Cowboy Bebop Fan Fiction ❯ To The Future ❯ How The Hell Did I Wind Up Here? ( Prologue )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
To The Future
A Cowboy Bebop Self-Insertion Fic
By: S-chan

Prologue:
How The Hell Did I Wind Up Here?

"Hey Ashley!" I yelled. "You've got to see this!"

My best friend Ashley (not her real name) pushed the door to my room open. I'm not sure how she managed that, considering my room is a disaster area. She picked her way across what was left of the floor and stood there looking over my shoulder at the computer screen.

"What is it?" asked Ashley.

I pointed to a really weird pop-up on the Cowboy Bebop fanfic site I had been visiting.

"Some nut says that 'If you truly believe, click here for a surprise'," I read, tilting my head at the screen. "I wonder what it is they want you to believe in?"

Ashley shook her head.

"Nicole (not my real name), it's just a stupid pop-up," she said dismissively. "Sano (my computer's real name) is just being stupid again. Close it and let's watch Kenshin!"

"Nuh-uh," I argued, shaking my head. "I think this really works! Should I click it?"

I already had my mouse poised and ready to click.

"Nicole, don't! I really think you shouldn't---" she started...

*CLICK*

"AHHHHHH!!!!" I screamed, pushing Ashley out of the way as Sano's face disappeared and a bright red light emanated from the screen. "Ashley, what the hell is that!?!"

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CLICK ON IT!!!!" she hollered.

"THANKS FOR WARNING ME!" I yelled sarcastically, trying to grab onto something as I was irresistably pulled towards the screen.

I grabbed C-chan, my stuffed mouse, took a firm hold on the heart pendant my grandmother gave me, and both of us (me and C-chan, not me and Ashley) were sucked into the computer screen.

"ASHLEY!!!!!!!!!" I screamed.

"NICOLE!!!!!!!!" I heard her screaming, her voice sounding farther and farther away.

I grabbed onto C-chan as we were hurtled painfully through the bright red metal tunnel. I hoped we would stop soon. C-chan had a tendency towards motion sickness. I just had a tendency to get sick. What in the name of all the seven hells was going on and WHERE THE HELL WERE WE GOING!? I heard a squeak and promptly shoved C-chan into the pocket of my ratty old Union Bay jean shorts. I took the impact of both of us hitting a hard metal surface and was blinded temporarily by a brilliant white light.

I hit my head and was knocked out.

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"Hey, where'd she come from?" I heard a male voice asking.

"I have no clue..." answered another. "Did you leave the door open or something?"

I felt a hand on my shoulder and squeezed my eyes shut.

"Hey, wake up!" I heard a gruff voice half-whispering, the hand on my shoulder shaking me a little bit less than gently. "Wake up!"

I opened my eyes blearily and blinked a couple of times. I had no clue where I was or what was going on. All I knew is that I was no longer lying on a hard metal surface. I was lying on what seemed to be a couch. It was very old and substantially more comfortable than the designer furniture my mom insisted on keeping. This was furniture for living on - not looking at - the way I thought furniture should be.

When my surroundings registered with me, the first thing I saw was a pair of startling mismatched russet eyes. My own hazel green eyes widened and for a moment, I thought I was either still unconscious and dreaming or dead and in heaven. Without thinking, I reached one hand up to stroke their owner's cheek.

"Huh?!" exclaimed the owner of the gruff voice, pulling back abruptly. "What the hell?!"

I sat bolt upright, now certain that I wasn't dead and wasn't dreaming.

"Where am I?" I asked groggily, trying to remain upright and realizing I didn't have my glasses.

I heard a small "wuf!" and looked down to see a sweet-faced Welsh corgi looking up expectantly at me. His brown eyes reminded me of my little beagle, Lucy (not her real name). I looked around to try and figure out where I was. My hazy eyes once again met those smoldering russet orbs.

"What's going on?" I asked weakly as I fell back on the couch, figuring I had lost my glasses in that... thing...

"Hold on a second," commanded that same gruff voice. "I think we should be asking the questions instead of the other way around."

"Huh?" I asked confusedly. "Why are you acting like I've done something wrong?"'

He seemed a bit taken aback by that.

"Well you're the one that showed up here with no warning and no explanation of any kind," he countered.

I squeezed my eyes shut again, hoping this was a dream and that I would wake up soon.

"Where's Ashley?" I moaned, feeling sick.

"Huh?" asked a new voice, a female one this time. "Who's Ashley?"

"My best friend," I whispered, trying to stay conscious. "Is she here...?"

My voice trailed off and I slipped away again.

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