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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Fight
"No!" Vash cried. He shot the gun out of her hand and it landed beside Meryl. She picked it up and aimed, just in case. She was holding it with one hand and had the other around Millie. She felt the woman shudder and heard her whimper.
"Just hold on Millie. It'll be okay. Everything will be okay. Don't stress so much. It's not good for the baby," she said, not exactly knowing the situation pertaining to the laboring woman.
"Why you!" Diamond growled. She made a threatening motion and came face to face with her own gun.
"Don't move. Unlike Vash, I will shoot," Meryl threatened. She had quickly, yet gently gotten Millie out of her lap and was standing before the taller woman. Vash's eyes widened as he watched them.
Millie, meanwhile, was slowly crawling towards the unconscious Knives. The pain was evident in her face, but she continued until she reached his body.
"C'mon Knives~san! Wake up! Please wake up. We need you right now," Millie said through gritted teeth.
"Not another step! I swear I will shoot!" Meryl cried, still aiming at Diamond.
"Meryl don't!" Vash cried.
"Knives~san please wake up!"
"I said not another step!"
"Meryl! Don't do it!"
"That's it!" Diamond cried. Meryl lowered the gun, Millie looked up, and Vash just blinked.
"Alright, I'll make you a deal, Vash the Stampede. I will let you live. You can take the two girls with you and live happily ever after. All you have to do is leave your brother here."
"What's option number two?"
"Fight me and die. After I kill you, I'll kill him. The women's fates rely on my mood. If I feel better after killing the two of you, I'll let them go. If not, I'll just kill them too."
Vash bowed his head and clenched his fist. He would love to just take the insurance girls and go, but that was his twin brother! He wanted to ensure the safety of the girls, but there was no way he would let Knives die.
"I've made up my mind," Vash replied, looking back up, straight into Diamond's eyes.
"I will fight you and I will win."
"Heh. Overconfident aren't we?"
"Maybe."
"That'll be your downfall."
"I think not."
Diamond and Vash faced each other, eyes locked; Diamond with an evil grin on her face and Vash with a determined frown.
"Meryl."
"H-Hai?"
"Give Diamond her gun, then go over with Millie and my brother."
Meryl nodded and, walking to the woman, handed her the gun. She then walked to Vash's side and, standing on her tip-toes, planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Good luck," she whispered and walked away. She sat beside Millie, who had wedged herself between the wall and Knives' body. She had an arm wrapped around him, keeping him close to her. Meryl put a hand on her best friend's shoulder and watched the fight.
Diamond was circling Vash, her gun aimed at his temple. Vash, meanwhile, was standing still, his eyes following her.
Suddenly, Diamond fired, but Vash was ready. He dodged and shot back, missing her. She growled and shot again. Vash shot at the same time, and the bullets met, causing an explosion. Vash jumped through the gunsmoke and managed to put his gun to her head. Diamond gasped, but that grin broke her face again. She put up her gun and shot Vash in the hand. He screamed in pain and wheeled away. The blood poured from his hand and he found that he had lost all movement in it.
"Hey! Whattya doing? Hurry up already!" Vash looked up at the familiar voice and saw Wolfwood's ghost holding Diamond.
"Hurry up and shoot her Tongari!"
"I can't shoot her!" Millie and Meryl stared as he screamed at nothing.
"You can shoot your own brother, yet you can't shoot someone who intends on killing him?"
"It's not that simple! You don't understand!"
"Shoot her God dammit!"
"No."
"Shoot her!"
"No! Shuddup!"
"Shoot her now!"
"I can't, Wolfwood!"
"God dammit, shoot her NOW!"
Vash turned his head and shot. The bullet flew from the gun and entered Diamond's shoulder. She screamed and passed out.
"Wolfwood…how..?" Vash looked up and saw the ghost was standing over Millie.
"Vash, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Meryl asked, coming up beside him.
"If you're seeing Wolfwood, then yeah," he answered, holding his bloody hand.
"Millie doesn't seem to notice," Meryl observed.
"I don't think she can see him," Vash pointed out.
Just then, Wolfwood's ghost turned around. He saw Vash's hand and turned to Meryl.
"I need your help," he said.
"With what?"
"She's been in labor. We have no choice. She's about to give birth any minute now. We need to get the baby out of her. NOW."
~Yes, I decided to bring Wolfwood back, cuz I just love him oh so much!!! ^_^
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Fight
"No!" Vash cried. He shot the gun out of her hand and it landed beside Meryl. She picked it up and aimed, just in case. She was holding it with one hand and had the other around Millie. She felt the woman shudder and heard her whimper.
"Just hold on Millie. It'll be okay. Everything will be okay. Don't stress so much. It's not good for the baby," she said, not exactly knowing the situation pertaining to the laboring woman.
"Why you!" Diamond growled. She made a threatening motion and came face to face with her own gun.
"Don't move. Unlike Vash, I will shoot," Meryl threatened. She had quickly, yet gently gotten Millie out of her lap and was standing before the taller woman. Vash's eyes widened as he watched them.
Millie, meanwhile, was slowly crawling towards the unconscious Knives. The pain was evident in her face, but she continued until she reached his body.
"C'mon Knives~san! Wake up! Please wake up. We need you right now," Millie said through gritted teeth.
"Not another step! I swear I will shoot!" Meryl cried, still aiming at Diamond.
"Meryl don't!" Vash cried.
"Knives~san please wake up!"
"I said not another step!"
"Meryl! Don't do it!"
"That's it!" Diamond cried. Meryl lowered the gun, Millie looked up, and Vash just blinked.
"Alright, I'll make you a deal, Vash the Stampede. I will let you live. You can take the two girls with you and live happily ever after. All you have to do is leave your brother here."
"What's option number two?"
"Fight me and die. After I kill you, I'll kill him. The women's fates rely on my mood. If I feel better after killing the two of you, I'll let them go. If not, I'll just kill them too."
Vash bowed his head and clenched his fist. He would love to just take the insurance girls and go, but that was his twin brother! He wanted to ensure the safety of the girls, but there was no way he would let Knives die.
"I've made up my mind," Vash replied, looking back up, straight into Diamond's eyes.
"I will fight you and I will win."
"Heh. Overconfident aren't we?"
"Maybe."
"That'll be your downfall."
"I think not."
Diamond and Vash faced each other, eyes locked; Diamond with an evil grin on her face and Vash with a determined frown.
"Meryl."
"H-Hai?"
"Give Diamond her gun, then go over with Millie and my brother."
Meryl nodded and, walking to the woman, handed her the gun. She then walked to Vash's side and, standing on her tip-toes, planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Good luck," she whispered and walked away. She sat beside Millie, who had wedged herself between the wall and Knives' body. She had an arm wrapped around him, keeping him close to her. Meryl put a hand on her best friend's shoulder and watched the fight.
Diamond was circling Vash, her gun aimed at his temple. Vash, meanwhile, was standing still, his eyes following her.
Suddenly, Diamond fired, but Vash was ready. He dodged and shot back, missing her. She growled and shot again. Vash shot at the same time, and the bullets met, causing an explosion. Vash jumped through the gunsmoke and managed to put his gun to her head. Diamond gasped, but that grin broke her face again. She put up her gun and shot Vash in the hand. He screamed in pain and wheeled away. The blood poured from his hand and he found that he had lost all movement in it.
"Hey! Whattya doing? Hurry up already!" Vash looked up at the familiar voice and saw Wolfwood's ghost holding Diamond.
"Hurry up and shoot her Tongari!"
"I can't shoot her!" Millie and Meryl stared as he screamed at nothing.
"You can shoot your own brother, yet you can't shoot someone who intends on killing him?"
"It's not that simple! You don't understand!"
"Shoot her God dammit!"
"No."
"Shoot her!"
"No! Shuddup!"
"Shoot her now!"
"I can't, Wolfwood!"
"God dammit, shoot her NOW!"
Vash turned his head and shot. The bullet flew from the gun and entered Diamond's shoulder. She screamed and passed out.
"Wolfwood…how..?" Vash looked up and saw the ghost was standing over Millie.
"Vash, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Meryl asked, coming up beside him.
"If you're seeing Wolfwood, then yeah," he answered, holding his bloody hand.
"Millie doesn't seem to notice," Meryl observed.
"I don't think she can see him," Vash pointed out.
Just then, Wolfwood's ghost turned around. He saw Vash's hand and turned to Meryl.
"I need your help," he said.
"With what?"
"She's been in labor. We have no choice. She's about to give birth any minute now. We need to get the baby out of her. NOW."
~Yes, I decided to bring Wolfwood back, cuz I just love him oh so much!!! ^_^