Men are From Mars, Women are From Earth (Remix)

Disclaimer Thing: I do not own Cowboy Bebop or the characters associated with it. Plain and simple. But Mr. Nabeshin (The other Nabeshin.) please take my idea! I beg you!

As I ponder on what to do in Part 27, yeah 27. I\'m going to extend the fic, by taking my prequel and just adding it to the story without the songs. So, I hope you like. There is no motive for my madness, so just read and enjoy the drama.


Be warned, this fic contains violence that is sometimes graphic, some lemon, salty language, some Yuri, nudity, and Pop Culture References.

A look at a very unique romantic pairing Spike Spiegel and Older Edward. Also there is Julia and Vicious pairings, Jet and OC, Faye and Electra.

Men are From Mars, Women are From Earth-Extended Play


By Kate Spiegel

Part One-Planets of the Universe

A cool September night on Mars, The Bebop is docked at a marina in Neo
Manhattan

Spike’s POV

I’m not the kind of guy who can get hooked on love so easily. Well, not right
now. I’m still looking for Julia, but I haven’t found her yet.

There was a silly proposal from Ed, she’s too young to marry. I don’t think she’ll end
up marrying me, she was just joking. It was all a joke, so I went along with it and my
answer was maybe. I said maybe just to make her happy, so I wouldn’t crush her
dreams. She is obsessed with me, she always listens to me, never listens to Faye.
eats with me, helps me with certain things. But she screws up as much as me.

This is what happens when she screws up. She let Domino go and we had nothing but mushrooms, she found Julia, but I got Vicious and this Gren guy instead. She left me alone on the ship with a parasite that was making Faye, Ein, and Jet sick. I got sick too. She was actually sleeping at the time and she ate it. It\'s a wonder why she didn\'t get sick. It should have been her comuppance!

But then there\'s the good things.

I helped her with MPU, then she found the Chessmaster. She saved an old man and his bird and brought home a great supper. Helped me clear Mike Yamada\'s name, She found out about Mad Perriot and Cowboy Andy, found Vincent\'s virus, she also found Vincent after Faye said it wasn\'t him on the computer, and saved me from Dr. Londes.

We could make a very interesting team.

Ed is cute, she can be very strange, and underneath it all she’s very intelligent. More intelligent than all of us, except for Ein. But I see Ed as a kid, just a silly naïve kid who seems to live in her own dream world. But I’d like to see her meet someone her own age one day. Kwan Yin, please grant mercy on the poor guy’s soul, whoever this girl takes as a husband. Because I know it won’t be me or who the hell knows, maybe it will. But if it is me, I\'ll say yes, next time.

Then there’s Faye. I seem to be falling for Faye, yeah, there was some flirting between us when we first met. But now, I see something else, I see a beautiful woman. She’s a shrew and can be a bitch at times. She takes my money and eats all the food. She dresses like a hooker. Billy Joel was right when he said, \"Always a woman to me.\" I think Billy hit the mark on that one, that song is perfect for Faye Valentine.

I think I love her.

I love her eyes, her violet hair, and her fiery personality, yeah I have been known to hate women with attitude. But this woman is different, she’s my equal in a way. She’s a comrade and a wonderful friend. She\'s quick with a comeback, she\'s great with a gun, she\'s a beautiful dark haired goddess.

We were alone, Edward and Jet were out shopping. I see her sitting on the couch,
what would she do if I gave her a kiss. I crept up behind her and placed a kiss on
her neck.

“Spike.” Her jade eyes were lovely in the dimly lit living quarters.

“Faye.” I sat next to her and held her hand. “Let’s put our differences aside
and get this out in the open.”

She let the walls crumble down between us. “Sure Spike.”

I gazed into her jade eyes and we kissed.


Faye’s POV

I knew Spike and I were close, but now we’re getting closer.

We started kissing, he started undressing me and I started undressing him.
Soon we were both naked.

He whispered in my ear. “Faye, I love you.”

“I love you too.” I said as I nibbled on his ear.

I laid down on the couch and he started kissing me everywhere. “Are
you ready?”

I looked deeply into his eyes. “I need you Spike, I want you inside of me.”

He slid inside me and I screamed, pain turned into pleasure. I finally had the man that
I loved. But for how long?

Our love making went on until we were too exhausted.

We were suddenly were awakened by the sound of a ship.

“Ed and Jet are back.” I whispered.

Spike smiled, “Why don’t we rest in my room Faye.”

We grabbed our clothes and ran down to his room, where I fell back into sleep
in his arms.

Vicious\' POV

Mike Yamada\'s House...

I held the picture of Diana in my hand and I looked at it. “You have a daughter, don’t you? Now you have to understand why I need to do this.”

Then gave it to the man who was thought of as dead. “Yes, she’s a sweet little girl.” Mike Yamada AKA Mao Yenrai. “She looks a lot like Julia and she has your eyes, my child.”

“She’s pretty isn’t she, Mike?” He gave me a cup of coffee and some chocolate
cookies.

I let Mao live, because he wanted to be free of the syndicate. Free from killing
and injustice.

He helped me out after my family was killed, so I did him a favor.

He sipped his tea. “Do you want to be free, so you can be with her and Julia?
Do you want redemption?”

I need to live in freedom. “Of course I want those things!”

He takes my katana and looks at it. “I want you to do something. Make me a
promise.”

“What is it? I’ll do anything!” I say.

“Anything?” He looks me in the eyes.

He slams the sword down across the table. “Kill the elders and their cronies, that’s
the only way you can be set free. Do it even if you have to betray your own
men. Another thing, after you get rid of them. I want you to never take another
life with this weapon. Do you promise? Do we have a deal?”

I take the katana and put it back. “Yes, I will do that.”

He holds out his hand and I shake it, a deal has been made, I promise
never to take another human life after I leave.

I leave his house and head for Julia’s apartment.

On my way to Julia\'s, I stop at a store, where I see a long red leather
duster, it was the color of a red rose. I go into the store and buy the long
coat, along with a pair of yellow wire rims. I also found a pair of brown
leather pants and a leather shirt. This is perfect for my next
incarnation, now what should I be after we leave? Well, I would like to
be the protector of the innocent. Yeah, Vicious the Stampede!

Julia’s POV

Vicious comes in, he\'s wearing a red duster instead of that horrible black coat. \"You better not be wearing that when you go back to work tomorrow.\"

\"Can I leave it at your house? He puts his Katana on the table. “I saw Mike Yamada. I have to get rid of the
elders, then after they’re gone. I can’t take another life. I won\'t kill Spike, but I
will injure him.”

I grab a bottle. “This is a sleeping potion, put it on the sword, when you cut Spike
with it. It’ll put him to sleep in a couple of hours.”

Vicious grabbed the bottle from me. “Well, as long as it doesn’t kill him.”

I whisper in his ear. “Make sure your men have tranquilizer darts. I’ll probably
meet Spike at the cemetery, once I have him the plan can go on as scheduled.”

Vicious takes a deep breath. “All this for a kid. But when I saw her, she was alone, no one wanted to play with her.”

Our daughter. “Well, all of that will change once we’re free. Are you with me?”

He nods, “Yes, I am.”

I hold him in my arms, everything\'s going so well.

Spike’s POV

The Bebop, stuck on Earth...

Ed....

You broke my heart.

Faye is gone, but I have a feeling she’ll be back. But you left for good, I feel rejected
now.

It all started when you put that fake bounty on your father’s head.

“This is father-person.” You say in that silly, childish, third person act.

I couldn’t stand your tricks, you little witch. “Father...?” Did you have such a thing?
Jet and I were surprised. I get into a fight with your dad, then he just headbutts me.

Ed why did you leave me? Why did you break your promise? I’m no longer your
hero, aren’t I? You’re off to find your father, good luck is all I have to say. He
didn’t even care to stay longer. After he saw that meteor hit, he bolted. I look
at your goodbye message, Jet will have to clean that up later. I don’t think I can do it.

Maybe I do love you. But you are so young. It\'s wrong. If only age wasn\'t a factor.

I still have that dried up rose that you gave me in Tharsis Park, I guess I’ll keep it.
I still have that pinwheel that you gave me, I think I’ll put it on the nose of the Bebop.
A little something to remember you by. Will you ever come back? Maybe you
shouldn’t because I won’t be here. I might be with Julia or maybe I’ll be gone for
good, then how will you feel? How will you feel when they tell you I died.

I\'m dead anyway.

But if I live do long enough, maybe I’ll find you. Or maybe you’ll find me, hopefully
I won\'t be six feet underground.

Edward’s POV

Ed is off to find father-person. Ed said goodbye to Spike-Person and gave him the red pinwheel. Ed left a goodbye message on Bebop. Ed feels a little sad that she’s
leaving, but maybe it’s for the best.

Ed will miss Spike very much.

But maybe Ed will return to him, if I can’t find father-person.

I see Ein running up to meet me. “You can\'t come with me, Ein. Ed is going
someplace far, far away. I might not be coming back. So, Ein, you should go
back home.”

I hear him whining, maybe I should take him with me.

I look down at him. “Do you want to come with Ed?”

I look back at the Bebop, one day Spike, one day. I promise I’ll return to you.

But right now, Ed has to grow up. I have to find out who I am.

Goodbye Spike.

“Let\'s go, Ein!” I shout.

Ein barks and we run off into the sunset.

Spike, I\'ll be back for you, I promise.

Julia’s POV

I’m driving down the road in my red convertible. I recall a moment with Spike,
when I used to love him, when he decided to leave. Three years ago when he faked
his death.

Spike stands in the door way. “When this is over, I\'m leaving the syndicate.”

I look back at him. “You\'ll be killed.”

Spike still stands there. “I\'ll let them say I\'m dead. I\'ll be waiting at the
graveyard. Of course I will be alive. Come with me. We\'ll leave here... We\'ll escape
from this world. We\'ll just live a life of freedom somewhere. Just like watching a
dream.”
You were a dreamer, weren’t you Spike? I hate the thought of leaving you again, but Spike, Vicious and I have a daughter. Not only that, I think I’m falling in love with him again since he had changed. I\'m not leaving Vicious alone again.
I met your friend today, what was her name? Oh yeah, Faye. She’s very pretty and good with a gun too. She’d be perfect for you, but who knows, you may fall for some other. Because Vicious thinks Faye is gay.
I hope you find a beautiful girl who will love you very much.
My cell phone rings, I pull to the side of the road. “What happened?”
Vicious sobbed on the other line. “Julia! Julia, I did it. I did it Julia. They’re dead, all of them! The elders are gone!”
“Good, very good. I’ll be seeing you very soon.” I turn off the phone and head off to the cemetery.
I get to the cemetery and I wait patiently. I have my gun loaded, but I know I won’t shoot him. I’ll let Vicious take care of it. Spike arrives and I see him for the first time in a long time. Although, I want to shoot him anyway, control DiCaprio, you must learn control.
I point my gun at him. “It was raining that day.
He just stands there. “You didn’t come just for the rain.”
I walk up to him, the gun still in my hand. “I was supposed to kill you. That
day if I had killed you I would have been free.” Yes, it’s true.

“So why didn\'t you? Why did you choose to be pursued?” He said.

Here comes the biggest lie of all. “Why did you love me?”

I put the gun down and I hold him. He’s not holding me, he’s being cold and distant.
What the hell is wrong with him? Vicious wouldn’t be so distant. “Let\'s just run
away somewhere. Truly escape from this world and go where no one else is...
Just the two of us...”

Actually I’m running off with Vicious. I’m sorry that I’m going to betray you Spike,
but it’s time to face reality.

I don’t love you.

We hop into my car and head towards Annie’s store. Annie is dying, killed by
Vicious’ thugs. Sorry Annie, I cover her with my coat.

Right now I have the urge to hit a certain someone.

Spike grabs some artillery.

“Do we need all that to run away?” I ask.

Spike is very quiet.

“I’m going with you, I’ll be with you until the end.” Gramps would be so proud of me.

This will be perfect.

Spike tells me. “I\'m sorry. I\'m gonna make a bit of a scene.”

Go ahead, knock yourself out, sweetheart!

We go out and my convertible explodes. Vicious is going to get smacked for this. Gollum! They blew up Gollum! My precious, they blew up my car!

I’m seeing red right now, until Spike shouts to me. “This way!”

This is for Gollum! I shoot the thug who blew up my car and follow Spike up to the roof. Spike tells me to get down, as he shoots another thug. I get up and go over to where Spike is, a thug fires and I am shot. I go down and Spike calls out my name, he shoots the thug. He rushes over and holds me in his arms. I say a few words and everything goes black. I don\'t think Grampa Leonardo could have done it better.
Spike’s POV
I hold Julia in my arms and I look up into the rainy sky. She’s dead, my dream is over, and the woman I love is gone.
It’s over, it’s all over.
I dreaded the day when dreaming ends.
Damn you Vicious, I will kill you!

I return to the Bebop and I find Jet asleep on the couch. I’m sorry that I’m doing this Jet. Jet wakes up, he sees me and I tell him that I’m hungry. He fixes me a plate of bell peppers and I eat. I never liked his cooking, but they say hunger is the best spice. After I finish my meal, I tell him a story that my father told me a long time ago. A story about a tiger striped cat. After we have a laugh, I get up to leave, he asks me if it’s for the girl.

I reply. “She’s dead, there’s nothing I can do for her.”

I walk away, Faye puts her gun to my head. I can tell that she’s angry and she doesn’t want me to leave. Sorry Faye.

I hear her voice. “Where are you going? Why are you going? You told me once... that the past didn\'t matter... You\'re the one who\'s tied to their past!”

I lean close to her and stare straight into her eyes. “Look at these eyes. One of them is a fake, because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I have been seeing the past in one eye, and the present in the other. I had believed that what I saw was not all of reality...”

Faye trembles, she doesn’t want me to go. “Don\'t tell me things like that... You never told me anything about yourself! Don\'t tell me stuff like that now!”

I tell her gently. “I thought I was watching a dream that I would never awaken from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over.”

I walk away from her, then she tells me that her memory came back. Which makes me stop.

Faye starts to cry, “But... nothing good came out of it. There was no place for me to return to... This was the only place I could go back to! But now...Where are you going?! Why do you have to go?! Are you telling me you\'re going to just throw your life away?!

I have my reasons, I have to go. “I\'m not going there to die. I\'m going there to see if I really am alive.”

I walk away and I hear that she is firing her gun in the air. Faye, I have to go, so I can save you and Jet. So you two can be free. Goodbye Faye, I can only hope things will get better. Maybe something good will come out of this. I\'m doing this to save you too Ed. Oh Ed, I\'m so sorry.

Goodbye.

Julia’s POV

I wake up at the hospital, quietly I get up and I make my way past doctors and nurses. No one sees me.

I call Vicious and ask him if Spike had arrived yet. Vicious says no.

\"They killed Annie.\" I growled.

\"I\'m sorry.\" He said sadly.

Before I hang up. \"I’m going to get a new car so we can get the hell out of Dodge. Those idiots blew up my other one!”

“I’m sorry.” He whines.

“Do you want to get hit again?” I snap.

“No. Hey, Spike’s here. Got to go.” He says.

I turn off the phone and head outside to see if I can get a new car. There\'s a dealership open, I walk in and lay down some Woolongs. \"Do you have any Fairlanes?\"

The fat car salesman shakes his head. \"Those are rare, but I do have a Rambler.\"

My eyes lit up. \"I\'ll take it and keep the change my good man!\"

The man takes the money and throws me the keys. \"Thank you miss, you really made my day!\"

I get into the car and drive off towards my destiny.

Spike’s POV

I rush into headquarters, shooting every thug in sight. I get into the elevator and go as far as I can. I step out and I see Shin, I ask him where Vicious is. Shin tells me he’s at the top and he leads me.

As we turn a corner Shin is shot. “Shin!” I kill the thug and rush over to him. “Shin!”

Shin was glad that I came back and he told me to defeat Vicious. I lost one more friend, why do they have to die?

Wilcox\'s POV

Sir Shin has fallen and didn\'t I see Sir Spike? What\'s going on here? Everything\'s falling apart! There are people getting killed!

I need to get Shin to a hospital and quick. He\'s hanging on to life, don\'t worry Shin. I\'ll save you! I happen to be very strong, so I carry him off.

I rush out of the building and who do I see parked on the side of the road?

It\'s White Cougar!

I go to her.

\"Miss DiCaprio, can you help me with Shin?\" I pleaded.

\"The name is Mrs. Hepburn now.\" She looks over to me. \"Tharsis General is not too far from here. We have to hurry.\"

I wrap a towel around Shin\'s wound. \"Why?\"

She helps me get him into the car. \"I\'m marrying Vicious and we\'re going away for a while.\"

\"Julia, why?\" Shin mutters.

\"We have a child and Vicious has changed, now I\'m getting you to the hospital.\" She said starting up the car and taking off.

We got to the hospital and she parked in front.

\"Are you coming in Julia?\" I ask as I take Shin in my arms again.

She puts on her sunglasses. \"I can\'t, this is as far as I go Wilcox. Take Shin inside, after he has recovered, I want him to go to this place on Ganeymede. There\'s a man named Wolf Herlihy, he\'ll take care of Shin. A man named Mike Yamada will take him to Ganymede. Another thing, tell no one about this. Vicious and I, need to keep it a secret for a while.\"

I watch her drive off towards the syndicate building.

Before I go into the hospital, Shin whispers the name. \"Nicole Spiegel, I must see her.\"

I give him a nod; \"After you recover, then you can go to her. This Yamada guy will take you there.\"

Shin passes out and I take him in quickly. The kid will be alright.

Vicious’ POV

I hear the commotion outside, Spike is really making a racket. I had already put the sleeping potion on my sword. Everything was ready now. Julia put some explosives in the walls. I just hope I don\'t get killed.

Okay pretend to be evil, time to put on the mask, it\'s showtime.

Spike’s POV

I run into the main chamber and open the door. The room explodes, revealing the night sky.

I see Vicious stepping down from a large stairway. “So you are finally awake. I told you before, Spike... that I am the only one who can kill you.”

I’m going to do you in as well. “I\'ll return those words back to you, Vicious.”

Vicious’ POV

I tell him coldly, “Either way, we were destined to end up like this.”

Spike runs up the stairway and we clash weapons. You were always a great fighter, but now I think it’s time we ended this. I cut Spike twice and he shoots my katana out of my hand. You were a great shot, too bad we have to put you away for a while. Poor little fool.

Spike puts his hand on my katana and I put my hand on the gun.

“Julia passed away... Let\'s end it all.” His words make me laugh.

Goodnight sweet prince.

Soon, we’ll all be free!

“If that\'s your wish.” I tell him.

Spike’s POV

We exchange weapons, my visions getting blurry and I’m getting tired. At the same time I shoot Vicious in the chest and Vicious slashes me in the gut. I see Vicious fall, blood is spilling from my gut.

I look up into the brightening, I recall Julia\'s final words. “This is... a dream...”

“Yeah... Just a bad dream...” I tell her

It is morning, I’m clutching my bleeding gut, and I descend the stairway to meet a legion of confused, baffled and surprised syndicate members. Oh, this is nice. But I’m really tired and I want to sleep, just sleep. Soon I’ll be free, then I’ll fly away.

I smile and point my index finger at them. “Bang...”

I fall, everyone I know is free and so am I.

Vicious’ POV

My shoulder is killing me. He missed, thanks to that drug.

He’s over on the stairs.

One last step to freedom, all I have to do is wait for Julia.

Sorry Spike.

:Part 2-Heaven is not Enough Vicious and Julia make their getaway and escape.: