The universe is filled with billions of extraterrestrial beings, many of them new and undiscovered! But one man named Dandy plans on finding and registering them all! He travels the universe with his crew and amazing pompadour in search of adventure, excitement, and boobies! These are the adventures of the dandiest guy in space, Space Dandy!

Billions of light years away, on a massive space station, Claire plotted her next move. A hologram of herself studied the combat footage from the battle that destroyed her entire fleet in the last chapter.

One of her soldiers, clad entirely in crimson red armor, approached her.

"Ma'am, our entire fleet has been destroyed. We'll have to halt all military operations," he informed her.

"No matter, it is only a temporary setback."

She switched the monitor to an image of a massive battleship as it was being built instantaneously.

"We can always rebuild. All I am concerned about is our primary objective. I have been running countless simulations, and unfortunately, there is not enough free, concentrated pyonium in this universe to achieve the reaction we need. However, after sifting through Dr. Gel's data, I believe I have found a source that will help me achieve my goal."

The image on the monitor changed again, this time showing a portrait of Dandy.

"According to the data we acquired during our defeat at that space station, that pyonium reaction was caused by a sample of pure pyonium energy. It's source, a sample extracted from this man. He is a unique being, his physical makeup composed completely out of pure concentrated pyonium, more than enough to create the reaction for our objective."

Dandy's face appeared on every monitor in the room as the other soldiers tending to their positions immediately turned their attention to them.

"Men, memorize this face," Claire's voice echoed throughout the space station. "This is your new primary objective. Capture Space Dandy alive at any cost!"

Meanwhile, in a sparsely inhabited portion of space, Dr. Gel's ship, the Bound Liberty, floated in the middle of space, where we find Dandy and his crew not only getting used to their new temporary home, but their new roommates.

Johnny stared at our four heroes as they stood in front of him, not impressed at all by what he saw.

Dandy stood to his left, his back hunched, eyes rolled towards the back of his head, and slack-jawed.

Carrie stood to Dandy's left as she dug into her ear with her pinky finger. She then wiped the earwax that now coated her finger on Dandy's coat.

Meow stood to the other side of Carrie. He had long zoned out to the point that his eyes had begun to drift apart.

And finally, Q.T. was at the opposite end, his screen replaced with an 8-bit image of an hourglass. Loud dial-up noises emanated from his speaker.

"This is the crew that you three had trouble capturing for two seasons and fifteen fanfiction chapters?" Johnny asked.

"Yes..." Bea, Dr. Gel, and Admiral Perry admitted, visibly ashamed.

Johnny examined Dandy very closely, but he didn't seem any different from any other human, aside from appearing duller in intelligence than most.

"Are you sure this is the same Dandy that was on that Blu-Ray disc we've been studying for the past year?" Johnny asked.

"Well, yes… but actually… no?," Dr. Gel tried to explain. "It's a bit… complicated, really."

"I suppose we need to figure out living arrangements while their ship is undergoing repairs," Perry suggested.

"I rarely use my bed, so I suppose they can stay in my quarters," Dr. Gel said. "I normally sleep at my desk anyway."

"Then it's settled, they'll stay in your quarters, Doctor."

And with that, everyone went their separate ways for the evening, however, there seemed to be a slight issue for Dandy and his crew. The bed that Dr. Gel had lent them was quite small, comically small when compared to the Gorillean's large stature. Dandy and Meow barely fit side by side.

"Okay, cat, that's your side of the bed, and this is mine!"

Dandy shoved Meow as far over as he could, but Meow shoved back.

"I'm not a cat, I'm a Betelgeusian!"

Carrie stood beside the bed.

"What about me?" She asked.

"O.C.s sleep on the floor," Dandy told her flatly.

"Yeah," Meow added.

Carrie stared at the two, seemingly as if she were trying to process their words. She then belly-flopped onto the bed and stretched out across both Dandy and Meow.

"Oof," they both gasped.

The bed then gave out and collapsed under their weight, causing the four of them to go find another place to crash for the night.

"I know the perfect place you guys can stay," Perry told them, a sinister grin spread across his face.

He had hunted Dandy for so long that even though they were now allies, he still had a strong urge to capture him and his crew.

He led them into the ship's prison block, where he showed them a cramped cell with a two-person bunk bed and a charging port for Q.T. None the wiser, the four of them meandered into the cell and Perry slammed the door behind them.

"I have you now, Dandy!" Perry laughed, but the crew still took no notice as they started bickering over the beds again.

"I call the top bunk!" Meow shouted.

"Paws off, the top bunk's mine!" Dandy shouted back.

"I called it!"

"What about me?" Carrie asked.

"Like I told you, O.C.s sleep on the floor!"

"I don't wanna sleep on the floor!" Carrie argued.

"Then go sleep somewhere else!"

"Fine!"

Carrie stomped off to the cell door. She then gave it what was a gentle tug for her, but too much of a tug for the cell door. She completely pulled it off its hinges and bent the frame.

"Oopsie," Carrie muttered as she looked at Perry, whose face was red with rage.

"It wasn't me," she lied horribly. "It was my evil twin!"

"All of you! Out!" Perry shouted at the top of his lungs. Dandy and his crew quickly scurried away in an attempt to escape Perry's wrath.

Dandy and his crew then found themselves in Johnny's quarters, however, Johnny was away so they assumed it was empty and made themselves at home. Maybe even a little too at home, as Meow found Johnny's toothbrush and used it to brush his own teeth. There was even a proper charging port for Q.T. and a bed that seemed large enough to accommodate Dandy and his other two flesh-and-blood companions.

Dandy and Meow climbed into the large bed, and just like last time, Carrie flopped across them. Dandy kicked her off of him and shoved her down to the foot of the bed, which still gave her plenty of room to stretch out. She even had enough cover to roll herself up in the excess, save for her long tail which she let hang over the side of the bed. Q.T. plugged himself in, everyone shared their good-nights, and they settled in for the night.

Unfortunately, that wasn't going to last long, as Johnny finally decided it was time for him to hit the sack. He didn't notice the intruders at first, as he went straight to his private bathroom where he tried to brush his teeth only to find that his toothbrush tasted like fish flakes. He spat out the horrid taste and tried to wash it, but it was no use; he had no choice but to throw the tainted toothbrush in the trash.

Johnny then decided to just go to bed, only to find Dandy, Meow, and Carrie all laying in it.

"Get out!" He yelled as the alien hunter, Sepian, Betelgeusian, and robot all scrambled to leave.

Finally, the three of them found themselves in Bea's quarters. Again, the room's occupant, Bea, was off preparing himself to settle in for the night, so Dandy and his crew helped themselves to his room. His bed was much smaller, so only Dandy and Meow fit comfortably. Q.T. was still able to find a charging port and once again plugged himself in for the night.

When Bea entered his room, he immediately found that his bed was now occupied. But he was too tired to kick them out, so he dragged himself over to his recliner, which was big enough for the diminutive alien to comfortably sleep in, and he laid down for the night.

Carrie stood beside the bed and pouted, but Dandy, who didn't feel like arguing with her again, very sternly pointed at Bea's recliner. Carrie was too sleepy to fight with Dandy again so she shuffled over to the recliner. She tried to think of how she'd lay in it; sitting on any close-backed style furniture was very awkward/uncomfortable to her due to her large tail, but she finally settled on stretching her body across the chair's arms.

Her large breasts crushed Bea as she flopped across the chair and settled into a comfortable position. Bea tried to push her off, but Carrie was far too heavy for the little alien to even move her massive bust off of him.

The next morning, Johnny and Perry found Dandy and his crew sitting at the table in the ship's kitchen. Q.T. had made pancakes for everyone.

"Good morning," the little yellow robot greeted them. "I hope you guys don't mind but I made pancakes for everyone."

He then looked over at Dandy, Carrie, and Meow, who were greedily gobbling up pancakes.

"Well… there were enough for everyone…"

Dr. Gel then wandered into the kitchen.

"Has anyone seen Bea?" Dr. Gel asked. "He's normally up by this time."

Bea then squirmed out of Carrie's cleavage, gasping for breath.

Perry, still determined to capture Dandy, hid a glowing disk-shaped device behind his back. It was a subspace capture module used for capturing and detaining dangerous targets inside of an infinite, but inescapable pocket dimension for easy transport.

"I have you now, Dandy!"

Perry threw the disc at Dandy like a frisbee, but the alien hunter tilted his head forward and the disc missed its intended target. The disk then slammed into the cabinet behind him, which damaged the device, then bounced off the cabinet and slammed into the side of Carrie's head. Because it was now damaged, rather than imprisoning the Sepian in subspace, it partially phased through her skull.

The impact startled Carrie and she shrieked and closed her eyes tight.

"Admiral!" Dr. Gel exclaimed.

"I'm hit! I'm dying! I can't see!"

"You're fine, Carrie. Just open your eyes."

Everyone stared at Carrie as she calmed down. They then watched as the disc slowly started to sink into Carrie's head, unsettled by the sight.

"Someone needs to get that…" Q.T. pointed out.

"One-Two-Three not it!" Meow shouted.

"Not it!" Dandy shouted next.

Everyone then shouted "Not it" until Bea was the last one to shout it.

"Aw dammit! C'mon guys…"

"You better hurry, it's sinking deeper," Meow pointed out.

"It tickles," Carrie giggled.

Bea jumped on Carrie's shoulder. He winced, very much disturbed by the sight of the disc sinking deeper into her head. Just before it phased completely into her cranium, he grabbed it and gave it a hard tug. The disc slid out effortlessly, but sent Bea flying backwards onto the floor.

Later that morning, everyone met at the command bridge to discuss the upcoming confrontation with Claire. At, least, that was what they were supposed to be doing…

Bea teased Meow with a hologram of a dancing mouse-girl alien. Seated in Dr. Gel's giant chair was Carrie and Q.T. with Dr. Gel leaned over the back as the Sepian and the little yellow robot played two small handheld video games linked together with a cable. And on the other side of the room, Dandy and Johnny argued.

"I'm telling you, big ass sword beats big ass gun any day!" Johnny argued.

"Yeah, but if the guy has a big ass gun, then he can just shoot the guy with the big ass sword before he can get close enough to use it!"

As the seven of them went about their activities, they didn't notice that Perry was hidden under a grate in the floor. He gently lifted it up over his head, a pistol gripped in his teeth. He gently placed the grate beside him and aimed the pistol at Dandy.

"Now I've got you," he muttered as he pulled the trigger.

A black ball shot out of the barrel of the gun. It flattened and expanded into a rubber net.

Meanwhile, Dandy and Johnny had gotten into a fistfight. Dandy shoved Johnny as the net headed for him, but before it could capture its intended target, Johnny shoved Dandy out of the way.

The net flew in between the two of them and instead wrapped itself around Carrie's head.

Perry jumped out of the hole in the floor and threw the gun on the ground.

"No! Dammit I was so close!" He shouted as he stomped around.

Carrie then screamed again and started running.

"Help! It's trying to eat my head!" She cried as she plowed into Perry, unable to see him.

Perry held onto Carrie's back as she plowed through the wall and kept running straight, frantically pulling on the rubber engulfing her head.

Carrie then tripped over a wire, which sent Perry flying forwards and into another wall. Carrie tumbled across the ground before she finally stopped short of hitting another wall, then she spontaneously exploded.

Later, the group finally decided to do what they initially intended on doing, formulating a plan to stop Claire.

"You're all gonna need weapons," Johnny said.

He held up Dandy's toyish ray gun.

"This isn't gonna cut it."

"Screw you! That gun's a classic!" Dandy yelled. "It's never let me down!"

"Then why haven't you hit anything with it?" Meow asked.

Johnny then pulled out a large orange rifle with white stripes. He handed it to Dandy, who completely changed his tone.

"Hell yeah! Built-in flashlight, laser sights, pop-up HUD! This thing's way cooler than that dumb old pistol!"

Johnny handed another rifle to Meow and Q.T.

"I dunno, it kinda looks and feels like a Nerf gun."

A serious face flashed on Q.T.'s face as he looked down the sights of his rifle.

"I… am the Q.T.-minator!"

"What about me?" Carrie asked.

"This one should be perfect for you. It's too small for Dr. Gel, but too heavy for anyone else to carry."

Johnny handed Carrie a massive, very impressive looking belt-fed gun. While Johnny struggled to hold the weapon, even with the upside-down trigger grip and grip bar along the top of the weapon, Carrie held it as if it weighed nothing despite it looking comically oversized in comparison with her own shorter stature.

"J-38 heavy Vulcan, it fires two-hundred high velocity 14 caliber rounds at 400 rounds per minute, or, it can be set to single-fire high-explosive rounds.

"Um, I don't think it's a good idea to give Carrie a weapon," Meow said as he nervously watched Carrie posing with her new toy.

"Why the hell not?" Johnny asked. "We need all the firepower we can get."

"There's a perfectly good reason why we never gave Carrie a weapon," Meow told him.

"Why's that?"

Carrie then aimed the gun at Space Dandy and… pulled the trigger oh fuck! Dandy exploded and there's…. Nothing left…

Ahem… why don't we check in with Claire and see what she's doing?

Claire stood in the same place as before. She watched as her giant molecular printer spat out more and more warships for her growing starfleet.

She reached for the console and pressed a button. A holographic technical readout of her personal android assassin, Shusuka, flashed in front of her. She typed in a command code and the image disappeared.

Light years away aboard a Galactic Federation cruiser, the reptilian Gen commanded his forces as the newly-appointed commander of his own forces.

"We finally captured one of the most notorious assassins in the Galaxy," he boasted as he preened the feathers that adorned his face and head.

Deep in the confines of the vessel, Shusuka sat on the floor of her cell. Her arms were bound with huge shackles, each well over twice as wide as her own head and bound with chains with links as big as she was. A massive hole was shot in her head, which exposed her hard-light CPU processing core which, while damaged, still hummed away.

It suddenly whirred as it received new orders from her master. She opened her eyes and effortlessly ripped the shackles off of her arms and broke her chains as if they were made of yarn.

Alarm klaxons blared as heavily armed Galactic Federation soldiers gathered at the front of her cell, led by Gen.

"We can't let her escape, gentlemen!" The Raptrian commanded.

The door was instantly ripped off of its hinges as Shusuka menacingly marched towards them. Gen and his soldiers opened fire, but their shots were blocked by the massive heavy door Shusuka was now using as a shield. She flung it at the soldiers, taking all of them out in one shot save for Gen.

Gen pulled a laser knife from his boot and charged at Shusuka, but she slapped him away with her mechanical tail. Gen managed to kick off from the wall and tried to follow through with a punch, but Shusuka used her tail to catch him by the throat. She walked over and lifted the huge door off of Gen's dead soldiers, threw Gen into her own cell, then used a laser rifle to reseal the door, trapping Gen inside.

She then made her way through the ship, easily dispatching every soldier that stood in her way until she reached the command bridge. She callously murdered all the soldiers stationed there, then set the coordinates in the ships navigational computer for the location of the Bound Liberty, Dr. Gel's ship.

Back aboard said ship, Dandy is completely fine. He has not been replaced by one of the many replacement clones that I can assure you, dear reader, that we do not have just in case Dandy is accidentally killed.

Carrie was told to go sit in the corner and think about what she's done, and her gun was also taken away from her to ensure she doesn't accidentally kill any more main characters again.

"Okay, so now that that's taken care of," Johnny said, "we need to discuss Dandy and his use of his powers."

"My what now?"

"You know, your powers? Because you're a pure pyonium being?"

"Huh?"

"You know, you have power over the fabric of space and time?"

Dandy stared at Johnny blankly.

"I do?"

Johnny grabbed Dandy by the shoulders.

"Yes, you idiot! You do! Haven't you ever wondered why you have all these vague memories of having all those past lives, why you remember dying multiple times only to find yourself alive and well the next week?"

Dandy scratched the side of his head.

"Now that you mention it, it is a little weird…"

"Don't you know how to control that power?"

Dandy just shrugged. Johnny turned to Perry, Bea, and Dr. Gel.

"This is the guy you've been chasing? The secret weapon you were planning on using to beat my empire and conquer the universe with?"

The three former villains exchanged awkward looks and nodded.

Suddenly, the ship's emergency sirens blared. Bea ran for one of the consoles.

"Doctor, a Galactic Federation cruiser has just warped in our location!"

The ship reeled from an impact.

"Why are they firing at us?" Perry shouted. "We haven't done anything wrong in over a year!"

"Yeah, but we're still wanted war criminals," Dr. Gel answered.

"Open comms, I'll talk to them," Johnny ordered. "Galactic Federation cruiser, this is Johnny of the Jaicro Empire, your ally! Stand down immediately!"

The ship reeled from another attack.

"All systems are shutting down!" Bea yelled. "We can't take another hit!"

"Repeat, this is Johnny, leader of the Jaicro Empire! We surrender!"

The ship reeled again, this time from the cruiser plowing into the Bound Liberty's face.

"Bea, what happened?" Perry asked.

"The enemy cruiser has collided with us!"

"What the hell are they doing? The Jaicro Empire has always been allies with the Federation."

The ship's red emergency lights clicked on as a metallic knocking echoed.

Carrie stood up and snarled at one of the open doors that led down a dark hallway as the knocking got louder.

Johnny slammed his hand on a button to close the door, which caused it to slam shut. The ship grew eerily quiet. Dandy, Q.T., Meow and Johnny all grabbed rifles and aimed them at the doorway.

A set of fingers wedged the door open and in the doorway stood Shusuka. She glared at her targets as they opened fire, but she spread her hand out and an energy shield deflected the shots.

The shield didn't do anything to protect her from Carrie, who pounced at her with tremendous force. Shusuka swiped at Carrie with her tail, but Carrie ducked and countered with her own tail, which sent the cybernetic Sepian flying back outside the door.

Shusuka landed on her feet, but Carrie pounced at her again and bit down on her shoulder. Shusuka pried her off and threw her aside like a rag doll. Carrie tried to get back up but Shusuka hit her in the back with her long, mechanical tail. She hit her several times until Carrie stopped moving. The tip of her tail then opened up and a sharp blade slid out, and Shusuka held it over Carrie's head.

"No!" Dr. Gel cried. He pulled out a pistol and shot at Shusuka, hitting her in the eye.

Shusuka recoiled from the hit, but other than damaging her left eye, she seemed unfazed and turned her attention on the Gorillean.

"Eat this, you crazy bitch!" Dandy yelled as he opened fire on Shusuka.

Thanks to the auto-correcting gyros inside of them, the hail of bullets hit their target despite Dandy's aim being entirely off-target. Shusuka took a full clip to the torso, knocking her to the ground. Dr. Gel then followed through as Shusuka tried to stand up, but she was starting to feel the damage piling up.

Dr. Gel's fist smashed into the side of her head, leaving a large dent and embedding her body into the wall. Dr. Gel hit her over and over, each hit embedding her deeper and deeper.

Dandy and the others closed in with their weapons raised. Q.T. put on a pair of sunglasses and a sweatband in preparation for the killing blow.

Unfortunately, the only killing blow was dealt by Shusuka. Her tail plunged into Dr. Gel's chest just as the Gorillean dislocated her jaw with his final blow.

"Doctor!" Bea yelled.

Carrie pulled herself up off the ground just in time to see the whole scene unfold in front of her. Bleeding from the gaping hole in his chest, Dr. Gel was shoved off of the android, but was met with another hail of bullets from the Gorillean's allies.

Unable to free herself from the indentation, she had no choice but to take the hail of bullets as they hit her. Once all shots were fired, she tried in vain to free herself one last time, then she collapsed.

Dandy and Carrie ran to Dr. Gel's side as he lay bleeding on the floor.

"No! No!" Carrie cried as she buried her face in his blood-stained suit.

"Are you okay, Carrie?" The Gorillean asked weakly.

"Someone get me a bandage!"

"I'm afraid that won't do any good," a familiar, whispery voice hissed.

Dandy spun around and found Krull, the metallic skeleton man standing behind him.

"His time is up," Krull told Dandy.

"He'll be back, though," Carrie sobbed. "He always comes back."

"Not this time, love," Krull answered. "I've been after this one for a while. I'm not letting him slip away."

Krull held his chromed out skeleton hand over Dr. Gel. The Gorillean closed his eyes as a glowing mist left his body and condensed into Krull's palm.

Dandy then grabbed Krull's wrist.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you do that, yet," the alien hunter said sternly.

"I supposed I could let him go this time, but you have to give me something in exchange."

"I think I can do that," Dandy said.

"I think you know what I want, but unfortunately, it's not time to collect it. Until then…"

Krull shook Dandy's hand, then he pulled something out of the palm of the alien hunter's hand. It was a piece of paper with an "IOU" scribbled on it.

Krull held his hand over Dr. Gel and his eyes shot open. He coughed up a bit of blood, but he was breathing again.

"The rest is up to him." Krull pointed at Dandy. "And you… don't forget." Krull held up the IOU and chuckled. They all watched in astonishment as he disappeared right before their eyes.

"Dandy… why did you do that?" Dr. Gel asked as Carrie hugged him.

"The way I see it, if we're gonna take on this Claire chick, we'll need all the help we can get. And besides, if you went it'd make one of my crew members too sad to fight."

"I thought you didn't like Carrie," Meow said as he brought over some bandages and rags.

"If I didn't like her, I wouldn't have let her join my crew. Sure, I pick at her, but it's only because she pisses me off sometimes."

Carrie finished hugging Dr. Gel and then turned to Dandy, her arms outstretched.

"Hug?"

Dandy scowled at her.

"Don't press your luck…"

"C'mon!"

"No!"

"It's free!"

Carrie got closer but before she could throw her arms around the alien hunter, he jumped back out of the way.

"No!"

Carrie chased him down the hallway.

"I said no, dumbass! Don't you know what 'no' means?"

Dandy suddenly stopped, a blaster pointed at his face. He looked down the barrel to see Gen staring back at him.

"Is that you, Dandy?" The Raptrian asked.

Gen lowered his gun. Carrie then grabbed Dandy by the waist and picked him up.

"Do I remember you from somewhere?" Dandy asked.

"Chapter Six?"

"Oh, yeah… you're… Spiii-"

"Gen…"

"Gen! Yeah!"

"Shusuka killed my men, hijacked my cruiser, and crashed it into this ship." Gen noticed Dr. Gel as Johnny and Bea bandaged him him.

"Looks like you got wounded."

Gen pulled a syringe from his pocket and jabbed it in Dr. Gel's arm. The Gorillean winced, but his wound healed over.

"Nanites. They should have you good as new in an hour or so."

Gen then turned his attention to Johnny.

"Johnny! I haven't seen you in over a year! We thought that the Meta Empire killed you in that final battle."

"Nope, I'm still alive," Johnny answered as he shook Gen's hand. "How are things on your end?"

"Quiet, oddly enough. The Meta Empire suddenly retreated from all its strategic positions and attacked some small space station. We tried to pursue them, but when we got there, there was nothing left of them but wrecked ships. Did you do that?"

"No, not this time."

"Then it had to be Dandy," Gen reasoned.

"In a way, it kind of was," Dr. Gel replied. "The pyonium that caused the events to transpire there was the direct cause for Claire's ships to gather there as well as the cause for their destruction was extracted from Dandy… so…"

"I see, that would explain the unusual energy signals we found at the site. So, what are your plans now?"

"We need allies," Johnny explained. "I know the Jaicro Empire is no more, but-"

"I'll see what I can do. I'm positive that after hearing your case, the Galactic Federation will gladly send as much help as they can. After all, we've had to take up fighting the Meta Empire after the Jaicro and Gogol Empires were defeated."

"We'll need to repair the damage to my ship," Dr. Gel informed him.

"The Federation normally doesn't aid war-criminals," Gen answered. "But desperate times call for desperate measures."

Gen turned to Shusuka's remains.

"We'll also need to scan her processor for any intel it may have on our enemy."

As they turned to discuss their matters with the upcoming conflict with the Meta Empire, the faint hum of Shusuka's power core begun to grow fainter and fainter.

"No. You aren't allowed to die, yet. I still have purpose for you," a voice that sounded like Claire's whispered.

Shusuka's power core flared back to life.

"Now, return to your master."

The tip of Claire's tail opened up and a long, mechanical, multi-legged robot scurried out. It eerily resembled the spinal cord of a human, but scuttled around like a giant centipede. Once it exited the tail, Shusuka's main body shut down completely.

It crawled away from the group, unnoticed, down a dark corridor where it disappeared into a grate on the floor.

To be continued...