COWBOY BEBOP (c) SUNRISE · BONES · BANDAI VISUAL 2001 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Written By Keiko Nobumoto Dialogue Translation By Ayanami-J & Yoshimitsurugi Transcript By RFBlues --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spike narrates. SPIKE: He was just all alone. He couldn't enjoy a game with anyone else. Like living in a dream... That's the kind of man he was... The Bebop living room. Spike naps on the couch. JET: Spike... Wake up. Wake up! Somewhere. A convenience store. A robber named Renzi and his thugs hold up the store. Renzi lectures the clerk at gunpoint. RENZI: Do you understand? The world is like a steaming pot of stew. Inside the mixed-up stew, no ingredient is more important than the other. In the end, all you see is the combined product but there is one thing you can't forget. Do you know what that one thing is? CLERK: Meat? RENZI: Everyone thinks that but if there's no stew base, it's not a stew. With the same ingredients, it could become a curry. CLERK: The stew base is on the counter over there - RENZI: That's not what I meant! Renzi fires a warning shot. Outside, Jet and Spike wait to make their move. JET: Damn, that robber complains a lot... Spike, let's go. There are three of them. I'll go in from the back. In the store. RENZI: If you're waiting for the police, it's useless. We know all about the security around here. Why do you think we do this? ROBBER A: Renzi, hurry up and do it! Renzi taps the side of the register. RENZI: This is the mark of the security agency. I was an employee there. CLERK: Oh... RENZI: I was laid off and became a robber. Isn't that funny? CLERK: Well... RENZI: Laugh. She forces laughter. RENZI: Is it funny? She forces more laughter. RENZI: It is funny, huh? He chuckles. She forces more laughter. RENZI: Stop laughing! The front entrance of the store. Spike approaches a robber guarding it. ROBBER B: Hey! We're closed today. Go somewhere else. Spike looks down at his shoes. The curious robber looks down to see what Spike is looking at. Spike kicks him in the face. In the store. Renzi takes out a money card. RENZI: Listen here, hurry up and transfer the money to this money card. Spike enters listening to music on a pair of headphones. RENZI: And just who the hell are you? Spike examines party favors at the end of an aisle. RENZI: Hey! Can't you hear me? Shit... Pointing his gun at him, Renzi approaches Spike. RENZI: Hey! Take those off and listen to me! Spike picks up a confetti popper. SPIKE: I'll take this. Spike pops it in Renzi's face, kicks his gun away, kicks him into a coffee machine and pours hot coffee on him. ROBBER C: Son of a bitch! The robber shoots at Spike. Spike flips and dodges. From a panel in the ceiling, Jet drops down and punches one of the robbers in the gut. The other one tries to escape. Spike grabs him and throws into a doughnut display. Spike grabs a flying doughnut. Jet handcuffs the robber he punched out. JET: Spike! Spike eats a few doughnuts. SPIKE: Can you put the doughnuts on their tab? Suddenly, another robber walks out of the restroom. Spike and Jet confused glances with him. He rushes toward an old woman and holds her at gunpoint. ROBBER D: Don't move! Spike frowns. SPIKE: Jet, for crying out loud... JET: What? SPIKE: You said three people. ROBBER D: Drop your weapons! JET: To deceive the enemy, you start with your ally. SPIKE: How would deceiving me help? ROBBER D: Are you listening? SPIKE: And you, you took way too long in the bathroom. ROBBER D: Shut up! Don't you care if she dies? Jet drops his gun on the floor. Spike draws his gun and points it at the robber. ROBBER D: You're ignoring me? Can't you see her? SPIKE: I'm sorry, granny. We're not the police or security guards. We don't think about saving civilian lives. ROBBER D: What? SPIKE: Seems it's not your day. ROBBER D: Damn... Cowboy, are you? JET: Hey! What are you doing? OLD WOMAN: You low life! Spike shoots the gun out of the robber's hand and the robber in the shoulder. The old woman screams. OLD WOMAN: You're a Cowboy? You... Who are you? SPIKE: Just your average bounty hunter. OPENING CREDITS The Bebop flies into Mars. The control room. Spike and Jet play a strategic board game. SPIKE: Hurry up and make your move, Jet. JET: Don't rush me. Why don't you think before you move? SPIKE: Hurry up... JET: In the game of "Shôgi," you think ahead and predict your opponent's moves. Ed pops up. ED: Moves! JET: When the time is right, be where your opponent wants to be. Being one step ahead is the true purpose. It doesn't mean you can just move where ever you want. I want to move here. SPIKE: With just rules, you can't win at "Shôgi." JET: You don't get it, do you? All right, Spike. In "Shôgi," your personality shows in the game. If you just play around when you feel like it and - SPIKE: Hurry up... JET: Spike, if that hostage had been shot, what would you have done then? SPIKE: If it happens, it happens... JET: Really... As usual, for a 125,000-Woolong criminal, there were too many risks involved. Bounty hunting is harder than just that. Before I teamed up with you, I lead quite a normal life. Ein suddenly crawls onto the game board and moves one of Jet's peices. Jet stares in awe. JET: Yes! Yes, that is the move I was going to make. How about that, Spike?! Spike snores. ED: Found him! Found him! In Red Tail, Faye flies over a highway in Alba City. She receives a call from Ed. ED: Faye-Faye, knock-knock! Truck Number 12 took Route 8 leading into the city. FAYE: Okay. Send me the info, Ed. ED: Okey-dokey. Faye receives information on a hacker, Lee Samson. FAYE: Under-aged, huh? I hate taking care of kids. She chases a tanker on the highway. Suddenly, the tanker stops. A man in a black coat, Vincent Volaju, walks out. Faye checks the bounty data. FAYE: It's not him? The tanker explodes. The shockwaves throw off Red Tail's balance. Faye catches a brief glimpse of Vincent's face, his hand in the way. Vincent jumps off a ledge. Faye flies down the ledge after him. No trace of him can be found. The Bebop lands in water. Spike and Jet watch the news. Anchorman Mark Rather reports. RATHER: It's time for CBC News. Starting with today's top news: At 10:00 today, on Alba City Number 7 Highway in the Red Hills Residential Area, an exploding gas tanker killed 72 people and injured 15 more. The impact was devastating. Now to Ms. Railey, who is reporting live at the scene. RAILEY: I am at the site, where rescuers are searching for victims, and experts are analyzing the disaster area. After the original accident, another incident occurred. People up to three kilometers from the scene started to lose consciousness and collapse. For a short period, there was massive panic. Now, three hours later, things have started to calm down. RATHER: There must have been some sort of chemical inside the tanker. RAILEY: Yes. The police have told us that chemicals ignited and caused the explosion. There is a chance that this was a biological attack, so because of that, no one can enter the area of the incident. RATHER: Has the reason for the explosion been confirmed yet? RAILEY: At this moment, we don't have any details. However, the gas tanker was reported stolen. The police believe there is a possibility of biological terrorism. That is all for now. Reporting live at the scene of the incident. JET: Every station is talking about this. SPIKE: Déjà vu... Spike stares at a package of instant noodles on the table. SPIKE: It almost feels like yesterday's meal was also Cup Ramen. JET: Don't be such an idiot. Yesterday, and even the day before that, all three meals were Cup Ramen. How could you forget that? SPIKE: Right... I thought it was a dream. JET: If you prefer something else, I have others. Jet reaches into a cardboard box. From it, he draws packages of instant food and stacks them on the table. JET: Cup Udon... Cup Soba... just pull the string to get it hot. We also have Cup Sushi, but that one expired a year ago. If that's okay... ED: Food, glorious food! Ed and Ein eat their instant noodles. SPIKE: Humans can't always eat dried food. We need real proteins as well. JET: What are you talking about? SPIKE: I'm saying meat tastes good. JET: Next time, catch bigger fish instead of small fry. Faye enters. JET: Hey, Faye! How was it? FAYE: How it was? You tell me. JET: So he's a simple-minded hacker? I'll get him after I hit the tracks. FAYE: There was a weird explosion. Faye takes a cigarette from a pack on the table. FAYE: I'll take one of these... She notices the news report on the monitor. FAYE: Hey, this is it! Jet panics. JET: You were there? Faye watches the news. FAYE: So what's all the ruckus... huh? Huh? Virus...? Weapon? Oh, I see... The others slowly back away from her. FAYE: Hey, what's all this? They continue backing away. FAYE: Hey you guys! You too, Ein? ED: You're dirty! Bacteria! FAYE: What was that?! Faye chases after them. She grabs onto Spike. SPIKE: Stop that! Please, no! Stop! RATHER: Government officials have decided to put a 300 million-Woolong bounty on the head of the mastermind behind this crime. ALL: 300 million?! A hospital. Detectives Hoffman and Shadkins enter a restricted area. Victims of the virus are examined in an isolated ward. Doctors struggle to analyze the virus. DOCTOR A: What does this mean? DOCTOR B: Even there? DOCTOR A: Yes. One of the doctors meet the detectives in the hall. HOFFMAN: How about it? DOCTOR A: It's strange. I have never seen anything like this before. In most of the patients, there is visible brain activity. There's absolutely no clue as to what did it though. We don't know what to look for. HOFFMAN: I don't know any more than you do. DOCTOR A: From the analysis, their body activity appears normal but mentally, they're now all like new born babies. It just gets worse. HOFFMAN: So it's not unlike the Ebola virus? DOCTOR A: If anything, it's more like AIDS. We can't tell for sure what it is though. HOFFMAN: What's that supposed to mean? DOCTOR A: There's no trace of any abnormal substances in the patients. It's frustrating that there aren't even any clues. The only thing we can think of is a new type of virus or a biological weapon. It is... tremendously powerful. Suddenly, Shadkins sneezes. Hoffman and the doctor nervously stare at him. SHADKINS: I'm sorry, it's my allergies. The doctor leaves. SHADKINS: I thought they were gone. Maybe it has something to do with this virus... Perhaps someone is spreading it. Hoffman puts a cigarette in his mouth and opens his lighter. SHADKINS: Uh... this is a non-smoking area. Hoffman closes the lighter. HOFFMAN: He's teasing us. The Bebop living room. Ed rescans Red Tail's video data. Spike lounges on the couch. SPIKE: Are you sure about this? FAYE: Even if I'm not, there aren't many more leads. ED: Information coming right up! JET: Bio-terrorism...? Spike, take a look at this. SPIKE: I have no choice, huh? FAYE: Just so you know, my information isn't exactly cheap. JET: We all know that... Hurry up and show me... FAYE: It was very hard to come by... JET: Ed, just do it... ED: Okey-dokey... Lee's bounty data appears on the monitor. FAYE: That's the hacker, Lee Samson. He carries a bounty of 5 million Woolongs. This is the stolen money card he uses. JET: How'd ya find it? ED: I hacked the card company. FAYE: And then, when someone used the card, the tanker exploded. The guy driving it wasn't Lee. An ally probably... A blurry image of Vincent appears on the monitor. FAYE: Ah, there! That man. Ed pauses the image. JET: I can't really tell. SPIKE: What wonderful information... You think you can catch him using that messed up picture? FAYE: Hey... I remember his face perfectly. Ed hands Faye a stylus. ED: Here you go! Use this pen. You can draw on the monitor with it. Faye draws on the monitor. JET: On top of that, how can we be sure he's the criminal? Just being there without a gas mask, he'd already be dead. FAYE: That man is not dead. JET: How can you be so sure? FAYE: I just know... JET: You just know? FAYE: Done. A poorly scribbled doodle. JET: What's that supposed to be? An Abangald face or something? Spike laughs. SPIKE: This is great! If you catch him with this drawing, I will pay the bounty myself! FAYE: Is that so? Give me a break. Suit yourselves... I'll go after him by myself. Faye exits. JET: Well, well... that was a waste of time. SPIKE: I'll go look around. JET: What? You think she's got something there? SPIKE: A woman's hunch shouldn't be ignored. JET: But... SPIKE: Besides, sometimes I'd like to eat something that's not in a cup. Spike exits. The streets of Mars. Spike hunts for clues. He enters Moroccan Street. Three old men, Antonio, Carlos and Jobin, sit at a table playing cards at an outdoors bar. ANTONIO: Back then, there were planes flying all over the place. CARLOS: Yeah, there sure were. JOBIN: I used to fly a military transport. CARLOS: What are you talking about? ANTONIO: You flew a crop duster. JOBIN: That's what it was? Spike approaches them. SPIKE: Do you have a moment? I have some questions. ANTONIO: We're too deaf to hear anything, so don't ask. SPIKE: Do you know a seed shop? ANTONIO: They sell seeds everywhere around here. SPIKE: A store that doesn't sell seeds around here... ANTONIO: Police aren't welcome. SPIKE: Do I look like a cop? JOBIN: More like a mobster... ANTONIO: Same thing, different name... SPIKE: I'm a bounty hunter. ANTONIO: So you're a Cowboy, huh? JOBIN: I used to love them a long time ago... SPIKE: Then you know what I'm here for. ANTONIO: You're welcome even less now. The old men lift their table and move away from Spike. Spike walks into a marketplace, sits down, puts a cigarette in his mouth, and searches for his lighter in his pockets. A man in a turban known as Rasheed approaches and lights Spike's cigarette. RASHEED: Are you the one looking for the seed plant? SPIKE: Is there one that cannot be seen by the naked eye? RASHEED: Of course there is. You can get anything on Moroccan Street. Isn't that why you came here? Rasheed walks off. Spike follows him. Rasheed greets a few friends in Arabic on the way to a seed shop. He picks up a handful of seeds. RASHEED: Do you want bean starch? Almonds? He picks up a particular seed. RASHEED: This one's Carabaru seed, to get back at your wife when she's unfaithful. To make sure it's good one, eat it fast. If it's poisonous, you regurgitate it. If you eat it to slow, the poison will enter your body and kill you before you can regurgitate. SPIKE: I don't have a wife. RASHEED: You're living in bliss then. SPIKE: What I want to know is - Rasheed picks up another seed. RASHEED: This seed is bad. Pythagoras died because of it. Seeds shouldn't be taken lightly. He eats it. SPIKE: The one I am looking for is the virus used in the tanker incident. RASHEED: Do you believe in demons and such? In this world, there are things that exist and things that don't. I can't understand why people worry about that which they cannot see. Why do people love the air and long to fly into space? It's because we all used to be able to fly a long time ago. SPIKE: So this place is a path to Heaven? RASHEED: Anything you can imagine in your mind may exist. Even if you cannot see it. SPIKE: So there is a virus? RASHEED: Viruses don't exist. Rasheed walks off again. Spike follows him into an underground clock shop. SHOP OWNER: Rasheed! I've got something good for you! The shop owner picks up a pot from under the counter. SHOP OWNER: This one suits you perfectly! RASHEED: No, this pot is perfect for this man! Rasheed tosses it to Spike. Spike catches. SHOP OWNER: Yes, this pot fits you perfectly! SPIKE: How could it fit me perfectly? RASHEED: You should always accept what suits you. SPIKE: Hey! I'm not here to shop! RASHEED: You're a good shopper! RASHEED: Later! SPIKE: Hey, wait a minute! RASHEED: Insh'Allah! Rasheed exits. SPIKE: Hey! Spike chases after him. SPIKE: Wait! Hey! Outside. Spike spots a veiled woman, Electra Ovilo. They cross paths. Warehouses. A car speeds down the road. The hacker, Lee Samson, plays an old handheld videogame. Vincent silently drives. LEE: 20th century games are really nice. Games nowadays are getting boring. I'm more into old school games like this one. Back then, games like these were enough for everyone. It's the same with hackers. It was better when there were few. Then, even the smallest thing left you in the history books. Now, protection is tighter everywhere. Unless you do something really big, no one will know you. That's why I am grateful towards you, seriously. Lee smiles. LEE: I always wanted to... try being a terrorist. A policeman stops their car. Lee loses the game. LEE: Aww... I died. OFFICER: Let me see your license. Where are you heading? From here on there are only warehouses. Vincent pulls out a gun and shoots the officer in the head. They drive off. LEE: Aww... He died. A drive-in movie theater. A western. Jet converses with Bob in his car. BOB: If they can actually see the enemy, sheriffs can take care of things easily. JET: So, what was inside that tanker? BOB: Nothing at all it seemed. JET: What's that supposed to mean? BOB: It means just that. Whatever they found, it was nothing they ever'd heard of nor seen before. Bob inserts a computer disc into his car. The monitor displays a crushed truck. JET: And this is...? BOB: Two days ago, we found a space truck near the asteroids. The driver was dead and appeared to be a convicted criminal. JET: A runaway? BOB: The owner of the truck was a company called Cherious Medical, but they hadn't even filed a theft report. There was a rumor that they were transporting something critical inside the truck and no one was to find out about it. Then the tanker incident happened soon after. JET: Smells fishy... BOB: Even for a medical corporation, they have serious security. JET: Why don't you investigate by force? You can use any reason to get in. BOB: Things have changed a lot since you left. ISSP is full of corrupt hyenas who are just looking for money. The higher ranks want more and more power. The low-lives just get in with the mob. If we get picked on, it wouldn't be pretty. Stinks like shit... JET: It hasn't changed at all. That's why I quit. Vincent meets a man named Murata outside a warehouse. They enter the warehouse storing a cache of inflated jack-o-lanterns. Vincent lays a suitcase on a table and opens it. It is filled with blue marble-shaped capsules. VINCENT: Do you know about Purgatory? The place between Heaven and Hell. It is the place where people are left behind and cannot ascend to Heaven. Yes. It is about this world. MURATA: Is this all? Vincent picks up a capsule. VINCENT: In this one capsule, there are 30,000 of them. If you open the capsule, it will replicate itself. MURATA: Hey, be careful with that! So what about the money? Vincent hands him a money card. Murata reads it. MURATA: Doesn't this differ from our deal? VINCENT: You'll get the rest after the party. After that you can do as you please. MURATA: I'll be saying goodbye to this cheap life. Can I ask you a question? Why on Halloween? VINCENT: In the old days, Halloween was a day when people prayed for souls to go to Heaven. You should pray... The Bebop living room. Faye watches Big Shot. PUNCH: Amigo! Everyone in the Milky Way wants that 300 million! Are you up for it? JUDY: Just like everyday, it's time for the Big Shot! PUNCH: Like always, we'll be giving out information on bounties! JUDY: Today, we'll be on air 20 minutes longer than usual! PUNCH: All because of the main target of you bounty hunters, and because he's worth 300 million Woolongs! JUDY: Yes indeed! He's the galaxy's highest bounty ever! PUNCH: The only problem is that we don't know who he is or what he looks like! JUDY: Don't we have any information to give out? PUNCH: Nope, none! PUNCH: We don't even know what was spread from the explosion! There's no one living who saw the incident! JUDY: Then what are we supposed to be doing? PUNCH: Because of this we'll be taking calls from you! You got information? You'll get these great gifts! A telephone number appears on the bottom of the screen. PUNCH: Please call us at this number! First come, first served! Silence. PUNCH: Well, for now, commercial break! Faye switches off the monitor. FAYE: Well that was useless. ED: Faye-Faye. Can you look at this? Faye approaches Ed's computer. It is the blurry shot of Vincent. FAYE: That's the previous shot? Ed enlarges the hand covering his face and sharpens the image. A tattoo is on his hand. FAYE: Tattoo? ED: I looked for the same mark. Ed opens up a display of fourteen tattoos. ED: Which one is it? FAYE: Yeah... which one... Faye points to one. FAYE: This one? ED: Is that right? FAYE: Yeah, it's this one for sure. Ed opens information on a military unit. Faye reads. FAYE: Mars Special Fleet Nº 7. Special Forces, huh? A military man... ED: The unit was disbanded 3 years ago. FAYE: So do you have any data on this unit at all? ED: Yesss... Ed opens profiles of men from the unit. Faye continues to read. FAYE: What's this? Most of them are dead. Go to the next one. Ein barks. ED: What's wrong, Ein? Ein barks. ED: You're kiddin.' FAYE: What? Hurry up! Ed scrolls to a profile of Vincent. ED: Ein says it's that one! FAYE: How does Ein know? Look, he died in the Titan War. Nahh... I give this up for now. Finding information this way doesn't suit me. Living life easily and not doing much suits me much more. Why do I have to be with these people and lose my beautiful 20's? I wonder... where did I go wrong? ED: Lee used the money card again! Faye regains interest. FAYE: I totally forgot about that! Faye runs into the hallway and spots Spike with the large pot. FAYE: Hi... What's that? Pottery? Faye exits. SPIKE: Yeah, something like that. Spike enters the living room. ED: Is my gift a strange looking pot? SPIKE: Well, yeah... Spike sees Vincent on the monitor. SPIKE: Who's that? ED: Ein says this is the one we're looking for, but Faye doesn't believe him. One of these five at least. Spike reads. SPIKE: Vincent Volaju... Jet enters. JET: Spike, did you find anything? He looks at the large pot. JET: What's this? SPIKE: It's the pot "best suited" for me. How about you? JET: The western was really good. ED: Let Ed see too! Ed dives into the pot. SPIKE: Very amusing. We should sell her to the circus... JET: I asked the detective, but I only found a suspicious chemical company. SPIKE: Chemical company? Ed emerges from the pot with a blue marble-shaped capsule in her mouth. ED: There's something inside. JET: What's that? A video arcade. Faye finds Lee playing a light-gun game. FAYE: Hey, you're pretty good. Here they come. LEE: Are you alone? If you want, I can play with you. FAYE: Of course you could... But not these virtual games. I prefer reality. LEE: Reality? Faye shoots the screen with her gun and points it at Lee. FAYE: We finally meet, Hacker Boy. Lee turns around and confronts Faye. LEE: I was only 500 points away from meeting "Spokey Dokey." FAYE: Are you listening? LEE: Damn it... You almost never get to him. How are you going to pay for this, Bounty Hunter Lady? FAYE: Do you have any idea what kind of situation you are in now? Game Over, boy. LEE: Revenge for "Spokey Dokey" isn't to be taken lightly. FAYE: What? Lee taps buttons on his belt. The machines in the arcade shut down. Darkness. He runs up an escalator. FAYE: Wait! Outside, Lee flees, dropping his hat. Faye emerges from the darkness. She picks up the hat. The Bebop. Ed analyzes the capsule. ED: It's a weird shape. JET: So, what's inside? ED: It's a lym-lym-lymphocyte... JET: Lymphocyte? The ones that are in your blood? ED: This one has a weird shape though. JET: How so? I don't really know anything about these... Ed points to the right side of her monitor. ED: This is a real lymphocyte... She points to the left side. ED: ...but this one's a lil' bit different. JET: How is it different? ED: Zoom in. Ed zooms in on both images. JET: I still don't get it. ED: Then let's microwave it! Ed heats both samples. ED: It's really a weird shape. The sample on the right side shrinks. The sample on the left side expands and destroys itself. JET: Wha-What the - ? Outside Cherious Medical Headquarters. Spike spies a janitorial truck enter the heavily guarded gates. He makes a call on his communicator. SPIKE: Hello? Tortoise Clean Corporation? Inside the Cherious Medical building. The CEO's office. A man named Harris and Electra stand before him. CEO: Please continue with your report. HARRIS: The ISSP is investigating this incident as a terrorist attack. They have no idea who's behind it though. The "object" they are investigating is a virus. They won't be able to find out anything for a while. However, we must be cautious. CEO: Anything on Mendel's whereabouts? ELECTRA: On Moroccan street, some information on the incident was given away. We have encountered the spy, but Mendel went into hiding. CEO: We must solve all problems concerning this case. It could in the end affect the entire nation. HARRIS: But, did Vincent really use "that?" CEO: "That" is a demon that cannot be seen. It's something that shouldn't exist, and we have to stop them at any cost. Vincent and Mendel. Do you understand? ELECTRA: Yes, Sir. Tortoise Clean Corporation truck stop. A janitor walks out of the restroom to find his truck missing. JANITOR A: Hey, d'ya know'ere my truck's gone? JANITOR B: Eh? Didn't ya juz leave? Spike, enters the Cherious Medical building driving the janitor's truck. He sneaks into the hallway. Electra spots him and holds him a gunpoint. ELECTRA: Hands in the air, please. Spike smiles. SPIKE: I've seen this face before, I believe. You have looks not easily forgotten... ELECTRA: That outfit doesn't make you look good. SPIKE: Is that so? ELECTRA: Turn around. Spike knocks the gun out of her hand and pushes it away with a push broom. She throws a kick, Spike dodges. She throws a punch at him, he dodges and spots a tattoo on her hand. He pins her to the wall with the broom. ELECTRA: What do you know? Spike takes out a casino chip. SPIKE: You wanna' pick? If it's heads, I'll speak honestly... He flips the chip in the air. Electra charges. Spike blocks her blows. He forces her back with the broom and strikes a pose. SPIKE: For a medical lab office lady, you're pretty strong. ELECTRA: Knowing too much often shortens your life. SPIKE: Strong women are my type. She charges at Spike again. Spike dodges and blocks. She grabs the broom and breaks in two. Armed guards appear. Spike flees and turns at a corner. He takes a fire-extinguisher, sprays the guards and runs. A shelf of supplies moves into his path. ELECTRA: Stop him! Spike leaps into the shelf and flips over to the other side. Electra pursues him. He exits the buliding and leaps onto a garbage truck. Electra speaks into her communicator. The gate is blocked. Legions of armed gaurds appear. Spike climbs onto the truck. The guards fire at him. He leaps over the gate and escapes. The center of a city. Lee walks down a busy street and stops by a large monitor. LEE: Ka-boom. The monitor displays a cryptic messege. He smiles and walks away. All monitors in the area display the messege. The Bebop living room. The messege appears on the monitor. Jet reads. JET: "Happy Halloween... Trick or treat... If you don't give me something good, I'll do something bad. I am so tiny that no one can find, so great that no one can see. But you are all made of me to the marrow." Later. SPIKE: What does he mean? JET: I don't really know, but in biological terms there are many interpretations. FAYE: Jet, did you see an out of fashion hat lying around? JET: What's that to do with this? SPIKE: There was a message from the bounty. FAYE: Maybe it's a trick? JET: Yesterday, I would have said the same thing, if I hadn't seen what was in the pot. FAYE: Pot? Jet flips through Ed's findings. JET: It appears to be a lymphocyte. In fact, it's made up by thousands of tiny machines. These are what they refer to as nano-machines. FAYE: Nano-machines? SPIKE: You know anything about it? FAYE: Nope... SPIKE: So what about it? JET: Well, its a machine so small that it can't be seen by the human eye. On top of that, they're made of proteins. Your precious proteins... They can't be eaten, and are only used for medical purposes. FAYE: Why was that thing inside the pot? JET: Anyway, lymphocytes aren't supposed to be made of proteins. FAYE: And? JET: Whoever wrote this message knows exactly what this is. FAYE: And? JET: That's it. FAYE: Oh, yeah? We're just hitting the wall here. What a waste of time... Faye exits. JET: So how was the medical lab? SPIKE: Oh, it's a great place. They make some powerful medicine there. All of their guards are equipped with G-21's. JET: G-21's? Those are military issue machine guns! They aren't available to the public... SPIKE: There was a woman with the same tattoo as Vincent. Not only that... JET: What about her? SPIKE: She was a real looker! Jet frowns. JET: Anyway... If it involves the army, the story changes a lot. Solving one mystery has only made the whole thing even more suspicious. Spike puts on a pair of headphones and lies down on the couch. JET: Hey, what are you doing? SPIKE: At times like these, it's best to sleep. JET: You... SPIKE: Treasures should sleep and wait. Faye re-enters. FAYE: Oh, that's right. I totally forgot. I came here to look for a hat. Have you seen it? JET: No. FAYE: Where did it go? The streets of a Martian city. Ed, in a cape, and Ein take a big whiff of the hat. ED: Weird smell. Ein, you got it? Ein sneezes. They follow the trail to a doorstep. ED: I wonder if it's here. Ein barks. Ed puts on a pumpkin mask and rings the doorbell. ED: Trick or treat?! Give me something good or I'll spook you! A psychopath with a shotgun opens the door and fires a shot in the air. Ed and Ein run away. PSYCHOPATH: Shuddap! Halloween's t'morrow! ED: Not here then. Ein barks. Another doorstep, this one covered by a metal screen. ED: I'm going to do a trick! A drag queen named Julius rolls up the screen. JULIUS: Oh really? Go ahead! ED: Gimme! JULIUS: Maybe I should do a trick, little boy. ED: I'm not a little boy. I'm a girl! Julius takes off the pumpkin mask and tosses it. JULIUS: Wha...?! I have no need for girls. Go home! He slams the screen shut. ED: It wasn't that one either. Ein spots Lee walk down the street and barks. ED: Found him! Ed and Ein follow him. He enters a building. Ed calls Faye on a communicator. FAYE: Yes? Hello? ED: Found him! Found him! FAYE: Ed? What's going on? ED: I found Lee! I found him! FAYE: Great job! I always knew you weren't just an average kid! Where are you now? ED: I'm sending you my current location. An address appears on Faye's communicator. FAYE: Stay there and don't move. I am on my way. ED: Okay, got it! Bye-bye... Ed spots a group of small children in Halloween costumes marching down the street. She and Ein run off to join them. Vincent's apartment. Vincent plays a game of marble solitaire with the capsules. Lee enters. LEE: Level One, clear. Easy as cake. You're still playing that game? Is it fun? What kind of game is it? Faye arrives at the address Ed sent. Ed and Ein are nowhere to be seen. FAYE: Of course she's still a child, dammit. Those idiots... Which building? Which room? Vincent's apartment. VINCENT: In Solitaire, every ball you jump gets taken away. Then, if you're left with just one ball, you win. Vincent jumps the last capsule. One is left at the center of the board. LEE: Ah, it's over. So you won? Vincent puts the barrel of his gun on the remaining capsule. VINCENT: The game's climax is about to start. LEE: What do you mean by that? Wait a minute... That ball... VINCENT: It's only a game. Vincent fires, releasing the virus. LEE: It can't be... You're kidding, right? Lee suffocates. VINCENT: There is only one left. Lee continues suffocating. He struggles to open the window. Outside, Faye sees the window smash. She enters the apartment armed with a gun. Lee, head bleeding, approaches her and struggles to speak. LEE: I never got to meet... "Spokey... Dokey"... He collapses. Faye rushes to him. FAYE: Hey! It's not good for me if you die! Get up! LEE: Please restart... Lee dies. Faye's vision begins to blur. Butterflies appear before her eyes. She spots Vincent. he grabs the barrel of her gun. She shoots his hand, wounding it, and runs from him. He drops the gun, licks his bloody hand, grabs Faye and kisses her in the mouth. She loses consciousness. The Bebop living room. Receiving a signal on his headphones, Spike wakes from his nap. AGENT A: Emergency call from Alpha One. We have located "Humpty Dumpty." Current position is 24.15. He's on the move. ELECTRA: I'll be right there. Don't do anything until I get there. SPIKE: But I will indeed... AGENT B: He's entered between 17 and 18. AGENT C: He's headed for Central Station. On the road. Electra finds a casino chip in her shirt, she snaps it in half. On a subway train, Spike loses the connection to the agents on his headphones and the signal on his communicator trailing Electra. Electra arrives at a monorail station. AGENT C: That way! I'll go with you! ELECTRA: I'll be fine by myself! AGENT C: But - ! She tosses the agent her keys. ELECTRA: Take care of my car! Spike arrives on the scene. He runs after the monorail. Vincent and Electra board. The train takes off. Spike runs above the moving train. He shoots a window and makes his way onboard. Spike meets Vincent standing in at the end of a car. Spike points his gun at him. SPIKE: Vincent! I don't know your face, but that smell... You smell as though you're soaked in blood. VINCENT: You're a bounty hunter? SPIKE: Don't think badly of me. It's your own fault getting a 300 million-Woolong bounty on your head. Vincent turns around and shoots at Spike. The passengers panic. Vincent runs into the next car. Spike follows. Vincent continues firing at Spike, a bystander is shot in the head. The passengers rush out of the car. Spike and Vincent point their guns at each other. VINCENT: Why don't you shoot? SPIKE: What? VINCENT: What indeed. You only talk? Just do it. SPIKE: I won't kill you. I don't want to lose the bounty. VINCENT: I do not fear death... You just quietly watch a dream. A dream that goes on forever. Spike smiles. SPIKE: What a messed up guy. Electra runs into the car. Vincent shoots her in the arm. Spike catches Vincent off-gaurd and gives him a beating. Vincent lands on the floor. Spike grabs him by the collar. Suddenly, Vincent grabs Spike tightly in the chest. Spike bleeds. VINCENT: Is that all you can do? Vincent twists his grip. Spike falls over, writhing in pain. Vincent grabs him by the neck, drags him across the floor and smashes him through a window. VINCENT: What's your name? SPIKE: Spike... Spiegel... VINCENT: I'll meet you at the end of this world. Electra points her gun at Vincent. ELECTRA: Vincent! Vincent stares at Electra. He smiles, shoots Spike in the stomach and drops him from the train. Spike falls into a lake hundreds of feet below. Vincent takes out a grenade, unpins it and holds the grenade above his head. ELECTRA: Vincent... I... The grenade explodes, totaling the train. The passengers surviving the explosion suffocate and die. Electra is shocked to find that she is unaffected. ELECTRA: Why? Vincent is nowhere to be seen. ELECTRA: Vincent.... Spike dreams. Shadowy visions in the water. Jet's figure appears before him. JET: You know what, Spike? That was a close call... He died... No. He was dead to begin with. Just like you... The figure fades into the figure of a muscular man wearing a bandana, reaching out to Spike. Spike awakens, bandaged. Laughing Bull's camp grounds, somewhere on Mars. BULL: The one who sank his body into the river. His eyes found you. The muscular man kneels before Spike. SPIKE: Thank you... BULL: What did you see? Your eyes were half closed. SPIKE: I was... watching a dream. No... Whatever a dream might be, this was my first. And for the first time I looked it in the face... Fear... It was just like in a book... there was something missing... I had died... BULL: It was not a very good day for you to die on. Oh, Swimming Bird... In those blue dreams you see through everything. The past... the future... and of course the present. Everything flows and everything is connected. These eyes aren't looking at reality. They are feeling the truth. Open your eyes of truth and see... You have nothing to fear. Spike smiles. SPIKE: Yeah... I know. Dawn. Jet and Spike sit by a river bank. JET: Seems like you're alive. SPIKE: What about him? Vincent... JET: He disappeared... like he was never here. We put ourselves in great danger. SPIKE: Yeah... JET: Long ago, my father used to say: "Once a ship sets sail, it either goes on sailing or it sinks." We're only bounty hunters. What I mean is this has really gotten out of our hands. Our involvement in this case should be over. Alright, Spike? Silence. JET: Hey... Spike has drifted off. JET: You sure do sleep a lot. Cherious Medical Headquarters. The CEO interrogates Electra. CEO: Why did you act alone? Electra is silent. CEO: Is there no answer? Doesn't it feel like it's because of your selfish act all this took place? ELECTRA: I am sorry, Sir. CEO: Your mobility will be quite restricted from now on. We will keep you posted. You are excused. Electra exits. CEO: Watch her every move. HARRIS: Yes, Sir! A dark room. HOFFMAN: Having checked the casualties from the tanker and monorail incidents, we presume that the same substance was utilized. POLICE CHIEF: And what does the analysis of that substance tell us? HOFFMAN: It's still developing. SHADKINS: The virus itself acts like nothing we've encountered before. HOFFMAN: A hacker named Lee created it. We're currently investigating his hack routes and information. POLICE CHIEF: Is there a possibility that man has accomplices? SHADKINS: Indeed. It is most likely this act was performed by a terrorist group. POLICE CHIEF: And their motives? White-collar crime? Or is it one of those who kill for money? HOFFMAN: It is being looked into. POLICE CHIEF: So, basically everything is under analysis or investigation? How long are you going to keep us waiting? I expect to have the full physical report ready in 12 hours. Spike and Jet return to the Bebop. Jet helps Spike through the hallway. SPIKE: Is it... my imagination...? JET: What? SPIKE: ...or does my leg feel really heavy? They look down. Ed is grabbing onto Spike's leg. SPIKE: Hey! ED: Found him! The Bebop living room. Ed searches for Cherious Medical on the internet. She sings. ED: A circle is an eyeball. A circle is very pretty. Even black grapes taste Very sweet. She finds their website. ED: Found it! Cherious Medical... SPIKE: Search for a truck delivery made on October 15th. ED: Alrighty. JET: Spike, you shouldn't really... SPIKE: I know. I'm just researching... I could never sleep this curious. JET: You always oversleep. ED: Truck, truck... Cargo, cargo. Macadamia nuts inside. JET: Macadamia nuts? SPIKE: Most likely an inedible nut. ED: Search! Dozens of results appear on the screen. SPIKE: Macadamia Nuts Surveillance Group, Macadamia Nuts Research and Development... JET: That's an awful lot of resources for just a seed... SPIKE: Ed, go to Macadamia Nuts Research and Development. ED: Alrighty! SPIKE: Can you find out what they're doing in this section? ED: Yup! Ed fails to open the information. ED: Naahhh... Ed's hacking program was terminated. JET: What? When you've come this far? SPIKE: Ed, use another route to find this man's profile. ED: Alrighty... Ed finds information on a Doctor Mendel Alphedia. Spike and Jet read. SPIKE: Doctor Mendel Alphedia. Former SIT Professor and pioneer in researching nano-machines. JET: As we thought that's not a normal water plant. They're making nano-machine weaponry in secret. SPIKE: And now the late Vincent has brought it out... JET: In the military, the use of nano-machines is forbidden. If he's trying something with that, the military won't just sit and watch. SPIKE: And he's still around... Vincent's apartment. Faye awakens on the floor, hands bound behind her back. Cherious Medical Headquarters. Electra approaches Steve, a researcher. ELECTRA: Steve... STEVE: Ah, Electra. Need something? Electra gives her a sample of her blood. STEVE: What's this? Someone's blood? ELECTRA: Please check this, off the record. STEVE: So this time you'll go out with me? Electra grimaces. ELECTRA: Fair trade... STEVE: Ok, Halloween dinner date it is then. Moroccan Street. Spike searches high and low for Rasheed to no avail. Vincent's apartment. FAYE: What's going on? Why am I still alive? What did you do to me? VINCENT: I gave you my blood. Now, even if the world goes mad, you may live... Just like me... That time is closing in. Morrocan Street. Spike sits on a flight of stairs, puts a cigarette in his mouth and searches his pockets for a lighter. Rasheed approaches and lights the cigarette. RASHEED: Did you find the answers you were looking for? SPIKE: Nope. I didn't want any of them... RASHEED: That's the way it goes. Even so... People often make things we don't want... Someone made that... that demon... SPIKE: Why did you give that to me? RASHEED: Because, the pot was meant for you. SPIKE: The present hid inside... A Lymphocyte-like nano-machine... Dr. Mendel... RASHEED: Three years ago, a man escaped this city with that machine. He said to himself, "I have created something horrible." It was designed to be transferred physically or aerobically. It enters the blood, imitating the lymphocyte's design, replicating itself. Then it can move about everywhere in the body. It reaches the brain, destroys it, only to dissolve itself leaving proteins behind. It is totally untraceable. That's what it's programmed to do. SPIKE: I just want to know one thing... Why is Vincent still alive? Vincent's apartment. FAYE: Why did you do all this? For money? Some sort of revenge? Or perhaps just for fun? VINCENT: I am just looking for a door to open. FAYE: A door? VINCENT: I was dreaming, and I knew it was a dream. And yet, I couldn't open my eyes. You know what I mean? From that time, when I was on Titan, it's been like that, always. Moroccan Street. RASHEED: Vincent was an experiment. They put counter-nano-machines in his blood. SPIKE: Counter-nano-machines? RASHEED: Just like the other nano-machines, it spreads and duplicates itself. It kills the others, though. In other words, he was an experimental vaccine. The man who was supposed to stop the unstoppable, became the unstoppable. I don't know Vincent's true motive. For all I know, perhaps there is none. Maybe he'll just wait till the end of the world to receive his just reward. SPIKE: Doesn't Dr. Mendel have everything on it? About the nano-machine and its vaccine? RASHEED: He erased all the data and left the military. He didn't have any use for the vaccine, since there was no virus. So he thought... That man is no longer here. He doesn't exist. No one can stop Vincent now... Vincent's Apartment. VINCENT: I lost two things on Titan. First, my past. At that time, there was no such thing as friend or ally. In the nano-machine experiment, everyone was killed. I was sent there as a guinea pig. Totally alone, just living on... And I had lost my memories... not knowing even who I was to begin with... FAYE: What's the other thing? VINCENT: I saw butterflies. I saw many butterflies. Butterflies that were unimaginable. Moroccan Street. RASHEED: When the nano-machines reach the brain, it seems you visualize a certain light. As though you saw - Vincent's Apartment. VINCENT: The most beautiful butterflies in the world. Moroccan Street. RASHEED: I think I've said too much. SPIKE: Rasheed. Spike approaches him. SPIKE: Will you give this to the doctor for me. Spike punches Rasheed in the gut. SPIKE: If I see you again... RASHEED: Let's leave it at that. Well then, Insh'Allah! Rasheed slides down the hand rail. All of a sudden, military troops apprehend Spike. Cherious Medical Headquarters. Electra enters the CEO's office. Troops hold her at gunpoint. ELECTRA: Can you explain this, Commander? CEO: The one who should explain is you, Corporal. ELECTRA: About the anti-nano-machines in your blood. CEO: Rumors spread, and fast it seems indeed. Why is something only Vincent had in his blood now in yours? HARRIS: Did you come in contact with him? For concealing information, you are hereby placed under arrest. ELECTRA: Commander! If there's a vaccine inside me, we can produce more and give to the civilians! CEO: You don't seem to understand. Our goal is to destroy everything that has to do with the nano-machines. If it's not there, there's no risk this will burst... The Bebop. Jet sits in the dark alone. JET: I wonder what kind of relationship we have with each other. I don't want to be overprotective toward them. I really don't like that kind of relationship. Everyone just does what they please, they come and go and return again, and I'm being swung around in the middle all the time. I've had it with this. I miss the days when I was by myself. He stares at the "Shôgi" board. JET: One more move and I would have won. Ein hops on the board and moves a piece. JET: Hey! No! Ein! Ein whines. Jet pets Ein. JET: I wouldn't care... I wouldn't care if they came back or not. Cherious Medical Headquarters. A prison room. Electra is escorted to a cell by gaurds. Sitting in his cell, Spike greets her. SPIKE: Just like the bet result I told myself that time... that if it was tails, I'd date you. Well, perhaps this isn't the best place for a date... ELECTRA: Aren't you scared? SPIKE: Scared? ELECTRA: By the time we get out, we'll either have our minds erased or be killed. Either way, life won't be as it was... Even if they let you live, it's as if you're dead. SPIKE: Like Vincent? If you're still alive even after the monorail incident, it's in your body too. If you can call it, those machines, that vaccine. ELECTRA: You seem to know everything. SPIKE: It's like you said: "Knowing too much shortens your life." ELECTRA: You're not just an average bounty hunter, Spike Spiegel. SPIKE: You have a name past that military facade? ELECTRA: It's Electra. Electra Ovilo. SPIKE: Figures... You've got a strong name. ELECTRA: I never knew I had something like this inside me. About Vincent... That man has been lonely his entire life. From his youth, the only things given to him were hatred and enemies. No one ever loved him. That's why I wanted to save him. I thought I could do it... but I was so wrong. At the monorail, Vincent looked at me as if he was looking at a complete stranger. I was already gone from his memory. SPIKE: You loved him? ELECTRA: I don't know, really. I didn't realize I had these feelings. I didn't know how to handle it, and I lost myself. After that, I hurt in my soul... Have you ever felt like this? SPIKE: Of course... ELECTRA: Maybe the one who needed saving was me. SPIKE: Long ago... I was younger then... I wasn't afraid of anything. I didn't think about dying for a second. I was invincible. Then I met this woman... I wanted to live. I started to think like that. For the first time, I was afraid of dying. I'd never felt that before. ELECTRA: Where is that person now? SPIKE: Gone somewhere... It's strange... You are the first person I've ever told this to. ELECTRA: Why are you after Vincent? SPIKE: He smells just like me... so I'd really like to meet him. Outside the warehouses. Murata spots police cruisers parked nearby. He panics and flees. Vincent's apartment. VINCENT: That man... Spike... wasn't it? Faye stares at him wide-eyed. VINCENT: So... he is a friend of yours. FAYE: What do you know? What is about to start? VINCENT: I came here to end it. The last party is about to start. The next trick is a new type of nano-machine. It doesn't destroy itself but continues to replicate. Soon the world... FAYE: Taking the world with you? You are... insane. VINCENT: Do you think so? No one can draw a clear line between sane and insane. You move that line as you see fit for yourself. No one else can. You'll understand soon... that the one that's insane is this world. Do you want to come with me? The only ones left will be you and me. FAYE: You've got to be kidding. I don't know what the world will be, but I'd rather not live in it with you. Vincent approaches Faye. He pulls out a knife and cuts the button off her shirt. He moves the blade beneath her chin. FAYE: You should be all by yourself for eternity. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. MURATA: Vincent! Vincent answers the door. VINCENT: I told you not to come here. MURATA: I finished installing inside the "Jacks." I want to leave now. The police are getting suspicious. So can you please give me the rest of the money? VINCENT: Did you say your prayers? Vincent kills him with the knife. He puts on a pointed hat. VINCENT: The bridge between Earth and Heaven is rising. I am going there. The only one in the world. You may watch from this Purgatory if you please. The prison room. Harris and two gaurds enter. ELECTRA: What is going to happen to me? HARRIS: If you're a soldier, you should be prepared. SPIKE: Say, could you spare a cigarette? Just one is fine. GAURD: Is it okay? HARRIS: Do as you please. Spike kicks the gaurd and grabs him through the bars. Electra grabs Harris through the bars, takes his gun and holds him at gunpoint. HARRIS: Wait! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! ELECTRA: Throw down your weapon. Harris, open that door. From his gaurd, Spike takes a cigarette. SPIKE: I'll take this one! Spike takes his gun. The police station. Hoffman and Shadkins wait by a hacker at a computer. HOFFMAN: So where is it? HACKER: It's a water plant. We found it when following Lee's hacking route. SHADKINS: I understand, they are going to put it in the water and spread it throughout the city. HOFFMAN: Send out reinforcements immediately. OFFICER: Yes, Sir! HOFFMAN: Didn't I tell you? SHADKINS: But Sir, shouldn't we get permission from the department in case something happens later? Hoffman lights a cigarette. SHADKINS: This is a non-smoking area. HOFFMAN: If you go by the book... NOTHING GETS SOLVED! Vincent heads for Aruba City. Cherious Medical Headquarters. SPIKE: Let's take a lil' side trip. Where's your blood? ELECTRA: This way! They run for the research lab. ELECTRA: It's open. They enter the clean room. ELECTRA: Protection suit! SPIKE: There's no time! They'll be following us soon! The research lab. Steve in a protection suit looks through a microscope. Spike points his gun at Steve. SPIKE: Where's Electra's vaccine? STEVE: It's in the third case. No, the second bio case in fact. Electra heads for the cases. ELECTRA: This one? STEVE: Yes. The yellow packs inside. Spike taps the front of Steve's visor with his gun. STEVE: It's true! It's just that the production cycle isn't complete yet. In 20 hours, each pack will contain about 10 thousand of them. Electra and Spike head for the exit. STEVE: Electra! I am sorry. You should take the Level 3 Disposal Path. ELECTRA: Thank you. Electra and Spike exit. Steve smiles. STEVE: Date cancelled, I guess... The water plant. Hoffman, Shadkins and swarms of swat team members enter. The swat team scales the complex. Hoffman, Shadkins and a group of officers enter the control room. WORKER: Hey you! ShADKINS: We are from ISSP We'll be taking over from here on. WORKER: We haven't heard anything about that! HOFFMAN: We'd like you to cooperate. Vincent's apartment. Faye rolls to Murata's corpse to cut the rope binding her hands. FAYE: I don't think I can show myself like this in public.... She cuts the rope. FAYE: Please go to Heaven. The Bebop living room. Jet sits on the couch starring at his communicator. ED: Are you waiting for a phone call? JET: No, not really. ED: So you're not waiting for Spike or Faye to call? JET: Come to think of it, I don't see them around. JET: I didn't really notice. The communicator rings, he picks it up immediately. JET: Hello? FAYE: Vincent is on the move. JET: Faye, where have you been all this time? FAYE: It seems like he's going all out this time. Seems like there's going to be a big party... JET: How do you know all this? Spike enters with the case of blood packets. JET: Spike! You moron! Where have you been all this - Electra enters. JET: ISSP seems to have gone to the water plant. SPIKE: Water plant? The water plant. The swat team continues to scour the complex. SQUAD 4 LEADER: Squad 4: Completely analyzing Gate #2. SQUAD 2 LEADER: Squad 2: There is nothing like it in Tank #3. SQUAD 3 LEADER: Squad 3: There is something suspicious at the entrance of Plant #4. HOFFMAN: Good work. What does it look like? SQUAD 4 LEADER: Well... it's a pumpkin-shaped balloon. Red Tail lifts off from a parking lot. FAYE: Isn't it weird to dress like a wizard to go to a water plant? The Bebop. ELECTRA: Today in Aruba City, there will be a Halloween costume parade. SPIKE: To hide a leaf in a forest, eh? JET: He's going to do it inside the city? But how? FAYE: An ally came and told him something about a "Jack." JET: Jack? SPIKE: I see... ELECTRA: Jack-o-lantern. JET: Jack's lantern... Realizing Vincent's plot, Electra and Jet fearfully glance at eachother. The water plant. SQUAD 4 LEADER: We'll be starting the analysis. The squad scans the balloon and it pops. Shadkins feels a sneeze comining on, Hoffman stares at him, he holds it in. Suddenly, large carrier aircraft land outside the plant. HOFFMAN: What...? The carriers open and tanks roll out. Legions of troops in protective suits rush out. HOFFMAN: What's going on? All squads, report in! Shit! Hoffman points to an officer. HOFFMAN: Go below and check on the situation! OFFICER: Yes, Sir! Shadkins watches troops roll into the compound on the monitors. SHADKINS: Chief! HOFFMAN: What is it? SHADKINS: The military! HOFFMAN: Shit... Harris and other military officers enter. OFFICER: Chief! HARRIS: Who's in command? HOFFMAN: I didn't hear about a military movement. HARRIS: This is an undercover operation. The army will be taking over from here. HOFFMAN: What? What kind of action is this? HARRIS: I have no need to tell you. HOFFMAN: What did you say?! SHADKINS: The analysis is complete. Hoffman and Harris head for the monitor. HOFFMAN: The results... Tell me the results now! HARRIS: Didn't I tell you to stay out? HOFFMAN: Shut up! SQUAD LEADER: The substance is... Oxygen, carbon, carbon monoxide, iron, neon and krypton... meaning... it's just air. Shadkins sneezes. The Bebop. Swordfish II rolls out. Jet and Electra fill bottles with the vaccine. JET: But the place is packed with people. How will you be able to find him? FAYE: He said it himself, he's at a place where Heaven and Earth are connected. JET: What did you say? SPIKE: Jet, can you get some planes ready? Like 20 or 30? JET: What? Where are you going? SPIKE: I'll be going ahead in Swordfish. JET: Hey wait! Spike takes off. SPIKE: Faye, can you go to the Environmental Control Center? FAYE: Hey! Wait up! He'll still live even if the world comes to an end! We can't win against him! SPIKE: Obviously, I owe him something. FAYE: And how is that possible? SPIKE: If he just wanted to destroy the world, he'd already have done it. This is an invitation from him. If there are no guests, there is no party. Please go now. If you don't go this won't work. I'm counting on you. FAYE: Dammit! Morons never learn till they die! Faye takes off for the Weather Control Center. In the middle of the Martian desert. Three military fighters follow Spike. SPIKE: Damn army hasn't anything better to do? They fire missiles at Swordfish. SPIKE: I don't have time to play around with you guys. Spike dodges the missiles. They fire at him. Spike flies under a strip of highway, dodges their shots, and releases flares. One of the fighters is blinded and crashes. An airplane rental agency. An old man sits by the desk. JET: It's an emergency! Isn't there anything you can do? OLD MAN: So you keep saying... All the fighter planes are rented by a company and there are none left. JET: I don't have the time for this! I don't care what it is as long as it flies! The old man smiles. OLD MAN: Anything that flies? Red Tail lands in front of the Weather Control Building. Spike continues dodging the fighters. SPIKE: I am still early for the party. He causes another one to crash. Outside the airplane rental agency. Old airplanes are assembled before Jet's eyes. OLD MAN: Well, even old planes are good. JET: Do they actually fly? An old bi-plane pulls up in front of Jet. Riding on it are Antonio, Carlos, and Jobin. ANTONIO: Leave it to us. All we have to do is to spread this around, right? CARLOS: Talking badly about an old man isn't good. JOBIN: Where are we going? Outer space? CARLOS: You moron...! We're spraying pesticides. Why would we go into space? Jet points. JET: That way! To Aruba City! CARLOS: We know that. ANTONIO: We were just joking. They take off along with dozens of other planes. OLD MAN: Wow... they actually flew. I don't know about the engines, I haven't flown the in ages. A few malfunction and fall from the sky. Electra speeds down the highway to Aruba City. One fighter is left chasing Swordfish. Spike flies into Aruba City. He shoots the laser cannon into the water. The military fighter is blinded by the water and crashes into a ship. Swordfish falling apart, Spike struggles to land. SPIKE: Hey you old piece of shit! Spike lands Swordfish in the middle of the highway, crashing right in front of a taxi. Wide-eyed, the taxi driver steps out of the cab. Spike climbs out of the mess. SPIKE: Yo, taxi! The Weather Control Center. Faye walks into the control room with a machine gun. FAYE: Who's in charge here? WORKER A: And... who are you? FAYE: Isn't that obvious? I'm an average terrorist. Faye fires several rounds into the air. WORKER B: What are you going to do at a place like this? WORKER A: What do you want? FAYE: I want you to make it rain. WORKER B: Why? FAYE: Why indeed... Because there's a parade of course! The highway. Spike's taxi is lodged in traffic. CAB DRIVER: Ah... this is no good. It's a parade today. Driving is impossible. Spike spots a tall steel tower in the center of the city. SPIKE: The bridge that connects Heaven and Earth is about to rise... He leaps out of the cab and runs for the tower. CAB DRIVER: Hey! My taxi fare! The tower. Spike takes the elevator up. At the top, he draw his gun. Vincent leaps at Spike from above and shots Spike in the side. Spike shoots Vincent through the hand. Their guns are kicked away. SPIKE: Did the party already start? VINCENT: Just now... The old aircraft fly above the city. JOBIN: I remember when we shot down those old planes... ANTONIO: You talk a lot! That was WWII. CARLOS: We're almost there. Get ready. They release the vaccine onto the city. At the top of the tower, Vincent and Spike exchange punches and kicks. Spike is knocked to the floor. VINCENT: I knew you'd come, bounty hunter. That time, I just barely missed your vital organs. SPIKE: It seems those eyes of yours aren't just ornaments. They continue to exchange blows. Vincent slams Spike into a wire. One of the tower's main lights flickers on and off. Below in the city, Electra sees it and runs for the tower. It begins to rain. Spike and Vincnet continue fighting. Vincent grabs Spike's gunshot wound. Spike is weakened and falls. Vincent draws a detonator switch from his coat. VINCENT: Did you come to save the world? If so, you're too late. SPIKE: Too bad... I am a bounty hunter. I don't care what happens to the world. I just came here to pay back the debt. VINCENT: Do you think I am joking? I'll really do it. Spike smiles. SPIKE: Be my guest... Vincent detonates the jack-o-lanterns around the parade. Spike places a cigarette in his mouth. Remembering he lost his lighter, he smiles and tosses the cigarette at Vincent. Spike stands. He charges at Vincent and promptly defeats him. Suddenly, Spike's vision blurs. Butterflies appear before his eyes. He suffocates. Stumbling, he reaches for his gun on the floor. Vincent steps on the gun and points his at Spike. VINCENT: Before you part from this world, can you tell me something? I am already dead since Titan and this world the butterflies are showing me... Is it a dream? Or is their world the real one and the world where I was, the dream? I don't know. Electra appears, pointing her gun at Vincent. ELECTRA: Vincent! This time, you can't get away. Vincent points his gun at her. SPIKE: Don't... Electra... ELECTRA: Let's go, together. Electra shoots Vincent. Vincent falls. ELECTRA: Vincent! SPIKE: Why didn't you shoot? VINCENT: I remembered... the woman I loved... I wanted to get out of here. I wanted to find a door to do it. I finally know now. There was no door. SPIKE: You should have known that long before. You were afraid to open your eyes. VINCENT: Yes... Electra... from the time I lived... being with you was the only time I felt real. I am glad I got to see you before I died... The butterflies disappear from Spike's vision. Red Tail and Hammerhead fly over the city. FAYE: What did the rain do? JET: Before the nano-machines could spread, the rain made the vaccine spread faster. It was a blessing. FAYE: After the rain, there's a rainbow. Hey... Wanna go to the horse races? JET: This woman will never change... CLOSING CREDITS The Bebop living room. Spike naps on the couch. SPIKE: He was just all alone. He couldn't enjoy a game with anyone else. Like living in a dream... That's the kind of man he was... He sees a butterfly in the air and grabs it. He opens the palm of his hand. Nothing. ARE YOU LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD?