DISCLAIMER: I do not own Trigun. T_T. *sniff, sniff* But I do own an Asuka
plushie! What does that have to do with this disclaimer, you ask?
Absolutely nothing at all…
Chapter Eighteen: KIDNAPPED!!
"What?" The woman spat. "Are you telling me that he was there the whole time?"
"Yes Mistress," the gunman said.
"And you let him get away?" She sneered.
"You only told us to capture the girl."
"I explained it to you already. We are capturing Wolfwood's girl in order to lure that bastard. And you were less than four feet away from him and you let him escape! You didn't even manage to kidnap the woman!"
"I'm sorry Mistress," he said, bowing his head in defeat.
"I will give you one more chance. Bring me either the girl or the bastard. Dismissed." The woman said after a moment of thought. The gunman nodded and left the cold room.
She sighed. She was going to kill him. She would kill Knives for what he did to her sister. And if it took killing Wolfwood's girl, so be it.
*~ Meanwhile ~*
"You're leaving us today, aren't you Millie?" Mama Meryl asked. Millie, who had just finished packing, nodded.
"My family wanted me to visit them a few weeks before the baby arrives. And I've got roughly two weeks left."
"Of course. But do you think it's such a good idea to go alone? Don't you think maybe Vash should come with you?" Mama Meryl asked.
"No, I'll be okay Mama Meryl. They live less than 100 iles from here," Millie answered. Mama Meryl nodded.
"But I do need to buy some stuff before I leave. Guess I should do that before I complete my packing. I'll go do that now. You should go back to work, Mama Meryl. I'll come by before I leave to say good-bye to you and Senpai. I promise." The older woman nodded and left the house. Millie double checked her stuff and left as well.
The day was beautiful. It was warm, but a breeze helped cool the day down. The perfect day to start her pilgrimage home. She felt sorry for Senpai, Vash~san, and Knives~san, all who had to work. In fact, they would be at work when she left. Of course, she was going to stop by and bid farewell to them all. The baby kicked and Millie giggled.
"I know. I'm going to miss them as well. And I'm sure they'll miss us too!"
"Damn right we will."
Millie turned and saw Vash standing behind her, a goofy smile on his face and his hands planted on his hips.
"Vash~san! What are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to be working with Knives~san?"
"He told me to go out and get lunch and I found you instead. Who'da thought!" He exclaimed. He engulfed her in a giant hug, careful of her swollen belly.
"So what are you doing here?" Vash asked after releasing her from the hug.
"Just getting stuff for the trip home."
"Ya know, even though he won't admit it, Knives is gonna miss you," Vash said. Millie blushed.
"I'm going to miss everyone," was her reply.
"And everyone will miss you. OH! LOOK! DONUTS!!" Vash cried, drooling. Millie giggled. He hadn't changed since they'd been living with Meryl's family. Well, hadn't changed except for the fact that he and Meryl had been seen slipping into his room for a long while, sometimes even hours. When they came back out, they seemed exhausted, yet content. Millie remembered that feeling. She remembered sharing that feeling with Bokushi~san for one night. She wished them both good luck.
"What all do you have to get?" Vash asked, shaking Millie out of her thoughts.
"Just some food for the road," she answered. Vash looked to her with big watery eyes and clasped his hands tightly together.
"Millie~chan!" Vash whined. The woman smiled and gave him $$15. He squealed and ran towards the donut shop. She turned the opposite way and headed towards a small store.
It was truly a tiny building. It only had one window, but looked to be the most well kept building in the town. The one window had a pink curtain hanging from it.
Millie walked in and was greeted by a young woman behind a counter. She waved back and started shopping.
The ringing of the bells as the door opened didn't bother her at all. Other people shopped here as well, so it was no big surprise that someone was coming in.
Millie got a big surprise however, when she turned around and found herself staring down the barrel of a gun. She gasped then looked at the owner's face. Her eyes widened. It was the same man who had tried to kill her before.
"Knives~san, Vash~san, Senpai. Someone help me," she whispered.
"No one's here to help you this time. But don't worry, I won't shoot you. Our Master wants you alive. At least for now," he hissed. He grabbed Millie, wrapping one arm around her belly and put the other hand over her mouth.
He turned to the lady behind the counter. He let go of Millie's belly and aimed the gun at the young woman.
"You saw nothing, got that? Nothing happened here. You've never seen me or her before, understand?" The woman nodded nervously.
He pointed the gun at the small of Millie's back and nudged her towards the door.
Once outside, the gunman forced her onto the back of a Thomas. He hopped on behind her. He grabbed the reins with one hand and held the gun to her head with the other.
"Say one word and I will blast your head off, got it? I don't care what the Master says. I'm in no mood for lip, got it?" He growled in her ear. She nodded and felt tears slide down her cheeks.
"Mmm. D…O…N…U…T…S…. Gotta love these things! I…wait a minute." He narrowed his eyes as he watched a Thomas take off to the outskirts of town. The man had a gun pointed to the woman's head and was urging his beast out of town as fast as it could go. Strange, very much so. Especially since the woman seemed pregnant and she held such a close resemblance to…
"Oh shit," Vash cursed. He dropped his bag of donuts and raced to the store that he'd seen Millie disappear into. All he wanted was to go in and see Millie still shopping.
Instead, all he found was the sales lady. She looked scared out of her mind. He ran to the counter.
"What happened here lady?" He asked hurriedly.
"I'm not permitted to tell," she said shakily.
"Who did it? What happened?" Vash said, losing his patience.
"I can't tell you," she said, teary eyed.
"God dammit woman! Answer my question!" Vash cried, punching the counter.
"S-some lady came in and a man followed. He had a gun to her and made her leave," she explained.
"This woman, did she have shoulder length light brown hair, a red sundress, really tall, and appear to be pregnant?" The woman nodded.
"Shit! Millie!" Vash cried. He pushed away from the counter and ran out the store, not caring who he bumped into.
"Knives! Get down here now!" He cried when he arrived back at the plant they had been working on.
"What are you yelling about now?" Knives asked, appearing on the top of the plant.
"Just GET DOWN HERE!" Vash cried. Knives could only remember Vash being this upset once. When Rem had died.
Knives climbed down and the minute his feet touched the dirt, Vash had grabbed his arm and was running again.
They thundered into the Stryfe's store, alarming the guest.
"Meryl, we need to talk to you now. In private." He said loudly.
"Vash…" Meryl said, stepping away from a costumer.
"I said PRIVATE! LEAVE NOW!" He hollered, pointing to the door. Fearfully, the guests fled the building.
"Vash? What the hell is going on?" She asked. She looked to his twin, who just shrugged.
"They got her. Someone's kidnapped her," Vash said in one breath.
"Who? Who's kidnapped who?" Meryl asked, trying to make sense of her flustered lover.
"Someone, I don't know who it was. But someone kidnapped Millie! I saw them leaving town. I don't know where they're going," Vash cried. Knives eyes widened and a look of shock crossed Meryl's face.
"We have to go after them," Meryl cried. She started towards the door but was stopped when Knives grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?" She cried, trying to shake him off.
"He just said that he didn't know where they went. How are you going to follow them if you don't know where they are?" He asked, not looking at the small woman. His voice was steady and calm, which surprised everyone, including himself. Meryl snatched her arm away but had to admit that he was right. There was no way to find her.
"Oi, Knives. What are you doing?"
Meryl looked up when she heard Vash's voice. She turned to see Knives sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.
"Shut up. This will help, trust me," he said, closing his eyes.
"How the hell will sleeping help?" Vash cried. Knives ignored him and was asleep within minutes.
"I know you're here. We need your help," Knives called in his dream. There was a sniffle and Skylar appeared. Her eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were stained red from crying.
"You know where she is, don't you?" Knives asked. Skylar nodded.
"Go 20 yarz west of town. There's a ghost town. That's where they're heading. I know nothing else."
Knives nodded. Skylar ran to him and threw her arms around him.
"Please find her. Before something to her or the baby." She cried, tears spilling down her cheeks once again.
"Why is this bothering you so much? You're just a dream. You don't even know her." Knives said. She looked up at him and slowly disappeared.
Knives opened his eyes and saw Meryl sitting in the window. Vash was beside her with his arm around her shoulders.
"I know where they're headed," Knives announced.
"How?" Meryl asked, turning to face him.
"I have my ways," he said, coming to stand by the window. He must have been asleep for longer than he thought, for one of the sons had already set and the other was half-way gone.
"It would probably be wise to wait until tomorrow for us to leave. Think you can remember how to get there?" Vash asked solemnly. Knives nodded. Vash nodded back.
"Alright then, it's decided. We'll leave tomorrow morning." Vash said. With his arm still around Meryl, Vash led her out of the store and towards home.
"Those damn bastards. I'll kill each and everyone of them," he growled as he, too, left the store, locking the door behind him.
~Phew! Sorry for taking so long on this chapter, but it's finally up! ^_^. Poor Millie! I put her through so much hell. But she really is one of my favorite (after Knives and Wolfwood) Trigun characters.
Chapter Eighteen: KIDNAPPED!!
"What?" The woman spat. "Are you telling me that he was there the whole time?"
"Yes Mistress," the gunman said.
"And you let him get away?" She sneered.
"You only told us to capture the girl."
"I explained it to you already. We are capturing Wolfwood's girl in order to lure that bastard. And you were less than four feet away from him and you let him escape! You didn't even manage to kidnap the woman!"
"I'm sorry Mistress," he said, bowing his head in defeat.
"I will give you one more chance. Bring me either the girl or the bastard. Dismissed." The woman said after a moment of thought. The gunman nodded and left the cold room.
She sighed. She was going to kill him. She would kill Knives for what he did to her sister. And if it took killing Wolfwood's girl, so be it.
*~ Meanwhile ~*
"You're leaving us today, aren't you Millie?" Mama Meryl asked. Millie, who had just finished packing, nodded.
"My family wanted me to visit them a few weeks before the baby arrives. And I've got roughly two weeks left."
"Of course. But do you think it's such a good idea to go alone? Don't you think maybe Vash should come with you?" Mama Meryl asked.
"No, I'll be okay Mama Meryl. They live less than 100 iles from here," Millie answered. Mama Meryl nodded.
"But I do need to buy some stuff before I leave. Guess I should do that before I complete my packing. I'll go do that now. You should go back to work, Mama Meryl. I'll come by before I leave to say good-bye to you and Senpai. I promise." The older woman nodded and left the house. Millie double checked her stuff and left as well.
The day was beautiful. It was warm, but a breeze helped cool the day down. The perfect day to start her pilgrimage home. She felt sorry for Senpai, Vash~san, and Knives~san, all who had to work. In fact, they would be at work when she left. Of course, she was going to stop by and bid farewell to them all. The baby kicked and Millie giggled.
"I know. I'm going to miss them as well. And I'm sure they'll miss us too!"
"Damn right we will."
Millie turned and saw Vash standing behind her, a goofy smile on his face and his hands planted on his hips.
"Vash~san! What are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to be working with Knives~san?"
"He told me to go out and get lunch and I found you instead. Who'da thought!" He exclaimed. He engulfed her in a giant hug, careful of her swollen belly.
"So what are you doing here?" Vash asked after releasing her from the hug.
"Just getting stuff for the trip home."
"Ya know, even though he won't admit it, Knives is gonna miss you," Vash said. Millie blushed.
"I'm going to miss everyone," was her reply.
"And everyone will miss you. OH! LOOK! DONUTS!!" Vash cried, drooling. Millie giggled. He hadn't changed since they'd been living with Meryl's family. Well, hadn't changed except for the fact that he and Meryl had been seen slipping into his room for a long while, sometimes even hours. When they came back out, they seemed exhausted, yet content. Millie remembered that feeling. She remembered sharing that feeling with Bokushi~san for one night. She wished them both good luck.
"What all do you have to get?" Vash asked, shaking Millie out of her thoughts.
"Just some food for the road," she answered. Vash looked to her with big watery eyes and clasped his hands tightly together.
"Millie~chan!" Vash whined. The woman smiled and gave him $$15. He squealed and ran towards the donut shop. She turned the opposite way and headed towards a small store.
It was truly a tiny building. It only had one window, but looked to be the most well kept building in the town. The one window had a pink curtain hanging from it.
Millie walked in and was greeted by a young woman behind a counter. She waved back and started shopping.
The ringing of the bells as the door opened didn't bother her at all. Other people shopped here as well, so it was no big surprise that someone was coming in.
Millie got a big surprise however, when she turned around and found herself staring down the barrel of a gun. She gasped then looked at the owner's face. Her eyes widened. It was the same man who had tried to kill her before.
"Knives~san, Vash~san, Senpai. Someone help me," she whispered.
"No one's here to help you this time. But don't worry, I won't shoot you. Our Master wants you alive. At least for now," he hissed. He grabbed Millie, wrapping one arm around her belly and put the other hand over her mouth.
He turned to the lady behind the counter. He let go of Millie's belly and aimed the gun at the young woman.
"You saw nothing, got that? Nothing happened here. You've never seen me or her before, understand?" The woman nodded nervously.
He pointed the gun at the small of Millie's back and nudged her towards the door.
Once outside, the gunman forced her onto the back of a Thomas. He hopped on behind her. He grabbed the reins with one hand and held the gun to her head with the other.
"Say one word and I will blast your head off, got it? I don't care what the Master says. I'm in no mood for lip, got it?" He growled in her ear. She nodded and felt tears slide down her cheeks.
"Mmm. D…O…N…U…T…S…. Gotta love these things! I…wait a minute." He narrowed his eyes as he watched a Thomas take off to the outskirts of town. The man had a gun pointed to the woman's head and was urging his beast out of town as fast as it could go. Strange, very much so. Especially since the woman seemed pregnant and she held such a close resemblance to…
"Oh shit," Vash cursed. He dropped his bag of donuts and raced to the store that he'd seen Millie disappear into. All he wanted was to go in and see Millie still shopping.
Instead, all he found was the sales lady. She looked scared out of her mind. He ran to the counter.
"What happened here lady?" He asked hurriedly.
"I'm not permitted to tell," she said shakily.
"Who did it? What happened?" Vash said, losing his patience.
"I can't tell you," she said, teary eyed.
"God dammit woman! Answer my question!" Vash cried, punching the counter.
"S-some lady came in and a man followed. He had a gun to her and made her leave," she explained.
"This woman, did she have shoulder length light brown hair, a red sundress, really tall, and appear to be pregnant?" The woman nodded.
"Shit! Millie!" Vash cried. He pushed away from the counter and ran out the store, not caring who he bumped into.
"Knives! Get down here now!" He cried when he arrived back at the plant they had been working on.
"What are you yelling about now?" Knives asked, appearing on the top of the plant.
"Just GET DOWN HERE!" Vash cried. Knives could only remember Vash being this upset once. When Rem had died.
Knives climbed down and the minute his feet touched the dirt, Vash had grabbed his arm and was running again.
They thundered into the Stryfe's store, alarming the guest.
"Meryl, we need to talk to you now. In private." He said loudly.
"Vash…" Meryl said, stepping away from a costumer.
"I said PRIVATE! LEAVE NOW!" He hollered, pointing to the door. Fearfully, the guests fled the building.
"Vash? What the hell is going on?" She asked. She looked to his twin, who just shrugged.
"They got her. Someone's kidnapped her," Vash said in one breath.
"Who? Who's kidnapped who?" Meryl asked, trying to make sense of her flustered lover.
"Someone, I don't know who it was. But someone kidnapped Millie! I saw them leaving town. I don't know where they're going," Vash cried. Knives eyes widened and a look of shock crossed Meryl's face.
"We have to go after them," Meryl cried. She started towards the door but was stopped when Knives grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?" She cried, trying to shake him off.
"He just said that he didn't know where they went. How are you going to follow them if you don't know where they are?" He asked, not looking at the small woman. His voice was steady and calm, which surprised everyone, including himself. Meryl snatched her arm away but had to admit that he was right. There was no way to find her.
"Oi, Knives. What are you doing?"
Meryl looked up when she heard Vash's voice. She turned to see Knives sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.
"Shut up. This will help, trust me," he said, closing his eyes.
"How the hell will sleeping help?" Vash cried. Knives ignored him and was asleep within minutes.
"I know you're here. We need your help," Knives called in his dream. There was a sniffle and Skylar appeared. Her eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were stained red from crying.
"You know where she is, don't you?" Knives asked. Skylar nodded.
"Go 20 yarz west of town. There's a ghost town. That's where they're heading. I know nothing else."
Knives nodded. Skylar ran to him and threw her arms around him.
"Please find her. Before something to her or the baby." She cried, tears spilling down her cheeks once again.
"Why is this bothering you so much? You're just a dream. You don't even know her." Knives said. She looked up at him and slowly disappeared.
Knives opened his eyes and saw Meryl sitting in the window. Vash was beside her with his arm around her shoulders.
"I know where they're headed," Knives announced.
"How?" Meryl asked, turning to face him.
"I have my ways," he said, coming to stand by the window. He must have been asleep for longer than he thought, for one of the sons had already set and the other was half-way gone.
"It would probably be wise to wait until tomorrow for us to leave. Think you can remember how to get there?" Vash asked solemnly. Knives nodded. Vash nodded back.
"Alright then, it's decided. We'll leave tomorrow morning." Vash said. With his arm still around Meryl, Vash led her out of the store and towards home.
"Those damn bastards. I'll kill each and everyone of them," he growled as he, too, left the store, locking the door behind him.
~Phew! Sorry for taking so long on this chapter, but it's finally up! ^_^. Poor Millie! I put her through so much hell. But she really is one of my favorite (after Knives and Wolfwood) Trigun characters.