Title: Forsaken
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: March 3, 2002
Anime: where does Knives and the gang come from?....oh yeah! Trigun!!!! What about Dryden and Millerna?....Escaflowne
Pairings: *laughs hysterically* That`s a good one!
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness
Disclaimers: Own nothing…except maybe changing their personalities
***Tis me!!!! The writer! I am so happy once again that people are reviewing this! It gives me great pleasure! This may make some of you a bit angry but this was the last chapter I wrote. I am still working on it though. I warn you all that I am planning to make this at least 20 chapters(Hey! I`ve got 11 out of the way!). The stories will probably not come up as fast as the others since these were the ones I had done. Do not fret. I will finish this!!!!!! Thank you again for all of your support, peeps! On to the fic!!!
Chapter 11: A Familiar Face and an Old Enemy
Meryl felt like she was floating.
`Am I dreaming?`
"Meryl! Meryl, are you okay?"
`A male voice. It`s not Knives or Vash…not Dryden…who is it?`
"Meryl!"
Her eyes slowly began to focus as the stranger laid her out on the ground. Dark hair…boyish face….black clothing with a cross on the sleeves…Her eyes widened. That wide smile…
"W..Wolfwood?"
"That`s me."
He helped her sit up. She was too dumbfounded to speak. He patted her back.
"You`re lucky that I found you. You probably wouldn`t be alive right now."
"Wolfwood…" she began "You`re dead."
He laughed.
"Do I look dead?"
Meryl could not understand.
"But…if you`re alive…why aren`t you with Milly?"
He frowned. He stuck a cigarette in his mouth and puffed. He handed Meryl a canten of water then sat back against the bike.
"How is she?"
"She had a hard time dealing with your death…well…your alleged death. She wasn`t the same after the funeral. She was quiet all the time. She didn`t even open up to me. For two years…why didn`t you come to see us? Why didn`t you find us?"
"…I`m sorry. I`ve been travelling around. I actually wanted to find Vash. I never could get back on his trail. I gave up. I don`t know what I`ve been searching for…but I found you. I was a bit disappointed that Milly wasn`t here. What are you doing out here alone? Why didn`t you get a hotel?"
She went on to explain everything that happened to her minus some more personal moments that involved Knives. She got hesitant to talk when she came to explaining why she was alone and without money.
"Come on, Meryl. I`m not gonna laugh or something. What? Are you looking for Vash?"
She averted her eyes from his.
"I`m looking for Knives."
Wolfwood nodded slowly.
"Do you have any leads?"
"Only that he and some girl named Millerna are travelling west."
"Millerna? He`s actually with a girl? Do you know her?"
"No. I hope that he`s not with her."
"Why not?"
"…I have…feelings for him. Please don`t think this wrong. The weeks that I was with him…you don`t understand."
"You don`t love Vash anymore?"
"That`s right."
Wolfwood smiled.
"I understand. He must be changed quite a bit if he captured your heart. So what are you going to do if you find him?"
"Stay with him."
"…I want to help."
"I would be very grateful. I`m sorry that I left Milly back there. I`m so sorry."
"It`s okay. We will see her again. Hey…what`s that around your neck?"
She explained the whole story with Fenris more in detail. He looekd surprised. He put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a light squeeze.
"I`ll help with that too. Now come on. Let`s get on a trail worth following."
Meryl smiled. She hugged him then stood up. They got on the bike and continued on to the town of Gergishta.
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Knives talked to literally every person in every town that they came to. He became increasingly frustrated as he met up with no good information. He did find out that someone spotted her with a guy that looked like a priest.
`Could that be…no. That spider is dead. So who is this guy? No one knows his name.`
"Any luck?" Millerna asked. He growled at her then took a drink.
"I take that as a no."
"No one knows anything. Half of them recognize me as Vash`s brother and won`t tell me anything…until I threaten them of course."
"Perfect. Now no one will tell us anything."
"Yes they will. I threaten them and they tell me."
"You`re hopeless."
Knives chuckled. He pulled out his gun in plain sight and began spinning the barrel. People became increasingly nervous. Millerna put her hand on the gun.
"Are you crazy?! Put that away!"
Knives shrugged and did as he was told. He heard someone behind him laugh. He turned around to see a young boy with short brown hair and strange bright ice blue eyes a lot like his own except these eyes were nearly white. Millerna hid behind Knives. Knives leaned down. The boy`s face twisted into an evil smile.
"So you`re one of Fenris` lapdogs, eh, kid?"
"Do not be so rude." The boy stated in a very deep voice "I only want the girl."
"Can`t you see that she`s not here?"
"Come now. The way she hung all over you…she would be here. Where is she?"
"Tell your boss that she isn`t with me and even if she was I would not tell about or give her to a son of a bitch like him."
The boy smiled. His teeth turned into fangs.
"So be it. I was expecting you to be difficult like this. Prepare yourself."
The boy`s arms transformed into daggers and he shoved them forward right through Knives` shoulders. He howled in pain. People began screaming. Millerna pulled her gun out and pointed it at the boy.
"Let him go!"
The boy smiled a mouthful of fangs.
"Would you really shoot a child?"
Millerna`s hand shook then steadied.
"If evil took him over…yes."
She shot him through the forehead. The boy screamed in a human voice and fell back. The daggers pulled out of Knives` arms. He stood up. He grabbed his shoulders. He prepared to stomp on the kid`s head but Millerna stopped him.
"Let me go!"
"He`s dead!"
Suddenly the boy grinned. He flipped up and danced away down the street. He turned to face Knives. He pointed at him.
"I`ll be seeing you again. If you do not have the girl then I will kill you."
He did a flip into the air and disappeared. Knives growled.
"Sadistic bastard! He won`t give up until he has her!"
He fell to his knees holding both shoulders. Millerna helped him up then proceeded to pressed a piece of fabric she had ripped from a spare shirt on each wound. He made eye contact with her.
"We have to leave this town. She`s not here anyways."
"You need to rest. These wounds are pretty deep."
"I can handle it."
"Fine. Let`s go then."
Millerna drove the bike this time with Knives in the back cursing over his wounds.
"We will find her first." Millerna said "Just hope that we find her soon."
He stopped cursing.
"Knives?"
"Just watch the road."
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Dryden hummed as he walked down the streets. Recently their stop in Fasteria had been a welcome one as they were all pretty tired. He looked at a map as he walked. Suddenly he ran into someone. He fell back onto the ground.
"Geez! Who…Milly?! Where have you guys been?! We`ve been looking everywhere for you guys!"
Milly`s eyes were filled with tears. Dryden stood up. He held his arms out and she ran into them. She cried into his arms.
"We left to look for Knives! Meryl was so upset! She left without me! She`s gone! She took the bike! She left the cross!"
The cross lay on the ground beside her.
"What else?"
"I have a really bad feeling! I think that Fenris may be on her trail! She doesn`t have any money! What if…"
She sobbed. Dryden held her as Marianne and Vash came up. Milly ran to Vash and embraced him. Vash looked at Dryden.
"Were did you find her?"
"I ran into her actually. She told me that they went looking for your brother. Apparently Meryl left by herself."
Vash closed his eyes.
`Meryl, what are you doing? You`re in too much danger to go alone!`
"Well…it looks like we`ll have to go and get her first."
Milly nodded. Dryden and Marianne shrugged.
"Well…come on! Let`s go!" Vash exclaimed.
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"Meryl, are you really in love with Knives? I mean…you know what the guy did." Wolfwood said as they ate at a small dinner. Meryl twirled her fork around in the lasagna.
"You haven`t been around him for a couple of years. People change."
"You`ve changed too. You used to be so uptight with everyone."
Meryl`s eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean uptight?!"
Wolfwood laughed and took a sip of his drink.
"Okay…maybe somethings haven`t changed."
Meryl smiled.
"Maybe I was a bit uptight."
"A bit?"
"Okay! Okay! A lot!"
"So…why do you like him? Could you at least explain that?"
"…He never hesitated to come to my rescue…even though he did shoot me and threaten to kill me…"
Wolfwood cocked his eyebrow.
"Sounds like a match made in heaven."
"Like I said before…things change. I don`t know why but…I just feel this way. When I saw Vash again I felt overjoyed yet at the same time I knew that things had changed. The jealousy that Knives had…I think it was jealousy…it hurt so much to see him that way. After a few days…the incident in the hotel room…"
"What incident?"
Meryl blushed a deep red.
"I`m not at liberty to say. There were other things. I just have feelings for him. I want to find him so I can confess to him…or find out that they were only from my imagination. I want to hear from him how he really feels."
"Then what will you do?"
"I don`t know. I don`t know how he`ll react. If things go well…I intend to stay with him…if he`ll have me."
"Don`t worry. He`d be crazy not to accept an offer like that."
Meryl smiled broadly. Her eyes suddenly went wide. She pointed behind Wolfwood with a shaking finger and her mouth hanging open.
"What?" Wolfwood asked.
"Is this the same Millions Knives that wanted to destroy all of humanity?" came that all too familiar voice that chilled their bones. Wolfwood turned quickly. Those same gold eyes. That blue hair. That emotionless smirk.
"Legato…"
Legato smiled wider. Wolfwood reached for the gun on his belt but Meryl stopped him.
"No, Wolfwood. Let him speak."
"Meryl?"
"I`m learning not to judge by appearances only. He obviously is not attacking us right now. I want to here him explain."
Legato sat in the third chair at the table. Wolfwood moved his chair farther away from him. Legato was uneffected. He turned himself to face Meryl.
"You are a lot more trusting than I originally thought. Do you fear me?"
"I admit that I feel a bit frightened but I have no intention of not allowing you to explain."
"You have my gratitude."
"So…why are you here? I thought that Vash killed you."
"It is a long story that I will fully explain in due time. What I am here for is to request permission to join your pursuit of my former master."
"Why?"
"Curiousity…and this Fenris that I have been hearing about is a former friend of mine from long ago. I think that it is about time that I confronted him."
"…Okay."
Wolfwood nearly fell out his seat.
"Meryl, are you crazy?! "
"No. Vash taught me to trust others by instinct. If he hasn`t killed us already then he won`t."
"You can`t go by that! He`s insane!"
"Give it a rest, Wolfwood. I know that you want to protect me but trust me on this."
Wolfwood nodded. He sat back and did not speak the rest of the evening.
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Millerna and Knives pulled up into the town of Handel. The streets were strangely deserted. An eerie silence filled the air.
"I don`t like this." Millerna whispered fearfully as she clutched Knives` shoulders.
"Don`t be a wimp." Knives replied. Laughter suddenly filled the air. Knives jumped down from the bike followed by Millerna. They pulled out their guns at the same time. A small child stepped out into the middle of the road. It was a young boy who looked to be about seven years old. It was a child that reminded them a lot of the "child" they had encountered in the last town. Knives growled.
"Back off! We don`t have time for one of Fenris` demon children!"
"Do not underestimate our master. He has many reinforcements sent here this time."
Several of the demon children stepped out from all sides of them. There were males and females. Their eyes glowed and knives formed where their arms had been. Knives` eyes narrowed.
"This could be a problem."
The children let out a demon`s cry then all of them in a wave came at them. Knives looked at Millerna. She nodded as she held her guns up. He smirked.
"Let`s kill as many of the little bastards as we can!" he exclaimed. They took each side and began shooting anything that came within a three yards of them. The demon children shrieked as they went down. The others became even more enraged. Millerna had her own problems holding off the children attacking her to notice that the majority of them were ganging up on Knives.
"Where is she?!" a little "girl" asked angrily as she slashed at Knives. He shot at her but missed. The demon danced around and giggled.
"Meryl. She is vital to our master`s plans for the future."
"I told that little punk last time that I don`t have her with me!"
"Where is the girl then? She was with you before. The master told us this."
"She isn`t here now!"
"Then where is she?"
Knives shot the child before it could get a response. Several other waves of demon children poured over him. He cried out as tiny stabs of pain radiated up his body as the children stabbed him all over. They slowly pushed him farther and farther out of the town. The sand picked up very quickly.
`Sandstorm.` Knives said to himself. The children did not seem to pay any mind to this. They kept stabbing him over and over. Suddenly the sand seemed to crash all about in waves. The children panicked then jumped away but a couple of them stayed to attack him.
"Knives!" Millerna cried over the deafening roar of the sands. Knives was too preoccupied with trying to get out of the storm to answer. He disappeared in the sand. As it died down the children slunk away. Millerna was left alone. She searched the area for Knives to find nothing. Knives was gone.
*What in the hell happened to Knives?! Did the sandstorm bury him alive or did the demon children kill him? Is he dead? Maybe…maybe not…Chapter 12….coming soon(this is where it comes to the present meaning it will be longer before I post this one. I will finish it as fast as possible though)
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: March 3, 2002
Anime: where does Knives and the gang come from?....oh yeah! Trigun!!!! What about Dryden and Millerna?....Escaflowne
Pairings: *laughs hysterically* That`s a good one!
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness
Disclaimers: Own nothing…except maybe changing their personalities
***Tis me!!!! The writer! I am so happy once again that people are reviewing this! It gives me great pleasure! This may make some of you a bit angry but this was the last chapter I wrote. I am still working on it though. I warn you all that I am planning to make this at least 20 chapters(Hey! I`ve got 11 out of the way!). The stories will probably not come up as fast as the others since these were the ones I had done. Do not fret. I will finish this!!!!!! Thank you again for all of your support, peeps! On to the fic!!!
Chapter 11: A Familiar Face and an Old Enemy
Meryl felt like she was floating.
`Am I dreaming?`
"Meryl! Meryl, are you okay?"
`A male voice. It`s not Knives or Vash…not Dryden…who is it?`
"Meryl!"
Her eyes slowly began to focus as the stranger laid her out on the ground. Dark hair…boyish face….black clothing with a cross on the sleeves…Her eyes widened. That wide smile…
"W..Wolfwood?"
"That`s me."
He helped her sit up. She was too dumbfounded to speak. He patted her back.
"You`re lucky that I found you. You probably wouldn`t be alive right now."
"Wolfwood…" she began "You`re dead."
He laughed.
"Do I look dead?"
Meryl could not understand.
"But…if you`re alive…why aren`t you with Milly?"
He frowned. He stuck a cigarette in his mouth and puffed. He handed Meryl a canten of water then sat back against the bike.
"How is she?"
"She had a hard time dealing with your death…well…your alleged death. She wasn`t the same after the funeral. She was quiet all the time. She didn`t even open up to me. For two years…why didn`t you come to see us? Why didn`t you find us?"
"…I`m sorry. I`ve been travelling around. I actually wanted to find Vash. I never could get back on his trail. I gave up. I don`t know what I`ve been searching for…but I found you. I was a bit disappointed that Milly wasn`t here. What are you doing out here alone? Why didn`t you get a hotel?"
She went on to explain everything that happened to her minus some more personal moments that involved Knives. She got hesitant to talk when she came to explaining why she was alone and without money.
"Come on, Meryl. I`m not gonna laugh or something. What? Are you looking for Vash?"
She averted her eyes from his.
"I`m looking for Knives."
Wolfwood nodded slowly.
"Do you have any leads?"
"Only that he and some girl named Millerna are travelling west."
"Millerna? He`s actually with a girl? Do you know her?"
"No. I hope that he`s not with her."
"Why not?"
"…I have…feelings for him. Please don`t think this wrong. The weeks that I was with him…you don`t understand."
"You don`t love Vash anymore?"
"That`s right."
Wolfwood smiled.
"I understand. He must be changed quite a bit if he captured your heart. So what are you going to do if you find him?"
"Stay with him."
"…I want to help."
"I would be very grateful. I`m sorry that I left Milly back there. I`m so sorry."
"It`s okay. We will see her again. Hey…what`s that around your neck?"
She explained the whole story with Fenris more in detail. He looekd surprised. He put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a light squeeze.
"I`ll help with that too. Now come on. Let`s get on a trail worth following."
Meryl smiled. She hugged him then stood up. They got on the bike and continued on to the town of Gergishta.
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Knives talked to literally every person in every town that they came to. He became increasingly frustrated as he met up with no good information. He did find out that someone spotted her with a guy that looked like a priest.
`Could that be…no. That spider is dead. So who is this guy? No one knows his name.`
"Any luck?" Millerna asked. He growled at her then took a drink.
"I take that as a no."
"No one knows anything. Half of them recognize me as Vash`s brother and won`t tell me anything…until I threaten them of course."
"Perfect. Now no one will tell us anything."
"Yes they will. I threaten them and they tell me."
"You`re hopeless."
Knives chuckled. He pulled out his gun in plain sight and began spinning the barrel. People became increasingly nervous. Millerna put her hand on the gun.
"Are you crazy?! Put that away!"
Knives shrugged and did as he was told. He heard someone behind him laugh. He turned around to see a young boy with short brown hair and strange bright ice blue eyes a lot like his own except these eyes were nearly white. Millerna hid behind Knives. Knives leaned down. The boy`s face twisted into an evil smile.
"So you`re one of Fenris` lapdogs, eh, kid?"
"Do not be so rude." The boy stated in a very deep voice "I only want the girl."
"Can`t you see that she`s not here?"
"Come now. The way she hung all over you…she would be here. Where is she?"
"Tell your boss that she isn`t with me and even if she was I would not tell about or give her to a son of a bitch like him."
The boy smiled. His teeth turned into fangs.
"So be it. I was expecting you to be difficult like this. Prepare yourself."
The boy`s arms transformed into daggers and he shoved them forward right through Knives` shoulders. He howled in pain. People began screaming. Millerna pulled her gun out and pointed it at the boy.
"Let him go!"
The boy smiled a mouthful of fangs.
"Would you really shoot a child?"
Millerna`s hand shook then steadied.
"If evil took him over…yes."
She shot him through the forehead. The boy screamed in a human voice and fell back. The daggers pulled out of Knives` arms. He stood up. He grabbed his shoulders. He prepared to stomp on the kid`s head but Millerna stopped him.
"Let me go!"
"He`s dead!"
Suddenly the boy grinned. He flipped up and danced away down the street. He turned to face Knives. He pointed at him.
"I`ll be seeing you again. If you do not have the girl then I will kill you."
He did a flip into the air and disappeared. Knives growled.
"Sadistic bastard! He won`t give up until he has her!"
He fell to his knees holding both shoulders. Millerna helped him up then proceeded to pressed a piece of fabric she had ripped from a spare shirt on each wound. He made eye contact with her.
"We have to leave this town. She`s not here anyways."
"You need to rest. These wounds are pretty deep."
"I can handle it."
"Fine. Let`s go then."
Millerna drove the bike this time with Knives in the back cursing over his wounds.
"We will find her first." Millerna said "Just hope that we find her soon."
He stopped cursing.
"Knives?"
"Just watch the road."
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Dryden hummed as he walked down the streets. Recently their stop in Fasteria had been a welcome one as they were all pretty tired. He looked at a map as he walked. Suddenly he ran into someone. He fell back onto the ground.
"Geez! Who…Milly?! Where have you guys been?! We`ve been looking everywhere for you guys!"
Milly`s eyes were filled with tears. Dryden stood up. He held his arms out and she ran into them. She cried into his arms.
"We left to look for Knives! Meryl was so upset! She left without me! She`s gone! She took the bike! She left the cross!"
The cross lay on the ground beside her.
"What else?"
"I have a really bad feeling! I think that Fenris may be on her trail! She doesn`t have any money! What if…"
She sobbed. Dryden held her as Marianne and Vash came up. Milly ran to Vash and embraced him. Vash looked at Dryden.
"Were did you find her?"
"I ran into her actually. She told me that they went looking for your brother. Apparently Meryl left by herself."
Vash closed his eyes.
`Meryl, what are you doing? You`re in too much danger to go alone!`
"Well…it looks like we`ll have to go and get her first."
Milly nodded. Dryden and Marianne shrugged.
"Well…come on! Let`s go!" Vash exclaimed.
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"Meryl, are you really in love with Knives? I mean…you know what the guy did." Wolfwood said as they ate at a small dinner. Meryl twirled her fork around in the lasagna.
"You haven`t been around him for a couple of years. People change."
"You`ve changed too. You used to be so uptight with everyone."
Meryl`s eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean uptight?!"
Wolfwood laughed and took a sip of his drink.
"Okay…maybe somethings haven`t changed."
Meryl smiled.
"Maybe I was a bit uptight."
"A bit?"
"Okay! Okay! A lot!"
"So…why do you like him? Could you at least explain that?"
"…He never hesitated to come to my rescue…even though he did shoot me and threaten to kill me…"
Wolfwood cocked his eyebrow.
"Sounds like a match made in heaven."
"Like I said before…things change. I don`t know why but…I just feel this way. When I saw Vash again I felt overjoyed yet at the same time I knew that things had changed. The jealousy that Knives had…I think it was jealousy…it hurt so much to see him that way. After a few days…the incident in the hotel room…"
"What incident?"
Meryl blushed a deep red.
"I`m not at liberty to say. There were other things. I just have feelings for him. I want to find him so I can confess to him…or find out that they were only from my imagination. I want to hear from him how he really feels."
"Then what will you do?"
"I don`t know. I don`t know how he`ll react. If things go well…I intend to stay with him…if he`ll have me."
"Don`t worry. He`d be crazy not to accept an offer like that."
Meryl smiled broadly. Her eyes suddenly went wide. She pointed behind Wolfwood with a shaking finger and her mouth hanging open.
"What?" Wolfwood asked.
"Is this the same Millions Knives that wanted to destroy all of humanity?" came that all too familiar voice that chilled their bones. Wolfwood turned quickly. Those same gold eyes. That blue hair. That emotionless smirk.
"Legato…"
Legato smiled wider. Wolfwood reached for the gun on his belt but Meryl stopped him.
"No, Wolfwood. Let him speak."
"Meryl?"
"I`m learning not to judge by appearances only. He obviously is not attacking us right now. I want to here him explain."
Legato sat in the third chair at the table. Wolfwood moved his chair farther away from him. Legato was uneffected. He turned himself to face Meryl.
"You are a lot more trusting than I originally thought. Do you fear me?"
"I admit that I feel a bit frightened but I have no intention of not allowing you to explain."
"You have my gratitude."
"So…why are you here? I thought that Vash killed you."
"It is a long story that I will fully explain in due time. What I am here for is to request permission to join your pursuit of my former master."
"Why?"
"Curiousity…and this Fenris that I have been hearing about is a former friend of mine from long ago. I think that it is about time that I confronted him."
"…Okay."
Wolfwood nearly fell out his seat.
"Meryl, are you crazy?! "
"No. Vash taught me to trust others by instinct. If he hasn`t killed us already then he won`t."
"You can`t go by that! He`s insane!"
"Give it a rest, Wolfwood. I know that you want to protect me but trust me on this."
Wolfwood nodded. He sat back and did not speak the rest of the evening.
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Millerna and Knives pulled up into the town of Handel. The streets were strangely deserted. An eerie silence filled the air.
"I don`t like this." Millerna whispered fearfully as she clutched Knives` shoulders.
"Don`t be a wimp." Knives replied. Laughter suddenly filled the air. Knives jumped down from the bike followed by Millerna. They pulled out their guns at the same time. A small child stepped out into the middle of the road. It was a young boy who looked to be about seven years old. It was a child that reminded them a lot of the "child" they had encountered in the last town. Knives growled.
"Back off! We don`t have time for one of Fenris` demon children!"
"Do not underestimate our master. He has many reinforcements sent here this time."
Several of the demon children stepped out from all sides of them. There were males and females. Their eyes glowed and knives formed where their arms had been. Knives` eyes narrowed.
"This could be a problem."
The children let out a demon`s cry then all of them in a wave came at them. Knives looked at Millerna. She nodded as she held her guns up. He smirked.
"Let`s kill as many of the little bastards as we can!" he exclaimed. They took each side and began shooting anything that came within a three yards of them. The demon children shrieked as they went down. The others became even more enraged. Millerna had her own problems holding off the children attacking her to notice that the majority of them were ganging up on Knives.
"Where is she?!" a little "girl" asked angrily as she slashed at Knives. He shot at her but missed. The demon danced around and giggled.
"Meryl. She is vital to our master`s plans for the future."
"I told that little punk last time that I don`t have her with me!"
"Where is the girl then? She was with you before. The master told us this."
"She isn`t here now!"
"Then where is she?"
Knives shot the child before it could get a response. Several other waves of demon children poured over him. He cried out as tiny stabs of pain radiated up his body as the children stabbed him all over. They slowly pushed him farther and farther out of the town. The sand picked up very quickly.
`Sandstorm.` Knives said to himself. The children did not seem to pay any mind to this. They kept stabbing him over and over. Suddenly the sand seemed to crash all about in waves. The children panicked then jumped away but a couple of them stayed to attack him.
"Knives!" Millerna cried over the deafening roar of the sands. Knives was too preoccupied with trying to get out of the storm to answer. He disappeared in the sand. As it died down the children slunk away. Millerna was left alone. She searched the area for Knives to find nothing. Knives was gone.
*What in the hell happened to Knives?! Did the sandstorm bury him alive or did the demon children kill him? Is he dead? Maybe…maybe not…Chapter 12….coming soon(this is where it comes to the present meaning it will be longer before I post this one. I will finish it as fast as possible though)