Into The Night

By, Megan K Troen

[Chapter 1: Old friends and new ARIVAL!]

These are disclaimers writes: I don't own any of these characters at all. All the rights belong to the rightful owner of Trigun. So if you have any issues on how I have my characters reacts to eachother, please bring it up with me and I'll fix it if I can.

It was 11:30pm at night in July as Vash rounded a corner in a hotel which led down a long hallway with rooms on either side that were numbered. The numbers went all the way up to 30 as they went down the long hall. But the infamous tall blond outlaw who was carrying a wounded man over his left shoulder didn't stop at just any door; he stopped at room number 13...

It was Milly Thompson and Meryl Stryfe's room. To him they were close friends as well as insurance girls that were very helpful in times of need, just like this one. Vash, who was in desperate need of help, was standing outside their door holding his wounded brother 'Knives' over his left shoulder. As Vash reached out with his right hand to knock on the door, it opened. It was a tall brunet known as Milly Thompson standing right in front of him in the doorway.

"Mr. Vash? Is that you?" Milly asked excitedly with an amazed look on her face just staring in amazement. She couldn't believe it; she was seeing Vash The Stampede again after so many months. He'd left so long ago and she'd thought he died from the big fight with his brother Knives. "Yeah it's me alright… Would you mind helping me out here?" Vash asked politely with a smile that quickly turned into a serious face as he turned his head to look at Knives who was almost half dead on his shoulder. "Oh yea, come right in…" She said as she hurried him into the room before anyone could see.

Vash laid down Knives and Milly looked at Knives then back at Vash. "So what happened to him?" She said eagerly awaiting his answer. "I shot him… Oh by the way, where is the little one?" He asked trying to avoid the subject that she was bringing up. But it worked, it caught Milly's attention. "Little what? Oh you mean Meryl? Why Mr. Vash, she's in the shower." She replied with a bright smile as she looked over at the door behind Vash that was cracked open a bit with the light on inside. "Oh…" That was all he could say was 'Oh…' as he looked at the door then back at Milly. "Mr. Vash? Why'd you come back?" Milly asked softly as she stared at the ground with her hands right above her knees in fists. "I had to find my brother… But at least I came back, right?" He said as he smiled at her. Milly looked up at him and hit him with her right hand, it felt like a bullet hitting his face as he fell to the ground. "Do you know how worried you made Sempi?" She yelled as he rubbed his cheek trying to sitting up.

Just then a raven-haired girl came out from the door behind Vash and Milly and was wrapped in a pink towel that had flowers all over it. She didn't notice a thing until she was done drying her hair off. "Milly? Who are you talking to?" She asked lifting up the towel with her hands to see the humanoid Typhoon laying on the floor right in front of her looking at her with a smile. "Hey Insurance girl. Long time no see right?" Vash said with a smile as he spun around to face her seeing she had the most disgusted yet embarrassed face ever, he laughed. "What the hell is he doing here!" She screamed with a terrified face then here eyes went back into her head revealing whites as she fell to the floor.

"I guess you have that affect on people Mr. Vash" Said Milly with a smile as she started to giggle while covering her mouth with her hands. "Here I'll get a room so I can get 'Knives' out of here, ok?" Vash said as he got to his feet patting the dust off his red long coat that almost touched the floor. "Are you going to leave in the morning Mr. Vash?" Asked Milly who had picked up her knocked out raven haired friend up and walked her to the extra bed next to Knives who was still out cold.

"No I think I'll stay till Knives is well enough to stand again." Vash said as he looked over at his brother who was still unconscious. "That's good, because Sempi really missed you even though she acted like you were a total nascence." Milly giggled as she looked over at her friend who was lying on the bed in her towel with the blanket covering her as well. "Oh, really? The little insurance girl missed me?" Asked Vash with a thoughtful grin and Milly just nodded. "Well I had better get a room… I'll be back, I promise." Said The Humanoid Typhoon as he walked out of the room down the long halls to the front desk.

"What happened? I thought I saw a ghost…" Said Meryl who sat up in the bed and looked at Milly who was just smiling at her. "Sempi, He's back and he brought his brother with him!" Said Milly excitedly as she grabbed the shorter girl and hugged her tight. "What? So I didn't see a ghost and his brother's here?" Asked the short insurance girl who was a little shocked by this. "Where is his brother then?" Said the raven haired girl who was looking at Milly with a worried face. "Oh! He's right over there!" She shouted with a big smile as she pointed to the bed next to them which was holding a short haired blond with a lot of wounds all over his body and was bleeding severely.

"…He needs to be bandaged, and quickly. Come Milly he needs our help. Even if he was our enemy…" Said the short girl as she threw off her covers and walked over to the wardrobe and got dressed. She slipped on blackish purple leggings and a short white dress. "Ok Sempi I've got the first aid kit, now what?" Milly asked as she put a big box of supplies on the side table that was between the two beds. "Hurry and tend to his wounds I'll be right there…" said the short girl as she threw on a long white cape that held many supplies in its pockets.

Meanwhile as Vash was at the front desk talking about getting a room, the two girls were tending to Knives wounds. "Hey I would the closest room to room 13, ok?" Vash said while he set three double dollars on the front desk. "Oh umm, right away sir…" Said the man at the front desk who turned around to get him a key. "Could you hurry?" Asked Vash as he turned around to look at the hallway that led to the other hallway with all the rooms. "Here you are sir, enjoy your stay." Said the man as he turned around and handed Vash the key to his room. "Excuse me sir you didn't tell me what room I have…" said Vash with a polite smile. "The room number is inscribed on the key head." Said the man turning to look back at Vash who was no longer at the desk.

Back in the room the tall brunet and the short raven haired girl were finishing up on Knives. "Ok it's all done." Said the short girl wiping the sweat off her forehead with her right arm as they stood next to the bed. The floor was covered in bloody bandages, cotton balls and cue tips. When the door opened behind them, it was Vash who was trying to catch a breath. "How is he? Will he be ok?" He said looking up at the two insurance girls that were standing in front of the bed just looking at him. "Yeah he'll live thanks to Sempi's medical skills." Said Milly who looked over at the shorter insurance girl who was standing next to her with a cloth in her hands. "Yeah, he'll live but he needs to be in a bed for a few weeks." Said the raven haired insurance girl while wiping her hands with a clean cloth to get off all the blood. "Ok, good I was worried he wouldn't… But now I know he's safe I'm perfectly fine." Vash said with a goofy grin that he hadn't had in a long time since he'd left.

"So why'd you come back Mr. Vash? There better be a good explanation for this." Said the short insurance girl with an annoyed face which she hadn't had for months since he'd left to get his brother back. "I actually wanted to see you guys again… isn't that funny?" He giggled as he glanced at Knives then back at the short girl. "I heard you missed me Insurance girl, is that true?" Vash said with a goofy grin which was pissed the short girl off. "AS IF!" The raven haired girl yelled and Vash's smile went away. "Aww don't you think that's a little heartless?" Vash asked with a whimpering frown like a puppy. His bright blue eyes attracted her so much that it annoyed her at the thought of thinking of them. "Vash just stop it for once…" The short girl said angrily which mad Milly smile in amusement to the odd reunion. The little fire cracker was about to explode as she gave an evil glare to Milly and then decided to go charge out he room.

Milly giggled and looked over at the confused Humanoid Typhoon who was still looking down the halls after the little fire cracker. "Man do I really upset her that much?" Vash asked at he popped his head out of the room just a bit to watch her storm down the hall and turn the corner out of sight. "You should go get her Mr. Vash you did start all this, in a way." Milly added, not replying to his other question. "Why me?" He whined as he made fake tears go down his cheeks. "Oh, besides I can't leave Knives here alone in case he wakes up. So HA!" He laughed as he gave a goofy grin. "…Go get her please Mr. Vash." Milly said with the first annoyed face that she'd just gotten since he'd came back as she glared at him. "OK~…" He whined and then started out the door. "If Knives wakes up run, ok?" Vash's voice said from the hallway and Milly just smiled.

Meanwhile with Meryl…

She was storming through the streets past the bars, saloons and houses when she spotted a bench in the open. She marched over to in the plopped herself down on it and started mumbling to herself on how much she hate him, how much he annoyed her and why'd he have to come back. When she heard a voice behind her that sounded familiar. "Hello insurance girl, what you up too so late at night?" Said a man's voice which surprised her a bit. She pulled a gun out and swirled around to point it at the man behind her. "Whoa there little one… you don't want to point that at me do ya'?" He asked with a grin and she finally realized it was Vash.

She took the gun off his forehead and turned back around so he was facing her back. "Hey Meryl-… I mean insurance girl… what's wrong?" Vash asked as he hopped over the back of the bench and planted his butt in the seat right next to her. Meryl's eyes widened in amazement to what she just heard. He said it… he said 'Meryl' my name! She thought as a slight smile grew on her face which looked sort of creepy from his perspective. "Are you ok?" Vash asked as he glanced over at her for a few moments watching her creepy smile grow even bigger. "Insurance girl?" He asked again.

She finally shook her head snapping out of the little trance she was in. "YES I'm FINE!" She snapped and turned her head away. "Oh umm ok… just thought I'd ask…" Vash mumbled as he scratched the back of his head. He was getting nervous and he hadn't had a clue why. Why do I feel so strange my body is tensing up…? What's wrong with me…? He asked himself as he glanced at her. She was pretty in the moonlight, it shined on the back of her making her outfit making it look like wings and her hair was shinny. He stared at her for a few moments until she turned to look at him. "What do you think you're looking at?" She snapped and he was unsure of what to say. "Umm a spider was on your back…" He said with a goofy grin as a little bit of sweat came from his temple pores. She looked at him for a moment and looked over her shoulder at the visible area of her back.

His lie was working so far, so he thought. She paused and looked at him with a glare. "YOU LIER! YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME WEREN'T YOU!" She yelled in his face and he just smiled at her and slightly nodded. "I guess you could say it was a complement…" He chuckled as she sat back in her seat. "Yeah whatever you stupid womanizer…" Meryl said softly as she folded her arms and crossed her legs. She gave a slight laugh and stared at the dirt ground beneath her feet. He leaned closer to her and whispered with a sly mischievous face. "I bet you liked being stared at." He ended his sentence with a giggle. She looked at him with a 'look' that could kill if it could. "Let's go back and make sure Knive's and Milly are alright, ok?" He said with a 2yr olds grin and stood up from the bench. She gave a slight sigh then got up and walked back to the hotel with Vash.

(End of Chapter 1)