Violet opened her eyes ever so slowly, her head was pounding, and she couldn't recognize where she was. Gently she lifted her head and looked around, the room was small, with two chairs and a table being the only thing inside. " Hello?" she winced in pain and placed a hand gingerly on her forehead. She stood up and looked around, but felt like something was off, her hair was tied up into a high ponytail, that was new. She yanked out the ponytail and waited to feel her hair brush against her thighs, but instead felt it fall to maybe her mid-back. " W-What..." she took a lock of her in her hands and realized, not only had it been combed out, but cut, and washed. " Who the hell..." suddenly the door opened and a man stepped inside, Violet turned to face him nervously. He was extremely tall, with black hair and dark gray eyes. " Oh hey, you're up. Took you long enough." he chuckled, as Violet shrugged. " Where am I? I can't remember anything except..." she trailed off, something was coming back to her... a body. A lot of blood and... emerald green eyes. Everything hit her at once, sending her to her knees as though she'd actually been punched, she immediately burst into tears, her loud sobbing echoing straight through the hallway. " Oh geez are you okay?" he ran over to her and knelt in front of her. " What happened? Damn did I say something?" he asked, scratching the back of his head nervously.

Violet shook her head and sniffled. " No... No it's nothing... I'm fine..." she wiped her tears and looked up at him. " Are my brother and sister here... and... oh my god... has she-" " If you're talking about Ivy... yeah she had her baby a few hours ago. A little boy, they named it Peter, and his middle name is Vash... I don't know where they got that from but-" " Vash is... was... my boyfriend, he died not long ago." Violet mumbled. " Oh geez... that must've been the dead guy Al was talking about." Violet looked at him curiously. " Who's Al?" the man laughed and stood up. " Right. I forgot you probably wouldn't know who he is. Well he's sort of the one that brought you guys here. You're brother and sister were positive you weren't going to come with him easily, so he knocked you out with the part of his bat that didn't have nails in it." Violet glared at him and made her way to her feet. " Oh gee, tell him I said thanks." " Oh that's right. I never caught your name." " It's Violet." " I'm Nyx." Violet nodded and sat down. " So what exactly is supposed to happen now?" Nyx shrugged and leaned back against the wall. " Well that depends on if you're bitten or not." Violet rolled up her sleeves and pant legs, then checked her stomach. " Don't think so."

" Well in that case you're free to go wander around. Go find your brother and sister, meet the baby. Maybe find Al. You know for knowing you for about five seconds and considering you were unconscious for four of them, he's taken quite a liking to you." Violet rolled her eyes and walked out the door. " I'm sure he has." She froze... something clicked in her mind and her eyes widened. She turned back to Nyx and gulped. " He didn't... do anything... well... you know... right?" Nyx looked at her in confusion for a moment, then his face turned bright red and he shook his head furiously. " No! No no no! Al's not that kind of guy. Why? Did something-" Violet spun on her heels and ran off before he could even ask. She stopped at one of the doors and heard three voices inside, well... two and some babbling. Violet looked inside and her face lit up. Ivy was cradling a small baby in her arms, it had bright red eyes that matched Gilbert's, he was adorable. Violet entered the room and Ivy and Gilbert looked at her happily. " Vi! Hey! Come say hi to your new little nephew." Violet ran over, clearly over joyed and looked down at him. " Awwwww... he's so cute! I Heard you named him after Vash." Gilbert nodded and placed a hand on Violet's shoulder. " It felt right." Violet smiled and hugged him tightly.

" Do you want to hold him?" Ivy asked. Violet nodded happily and pulled up a small wooden chair. Ivy handed her the small child, and Violet took him delicately. Peter giggled and grabbed a small strand of her hair and gave it a small tug. Violet hissed a little bit and gently pulled her hair away, he looked at her in confusion, then giggled and grasped her black tank top. " Awww. I want one." Violet teased. Gilbert frowned and Ivy laughed a little. " Well you're going to have to wait." Gilbert mumbled, Violet noticed that his German accent had faded a lot. " I know. But look at him! He's just too cute~" Violet chuckled as Matthew took a hold of her finger and looked at it curiously, his little hands wrapped around it as he pulled it down closer to his face and just continued to stare. " Hey it's my kid Violet!" Ivy teased. Violet smiled and handed her the small baby, she took him gladly and held him close to her, where he began to play with her hair, getting it tangled in his fingers. " So have you met Al yet?" Violet shook her head and stood up, pointing a finger at them. " You told him to knock me out! My head still hurts! You bitches!" the two laughed and shrugged. " Well we knew you weren't going to be too happy about leaving Vash, but you had to move on. I mean-" " Don't... I know... I'm going to miss him... he meant a lot to me." Violet sighed and headed toward the door. " I'll... I'll see you guys later."

Violet closed the door behind her and leaned against it, she placed a hand on her forehead and sighed loudly. She stared up at the ceiling and allowed tears to fill her eyes, he was really gone, she never thought she'd see the day. They were going to have a life together, she practically felt her heart breaking all over again at the memory. " Hey doll face. What are you doing out here all by yourself?" Violet turned to face the man talking to her. " I... I was just..." she inhaled deeply and wiped her tears. " I just needed some time by myself." Violet explained. " It's about that guy wasn't it?" Violet looked at him in shock... how would he know about Vash? This must be Al. Violet blushed once she got a look of him that wasn't blurred by tears. He was tall, extremely muscular, with auburn...ish... hair, almost her hair color, and bright red eyes that matched hers perfectly. He was really tan, and was wearing a bomber jacket and sunglasses that rested on the top of his head. " U...Um... I..." she nodded and looked away. " Hm... you're not as tough as I made you out to be." " Excuse you! You have no idea all the crap I had to deal with out there!" Violet stormed up to him and stared him in the eyes, he was taller and stronger then she would ever be, but she didn't care, he would know how strong she really was.

" I don't quite think you get it! I've fought off hundreds... no... thousands of those things! Fought with family, got raped, lost everything! And guess what?! Here I am! So how dare you say I'm not strong! I'd like to see you try to handle the things I've seen! Do the things I've done! Do you realize how long it's been since I ate something more then a fucking cherry or two ?! No?! Well here's a hint asshole! Going on my first month pal! Who's the weak one now?!" she cried, at this point she was tearing up, and felt dizzy on her feet, at the mere mention of food she felt a thousand times weaker. " A month?! Oh geez. Come on doll. You can't go for that long without food and still survive!" he wrapped an arm around her waist and allowed her to lean on him for support. " Who said I wanted your help?" Violet snapped. " Oh will you just shut up for once? You need food, and when a person can't walk straight.. usually that either means they're drunk or really weak, and I don't see any beer around here do you?" Al mumbled. Violet opened her mouth to say something... but instead smiled gently. " Thanks, at least you care." she threw her arm over his shoulders and continued to walk, she was probably up to his chin, so she was at least fairly close to him height, and she was able to walk without having to stand on her toes. " So... that sucks... what happened to you." Al muttered. Violet shrugged it off. " It's in the past, what happened... happened... there's nothing I can do about it now but move forward with my life."

Al smirked and nodded. " I guess so, it must be weird for a goody goody like you to be hanging around a bad boy like me." Violet shrugged and loosened her grip on him. " Well you can't be that bad, I mean you helped me, even though you did it a little... differently?" the two laughed and kept walking, they reached the kitchen and he sat her down gently. " I'm vegetarian, figured I should say that before I give you anything." he grinned and started going through cabinets. " I'm honestly not hungry, I don't see why-" " Well of course you aren't hungry." Al interrupted while grabbing a small box out of the pantry. " You haven't eaten in so long that your body is just used to not having food. That's not exactly a good thing you know." he chuckled. " That's also why I can't give you much, even what I'm going to give you might make you sick, even though it's just a granola bar." he tossed it underhand to her, and she caught it quickly. " Thanks. But you really shouldn't waist your food supply on me." she pointed out. Al beckoned her over, she followed and looked in the cabinets, boxes of food stacked up on each other, the cabinets were even full. " Wow... where do you-" " When we start getting low we assign people to go out and get food from stores and gas station, that's how Nyx and I found you guys. Now eat. Wanna lift up your shirt a little?" Violet looked at him awkwardly and took a step back. " Not particularly no." Al chuckled and grasped the hem of her shirt. " As if you had a choice." he lifted her shirt about halfway up, directly under her chest, and looked at her stomach. Violet looked at him in confusion as he nodded and placed a hand on her stomach.

She was practically skin and bones, no muscle or fat what so ever. Damn... when she meant a month was right. " You did some damage, it'll probably take awhile until you reach the weight you should be at." He lowered her shirt down and sneered. " What? Did you think I was gonna try something?" Violet blushed and looked away in embarrassment, she expected him to yell of get angry, but instead he just laughed. " Well I cant' say I blame you, not with all the crap you've been through." he chuckled when she started eating and nodded quickly. " Alright, so... um... funny story... I think that we might have to share a room." Violet's eyes widened and she looked at him, her face bright red. " Wh-Wha?! But-" " Look I know it sucks but I'm not gonna be able to pull another bed out of my ass so you'll just have to deal." he snapped. Al turned away, not exactly thinking about what she was feeling, when he heard her voice from behind him. " Okay... I understand, it's not a big deal." Al looked at her, she was smiling brightly, her head was slightly tilted to the right, and she was smiling warmly. " You were nice enough to take my family and me in, and one of us could easily have been bitten, but you did it anyway. I trust you." He was shocked, he turned to her and grinned. " Oh? And what makes you think you can trust me?" he crossed his arms and smirked. " Because I'm not scared of you. I'm just not, I know it doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'm sure one day you'll figure it out." then, she just walked right up to him and poked his cheek playfully before running off down the hallway, her long red hair flowing as she ran. He placed a hand on his cheek and stared after her, before feeling someone tap his shoulder.

" Not so tough around her now are you?" "..."

SMACK

" Ow! You asshole!" " Shut up Nyx... I'm manly as hell."