Friends
Disclaimer: I don't own Trigun, wish I did but I don't Trigun belongs to Yasuhiro Nightow and whoever else has the rights. Faith, Hope, and Charity are mine but the setting is not. This is what I get for having an overactive imagination. So please don't sue. I have no money because spent it all on anime.
Friends
By LadyKnives
Chapter 3: Past
God I need a cigarette. I haven't had one in two days and I was about to die. I was following Knives back to the house. I didn't want to ask him what happened to my cigarettes but I had no choice I didn't have any money with me. I guess I could swipe some. I was good but knowing Knives he would see me and I didn't want to explain. So hopefully they still had them some where in the house. Oh well here it goes "Hey Knives, do you know what they did with my cigarettes?" I yelled as I ran to catch up. As I came up beside him I gave him my best smile hoping it would persuade him to answer.
"You know they're bad for you. You should quit." He responded as he gave me a sarcastic smile and I knew that he was playing with me.
"Look I know they're bad for me but as of this minute I'm not your wife, your daughter, and I'm sure as hell not your bitch so therefore, nothing I do is your business. So where are my damn cigarettes?" I snapped. As soon as the word left my mouth I realized I had made a mistake. Knives looked at me and I could tell he was mad if not furious.
"Do you know who you are talking to? I can destroy this entire town. I'm a superior being and your nothing but a pathetic human. If you talk that way to me again I will kill you and as for your damn cigarettes go ask Vash." He said though clenched teeth. I look at him and realized he threatened to kill me.
"Did you just threaten to kill me. I could roast you before you could even think about killing me. As for the human comment who said I was human." At that I turned and walk to the house. I was going to find my cigarettes even if it meant taking the whole house apart. As I got to the door I turned around to see if Knives was coming or if he was going to stand in the street all day. He was just standing there watching me as if I had grown two heads or something. I just turned back around and went into the house. Now where to start? Maybe they put them in my room. I headed down the hallway to my room. When I get to my room I hear some one come in the front door. Probably Knives. I opened the door and when in. Someone had put my guns and sword on the night stand but I didn't see my cigarettes. Cigarettes. Cigarettes. Where are my cigarettes? I looked in the night stand. Nope not there. Where? I was getting desperate.
"You looking for these?" I jumped and turn toward the door and there stood knives.
"God you scared the crap out of me. Wait are those my cigarettes?" I could see he was holding something in his hand.
"If you answer one question then you can have them." "If I refuse?" I asked as I started to move toward him.
"Then I will crush them and they won't be any use to you or any one." He replied
"If you crush my cigarettes I will have to hurt you." He was now in reach if he tried any thing I was going to jump him and beat the shit out of him.
"Now, now just answer my question and you can have your cigarettes."
"Well what is it?" I sighed.
"What did you mean about not being human?" I could tell he was curious.
" Well I will tell you later ok because if I tell you Vash will find out and He will want to know then Milly and Meryl. So If you don't mind I would like to only tell it once. So can I have my cigarettes now?" He just handed my cigarettes to me.
"You don't have any matches I don't know how you're going to light them." I just smiled at him and put a cigarette in my mouth. I held up my hand palm up and made a fireball in my palm. I lit my cigarette and closed my hand extinguishing the fireball. I looked over at Knives and he just had a big smile on his face.
"What?" I asked. He just shook his head and walked away. I shrugged he was a strange one.
I went out to the porch to see if Vash, Meryl, and Milly were coming back. As I walked into the living room, they came in the front door. "I was wondering where you and Knives had wandered off to." Vash said as he spotted me.
"Well I came back to find my cigarettes and who knows why Knives came back." I responded as I sat down in one of the chairs and lit another cigarette.
"Well he isn't good with people. Where is he anyway? Hey how did you light that cigarette you had no matches?" Vash asked as he turned to me. I opened my mouth to answer when someone beat me to it.
"Yeah how did you light that cigarette? You can't keep me on a chain the rest of my life you know." Knives said as he walked in from the kitchen and sat down in the chair next to me.
"Oh shut up Knives. You know how and what is with the chain comment?" I asked as I turn to look at Vash who was sitting in another chair across the room. Knives just laughed
"I may know but Vash and the girls don't. I'll tell you my story after you tell me yours."
"Oh a story I just love a good story" Milly responded.
"Does it involve doughnuts?" Vash asked as he got ,the doughnut look.(you know the one I mean.)
"How can he be your brother?" I asked Knives who was looking at Vash like he was an idiot.
"How the hell should I know? I guess God doesn't like me or I got all the brains and there wasn't any left for Vash. Now am I going to hear the story or not?" I was trying not to laugh when Vash commented
"Hey that was mean Knives."
"Yea he is your brother." Milly commented. I looked over at Meryl and she reached over and hit Vash on the head.
"Hey that hurt." Vash said as he rubbed his head and pouted.
"Well if you wouldn't act like an idiot then you wouldn't get hit." Meryl said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Well?" Knives asked as he raised one of his eyebrows.
"Ok, ok, but I warning you it is a long story." I was hoping he would drop it or forget but I should have known better.
"I have all the time in the world. So just start at the beginning." Knives said as he gave me an evil smile ( you know the one I mean.) I just gave an evil smile back and started my story.
"It all started about 120 years ago."
"Wait you can't be that old." Vash interrupted.
"Do you want to hear it or not." I snapped.
" Ok, ok go ahead." Vash said as he slumped down in his chair pouting.
"As I was saying I was born 120 years ago."
"I was born in the city of July. I had a very uneventful life up until my 22nd birthday. It was two days after my birthday and my mom had sent me to the store to get something. I was two blocks away from the store when I noticed a van following me. I looked around and because it was late there wasn't but a few people on the street. The sheriff's office was across the street from the store. I started walking faster. When I felt something stick me in the back of the neck. I reached up and pulled it out. It was a syringe. I started to feel dizzy and everything started to blur together. I tried to take another step but all that happened was that I tripped over my on two feet. As the payment rushed to meet me I blacked out."
"What did you go to the store for? Doughnuts?" Vash asked as I stopped to think of how to continue.
"My family didn't believe in doughnuts." I answered trying to keep from smiling.
"WHAT!! Didn't believe in doughnuts. What are they crazy?" I thought Vash was about to have a heart attack. I couldn't take it any more I just smiled and shook my head. "I was just kidding. Don't have a heart attack. I don't remember what it was. May I continue with my story now?" Vash opened his mouth to say more but Knives beat him to it.
"Yes continue and Vash if you interrupt again I swear I will rip your other arm off and beat you with it." Vash just looked at Knives and nodded.
"Oh well. Where was I? Oh yeah. Well when I woke up I was in a cell with bars and everything."
I looked up and down the hall and there was cell after cell but no one was in any of the other cells. Where the hell am I? "HELLO" I yelled but on one answered. "Shit is anyone there? Hello" I tried again but still no answer. Where the hell is everyone? I started to pace around the cell. After what felt like forever I looked at my watch. "20 min. is that all. I'm going crazy in here people. Hello can anyone hear me? Look someone had better answer me or I'm going to scream at the top of my lungs." I yelled "Ok here I go. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" "Hello I'm going crazy in here." I was just about to started screaming again when someone said
"God chill, have a cigarette it will help with your nerves." I looked out of my cell and could see him coming down the hall. He had on a white doctor's coat. He stopped in front of my cell. "Here have one on me." he said as he handed me a cigarette through the bars. He was 5'6, with brown hair and eyes.
"Are you a doctor?" I asked as I took the cigarette.
"Here." he said as he held out a lighter.
"Where am I? How long are you going to keep me here? Who are you?" I asked and was about to continue when he held up his hand.
"Wait one at a time. Ok. In a cell, how ever long it takes, and my name is Jeff. Yes I'm a doctor in fact your doctor at the time being, and when I'm done with you, you won't need a lighter. That is all I'm answering today. Get some sleep you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow. You can have these. Consider them a gift." With that he tossed me the pack of cigarettes and walked off down the hall. What the hell is going on? Oh well I should try and get some sleep. Maybe I can figure away out of here. I laid down on the bed and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was gone.
The next few days are still a blur to me. I know that there were tests after tests and shot and shot. I didn't know at the time what the shots and tests were for. I learned that about two months later.
That day found me laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling and smoking a cigarette. I had picked up the habit quite quickly and was now smoking a pack a day. I was trying to think of away out when I heard someone coming down the hall. It was Jeff because he didn't pickup his right foot and it always scraped the floor as he walked. He stopped in front of my cell. "What's up Jeff? By the way I need some more cigarettes. This is my last one." I looked over to see if had heard me when he didn't answer. He was just standing there holding a box and I could see he had set down 4 other boxes just like the one he was holding.
"You can have more if you do something for me." I waited for him to continue but he just stood there.
"Well what is it?" I asked as I stood up and walked to the bars.
"Just this." He said as he opened the box and dumped the contents in to my cell. Out poured about 15 snakes
"AHHHHHHHHH! SHIT I HATE SNAKES!" I yelled as I jumped on the bed.
"I know and they are all poisonous." He said as he reached for one of the other boxes. That was when I noticed that there was a two foot board at the bottom of the bars.
"So the snakes won't get out." I said as I looked at Jeff. He just nodded as he dumped the next box in to the cell. Shit if he puts all of them boxes in here the snakes will cover the floor. Jeff opened another box and dumped it in the cell, 2 more left. "Jeff can't we talk about this? What did I do wrong?" I asked as he dumped another box in. I noticed that the snakes were starting to climb up the legs of the bed. "Shit Jeff answers me or get me out of here." I said as he dumped the last box in me cell. The whole floor was covered. They where on the bed now and slithering closer. I could feel there scaly skin rubbing against mine. "JEFF GET ME OUT OF HERE! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOOOOO!" That was when the cell exploded and I passed out.
When I woke up and looked around there were piles of rubble everywhere, some of the walls were missing. I stood up and walked out in to the hall. What happened? Where the hell are all the snakes? Then I noticed the smell. It smelled like someone had burnt something. What the hell is going on here? Then I noticed the black piles of stuff, I went over and rolled one of the piles over. It was the blacked body of a snake. "OH MY GOD!"
"Shit you didn't have to go and blow up the cell." I jumped and spun around to see who had said that. I saw Jeff standing up and dusting him self off.
"Jeff! What happen to the cell and the snakes?" I asked as I ran over to him. He looked at me like I was crazy.
"You don't remember?" He asked.
"Well I remember the snakes were about to get me. Then the cell exploded and I passed out." I answered as I looked up and down the hall to see if maybe it held the explanation for the destruction.
"You happened and they said I was mad and that it couldn't be done. HAHAHA. I'm a genius." He said as he started to dance around in the rubble. "Yes, Yes. I'm a genius. It worked. I can't believe it worked." He said still dancing around.
"Hold on. What worked? What the hell is going on?" I asked as I ran over and grabbed his arm. He looked at me and smiled.
"Well you are now no longer human. You are a cross between human and plant. You are the very first to have this done but in the future everyone will have the option to have this done. I still working out some of the bugs."
"You mean I'm a freak. What am I suppose to do now?" I asked.
"Well I have no further use for you. So I guess you can learn to control your powers until I figure something else out. Oh and here are the cigarettes I promised." He tossed me a pack of cigarettes as he walked down the hall and out the door. Shit I can't believe this has happened to me what did I do to deserve this?
"I didn't see him again for 5 years. Over the 5 years I learned to control my powers and I came to terms with me being a freak. For 5 years there was just me, the bathroom and the hall. There was an occasional rat or mouse but basically it was just me. My food, water, and cigarettes were delivered daily automatically thorough a machine. I had learned over the two months there that I was a very good thief. I stole from anyone who came close enough. By the time the two months were up I was an expert thief. Well after 5 years I saw Jeff again and two people that would change my life forever. I was now 27, an expert thief, and had mastered my powers. They were stronger then they had ever been. I also noticed my eye site, hearing and sense of smell were more acute than ever before. I was also faster, stronger, healed faster and had more pain tolerance than any normal human could hope to achieve."
"Wait, What are your powers anyway?" Meryl asked as I stopped to get a drank of water.
"Oh. Well I'm a pyrokinetic with telekinesis, and a little bit of a telepathy. Any other questions?" I asked as I looked around the room. Vash opened his mouth to say something but Knives beat him to it.
"No. Just finish the story." Knives said as he gave Vash a look that said you say anything and I will hurt you.
"Ok as I was saying I was there 5 years when I meet Hope and Charity."
"Hey sleepy head wake up. You have visitors." Said a voice that sounded vaguely familiar. I opened my eyes and there stood Jeff with two women. I had never seen them before. One was on his left and one on his right. The one on the left had a little bit of a tan, strawberry blonde hair that came to her shoulders, and hazel eyes. She was the same height as me and had a very child like expression on her face. She wore a hat (just like Indiana Jones'), a white tank top, red baggy pants and had no shoes on. Her most prominent feature was the bright red dragon wings that grew out of her back. I then turned my attention to the woman on the right. She was a tan goddess with long brown hair and eyes. She was 2 inches taller than me. She wore a light green halter top, light brown shorts and light brown boots that came up to her knees. "This is Hope. She is a weapons expert, genus, and super fast." Jeff said as the woman on his right stepped forward. "And this is Charity. She is a gun expert, super strong, and an expert chef." He said as the woman on his left stepped forward. "They will be your partners from now on. I'm selling you to the government because I'm dying and I need the money. There is nothing you can do or say to stop it. So bye." With that he turned and walked down the hall and out the door.
"Wait I'm not working for the government." I yelled after him.
"You have no chose in the matter. It is already a done deal." Hope answered. I turned and looked at her.
"I was not talking to you and you want to bet?" I took a step toward her but stopped when the door opened.
"What is going on in here? We are already behind schedule." Said a man in uniform as he came in the door.
"She said she wasn't working for the government and no body can make her. But I think I can change her mind." Hope said as she smiled at me.
"Go ahead. Whatever it takes but hurry it up. Call me if you need help." With that he turned and went out the door. I looked over at Hope and she smiled and I just smiled back.
"Well shall we begin?" She asked. I looked over at Charity but she just stood there. I looked back at Hope and nodded. The next thing I know I'm on my back looking at the ceiling. I saw her move but she was so fast I couldn't block the attack. " You had enough?" She asked as she offered me her hand.
"That all you got?" I said as I stood up. "It has been along time." Hope just nodded and came at me again but I was ready. I blocked her attack and threw a punch at her. She blocked it easily. Damn forget this. I threw up a barrier around me and Hope ran right in to it.
"What is this?" Hope asked as she stood up and ran her hands over the surface. "Charity I could use some help. She is stronger than I expected." Hope said as she looked over her shoulder at Charity. I could see Charity over Hope's shoulder. Charity just shrugged and pulled out two Berettas from her hip holsters.
"Shit" I said as I dove to the floor.
"Don't kill her." Hope said as if this was not the first time she had to remind her not to kill. I reached out and jerked them out of Charity's hands.
"Those are mine, give them back." she yelled and started to pout. I couldn't believe it she acted like a little kid who's favorite toy had been taken away. I heard the door open and I turned to see who it was when I felt something stick me in the neck.
"Damn not again." I said as I reached up to pull out the needle but my hand never made it. My vision blurred and I fell to the ground and as the darkness was closing in I heard Hope say.
"You didn't have to tranquilize her. We could have handled it."
"Well apparently you couldn't. That is reason why they are putting her on your team." Someone answered. What the hell are they talking about? I wondered as I gave into the darkness.
As I woke up I could feel that my arms and legs were strapped down with some kind of metal straps and I was on some kind of table. I opened my eyes and had to close them again. There was a bright light above the table. I tried to break the straps but it was no use. I opened my eyes slowly this time and raised my head and looked around. I was in some kind of operating room. Where the hell am I and what is going on? I'm getting out of here. I reached out with my mind and could feel Hope, Charity and three other people in the next room. I tried break the straps with my mind but I couldn't focus on any thing for to long. It was like my mind was fuzzy around the edges. Damn they had me drugged. I hope it wares off soon. Well lets see if we can get some answers or at least get me off this table. "Hey people." I yelled. I could hear them scraping their chairs on the floor as they stood up.
"What the hell she shouldn't be awake yet." I heard as the came running in the room.
"I could really use a cigarette right about now." I said as they looked down at me. I smiled to show them I was going to be good, well for now anyway.
"Are you going to behave?" One of the men asked me. All the men looked the same they wore the same kind of clothes, had the same hair cut and all had brown eyes.
"Who are you? You look like twins or triples." I said as I turned to look at him.
"I'm your contact and commanding officer." He said ignoring my last comment.
"Wait I'm not in the army or whatever, this is." I said as I rolled my eyes.
"Well you are now. This is a secret organization in the government and you have now been recruited. This is special forces and you, Hope and Charity are going to be a team. Hope is the commanding officer in the team, Charity is the gun expect and you will be the navigator. You are to follow her command to the letter." He started to march around the room with his chest puffed out.
"Well I hate to tell you this put I'm not a people person and I don't follow directions very good. So I think you have the wrong person and if you will let me up I will be on my way. You don't have to worry about me telling anybody about this place I know when to keep my mouth shut. So what do you say can I go?" I said as I looked around the room. They all looked at each other then back at me.
"No, no you're here to stay. The only way your getting off that table is if you decide to play ball with us.
"Damn! I can't believe this. First I'm kidnapped and experimented on . Then I'm kidnapped again but this time by the government. Now I'm being force to work on a special forces team. Am I cursed or something?" I opened mouth to start complaining again but stopped when I heard Charity laughing. I turned to look at her and when she saw me looking she said .
"I like you your funny."
"Well I"m glad someone is getting a laugh out of all of this." I said as I closed my eyes.
"You could at least let me up off this table." I said with my still closed.
"Are you going to cooperate?" Hope asked.
"Well if I wasn't going to cooperate then you would be dead right about now." I said as I opened my eyes. Hope was leaning over me.
"What do you mean you are strapped to the table. You can't hurt me." She said as she pointed to the metal straps and leaning even closer, she was now nose to nose to me.
"Well unlike you I don't need my hands to fight and will you please get out of my face." I waited a minute and when she did not move I reached out and pinned them to the wall. "See what did I tell you." I said as I let them go.
"Cool! How did you do that? Teach me. I want to do that." Charity said as she ran over to the table.
"Well I can't teach you how to do that but I can teach you how to talk to me with your mind." I said as Charity leaned over to look at me.
"Cool I can teach you how to use a gun." Charity said as she jumped up and down clapping her hands.
"Wait you don't even know her. She could be evil or something." Hope said as she walked over and grabbed Charity's arm.
"Well I hate to interrupt but I'm getting off this table." I reached out and broke the straps.
"She's lose. RUN." One of the men said as he ran out of the room.
"Well he sure is brave isn't he." I said as I stood up and yawned. I heard running and turned in that direction and felt someone hit me knocking me to the ground. The next I know I'm on my back with Hope siting one me. "Will you get off. I'm not going to hurt anyone ok." I said as I moved my head to look around.
"You promise?" She asked.
"Yes, Yes just get off me." I replied. Hope nodded and stood up and offered me her hand. I took it and stood up.
"Friends?" I asked.
"Yea. Can you really teach us to talk to you with our minds?" she asked and I shrugged.
"Yea, it isn't that hard once you know how." "See" I said to her in my mind. She took a step back.
"Oh that is cool. If you teach me that I will teach you how to use a sword." She said as she stuck out her hand.
"It's a deal." I said as we shook hands.
"Can I ask a question?" Charity said as she raised her hand.
"Yea what is it?" I asked as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well why are your eyes two different colors?" She asked as she stared at the floor.
"What?" I said as I walked over to a mirror to see for my self.
"Well I'll be damned. They are. Well I don't know." I said as I stared at my self in the mirror. My hair was still brown but my eyes were different. They use to be brown but now the left on was green and the right one was blue.
"I think they're cool looking." Said Charity as she came up behind me and smiled at me in the mirror. Maybe this won't be too bad.
"Over the years we became good friends and were almost inseparable. I became a sharp shooter and a master swords man or would that be woman. I worked for the government for 96 years and was about as happy as I thought I could be. I found out that Hope and Charity joined the army and met in boot camp and became good friends. They were asked to do a special project after about a year. That turned out to be just a project to experiment on humans. So that's how they got the way they were. Well about 3 years ago I met Travis and fell in love with him. I use to sneak out at night to see him and a little over a year ago he asked me to marry him. I said yes but the government found out and they forbid it. Well it was a little over a week later that I learned he was killed in a bank robbery. I was crushed and then about a month later I found out that the government was behind the robbery and his death. So I ran away because I just couldn't take it any more. I've been on the run for about a year now. When you found me in the desert Hope and Charity had almost caught me in the last town. I had to make a swift retreat and ran out of water. Well that's my story."
Well people that is chapter 3. I know, I know it probable sucked sorry. I hope chapter 4 will be better but I doubt it. (sighs and shakes her head) Oh I have to thank Fishguts for inspiration during the Final Fantasy X marathon. Well I going to stare at my Knives, Vash, and Trunks collage Fishguts made me for Christmas. Thanks again Fishguts. Oh and I working on an original story I don't know If I will post it. Let me know if I should. Fishguts likes my original story so just let me know if I should. Well thanks for R/R.
Disclaimer: I don't own Trigun, wish I did but I don't Trigun belongs to Yasuhiro Nightow and whoever else has the rights. Faith, Hope, and Charity are mine but the setting is not. This is what I get for having an overactive imagination. So please don't sue. I have no money because spent it all on anime.
Friends
By LadyKnives
Chapter 3: Past
God I need a cigarette. I haven't had one in two days and I was about to die. I was following Knives back to the house. I didn't want to ask him what happened to my cigarettes but I had no choice I didn't have any money with me. I guess I could swipe some. I was good but knowing Knives he would see me and I didn't want to explain. So hopefully they still had them some where in the house. Oh well here it goes "Hey Knives, do you know what they did with my cigarettes?" I yelled as I ran to catch up. As I came up beside him I gave him my best smile hoping it would persuade him to answer.
"You know they're bad for you. You should quit." He responded as he gave me a sarcastic smile and I knew that he was playing with me.
"Look I know they're bad for me but as of this minute I'm not your wife, your daughter, and I'm sure as hell not your bitch so therefore, nothing I do is your business. So where are my damn cigarettes?" I snapped. As soon as the word left my mouth I realized I had made a mistake. Knives looked at me and I could tell he was mad if not furious.
"Do you know who you are talking to? I can destroy this entire town. I'm a superior being and your nothing but a pathetic human. If you talk that way to me again I will kill you and as for your damn cigarettes go ask Vash." He said though clenched teeth. I look at him and realized he threatened to kill me.
"Did you just threaten to kill me. I could roast you before you could even think about killing me. As for the human comment who said I was human." At that I turned and walk to the house. I was going to find my cigarettes even if it meant taking the whole house apart. As I got to the door I turned around to see if Knives was coming or if he was going to stand in the street all day. He was just standing there watching me as if I had grown two heads or something. I just turned back around and went into the house. Now where to start? Maybe they put them in my room. I headed down the hallway to my room. When I get to my room I hear some one come in the front door. Probably Knives. I opened the door and when in. Someone had put my guns and sword on the night stand but I didn't see my cigarettes. Cigarettes. Cigarettes. Where are my cigarettes? I looked in the night stand. Nope not there. Where? I was getting desperate.
"You looking for these?" I jumped and turn toward the door and there stood knives.
"God you scared the crap out of me. Wait are those my cigarettes?" I could see he was holding something in his hand.
"If you answer one question then you can have them." "If I refuse?" I asked as I started to move toward him.
"Then I will crush them and they won't be any use to you or any one." He replied
"If you crush my cigarettes I will have to hurt you." He was now in reach if he tried any thing I was going to jump him and beat the shit out of him.
"Now, now just answer my question and you can have your cigarettes."
"Well what is it?" I sighed.
"What did you mean about not being human?" I could tell he was curious.
" Well I will tell you later ok because if I tell you Vash will find out and He will want to know then Milly and Meryl. So If you don't mind I would like to only tell it once. So can I have my cigarettes now?" He just handed my cigarettes to me.
"You don't have any matches I don't know how you're going to light them." I just smiled at him and put a cigarette in my mouth. I held up my hand palm up and made a fireball in my palm. I lit my cigarette and closed my hand extinguishing the fireball. I looked over at Knives and he just had a big smile on his face.
"What?" I asked. He just shook his head and walked away. I shrugged he was a strange one.
I went out to the porch to see if Vash, Meryl, and Milly were coming back. As I walked into the living room, they came in the front door. "I was wondering where you and Knives had wandered off to." Vash said as he spotted me.
"Well I came back to find my cigarettes and who knows why Knives came back." I responded as I sat down in one of the chairs and lit another cigarette.
"Well he isn't good with people. Where is he anyway? Hey how did you light that cigarette you had no matches?" Vash asked as he turned to me. I opened my mouth to answer when someone beat me to it.
"Yeah how did you light that cigarette? You can't keep me on a chain the rest of my life you know." Knives said as he walked in from the kitchen and sat down in the chair next to me.
"Oh shut up Knives. You know how and what is with the chain comment?" I asked as I turn to look at Vash who was sitting in another chair across the room. Knives just laughed
"I may know but Vash and the girls don't. I'll tell you my story after you tell me yours."
"Oh a story I just love a good story" Milly responded.
"Does it involve doughnuts?" Vash asked as he got ,the doughnut look.(you know the one I mean.)
"How can he be your brother?" I asked Knives who was looking at Vash like he was an idiot.
"How the hell should I know? I guess God doesn't like me or I got all the brains and there wasn't any left for Vash. Now am I going to hear the story or not?" I was trying not to laugh when Vash commented
"Hey that was mean Knives."
"Yea he is your brother." Milly commented. I looked over at Meryl and she reached over and hit Vash on the head.
"Hey that hurt." Vash said as he rubbed his head and pouted.
"Well if you wouldn't act like an idiot then you wouldn't get hit." Meryl said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Well?" Knives asked as he raised one of his eyebrows.
"Ok, ok, but I warning you it is a long story." I was hoping he would drop it or forget but I should have known better.
"I have all the time in the world. So just start at the beginning." Knives said as he gave me an evil smile ( you know the one I mean.) I just gave an evil smile back and started my story.
"It all started about 120 years ago."
"Wait you can't be that old." Vash interrupted.
"Do you want to hear it or not." I snapped.
" Ok, ok go ahead." Vash said as he slumped down in his chair pouting.
"As I was saying I was born 120 years ago."
"I was born in the city of July. I had a very uneventful life up until my 22nd birthday. It was two days after my birthday and my mom had sent me to the store to get something. I was two blocks away from the store when I noticed a van following me. I looked around and because it was late there wasn't but a few people on the street. The sheriff's office was across the street from the store. I started walking faster. When I felt something stick me in the back of the neck. I reached up and pulled it out. It was a syringe. I started to feel dizzy and everything started to blur together. I tried to take another step but all that happened was that I tripped over my on two feet. As the payment rushed to meet me I blacked out."
"What did you go to the store for? Doughnuts?" Vash asked as I stopped to think of how to continue.
"My family didn't believe in doughnuts." I answered trying to keep from smiling.
"WHAT!! Didn't believe in doughnuts. What are they crazy?" I thought Vash was about to have a heart attack. I couldn't take it any more I just smiled and shook my head. "I was just kidding. Don't have a heart attack. I don't remember what it was. May I continue with my story now?" Vash opened his mouth to say more but Knives beat him to it.
"Yes continue and Vash if you interrupt again I swear I will rip your other arm off and beat you with it." Vash just looked at Knives and nodded.
"Oh well. Where was I? Oh yeah. Well when I woke up I was in a cell with bars and everything."
I looked up and down the hall and there was cell after cell but no one was in any of the other cells. Where the hell am I? "HELLO" I yelled but on one answered. "Shit is anyone there? Hello" I tried again but still no answer. Where the hell is everyone? I started to pace around the cell. After what felt like forever I looked at my watch. "20 min. is that all. I'm going crazy in here people. Hello can anyone hear me? Look someone had better answer me or I'm going to scream at the top of my lungs." I yelled "Ok here I go. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" "Hello I'm going crazy in here." I was just about to started screaming again when someone said
"God chill, have a cigarette it will help with your nerves." I looked out of my cell and could see him coming down the hall. He had on a white doctor's coat. He stopped in front of my cell. "Here have one on me." he said as he handed me a cigarette through the bars. He was 5'6, with brown hair and eyes.
"Are you a doctor?" I asked as I took the cigarette.
"Here." he said as he held out a lighter.
"Where am I? How long are you going to keep me here? Who are you?" I asked and was about to continue when he held up his hand.
"Wait one at a time. Ok. In a cell, how ever long it takes, and my name is Jeff. Yes I'm a doctor in fact your doctor at the time being, and when I'm done with you, you won't need a lighter. That is all I'm answering today. Get some sleep you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow. You can have these. Consider them a gift." With that he tossed me the pack of cigarettes and walked off down the hall. What the hell is going on? Oh well I should try and get some sleep. Maybe I can figure away out of here. I laid down on the bed and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was gone.
The next few days are still a blur to me. I know that there were tests after tests and shot and shot. I didn't know at the time what the shots and tests were for. I learned that about two months later.
That day found me laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling and smoking a cigarette. I had picked up the habit quite quickly and was now smoking a pack a day. I was trying to think of away out when I heard someone coming down the hall. It was Jeff because he didn't pickup his right foot and it always scraped the floor as he walked. He stopped in front of my cell. "What's up Jeff? By the way I need some more cigarettes. This is my last one." I looked over to see if had heard me when he didn't answer. He was just standing there holding a box and I could see he had set down 4 other boxes just like the one he was holding.
"You can have more if you do something for me." I waited for him to continue but he just stood there.
"Well what is it?" I asked as I stood up and walked to the bars.
"Just this." He said as he opened the box and dumped the contents in to my cell. Out poured about 15 snakes
"AHHHHHHHHH! SHIT I HATE SNAKES!" I yelled as I jumped on the bed.
"I know and they are all poisonous." He said as he reached for one of the other boxes. That was when I noticed that there was a two foot board at the bottom of the bars.
"So the snakes won't get out." I said as I looked at Jeff. He just nodded as he dumped the next box in to the cell. Shit if he puts all of them boxes in here the snakes will cover the floor. Jeff opened another box and dumped it in the cell, 2 more left. "Jeff can't we talk about this? What did I do wrong?" I asked as he dumped another box in. I noticed that the snakes were starting to climb up the legs of the bed. "Shit Jeff answers me or get me out of here." I said as he dumped the last box in me cell. The whole floor was covered. They where on the bed now and slithering closer. I could feel there scaly skin rubbing against mine. "JEFF GET ME OUT OF HERE! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOOOOO!" That was when the cell exploded and I passed out.
When I woke up and looked around there were piles of rubble everywhere, some of the walls were missing. I stood up and walked out in to the hall. What happened? Where the hell are all the snakes? Then I noticed the smell. It smelled like someone had burnt something. What the hell is going on here? Then I noticed the black piles of stuff, I went over and rolled one of the piles over. It was the blacked body of a snake. "OH MY GOD!"
"Shit you didn't have to go and blow up the cell." I jumped and spun around to see who had said that. I saw Jeff standing up and dusting him self off.
"Jeff! What happen to the cell and the snakes?" I asked as I ran over to him. He looked at me like I was crazy.
"You don't remember?" He asked.
"Well I remember the snakes were about to get me. Then the cell exploded and I passed out." I answered as I looked up and down the hall to see if maybe it held the explanation for the destruction.
"You happened and they said I was mad and that it couldn't be done. HAHAHA. I'm a genius." He said as he started to dance around in the rubble. "Yes, Yes. I'm a genius. It worked. I can't believe it worked." He said still dancing around.
"Hold on. What worked? What the hell is going on?" I asked as I ran over and grabbed his arm. He looked at me and smiled.
"Well you are now no longer human. You are a cross between human and plant. You are the very first to have this done but in the future everyone will have the option to have this done. I still working out some of the bugs."
"You mean I'm a freak. What am I suppose to do now?" I asked.
"Well I have no further use for you. So I guess you can learn to control your powers until I figure something else out. Oh and here are the cigarettes I promised." He tossed me a pack of cigarettes as he walked down the hall and out the door. Shit I can't believe this has happened to me what did I do to deserve this?
"I didn't see him again for 5 years. Over the 5 years I learned to control my powers and I came to terms with me being a freak. For 5 years there was just me, the bathroom and the hall. There was an occasional rat or mouse but basically it was just me. My food, water, and cigarettes were delivered daily automatically thorough a machine. I had learned over the two months there that I was a very good thief. I stole from anyone who came close enough. By the time the two months were up I was an expert thief. Well after 5 years I saw Jeff again and two people that would change my life forever. I was now 27, an expert thief, and had mastered my powers. They were stronger then they had ever been. I also noticed my eye site, hearing and sense of smell were more acute than ever before. I was also faster, stronger, healed faster and had more pain tolerance than any normal human could hope to achieve."
"Wait, What are your powers anyway?" Meryl asked as I stopped to get a drank of water.
"Oh. Well I'm a pyrokinetic with telekinesis, and a little bit of a telepathy. Any other questions?" I asked as I looked around the room. Vash opened his mouth to say something but Knives beat him to it.
"No. Just finish the story." Knives said as he gave Vash a look that said you say anything and I will hurt you.
"Ok as I was saying I was there 5 years when I meet Hope and Charity."
"Hey sleepy head wake up. You have visitors." Said a voice that sounded vaguely familiar. I opened my eyes and there stood Jeff with two women. I had never seen them before. One was on his left and one on his right. The one on the left had a little bit of a tan, strawberry blonde hair that came to her shoulders, and hazel eyes. She was the same height as me and had a very child like expression on her face. She wore a hat (just like Indiana Jones'), a white tank top, red baggy pants and had no shoes on. Her most prominent feature was the bright red dragon wings that grew out of her back. I then turned my attention to the woman on the right. She was a tan goddess with long brown hair and eyes. She was 2 inches taller than me. She wore a light green halter top, light brown shorts and light brown boots that came up to her knees. "This is Hope. She is a weapons expert, genus, and super fast." Jeff said as the woman on his right stepped forward. "And this is Charity. She is a gun expert, super strong, and an expert chef." He said as the woman on his left stepped forward. "They will be your partners from now on. I'm selling you to the government because I'm dying and I need the money. There is nothing you can do or say to stop it. So bye." With that he turned and walked down the hall and out the door.
"Wait I'm not working for the government." I yelled after him.
"You have no chose in the matter. It is already a done deal." Hope answered. I turned and looked at her.
"I was not talking to you and you want to bet?" I took a step toward her but stopped when the door opened.
"What is going on in here? We are already behind schedule." Said a man in uniform as he came in the door.
"She said she wasn't working for the government and no body can make her. But I think I can change her mind." Hope said as she smiled at me.
"Go ahead. Whatever it takes but hurry it up. Call me if you need help." With that he turned and went out the door. I looked over at Hope and she smiled and I just smiled back.
"Well shall we begin?" She asked. I looked over at Charity but she just stood there. I looked back at Hope and nodded. The next thing I know I'm on my back looking at the ceiling. I saw her move but she was so fast I couldn't block the attack. " You had enough?" She asked as she offered me her hand.
"That all you got?" I said as I stood up. "It has been along time." Hope just nodded and came at me again but I was ready. I blocked her attack and threw a punch at her. She blocked it easily. Damn forget this. I threw up a barrier around me and Hope ran right in to it.
"What is this?" Hope asked as she stood up and ran her hands over the surface. "Charity I could use some help. She is stronger than I expected." Hope said as she looked over her shoulder at Charity. I could see Charity over Hope's shoulder. Charity just shrugged and pulled out two Berettas from her hip holsters.
"Shit" I said as I dove to the floor.
"Don't kill her." Hope said as if this was not the first time she had to remind her not to kill. I reached out and jerked them out of Charity's hands.
"Those are mine, give them back." she yelled and started to pout. I couldn't believe it she acted like a little kid who's favorite toy had been taken away. I heard the door open and I turned to see who it was when I felt something stick me in the neck.
"Damn not again." I said as I reached up to pull out the needle but my hand never made it. My vision blurred and I fell to the ground and as the darkness was closing in I heard Hope say.
"You didn't have to tranquilize her. We could have handled it."
"Well apparently you couldn't. That is reason why they are putting her on your team." Someone answered. What the hell are they talking about? I wondered as I gave into the darkness.
As I woke up I could feel that my arms and legs were strapped down with some kind of metal straps and I was on some kind of table. I opened my eyes and had to close them again. There was a bright light above the table. I tried to break the straps but it was no use. I opened my eyes slowly this time and raised my head and looked around. I was in some kind of operating room. Where the hell am I and what is going on? I'm getting out of here. I reached out with my mind and could feel Hope, Charity and three other people in the next room. I tried break the straps with my mind but I couldn't focus on any thing for to long. It was like my mind was fuzzy around the edges. Damn they had me drugged. I hope it wares off soon. Well lets see if we can get some answers or at least get me off this table. "Hey people." I yelled. I could hear them scraping their chairs on the floor as they stood up.
"What the hell she shouldn't be awake yet." I heard as the came running in the room.
"I could really use a cigarette right about now." I said as they looked down at me. I smiled to show them I was going to be good, well for now anyway.
"Are you going to behave?" One of the men asked me. All the men looked the same they wore the same kind of clothes, had the same hair cut and all had brown eyes.
"Who are you? You look like twins or triples." I said as I turned to look at him.
"I'm your contact and commanding officer." He said ignoring my last comment.
"Wait I'm not in the army or whatever, this is." I said as I rolled my eyes.
"Well you are now. This is a secret organization in the government and you have now been recruited. This is special forces and you, Hope and Charity are going to be a team. Hope is the commanding officer in the team, Charity is the gun expect and you will be the navigator. You are to follow her command to the letter." He started to march around the room with his chest puffed out.
"Well I hate to tell you this put I'm not a people person and I don't follow directions very good. So I think you have the wrong person and if you will let me up I will be on my way. You don't have to worry about me telling anybody about this place I know when to keep my mouth shut. So what do you say can I go?" I said as I looked around the room. They all looked at each other then back at me.
"No, no you're here to stay. The only way your getting off that table is if you decide to play ball with us.
"Damn! I can't believe this. First I'm kidnapped and experimented on . Then I'm kidnapped again but this time by the government. Now I'm being force to work on a special forces team. Am I cursed or something?" I opened mouth to start complaining again but stopped when I heard Charity laughing. I turned to look at her and when she saw me looking she said .
"I like you your funny."
"Well I"m glad someone is getting a laugh out of all of this." I said as I closed my eyes.
"You could at least let me up off this table." I said with my still closed.
"Are you going to cooperate?" Hope asked.
"Well if I wasn't going to cooperate then you would be dead right about now." I said as I opened my eyes. Hope was leaning over me.
"What do you mean you are strapped to the table. You can't hurt me." She said as she pointed to the metal straps and leaning even closer, she was now nose to nose to me.
"Well unlike you I don't need my hands to fight and will you please get out of my face." I waited a minute and when she did not move I reached out and pinned them to the wall. "See what did I tell you." I said as I let them go.
"Cool! How did you do that? Teach me. I want to do that." Charity said as she ran over to the table.
"Well I can't teach you how to do that but I can teach you how to talk to me with your mind." I said as Charity leaned over to look at me.
"Cool I can teach you how to use a gun." Charity said as she jumped up and down clapping her hands.
"Wait you don't even know her. She could be evil or something." Hope said as she walked over and grabbed Charity's arm.
"Well I hate to interrupt but I'm getting off this table." I reached out and broke the straps.
"She's lose. RUN." One of the men said as he ran out of the room.
"Well he sure is brave isn't he." I said as I stood up and yawned. I heard running and turned in that direction and felt someone hit me knocking me to the ground. The next I know I'm on my back with Hope siting one me. "Will you get off. I'm not going to hurt anyone ok." I said as I moved my head to look around.
"You promise?" She asked.
"Yes, Yes just get off me." I replied. Hope nodded and stood up and offered me her hand. I took it and stood up.
"Friends?" I asked.
"Yea. Can you really teach us to talk to you with our minds?" she asked and I shrugged.
"Yea, it isn't that hard once you know how." "See" I said to her in my mind. She took a step back.
"Oh that is cool. If you teach me that I will teach you how to use a sword." She said as she stuck out her hand.
"It's a deal." I said as we shook hands.
"Can I ask a question?" Charity said as she raised her hand.
"Yea what is it?" I asked as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well why are your eyes two different colors?" She asked as she stared at the floor.
"What?" I said as I walked over to a mirror to see for my self.
"Well I'll be damned. They are. Well I don't know." I said as I stared at my self in the mirror. My hair was still brown but my eyes were different. They use to be brown but now the left on was green and the right one was blue.
"I think they're cool looking." Said Charity as she came up behind me and smiled at me in the mirror. Maybe this won't be too bad.
"Over the years we became good friends and were almost inseparable. I became a sharp shooter and a master swords man or would that be woman. I worked for the government for 96 years and was about as happy as I thought I could be. I found out that Hope and Charity joined the army and met in boot camp and became good friends. They were asked to do a special project after about a year. That turned out to be just a project to experiment on humans. So that's how they got the way they were. Well about 3 years ago I met Travis and fell in love with him. I use to sneak out at night to see him and a little over a year ago he asked me to marry him. I said yes but the government found out and they forbid it. Well it was a little over a week later that I learned he was killed in a bank robbery. I was crushed and then about a month later I found out that the government was behind the robbery and his death. So I ran away because I just couldn't take it any more. I've been on the run for about a year now. When you found me in the desert Hope and Charity had almost caught me in the last town. I had to make a swift retreat and ran out of water. Well that's my story."
Well people that is chapter 3. I know, I know it probable sucked sorry. I hope chapter 4 will be better but I doubt it. (sighs and shakes her head) Oh I have to thank Fishguts for inspiration during the Final Fantasy X marathon. Well I going to stare at my Knives, Vash, and Trunks collage Fishguts made me for Christmas. Thanks again Fishguts. Oh and I working on an original story I don't know If I will post it. Let me know if I should. Fishguts likes my original story so just let me know if I should. Well thanks for R/R.