Disclaimer: I own none of the characters. ~~~
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The fight between brothers had finally ended. Vash defeated his brother, Knives, and fulfilled his promise to Rem by protecting all man kind from the harm Knives would have brought upon them.
Vash walked to the town, Carrying Knives on his back, where Milly and Meryl were waiting for him. Meryl ran up to Vash with lots of excitement. "YOU'RE BACK! I've missed you so much." Meryl said "Why did you keep me waiting so long?". Vash tried to explain but was interrupted by Milly's curiosity (which was not hard to see) on who Vash was holding and what Vash did to him. "Who's that?" Milly asked. Vash replied "oh, he's my brother Knives. I had to try and stop him from destroying all life..with out me killing him in the end. He'll be alright". Vash turned to Meryl and said "come now, we're done here, lets move on to the next town we'll drop Knives at a hospital at the next town, we've asked too much from this town already." Meryl replied "if that is what you think is best.ok! Lets go!" Then Meryl turned to Milly "Did you hear Milly? We're off again! Pick up you're cross and lets go!".
Knives was still unconscious and 1day had passed. Vash, Meryl and Milly decided to sit and camp out (because it was getting dark) for the night, for they knew that the next town was less then a days away from where they were. Vash and Meryl were sitting out side under the stars while Milly was suppose to be watching Knives in case he woke up, but she her self fell asleep. "Wouldn't it have been best to stay in the other town and Let Knives recover there?" Meryl asked. "Like I said, We've asked too much from them and besides, I heard that the medical care was a little more advanced November (The name of the town)". "Well, if you say so." Meryl said while cuddling up closer to Vash. "Isn't it a nice night?" Meryl asked. Vash nodded as Meryl rested her head on Vash. The time grew later and Meryl fell asleep on Vash, so quietly, Vash picked her up and placed her in the tent in between Milly and Knives. Then Vash went outside to keep watch for anything which may attack.
Morning came. Vash put the tent away and Picked up Knives (who was still unconscious) and said, with a smile, "Get you're things together, we're going now. We'll get something to eat once we reach November. We should be there in about 2hours or less" then he turned and started to walk very slowly.
They finally made it to November. Vash turned to Milly and Meryl and said "I'll meet you at that restaurant over there, I'm going to drop Knives off at the hospital". Meryl and Milly both replied. "Yes". Vash walked into the hospital and Knives was taken right away.
Meryl was about to walk inside the restaurant when, Milly called her. "Ma'am!" she said. "Come quick!". "What is it?" Meryl said. "Isn't that picture on the wall Mr. Vash?" Milly asked. "huh? What are you talking about?" Meryl replied turning to see what Milly was talking about. Milly pointed at the poster and started to read it out loud to Meryl. "Wanted, Dead or alive. Vash The Stampede. Reward is now $80 000 000 000.00 (80 billion)". Meryl pushed Milly out of the way in a panic checking to make sure Milly didn't get mix things up, like the usually does. This time however, Milly was reading it right. The poster had a big picture of Vash and the reward did get bigger then before. A tear fell from Meryl's face as she whispered "Vash."
Vash felt that it was safe to leave his brother for a while. Before Vash left the hospital, he told the people at the desk that he would return tomorrow to check up on Knives. Vash then exited the doors and turned his head only too see a poster with his picture on it and a higher reward. He then turned his head forward only to find that he was surrounded by all the people from November. There was no use trying to escape because there was no place for Vash to run. Vash was arrested.
Milly and Meryl were among the crowed and because they couldn't get through, the followed Vash to the police station where they locked Vash up, very securely, by chaining his hands together and his feet together to insure that he wouldn't escape. "HE'S INNOCIENT! HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING!" Meryl yelled to the police officer. The police officer just sat there and replied "He destroyed Augusta City and put the hole in the 5th moon. We have orders, and those orders are to arrest Vash the Stampede" Milly then interrupted "Will you be releasing Vash?". The officer Laughed while Milly was staring at him with a serious face. The officer stopped realizing that she wasn't joking. He then said "I'm sorry but his execution is scheduled for tomorrow at Noon". Vash, who was in the cell behind the officers office, heard everything and gave a quiet sigh.
The cell door opened and Vash looked up. He heard the police officer say, you have 5minuiets. Meryl and Milly walked in. Meryl with tears in her eyes. "It'll be ok Meryl" Vash said in quiet voice. Vash thought to himself "It'll be ok only is Knives stays alive, if he dies or gets killed or something, all life is doomed!". "Umm.Vash?" Milly said as Vash turned his facing her with a smile on. "Yes?" He replied. "I don't want you to leave, I'll hate you if you leave us now!". Meryl turned to Milly. "I don't think that those were the right things to say, he doesn't control this situation". Vash whispered "This is my fault.I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry. We would have been better off in July city. We shouldn't have left. I'm sorry" Vash shed a tear. "Please, watch over knives..". Meryl Nodded. Just then the police officer opened the door. "Times up!" he said. Meryl didn't want to leave. "Go on, I'll be alright" Vash said. Meryl nodded. "You will come back tomorrow morning right?". Meryl nodded again. She then turned and left with Milly.
The next day came. Vash, not being able to sleep because of all the chains in the way making it hard for him to lay down, sat (like he had any other choice) and waited for Milly and Meryl to return. Hours passed and they never showed up. Only one hour till 12:00, which was Vash's execution time. Vash sat there with his head down. He thought "It would be best if Milly and Meryl didn't come and visit. I understand, this is hard for them.I wouldn't want to make them even more sad then they already are.". Just then the door opened. Vash looked up. "VASH!" Meryl cried. Vash told Milly and Meryl that he didn't think that they would come and visit for the final time. Meryl said "You think.we'd not co.come and." she couldn't continue. Vash forced a smile and whispered "Like I said last night.it'll be ok.I'll always be with you. Don't forget, you have Knives! You promised me you would watch him. Make sure that.that he doesn't kill anyone.". Meryl couldn't stop crying. Milly tried to comfort Meryl "Ma'am, like Mr. Vash said, things would be fine". The door behind Milly and Meryl opened. A man spoke. "Sorry ladies but you'll have to leave now, we're ready for Vash". Meryl didn't move. "I.I'm not.go.going to leave.Vash." she said. The man spoke again "You must leave. If you want we'll be hanging him at the town square. If you really want to see him go there". Meryl really started to cry. "I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM DIE! I-I don't want..him to go." she said crying even more then before. "We're sorry ma'am" the man said. Milly patted Meryl on the shoulder and they left and headed towards the centre of the town (the town square) and waited.
The police car came in with Vash sitting in the back not looking scared or worried. He just had a serious look on his face. The officers stepped out of the car. The went to the back opened the door, grabbed Vash and pulled Vash out of the car, thinking that if they let he get out on his own he may try to escape or something. Vash's hands were tied behind his back to insure again, that Vash wouldn't try and escape. The crows were shouting and cheering because they finally caught the legendary outlaw, "Vash the Stampede". The police officers pushed Vash up the stairs. The crowds got louder. Everyone was celebrating and cheering. Everyone except Milly and Meryl, who were both in the front trying to stay strong. The were both standing there with teary eyes whispering "everything will be fine, stay strong Vash". Out of the both of them, Meryl was in the most pain. She couldn't watch. Meryl suddenly whispered "Vash.".
The police put a black hood over Vash's head and out the rope around his neck and tightened it. Meryl started crying even harder "VASH! YOU CAN'T KILL..YOU CAN'T KILL VASH!" Milly was trying to hold Meryl back. Meryl struggled to try and release herself from Milly's grasp but it was no use. She just gave up and cried as before. "Vash." she whispered.
The clock struck noon. The trap door beneath Vash's feet was released. "VVAASSHH!" Meryl yelled with tears pouring down her eyes and being held back by Milly who was also crying. "Ma'am." Milly said in a sad tone. Just then something flew by which coincidentally cut the rope just as Vash was falling. Instead of breaking his neck or just hanging there, Vash fell all the way through. When Vash landed, his hood fell off and he had a very confused look on his face. Milly and Meryl ran to help Vash, while the towns people turned only too find that a giant man catching his boom-a-rang which was being used to destroy and get revenge on the town because he was recently kicked out, along with the rest of his gang, for misbehaving. He took a step and looked around. He then noticed Vash sitting on the ground. The big man said "I came here to destroy this town but, I'll spare it if you hand Vash 'The Stampede' over to me". Without thinking they grabbed Vash and handed him over to the man. Meryl, like usual, tried to chase after Vash but was being held back by the towns people this time. A tear flew off her cheek. "Vash." she said quietly.
Because the Big Man didn't want to carry Vash and he knew Vash would not walk freely he took some tied it around Vash then dragged him out of the city. With in minuets they we're out of site, even Vash who has being dragged behind.
Vash felt that he must have fallen asleep because he didn't remember anything long after being dragged out of Town. He awoke in some cabin with his hands tied behind his back, rope around him and his feet tied. The guys who took him, were sitting eating and drinking. It was like they were partying. Vash thought to himself "now's my time to get away, their all distracted". What Vash didn't realize what that the one piece of rope the had used to drag him to the cabin was tied to the leg of the table (Obviously they didn't trust Vash). Vash couldn't get the knife in his boot to cut the rope so he hoped that no one would notice him crawling out. Vash got Half way across the room till he couldn't get further. He tried and tried but it wouldn't go. Vash was wondering why he couldn't move any more. He looked behind him only too find one of the henchmen there. "Does the Dog want off his leash?" he said sarcastically with a chuckle. "Leash?" Vash thought while following the rope which went hidden behind some boxes then lead out from behind and tied to the tables leg. "THAT'S IT! HOW COULD I NOT SEE IT BEFORE! How could I be such an idiot". All Vash could really do now was sit and hope for the best.
Knives awoke. "Where...where am I?" he thought. Just then a nurse walked in. "Oh! You're awake" she said as she put some food on the table next to him. Knives never said a word. The last thing Knives remembered was him fighting Vash. Knives stood up, put on his usual suit and left the hospital, still hurt and in pain. As Knives was about to leave he noticed 2 women waiting at the front door. It was Milly and Meryl. "Knives." Meryl said slowly walking up too him. "I'm sorry" she continued to say. Knives stood there confused. "What's wrong?" he asked "and who are you? How did you know my name?". Meryl looked up eye to eye with Knives. Her eyes were still teary. Meryl explained everything which had happened. Knives stood up. "Well crying won't bring him back, we'll just have to go save him ourselves!" Knives said. Meryl asked "how will we be able to save him? You still need to recover". Knives nodded and said "I'll be fine, don't worry". Then a thought entered Knives' mind. "Why am I being so nice to these humans?". He just couldn't understand.
Vash was starting to feel hungry. "Umm.I don't mean to bother you but." Vash started. The big man yelled "What do you want this time?". Vash continued "Well, you see..I haven't eaten for about 2-3 days now and I'm really very hungry.could I possibly have some food?". The Man laughed. "Alright I'll let you have something, I don't want you to die....yet" he said in his deep voice while grabbing a plate, filling it with food and placing it on the floor in front of Vash. "Just one more thing?" Vash asked. "What now!?" the man replied in an angry-annoyed voice. "I can't eat with my hands tied behind my back. The Man smirked then snapped his fingers. One of the other men walked up to Vash, restrained Vash while another untied the ropes around him then untied the ropes around his hands. He then retied Vash's hands in the front then retied the rest of the rope, even tighter then before, around him. "Better?" then man asked. Vash with the pain of the rope digging into his wrist and arm said "I-I do ha-have one more re-request. Pl.please loosen these r-ropes". Everyone in the room began to laugh. "Who do u take us for? Idiots?" on of the men said. Then everyone went back to eating. Vash sat quietly on the floor eating very slowly. It was very difficult for Vash to move. His arms, wrists, Legs, and feet were tied.
Once Vash was done eating he yelled out "THAT WAS DELICIOUS! I'M ALIVE AGAIN!" while also struggling to loosen the ropes a little. Vash then asked "May I have water or something to drink?". The men were getting very annoyed with Vash, so they poured him some water and slipped some sleeping pills in it to shut him up. They handed Vash the cup of water. "You really expect me to drink that?!" Vash exclaimed looking at the cup. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WATER!?" one man yelled. "Don't think I didn't see you put that stuff in my drink". The men started to really get frustrated. Three ran up. One man grabbed Vash's mouth and forced it open, the other restrained Vash and the last man took the water and poured it down Vash's thought. The man holding Vash's mouth then forced it closed and the guy restraining Vash, plugged his nose not allowing him to breath till the liquid was completely swallowed. Vash swallowed and within minuets, fell asleep.
Vash needed to talk to Rem, so this was the perfect time. "Rem." Vash said. Rem turned and smiled at Vash. "What do I do now? All this stuff is happening, why?" Vash asked. Rem turned her head and looked up. She said "don't worry Vash". Vash looked at Rem and sighed. "I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried for those two girls."he replied. Rem said to Vash "remember what I told you, you're ticket through life is always blank. You create your future. If you give up, you're future will end. If you stay strong and believe Things will turn out fine". Rem smiled and then left. Vash called out to her, Rem just turned, waved good bye and continued to walk away. Vash knew to stay strong from that point on.
Early the next morning, Vash awoke finding himself laying in the middle of nowhere, with just his feet tied and his hands tied behind his back again. The rope around his arms and legs was gone. Vash was still feeling tired from the sleeping pills which were slipped into his drink. Everything was blurry for Vash. Just then Vash felt a strong kick at the left side of him. He rolled onto his stomach. "WAKE UP" Vash heard a man say. Some men picked Vash up very roughly and set him on his feet. The cut the rope around his ankles so that Vash could stay standing. Two men held Vash in place while some others punched him in the stomach several times. They then threw Vash on the ground. Vash landed on his back and hands and slid a bit on the ground. His right hand was scrapped and his shirt ripped (his coat was at the cabin). The men Picked Vash up again and then ran. Just then the big man approached Vash who was in some pain. "You have some strength in you, Vash 'the stampede'" he said. Vash stood there trying to show no pain. The big man then stepped back and threw his boom-a-rang. It flew by Vash hitting his left arm and cutting that sleeve but not his arm because it was metal. The boom-a-rang then came back on the other side of Vash Cutting his right arm and sleeve. Vash stood in the spot he was in pain. His right arm started to bleed and it hurt like hell. The big man approached Vash. "How was that possible, my boom-a-rang should have cut threw you and yet somehow it missed.". Vash just smirked then collapsed to his knees because of the pain and the loss of blood. The big man Decided to just take Vash to the nearest City, which was September, and turn Vash into the police and get his reward. One of the big man's henchman took some material and wrapped it around Vash's cut arm.
Vash was taken and handed over to the police in September and The big man and his followers got the 80billion dollar reward. Vash was once again in a dark jail cell with his hands chained together and to the wall. "Things just keep getting worse." Vash thought to himself with a big sigh.
The Jail cell door opened and an officer and a guy wearing a white trench coat walked in. "So this is Vash 'The Stampede'?" The man in the white coat said. "Yes. Yes he is Prof. Totoya" the officer replied. Totoya walked closer to Vash. "Hello Vash, I'm Prof. Totoya" he said. Vash looked up and said a quiet "hi.". Prof. Totoya and the Officer started to talk then left the room. The talking faded away and Vash looked down. He just sat there looking at the ground wondering how the others are handling this. Vash never had one thought about what will happen to him.
The cell door opened again. This time Prof. Totoya and three officers walked in. One officer was guarding the door of the cell while the other two approached Vash. One officer grabbed Vash to make sure Vash wouldn't move. The other took the chains off Vash's hands. While he was doing this Prof. Totoya walked up too Vash and said "You'll be coming with me". The chains were finally un locked. Vash's hands were free. The officer had the rope ready to tie Vash's hands together but Totoya said "That won't be necessary". Vash got up. Totoya lead the way out. There was one officer in front of Vash and the two were behind. They walked right to a car. Totoya went to the driver's side and Vash stood there until he was told by the officers to get in the back, but Totoya said he wanted Vash in the front. It didn't seem like a good idea for the officers but they did what he wanted. They shoved Vash into the front of the car and walked away.
Milly, Meryl and Knives started their search for Vash. "Do you think we'll find Mr. Vash, Ma'am?" Milly asked to Meryl. Meryl forced a smile and said "I believe that..we will find Vash" but the forced smile didn't last very long. Knives was up ahead. He called to Milly and Meryl ."THERES A CABIN UP AHEAD! MAYBE WE SHOULD CHECK IT OUT!" he shouted. Milly and Meryl ran and caught up to Knives seeing that there was a cabin. They all approached cautiously. Meryl went around the side and saw the Big man who took Vash. "This is the right place" Meryl said quietly to Milly and Knives. They stood in front of the door. Meryl reached into her pocket and took out the silver gun which belongs to Vash. Milly had the cross gun which she got from Nicolas D. Wolfwood just after he died and Knives had his gun out and ready.
Meryl nodded her head and kicked down the door and pointed her gun at the people sitting in the room. "WHERE IS VASH!" Meryl yelled. The men just laughed. "How are we suppose to know" one said in a quite squeaky voice. Milly tapped Meryl on the shoulder. "Ma'am, maybe we should go.Vash doesn't seem to be here". Meryl just ignored her. She asked again. "Where is.." but was interrupted by Knives. "They handed Vash to the police" Knives said. Meryl looked at Knives with confused look. "He's at the police station in September" Knives continued. The big man laughed. "You're very smart, how do you know this?". "I can enter people's minds and either control them or read them" Knives replied. "We should get going" Knives said. They turned towards the door. One of the men closed it and stood in the way saying "You think you can just barge in here without paying?". "What?!?" Knives, Milly and Meryl said turning around. One guy grabbed Milly, and he took the cross. Another grabbed Meryl and another grabbed Knives. Knives was thrown to the floor and when he tried to get up the one guy with the cross hit him over the head with it knocking Knives out because Knives wasn't fully recovered.
Knives was laying on the floor unconscious with the cross-gun right beside him. Milly and Meryl were being restrained by some of the men. The big man approached them. He started to talk. "Like my partner said, you're not leaving till you pay". Then the men holding Milly and Meryl threw them against the wall. Milly and Meryl were now sitting on the floor against the wall, and they were surrounded.
Just at that moment, the door flew open. The men all looked to see who it was. There was no one at first but then two shadowy figures walked in. "Who the hell are you and what do you want?" one of the men asked. One of the shadowy figures began to talk. "Wouldn't you like to know!". The voice was recognizable. "WOLFWOOD!" Milly yelled. "YOUR ALIVE!" she said while shoving all the surrounding men out of the way. She ran up to Nicolas and gave him a hug. "You know her Wolfwood?" the other person said. Nikki replied. "Well yes, she's my girlfriend". Milly got Nikki's old gun from off the floor and handed it to him. "I've been taking care of this " she said quietly. Nikki quickly opened it up and took out one of the mini guns. He fired some shots which frightened some men, giving Meryl a chance to get away from them.
Knives came too. He watched for a few seconds then slowly reached for his gun. Knives picked it up and his arm started to combine with the gun. Nikki looked back at Knives who was aiming his gun at the big man. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING" Wolfwood yell out to Knives. Knives didn't listen and fired anyway. There was a huge flash of light from the gun's fire. The Big Man got hit and died.
"What did you do?" asked Milly. Knives was silent. Then he said quietly "I was only protecting you". Meryl walked up to Knives and explained that Vash told them to keep you from killing anyone. Knives said he understood.
Milly walked back up to Wolfwood. "I thought you were dead" she said. "I was" He replied. "Up until she came and brought me back with her advanced skills in Medicine" he continued while pointing at the Girl standing in the corner. Meryl walked over to the girl. "You are truly amazing. Not very many people have that kind of Medical skill. I'm Meryl, this is Milly and that gentleman over there is Knives. Whats you Name?" Meryl asked. "My name's Jamie" she replied. Jamie then walked over to Wolfwood and grabbed his arm. "Shouldn't we get going Nikki?" she said in a soft, sweet voice. Nikki was too busy talking to Milly to hear Jamie. "What are you doing here and where is Vash?" Nikki asked Milly. "Vash was taken by some evil men and we're going to save him" she said. Knives interrupted Milly and Nikki. "We should get going, if we leave now we'll be there in less then a day if we walk fast enough" Knives said as he was walking out the door.
Meryl noticed Vash's red trench coat laying on a table. She quickly ran over, picked it up and took it with her. She then followed behind Knives out the door. Nikki followed as well with Milly holding one of Nikki's arms and her head leaning on his shoulder while Jamie was holding onto the other arm. Knives followed behind Nikki and the girls however, he was stuck carrying Wolfwood's cross-gun until one of his arm's was free to carry it.
Prof. Totoya and Vash drove up to this big place surrounded by fences, wire and security camera's. "What is this place? And where did you get all this lost technology?" Vash asked. "This place is unknown to residents of any city or town. Only those who work here know about it. This place is a testing facility which is used for experiments" he answered while driving through the gate which had just been open to let them through. "WHAT!?!, why am I here?" Vash exclaimed. "You're here for some testing" he replied. Vash opened the car door and started running towards the Gate which was more then half closed. Vash started to run even faster to try and make it through the gate, but the gate closed before he got there. Vash was trapped within the walls. "Shit! How could I not see this coming" he said to himself while banging on the metal gate. Prof. Totoya walked up behind Vash. Vash turned and faced Totoya. "I REFUSE TO BE APART OF ANY EXPERIMENT!" Vash yelled. Just then several guards came and formed a circle around Vash and Totoya. Prof. Totoya walked slowly up too Vash. "They were going to kill you back in September. I saved your life and all I ask is that you let me do some experiments" he said while walking closer to Vash. Vash stepped away. "I don't want to be apart of this" Vash said staring Totoya in the eyes. "It'll only be for 1 week then we'll let you go.for a while then we'll need you back after a week or 2" Totoya said. Then a guard came up to the right of Vash. "You don't have a choice, Vash "the stampede" Totoya then said. Then the guard grabbed Vash's right arm, grabbed a needle from his pocket and injected the liquid inside the needle into Vash's arm. Vash fell to the ground still awake, but temporally paralysed. The guard then picked Vash up and carried him inside the building.
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The fight between brothers had finally ended. Vash defeated his brother, Knives, and fulfilled his promise to Rem by protecting all man kind from the harm Knives would have brought upon them.
Vash walked to the town, Carrying Knives on his back, where Milly and Meryl were waiting for him. Meryl ran up to Vash with lots of excitement. "YOU'RE BACK! I've missed you so much." Meryl said "Why did you keep me waiting so long?". Vash tried to explain but was interrupted by Milly's curiosity (which was not hard to see) on who Vash was holding and what Vash did to him. "Who's that?" Milly asked. Vash replied "oh, he's my brother Knives. I had to try and stop him from destroying all life..with out me killing him in the end. He'll be alright". Vash turned to Meryl and said "come now, we're done here, lets move on to the next town we'll drop Knives at a hospital at the next town, we've asked too much from this town already." Meryl replied "if that is what you think is best.ok! Lets go!" Then Meryl turned to Milly "Did you hear Milly? We're off again! Pick up you're cross and lets go!".
Knives was still unconscious and 1day had passed. Vash, Meryl and Milly decided to sit and camp out (because it was getting dark) for the night, for they knew that the next town was less then a days away from where they were. Vash and Meryl were sitting out side under the stars while Milly was suppose to be watching Knives in case he woke up, but she her self fell asleep. "Wouldn't it have been best to stay in the other town and Let Knives recover there?" Meryl asked. "Like I said, We've asked too much from them and besides, I heard that the medical care was a little more advanced November (The name of the town)". "Well, if you say so." Meryl said while cuddling up closer to Vash. "Isn't it a nice night?" Meryl asked. Vash nodded as Meryl rested her head on Vash. The time grew later and Meryl fell asleep on Vash, so quietly, Vash picked her up and placed her in the tent in between Milly and Knives. Then Vash went outside to keep watch for anything which may attack.
Morning came. Vash put the tent away and Picked up Knives (who was still unconscious) and said, with a smile, "Get you're things together, we're going now. We'll get something to eat once we reach November. We should be there in about 2hours or less" then he turned and started to walk very slowly.
They finally made it to November. Vash turned to Milly and Meryl and said "I'll meet you at that restaurant over there, I'm going to drop Knives off at the hospital". Meryl and Milly both replied. "Yes". Vash walked into the hospital and Knives was taken right away.
Meryl was about to walk inside the restaurant when, Milly called her. "Ma'am!" she said. "Come quick!". "What is it?" Meryl said. "Isn't that picture on the wall Mr. Vash?" Milly asked. "huh? What are you talking about?" Meryl replied turning to see what Milly was talking about. Milly pointed at the poster and started to read it out loud to Meryl. "Wanted, Dead or alive. Vash The Stampede. Reward is now $80 000 000 000.00 (80 billion)". Meryl pushed Milly out of the way in a panic checking to make sure Milly didn't get mix things up, like the usually does. This time however, Milly was reading it right. The poster had a big picture of Vash and the reward did get bigger then before. A tear fell from Meryl's face as she whispered "Vash."
Vash felt that it was safe to leave his brother for a while. Before Vash left the hospital, he told the people at the desk that he would return tomorrow to check up on Knives. Vash then exited the doors and turned his head only too see a poster with his picture on it and a higher reward. He then turned his head forward only to find that he was surrounded by all the people from November. There was no use trying to escape because there was no place for Vash to run. Vash was arrested.
Milly and Meryl were among the crowed and because they couldn't get through, the followed Vash to the police station where they locked Vash up, very securely, by chaining his hands together and his feet together to insure that he wouldn't escape. "HE'S INNOCIENT! HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING!" Meryl yelled to the police officer. The police officer just sat there and replied "He destroyed Augusta City and put the hole in the 5th moon. We have orders, and those orders are to arrest Vash the Stampede" Milly then interrupted "Will you be releasing Vash?". The officer Laughed while Milly was staring at him with a serious face. The officer stopped realizing that she wasn't joking. He then said "I'm sorry but his execution is scheduled for tomorrow at Noon". Vash, who was in the cell behind the officers office, heard everything and gave a quiet sigh.
The cell door opened and Vash looked up. He heard the police officer say, you have 5minuiets. Meryl and Milly walked in. Meryl with tears in her eyes. "It'll be ok Meryl" Vash said in quiet voice. Vash thought to himself "It'll be ok only is Knives stays alive, if he dies or gets killed or something, all life is doomed!". "Umm.Vash?" Milly said as Vash turned his facing her with a smile on. "Yes?" He replied. "I don't want you to leave, I'll hate you if you leave us now!". Meryl turned to Milly. "I don't think that those were the right things to say, he doesn't control this situation". Vash whispered "This is my fault.I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry. We would have been better off in July city. We shouldn't have left. I'm sorry" Vash shed a tear. "Please, watch over knives..". Meryl Nodded. Just then the police officer opened the door. "Times up!" he said. Meryl didn't want to leave. "Go on, I'll be alright" Vash said. Meryl nodded. "You will come back tomorrow morning right?". Meryl nodded again. She then turned and left with Milly.
The next day came. Vash, not being able to sleep because of all the chains in the way making it hard for him to lay down, sat (like he had any other choice) and waited for Milly and Meryl to return. Hours passed and they never showed up. Only one hour till 12:00, which was Vash's execution time. Vash sat there with his head down. He thought "It would be best if Milly and Meryl didn't come and visit. I understand, this is hard for them.I wouldn't want to make them even more sad then they already are.". Just then the door opened. Vash looked up. "VASH!" Meryl cried. Vash told Milly and Meryl that he didn't think that they would come and visit for the final time. Meryl said "You think.we'd not co.come and." she couldn't continue. Vash forced a smile and whispered "Like I said last night.it'll be ok.I'll always be with you. Don't forget, you have Knives! You promised me you would watch him. Make sure that.that he doesn't kill anyone.". Meryl couldn't stop crying. Milly tried to comfort Meryl "Ma'am, like Mr. Vash said, things would be fine". The door behind Milly and Meryl opened. A man spoke. "Sorry ladies but you'll have to leave now, we're ready for Vash". Meryl didn't move. "I.I'm not.go.going to leave.Vash." she said. The man spoke again "You must leave. If you want we'll be hanging him at the town square. If you really want to see him go there". Meryl really started to cry. "I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM DIE! I-I don't want..him to go." she said crying even more then before. "We're sorry ma'am" the man said. Milly patted Meryl on the shoulder and they left and headed towards the centre of the town (the town square) and waited.
The police car came in with Vash sitting in the back not looking scared or worried. He just had a serious look on his face. The officers stepped out of the car. The went to the back opened the door, grabbed Vash and pulled Vash out of the car, thinking that if they let he get out on his own he may try to escape or something. Vash's hands were tied behind his back to insure again, that Vash wouldn't try and escape. The crows were shouting and cheering because they finally caught the legendary outlaw, "Vash the Stampede". The police officers pushed Vash up the stairs. The crowds got louder. Everyone was celebrating and cheering. Everyone except Milly and Meryl, who were both in the front trying to stay strong. The were both standing there with teary eyes whispering "everything will be fine, stay strong Vash". Out of the both of them, Meryl was in the most pain. She couldn't watch. Meryl suddenly whispered "Vash.".
The police put a black hood over Vash's head and out the rope around his neck and tightened it. Meryl started crying even harder "VASH! YOU CAN'T KILL..YOU CAN'T KILL VASH!" Milly was trying to hold Meryl back. Meryl struggled to try and release herself from Milly's grasp but it was no use. She just gave up and cried as before. "Vash." she whispered.
The clock struck noon. The trap door beneath Vash's feet was released. "VVAASSHH!" Meryl yelled with tears pouring down her eyes and being held back by Milly who was also crying. "Ma'am." Milly said in a sad tone. Just then something flew by which coincidentally cut the rope just as Vash was falling. Instead of breaking his neck or just hanging there, Vash fell all the way through. When Vash landed, his hood fell off and he had a very confused look on his face. Milly and Meryl ran to help Vash, while the towns people turned only too find that a giant man catching his boom-a-rang which was being used to destroy and get revenge on the town because he was recently kicked out, along with the rest of his gang, for misbehaving. He took a step and looked around. He then noticed Vash sitting on the ground. The big man said "I came here to destroy this town but, I'll spare it if you hand Vash 'The Stampede' over to me". Without thinking they grabbed Vash and handed him over to the man. Meryl, like usual, tried to chase after Vash but was being held back by the towns people this time. A tear flew off her cheek. "Vash." she said quietly.
Because the Big Man didn't want to carry Vash and he knew Vash would not walk freely he took some tied it around Vash then dragged him out of the city. With in minuets they we're out of site, even Vash who has being dragged behind.
Vash felt that he must have fallen asleep because he didn't remember anything long after being dragged out of Town. He awoke in some cabin with his hands tied behind his back, rope around him and his feet tied. The guys who took him, were sitting eating and drinking. It was like they were partying. Vash thought to himself "now's my time to get away, their all distracted". What Vash didn't realize what that the one piece of rope the had used to drag him to the cabin was tied to the leg of the table (Obviously they didn't trust Vash). Vash couldn't get the knife in his boot to cut the rope so he hoped that no one would notice him crawling out. Vash got Half way across the room till he couldn't get further. He tried and tried but it wouldn't go. Vash was wondering why he couldn't move any more. He looked behind him only too find one of the henchmen there. "Does the Dog want off his leash?" he said sarcastically with a chuckle. "Leash?" Vash thought while following the rope which went hidden behind some boxes then lead out from behind and tied to the tables leg. "THAT'S IT! HOW COULD I NOT SEE IT BEFORE! How could I be such an idiot". All Vash could really do now was sit and hope for the best.
Knives awoke. "Where...where am I?" he thought. Just then a nurse walked in. "Oh! You're awake" she said as she put some food on the table next to him. Knives never said a word. The last thing Knives remembered was him fighting Vash. Knives stood up, put on his usual suit and left the hospital, still hurt and in pain. As Knives was about to leave he noticed 2 women waiting at the front door. It was Milly and Meryl. "Knives." Meryl said slowly walking up too him. "I'm sorry" she continued to say. Knives stood there confused. "What's wrong?" he asked "and who are you? How did you know my name?". Meryl looked up eye to eye with Knives. Her eyes were still teary. Meryl explained everything which had happened. Knives stood up. "Well crying won't bring him back, we'll just have to go save him ourselves!" Knives said. Meryl asked "how will we be able to save him? You still need to recover". Knives nodded and said "I'll be fine, don't worry". Then a thought entered Knives' mind. "Why am I being so nice to these humans?". He just couldn't understand.
Vash was starting to feel hungry. "Umm.I don't mean to bother you but." Vash started. The big man yelled "What do you want this time?". Vash continued "Well, you see..I haven't eaten for about 2-3 days now and I'm really very hungry.could I possibly have some food?". The Man laughed. "Alright I'll let you have something, I don't want you to die....yet" he said in his deep voice while grabbing a plate, filling it with food and placing it on the floor in front of Vash. "Just one more thing?" Vash asked. "What now!?" the man replied in an angry-annoyed voice. "I can't eat with my hands tied behind my back. The Man smirked then snapped his fingers. One of the other men walked up to Vash, restrained Vash while another untied the ropes around him then untied the ropes around his hands. He then retied Vash's hands in the front then retied the rest of the rope, even tighter then before, around him. "Better?" then man asked. Vash with the pain of the rope digging into his wrist and arm said "I-I do ha-have one more re-request. Pl.please loosen these r-ropes". Everyone in the room began to laugh. "Who do u take us for? Idiots?" on of the men said. Then everyone went back to eating. Vash sat quietly on the floor eating very slowly. It was very difficult for Vash to move. His arms, wrists, Legs, and feet were tied.
Once Vash was done eating he yelled out "THAT WAS DELICIOUS! I'M ALIVE AGAIN!" while also struggling to loosen the ropes a little. Vash then asked "May I have water or something to drink?". The men were getting very annoyed with Vash, so they poured him some water and slipped some sleeping pills in it to shut him up. They handed Vash the cup of water. "You really expect me to drink that?!" Vash exclaimed looking at the cup. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WATER!?" one man yelled. "Don't think I didn't see you put that stuff in my drink". The men started to really get frustrated. Three ran up. One man grabbed Vash's mouth and forced it open, the other restrained Vash and the last man took the water and poured it down Vash's thought. The man holding Vash's mouth then forced it closed and the guy restraining Vash, plugged his nose not allowing him to breath till the liquid was completely swallowed. Vash swallowed and within minuets, fell asleep.
Vash needed to talk to Rem, so this was the perfect time. "Rem." Vash said. Rem turned and smiled at Vash. "What do I do now? All this stuff is happening, why?" Vash asked. Rem turned her head and looked up. She said "don't worry Vash". Vash looked at Rem and sighed. "I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried for those two girls."he replied. Rem said to Vash "remember what I told you, you're ticket through life is always blank. You create your future. If you give up, you're future will end. If you stay strong and believe Things will turn out fine". Rem smiled and then left. Vash called out to her, Rem just turned, waved good bye and continued to walk away. Vash knew to stay strong from that point on.
Early the next morning, Vash awoke finding himself laying in the middle of nowhere, with just his feet tied and his hands tied behind his back again. The rope around his arms and legs was gone. Vash was still feeling tired from the sleeping pills which were slipped into his drink. Everything was blurry for Vash. Just then Vash felt a strong kick at the left side of him. He rolled onto his stomach. "WAKE UP" Vash heard a man say. Some men picked Vash up very roughly and set him on his feet. The cut the rope around his ankles so that Vash could stay standing. Two men held Vash in place while some others punched him in the stomach several times. They then threw Vash on the ground. Vash landed on his back and hands and slid a bit on the ground. His right hand was scrapped and his shirt ripped (his coat was at the cabin). The men Picked Vash up again and then ran. Just then the big man approached Vash who was in some pain. "You have some strength in you, Vash 'the stampede'" he said. Vash stood there trying to show no pain. The big man then stepped back and threw his boom-a-rang. It flew by Vash hitting his left arm and cutting that sleeve but not his arm because it was metal. The boom-a-rang then came back on the other side of Vash Cutting his right arm and sleeve. Vash stood in the spot he was in pain. His right arm started to bleed and it hurt like hell. The big man approached Vash. "How was that possible, my boom-a-rang should have cut threw you and yet somehow it missed.". Vash just smirked then collapsed to his knees because of the pain and the loss of blood. The big man Decided to just take Vash to the nearest City, which was September, and turn Vash into the police and get his reward. One of the big man's henchman took some material and wrapped it around Vash's cut arm.
Vash was taken and handed over to the police in September and The big man and his followers got the 80billion dollar reward. Vash was once again in a dark jail cell with his hands chained together and to the wall. "Things just keep getting worse." Vash thought to himself with a big sigh.
The Jail cell door opened and an officer and a guy wearing a white trench coat walked in. "So this is Vash 'The Stampede'?" The man in the white coat said. "Yes. Yes he is Prof. Totoya" the officer replied. Totoya walked closer to Vash. "Hello Vash, I'm Prof. Totoya" he said. Vash looked up and said a quiet "hi.". Prof. Totoya and the Officer started to talk then left the room. The talking faded away and Vash looked down. He just sat there looking at the ground wondering how the others are handling this. Vash never had one thought about what will happen to him.
The cell door opened again. This time Prof. Totoya and three officers walked in. One officer was guarding the door of the cell while the other two approached Vash. One officer grabbed Vash to make sure Vash wouldn't move. The other took the chains off Vash's hands. While he was doing this Prof. Totoya walked up too Vash and said "You'll be coming with me". The chains were finally un locked. Vash's hands were free. The officer had the rope ready to tie Vash's hands together but Totoya said "That won't be necessary". Vash got up. Totoya lead the way out. There was one officer in front of Vash and the two were behind. They walked right to a car. Totoya went to the driver's side and Vash stood there until he was told by the officers to get in the back, but Totoya said he wanted Vash in the front. It didn't seem like a good idea for the officers but they did what he wanted. They shoved Vash into the front of the car and walked away.
Milly, Meryl and Knives started their search for Vash. "Do you think we'll find Mr. Vash, Ma'am?" Milly asked to Meryl. Meryl forced a smile and said "I believe that..we will find Vash" but the forced smile didn't last very long. Knives was up ahead. He called to Milly and Meryl ."THERES A CABIN UP AHEAD! MAYBE WE SHOULD CHECK IT OUT!" he shouted. Milly and Meryl ran and caught up to Knives seeing that there was a cabin. They all approached cautiously. Meryl went around the side and saw the Big man who took Vash. "This is the right place" Meryl said quietly to Milly and Knives. They stood in front of the door. Meryl reached into her pocket and took out the silver gun which belongs to Vash. Milly had the cross gun which she got from Nicolas D. Wolfwood just after he died and Knives had his gun out and ready.
Meryl nodded her head and kicked down the door and pointed her gun at the people sitting in the room. "WHERE IS VASH!" Meryl yelled. The men just laughed. "How are we suppose to know" one said in a quite squeaky voice. Milly tapped Meryl on the shoulder. "Ma'am, maybe we should go.Vash doesn't seem to be here". Meryl just ignored her. She asked again. "Where is.." but was interrupted by Knives. "They handed Vash to the police" Knives said. Meryl looked at Knives with confused look. "He's at the police station in September" Knives continued. The big man laughed. "You're very smart, how do you know this?". "I can enter people's minds and either control them or read them" Knives replied. "We should get going" Knives said. They turned towards the door. One of the men closed it and stood in the way saying "You think you can just barge in here without paying?". "What?!?" Knives, Milly and Meryl said turning around. One guy grabbed Milly, and he took the cross. Another grabbed Meryl and another grabbed Knives. Knives was thrown to the floor and when he tried to get up the one guy with the cross hit him over the head with it knocking Knives out because Knives wasn't fully recovered.
Knives was laying on the floor unconscious with the cross-gun right beside him. Milly and Meryl were being restrained by some of the men. The big man approached them. He started to talk. "Like my partner said, you're not leaving till you pay". Then the men holding Milly and Meryl threw them against the wall. Milly and Meryl were now sitting on the floor against the wall, and they were surrounded.
Just at that moment, the door flew open. The men all looked to see who it was. There was no one at first but then two shadowy figures walked in. "Who the hell are you and what do you want?" one of the men asked. One of the shadowy figures began to talk. "Wouldn't you like to know!". The voice was recognizable. "WOLFWOOD!" Milly yelled. "YOUR ALIVE!" she said while shoving all the surrounding men out of the way. She ran up to Nicolas and gave him a hug. "You know her Wolfwood?" the other person said. Nikki replied. "Well yes, she's my girlfriend". Milly got Nikki's old gun from off the floor and handed it to him. "I've been taking care of this " she said quietly. Nikki quickly opened it up and took out one of the mini guns. He fired some shots which frightened some men, giving Meryl a chance to get away from them.
Knives came too. He watched for a few seconds then slowly reached for his gun. Knives picked it up and his arm started to combine with the gun. Nikki looked back at Knives who was aiming his gun at the big man. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING" Wolfwood yell out to Knives. Knives didn't listen and fired anyway. There was a huge flash of light from the gun's fire. The Big Man got hit and died.
"What did you do?" asked Milly. Knives was silent. Then he said quietly "I was only protecting you". Meryl walked up to Knives and explained that Vash told them to keep you from killing anyone. Knives said he understood.
Milly walked back up to Wolfwood. "I thought you were dead" she said. "I was" He replied. "Up until she came and brought me back with her advanced skills in Medicine" he continued while pointing at the Girl standing in the corner. Meryl walked over to the girl. "You are truly amazing. Not very many people have that kind of Medical skill. I'm Meryl, this is Milly and that gentleman over there is Knives. Whats you Name?" Meryl asked. "My name's Jamie" she replied. Jamie then walked over to Wolfwood and grabbed his arm. "Shouldn't we get going Nikki?" she said in a soft, sweet voice. Nikki was too busy talking to Milly to hear Jamie. "What are you doing here and where is Vash?" Nikki asked Milly. "Vash was taken by some evil men and we're going to save him" she said. Knives interrupted Milly and Nikki. "We should get going, if we leave now we'll be there in less then a day if we walk fast enough" Knives said as he was walking out the door.
Meryl noticed Vash's red trench coat laying on a table. She quickly ran over, picked it up and took it with her. She then followed behind Knives out the door. Nikki followed as well with Milly holding one of Nikki's arms and her head leaning on his shoulder while Jamie was holding onto the other arm. Knives followed behind Nikki and the girls however, he was stuck carrying Wolfwood's cross-gun until one of his arm's was free to carry it.
Prof. Totoya and Vash drove up to this big place surrounded by fences, wire and security camera's. "What is this place? And where did you get all this lost technology?" Vash asked. "This place is unknown to residents of any city or town. Only those who work here know about it. This place is a testing facility which is used for experiments" he answered while driving through the gate which had just been open to let them through. "WHAT!?!, why am I here?" Vash exclaimed. "You're here for some testing" he replied. Vash opened the car door and started running towards the Gate which was more then half closed. Vash started to run even faster to try and make it through the gate, but the gate closed before he got there. Vash was trapped within the walls. "Shit! How could I not see this coming" he said to himself while banging on the metal gate. Prof. Totoya walked up behind Vash. Vash turned and faced Totoya. "I REFUSE TO BE APART OF ANY EXPERIMENT!" Vash yelled. Just then several guards came and formed a circle around Vash and Totoya. Prof. Totoya walked slowly up too Vash. "They were going to kill you back in September. I saved your life and all I ask is that you let me do some experiments" he said while walking closer to Vash. Vash stepped away. "I don't want to be apart of this" Vash said staring Totoya in the eyes. "It'll only be for 1 week then we'll let you go.for a while then we'll need you back after a week or 2" Totoya said. Then a guard came up to the right of Vash. "You don't have a choice, Vash "the stampede" Totoya then said. Then the guard grabbed Vash's right arm, grabbed a needle from his pocket and injected the liquid inside the needle into Vash's arm. Vash fell to the ground still awake, but temporally paralysed. The guard then picked Vash up and carried him inside the building.
