Well HIDEY-HO YALL! I am very very pleaased at this moment in time! I
ACTUALLY GOT A GOOD REVIEW (NOT counting the other bad ones I got...hahahah
jk)! This inspires me to write more fo you people who are reading this. SO
shout out to the person who reviewed first. You know who you are. Oh heh,
and thanks for telling me that...I have no idea what possesed me to put
that huge mistake on on there. Oh yeah BTW. REad Daughters of the Storms
if you haven't. It is very worth the read. grat story, ispisred me to write
this one. I've talked to the author too. Oh and BTW again Grayfall is a
character in my story, who also happens to be Legato's son. Upon reading
another fic I found out that there was another Grayfall being Legato's son.
Weird huh? Well just to let yall know (yes I AM from Texas) that was not
copied. I LOVE THE NAME GRAYFALL IT IS A COOL NAME! Haha. He will be
showing up more in the story soon.
On with the story------------
Oh yes this annoying thing again. Disclaimer:Roses r red, Violets r
blue....ME NO OWN SO YOU NO SUE (isnt that so cool? I stole it from somone
else so sorry whoever you are, 2 bad so sad..no seriously im sorry)
*"So you mean to tell me, that you kept both of MY daughters from me for 15 years, and that Layne ran away.Then she was allowed to run wild, becoming the mirror image of me and an INFAMOUS OUTLAW?!" he asked in an incredulous tone.Meryl nodded and continued studying the ground.She just couldnt meet anyones eyes. "Jesus Meryl! Do you have any idea how much trouble this brings......I mean its bad enough that there is a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on my head......but then come to find out my daughter is an imfamous modern day criminal worth $$70,000,000,000!JESUS CRIMANY THATS MORE THAN IM WORTH!" he yelled, just figuring it out (A/N Sometimes Vash seems to be a bit dull...sorry). Everyone else in the room was fidgeting.Taking this as a cue to leave,Grayfall stood up. "HEy, c'mon you guys....I think they should be alone to have a family chat..."he said bolting out of the door.Everyone else followed suit, including Layne. "Stop right there Layne,"Vash said sternly. THe girl stopped in mid stride, turning slowly around and going to sit on the newly freed couch where Vash was pointing to.*************************************************************** Layne slowly lowered herself on the couch, near her respective father. HEr face was pale, and if you could see her eyes behind the sunglasses they would have been wide with shock.Vash opened his mouth as she sat down. "Ok so let me get this straigt...."he began, running his hands through his hair.
"Lorienth and Layne are my daughters, that you left with saying they were someone elses kids 15 years ago. THen a few months before I came here Layne ran away, and ou actually let her go.And now, she stumbles into us at 15 and I find out that these two,"he said pointing at Layne and Lorienth,"are my daughters, and that one of them is an accomplished criminal worth more bounty than me. Is that right Meryl?"he said,finishing. Meryl just nodded her head. "That sounds about right...."she said trailing off, still studying the floor. Vash sighed, tipping her face up to meet his eyes.
"Meryl...." he started to say, then catching a red and white blur out of the corner of his eye, whipped around, glairng at his new found daughters. LAYNE,LORIENTH GET BACK IN HERE RIGHT NOW!" Vash yelled, his voice turning from understanding to stern in a split second. THey froze in mid-stride, Layne towing Lorienth, and turned back around.The girls returned, Layne grumbling something about 'mushy stuff', and plopped onto a love seat in the room. Vash noted this and turned back to Meryl.
"Meryl....you should have told me, I would've helped find Layne at all costs,"he said softly. THere was a pain in Meryl's eyes that was ripping his heart to shreds, he just couldn't be angry with her. Meryl let out a sob and buried her face in Vash's chest. "I know that Vash, I knew that then. I was just...just so.....scared..."she said, trailing off into a rack of sobs. Vash held her, absentmindedly stroking her hair. "Shhh...hey c'mon now, everything is going to be ok,"he said soothingly, shooting a very Knives like death-glare at Layne who was muttering something under her breath. Lorienth, seeing this, jabbed her in the ribs. Layne shut up, but only momentarily. Meanwhile Meryl had stopped crying and was wiping her eyes.
"I'm sorry,I should be happy that I've got you all back,"she apologized to them. Vash and Lorienth smiled at her, but Layne looked away. "LAYNE!" Lorienth hissed, jabbing Layne harder in the ribs. A pained look had come over their mother's face, and Layne was doing nothing to soothe it. REleuctulantly, Layne smiled at her new found mother. "Yeah......Mom...everythings gonna be fine..."she said stiffly. Inside thought, she was thinking just the opposite, her anger roiling just behind her eyes.
*Yeah right, everythings gonna be just fine, Mother Dearest. Like Im just gonna forgive you in a snap for abandoning me...and then.* she thought angrily. Meryl was not reassured. The pain was still in her eyes, and she was gazing in a forlorn way at Layne. *GOd...how do I begin to explain...*she thought. "Good...Im so happy things will work out,"she said smiling 'happily'. Tension filled the air, blanketing everything. It was suffocating Vash, and his usual happy-go-lucky nature.
"Hey Lorienth...Why don't you and Layne go out and shop for the stuff for Laynes new room....and clothes......and well pretty much everything..."he said, handing Lorienth his wallet. Layne looked at him a little strangely, and he smiled. Soemthing between them clicked then, and she smiled back, surprised as she did so. "No offense or anything Layne, but seeing as your supposed to be just like me.....well I dont think I can trust you with my whole wallet,"Vash said in his normal happy tone. Layne shook her head and smiled some more. "Whatever you say....Va-errrr Dad....." Layne said, turning to walk, arm in arm out the door with Lorienth, leaving just Vash and Meryl in the living room. AS they exited the door, the twins heard Vash whisper to Meryl, "It's gonna be ok....I promise, everythings gonna be ok....." *************************************************************** Loreinth and Layne returned from their shopping trip in high spirits. Needless to say that Vash was right not to trust Layne with his wallet. THe girl had an appetite for donuts, by far larger than Lorienths own. They had bought everything in December City, catching a ride from one of Lorienth's friends mothers. She had only looked questioningly at Layne and smiled.Over all they had spent all of Vash's money....which happend to be quite alot. Upon needing more, Layne had produced a thick wad of cash from a pocket of her jacket. Lorienth had dismissed the fact that her sister had probably stolen it. Needless to say she didn't really care about her sister's criminal record. They had bonded almost instantly after finding out they were sisters...and twins at that. It had surprised Layne that she could get close to someone so quickly, but she ignored the feeling, locking it away.
"So......let's see.....we have your whole wardrobe, furniture for your room, bed stuff, all the essentials....plus a nuch of goodies!" Lorienth said, looking at the reciepts from the stores. Layne smiled at her, then continued looking out the window. "Yup, sounds about right,"she replied, a little distantly. Lorienth smiled back, and turned to her own window. *I wonder exactly what she had done to get such a high bounty...I mean it's higher than Va---Dad's...*she thought, not having the guts to ask in front of Mrs.Tolak, who was watching the road avidly.
"So you girl's found everything okay?" The woman asked, making converstaion. Lorienth nodded in reply. Everything had gone okay, the police hadn't even rocgnized Layne. When she had asked her why, Layne had laughed and said in a low voice, "'Cause I'm not in my live in outfit, which I doubt I'll ever wear again since Meryl decimated it,". Lorienth had cringed at how Layne had addressed their mother, but supposed it would take time for Layne to call her that. Mrs. Tolak smiled at the rearview mirror and and then returned to watching the road, leaving the car in a comfortable silence.
They stayed this way for the rest of the shortened ride home. Suddenly remebering something she woke up the now-sleeping Layne. "Layne----Layne!"she said, shaking her sister violently. Layne looked up sleepily. "Huh....wha...what is it Lorienth?"she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Lorienth looked at her worriedly, lowereing her tone. "Do you have any of that money left? Dad is going to kill us if he found out that we spent $$7500, that's his donut money!" she whispered eagerly. Layne smiled and laughed.
"Heh, don't worry about it Lorienth,"she said, playfully punching her sister in the arm, and pointing to her bag.Lorienth winced a little and then smiled knowing what she meant. "Cool,"she muttered turning her attention to Mrs.Tolak, who was searching for their home. "It's the white and blue one Mrs.Tolack,"she said pointing at their home. Mrs.Tolack nodded then pulled into the driveway. Layne grabbed almost all of the bags,which was alot, on one arm, leaving a few for Lorienth to carry in. "Got to earn your keep,sis,"she whispered to her upon going into the house. Lorienth smiled, grabbing the rest of the bags and thanking Mrs.Tolack for everything.
"Anytime dear, anytime,"the woman said, smiling and backing out of the driveway. Lorienth watched her dirve away, and with a last minute wave, walked into the house. Layne was sitting on the couch, a wad of money somewhat concealed in her hand. Lorienth walked by, grabbing the money covertly and sliping it into her pocket. No one was in the living room, but you never new in the Stryfe household. "MOM! VASH!" WERE HOME!" she yelled setting the bag down and entering the kitchen. On the table was a scribbled note in Vash's handwriting.It read: 'Went to Knives- (that was scratched out) Uncle Knive's house. BOTH of you come over when you get home, Love, Mom and Vash (scribbled out again) Dad'. Lorienth laughed at the changes and threw the note away, grabbing two cokes out of the fridge.
"Hey Layne, after we put all this stuff in you new room we have to go over to Uncle Knive's house," she called out, not even notcing the change in Knive's name. Somehoe it felt as if she had been calling him that all her life.Layne looked up from one of the bags, curiosty putting a strange glint in her eyes. "Uncle Knives....."she said slowly, tasting the name on her toungue. It felt funny to call someone that, but she got over it quickly. "Alright, let's hurry up, I want to meet this Uncle Knives'"she said, this time grabbing all the bags and running up the stairs. Lorienth stared after her in semi-disbelief. "Then she got up form her spot on the couch, still carryin the cokes, and ran up to Laynes room, which was right next to hers.
"Man, I can't wait to redo this!" she said, wrinkling her nose at the powder-pink color and grabbing a clothe's filled bag. Lorienth smiled and grabbed some more bag's. "I figured you'd say that.."she said, expertly insterting a clothe's hanger into a dark-shirt. Layne was having a bit more trouble with it, but she was doing ok. After about 15 minutes, Layne was sitting on the squeaky bed, letting Lorienth do all the work. Lorienth didn't mind. She knew that Grayfall and Nixie would be at Knive's and wnated to hurry over there.
"So what is Uncle Knives like Lorienth?" Layne inquired, drawing circles on the old bed-spread. Lorienth stood up from her work, turning to face Layne. "You'll just have to find out for yourself,"she said, putting the last coathange in the spacious closet. Layne looked at her. "I was afraid you were going to say that,"she whined in a VERY Vash like way.
HEHEHEH so that is the end of Chapter two. Yes I am extremely evil, leaving you with a cliffie like that. *Dangles next chapter right out of the readers reach* Eheheh. What will Knive's and company (meaning their friends) think of his new niece. Who are Nixie and Grayfall (well you know who Grayfall is but.....)? heh read the next chapter to find out. Oh yah. R&R with ANY comments. Good or bad (they better me good) As always: R.K. (ANd NO YOU WILL NEVER FIND OUT WHAT THAT STANDS FOR!)
*"So you mean to tell me, that you kept both of MY daughters from me for 15 years, and that Layne ran away.Then she was allowed to run wild, becoming the mirror image of me and an INFAMOUS OUTLAW?!" he asked in an incredulous tone.Meryl nodded and continued studying the ground.She just couldnt meet anyones eyes. "Jesus Meryl! Do you have any idea how much trouble this brings......I mean its bad enough that there is a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on my head......but then come to find out my daughter is an imfamous modern day criminal worth $$70,000,000,000!JESUS CRIMANY THATS MORE THAN IM WORTH!" he yelled, just figuring it out (A/N Sometimes Vash seems to be a bit dull...sorry). Everyone else in the room was fidgeting.Taking this as a cue to leave,Grayfall stood up. "HEy, c'mon you guys....I think they should be alone to have a family chat..."he said bolting out of the door.Everyone else followed suit, including Layne. "Stop right there Layne,"Vash said sternly. THe girl stopped in mid stride, turning slowly around and going to sit on the newly freed couch where Vash was pointing to.*************************************************************** Layne slowly lowered herself on the couch, near her respective father. HEr face was pale, and if you could see her eyes behind the sunglasses they would have been wide with shock.Vash opened his mouth as she sat down. "Ok so let me get this straigt...."he began, running his hands through his hair.
"Lorienth and Layne are my daughters, that you left with saying they were someone elses kids 15 years ago. THen a few months before I came here Layne ran away, and ou actually let her go.And now, she stumbles into us at 15 and I find out that these two,"he said pointing at Layne and Lorienth,"are my daughters, and that one of them is an accomplished criminal worth more bounty than me. Is that right Meryl?"he said,finishing. Meryl just nodded her head. "That sounds about right...."she said trailing off, still studying the floor. Vash sighed, tipping her face up to meet his eyes.
"Meryl...." he started to say, then catching a red and white blur out of the corner of his eye, whipped around, glairng at his new found daughters. LAYNE,LORIENTH GET BACK IN HERE RIGHT NOW!" Vash yelled, his voice turning from understanding to stern in a split second. THey froze in mid-stride, Layne towing Lorienth, and turned back around.The girls returned, Layne grumbling something about 'mushy stuff', and plopped onto a love seat in the room. Vash noted this and turned back to Meryl.
"Meryl....you should have told me, I would've helped find Layne at all costs,"he said softly. THere was a pain in Meryl's eyes that was ripping his heart to shreds, he just couldn't be angry with her. Meryl let out a sob and buried her face in Vash's chest. "I know that Vash, I knew that then. I was just...just so.....scared..."she said, trailing off into a rack of sobs. Vash held her, absentmindedly stroking her hair. "Shhh...hey c'mon now, everything is going to be ok,"he said soothingly, shooting a very Knives like death-glare at Layne who was muttering something under her breath. Lorienth, seeing this, jabbed her in the ribs. Layne shut up, but only momentarily. Meanwhile Meryl had stopped crying and was wiping her eyes.
"I'm sorry,I should be happy that I've got you all back,"she apologized to them. Vash and Lorienth smiled at her, but Layne looked away. "LAYNE!" Lorienth hissed, jabbing Layne harder in the ribs. A pained look had come over their mother's face, and Layne was doing nothing to soothe it. REleuctulantly, Layne smiled at her new found mother. "Yeah......Mom...everythings gonna be fine..."she said stiffly. Inside thought, she was thinking just the opposite, her anger roiling just behind her eyes.
*Yeah right, everythings gonna be just fine, Mother Dearest. Like Im just gonna forgive you in a snap for abandoning me...and then.* she thought angrily. Meryl was not reassured. The pain was still in her eyes, and she was gazing in a forlorn way at Layne. *GOd...how do I begin to explain...*she thought. "Good...Im so happy things will work out,"she said smiling 'happily'. Tension filled the air, blanketing everything. It was suffocating Vash, and his usual happy-go-lucky nature.
"Hey Lorienth...Why don't you and Layne go out and shop for the stuff for Laynes new room....and clothes......and well pretty much everything..."he said, handing Lorienth his wallet. Layne looked at him a little strangely, and he smiled. Soemthing between them clicked then, and she smiled back, surprised as she did so. "No offense or anything Layne, but seeing as your supposed to be just like me.....well I dont think I can trust you with my whole wallet,"Vash said in his normal happy tone. Layne shook her head and smiled some more. "Whatever you say....Va-errrr Dad....." Layne said, turning to walk, arm in arm out the door with Lorienth, leaving just Vash and Meryl in the living room. AS they exited the door, the twins heard Vash whisper to Meryl, "It's gonna be ok....I promise, everythings gonna be ok....." *************************************************************** Loreinth and Layne returned from their shopping trip in high spirits. Needless to say that Vash was right not to trust Layne with his wallet. THe girl had an appetite for donuts, by far larger than Lorienths own. They had bought everything in December City, catching a ride from one of Lorienth's friends mothers. She had only looked questioningly at Layne and smiled.Over all they had spent all of Vash's money....which happend to be quite alot. Upon needing more, Layne had produced a thick wad of cash from a pocket of her jacket. Lorienth had dismissed the fact that her sister had probably stolen it. Needless to say she didn't really care about her sister's criminal record. They had bonded almost instantly after finding out they were sisters...and twins at that. It had surprised Layne that she could get close to someone so quickly, but she ignored the feeling, locking it away.
"So......let's see.....we have your whole wardrobe, furniture for your room, bed stuff, all the essentials....plus a nuch of goodies!" Lorienth said, looking at the reciepts from the stores. Layne smiled at her, then continued looking out the window. "Yup, sounds about right,"she replied, a little distantly. Lorienth smiled back, and turned to her own window. *I wonder exactly what she had done to get such a high bounty...I mean it's higher than Va---Dad's...*she thought, not having the guts to ask in front of Mrs.Tolak, who was watching the road avidly.
"So you girl's found everything okay?" The woman asked, making converstaion. Lorienth nodded in reply. Everything had gone okay, the police hadn't even rocgnized Layne. When she had asked her why, Layne had laughed and said in a low voice, "'Cause I'm not in my live in outfit, which I doubt I'll ever wear again since Meryl decimated it,". Lorienth had cringed at how Layne had addressed their mother, but supposed it would take time for Layne to call her that. Mrs. Tolak smiled at the rearview mirror and and then returned to watching the road, leaving the car in a comfortable silence.
They stayed this way for the rest of the shortened ride home. Suddenly remebering something she woke up the now-sleeping Layne. "Layne----Layne!"she said, shaking her sister violently. Layne looked up sleepily. "Huh....wha...what is it Lorienth?"she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Lorienth looked at her worriedly, lowereing her tone. "Do you have any of that money left? Dad is going to kill us if he found out that we spent $$7500, that's his donut money!" she whispered eagerly. Layne smiled and laughed.
"Heh, don't worry about it Lorienth,"she said, playfully punching her sister in the arm, and pointing to her bag.Lorienth winced a little and then smiled knowing what she meant. "Cool,"she muttered turning her attention to Mrs.Tolak, who was searching for their home. "It's the white and blue one Mrs.Tolack,"she said pointing at their home. Mrs.Tolack nodded then pulled into the driveway. Layne grabbed almost all of the bags,which was alot, on one arm, leaving a few for Lorienth to carry in. "Got to earn your keep,sis,"she whispered to her upon going into the house. Lorienth smiled, grabbing the rest of the bags and thanking Mrs.Tolack for everything.
"Anytime dear, anytime,"the woman said, smiling and backing out of the driveway. Lorienth watched her dirve away, and with a last minute wave, walked into the house. Layne was sitting on the couch, a wad of money somewhat concealed in her hand. Lorienth walked by, grabbing the money covertly and sliping it into her pocket. No one was in the living room, but you never new in the Stryfe household. "MOM! VASH!" WERE HOME!" she yelled setting the bag down and entering the kitchen. On the table was a scribbled note in Vash's handwriting.It read: 'Went to Knives- (that was scratched out) Uncle Knive's house. BOTH of you come over when you get home, Love, Mom and Vash (scribbled out again) Dad'. Lorienth laughed at the changes and threw the note away, grabbing two cokes out of the fridge.
"Hey Layne, after we put all this stuff in you new room we have to go over to Uncle Knive's house," she called out, not even notcing the change in Knive's name. Somehoe it felt as if she had been calling him that all her life.Layne looked up from one of the bags, curiosty putting a strange glint in her eyes. "Uncle Knives....."she said slowly, tasting the name on her toungue. It felt funny to call someone that, but she got over it quickly. "Alright, let's hurry up, I want to meet this Uncle Knives'"she said, this time grabbing all the bags and running up the stairs. Lorienth stared after her in semi-disbelief. "Then she got up form her spot on the couch, still carryin the cokes, and ran up to Laynes room, which was right next to hers.
"Man, I can't wait to redo this!" she said, wrinkling her nose at the powder-pink color and grabbing a clothe's filled bag. Lorienth smiled and grabbed some more bag's. "I figured you'd say that.."she said, expertly insterting a clothe's hanger into a dark-shirt. Layne was having a bit more trouble with it, but she was doing ok. After about 15 minutes, Layne was sitting on the squeaky bed, letting Lorienth do all the work. Lorienth didn't mind. She knew that Grayfall and Nixie would be at Knive's and wnated to hurry over there.
"So what is Uncle Knives like Lorienth?" Layne inquired, drawing circles on the old bed-spread. Lorienth stood up from her work, turning to face Layne. "You'll just have to find out for yourself,"she said, putting the last coathange in the spacious closet. Layne looked at her. "I was afraid you were going to say that,"she whined in a VERY Vash like way.
HEHEHEH so that is the end of Chapter two. Yes I am extremely evil, leaving you with a cliffie like that. *Dangles next chapter right out of the readers reach* Eheheh. What will Knive's and company (meaning their friends) think of his new niece. Who are Nixie and Grayfall (well you know who Grayfall is but.....)? heh read the next chapter to find out. Oh yah. R&R with ANY comments. Good or bad (they better me good) As always: R.K. (ANd NO YOU WILL NEVER FIND OUT WHAT THAT STANDS FOR!)