*sweatdrops * Dun worry, Tara.I have still have all of the chapters up to
chapter 18, hopefully I finished up to then. ^^;;; Oh well, here's the next
chapter, another Gavin/Astra fight. Hope ya like it! I do not own Trigun,
though I wish I did. But I do own all the chars that aren't from Trigun
that are in this fic. Love, peace and fanfics!! Enjoy!!
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Chapter 12: Inferno
Astra and Vash jerked their heads from the starry sky to where they heard an explosion. Vash said in surprise, "What the hell?"
Astra stood, automatically forcing her arms into the sleeves of Vash's coat. "Its close to the inn."
"A little too close if you ask me."
Astra peered over the edge. "It's the vehicles, they've exploded."
"But how," he asked as Astra straightened.
She locked eyes on him. "There's only one way, Gavin." Then she continued, "You go in and get everyone out, don't forget our packs, especially mine. I'll handle my brother."
Vash nodded. "I'll be out to help you then."
Nodding at Vash's retreating figure, she turned back to the fiery explosion. Then she leapt from the rooftop to the street below, just outside from the fire. Crouching low, still in Vash's coat, Astra stood and glared at the fire.
"Where are you, Gavin," she demanded at the fire.
"Try looking behind you, dear sister," Gavin replied.
She whirled around and saw a fiery figure form in to her brother. Astra glared harder at her brother.
Gavin smirked at his sister and he stepped towards her. With his hands, he brought them up and clapped them together.
*****
Vash ran down the stairs in a rush. He reached their rooms and he dive in each room and grabbed their packs. Some of the rooms were starting to become aflame. He dashed down the stairs, which was deserted of people. Everyone has left the saloon and was outside, watching the fire.
He reached the doors to the outside and saw how bad it was. Astra was right; it was the vehicles that exploded. He ran over to the group and found Nick, Milly and Meryl.
The trio looked at him, glad to see that he was still alive. Then they started asking questions.
"Where were you?"
"Are you alright?"
"What happened to your coat?"
"And where's Miss Astra?"
Vash answered the questions in a bit of a rush. Then he started to work his way through the group of people, towards the edge of the fire.
"Where are you going," Meryl asked.
Vash shouted over his shoulder. "I'm going to go help Astra!"
*****
Before Astra knew what hit her, red-orange flames of the fire engulfed her. She yelped in surprise and she covered her face with her arms. Sweat instantly came to her brow and she squinted her eyes from the fire.
She faced her palms outward and she created a lighting shield around her. Astra still kept her eyes squinting and her shield up as she straightened. With the lighting shield to protect her, Astra walked out of the fire with only minor burns and her hair singed. Astra took the shield down and wiped her forehead with the coat sleeve.
"Awww, what's the matter, Astra," Gavin teased. "Too hot for you?"
Astra glared at her brother. Lighting sparked in her eyes as Vash's jacket swirled around her.
Gavin scanned his sister up and down and smirked. "What is that that you are wearing? Your boyfriend's trench coat?"
Astra glared at him. She knew whom Gavin meant when he said "your boyfriend." "He's not my boyfriend."
Still smirking, Gavin nodded his head. "Yeah, right."
Without warning, he threw a fireball at Astra. She deflected it easily with a lighting ball. Gavin masked his surprise.
"The only reason you survived the last fight against me was because of the owner of that trench coat you are wearing." Gavin explained. "But you won't survive this time. After all, you are at a disadvantage."
*****
Vash fought his way through the crowd, trying to find a way to Astra. He finally broke out to the crowd and walked around the edge of the fire to the other side. He finally saw Astra in his trench coat, which made him run harder. Vash yelled out, "Astra!!"
Astra looked over and saw Vash and gasped. "No!"
It was too late. Gavin swung his arm and aimed his gun at Vash. He shot twice, each bullet hitting both of Vash's shoulders. Then Gavin created and large fireball and threw it dead on at Vash.
The fireball hit Vash square on the chest. Vash flew backwards and his head smashed against a stonewall. Each of his shoulders burned from the bullet wounds as blood leaked from them, soaking his black, skin-tight outfit. He slumped and slid down the wall, blacking out in the process.
Astra allowed a small gasp escape as she ran over to Vash. She swung his jacket off of her and used it to smother the small flames the emerged. Leaving his jacket on him, she studied his face; it looked so peaceful at the moment. She was about to stand when pain exploded in the back of her left shoulder. Astra caught herself before falling forward. With lighting in her eyes and sparking at her hands, she turned around to glare at her brother.
"What's the matter," Gavin taunted. "Is he dead?"
"No." Astra growled. "But you'll be sorry you did that."
She charged toward Gavin, turning into lighting in the process. Tackling Gavin, she gave him a good long shock. Astra leapt off him and reformed into herself again, breathing hard.
Gavin was screaming in pain when he got tackled. Once she was off on him, Gavin rolled backwards and stood. He watched as his sister reformed.
Astra stood there a moment, and then a wave of dizziness and weakness overcame her. She allowed herself to kneel on one knee; her breath was still slightly labored.
Smirking, Gavin walked towards Astra. "Tsk, tsk, tsk.Astra, Astra, Astra." He was shaking his head. "You just made a huge mistake. You see, like I said, you are at a disadvantage. The fire I created from the inn is able to strengthen me. And you just wasted a good portion of your energy, which resulted in you becoming dizzy and weakened."
She lifted her head and glared at her brother again. Her bangs on the right side fell in front of her eye. She breathed through her nose, looking at her brother as he walked towards her.
Vash was only out from a moment, he groaned as he came to. He blinked his eyes and looked for Astra. Slowly, he used to wall behind him to stand and he grabbed the jacket as it started to slide down. He finally found where Astra was, kneeling with her brother walking towards her. Vash wanted to call out to Astra, but he didn't want to bring attention to himself. He leaned against the wall, contemplating on what to do.
*****
On the other side of the fire, the people from the inn and many others were trying to put the fire out. Milly, Meryl and Nick were helping. Nick looked at the fire when he heard multiple gunshots. Silently, he drifted away from the group and walked around the fire to see what was going on.
When he reached the point where he could see everything, he stopped. Nick surveyed on what was happening. He saw Vash, leaning against a wall out of breath, and Astra who was still kneeling on one knee in front of her brother. Quickly and silently, Nick returned and told Milly and Meryl what was happening. They agreed to come to help Astra and Vash and ran to the other side of the fire.
*****
Astra was still glaring at her brother. Gavin looked down at her like she was the scum of the universe. Then he sneered. "Why don't you stand up, sister?"
Slowly, Astra stood, ready to fight or shoot at her brother if necessary. She had to be careful as to what she did, and save her strength. Astra looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Vash was standing with the assistance of the wall behind him. Then she turned her full attention to her brother, who was aiming his gun at her.
Mustering up whatever strength she had left, Astra ran the rest of the way towards her brother. In the mean time, Gavin shot and the bullet landed in the same shoulder that he shot at earlier. Her face grimaced in pain, but her pushed the pain down and kept going.
She tackled him around the middle; her hands were blue with lighting. Astra shocked him again as both of them rolled over one another. Gavin stopped the roll by slamming Astra into the ground by using his strength and placing a hand on her throat.
Her eyes widened as she brought her hands to her throat and tried to pry Gavin off of her. She tried to shock him, but it was useless. Astra had used almost all of her energy. Another wave of dizziness swept in and almost made her lose.
Vash looked over at Astra and saw that Gavin was on top of her. He closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath of air, gathering his strength. Then he ran towards Gavin and Astra as fast as he could and tackled Gavin off of Astra. Gavin was able to throw Vash off of him and send another fireball that hit Vash. Vash skidded to a halt on the sand and darkness swept over him, knocking him out.
Astra felt Gavin being tackled off of her. Her energy was so low that she couldn't move her head to see who had done it. But one name came to her mind as darkness crept in from the sides of her eyes. Vash.
*****
Nick, Milly and Meryl came into view of the battle to see Vash tackle Gavin off of Astra. After seeing Gavin hit Vash with a fireball, Meryl and Nick shot at Gavin multiple times as Gavin stood. They stopped when Gavin didn't go down.
Gavin laughed wickedly at them. "Did you think you can defeat me?" He healed his fresh wounds in front of them. "Apparently my dear sister forgot to tell you about me. Pity, I guess you just learned the hard way."
None of them spoke, instead, Milly shot twice at Gavin with her stun gun, hitting both times. Gavin flew back and skidded in the sand to a stop. He was unconscious from the double hit.
Behind them, the fire was slowly becoming smaller. Nick, Milly and Meryl dashed over to Astra and Vash, who were both unconscious.
"They need a doctor, and soon." Nick stated. "I'll carry Vash, Milly can you carry Astra?"
Milly nodded. "Sure, I can carry Miss Astra."
"Alright," Nick replied. "Meryl, you go ahead and find a doctor for these two."
Meryl nodded and ran off to find a doctor. Nick picked up Vash and his jacket as Milly easily picked up Astra.
Please, God. Let them live, Nick thought as he followed Milly away from Gavin.
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Chapter 12: Inferno
Astra and Vash jerked their heads from the starry sky to where they heard an explosion. Vash said in surprise, "What the hell?"
Astra stood, automatically forcing her arms into the sleeves of Vash's coat. "Its close to the inn."
"A little too close if you ask me."
Astra peered over the edge. "It's the vehicles, they've exploded."
"But how," he asked as Astra straightened.
She locked eyes on him. "There's only one way, Gavin." Then she continued, "You go in and get everyone out, don't forget our packs, especially mine. I'll handle my brother."
Vash nodded. "I'll be out to help you then."
Nodding at Vash's retreating figure, she turned back to the fiery explosion. Then she leapt from the rooftop to the street below, just outside from the fire. Crouching low, still in Vash's coat, Astra stood and glared at the fire.
"Where are you, Gavin," she demanded at the fire.
"Try looking behind you, dear sister," Gavin replied.
She whirled around and saw a fiery figure form in to her brother. Astra glared harder at her brother.
Gavin smirked at his sister and he stepped towards her. With his hands, he brought them up and clapped them together.
*****
Vash ran down the stairs in a rush. He reached their rooms and he dive in each room and grabbed their packs. Some of the rooms were starting to become aflame. He dashed down the stairs, which was deserted of people. Everyone has left the saloon and was outside, watching the fire.
He reached the doors to the outside and saw how bad it was. Astra was right; it was the vehicles that exploded. He ran over to the group and found Nick, Milly and Meryl.
The trio looked at him, glad to see that he was still alive. Then they started asking questions.
"Where were you?"
"Are you alright?"
"What happened to your coat?"
"And where's Miss Astra?"
Vash answered the questions in a bit of a rush. Then he started to work his way through the group of people, towards the edge of the fire.
"Where are you going," Meryl asked.
Vash shouted over his shoulder. "I'm going to go help Astra!"
*****
Before Astra knew what hit her, red-orange flames of the fire engulfed her. She yelped in surprise and she covered her face with her arms. Sweat instantly came to her brow and she squinted her eyes from the fire.
She faced her palms outward and she created a lighting shield around her. Astra still kept her eyes squinting and her shield up as she straightened. With the lighting shield to protect her, Astra walked out of the fire with only minor burns and her hair singed. Astra took the shield down and wiped her forehead with the coat sleeve.
"Awww, what's the matter, Astra," Gavin teased. "Too hot for you?"
Astra glared at her brother. Lighting sparked in her eyes as Vash's jacket swirled around her.
Gavin scanned his sister up and down and smirked. "What is that that you are wearing? Your boyfriend's trench coat?"
Astra glared at him. She knew whom Gavin meant when he said "your boyfriend." "He's not my boyfriend."
Still smirking, Gavin nodded his head. "Yeah, right."
Without warning, he threw a fireball at Astra. She deflected it easily with a lighting ball. Gavin masked his surprise.
"The only reason you survived the last fight against me was because of the owner of that trench coat you are wearing." Gavin explained. "But you won't survive this time. After all, you are at a disadvantage."
*****
Vash fought his way through the crowd, trying to find a way to Astra. He finally broke out to the crowd and walked around the edge of the fire to the other side. He finally saw Astra in his trench coat, which made him run harder. Vash yelled out, "Astra!!"
Astra looked over and saw Vash and gasped. "No!"
It was too late. Gavin swung his arm and aimed his gun at Vash. He shot twice, each bullet hitting both of Vash's shoulders. Then Gavin created and large fireball and threw it dead on at Vash.
The fireball hit Vash square on the chest. Vash flew backwards and his head smashed against a stonewall. Each of his shoulders burned from the bullet wounds as blood leaked from them, soaking his black, skin-tight outfit. He slumped and slid down the wall, blacking out in the process.
Astra allowed a small gasp escape as she ran over to Vash. She swung his jacket off of her and used it to smother the small flames the emerged. Leaving his jacket on him, she studied his face; it looked so peaceful at the moment. She was about to stand when pain exploded in the back of her left shoulder. Astra caught herself before falling forward. With lighting in her eyes and sparking at her hands, she turned around to glare at her brother.
"What's the matter," Gavin taunted. "Is he dead?"
"No." Astra growled. "But you'll be sorry you did that."
She charged toward Gavin, turning into lighting in the process. Tackling Gavin, she gave him a good long shock. Astra leapt off him and reformed into herself again, breathing hard.
Gavin was screaming in pain when he got tackled. Once she was off on him, Gavin rolled backwards and stood. He watched as his sister reformed.
Astra stood there a moment, and then a wave of dizziness and weakness overcame her. She allowed herself to kneel on one knee; her breath was still slightly labored.
Smirking, Gavin walked towards Astra. "Tsk, tsk, tsk.Astra, Astra, Astra." He was shaking his head. "You just made a huge mistake. You see, like I said, you are at a disadvantage. The fire I created from the inn is able to strengthen me. And you just wasted a good portion of your energy, which resulted in you becoming dizzy and weakened."
She lifted her head and glared at her brother again. Her bangs on the right side fell in front of her eye. She breathed through her nose, looking at her brother as he walked towards her.
Vash was only out from a moment, he groaned as he came to. He blinked his eyes and looked for Astra. Slowly, he used to wall behind him to stand and he grabbed the jacket as it started to slide down. He finally found where Astra was, kneeling with her brother walking towards her. Vash wanted to call out to Astra, but he didn't want to bring attention to himself. He leaned against the wall, contemplating on what to do.
*****
On the other side of the fire, the people from the inn and many others were trying to put the fire out. Milly, Meryl and Nick were helping. Nick looked at the fire when he heard multiple gunshots. Silently, he drifted away from the group and walked around the fire to see what was going on.
When he reached the point where he could see everything, he stopped. Nick surveyed on what was happening. He saw Vash, leaning against a wall out of breath, and Astra who was still kneeling on one knee in front of her brother. Quickly and silently, Nick returned and told Milly and Meryl what was happening. They agreed to come to help Astra and Vash and ran to the other side of the fire.
*****
Astra was still glaring at her brother. Gavin looked down at her like she was the scum of the universe. Then he sneered. "Why don't you stand up, sister?"
Slowly, Astra stood, ready to fight or shoot at her brother if necessary. She had to be careful as to what she did, and save her strength. Astra looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Vash was standing with the assistance of the wall behind him. Then she turned her full attention to her brother, who was aiming his gun at her.
Mustering up whatever strength she had left, Astra ran the rest of the way towards her brother. In the mean time, Gavin shot and the bullet landed in the same shoulder that he shot at earlier. Her face grimaced in pain, but her pushed the pain down and kept going.
She tackled him around the middle; her hands were blue with lighting. Astra shocked him again as both of them rolled over one another. Gavin stopped the roll by slamming Astra into the ground by using his strength and placing a hand on her throat.
Her eyes widened as she brought her hands to her throat and tried to pry Gavin off of her. She tried to shock him, but it was useless. Astra had used almost all of her energy. Another wave of dizziness swept in and almost made her lose.
Vash looked over at Astra and saw that Gavin was on top of her. He closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath of air, gathering his strength. Then he ran towards Gavin and Astra as fast as he could and tackled Gavin off of Astra. Gavin was able to throw Vash off of him and send another fireball that hit Vash. Vash skidded to a halt on the sand and darkness swept over him, knocking him out.
Astra felt Gavin being tackled off of her. Her energy was so low that she couldn't move her head to see who had done it. But one name came to her mind as darkness crept in from the sides of her eyes. Vash.
*****
Nick, Milly and Meryl came into view of the battle to see Vash tackle Gavin off of Astra. After seeing Gavin hit Vash with a fireball, Meryl and Nick shot at Gavin multiple times as Gavin stood. They stopped when Gavin didn't go down.
Gavin laughed wickedly at them. "Did you think you can defeat me?" He healed his fresh wounds in front of them. "Apparently my dear sister forgot to tell you about me. Pity, I guess you just learned the hard way."
None of them spoke, instead, Milly shot twice at Gavin with her stun gun, hitting both times. Gavin flew back and skidded in the sand to a stop. He was unconscious from the double hit.
Behind them, the fire was slowly becoming smaller. Nick, Milly and Meryl dashed over to Astra and Vash, who were both unconscious.
"They need a doctor, and soon." Nick stated. "I'll carry Vash, Milly can you carry Astra?"
Milly nodded. "Sure, I can carry Miss Astra."
"Alright," Nick replied. "Meryl, you go ahead and find a doctor for these two."
Meryl nodded and ran off to find a doctor. Nick picked up Vash and his jacket as Milly easily picked up Astra.
Please, God. Let them live, Nick thought as he followed Milly away from Gavin.