would of, had everything in her life not changed about two weeks ago.
A young men with slick hair walked through the doors and was followed closely behind by two others. They all wore blue business suits, though the man in the front wore his with much more slack than his stiff partners. He took a look around before laying his eyes on......a woman? A woman out here? He let out a smile from ear to ear. Today was his lucky day.
He stepped up to the counter and slammed his hand down, getting her attention. "I tell ya, its not everyday I comes out here around Pluto. The place isn't exactly known for having the prettiest ladies if ya knows what I means. But the one day I got dragged out heres, looky what I finds! The name's Blue Jay."
Faye looked at the man with her shades on. Glancing at his wrist, she saw an odd tattoo. A penguin? Now there's a manly symbol. "Just when I was having a good day too, " she said, while holding on to her small glass filled with ice.
One of the other men in a blue suit bent over and whispered into Blue Jay's ear. When the message was over, he opened his eyes and said, "Youse gotta be kidding me! This is Faye Valentine?" He saw that she flinched for a second. It was her. Jay figured a woman like her would be jumpy whenever a stranger knew her name. "Faye 'Lady Luck' Valentine! Hey, I gots a proposition for ya."
His hand reached into his coat pocket. Faye reached for her gun but it was too late. As her hand entered her red pocket, Jay held his right hand straight forward. He smiled and said, "I bet you recognize this."
The purplle haired woman calmly replied, "A gambling die."
"That's right! So what do you a say? A little games of odds or evens!" Jay reached into his pocket and pulled out another die and a small cup. Placing the dice into the cup he began to shake it up. Faye looked at him and smiled. She could tell that he was obviously trying to con her. A foolish mistake.
One hour has passed and Faye was now sweating bullets. She started with 200,000 wulongs and now found herself 300, 000 in debt. Jay stood up and stretched his arms. Faye didn't like where this was going. "Well," he started, "its getting late likes, so hows about paying up?"
Faye looked all around her for something, anything that would get her out of this but the bar was now empty except for her, the bartender, Jay, and his two currently angry friends. Then there was only one thing left to do, but Faye would need some time, a diversion for a few minutes.
Jay was caught by surprise when the beautiful woman stood up and pointed a gun straight at his face. He began to chuckle to himself. "Am I suppose to be scared?" he began. "We knows about youse, Ms. Valentine. I did come in heres for a drink but it was pure luck that youse would bes here. I'll admit the rigged gambling games were a personal thing, but wes do gots orders to captures youse if you'd ever cross our path."
The other two men took out handguns and pointed them at Faye. They glanced at the already stunned bartender who then slowly walked past them then ran out the door. Faye looked at the two of them and saw that she was out matched. Jay placed a finger on top of Faye's Austria 45 Automatic and pushed it down from his face. "What the hell do you want me for!?" Faye yelled. "Who are you people?"
Blue smiled as he placed a cigarette in his mouth. "We, Ms. Valentine, " he stopped to light his cigarette, then pulled his hand up and pulled his sleeve down, putting his tattoo into clear view. "Wese, are the Blue Penguins! We needs information that we're sure only youse have." The two others gave a hard look at Jay. "Don't worry boys, she ain't telling nobodys." Jay focused back on Faye. "Its best if you cooperate with us. Tell me, where is he?"
"Where is who?" Faye asked shouting. Then it struck her. They were after....Jet! He used to be a cop and they must be some underground criminal group after him. Who else could they mean? She managed to glance at her watch. She smiled. Faye turned to have her back to the counter and then leaned back and slid over the side.
"Dammit!" Jay screamed. "Don't let her get away!" The two partners took aim but Jay slapped their guns down. "Wes needs her alive! Besides, the exit's behind us. Wheres she planning to go?"
Jay heard a loud noise coming from behind him. He turned around and his cigarette fell as his jaw dropped. A spaceship with two large machine guns was outside the glass doors and aimed straight for him. In an instant, it sent out a barrage of bullets, shattering the glass and ripping the bar to shreds. Faye stayed crouched behind the desk as glass bottles and pieces of the wooden wall exploded around her. She touched her bracelet and brought the bullets to a stop. Lady Luck had done it again. The two guards were now on the floor in pools of blood and Jay was......where was Jay? "Dammit, where did he go?" Not wanting to leave anything to chance, she hopped the counter and ran back to the Redtail. It spun around and then took off.
The door to the living room of the Bebop opened up and Faye walked through in a hurry. Blue Jay was obviously part of a serious business, and if he was alive both her and Jet could be in serious trouble. Turning to Jet, she said, "Hey, Jet, if anyone comes looking for me, I'm not here....Jet?" He strolled down the stairs and glanced over his shoulder.
Later, the fugitive Lady Luck entered her room, disgusted at her only partner left. She laid upon her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Though she spoke to Jet a few times she could never tell him about what was going through her. The recovered memories told her of only a life she could never return to, and her new life was destroyed as Ed and Spike had left for good. She closed her eyes and once again, tears came to her eyes.
Faye woke up to find she had fallen asleep. But she didn't wake up on her own. Loud repetitive noises against the ship jogged her back. "Jet, what the hell's going on!?" she yelled but heard no reply. "Great, where could he be? Probably off staring at girls in the park or something." She got up and left her room, the noises were getting louder. After reaching the nearest window, Faye saw it. A blue spaceship - compact, with a short point in front painted yellow - with two wings and two automatic guns mounted on each one was firing at the Bebop.
"Dammit," Jay screamed, wearing a spacesuit within the cockpit. "There's no sign of the bitch." He flipped a switch on a two-way radio. "I'm going to check inside!" A voice began to reply but Jay cut off the radio. His ship landed on the runway of the Bebop and slammed into the side of Faye's Redtail. With the suit closed up and fastened, he jumped out of his ship but scrambled to grab onto the side to prevent flying off into space. His magnetized boots fastened to the ship and he continued his way to the entrance.
Once inside, Jay took off his helmet and threw it down. "I knows you're here, Valentine! I just want information! I ain'ts gonna kill ya!" His words were hard to believe seeing how he had two rather large guns with him.
Faye remained quiet, underneath the table which held the bonsai plants Jet cherished so much. She held her gun tightly and waited for him to get close enough for an ambush. But in her excitement, her head tapped the table and the scissors Jet left on the edge fell. *NO!* She lunged forward and caught them before it could make a sound. However, after all the movement, a bonsai plant fell and smashed onto the ground next to her.
Jay turned to the noise and grinned an insane grin. He dropped one of the large weopons and held onto the other with both hands. He shot and an object fell down the hall, bouncing off of a side wall and into the opposite room. The room Faye was currently in. She looked in horror. He had shot a grenade into the room. She got up as quick as she possibly could and was about to turn but cursed, turned to get the fallen plant and then jumped out of the room as the grenade went off. The explosion meerly left Faye with eroded soles.
Now she was in direct sight of Blue Jay who began to laugh ferociously. "Now Faye" he started to scream. "As you lays face to face with death, what dos you plan on doing?!"
Faye pulled her pistol up and calmly replied, "What do you think?" She only needed to let out one shot.
After launching the body into space, Faye sat down on the couch to rest. "Jet's going to burst a vessel when he finds his trees. Or what's left of them. At least I could save one of them."
"I see you've been working hard." Faye looked back to see Jet had come back just in time to be of no help. She thought to herself: *He has the timing of a true cop. I'm starting to think all of my luck is bad.* Her mouth opened for the long explanation of how she nearly died but was interrupted.
"The hell happened to the ship?" Jet looked at her hand. "The hell did you do!? Can't I even leave you alone with my plants!?"
Faye's eyebrow gave a slight twitch...
See you later... Space Cowgirl
