I do not own Cowboy Bebop, oh well, that's how it goes.
Part Two: You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Faye's POV
November 12, 2071-The day after The Red Dragon Massacre.
Spike is gone, I tried to stop him from leaving, but he didn't listen to me. The morning news brought me to tears. "Hello, I am Mark Rather and here is some breaking news on last nights Red Dragon raid."
Tears began to run down my face. I could feel the angst building up, then suddenly I just let it out. "Why should I care, you were nothing to me! I didn't care about you! You stupid idiot, I'm glad you got what you deserved!" Wait, I shouldn't say such horrible things about Spike, but I am so bitter right now.
Mark continued. "In Tharsis City, The Red Dragon Syndicate is no more. Last night an unknown vigilante struck the infamous organization with gunfire and explosions. 30 are dead, but there are a lot of survivors. From what I heard the one who took over the Red Dragons, a man by the name of Vicious who told the surviving syndicate members to leave and to go on with their lives. Today this man is among the 4 that are presumed missing."
"What the hell? That doesn't even sound like him!" I whispered; "Vicious is missing, so he might be alive."
My attention turned back to Mark Rather again, but my mind was still on Vicious. Mark continues; "The building blew up early this morning that took out a whole city block a few bystanders were injured. A witness said that he saw a green car with a man and a woman leaving the scene before the building went up."
I was horrified at the sight of the smoking rubble, I had some sort of sick and twisted deja vu. I know I've seen this thing before, it was an unspeakable act that I would rather not share with anyone. I saw that the fire was still burning over there and a black cloud loomed over the area. I keep the TV on longer. "Now we turn to Chris Riley who is live at the scene with CSI Agent Electra Olivio."
"Electra." I whispered; My attention suddenly turned to the familiar face on the screen.
I listened to her for a while, then she left the scene. She was so beautiful and strong, I need this woman in my life. I need her to be a pillar of strength for me, someone who will help me to move on. What am I saying? Am I falling for this woman? Well, you thought Julia was pretty hot. Yeah, I'm falling for Electra, Spike can go to his grave and I don't care. The Red Dragon Syndicate was wiped out because of one man. That man was Spike, avenging the death of his angel. Good riddance Spike Spiegel!
Might as well give him a nice funeral though. I called the city morgue and they said he wasn't there. There was also something strange, I learned from Bob that the body of Vicious wasn't found and that Julia's had vanished from the hospital. We rushed to the scene later in the morning; there was no trace of Spike, not even a shred of his clothing. We did find the Swordfish II though; she was about a few blocks away. Hammerhead had to carry her back to the Bebop. We called hospitals around Tharsis City and they said they have no such person by that name. He probably got incinerated in the huge explosion that happened after. His body burned beyond recognition or smashed into nothing by the heavy steel, glass, and concrete. Or the I.S.S.P. took him away and now he's some John Doe lying in an unmarked grave. I can't think like that. I'm still sad; I loved him once, now he's dead because of that damn Julia and Vicious.
No, something inside me is telling me, that he's alive he has to be. My heart feels empty right now; the world is now a darker place, could he be alive? The last night we made love, I had a dream. I saw Spike standing in a field on Earth. I rush toward him, but he gets far away from me. He is laughing at me and then he begins to chant. "You don't love me! You never loved me! All you wanted to do was fuck me! You used me Faye! You suck! You can't even catch me! Your life is one big cosmic joke! You're such a loser! I'm leaving you behind!" Suddenly I hear a horse approaching, it's a horse of an unearthly white. The rider was a woman dressed in white and gold with long red gold hair and amber eyes. It wasn't Julia, it was the other one, Edward. She extends her hand to Spike and he takes it. He gets on the horse with her and puts his arms around her waist. I watch them as they ride off and vanish in a white mist. I'm cast into darkness, but suddenly I feel someone pulling me out; it was a woman who was kind and gentle. She held me in her arms and told me everything was going to be fine. Suddenly she kissed me and then something started to change inside of me and I couldn't go back.
Three months pass and it's time to let the grieving period end. I've been feeling pretty sick and Jet has been concerned. Seems like I'm starting to gain weight too. I put on a sweater and a pair of slacks and chuck my yellow ensemble to the side of my bed. A thought came into my head, could I be pregnant? Well, Spike was the only guy that I have been with. I grab my things and shout out to Jet. "I'm going to the doctor, I need a check up."
Jet appears in the doorway; he's still in mourning, but he's getting better. "All right, I'll have lunch ready for you when you return."
I turn around and glance at the big guy. "It's nothing, probably just a flu. I'll be okay."
I went to the hospital, the doctor checks me out, asks me a few questions, and then says. "Ms. Valentine, you're pregnant with twins."
Tears welled up in my eyes, this is what I wanted. "Oh my god."
The doctor asked me. "Do you want them?
I looked up at her. "Of course I do! But I can only keep one, because we don't have too much money to feed two."
The doctor sighed; "Well, there's adoption. Are you sure?"
I nodded; "Yes I am."
The doctor grabbed some paperwork. "Let's get started."
I realized I was making a tough decision, but I decided to go through with it anyway. ""Thank you." I sighed and filled out the papers, wondering if I was doing the right thing.
I came back to the Bebop after that and sat on the couch still crying my eyes out. I'm 3 months pregnant. Well, I did say that I wanted this. I loved you once Spike, but it didn't feel real. Then you decided to go find Julia. Suddenly she dies and you went after Vicious. But wait, I don't think they're dead and you're not dead either. But I don't want you! Tears are streaming down my face, I'm pregnant and the father of my unborn children is resting somewhere in some hospital. I start sobbing uncontrollably, although I shouldn't cry because I never loved him. "I never loved you, but I will love these children. Damn you Spike! I hate you! I hate you!" Then I started screaming curses in my native Mandarin and I used the ones most brutal and vile for him too.
Jet comes in with a look of concern on his face. "Faye, what's wrong? What's all this crying and screaming in Chinese about?"
"I'm pregnant." I say as I grab a tissue.
He says to me softly, "Who's the father Faye?"
Spike and I just gave into our passions, it was just one final night together. I don't think I'll ever love another man again. I've had it with them all together, no more men! Oh who am I kidding, I was probably born this way and I didn't even know it. "Spike. He's the only one that I have been with."
He put his arms around me. "Don't worry, everything will be okay. I'll take care of you."
I looked him deeply in the eyes and smiled. "Thank you Jet, you have been so good to us. I don't think we deserved someone like you. You are like the father we never had and we treated you with no respect. Jet, I want to apologize for all the things I have done. I feel like the goddesses and gods are punishing me for every rotten thing."
He still held me. "Faye, it's all right, you're going to get through this and I will help."
I give him a nod. "I'll still keep working until I'm due. Then I'm going to raise this kid, by myself."
He held me in his embrace. "Well Faye, at least the kid will have a good home here on the Bebop."
It's time for me to finally face the truth, I decided to come out. "Thank you Jet and I have another announcement. I have to come out of the closet! I love women, really Jet I do. I've decided that for now on. Besides, I could do well on my own, and you can be like a father figure to my child. But I am not walking down an aisle in some stupid white wedding gown in some damn church. I'll be a single mother, I don't need no damn husband, and besides I'm not the marrying kind."
Jet's eyes widened, "That's my Faye, you're not going to be someones doormat, good for you."
"Jet, I am a very proud lesbian! It's my decision, I'm through with men! My heart is not a toy that these guys can play with! I'm tired with being treated like a piece of meat!" I told him. "They look at me, think I'm pretty, and then they just use me. All they want to do is get into my pants! Well, from this day forward, no more men! I'm done with them!" I crossed my arms. "I'm not even going to dress like a damn skank anymore. I am going to burn that yellow outfit!"
He shrugged; "It's your life Faye, do what ever you want with it."
I nodded; "Yeah, now if you excuse me. I have to go find a bountyhead, I feel like kicking someone's ass."
"What about lunch?" He asked.
I decided not to get up. "You're right, I can't kick ass on an empty stomach. Besides the child is Spike's, I'm going to be hungrier than before."
4 Months Later…
Jet's POV
Faye's belly has grown large and she was constantly eating. Her cravings were not that weird, she always asked for a lot of cheesecake though. I think the child seems to love the stuff. But it seemed that I had to work harder to get more food on the table. We have some competition though; some guy by the name of Daniel Hepburn who is a success at catching criminals and converting them. From what I heard from Bob, he wears a long leather duster the color of a red rose, has round yellow sunglasses, long silver hair, and blue gray eyes. I never saw this guy, but they say that he arrives in a blue Rambler driven by a blonde female or sometimes he comes alone in a little white starship or in a 1957 pink Caddy. He acts exactly like that Vash character from that Trigun tv show. He seems to lecture about love and peace. He carries a Katana and never takes the bountyheads life. They say he and his partner act alone, but maybe we can bring them on the team. If we can catch them. But let me turn the story back to Faye.
She was unhappy that she couldn't go back to work. "When this baby is born he or she is becoming a bounty hunter."
"What if the kid wants to do something else?" I ask.
"I guess that's true, they can do what ever they want." She said softly.She was more unhappier because she had to stop smoking and drinking. Oh yeah, she loved that, bitching and moaning. Complaining about gaining weight and drastic hormonal changes. I only wished Spike was here, so she can put him through this hell, not me. So this is what it feels like to get ready for fatherhood, I don't know how some men do it.
Faye's POV
I remembered the ultra
sound; I watched the miracle of life inside of me on the screen.
I said happily. "Those
are my daughters, Doc."
The doctor shook her head, "No Ms. Valentine, this is a boy and that's a girl."
I pointed to the screen. "That's the umbilical cord isn't it?"
She took a look closer. "Faye, that baby doesn't have 2 umbilical cords, especially one that looks like a little penis."
"Fucking god damn Spike. How dare he give me a boy? I hate my ex-lover so much! Spike, I hate you! Why did you do this to me Spike, why?" I cried when I learned that the other child was a boy.
"Faye, it's okay." The doctor told her.
"You can have the gender changed if you want." A nurse said.
I gasped, what was I thinking. Damn hormones! "No I can't do that! I'm keeping it a boy! I want the girl to have a better life though, but the boy will stay with me. Make sure that the parents who adopt my daughter are Wiccan."
The doctor told me in a gentle voice. "I'll make sure of that. You're going make a wonderful mother, Faye."
"I'm sorry that I said all those horrible things Doc." My tears stopped and I touched the screen. "Hello My Little Happiness'. For the boy, Jade Lee after my young brother and for Bruce Lee as well. For the girl, Morgana LeFaye after the witch who got a bad rap in the Tales of King Arthur. Also it was the name of my mother. I guess I still have a small place for you in my heart after all Spike, you and your eternal witchyness." I said softly.
Jet's POV
On June 25, 2072 in The City of Tharsis, 10:00pm. I was awakened by a scream and saw Faye in pain.
Her breath was labored. "Jet, it's time. We have to go now! Get a few of my things, I must go now! This creature wants to come out of me!"
We rushed to Mars General Hospital in The Hammerhead. "Okay, we're on our way, I called the hospital."
"Spike! I hate you!" She screamed; "I hate you for putting me through this pain! The miracle of life, my ass! Why did I ever tell you that I wanted a baby, I must have been out of my head or something! Damn you Spike!"
I took Faye kicking and
screaming to the hospital, she
wasn't enjoying this one bit.
I held her in arms. "Faye,
you have to calm down!"
"Spike Spiegel, I swear if I ever see you wherever you witches go, I will burn you at the stake! Or if you're alive. I'm going to kick your ass! I hate you Spike! I hate you! I hate you so much, I'm glad you that might be dead!" She screamed again.
I told her softly; "Faye, just take it easy, remember your breathing."
"I don't want to take it easy!" She snapped.
"Faye, remember the breathing." I remind her.
The nurses put Faye in a wheelchair and I followed. "Yeah, yeah. Just as long as they take this friggin thing out of me! Where the hell is Doctor McNamara?"
A nurse came up to me. "Are you the father?"
"No, I'm not. I'm her friend." I pointed to Faye. "I think you better ask her."
The nurse asked Faye the questions. "Father and Mother's name?"
"My father and mother are long dead!" Faye snapped. "No questions just get this damn hell spawn out of me!"
I calmed her, "No Faye, I think she meant, you and Spike."
"Spike! You stupid bastard! Where are you? I want to rip your balls off and force them down your throat! You're probably with that damn angel of yours in paradise. No! You don't deserve Julia, not what you did to Vicious! I hope that goddamn Julia and that damn Vicious are probably humping like bunnies in front of you, just to yank your chain! I hate you all! Fuck the Red Dragon Syndicate I am so happy that you assholes are gone!" She hissed.
She's not calm, I gave her a shoulder rub. "Faye, just answer the questions and calm down."
"I'm never calm Jet!" She screamed. "The father is Spike Spiegel and I hate the asshole! He's MIA right now, but he's not my husband! I'm never touching another man as long as I live! I'm dating lovely women for now on! My name is Faye Valentine, the one he knocked up!"
"Faye! Be nice!" I grumbled.
She's blowing her stack now. "I don't want to be fucking nice Jet! I'm sick of being nice! I am in tremendous pain, how would you like it if I shoved a bowling ball up Spike's ass and he tried to extract it! Maybe I should do that!"
I whispered; "Faye, I know you're in pain, but now is not the time to be angry."
"Fine." She said, trying to calm down.
"Current residence?" The nurse asked.
"A Starship called The Bebop." Faye said. "Ugh. This is killing me!"
"Who said childbirth was easy." The nurse walked away.
"Oh God! It wants to come out now! Get it out of me! Get this demon seed out of me!" She cried, then she started swearing in what sounded like Mandarin Chinese. A few hours of Faye's painful screaming, cursing, and damming Spike to the deepest regions of the underworld in both English and Chinese. With one final eardrum-shattering scream, Faye gave birth at midnight. How funny, right on Spikes Birthday. "My body is a mess, I'm fat! I need a drink! I want a smoke! I need to gamble! I want to kill my ex-lover badly! Damn you Spiegel! You wicked witch, you put a spell on me that night, you bastard! Oh wait, my Nanomachines, I gave you my virus! So we're even! But still Spiegel, I want to hurt you badly!" Faye cried as the nurse gave her the baby wrapped in a blanket.
I looked down at Faye. "You can't always get what you want."
"It's a boy and he looks exactly like that lunkhead. I don't want that dumbass of a man near him if he's alive. I don't want my baby to be an idiot like his father." I watched as she looked at the baby in her arms.
"Faye, be nice. This is your son and Spike should be able to see him." I told her gently.
"You're right. I love this kid. But I don't know about Spike." With his two garnet eyes and small curls of green hair, the child was indeed Spikes.
"Spike would have been proud." I looked down and saw the child smile at me.
Tears were in her eyes. "Spike never liked children. I think he would hate this kid."
I remember how Spike was. "No, he would love his child. Spike did have a heart."
She stops crying, "Maybe he would. If he's alive somewhere I hope he comes to see his son. But I can't take Spike back. I'm gay and that's it, all bets are final. I can never be straight again. Besides, Spike is nothing to me now; he was only a one-night stand."
"Faye, you have to let go." I touched her shoulder.
She sniffled, "Yes, I will let go Jet, but it will take time."
I watched the baby yawn and he fell asleep; he was just like his father. I wished Spike was here, maybe he's looking down at us or maybe he is somewhere getting medical treatment. "By the way have you thought of a name yet?"
"His name will be Jade Lee Valentine Spiegel after the brother I lost and in honor of Bruce Lee. That damn Spike." She said softly as she kissed the top of his tiny head. "Jade, my little happiness."
"Jade, that sounds like a strong name." I looked at the child and held his tiny hand.
"He's going to be a good kid." She held him tighter.
"Faye, I'm going to get a drink. I'll be back later." I told her.
"Sure go ahead." She watched a nurse put Jade in a crib next to the bed.
Faye's POV
15 minutes after Jet left, I gave birth again. This time it was silent, I held my daughter in my arms. She was beautiful with her dark violet hair and her deep garnet eyes. I had the perfect name for her. "Morgana LeFaye Valentine Spiegel, I will miss you. But one day you'll understand why I had to do this. Eagle Eye and Yoko, Merry Meet." I watched her yawn and I looked over to the adoptive parents, Eagle Eye and Yoko Sena. "Take good care of her, we will keep in touch, and I will always visit."
Mrs. Sena nodded; "Yes, we will. Sayonara and Blessed Be, Ms. Valentine."
The nurse dressed Morgana warmly and gave her to The Sena's. I watched them go, then I started sobbing quietly in my pillow. "Happy birthday Morgana and Jade. Happy birthday, you fucking lunkhead!"
Jet's POV
I left the hospital so Jade and Faye can rest for a while. I went to a little café across the street. I ordered a whiskey and a plate of chicken wings. I mulled over the events of the past few months. "That damn Spike getting himself killed, who cares. Stupid Vicious."
"Stupid Vicious, he was stupid all right, that boy was like a kite without a string." I head someone mutter, then this guy in a red duster sits next to me and sighs. "Hey Charlie, I'll have a Pepsi and do you have any salmon sandwiches?"
"We're out of salmon sandwiches." The bartender said.
The guy whined; "Awww, man, but I'm so hungry!
The bartender grumbled; "Doesn't Julia feed you enough?"
"I guess you're right after I had that large breakfast, snack, big lunch, another snack, and a big dinner. I know I should cut down. Oh well, I'll just have the Pepsi then." The guy gave a bigger sigh.
"What, no drinks tonight Daniel?" The bartender asked.
"No drinks, I'm on duty. A bountyhead is right near by." He said as he slapped down two Woolongs on the bar.
"How are things at home?" The barkeep asked him.
"We put on another addition to the house after we tore down the old deacon's residence that was next to the church. Julia is taking the bar exam, she should be an official judge in another three years. Geez, I hate it when people abandon their animals. I found a Corgi today, it was a stray." He sighed.
I suddenly think of Ed and wonder how she was doing, then I think of Ein. "I had a Corgi, his name was Ein. Is yours a boy or a girl?"
He shook his head. "It's a girl."
The bartender cleaned a glass. "A Corgi huh, how old is it?"
Daniel took off his leather gloves. "She must be about 2 years old, I named her Ayn Rand. Diana is happy with it, so is Julia. So that is a total of 7 dogs, 8 cats, 3 parrots, 3 horses that I keep in a stable at home, 10 goldfish, 10 carp, 2 rabbits, and 2 mice.
I look him over; he had silver hair and round yellow wire rimmed sunglasses. Not to mention a long red duster with a brown turtleneck and brown leather pants. There was also a sword in a sheath at his side. "Are you Daniel Hepburn?"
He put his hands on his waist and took a stance. "I am the protector of the innocent! I am Jerry-Garcia-Maes-Hughes-Cameron-Diaz-Uma-Oprah-Thurman-Matsui-Hidalgo-Sanchez-Stephanopolis-Atheno. But you can call me Jerry for short. Actually, I'm Vicious, um, no! I'm not Vicious! I'm not that nasty meanie! I'm Vash the Stampede."
"No you're not, you're Daniel Hepburn. That rookie bounty hunter who wants to be the greatest bounty hunter ever!" The barkeep pointed to him.
"I hate it when you call me by my full name!" He whined again.
"So you're actually Vash the Stampede?" I said joking with the guy. "You sure act like him."
He reached for one of my chicken wings and grabbed one. "No, I'm not Vash, although I live by his teachings and the man who plays him on tv is my estranged father-in-law. I am Daniel Houghton Hepburn of the Hartford Hepburns. You know, the lady who was once known as "Box Office Poison" Well, I'm her great-great nephew. But I like to call her my Great Aunt Kate instead." He suddenly changes the subject. "These wings are yummy can I have another?"
I offered him some more. "Well, sure."
"Gee big guy, why are you so down, you look blue. What's wrong?" He asks.
I told him about Spike. "Today is my former partners birthday, I lost the kid a while ago. He decided to face his past after his lost love was killed. He went to go up against this jerk of a former best friend."
Daniel almost choked on the wing, this guy acted a little strange. "Oh come on, that's not nice, maybe the friend had some issues you know. Maybe he saw his family killed in front of him by some sicko named Bill. Or maybe the guy's girlfriend, whom he loved and cherished the more than anything in the world fell in love and had an affair with his best friend. Now that would break my heart into tiny pieces!"
"His name was Vicious." I blurted.
Hepburn seemed to play with his glass. "Vicious? The guy's name was Vicious, what a name! I was glad that I was named Daniel. What a horrible name for a Hepburn! Maybe his mother gave him that name because the poor kid almost died after birth. Way before her brother came to take the poor kid away." He suddenly changes the subject again. "Um, so, what happened to your partner?"
I grabbed a wing and began munching on it. "Well, after this woman that he loved died, he said that she was his other half and all that crap. He went to go storm the headquarters of this syndicate he used to work for. But I don't know what happened to him after that. We think he died, killed by his former best friend. It was a big mistake for him to hold on to the past."
Hepburn looked like he was sobbing. "That is the most saddest story. I'm sorry, so sorry. I really am, I'm sorry."
I gave him a napkin. "Ahh, it's okay. The kid was a reckless, green poufy haired, odd eyed punk, nothing but trouble. He always ate too much. But he was a good guy with a heart of gold. He helped a blind girl and my friend Meifa. It's too bad, because his former lover gave birth to his son a few minutes ago. I think he turned her gay too."
"I knew it, that's three times he did it." I thought he muttered something.
"What was that?" I asked him, could this guy be Vicious? Spike's Vicious?
"Um nothing!" He nervously laughed and took another wing, like he was trying to cover up something. "Well, he doesn't sound that bad, I wouldn't mind having a best friend like him. We'd be good friends, yes indeed! You know, he could still be alive! Oh man, I would be his best friend in a heartbeat!" Hepburn took a sip of his Pepsi. "Oh you want to see some pictures of my daughter? Um, yeah, my daughter Diana? Isn't she adorable! She's the most cutest thing in the galaxy!" He took a small holopictureholder, most of them were of a little blonde girl with blue gray eyes. In some of the pictures was also a woman with long golden hair and blue eyes.
I looked down at the picture, that woman looks like that dead actor who did that boat movie a long time ago. "She's really cute. Now where was I. Oh, yeah? I was thinking since Spike's gone."
"Spike? Oh wait a minute." Hepburn puts his hand on my arm. "We'll talk later, I must be off." A rough looking guy with a pink Mohawk came into the bar.
"Why?" I looked at the guy in jeans and mesh shirt who sat down.
He put his gloves back on. "That's my bounty. 9 million Woolongs, his name is Rude Roddy, wanted for drug trafficking." He said as he got off the stool. "Oh and thanks for the chicken wings."
I watched Daniel as he approached Roddy and led him out the door pretending that he was going to buy some bloody eye.
I paid the bartender and snuck out. I quietly watched, Roddy pulled out a gun and aimed it at Hepburn. Hepburn looked at him with no emotion. "Go ahead and shoot me tough guy."
Suddenly a blonde haired woman dressed in a tight black leather catsuit crept up from behind and put a Derringer to his head. "Drop the gun or I will blow your ugly head off."
The perp dropped his weapon, was cuffed and hauled away in a car. It was a little too dark to see the color, but it seemed to be blue.
I scratched my head as the car drove off and walked back to the hospital.
When I got to Faye's Room, she was already dressed. "You'll never believe who I saw."
"Vicious and Julia?" She asked.
I nodded; "I think so Faye! Vicious must be Daniel Hepburn, and I saw him. He had the coat, glasses, silver hair, and a sword. He had his partner with him, Julia was her name, and well that's what he called her. They caught this guy and fled off in a convertible. I saw it all with my own eyes."
"He had silver hair and a sword?" She grinded her teeth and shouted. "That god damned Vicious! His partner had blonde hair didn't she?"
I nodded, "Yes, she did. So that was Vicious and Julia!"
Faye picked up Jade and put a tiny hat on his head. "You see. Remember the report Jet, Vicious' body wasn't found and Julia's disappeared from the hospital. It's all coming together now, isn't it Jet? If we can catch Vicious and Julia, we will find Spike. They're releasing us now, so we better go."
I gave a heavy sigh and followed Faye and Jade out the door. I had a close encounter with Vicious and I didn't even know it first until he started acting really weird. But this Vicious was not like the one Spike had told me about, this guy was at peace with himself. It had to be love, what a strange and unusual feeling.
Somewhere on Earth…
Ed's POV
Ed is still searching for father-person. Ed is hungry, so is Ein, we have been walking for days. Ed went to see Sister Clara for a while, then left. Maybe Ed should go back to Bebop-Bebop. Ed misses Faye-Faye, Jet-person, and most of all Spike-Spike. Ed will locate Bebop on Tomato. There! There! Ed found it! What's this? Bebop on hiatus right now, why? The celebration of the birth of a beautiful baby boy? Did Jet-Person and Faye-Faye have a baby? Or maybe it was Spike-Person and Faye-Faye? The child's name is Jade Lee Valentine Spiegel. Oh well, Ed was too young for Spike-Person. Ed is happy for Spike and Faye-Faye. But I wish I were older, so I can be with Spike-Spike. It was a silly crush anyway, just a silly crush. I won't be jealous of Faye when Ed returns; Ed won't get in the way. I also found something else! Ed found out that they're still mourning the loss of a comrade. Who is it? Who's dead? Faye-Faye and Jet-person are still here.
It's Spike, my Spike is dead! My beloved Spike is gone! How could this be! Tears are beginning to well up in my eyes. "Oh Spike. You went to go face your past, I hate you, you're such a stupid fool! I shouldn't have left!" I pound my fists on the dead earth, I was beginning to hate this place. I felt pain in my heart, I felt that little girl beginning to change, I never knew of so much anger and pain. No, I shouldn't be mad at Spike or Vicious or that Julia. I should be angry with Faye, she's the one who probably sent him to his death. Yes, I had anger against Faye, she was the one who encouraged me to leave, she wanted him to herself. Well, now, no one has him, except Julia. "You bitch Faye, I hate you more than ever! You cold hearted snake! You're as bad as Vicious!" I grabbed heaps of debris and started throwing it all around, screaming my lungs out. I was angry, very angry, then I just stop and think. I felt something tug on my shirt, it was Ein.
I look it at him and glare, Ein hangs his head and whines.
He can't be dead! I hold Ein. "Ein, this can't be true, Spike's unsinkable." Ein licks my face I think he knows. He's trying to cheer me up, but so many emotions are running through me right now. My heart is beginning to break. "Spike, I loved you so much. My dream is over, I'll never have you!" It was just a stupid crush, I was obsessed with him so much. If Spike is dead, then maybe Ed should die too. I'll just lay here and let a stupid meteor hit me and let vultures feed on the remains, damn the vultures, I'd rather be reduced to ash. Just like what I wish for this planet. I don't care anymore, he's dead and I don't feel like living."Shit! Shit! Shit! Why did you leave me! Why Spike? Why? I loved you!" I begin to cry. I fall to the ground sobbing loudly my heart was finally broken. The little girl that I used to be was now a broken hearted teenager. The barren ground is soaking up my tears. I ball my fists and bang them again on the surface of the dead earth. I was screaming hoping that a goddess or an angel would hear my plea. "Just let me die, I can't find my father, and I have no way off this stupid lifeless rock! Just let me die!"
"Young lady." Did I hear a voice? "I heard you screaming and I was wondering if you were okay."
"Leave me alone and let me die." I said.
"Please don't say things like that." It was a woman who was talking to me.
"Are you an angel coming to take Ed away to see Spike?" I looked up and saw a lady with red hair just like mine.
"No, I'm just an ordinary human being with a great job and I'm not doing this for publicity either." The woman kneeled beside me in a worn blue dress.
She looked like she had been in a war with dirt on her face. But there was something else about her; I felt close to her. "Publicity? Who are you? Are you a celebrity?"
"Yes, I am, haven't you heard of Barbara Taurasi? One of Neo Hollywoods best actors? Oh dear, I forgot, I'm looking for someone here on Earth." She handed me a photo of a little girl with red hair. "You see, I'm looking for my daughter Rhiannon. Her idiotic father took her from me. But all of that's changed, I had a judge on Mars giving me full custody of her. Last I heard she was at a daycare here on Earth and he just left her there. That jerk! I'm glad that our film crew decided to take a break right now, due to those meteors. Maybe I might find the son of a bitch, since he's always trying to map this crappy planet." She paused; "If only we could give our love one more chance. I miss the asshole so much." The little girl in the photo is actually me, so this must be my mom.
"Mama?" I have seen a picture of her a long time ago and dad said something about her being in the movies.
"Rhiannon?" I saw tears forming in her light green eyes.
"I guess that's me. Ed was left at a daycare, then went to an orphanage." I scratched my head, I can't believe that this is her.
She gave me a hug. "Rhiannon, I've found you at last! You poor thing, you're so thin! You need some meat on those bones of yours." She growled, "Where is he? Where is that bastard father of yours! I'll beat the living shit outta him, then force him to marry me again!"
"Ed searched for him, but there's no sign. Ed is hungry, so is Ein." I told her.
"Ed? Your name is Rhiannon Athena Taurasi now." She brushed the hair from my eyes.
I told her; "Mama, Ed wants to be Ed."
She touched my cheek; "Fine to Neo Hollywood you're Rhiannon, but to your closet friends your name is Edward. Although you'll have to stop talking like that, when you come to Neo Hollywood you will have to show some manners. I'll send you to the best school on Mars."
Maybe a change will do me good. Besides Spike was born on Mars. I asked her. "Mars, do you live there?"
She looked down and saw Ein. "Yes! I'll take you home and feed you and Ein. He's so cute, where did you get him?"
I patted his head. "He's my friend from the Bebop."
"The Bebop? Baby, did you go on the Bebop? That's a bounty hunter ship, what were you doing with a bunch of bounty hunters?" She knew of the Bebop?
"How did you know of Bebop?" I asked.
"I heard about it from the news once, people of Neo Hollywood have to know about these things. So, tell me about them." She asked.
I nodded. "They were my friends. Ed, I mean, I helped them out. I'm good with computers, very good. I left them after I decided to look for father-person." I began to cry, the Bebop, the ship of memories.
She held me. "Sweetie, why are you crying?"
"I fell in love with a beautiful young man named Spike Spiegel." I was thinking of him.
"That green haired guy who screws up everything?" She snapped. "Honey, he is too old for you! Well, I do know some 30 year-old men dating 18 year-old women and some 45 year-old women dating 25 year-old men. Even though, it seems to be the rage in Neo Hollywood. You two can be the new Tom and Katie. But still, he's too old. Well, I married young, so look who's talking. Why don't we go find him?"
"It doesn't matter." I cast my eyes down.
She said softly. "What happened to him?"
"He's dead. His past caught up to him and he was killed." I sobbed. "He was the most sweetest guy that I had ever known, now he's gone."
She held me tighter. "Rhiannon, there will be another guy for you."
I wish she could just call me Edward. But about Spike, no one can ever replace him. Although, he could be alive, I will never give up hope that one day he'll come back to me. I'll still have his picture and the memories. "So how is the movie business mom?" I asked.
"Being an actress is fun, but you'll have to work very hard sweetheart." She said.
"Then that's what I want to be, I like a good challenge." Actress, that sounds like a good job.
She laughed; "There will be challenges, believe me."
"Let's go home to Mars! I want off this planet, Mama!" I shouted.
"Come with me." I took her hand.
This journey has ended and it is time to begin a new one. I will start a new life and maybe my Spike will come for me. Or maybe I'll find him, somewhere, someday, Spike Spiegel...You will be mine for eternity. Because I have a feeling that you're still alive.
: I think Vicious handled that jerk of a best friend thing rather well. Don't ask me why I'm making Vicious like Vash, that's just me. I'm a very strange girl. I named this session after my favorite Rolling Stones song, it's truly a gem. So that was Part Two!
: Part Three-Friends-Remaining Bebop crewmembers meet at a picnic. Electra triuphantly returns! She will be playing the part of Faye's Girlfriend. Yes, I am replacing Jessica, sorry Jessica, maybe I can make you a bit character. This is your fault Nabeshin! I have a muse named Nabeshin now, who won't get off my tail! Julia and Vicious show up on the Bebop and secrets are revealed! Jade meets his true love.