I don't own Cowboy Bebop!

Cynical World

Chapter 1

        "Ouch!" a girl's voice yelped as she managed to hit her head against what appeared to be the inside of a pod's door. "Where the devil am I?" Surveying the area from what she could view in the circular window, she surmised that she was in a field. There was a lot of rubble in that field, which made her believe that it was abandoned.

        Suddenly a head, full of outrageous red hair, appeared in her view, "Is the poddy-woddy stuck? Ed will help poddy!"

        "Excuse me! But I would like to get out!" the girl yelled a little, but screamed in startlement, as the door opened and she fell out onto the hard-packed dirt. Her flare jeans, black tank top, and brown hair were now saturated in dust. "Ouch," the girl moaned.

        "Hi person! Ed is Ed! Are you Ed and Ein's new friend?" the odd looking red headed girl bounced about wildly.

        "I'm Zenia, but you can call me Zen," the dirty girl coughed as she stood up and began to dust herself off. "Ed, can you tell me where we are?"

        "Silly Zen-Zen! We are on Earth!" Ed laughed.

        "Ed, what city are we in?"

        "No city! No cities on Earth no more!" Ed pouted.

        "Ed, there has to be cities!" Zen argued logically.

        "Nope! All go bye-bye! Isn't moon pretty?" Ed stared up at the moon and began howling like a dog. Ein howled with her.

        "Oh my…" Zen's hands flew to her mouth, her eyes stung with a bit of knowledge that she was no longer on the Earth that she knew.

        "Zen-Zen, okay?" Ed waved a hand in front of Zen's face.

        "Ed, what happened to the moon?" Zen finally chocked out.

        "Moon cracked," Ed shrugged.

        "Ed…" Zen sat down in the dirt, a dazed look covered her face. "Can I stay with you for a while?"

        "Yea! Ed can have Zen-Zen as guest!" Ed began to dance around happily.

        "Mew!"

        "Kitty?" Ed began searching.

        "Kal? Kal! Here boy!" Zen called to the mewing beast.

        "Mreow!" a beautiful orange striped tabby jumped into Zen's arms from the inside of the pod.

        "Kal! I'm so glad you're with me!" Zen hugged the cat close to her and took in his scent of spices and sugar.

        "Is that Zen-Zen's kitty?" Ed asked softly.

        "Yes, Ed I'd like you to meet my cat, Kal."

        "WOW! Ed can pet Kal? Can Ed?"

        "Of course you may, Ed," Zen felt a smile tug at her lips.