"Remind me why we're out in the middle of a blizzard freezing our asses off again." Faye said through gritted teeth.
"You're the one that said the best Christmas trees were only find on Earth. This was the closest forest from where we docked the Bebop, and this is not a blizzard Faye, just a light dusting." Jet said a head of her, feet crunching in the snow.
"Light dusting my ass." Faye huffed.
"Speaking of freezing and asses, that's your own fault Faye. You should've dressed better." spike smirked eyeing her little yellow outfit and her red over shirt.
"Faye-Faye complain-plain." Ed chimed from behind. Ed was dressed for the occasion along with the others. She was bundled from head to toe with an Eskimo hood to top it off.
"Yeah, you'd complain too if your shirt was so thin your--" Faye stopped when Spike and Jet turned back to her. "Belly-button, shows through." she finished, glaring at the two men.
"No belly button to be seen on Edward." Ed swayed in the snow that suddenly blew against them. Faye mumbled curses as they plunged deeper into the woods.
Snow capped all in sight. It wasn't too deep on the ground but it was most uncomfortable once inside your boots. Snow flakes glistened on their way past the quartet. "Do you see one yet?" Faye broke the silence of the winter wonderland.
"Yeah, just up that hill." Jet called from the lead.
The group reached the top of the steep hill to find a nice full spruce. It was quite tall and had a good size to it. "Great, let's cut it and go."
"Alright, Spike, pass me the saw." Jet held out his gloved hand.
"I thought you were bringing it?"
Jet stared blankly at Spike for a moment. "Spike! You said you would bring it!" He lashed.
"Nice move lunkhead." Faye said crossing her arms against the cold.
"Lunkhead! Lunkhead! Lunkhead!" Ed danced around.
"You said it Ed." Faye rolled her eyes. "Well now what do we do?"
"Relax, I'm just kidding. It's right here." Spike slyly pulled out a device from his pocket; handing it to Jet.
"So help me Spike...." Jet snatched the tube shaped device from him. He walked over to the tree, crouching he placed the tube along the base of the trunk. "Here we go." He stepped back.
Silence.
"Jet? I'm new at this manual labor but isn't something supposed to happen?" Faye said through chattering teeth.
"Yeah....." Jet paused. "Oh, the remote." Jet held out his hand again.
"Okay now that I did forget." Spike winced.
"Do not worry fellow Bebopians. Edward grabbed the remote when Spike-person forgot it." From her coat Ed produced the small remote.
"Uh, thank you Ed." Jet sighed taking the remote and pressed the little red button.
A screeching sound came from the tree as blades emerged from the tube and sawed away at the trunk. "Per....fect." Jet's eyes widened as tree started to tip towards them. "Move!" He shouted, grabbing Ed and dashing out of the way.
Faye who had been looking around the forest turned back at Jet's yell. "Wha--aaa!" Spike pounced on Faye pushing her out of the line of danger.
The two fell into the snow and rolled down the hill. Faye shrieked clutching at Spike as they tumbled further down the steep hill.
The tree turned out to be bigger than they thought. With it's fall, the nearby mountain released a good amount of snow from its side, sending it hurdling towards the group. "Ed!" Jet shouted seeing the snow coming closer.
"Not to worry Jet-person, Ed is prepared." Ed took off her coat and laid it in the snow.
"Ed, what are you doing?!"
Ed hummed a Christmas carol while hooking a cable from the coat's lining, around a sturdy tree. "The latest technology." Ed proudly said pressing the button on her coat.
The coat transformed into a large bubble. "Step inside." Ed hopped into this balloon like structure, reaching to be over six feet. Jet stared with his mouth open. "Now please, Jet-person." She poked her head out of the small opening. Jet took one last glance at the sliding snow before rushing into the balloon.
Meanwhile at the base of the hill......
"Faye? Faye!" Spike lifted himself off of her frame. He turned her face over, her eyes closed, not responding. "Faye!" He called again. She was unconscious. "Damn it." Spike could feel the rumble of the snow barreling down the mountain.
"Alright Faye, we're leaving." Spike picked her up, cradling her in his arms. his brown eyes searched for a haven. There. An opening in the blanket of white.
Spike tried to run through the snow to their sanctuary. Everything shook as he nears the mouth of the cave. Vibration rang through his ears as he ran faster. He could now see the avalanche coming at him. Spike made a desperate leap into the cave. Then all became dark.....