Hours later whoever was in the room left, leaving Violet still tied up on the cold concrete floor. She was sobbing quietly, one from the pain in her shoulder where he had inserted his knife, and other from what had just happened. Her pride was gone, everything she stood for, the one thing she had... gone in a matter of moments. Violet squirmed a little, attempting to free herself from the ropes, with no luck. She continued to cry, although it gained in volume after a bit. They were going to kill her, and she knew it, they had their way with her, she was useless now. The door opened, and footsteps approached her. " P-Please don't hurt me. You... you got what you wanted, please just let me go! I-I want to see them again!" Violet begged. " My brother! My sister! My boyfriend! Please! All I want is... is... I... I want them to hold me again. I made a mistake, I shouldn't have gotten so angry with my boyfriend, I know he was going through a hard time." she immediately burst into more uncontrollable sobs. " He was right! I am useless! I just want... want to tell him I'm sorry! Dammit... Dammit dammit dammit!" Violet cried. Suddenly the person picked her up and held her close to them, it was definitely a man, he had a muscular build, and his hair brushed against her face. Tears landed on her cheeks, then out of nowhere the blindfold was removed, Violet opened her eyes for the first time in what felt like years and her bright red eyes were met with a pair of emerald green ones. Eyes she knew all too well. " V-Vash?"

" They... they raped you didn't they?" Vash asked, his bangs hung over his eyes, as he was clearly overwhelmed. Violet felt tears in her eyes, and she slowly nodded. " You probably think I was asking for it but-" she was cut off by a pair of lips crashing into hers. Within moments she had melted into the kiss, tears streamed down her cheeks as he helped undo the ropes around her wrists. She threw her arm over his head until they were behind his neck. The pulled apart and immediately began gasping for air. " I...I love you Vash." Violet whispered softly. " I love you too Violet, and I'm sorry. You didn't do anything wrong, it was all my fault. Now come on, let's get you home." Vash picked her up bridal style and quietly sneaked out of the building. He carried her up to the RV, the moment he got back Ivy and Gilbert ran out of the van. " Oh my god..." Ivy whispered. " Violet!" Gilbert ran forward, causing Violet to jump out of Vash's arms and run to him. " Gil!" she embraced him and sobbed in his arms. " Violet! Oh my god jou're okay. Mein schwester is alright." he whispered quietly. " Bruder I thought I'd never see you again! Ich liebe dich bruder." Violet whispered, tightening her embrace on him. " Ich liebe dich auch." Gilbert muttered soothingly. Violet pulled away as Ivy ran to her and hugged her tightly. " Oh my god! V-Violet did... did they... did they-" " - They did Ivy! They raped me! I... I couldn't do anything about it! I tried I swear!" Alfred and Michelle stared at Violet in shock as Gilbert angrily turned to Vash.

" Jou! Zhis is all jour fault! My baby sister! How dare you! Zhey... Zhey took advantage of her! It's all jour fault dammit!" Gilbert ran to her and pulled her and Ivy into a hug. " I'm... I'm sorry... but-" " NO DON'T JOU FUCKING SAY IT! My schwester... my little girl... dammit... oh my fucking god..." Gilbert hugged her even tighter and sobbed loudly, as Ivy gently patted his back. All of it hit him at once, Vash hurt her, he was the reason she went through all that, so many thoughts flashed through his mind, all of them only made it hurt him more. " Get on zhe van, let's go..." Gilbert wrapped a protective arm around her shoulder and lead her onto the van, where he searched around until he found a pair of sweatpants and a baggy shirt. " Just vhere zhese for now, ve can get jou some better clothes later okay?" he kissed her forehead softly and sat down in the front of the van, Ivy sat next to him and placed her hand on top of his. " You shouldn't get too angry with Vash, it isn't entirely his fault. I feel like all her emotions built up, and she snapped. Do you understand?" Ivy looked at him as he shifted the car into drive and stepped on the gas. " She didn't deserve zhis. My baby... one of zhe most important zhings to my heart... I can only imagine vhat she vent zhrough... how much..." he trailed off and let the tears begin to fall from his eyes. " How... how much it must've hurt her. I... I remember zhe first time I talked to her about it... she... she told me zhat she vould never do zhat... because... because..." Ivy sighed and helped him sit in the passengers seat while she took the wheel, aware he couldn't drive while crying. " because... it vas vrong, to do zhose zhings before she vas married. She alvays lived up to her vord. She vent out vith many guys, she vas alvays home tventy minutes before curfew, she zhought zhe girls who had... you know... at her age vere disgusting and desperate... it vas everyzhing she stood for. And it's gone, because one idiot made a mistake... dammit... fucking hell..." he hid his face in his hands and began to breath heavily as sobs raked through him. Ivy sighed quietly and focused on the road, although tears were beginning to form in her own eyes.

" Hey Vi..." Violet looked up at Vash, straight into his bright green eyes and sighed quietly. " Hi Vash..." she felt tears in her eyes immediately and turned her head away, she felt the seat next to her sink down a little, and she felt her heart skip a beat. " Um... I sort of... have something for you." he handed her a small black necklace with half of a silver cross hanging off it. " V-Vash... I thought I lost it forever." she took the small charm gently out of his hands and placed it around her neck, immediately tears formed in her eyes and she hugged him tightly. " Violet... this... this is all my fault... I... I'm so sorry... when I found the necklace... I thought they had killed you... but... never would I have thought that-" Violet pressed her lips softly against his. Only for a brief moment though before pulling away and holding his face in her hands. " You talk too much." she whispered. He sniffled and pushed a strand of hair away from her eyes, before cupping her cheek with his hand. " I'm sorry Violet... I love you." Violet smiled softly and kissed his cheek. " I... I love you too baby." she took his hands softly and rested her head on his shoulder. He intertwined their fingers and rested his head on top of hers. " I'm sorry by the way... about Lilli." Vash squeezed his eyes shut and sighed. " I'll be fine... I shouldn't have snapped at you the way I did. When I lost Lilli... then you left... I... I lost it... I couldn't handle it... and then... I almost lost you too... it was terrible." he gently shrugged her off of him and wiped his tears.

Violet stared at him in shock, having never seen him break down like this before. " Well... I mean... if it helps... it was kind of my fault too." she smiled and held a hand out to him, but he just swatted it away. " It wasn't your fault... not at all... I should've never snapped like that... you didn't do anything wrong... and thanks to me... they... they..." he couldn't finish his sentence before he broke down. Violet wrapped an arm around him and looked away, hiding her own tears from him. " It's... it's fine... I promise... just forget it." she muttered softly. He didn't respond, nothing but a small sigh and two words that broke her heart. " I can't." she wiped her tears with her sleeve and looked down at the palm of her hand. She felt like a whole new person, someone she never would've thought to be... she stood up and turned to him. " I told you to forget it Vash Zwingli! I'm willing to put it behind me! Or would you rather I stay pissed at you for ruining my innocence?!" she snapped. Vash looked up at her in shock then stood up, she cowered away, considering the look of anger in his eyes. Violet could've sworn he was going to slap her, until he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a hug.

All was quiet for a moment as Violet stared ahead, her eyes wide. Until she heard a small mumble from behind her. " This is why I love you." Violet bit her lip and burst into a fit of loud sobbing. She hugged him back and hid her face in the crook of neck, she could practically feel her brothers hateful glaring from the front off the bus. " I love you too Vash." " Never leave me again." " I won't." " Promise?" " Promise." eventually her sobs died down to just a little bit of hiccuping with a few tears here and there, until suddenly the RV jerked forward, followed by the road becoming bumpy. " Crap... I think we ran over one." Ivy mumbled, she slowed the RV to a stop and sighed. " Alfred, will you help me get it out? I'm not sure if it's dead or not, so I'll shoot it if you can get it... well... un-stuck?" Alfred laughed a little and stood up. " Sure dudette. Let's go. Are there anymore or no?" Violet turned around and looked out the window, and Michelle looked around on the other side. " I don't see any on my side. What about you Violet?" Michelle asked. " Nope, none on my side." Ivy chuckled and made her way out of the van, Alfred following right behind her. " Know... as for jou." Gilbert turned to face Vash, he stared him directly in the eyes, and Violet had yet to figure out if the look he was receiving was hatred or forgiveness. " I have no fucking clue how my sister chose to forgive jou. Jou ruined her life, all because jou had to get zhe last vord." he sighed and looked away. " But... if she can put it behind her... even after going zhrough zhe zhings she did... I zhink I can find a vay to do zhe same." Gilbert faced him and held out his hand. " Only because zhis is life or death... and..." he sighed. " No man should be left to die." Vash looked up at him and smiled softly, before shaking his hand firmly. " Agreed."

Vash sighed and turned to Violet nervously. " Violet... I know I already apologized... but... I want your brother to be able to hear it too." he took her hand ever so softly in his and looked her directly in her eyes, there was this certain sternness in his eyes, almost showing to Violet just how much the words he was about to say came from the heart. " You're a beautiful girl, and to be honest what happened to you didn't really surprise me... I just hoped you would get lucky... but the world has changed... people have changed." his grip on her hand tightened a little. " Just know... when I said the things I did... about how you were useless... they were more directed toward me. I cost you everything, just because I said the wrong thing at the wrong time." he looked down seemingly defeated, then he looked back up to her with a passion in his eyes. " But you need to understand. I don't think anything less of you because of what happened. If anything it only makes me love you even more. Most girls would have given up after going through what you did. But you didn't... you fought straight through until the end, and I know you'll continue to do just that. The only difference is... I'll stand by you the whole time. Whenever you're tired... or scared... I promise I'll be there to support you, if you don't want to fight..." he chuckled. " I know this is going to sound really cheesy but... if you can't fight anymore... I'll be your soldier... no matter what happens... I promise to protect you with everything I have... and I'm sorry." Violet stared at him tearfully, then hugged him gently.

" It's fine Vash... I promise... it's okay." she rubbed circles into his back and " comforted him" although she was really only trying to keep herself calm. After a few minutes she separated from him and kissed him softly, before turning to her brother. " Well... what do you think Gil?" she asked. Gilbert smiled a little and started to walk off, but not before turning back to them and nodding. " I don't zhink it gets more zhen zhat... just know... if jou hurt her again I von't hesitate to leave jou behind." Violet took his hands and sat him down as Ivy and Alfred boarded the RV. " So what's the plan dudes? Like where are we going now?" Alfred asked. Gilbert looked back at them and smiled. " Vell... I vas zhinking zhat ve could toward water. Maybe get a boat? Ve can just hang out off zhe shore until zhis zhing blows over. Ve could send people back to zhe mainland to vell... I guess ve could say legally rob zhings?" they all looked at each other... signaling that they agreed, then turned to Gilbert. " I like that idea! I heard that there's a town not far from here... Savannah I think? Well it's a port city. There has to be a boat there!" Michelle suggested. " Yeah... I agree with this adorable little dudette." Alfred winked at her, causing her face to turn a deep shade of red. " Well... it's decided then." Violet nodded to everyone, then placed her hand on top of her boyfriends kindly. " We're going to Savannah."