---Prologue---
Tires scream as the car takes another sharp, almost 90 degree corner, and then the accelerator slams down again, making the car jump forward as the tires grip the road once more. Gears mesh as the shifter moves smoothly through it's settings, bringing the little car back up to top speed in no time. The driver is an expert racer and though he's more used to Formula 1 cars, he's no slouch with street vehicles either. His partner is riding shotgun, and leans out the window as they start down the street. He draws his magnum and fires at the tires of the cars in pursuit. A third man rides in the back, a calm in the storm of chaos, balanced and at peace. Sitting cross-legged on the seat, sword against his shoulder, he contemplates the nature of the universe, his place within it, and the gang's latest heist. Mainly how they are planning to get away from their pursuers. Next to him sits a leggy blonde woman that most would call a bombshell. She's asking the driver over and over how they plan to get away. She tells him where to turn as she knows this city well.
This would have been another day's work for Lupin III and his gang of thieves if it were any other day. After a relentless, breathtaking, adrenaline filled chase, they would have gotten away to share the spoils of their adventure. If it were any other day. But this is not any other day. This is the day when the world as people knew it ended. This is that fateful day in 2021 when the sky filled with a light brighter than the sun, when the moon came apart and fell to earth. This was the day that the Gate on the Moon met with it's fatal accident and shredded itself and the world. Many people died that day. Many more were wounded beyond help. Those with money were placed into cold sleep to hopefully be awakened when they could be healed.
As a matter of course Lupin and his gang had made arrangements to have any medical needs taken care of in case the worst should happen and they became somehow incapacitated. They were found near the outskirts of the city still in the car, but a building had fallen on them. While the car saved them from being crushed, the building shielded them from the worst of the radiation damage that had taken so many other lives. However their injuries were still grievous and as plans clicked into place, false identities surfaced, accounts were activated and suddenly they were legitimately wealthy tourists who needed to be placed into cold sleep to await treatment as soon as possible.
Now it is 2071, medical technology and a backlog of patients has finally met. Today is a new day unlike any other. Today is the day that Arsene Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, and Fujiko Mine are awaking from their 50 years asleep. Today is the day of their rebirth into a new world. How will they face this future? What will they do with their second chance at life?
What are you nuts or something? They're gonna steal everything that's not nailed down and make the galaxy remember the name of the world's greatest thief forever!
This is my first fanfic. Please R/R. Also a note: Lupin in the manga and Lupin in the anime act very differently. I write Lupin mostly like the anime, but slip in some manga attitude from time to time. So don't yell that I'm writing Lupin & gang OOC please.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lupin or Cowboy Bebop. This work is by a fan solely for the enjoyment of other fans. So you other fans better ENJOY!
Tires scream as the car takes another sharp, almost 90 degree corner, and then the accelerator slams down again, making the car jump forward as the tires grip the road once more. Gears mesh as the shifter moves smoothly through it's settings, bringing the little car back up to top speed in no time. The driver is an expert racer and though he's more used to Formula 1 cars, he's no slouch with street vehicles either. His partner is riding shotgun, and leans out the window as they start down the street. He draws his magnum and fires at the tires of the cars in pursuit. A third man rides in the back, a calm in the storm of chaos, balanced and at peace. Sitting cross-legged on the seat, sword against his shoulder, he contemplates the nature of the universe, his place within it, and the gang's latest heist. Mainly how they are planning to get away from their pursuers. Next to him sits a leggy blonde woman that most would call a bombshell. She's asking the driver over and over how they plan to get away. She tells him where to turn as she knows this city well.
This would have been another day's work for Lupin III and his gang of thieves if it were any other day. After a relentless, breathtaking, adrenaline filled chase, they would have gotten away to share the spoils of their adventure. If it were any other day. But this is not any other day. This is the day when the world as people knew it ended. This is that fateful day in 2021 when the sky filled with a light brighter than the sun, when the moon came apart and fell to earth. This was the day that the Gate on the Moon met with it's fatal accident and shredded itself and the world. Many people died that day. Many more were wounded beyond help. Those with money were placed into cold sleep to hopefully be awakened when they could be healed.
As a matter of course Lupin and his gang had made arrangements to have any medical needs taken care of in case the worst should happen and they became somehow incapacitated. They were found near the outskirts of the city still in the car, but a building had fallen on them. While the car saved them from being crushed, the building shielded them from the worst of the radiation damage that had taken so many other lives. However their injuries were still grievous and as plans clicked into place, false identities surfaced, accounts were activated and suddenly they were legitimately wealthy tourists who needed to be placed into cold sleep to await treatment as soon as possible.
Now it is 2071, medical technology and a backlog of patients has finally met. Today is a new day unlike any other. Today is the day that Arsene Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, and Fujiko Mine are awaking from their 50 years asleep. Today is the day of their rebirth into a new world. How will they face this future? What will they do with their second chance at life?
What are you nuts or something? They're gonna steal everything that's not nailed down and make the galaxy remember the name of the world's greatest thief forever!
This is my first fanfic. Please R/R. Also a note: Lupin in the manga and Lupin in the anime act very differently. I write Lupin mostly like the anime, but slip in some manga attitude from time to time. So don't yell that I'm writing Lupin & gang OOC please.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lupin or Cowboy Bebop. This work is by a fan solely for the enjoyment of other fans. So you other fans better ENJOY!
