Author's Note: YAY!!!!!! Final Chapter! I haven't been able to update as much as I would've liked to because of school and all of this other crap. Special thanks goes out to all of the reviewers and readers, without your support I wouldn't have been able to continue. Enjoy the final installment of The Bounty of Oz!
The Bounty of Oz Chapter 10:
Vash motioned the three stooges, I mean bounty hunters to his side. He reached into his pocket and handed them each a box. Spike, Faye and Jet looked at each other, then they looked at Vash.
"Are you sure this going to help us?" Spike asked.
"Yes it will," Vash whined, "Hurry up and open it already, I wanna get some booty from Meryl!"
Spike opened his box first. He shook it then he opened the box. Inside was a Nicoderm CQ.
"Vash! What the fuck is this!?" he shouted.
"Well I figurered that you were going to ask me for a lifetime supply of ciggarettes, but I thought that wasn't a good idea especially since your lungs are starting to turn black. So I decided that you should quit smoking for your own good and that's where this nifty little thing comes in, you put it on and you will never ever crave a ciggarette ever again." Vash explained.
Spike shrugged and gave the patch a try. He rolled up his sleeve and put on the patch. A minute later he no longer craved ciggrettes.
"Hey, I don't crave ciggarettes anymore! Thanks Vash!." Spike said as he was clicking his heels.
"Faye it's your turn." Vash said.
Faye opened the box without hesitation. She took out the contents of the box and it was a book. The book was entitled, "Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus."
"Ummmm Vash, how is this going to help me?" Faye asked.
"Faye one of your biggest problems was communication. This book will tell you everything on how to get a nice healthy relationship. It also talks about ways you can communicate with the opposite sex. You were very angry with the men you have encountered in your life because you lacked the wit and sophistication to respond to their neanderthal comments." Vash explained.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to read this then." Faye said.
"I'm opening mine!" Jet said.
Jet was the last to open his box. Inside was a packet of Bonsai Tree seeds.
"Yes! This is exactly what I needed! Now I can start my garden again!" Jet squeeled.
"Rebuilding things are not always easy. Like a seed, it takes a lot of nurturing, responsiblity, and care to make a garden again. It also takes time and with time, wounds heal." Vash said.
"What about me?" Ed asked.
"Ed, I told you I can't help you, but there is somebody else that can help you, let's meet them all at the town square." Vash said.
Vash led everyone out of his chamber to the town square. The villagers were gathered around to see what was going on. In the croud of people, there stood Wolfwood, The Good Wizard of the East Vicious, and Dave Chapelle. Ed cautiously approached the preist and the wizard.
"So you're the little girl that brought back Vicious' Goggles aren't ya?" The preist asked.
"Ummmmm, yes." Ed replied.
"My name's Wolfwood, and this is my friend, the Good Wizard of the East, Vicious." The Preist said.
"Oh Good Wizard, do you have the power to get me and Ein home?" Ed asked.
"Oh Ed, I'm afriad I don't." Vicious replied.
Ed looked down and tears were starting to swell up. Then Vicious put a hand on her shoulder.
"Ed, you always had the power all along to go back home." Vicious said.
"Really!? How!?" Ed asked.
"The Ruby Goggles which I bestowed upon you." Vicious said.
"Aw cut the crap Vicious and speak in English will ya!" Wolfwood said while interrupting.
Vicious made a constipated face.
"Why do you always have to do this to me all the damn time, Wolfwood! I never do that to you when you and Milly are always talking about stuff that I don't really want to hear about! Another thing, stop being such a little bitch and start acting like a Priest for god sakes, you're making the damn clergy look bad! No wonder why Vash got really irritated at you and fired you!" Vicious said as he chewed out Wolfwood.
"Looks like somebody has TSB." Dave Chapelle commented.
Vicious turned his attention back to Ed and Ein.
"Now, before I was so rudely interrupted, Ed all you have to do is wear the goggles over your eyes, clap three times and say 'There's no place like home.' Try it." He said.
Ed put the goggles over her eyes, clapped three times and said, "There's no place like home."
"Good, now keep doing that." Vicious said.
"Oh no wait, I have to say goodbye to everyone first!" Ed said.
Ed walked over to Spike and gave him a big hug.
"I'll miss you Spike!" She said.
"Thanks kid, it was fun!" he replied.
She walked over to Faye.
"You are such a sweet little girl, I'll never forget you!" Faye said as she shed tears and hugged Ed.
"I'll miss you too Faye!" she said.
Jet walked over to Ed and gave her and Ein a big bear hug.
"Thank you so much for sticking with me throught the end, you are forever in my debt Ed." Jet said.
"Thank you Jet, now could you let me go, you're choking me!" Ed said.
"Oh sorry." Jet let go of Ed and Ein.
Ed walked over to Dave Chapelle.
"I'll miss you most of all, Dave-Dave." Ed said as she gave him a hug.
"Awwwwww, dammit orange girl, I'm gonna miss you too!" Dave Chapelle said as he hugged Ed.
"Thank you so much Mr. Vash and everybody, now I can go home. There's no place like home, there's no place like home." Ed said as she repeated the steps.
"GOODBYE ED, PLEASE VIISIT US AGAIN SOMETIME!" Everybody said to her.
"Ed?" A familiar voice said.
"Ed sweetie, wake up." Another voice called.
"Hey kid, don't die on us now." Another voice said.
Ein licked Ed's face. Ed opened her eyes and realized that she was back in her home with her family. She sat up to greet everyone.
"We're all glad you're okay." Her big sister said.
"Oh my god, I had the most wonderful dream, you were there, and you were there, and you were there too. I was with you guys and Ein and we fought the evil wicked witch and met the great bounty of Oz. The Good Wizard gave me these Ruby Goggles which I had to use to get back home to you guys." Ed said.
"You poor thing, the storm was really rough on you, you'd better get some more rest." Her oldest brother said.
"Be careful next time kid." Her brother-in-law told her.
They all left the room to leave Ed and EIn at peace. Ed was going to fall asleep when she felt something under her pillow. She grabbed it and pulled it out. It was the Ruby Goggles!
"It wasn't a dream!" She said to Ein while holding up the goggles.
And so ends the tale of a young girl and her adorable Welsh Corgi, and her unusual, but unique friends. The End.