Which Way Is West?

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Also: In this ending, Faye and Ed never left.

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Chapter 1: The Plan In Action

Spike turned the corner and ran after the punk bounty. He rubbed his eyes from the pepper spray that the kid had used on him. He was lucky enough to get his hand over his left eye but his right had not had the luck. Now it was burning in agony as Spike tried to make the shape out of the bounty in front of him.

Spike, in addition to the pain in his eye, was really starting to hate Jet. Jet, who had made him go after this small fry punk. Jet was too busy fixing the shower that Faye had complained about. Faye was at a bar before Jet could tell her and Ed was Ed. So that left Spike. The kid was only worth 3000 wuolongs. Spike wondered if the kid had robbed a convenient store or something. He didn't even know that bounties could get so low.

The kid turned the corner and smashed his head into a pillar. He slowly fell back, the kid landed on Spike who fell over and angrily swore at the kid who was a little dazed. But then Spike looked at where he was. On the steps of ISSP station. Man, he lucked out this time. He realized that he could get back faster now that he didn't have to drag the kid around town.

He grabbed the kid by the back of his shirt and hoisted him into the police station, satisfied with his catch, Spike dragged the kid through the lobby until he came to a desk. The cop looked at the kid who was being dragged by Spike. He automatically figured that the guy was a bounty hunter. "What's his name?" the cop asked lazily.

Spike liked the feel of the crisp dollars in his pocket. He felt like buying something except that Jet would penalize him for not using the money to repair the Bebop. Sometimes it was so unfair. Jet would ask him to get money for the ship but let Faye gamble it away. He figured that this was because, Jet trusted him the most. But Spike never knew that trust could be so unfair.

He sighed and walked to his ship. He was unfortunate to chase the kid a mile from his ship. This sucked. Jet owed him for this one.

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Faye sat at the bar, nurturing her cocktail. It was her third one. She didn't plan on getting drunk, just a few drinks. She looked around her to see that she hadn't chosen a bad bar. There were no dirty old men or any sluts. She caught a few off to the corner of her eye. "Okay, maybe a few," Faye said to herself. She looked back to her drink. The light flashing off of the glass she held.

The bar door was pushed open to reveal more lights to blind Faye through her glass. She covered her eyes and waited until the bar door was closed she then picked up her drink and took a sip. The light from the windows still flashed on the glass but it was covered up as a man appeared behind her.

"Are you Faye Valentine?" a deep voice asked.

"No, who's Faye Valentine," Faye said, feeling that she was in trouble. Most of the time, she was in trouble, so she avoided attention at most times. It was a shame because she truly wanted it. Only she wanted good attention.

"I believe you are," the man said. Faye froze as she felt a gun pointed to her back.

'Shit this brings back memories,' Faye thought to herself. "Who are you?" Faye asked the man. She could feel a smile bearing into her back.

"I'm a friend from the Red Dragons," the man said. Faye's eyes widened. "Your presence is requested," he added.

"This is such a charming way to ask a request, too," Faye said sarcastically. She reached for her gun but the man pressed his further into Faye's back.

"The Van wants your presence, you should go or maybe... the thirty Red Dragons outside will persuade you," the man said.

Faye sighed in defeat and stood up. She didn't know if it was a bluff or not but she knew not to risk it. If there were 30 outside then she would be dead if she tried anything. She slowly walked but the gun sped her up a bit. When she stepped outside, there was nothing.

Faye turned and was hit on the head with the butt of the gun. Then her world went black.

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"Ed?" Jet said to the girl that was sitting next to his bonsai while he trimmed it.

"Yeah?" the thirteen-year-old girl said.

"Could you please not sit so close? I can't get my bonsais cut if you're in the way," Jet said to Ed who jumped off.

"Don't bonsais remind you of Spike?" Ed asked.

"Kind of, if you think about his hair," Jet related the two in his mind.

"You should give Spike-person a trim with bonsai scissors!" Ed suggested. Jet smiled at the idea. It was true. Spike was long overdue on a haircut.

"I should but he'll probably die before letting me trim his hair," Jet laughed to himself. He positioned the scissors on a branch and trimmed the leaves off carefully. "Perfect," he said to himself.

A huge explosion rocked the ship as the alarms went off. Jet accidentally cut the whole branch off. "Shit," he said to himself and dropped the scissors.

Ed was knocked onto the floor as a second wave hit the ship and Jet fell back. Ed slid across the room. Ein was thrown against the wall. It felt like the whole Bebop was falling apart.

Then suddenly the explosions stopped and the doors to the ship opened. Swarms of Red Dragons ran into the room holding machine guns. They were all pointed at Jet, Ed, and Ein. Jet looked around.

"Shit, what did Spike do now?" Jet asked himself. Ed put her hands up and sadly Jet did too. Today sucked.

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A/N: Forgive me if the writing style is a bit off, I wrote this a while ago. Once again, please review, I'm grateful for all insight. Next chapter will be up soon.