Chapter 5
Welcome to the Jungle
It was madness, utter madness. Bullets flew, glass shattered, people screamed and ran in terror as a man with long blond hair was shooting at a man dressed as a hot dog.
Sam dodged the bullets the best he could. He jumped in front of a parked car and starting firing. But Archer kept running and returning fire. The bullets were close as Sam could feel them rush through the air. Then he saw in one of the car windows that the top part of his costume had been shot off, releasing the afro-like green black hair of the person he had lept into.
"Al where are you?" Sam muttered to himself as he looked in the reflection.
Then a scream was heard and Sam continued to the foot chase.
"Spike!" Jet shouted from his place in the Bebop.
"Ziggy!" Shouted Ed in her usual randomness.
Jet paid no attention as he watched the carnage below him. He hoped that Archer would be taken alive but deep down he hoped Spike wouldn't get killed either. While it appeared that their relationship as both friends and partners in the bounty hunting trade had there ups and downs, mainly downs. Jet at least he knew inside himself he cared about Spike. They were two men who latched onto something solid and unmoving in a world that had no real permanence. As for how Jet felt about Faye, that was a different story.
Sam had been running what had seemed miles but he kept going. He didn't know if it was the bounty, wanting to stop this guy or the thrill of the chase. He kept going.
"Give it up, Archer!" Sam shouted
Archer stopped on the sidewalk. The area where they were was bare of people as everyone fled the area. Things were quiet. The two men looked at each other.
"Just answer one thing for me." Sam shouted.
Archer looked at him blankly.
"Why are you doing this?" Sam asked
Archer just smirked and then turned around. He kept running, this time into a massive but hilly park.
"Great" Sam muttered as he followed.
The park had many hills and curves causing Sam to work even harder in the chase. By this time he was out of breath as he reached the top of one hill. He held up his gun and was about to fire when his legs gave way. Causing him to fall and because he was still in a hot dog suit it was more of a roll then fall.
Sam rolled fast down the hill catching fast with Archer. There was nothing to stop Sam as he screamed down the hill. Soon he was rolling at a fast rate.
The rolling human hot dog crashed into Archer causing him to crash onto the ground. The two men were now on the ground struggling to see who would get up and reach for their gun.
Sam cursed the fact he had been in this stupid get-up and he struggled to get up. He saw Archer was being to rise up quicker then him. Sam then shattered Archer's right ankle with a swift kick. Archer screamed but began to go for his gun.
Sam looked up and then instinctively launched his foot into Archer's chest. Sam then had the leverage to get up. He shot back up and despite having the costume on he was still able to pull off some moves.
Sam went in with his fists and easily dodged Archer's moves. The movements Sam was using felt natural to him even though they were not of his own. Just something that had been given to him with this leap. Along with green-black afro-like hair.
"Think you can get away, Archer?" Sam said as he ducked a punch.
"No," Archer said as he spat out some blood. "I was going to get caught sometime."
"Glad you have that idea."
"But the question is, how many people do I get to take with me?" He asked
Sam didn't quite understand and just as he was about to do a roundhouse kick. Archer threw his coat out, revealing a large chain of explosives. This caught Sam and he realized what was about to happen.
Sam spun back around and began to run. He looked for something, anything that could protect him. But there was nothing and he kept running.
Archer grinned as he knew this was it. While he wanted to have more people along with him. One bounty hunter didn't seem so bad, especially one in that outfit.
Just as Sam had moved some feet away from Archer. Archer began to press down the trigger. Everything was in fractions of a second but seem to go for an eternity. Sam kept running but every step didn't seem far enough.
With that, Archer pressed the trigger and erupted into a massive ball of fire and flame.
