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Chapter Twenty-Three: Finding Millie
Vash ran as fast as he could in the direction that Knives had gone. He had been right. That man, who had called himself Deilai, had been incredibly easy to beat. And all he'd had to do was shoot the guy's hand. It seemed that he had an even smaller toleration for pain than Knives.
'I hope I'm not too late!' Vash thought, trying to run faster, but found that he was already running his hardest. He had already passed Meryl and she seemed to be pretty much in control of the situation. On her command, he had left her and gone in pursuit of his brother.
'Where is he? Where is he?' Vash thought, becoming aggravated.
'Here,' came Knives' thought reply.
'Where's "here"?'
'Last building on the left,' was the answer. Vash nodded to no one and ran until he arrived at the designated destination.
He rushed in and found his brother on one of his knees, holding his bloody arm and wheezing. A woman was holding both her gun and Knives', aiming both at him.
Without much thought, Vash grabbed his gun and shot Knives' out of her hand. She turned her glare on him, but he never wavered.
'Knives, go find Millie,' Vash urged. Luckily, the woman didn't have the telepathic gift that the brothers shared, and therefore had no idea what they were discussing.
'But I'm not going to let you fight her by yourself!'
'You need to find Millie! She might be in trouble. GO!'
Knives shakily got to his feet and began limping down the hallway.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Diamond cried, anger clouding her voice.
"Leave him be. I'm your opponent now," Vash said.
"I have no business with you. I only want your brother," Diamond hissed.
"Too bad. You have a problem with my brother, you have a problem with me," Vash informed her.
"So be it," she said. She aimed her gun at the outlaw and he did the same.
~*~@~*~
"Millie! Where are you? Hey! Girl! Answer me!" Knives cried, limping past door after door. He hadn't heard a response and was close to giving up. He turned back and started limping back to the fight but stopped when he heard a whimper come from one of the doors. Luckily, the door that the sound came from was right on his left.
He tried turning the knob but found the door locked. Inspecting the door knob, he found that it was a turn lock. All he had to do was turn the lock to the right and it would be unlocked. He did so and the door popped open.
"Millie? You in here?" He asked. The room was dark and he couldn't see anything, but he heard the whimpering again.
There had to be a light switch around there somewhere. He felt his way along a little of the walls, but found nothing.
"Shit," he cursed. Then it hit him. He vaguely remembered seeing a switch outside the room. He put his hand out the door and flicked the light on. It took a few seconds for his eyes to adjust. When they finally did, he immediately sought out Millie.
He found her curled up in a corner. She was sweating and sitting in what looked like a puddle of water. He limped to her and put an arm around her shoulders.
"What's wrong? Millie, what is it?" He asked.
"Knives~san, you came!" She said hoarsely.
"Of course we did." Millie winced in pain.
"What's wrong?" He asked again.
"Knives~san. The baby. It's coming," Millie gasped.
"What? Now?" Knives asked, his eyes widening. Millie nodded and grabbed his hand as another contraction took hold of her. There were tears in her eyes and Knives felt a pang of sympathy for her. Some god must really be angry with her if they were making her give birth at this time.
"I don't know what to do, but I'm here. I'll help with whatever I can," Knives said. He sat down and propped her up in his lap.
"Knives~san, I'm scared," Millie admitted, tears finally falling. Knives nodded and tried his best to comfort her.
*~*@*~*
"I have you now," Kitana said, staring at Meryl. Kitana's specialty was summoning and controlling zombies, and at the moment, a few of her minions were holding her against a wall. Her hair had fallen out of its ponytail and was plastered to her face. She had used all 50 of her derringers and, despite her excellent aim, hadn't hit Kitana once.
"You've got nothing!" Meryl spat. One of the zombies grabbed her by the throat and started to squeeze. Her eyes widened with fear and it struck a cord in Kitana's heart.
"Mommy?"
She remembered the day her mother died, the day she learned that she could control zombies.
They had gotten in an argument and Kitana had wished that her mother would die. At that moment, zombies had burst from the ground and killed her. They had done the same thing to her mother that they were doing to Meryl. The exact same thing.
"Mommy!"
The zombies stopped and Kitana tearfully approached Meryl.
"I'm sorry," she said softly. She sniffed and the zombies dropped to the ground, dead once more.
"I'm sorry Mommy. I'm sorry," she cried. She ran to Meryl, who was just getting her wits about her and clung to her. The young woman's eyes widened in shock.
"I want my Mommy back! I want her to know that I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt her. I didn't want them to kill her!" Kitana cried.
Meryl put a hand on the girl's head and tried to comfort her.
"Run away then." Kitana blinked up at her as she continued.
"Run to a place where no one knows you and you can start anew. Somewhere that you'd never have to summon those things again."
Kitana nodded and dried her eyes on her sleeve. She took a step away from Meryl and ran the way that Meryl had come. Meryl ran the opposite direction, hoping that one of the guys had found Millie.
*~*@*~*
Diamond gave Vash an evil grin and stopped what she was doing. Blood ran into her eye from the wound on her head where Vash had hit her with the butt of her gun.
"This is useless. I want nothing to do with you. All I want is your brother."
Diamond put her gun back in its holster and snapped her fingers.
"Aw well. I'll have my fun soon enough," she sneered. She snapped the fingers on her other hand and disappeared.
"What the hell?"
Vash whirled around, thinking that Diamond was throwing the same tricks as her sister had. She wasn't there. In fact, she was no where in the room. However, two female screams down the hallway gave him an idea of her whereabouts.
Vash ran until he reached an open door. He froze when he saw what was going on. Millie was huddled in a ball, her head resting on Meryl's lap. The most frightening scene, however, was Diamond standing over an unconscious Knives, a gun aimed at his temple.
~Sorry it took so long to post this chapter! Please forgive me! *bows low*
Chapter Twenty-Three: Finding Millie
Vash ran as fast as he could in the direction that Knives had gone. He had been right. That man, who had called himself Deilai, had been incredibly easy to beat. And all he'd had to do was shoot the guy's hand. It seemed that he had an even smaller toleration for pain than Knives.
'I hope I'm not too late!' Vash thought, trying to run faster, but found that he was already running his hardest. He had already passed Meryl and she seemed to be pretty much in control of the situation. On her command, he had left her and gone in pursuit of his brother.
'Where is he? Where is he?' Vash thought, becoming aggravated.
'Here,' came Knives' thought reply.
'Where's "here"?'
'Last building on the left,' was the answer. Vash nodded to no one and ran until he arrived at the designated destination.
He rushed in and found his brother on one of his knees, holding his bloody arm and wheezing. A woman was holding both her gun and Knives', aiming both at him.
Without much thought, Vash grabbed his gun and shot Knives' out of her hand. She turned her glare on him, but he never wavered.
'Knives, go find Millie,' Vash urged. Luckily, the woman didn't have the telepathic gift that the brothers shared, and therefore had no idea what they were discussing.
'But I'm not going to let you fight her by yourself!'
'You need to find Millie! She might be in trouble. GO!'
Knives shakily got to his feet and began limping down the hallway.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Diamond cried, anger clouding her voice.
"Leave him be. I'm your opponent now," Vash said.
"I have no business with you. I only want your brother," Diamond hissed.
"Too bad. You have a problem with my brother, you have a problem with me," Vash informed her.
"So be it," she said. She aimed her gun at the outlaw and he did the same.
~*~@~*~
"Millie! Where are you? Hey! Girl! Answer me!" Knives cried, limping past door after door. He hadn't heard a response and was close to giving up. He turned back and started limping back to the fight but stopped when he heard a whimper come from one of the doors. Luckily, the door that the sound came from was right on his left.
He tried turning the knob but found the door locked. Inspecting the door knob, he found that it was a turn lock. All he had to do was turn the lock to the right and it would be unlocked. He did so and the door popped open.
"Millie? You in here?" He asked. The room was dark and he couldn't see anything, but he heard the whimpering again.
There had to be a light switch around there somewhere. He felt his way along a little of the walls, but found nothing.
"Shit," he cursed. Then it hit him. He vaguely remembered seeing a switch outside the room. He put his hand out the door and flicked the light on. It took a few seconds for his eyes to adjust. When they finally did, he immediately sought out Millie.
He found her curled up in a corner. She was sweating and sitting in what looked like a puddle of water. He limped to her and put an arm around her shoulders.
"What's wrong? Millie, what is it?" He asked.
"Knives~san, you came!" She said hoarsely.
"Of course we did." Millie winced in pain.
"What's wrong?" He asked again.
"Knives~san. The baby. It's coming," Millie gasped.
"What? Now?" Knives asked, his eyes widening. Millie nodded and grabbed his hand as another contraction took hold of her. There were tears in her eyes and Knives felt a pang of sympathy for her. Some god must really be angry with her if they were making her give birth at this time.
"I don't know what to do, but I'm here. I'll help with whatever I can," Knives said. He sat down and propped her up in his lap.
"Knives~san, I'm scared," Millie admitted, tears finally falling. Knives nodded and tried his best to comfort her.
*~*@*~*
"I have you now," Kitana said, staring at Meryl. Kitana's specialty was summoning and controlling zombies, and at the moment, a few of her minions were holding her against a wall. Her hair had fallen out of its ponytail and was plastered to her face. She had used all 50 of her derringers and, despite her excellent aim, hadn't hit Kitana once.
"You've got nothing!" Meryl spat. One of the zombies grabbed her by the throat and started to squeeze. Her eyes widened with fear and it struck a cord in Kitana's heart.
"Mommy?"
She remembered the day her mother died, the day she learned that she could control zombies.
They had gotten in an argument and Kitana had wished that her mother would die. At that moment, zombies had burst from the ground and killed her. They had done the same thing to her mother that they were doing to Meryl. The exact same thing.
"Mommy!"
The zombies stopped and Kitana tearfully approached Meryl.
"I'm sorry," she said softly. She sniffed and the zombies dropped to the ground, dead once more.
"I'm sorry Mommy. I'm sorry," she cried. She ran to Meryl, who was just getting her wits about her and clung to her. The young woman's eyes widened in shock.
"I want my Mommy back! I want her to know that I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt her. I didn't want them to kill her!" Kitana cried.
Meryl put a hand on the girl's head and tried to comfort her.
"Run away then." Kitana blinked up at her as she continued.
"Run to a place where no one knows you and you can start anew. Somewhere that you'd never have to summon those things again."
Kitana nodded and dried her eyes on her sleeve. She took a step away from Meryl and ran the way that Meryl had come. Meryl ran the opposite direction, hoping that one of the guys had found Millie.
*~*@*~*
Diamond gave Vash an evil grin and stopped what she was doing. Blood ran into her eye from the wound on her head where Vash had hit her with the butt of her gun.
"This is useless. I want nothing to do with you. All I want is your brother."
Diamond put her gun back in its holster and snapped her fingers.
"Aw well. I'll have my fun soon enough," she sneered. She snapped the fingers on her other hand and disappeared.
"What the hell?"
Vash whirled around, thinking that Diamond was throwing the same tricks as her sister had. She wasn't there. In fact, she was no where in the room. However, two female screams down the hallway gave him an idea of her whereabouts.
Vash ran until he reached an open door. He froze when he saw what was going on. Millie was huddled in a ball, her head resting on Meryl's lap. The most frightening scene, however, was Diamond standing over an unconscious Knives, a gun aimed at his temple.
~Sorry it took so long to post this chapter! Please forgive me! *bows low*