Hey, this is my first story so please read and review. Flame me all you
want. Be warned that this story does have violence/ language/ torture.
Enjoy.
-Randall Flagg
Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop or the characters or any biblical lines that may appear so don't sue, okay?
It was just another day in the bebop. Spike was smoking, Jet was watering his bonsai trees, Faye was bitching about things, Ed was working on her tomato, and Ein was napping. None of the bebop, save for Ed and Ein, were in a very good mood. Once again they had found a large bounty and had failed to make a single woolong. While chasing after their previous bounty, a hit-man named Peter Anderson, Spike had fired his gun to stop him. Instead of hitting Anderson in the back as he had hoped, the bullet had hit him in the foot causing him to stumble and fall into an old quarry. Upon landing Anderson had jarred a large rock loose from a rock pile nearby and as luck would have it, the rock landed on the man's face and crushed it to a pulp. Since the face was destroyed the authorities could not identify the man and the bebop crew could not collect the bounty which had been a high 50,000,000 woolongs. Now the bebop was really desperate. If this kept up they'd be screwed for life. Little did they know that they would soon get the bounty of a lifetime.
"There has to be a way that we can make some money somehow!" Faye said to nobody in particular.
"Well we could go down to earth and have you work in the alleys if you know what I mean Faye." Spike said as he took another puff of his cigarette. A moment later Spike was massaging his knee where Faye had kicked him.
"Shut up lunkhead!" Faye hissed. "I just want to find a way to make mucho dinero pronto so we can fix this dump!"
"Well it was only a suggestion." Spike said. Their argument was interrupted by a squeal from another room.
"Ed found a bounty! Ed found a bounty!" squealed the voice of a thirteen year old girl known as Edward Wong Hau Pepeleau Tiruvsky IV. At the mention of a bounty, Spike and Faye rushed to Ed's room to see what their new target was going to be. Jet was already there.
"So who is it this time?" Spike asked. As if to answer his question the data on their new bounty popped up on the computer screen.
Name: John Mathers.
Age: 42
Occupation: Minister, cult leader.
Wanted for: Murder, kidnapping of men, women and children, destruction of government property.
Information: Has been said to have been seen near Calisto. Also a former televangelist.
Reward: 900,000,000 woolongs.
Spike's eyes almost popped out of his head. 900,000,000 woolongs for just one guy? This guy must have done some serious shit. Spike saw that the others had seen the high price on this man. Jet's mouth had dropped open and Faye was staring at the screen of Ed's computer with glazed eyes. Spike chuckled when he saw that Faye was also drooling.
"Faye Faye should wear a bib!" Ed giggled. Faye responded to this by snarling at the red head.
"I don't know why a guy would be seen hanging around Calisto for. That place is nothing but ground and ice." Jet mused.
"No doubt he'd use that to his advantage to cover himself up." Faye said.
Spike got up. "Well if the guy's worth that much money, we should really get going. I'd like to take care of this one myself."
"Are you crazy?!" Jet shouted. "This guy will probably have his followers with him! You'd be killed before you could blink."
"Relax. I got into a lot of fights as a kid and most of them were four on one and I won easily."
Ed scampered down the hallway after Spike and clung to his leg like a little kid with separation anxiety. "Edward wants to come with Spike- person!" she whined.
"Sorry, but you'll have to stay here. I don't want you getting hurt." Ed looked up at the bounty hunter with big watery eyes.
"But Edward doesn't want to be alone! Waaahhh!!" Spike covered his ears to save his precious eardrums from Ed's wailing.
"Jeez, don't cry. I mean you can still play with Ein." Ed instantly went back to her usual happy go lucky attitude.
"Okay Spikey dude! Ed stay behind and play with Ein! Ein like play with Ed!" Ein whimpered and ran away, knowing what was coming next.
"Your sure you know what your doing?" Jet asked. Spike did not reply, but continued down the hallway to the hangar where the Swordfish II was located. "Yup, he knows what he's doing." Soon, after kicking the ship about a billion times or so, Spike was off to Calisto.
Somewhere near Jupiter and it's many moons, Spike Spiegal was searching for any signs of activity. There did not appear to be any. Then Spike tried to scan underneath Calisto's icy surface, thinking that John's hideout might be underground but got no luck there either. "Why the fuck did I come out here if there was nothing?" he muttered. "Maybe Ed's data was wrong?" he thought to himself. No, that couldn't be. Ed had never been wrong in finding data on bounties. Maybe she hadn't gotten all the data on the guy. Spike was just about to head back to the bebop when the ship's radar began to beep. Spike looked at a screen in the ship as it zoomed in on what ever was down there.
What Spike saw was almost obscene. On the planet's surface was a large wooden cross. Mounted on it was a rotting skeleton, the mouth clamped in a macabre grin. Spike almost threw up. He had seen grisly stuff in his line of work before, but not like this. Now he really wanted to get out of here. Yeah, he'd do just that. Go back to the bebop, tell them that he couldn't find the guy, and come back later. Spike began his flight back to the bebop, not wanting to look at the awful scene in front of him.
Back onboard the bebop, Faye Valentine was trying to read a magazine but was having trouble concentrating due to the squeals of glee from Ed as she tossed Ein up and down like a ball, ignoring the little corgi's howls. "Doesn't she ever shut up?" Faye growled to herself.
"Ein go up! Ein go down! Ein go up! Ein go down!" Ed sang as she tossed the poor corgi into the air over and over. Ein was not enjoying this much.
Faye was struggling to avoid going over to Ed and giving her a few whacks to shut her up when Jet called from the kitchen, "Dinner!" Ed raced off to the kitchen, forgetting about Ein who came crashing to the floor. The dazed dog shook his head and trotted to the kitchen. Faye got up to eat when there was a knock from the hangar door.
"Spike's back already? I thought it would take him longer than this!" Faye opened the door to see a person who was definitely not Spike. The man in the doorway wore an old shroud of white and he had curly blond hair. "Who the heck are y-" Faye began, but before she could finish the man raised his arm and brought a large crowbar down on Faye's head. She fell to the ground, blood flowing from her wound.
"Faye where are you? It's dinner time!" Jet said, rounding a corner. He froze, seeing the sight before him. Faye was slumped on the ground, unconscious. A strange man was standing over her. The man took one look at Jet and rushed at him. Jet reached for his gun but the man was faster than he anticipated. Jet screamed as the crowbar connected with his face. Their was a spray of blood as some of Jet Black's teeth flew out of his mouth. He collapsed. The man grinned. All he had to do now was get the one he was sent for.
"Dinner is good! Ed happy!" Ed giggled to herself as she ate. She looked down at Ein who was eating a bowl of dog food. Ed turned back to her dinner when she heard a gunshot. She looked down just in time to see Ein slump to the ground, a bullet hole in his side. "Ein no!" Ed screamed, kneeling next to the welsh corgi. Ein whimpered and struggled to get up. Ed helped him to his feet, only to have him collapse again. As Ed struggled to save her friend's life, the man took out a small tranquilizer gun and fired a tranquilizer dart into Ed's arm. She cried out and then fell to the ground.
"Easy picking." The man whispered to himself. He picked Ed up and slung her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He walked back to the hangar of the bebop and climbed into his ship, Ed in tow. "Mission accomplished. Reverend John will be pleased." He said. He flew off, leaving the bebop behind.
This is only chapter one. Chapter two will come when I find the time. Again, please r&r. Flame me if you want. Bye!
Disclaimer: I do not own Cowboy Bebop or the characters or any biblical lines that may appear so don't sue, okay?
It was just another day in the bebop. Spike was smoking, Jet was watering his bonsai trees, Faye was bitching about things, Ed was working on her tomato, and Ein was napping. None of the bebop, save for Ed and Ein, were in a very good mood. Once again they had found a large bounty and had failed to make a single woolong. While chasing after their previous bounty, a hit-man named Peter Anderson, Spike had fired his gun to stop him. Instead of hitting Anderson in the back as he had hoped, the bullet had hit him in the foot causing him to stumble and fall into an old quarry. Upon landing Anderson had jarred a large rock loose from a rock pile nearby and as luck would have it, the rock landed on the man's face and crushed it to a pulp. Since the face was destroyed the authorities could not identify the man and the bebop crew could not collect the bounty which had been a high 50,000,000 woolongs. Now the bebop was really desperate. If this kept up they'd be screwed for life. Little did they know that they would soon get the bounty of a lifetime.
"There has to be a way that we can make some money somehow!" Faye said to nobody in particular.
"Well we could go down to earth and have you work in the alleys if you know what I mean Faye." Spike said as he took another puff of his cigarette. A moment later Spike was massaging his knee where Faye had kicked him.
"Shut up lunkhead!" Faye hissed. "I just want to find a way to make mucho dinero pronto so we can fix this dump!"
"Well it was only a suggestion." Spike said. Their argument was interrupted by a squeal from another room.
"Ed found a bounty! Ed found a bounty!" squealed the voice of a thirteen year old girl known as Edward Wong Hau Pepeleau Tiruvsky IV. At the mention of a bounty, Spike and Faye rushed to Ed's room to see what their new target was going to be. Jet was already there.
"So who is it this time?" Spike asked. As if to answer his question the data on their new bounty popped up on the computer screen.
Name: John Mathers.
Age: 42
Occupation: Minister, cult leader.
Wanted for: Murder, kidnapping of men, women and children, destruction of government property.
Information: Has been said to have been seen near Calisto. Also a former televangelist.
Reward: 900,000,000 woolongs.
Spike's eyes almost popped out of his head. 900,000,000 woolongs for just one guy? This guy must have done some serious shit. Spike saw that the others had seen the high price on this man. Jet's mouth had dropped open and Faye was staring at the screen of Ed's computer with glazed eyes. Spike chuckled when he saw that Faye was also drooling.
"Faye Faye should wear a bib!" Ed giggled. Faye responded to this by snarling at the red head.
"I don't know why a guy would be seen hanging around Calisto for. That place is nothing but ground and ice." Jet mused.
"No doubt he'd use that to his advantage to cover himself up." Faye said.
Spike got up. "Well if the guy's worth that much money, we should really get going. I'd like to take care of this one myself."
"Are you crazy?!" Jet shouted. "This guy will probably have his followers with him! You'd be killed before you could blink."
"Relax. I got into a lot of fights as a kid and most of them were four on one and I won easily."
Ed scampered down the hallway after Spike and clung to his leg like a little kid with separation anxiety. "Edward wants to come with Spike- person!" she whined.
"Sorry, but you'll have to stay here. I don't want you getting hurt." Ed looked up at the bounty hunter with big watery eyes.
"But Edward doesn't want to be alone! Waaahhh!!" Spike covered his ears to save his precious eardrums from Ed's wailing.
"Jeez, don't cry. I mean you can still play with Ein." Ed instantly went back to her usual happy go lucky attitude.
"Okay Spikey dude! Ed stay behind and play with Ein! Ein like play with Ed!" Ein whimpered and ran away, knowing what was coming next.
"Your sure you know what your doing?" Jet asked. Spike did not reply, but continued down the hallway to the hangar where the Swordfish II was located. "Yup, he knows what he's doing." Soon, after kicking the ship about a billion times or so, Spike was off to Calisto.
Somewhere near Jupiter and it's many moons, Spike Spiegal was searching for any signs of activity. There did not appear to be any. Then Spike tried to scan underneath Calisto's icy surface, thinking that John's hideout might be underground but got no luck there either. "Why the fuck did I come out here if there was nothing?" he muttered. "Maybe Ed's data was wrong?" he thought to himself. No, that couldn't be. Ed had never been wrong in finding data on bounties. Maybe she hadn't gotten all the data on the guy. Spike was just about to head back to the bebop when the ship's radar began to beep. Spike looked at a screen in the ship as it zoomed in on what ever was down there.
What Spike saw was almost obscene. On the planet's surface was a large wooden cross. Mounted on it was a rotting skeleton, the mouth clamped in a macabre grin. Spike almost threw up. He had seen grisly stuff in his line of work before, but not like this. Now he really wanted to get out of here. Yeah, he'd do just that. Go back to the bebop, tell them that he couldn't find the guy, and come back later. Spike began his flight back to the bebop, not wanting to look at the awful scene in front of him.
Back onboard the bebop, Faye Valentine was trying to read a magazine but was having trouble concentrating due to the squeals of glee from Ed as she tossed Ein up and down like a ball, ignoring the little corgi's howls. "Doesn't she ever shut up?" Faye growled to herself.
"Ein go up! Ein go down! Ein go up! Ein go down!" Ed sang as she tossed the poor corgi into the air over and over. Ein was not enjoying this much.
Faye was struggling to avoid going over to Ed and giving her a few whacks to shut her up when Jet called from the kitchen, "Dinner!" Ed raced off to the kitchen, forgetting about Ein who came crashing to the floor. The dazed dog shook his head and trotted to the kitchen. Faye got up to eat when there was a knock from the hangar door.
"Spike's back already? I thought it would take him longer than this!" Faye opened the door to see a person who was definitely not Spike. The man in the doorway wore an old shroud of white and he had curly blond hair. "Who the heck are y-" Faye began, but before she could finish the man raised his arm and brought a large crowbar down on Faye's head. She fell to the ground, blood flowing from her wound.
"Faye where are you? It's dinner time!" Jet said, rounding a corner. He froze, seeing the sight before him. Faye was slumped on the ground, unconscious. A strange man was standing over her. The man took one look at Jet and rushed at him. Jet reached for his gun but the man was faster than he anticipated. Jet screamed as the crowbar connected with his face. Their was a spray of blood as some of Jet Black's teeth flew out of his mouth. He collapsed. The man grinned. All he had to do now was get the one he was sent for.
"Dinner is good! Ed happy!" Ed giggled to herself as she ate. She looked down at Ein who was eating a bowl of dog food. Ed turned back to her dinner when she heard a gunshot. She looked down just in time to see Ein slump to the ground, a bullet hole in his side. "Ein no!" Ed screamed, kneeling next to the welsh corgi. Ein whimpered and struggled to get up. Ed helped him to his feet, only to have him collapse again. As Ed struggled to save her friend's life, the man took out a small tranquilizer gun and fired a tranquilizer dart into Ed's arm. She cried out and then fell to the ground.
"Easy picking." The man whispered to himself. He picked Ed up and slung her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He walked back to the hangar of the bebop and climbed into his ship, Ed in tow. "Mission accomplished. Reverend John will be pleased." He said. He flew off, leaving the bebop behind.
This is only chapter one. Chapter two will come when I find the time. Again, please r&r. Flame me if you want. Bye!