Disclaimer: Okay all of you know that Trigun belongs to Yasihro Nightow and
anybody who says they do. Oh yeah and this fic is what I get for having
nothing to do after my exam and trying to break the 'writers block' and
really wanting to get to the end that I already have planned out. So, Pull
up a chair, relax, grab some donuts, and enjoy. Spoilers: If you haven't
seen it all then don't read this! It'll mess it all up for you!
By: Fishguts
The Long Nights Wait
Part 10
After staying up half the night formulating a plan to retrieve Meryl from the evil grip of the enemy, Vash gave up and went to the saloon, one to get a drink, two to get away from the utter chaos, and three to find out what happened to Meryl. Millie went looking around town to see if anyone had seen Meryl, and also to the store to buy real food and not just pudding. Knives stayed home, apparently Vash didn't trust him around people, or just didn't trust him. "Apparently my brother is a bigger idiot than I thought." Knives walked over to the door and opened it. "Look Vash I can escape," he walked out onto the front porch, "look brother I'm outside. Idiot." Knives walked back inside the house and into the kitchen. "Now let's see what I can have to eat." He rummaged around the kitchen. "Disgusting, the only food in this house is pudding. I hope they don't expect me, Knives, to live off of this revolting substance."
Millie went to the grocery store first. She picked up some non-pudding items for Vash and Knives to eat, her, she was completely happy to live off of pudding. After she did the grocery shopping she walked around town asking the inhabitants if they had seen Meryl recently. But to no avail she didn't succeed.
Vash walked across the street and down the road. Soon he was in front of the saloon. He crossed over and went in. A young blond-haired girl with small green eyes approached him. "Howdy there partner! How can I be of service to you this fine morning?" She had a very strong accent. She came up and took Vash by the arm and led him to a table. "Now what can I be getting for you stranger?" She sat him down at the table.
He glanced around the room looking for Meryl. "Have seen a girl with short dark hair, she is short, and she has a short temper?" He paused. "She goes by the name Meryl Stryfe."
The waitress looked a little shocked when he mentioned Meryl. "What would you be wantin' with a thing like her?" She shook her head in a displeasing way.
"Let's just say that I have some unfinished business with her. So, have you or have you not seen her?"
"Yeah, she left last night and was supposed to be here early this morning, but NO she isn't here and now I am stuck with her job and mine! Do you know how hard it is to do two people's jobs at once? I tell you it is impossible!" By this time Meryl's boss had entered the room.
"Miss Louisa! Quit flirting with Vash the Stampede and get to your tasks at hand!" The bar fell silent; Louisa and the boss's eyes grew large.
"They were right, he is cute!" Louisa said.
"What are you doing here? Are you trying to start something? Tell us now! All right boys get prepared! We're gonna be having $$60 billion to spend these next couple days!"
Louisa looked at him then said, "But what would you be wanting with a straggly thing like Meryl when you could have better?"
Vash stood up. "Please tell me what you know, you see she is a very close friend. She helped me along the way many times, more than I can count. And I would really like to see her, please I came all this way just to see her." By now all the men had their guns aimed at Vash's head.
Louisa took Vash by the arm, "Listen," she whispered, "all I can tell you is that she is probably in big trouble." She walked him over to the door. "A man was in here the other day and seemed to have taken a liking to our little Meryl and the other night he followed her out. She was seemed depressed when she left. He wants something from her, I don't know what, but he has her for one reason to get something."
Vash looked at her. "What makes you think he has her for something?"
Louisa walked Vash outside. "I know those types of men sir, and they ain't got a kind bone in them. Now you must go to her and save her. You are her only hope. Now go. Her life is in your hands now Vash, go and hurry."
Louisa let go of his arm and walked back inside. Vash heard the commotion die down. He ran as fast as he could back to their small house.
When he got there he jumped up onto the porch and swung the door open slamming it behind him. Millie ran from her room into the main room. Knives was sitting in the chair reading the paper, he looked up from behind it. "Knives! I'm home!"
"And?" Knives went back to reading his paper.
"And you're supposed to say 'Hi Vash how was your day?"
"Mr. Vash did you find anything out?" Millie asked anxiously.
"Well not a whole lot, but just enough to know where to find Meryl."
Knives grinned and began to laugh.
Millie and Vash looked at him strangely.
"So does that mean I get to shoot someone other that my idiotic brother?"
"Knives! No! Killing is bad! You are not allowed to kill!"
Knives laid the paper down and stood up. "Yes I can, you see since I am not going to kill Vash, since I want to keep him around to laugh at. And my stupid brother killed Legato, instead of allowing me the privilege of killing him personally then I think I should have the honor of killing this man."
"Well SORRY!" Vash said sarcastically.
Knives walked over to Vash. He looked him straight in the eye. "Vash, you are the biggest IDIOT I have ever known in my entire life! And I have known a lot of them but you, you top the idiot cake! Now you, dear brother shall face the wrath of Knives!"
"Bring it ON!" Vash said going into a fighting stance.
"Mr. Vash, Mr. Knives, I hate to interrupt this family issue, but shouldn't we be looking for Senpai?" She looked at them apologetically.
"Oh yeah." They said looking at Millie, then at each other. They let go of each other's necks and Knives went back to his chair.
"Knives! Why'd you go and do that, I thought you were actually going to kill me! It wasn't very nice." Vash whined while rubbing his neck and taking deep gasps of air.
"Sorry brother, I forgot you were still a little girl."
"Take that back Knives!"
"Boy's please! What about MERYL!?" Millie yelled.
The two shut up quickly. "Let's go and get her. Millie, get your stun gun and bring Knives his gun. I'll go and get mine." They went their separate ways, except Knives, who was grinning madly while reading the newspaper.
Millie came back and handed Knives his black .45-colt upside down six- shooter; he smiled and returned to his paper. Millie sat down at the table and loaded her stun gun. Vash walked out from the hallway. He placed his silver .45-colt upside down six-shooter in his gun holster. He looked from Millie to Knives then walked to the door. "Let's go."
Millie stood up and slung her stun gun over her shoulder. Knives stood up, folded his paper, laid it back in the chair, grabbed his gun, and walked out the door in front of Vash and Millie. They all walked down the street side-by-side. The townspeople stared and murmured things to each other. They came to the saloon. Louisa steps out and nods to Vash. Vash acknowledges her. They continue on until they are outside the town gates.
"Not the desert again." Knives moaned.
"Shut up Knives, it isn't that far, so get over it."
Millie looked at them. "What's wrong with Mr. Knives?"
Knives looked at her. "You try being stuck in the desert with this moron. See how long you can last."
"Knives, she has. Her, Meryl, and Wolfwood, they all traveled the desert with me. So this isn't anything new to Millie. You just couldn't take the fact that you had to travel with me."
"I couldn't take the fact that I was stuck in the middle of nowhere with a stupid idiot who couldn't tell if a rock was a donut!"
Millie giggled. "So Mr. Vash how far is it till we get to Meryl?"
"Not much farther. Only 5 more iles till we get there."
Knives and Millie fell over. "5 iles!?"
"Yeah well that is how far it is. We can do it we've walked more than that before."
"Yeah but, we haven't done it in so long, but I guess we have to if we are ever going to get Senpai back."
Knives stopped. "Who the hell is Senpai?"
Vash stopped and turned to face Knives. "Senpai is what Millie calls Meryl, since Meryl is over Millie, do you understand?"
Knives started walking again. "Yeah, sure, now let's go we still have a long walk. Vash why didn't you rent a car or something, it would have made this trip out in the middle of nowhere go a whole lot faster."
"Knives we have no money. How would you suggest we go about getting a car?"
"I would have taken it."
"Knives you can't go around stealing things that don't belong to you."
"Yes I can, just like I stole your…never mind."
"You stole my what?"
"Nothing."
"He stole your last box of donuts from your stash Mr. Vash." Millie looked at him and Knives. Knives was frowning.
"You did what?! That was in case of emergencies!"
"It was an emergency, I needed real food, so since I couldn't find any I thought that your donuts were the closest thing to it."
"Knives!" Vash whined.
"Vash shut-up." Knives said. "Let's hurry it up and get this over with so I can go back to the house."
"Fine! But when we get back you and me are having a talk."
"Whatever you say brother."
The three people continued on their trek through the long, hot, sandy, deserted, barren desert, where only the vultures dared to live.
"I'm thirsty." Vash said breaking the silence. "Did anyone bring any water?"
"No Mr. Vash, you rushed us out of the house so fast that we didn't have any time to get water. Sorry. How much farther?"
"We're here." Knives said stopping in front of a huge building.
"Apparently they don't like door-to-door salesmen." Vash said. Millie and Knives just looked at him.
The man that had taken Meryl laughed and said, "It looks as if your friends have come to retrieve you." He pulled Meryl close to the monitor.
Meryl smiled when she saw whom it was, [Vash, you came back! Millie, I knew you'd come with help. Thank you friend.]
"Those three shall perish before they even get up here to rescue you."
She glared at him. Hate was in his eyes as he stared back at her smiling.
"Do you want to know what I plan to do to the one in red?"
[Vash! NO you bastard! Don't you dare hurt him!]
"He shall pay for what he did with his life!" The man said. Meryl looked at him. "Do you want to know what he did?" Meryl didn't move. "I'll tell you what he did he annihilated everything that was important to me! And I will do the same to him!" Meryl looked at the man with fear in her eyes. "Yes, you know what that means. If he does make it to this level, he shall witness your death. I am sorry, but since you are important to him that means you die." He pulled the tape away from Meryl's mouth. "What do you have to say about that?"
Meryl gasped at the pain it caused. "You sick freak! Vash will stop you and if he doesn't then someone else will!"
He laughed at Meryl's words. "You are wrong there my dear! Vash will never make it and neither will his friends! And if he does make it he will suffer the ultimate consequences!" He laughed again.
[Vash, please hurry.]
Vash and gang walked through the open passageway. "Be on the look out. They probably are waiting for us."
They continued to journey down the long passageway. Nothing, nobody was there. Finally they came upon a set of stairs. "I guess we go up." Vash said. They walked up the stairs, which seemed to go on forever. "My legs hurt. Hey Knives carry me the rest of the way." Vash whined.
"Vash cease your griping!" Knives shouted.
"Mr. Vash, it would go much faster if you didn't complain." Millie said dragging herself up the steps.
Knives was already a good distance away from Vash and in-between them was Millie gripping onto the handrail with all of her force.
"My legs feel like Jell-O." Millie said leaning onto the handrail.
"Hurry up you pathetic worms." Knives said walking up the stairs.
They continued trekking up the never-ending stairs. Finally they reached the top of the stairs. Another long hallway was in front of them. "Not another one." Vash cried.
"Vash please do not make this any worse than it is." Knives said walking down the long hallway.
"Are we there yet?" Vash moaned.
"Does it look like we are there? Damn you are the biggest imbecile on this entire planet." Knives was getting aggravated with Vash and this hallway, that was probably taking them to hell.
All of a sudden Knives fell to the ground grabbing his arm screaming in agony. "Who the hell shot me! It hurts make it stop!" He moved his hand away from his arm, blood poured out from the gaping hole in his arm. "Holy shit-fire I'm going to die!"
"No you're not, it's just a flesh wound." Vash said walking over to Knives checking out his wound. "Trust me I've had worse."
Knives looked at him and said "That's it where's my gun. Give me my gun so I can shoot my worthless brother now and save us all from his fatuous ways!"
"Knives calm yourself. You aren't going to shoot me."
"How the hell wound you know?" Knives snapped at him.
"Because you got shot in your right arm." Vash said grinning knowing that he had won this verbal assault.
"Ah shit." Knives said standing up holding his arm. "Yeah but I can still use my other arm."
"But you aren't as skilled in that arm."
"Vash if I wasn't injured I would thump you." Knives said whining staring at the gaping hole, which had blood oozing from it.
"Whatever you say brother dear. Whatever you say." Vash said handing Knives his gun.
Millie finally reached the two. "Mr. Vash, Mr. Knives, what happened?"
"What does it look like?! I was just shot! Someone tried to KILL me, me, Knives, why would anyone think of something as absurd as that!?" Knives said throwing a tantrum and stopping when the pain in his arm became too much for him to handle.
Millie walked over and took Knives' arm. "Here, let me fix that."
"Do not touch me! I might get some kind of human disease! Besides I don't need any help." Knives said turning away from Millie. "OW! Stop it Vash!" Vash looked at Knives and then back at the cut.
"Does it hurt when I do this?" Vash said poking Knives wound. "Hey Knives ya' know what I bet you I can stick my hand through this hole."
Knives looked angrily at Vash. "You do that and I will kill you, I promise."
"Please Mr. Knives, if you don't stop the bleeding then you'll die."
"I'd be better off."
"But Knives, if you die then you wont be able to kill anyone."
Knives looked up from his arm. "You're right for once. Fine fix my arm woman."
"Alright now hold still." Millie said. She ripped off part of Vash's coat and wrapped it around Knives' arm. The blood still seeped through. "Vash rip off more of your coat." Vash nodded and handed Millie the strip he had torn off. She gently wrapped it around the other bandage. Then she tied it tightly. When she was done she stood back up and wiped her hands off. Blood streaks were on her overcoat. (You know what I'm talking about that brown thing she wears I couldn't think of what it was called.)
"Now Knives what do you say?" Vash said looking at his brother who was moving his arm up and down.
Knives looked at him and frowned. He took a gulp of air. This was probably one of the hardest things for him to say. "Thank you." He turned around and walked down the hallway again.
They followed Knives. Small drops of blood dripped from the bandages. Knives fell to the floor again. A knife stuck out of his leg. "Dammit! Why does this keep happening to me! Why can't it happen to Vash or that woman! Ahhh! It hurts! Hurry get it out!" Knives yelled cursing the dagger and Vash for letting this happen to him.
"Knives drop to the ground and don't even think about removing that thing from your arm."
It was too late. Just as the words left Vash's mouth Knives pulled the dagger out of his arm. More blood spewed out of his leg. "Holy shit!" Knives said placing his arms over his leg while he fell to the floor. "Make it stop!"
"Vash hurry tear me off more of your…" Millie was quiet. Knives was also quiet. Vash looked at them.
A strange noise filled the air. Vash turned around. Facing him was the ugliest man he had ever seen.
"What happened to you? Did you get hit by the ugly stick or something?"
"Keep on joking, but you wont be after I destroy you and your friends." The ugly man said.
"Just who are you? And what do you want?" Vash said grabbing his gun that was in its holster.
"I am Lowell. I came her to destroy you and make sure you do not make it past this level." He took in a deep breath of air then released it. It blew over to Vash; he leaned over to let it pass by.
Vash pulled out his gun and shot. Lowell dodged the bullet. "Shit! By the way what kind of name is Lowell? I mean it's not even scary."
"Shut up boy!" Lowell pulled out a dagger and threw it at Vash. It hit him in the shoulder. He was knocked back, but only for a minute. He shot Lowell again, and hit him in the knee. Lowell fell to the ground and clutched his knee. He pulled out another dagger. He waited only a moment and threw it at Knives who was still on the ground trying to stop the wound from bleeding. When Vash saw what Lowell planned to do he shot the dagger. It flew off course and landed in the floor beside Millie. Millie had a frightened look on her face. Then she grabbed the dagger and ripped off part of her coat and wrapped it around Knives' leg. Then laid the knife on the ground beside her. Lowell smiled and laughed. He then pulled a knife this size of Vash's gun. He raised it in the air and ran at Vash with it. Knives pulled up his gun and shot Lowell in the chest. Lowell dropped the knife. "This can't be." Then he fell over and died.
"All right! Score one for Knives! That felt great!" Knives said blowing the smoke away from his gun.
Vash looked a little pale. "Knives! I told you, you weren't allowed to kill!"
"If I wouldn't have shot him you would be dead."
Knives grabbed the knife and slid it away from the others sight. Millie helped him to his feet. Vash came over to support him. Knives jerked himself away. "I can by myself. I am not weak like you." Knives limped down the hall ahead of the others.
"You know if he wouldn't go off and leave us behind then he wouldn't get injured!" Vash yelled loud enough for Knives to hear.
Knives glanced back and kept on walking.
To be continued…
I am almost done! Yea! And I found out how to use the dumb thesethaurs (however you spell it.) I am so ready to write the end, but I thought I needed some action in it. And it's so fun to torture Knives! But it's almost over! Are you ready for the end, I know I am. This has been very hard to do. I could have made it a whole lot easier just by making Vash come back and him and Meryl live happily ever but noooooo I had to make it longer. Oh well.
By: Fishguts
The Long Nights Wait
Part 10
After staying up half the night formulating a plan to retrieve Meryl from the evil grip of the enemy, Vash gave up and went to the saloon, one to get a drink, two to get away from the utter chaos, and three to find out what happened to Meryl. Millie went looking around town to see if anyone had seen Meryl, and also to the store to buy real food and not just pudding. Knives stayed home, apparently Vash didn't trust him around people, or just didn't trust him. "Apparently my brother is a bigger idiot than I thought." Knives walked over to the door and opened it. "Look Vash I can escape," he walked out onto the front porch, "look brother I'm outside. Idiot." Knives walked back inside the house and into the kitchen. "Now let's see what I can have to eat." He rummaged around the kitchen. "Disgusting, the only food in this house is pudding. I hope they don't expect me, Knives, to live off of this revolting substance."
Millie went to the grocery store first. She picked up some non-pudding items for Vash and Knives to eat, her, she was completely happy to live off of pudding. After she did the grocery shopping she walked around town asking the inhabitants if they had seen Meryl recently. But to no avail she didn't succeed.
Vash walked across the street and down the road. Soon he was in front of the saloon. He crossed over and went in. A young blond-haired girl with small green eyes approached him. "Howdy there partner! How can I be of service to you this fine morning?" She had a very strong accent. She came up and took Vash by the arm and led him to a table. "Now what can I be getting for you stranger?" She sat him down at the table.
He glanced around the room looking for Meryl. "Have seen a girl with short dark hair, she is short, and she has a short temper?" He paused. "She goes by the name Meryl Stryfe."
The waitress looked a little shocked when he mentioned Meryl. "What would you be wantin' with a thing like her?" She shook her head in a displeasing way.
"Let's just say that I have some unfinished business with her. So, have you or have you not seen her?"
"Yeah, she left last night and was supposed to be here early this morning, but NO she isn't here and now I am stuck with her job and mine! Do you know how hard it is to do two people's jobs at once? I tell you it is impossible!" By this time Meryl's boss had entered the room.
"Miss Louisa! Quit flirting with Vash the Stampede and get to your tasks at hand!" The bar fell silent; Louisa and the boss's eyes grew large.
"They were right, he is cute!" Louisa said.
"What are you doing here? Are you trying to start something? Tell us now! All right boys get prepared! We're gonna be having $$60 billion to spend these next couple days!"
Louisa looked at him then said, "But what would you be wanting with a straggly thing like Meryl when you could have better?"
Vash stood up. "Please tell me what you know, you see she is a very close friend. She helped me along the way many times, more than I can count. And I would really like to see her, please I came all this way just to see her." By now all the men had their guns aimed at Vash's head.
Louisa took Vash by the arm, "Listen," she whispered, "all I can tell you is that she is probably in big trouble." She walked him over to the door. "A man was in here the other day and seemed to have taken a liking to our little Meryl and the other night he followed her out. She was seemed depressed when she left. He wants something from her, I don't know what, but he has her for one reason to get something."
Vash looked at her. "What makes you think he has her for something?"
Louisa walked Vash outside. "I know those types of men sir, and they ain't got a kind bone in them. Now you must go to her and save her. You are her only hope. Now go. Her life is in your hands now Vash, go and hurry."
Louisa let go of his arm and walked back inside. Vash heard the commotion die down. He ran as fast as he could back to their small house.
When he got there he jumped up onto the porch and swung the door open slamming it behind him. Millie ran from her room into the main room. Knives was sitting in the chair reading the paper, he looked up from behind it. "Knives! I'm home!"
"And?" Knives went back to reading his paper.
"And you're supposed to say 'Hi Vash how was your day?"
"Mr. Vash did you find anything out?" Millie asked anxiously.
"Well not a whole lot, but just enough to know where to find Meryl."
Knives grinned and began to laugh.
Millie and Vash looked at him strangely.
"So does that mean I get to shoot someone other that my idiotic brother?"
"Knives! No! Killing is bad! You are not allowed to kill!"
Knives laid the paper down and stood up. "Yes I can, you see since I am not going to kill Vash, since I want to keep him around to laugh at. And my stupid brother killed Legato, instead of allowing me the privilege of killing him personally then I think I should have the honor of killing this man."
"Well SORRY!" Vash said sarcastically.
Knives walked over to Vash. He looked him straight in the eye. "Vash, you are the biggest IDIOT I have ever known in my entire life! And I have known a lot of them but you, you top the idiot cake! Now you, dear brother shall face the wrath of Knives!"
"Bring it ON!" Vash said going into a fighting stance.
"Mr. Vash, Mr. Knives, I hate to interrupt this family issue, but shouldn't we be looking for Senpai?" She looked at them apologetically.
"Oh yeah." They said looking at Millie, then at each other. They let go of each other's necks and Knives went back to his chair.
"Knives! Why'd you go and do that, I thought you were actually going to kill me! It wasn't very nice." Vash whined while rubbing his neck and taking deep gasps of air.
"Sorry brother, I forgot you were still a little girl."
"Take that back Knives!"
"Boy's please! What about MERYL!?" Millie yelled.
The two shut up quickly. "Let's go and get her. Millie, get your stun gun and bring Knives his gun. I'll go and get mine." They went their separate ways, except Knives, who was grinning madly while reading the newspaper.
Millie came back and handed Knives his black .45-colt upside down six- shooter; he smiled and returned to his paper. Millie sat down at the table and loaded her stun gun. Vash walked out from the hallway. He placed his silver .45-colt upside down six-shooter in his gun holster. He looked from Millie to Knives then walked to the door. "Let's go."
Millie stood up and slung her stun gun over her shoulder. Knives stood up, folded his paper, laid it back in the chair, grabbed his gun, and walked out the door in front of Vash and Millie. They all walked down the street side-by-side. The townspeople stared and murmured things to each other. They came to the saloon. Louisa steps out and nods to Vash. Vash acknowledges her. They continue on until they are outside the town gates.
"Not the desert again." Knives moaned.
"Shut up Knives, it isn't that far, so get over it."
Millie looked at them. "What's wrong with Mr. Knives?"
Knives looked at her. "You try being stuck in the desert with this moron. See how long you can last."
"Knives, she has. Her, Meryl, and Wolfwood, they all traveled the desert with me. So this isn't anything new to Millie. You just couldn't take the fact that you had to travel with me."
"I couldn't take the fact that I was stuck in the middle of nowhere with a stupid idiot who couldn't tell if a rock was a donut!"
Millie giggled. "So Mr. Vash how far is it till we get to Meryl?"
"Not much farther. Only 5 more iles till we get there."
Knives and Millie fell over. "5 iles!?"
"Yeah well that is how far it is. We can do it we've walked more than that before."
"Yeah but, we haven't done it in so long, but I guess we have to if we are ever going to get Senpai back."
Knives stopped. "Who the hell is Senpai?"
Vash stopped and turned to face Knives. "Senpai is what Millie calls Meryl, since Meryl is over Millie, do you understand?"
Knives started walking again. "Yeah, sure, now let's go we still have a long walk. Vash why didn't you rent a car or something, it would have made this trip out in the middle of nowhere go a whole lot faster."
"Knives we have no money. How would you suggest we go about getting a car?"
"I would have taken it."
"Knives you can't go around stealing things that don't belong to you."
"Yes I can, just like I stole your…never mind."
"You stole my what?"
"Nothing."
"He stole your last box of donuts from your stash Mr. Vash." Millie looked at him and Knives. Knives was frowning.
"You did what?! That was in case of emergencies!"
"It was an emergency, I needed real food, so since I couldn't find any I thought that your donuts were the closest thing to it."
"Knives!" Vash whined.
"Vash shut-up." Knives said. "Let's hurry it up and get this over with so I can go back to the house."
"Fine! But when we get back you and me are having a talk."
"Whatever you say brother."
The three people continued on their trek through the long, hot, sandy, deserted, barren desert, where only the vultures dared to live.
"I'm thirsty." Vash said breaking the silence. "Did anyone bring any water?"
"No Mr. Vash, you rushed us out of the house so fast that we didn't have any time to get water. Sorry. How much farther?"
"We're here." Knives said stopping in front of a huge building.
"Apparently they don't like door-to-door salesmen." Vash said. Millie and Knives just looked at him.
The man that had taken Meryl laughed and said, "It looks as if your friends have come to retrieve you." He pulled Meryl close to the monitor.
Meryl smiled when she saw whom it was, [Vash, you came back! Millie, I knew you'd come with help. Thank you friend.]
"Those three shall perish before they even get up here to rescue you."
She glared at him. Hate was in his eyes as he stared back at her smiling.
"Do you want to know what I plan to do to the one in red?"
[Vash! NO you bastard! Don't you dare hurt him!]
"He shall pay for what he did with his life!" The man said. Meryl looked at him. "Do you want to know what he did?" Meryl didn't move. "I'll tell you what he did he annihilated everything that was important to me! And I will do the same to him!" Meryl looked at the man with fear in her eyes. "Yes, you know what that means. If he does make it to this level, he shall witness your death. I am sorry, but since you are important to him that means you die." He pulled the tape away from Meryl's mouth. "What do you have to say about that?"
Meryl gasped at the pain it caused. "You sick freak! Vash will stop you and if he doesn't then someone else will!"
He laughed at Meryl's words. "You are wrong there my dear! Vash will never make it and neither will his friends! And if he does make it he will suffer the ultimate consequences!" He laughed again.
[Vash, please hurry.]
Vash and gang walked through the open passageway. "Be on the look out. They probably are waiting for us."
They continued to journey down the long passageway. Nothing, nobody was there. Finally they came upon a set of stairs. "I guess we go up." Vash said. They walked up the stairs, which seemed to go on forever. "My legs hurt. Hey Knives carry me the rest of the way." Vash whined.
"Vash cease your griping!" Knives shouted.
"Mr. Vash, it would go much faster if you didn't complain." Millie said dragging herself up the steps.
Knives was already a good distance away from Vash and in-between them was Millie gripping onto the handrail with all of her force.
"My legs feel like Jell-O." Millie said leaning onto the handrail.
"Hurry up you pathetic worms." Knives said walking up the stairs.
They continued trekking up the never-ending stairs. Finally they reached the top of the stairs. Another long hallway was in front of them. "Not another one." Vash cried.
"Vash please do not make this any worse than it is." Knives said walking down the long hallway.
"Are we there yet?" Vash moaned.
"Does it look like we are there? Damn you are the biggest imbecile on this entire planet." Knives was getting aggravated with Vash and this hallway, that was probably taking them to hell.
All of a sudden Knives fell to the ground grabbing his arm screaming in agony. "Who the hell shot me! It hurts make it stop!" He moved his hand away from his arm, blood poured out from the gaping hole in his arm. "Holy shit-fire I'm going to die!"
"No you're not, it's just a flesh wound." Vash said walking over to Knives checking out his wound. "Trust me I've had worse."
Knives looked at him and said "That's it where's my gun. Give me my gun so I can shoot my worthless brother now and save us all from his fatuous ways!"
"Knives calm yourself. You aren't going to shoot me."
"How the hell wound you know?" Knives snapped at him.
"Because you got shot in your right arm." Vash said grinning knowing that he had won this verbal assault.
"Ah shit." Knives said standing up holding his arm. "Yeah but I can still use my other arm."
"But you aren't as skilled in that arm."
"Vash if I wasn't injured I would thump you." Knives said whining staring at the gaping hole, which had blood oozing from it.
"Whatever you say brother dear. Whatever you say." Vash said handing Knives his gun.
Millie finally reached the two. "Mr. Vash, Mr. Knives, what happened?"
"What does it look like?! I was just shot! Someone tried to KILL me, me, Knives, why would anyone think of something as absurd as that!?" Knives said throwing a tantrum and stopping when the pain in his arm became too much for him to handle.
Millie walked over and took Knives' arm. "Here, let me fix that."
"Do not touch me! I might get some kind of human disease! Besides I don't need any help." Knives said turning away from Millie. "OW! Stop it Vash!" Vash looked at Knives and then back at the cut.
"Does it hurt when I do this?" Vash said poking Knives wound. "Hey Knives ya' know what I bet you I can stick my hand through this hole."
Knives looked angrily at Vash. "You do that and I will kill you, I promise."
"Please Mr. Knives, if you don't stop the bleeding then you'll die."
"I'd be better off."
"But Knives, if you die then you wont be able to kill anyone."
Knives looked up from his arm. "You're right for once. Fine fix my arm woman."
"Alright now hold still." Millie said. She ripped off part of Vash's coat and wrapped it around Knives' arm. The blood still seeped through. "Vash rip off more of your coat." Vash nodded and handed Millie the strip he had torn off. She gently wrapped it around the other bandage. Then she tied it tightly. When she was done she stood back up and wiped her hands off. Blood streaks were on her overcoat. (You know what I'm talking about that brown thing she wears I couldn't think of what it was called.)
"Now Knives what do you say?" Vash said looking at his brother who was moving his arm up and down.
Knives looked at him and frowned. He took a gulp of air. This was probably one of the hardest things for him to say. "Thank you." He turned around and walked down the hallway again.
They followed Knives. Small drops of blood dripped from the bandages. Knives fell to the floor again. A knife stuck out of his leg. "Dammit! Why does this keep happening to me! Why can't it happen to Vash or that woman! Ahhh! It hurts! Hurry get it out!" Knives yelled cursing the dagger and Vash for letting this happen to him.
"Knives drop to the ground and don't even think about removing that thing from your arm."
It was too late. Just as the words left Vash's mouth Knives pulled the dagger out of his arm. More blood spewed out of his leg. "Holy shit!" Knives said placing his arms over his leg while he fell to the floor. "Make it stop!"
"Vash hurry tear me off more of your…" Millie was quiet. Knives was also quiet. Vash looked at them.
A strange noise filled the air. Vash turned around. Facing him was the ugliest man he had ever seen.
"What happened to you? Did you get hit by the ugly stick or something?"
"Keep on joking, but you wont be after I destroy you and your friends." The ugly man said.
"Just who are you? And what do you want?" Vash said grabbing his gun that was in its holster.
"I am Lowell. I came her to destroy you and make sure you do not make it past this level." He took in a deep breath of air then released it. It blew over to Vash; he leaned over to let it pass by.
Vash pulled out his gun and shot. Lowell dodged the bullet. "Shit! By the way what kind of name is Lowell? I mean it's not even scary."
"Shut up boy!" Lowell pulled out a dagger and threw it at Vash. It hit him in the shoulder. He was knocked back, but only for a minute. He shot Lowell again, and hit him in the knee. Lowell fell to the ground and clutched his knee. He pulled out another dagger. He waited only a moment and threw it at Knives who was still on the ground trying to stop the wound from bleeding. When Vash saw what Lowell planned to do he shot the dagger. It flew off course and landed in the floor beside Millie. Millie had a frightened look on her face. Then she grabbed the dagger and ripped off part of her coat and wrapped it around Knives' leg. Then laid the knife on the ground beside her. Lowell smiled and laughed. He then pulled a knife this size of Vash's gun. He raised it in the air and ran at Vash with it. Knives pulled up his gun and shot Lowell in the chest. Lowell dropped the knife. "This can't be." Then he fell over and died.
"All right! Score one for Knives! That felt great!" Knives said blowing the smoke away from his gun.
Vash looked a little pale. "Knives! I told you, you weren't allowed to kill!"
"If I wouldn't have shot him you would be dead."
Knives grabbed the knife and slid it away from the others sight. Millie helped him to his feet. Vash came over to support him. Knives jerked himself away. "I can by myself. I am not weak like you." Knives limped down the hall ahead of the others.
"You know if he wouldn't go off and leave us behind then he wouldn't get injured!" Vash yelled loud enough for Knives to hear.
Knives glanced back and kept on walking.
To be continued…
I am almost done! Yea! And I found out how to use the dumb thesethaurs (however you spell it.) I am so ready to write the end, but I thought I needed some action in it. And it's so fun to torture Knives! But it's almost over! Are you ready for the end, I know I am. This has been very hard to do. I could have made it a whole lot easier just by making Vash come back and him and Meryl live happily ever but noooooo I had to make it longer. Oh well.