Cowboy Bebop : Desperate Charm
David Howlett
Episode 1 : Blue Tears, White Ocean
The Bebop and Spike's Craft over Ganymede
Jet : Spike, I never thought you would beat me here
Spike : I have only come because I knew you would be here to rescue me.
Jet : Do you really think this is about you; You know what you're doing?
Spike : I never thought I'd live this long, and now Juliet is gone, I don't know what to do.
Jet : Pull out now, I'm saying you're over your head. Don't get yourself too mixed up in this.
Spike : I was never mixed up, only thrown into things, there is no reason to be afraid of what the truth is.
On the streets of Ganymede, Edward and Spike move along, and it seems they are moving in complete synchronization, the rain dropping on them.
Edward : Hey Spike!
Spike : Hmm...
Edward : Where's Faye Faye?
Spike : I don't know that name anymore.
Edward : I think you do!
Spike : Maybe what you think isn't the answer, I just have you here as my guide. What happened? Do you know Ed?
Edward : Edward knows. Heyeah!
Spike : Maybe if this rain stops, I'll know. I just never thought it could just go away.
Edward : Edward thinks you miss Faye Faye!
Spike : I do not! I don't want your lip!
Edward : Edward didn't do anything!
Spike : I'm sorry, just now that Juliet doesn't have me to love, now that she spent years apart to die now, I just can't imagine what to do with my life.
Spike's Phone rings
Spike : Hello?
Dealer : I have what you want. Meet me at the point where the planets turn, where ice turns to rain, bring what you promised.
Spike : No more riddles, give me the details!
Dealer : This is standard communication, if I tell you in English, they'll find you much sooner. I'm going.
Spike : Damn you!
He clicks off the phone
Spike : Why the hell do I have to put up with this?
He looks down towards the city as if it were the heavens, chucking the phone, smiling he says
Spike : I never knew that the city which meets the heavens with hell could be such a brewery for such crimes. I thought that crime was no issue, but now I know with humanity, crime will always prosper.
Edward : Edward knows what you want!
Spike : Eh?
Edward : Edward thinks Edward needs some too, Edward needs Faye Faye.
Spike : I know you're a kid, but you understand, Spike doesn't.
Edward : When Edward gets in the way, Edward knows Edward's in the way.
Spike : It's like they say, the heavens, hell, they all turn to mush in this place, where memories are just a fault which humans desire to return to be. It's as if angels and demons both wished for salvation, but neither has the power to do so. It's as if desire leads chaos in a new direction, and our blood makes up the world.
Edward : We just need to make it, I hacked the phone, it's coming from here.
Edward points to the laptop.
Edward : See, Faye Faye!
Spike : I told you I don't know her, and I'm sorry that's not what this is.
Edward : Wait, see here, see here!
Edward points to the location
Edward : This is the same place that you said Faye Faye was last time!
Spike : Ed, Have you ever realized that Faye Faye is not the object of my searches, and I've known where she was.
Edward : Then why do you say these things? Edward wants Faye Faye!
They come to the location...
Dealer : Welcome, I have it here!
Edward : What? Let Ed See!
Dealer : You're just a kid! Where's Spike?
Spike : Don't mind Ed, I have what you want.
Dealer : Great, the Cold Stone.
Spike : I had my doubts, all Stones are cold, but only the Cold Stone is considered cold, probably because of its history. This stone has been observed by crime, and now it is of no value to anyone official. Only in the underground, is its value desired.
Dealer : I have what you want. 3 Cases, all verified, Cold Blue Tears, Tears of the Sun, these tears are so cold, that your brain will melt, slowly, until it's ice once again. So fresh, that as it melts, your brain will reform in a new way. Kind of like women eh?
Spike : Women could never entertain me in this way.
Edward : Edward wants some!
Spike : Edward, this is nothing you could manage.
Edward : But I want some! OoeeoO!
Spike : When you fall so low as to go this way, the last of the angels have wings that go so far as to turn to dust, but then reform as claws. They grasp at your soul, only to miss and grab your heart, making you colder than the tears of the angels that sacrificed, cold as the stone you give to gain your own hate.
Everything blurs, goes to black, and soon He Awakes.
In a motel in ganymede, edward lies with eyes open in fear, but smiling, Spike awakes to see ed lying there, cold as the tears of an angel, or of a White Ocean. A white ocean, whitened by ice and the cold which appears to stay forever, only to change with the love of a woman. Edward is naked, blood on walls in the shape of hands, hundreds of eyes seem to stare, eyes the color of blood. Spike still doesn't realize it. He picks up a piece of paper.
In a blood covered sentence, it reads in Spike's handwriting :
Only now could you see, you could see my love edward, now that angel's tears have driven me to act on my pure unconscious soul, without doubt, cares, or opinion, only to my guardian's desire.
Spike : Edward?
Edward : What? Do you believe in me? I am the spirit which lives beyond Edward. I don't care what you did to me, I just wish for you to run away, when growing up you heard fairy tales and certain truths, but I never will grow up, you've given me a reason to be old instead of grow, and to live without fear but with protection from hate. I love you.
Spike : I have to go on. I must leave you Edward. When you wake and realize what I have done, I will not be here to watch. I must go to save myself, you must do well without me.
Edward wakes.
Edward : AAAAAAAAAAA! Spike! Help me! Oh look, it's a note!
Spike : Edward, You must run to where the ocean meets the ice, where the heart melts and pours into the sun, where the ghosts rise to sing for one more time, that's where you'll live, I can never see you again.
Edward : Edward knows he must go, but Spike must not avoid his fate, Edward wanted Faye Faye, but now Edward has to go.
Edward's Phone Rings
Jet : Hey Edward? Edward What happened?
Edward : I don't know!
Jet : I'm coming to get you! I knew Spike was bad news this time!
Edward : Edward thinks Spike was bad.
Jet : No matter how far the sun's rays shine, they never tell why they keep going.
Edward : Edward knows!
Jet : Stay there! I'm coming to get you.
Edward : Edward stay!
Next Episode : Cold Tears, Warm Heart
Faye Valentine Comes back, and Spike's crime catches up with him. Jet cracks down on Spike's Habits and realizes the truth. Julia appears in every mirror in Spike's view. Has Julia returned, or is Julia a mirage. Find out if Julia's ghost has appeared, or if she never died at all.
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