Her voice was low and dark. "Who else would I be talking of fool?
Your own brother! You slaughtered your own brother who did nothing
but wash away the evil you did!" She launched herself at him "You
were an accident to be born."
Vash stood his ground and caught her arm holding her immobile. "You're making a mistake. Knives lied to you. He wasn't who you thought he was."
She raged eyes going a shade darker than the angry violet. "LIAR!" She yanked herself back wards and stumbled a moment before regaining her composure before turning to look at Meryl and Milly who had gone silent. "And you two. You're the bitches who help him aren't you! I suppose you will lie as well."
Milly glared. "How dare you talk to miss Meryl like that! You ought to-"
"Milly." Milly looked at Meryl who shook her head lightly "Don't."
"What?" Milly blinked in surprise and Dagger scowled.
"What I say is true." Dagger spun back to face him lifting the gun as Vash spoke, standing up straight again.
Dagger's hand shook, her eyes paling to an uncertainty indigo color. "Prove it."
A/N (alright. We all know Vash isn't 100% human. So were just gonna pretend that this next little skill is one of his little talents. So please bare with me here. Thanks)
Vash stood and stared straight at her, his turquoise eyes blazing. She backed away a bit then gasped as images hit her. Vash's memories of Knives and all the things he had done. Tears coursed down Dagger's cheeks as she watched the truth of Knives' insanity. Vash blinked and the blaze faded as he watched Dagger who was doubled over, head bent towards the ground as she wept shaking her head. The vines around Milly and Meryl disappeared back into the ground and they both fell free from the wall anime style (heh ^-^).
"I'm sorry." Vash's voice was low. He moved towards her.
Meryl stood. "Vash don't go nea-" She broke of and sweat dropped anime style as Vash knelt beside Dagger.
"How did you meet Knives?" Dagger kept her head bent even as her tears subsided.
"A long time ago." She seemed to be talking as if far off. As if she was lost in a memory and didn't know she was speaking to anyone else. "I was.....and orphan living on the street. In allies, under stairs. Sometimes I could pry up the boards of porches and wedge under there. Anywhere to hide. But I was always found." She shuddered visibly and Milly and Meryl stood up and watched her with wary curiosity.
"The men they always found me. Ever since I was 8 they had begun to seek me out. I was a no one. An orphan who never knew mother or father. Who would care if I were raped over and over and over again. The woman cared more that their cheating husbands would catch disease from me than that I was always violated. I was the little abandoned whore." Vash moved to touch her shoulder sympathetically but she cringed and moved away.
Her voice took on a tone of wonder. "Then he came. My knight. I was 17 at the time when he found me. Hiding in an old house where a family had moved out. I was in a room crying and he appeared in the doorway and looked down at me and asked.......Why I sat there, crying so." She hugged herself and smiles so softly it made all three of their hearts ache. "He lifted me up into his arms and told me.........said, it was demeaning to sit there and bawl. He led my out into the street and stood there. Tall and magnificent so he seemed a god and people ran from him. I couldn't understand why. Wondered how they could see him as anything but good and saintly. Then I looked up and saw, he was angry. And I knew why. He was angry for me."
"But he simply walked away carrying me and I fell asleep." She frowned. "I don't know how. Or I don't remember." Dagger smirked. "Or maybe I simply don't wish to tell you, but next thing that happened I was in a great room on a bed. He had brought me there. I was safe and he looked after me. He gave me food, and clothing, and he was kind." A tear slipped down her cheek. "He was so kind."
Vash watched her scowling deeply. "I suppose he used you then." He fell over hard anime style when Dagger backhanded him leaving a blazing red mark on his cheek.
"Hold your tongue! He didn't touch me!" She calmed a bit "As a matter of fact I came to him. I loved him. I loved what I thought he was I suppose. And I begged him, and pleaded with him to love me. To keep me." Tears rained down from her eyes again "And he did! Oh he did. I idolized him and dotted on him. His word was law for me. Anything he wanted I would have run to get. And I'd like to...I would still like to believe that he really did care about me. I really would. Then he told me about you."
She looked away. "Told me you killed both his and your mother. Told me you destroyed innocent towns and tortured innocent people. Terrorized nations for your own cruel delight. For no reason what so ever. He told me you hunted him and forced him to hide. And he cried. I guess now that I think about it, the tears were fake. But he always apologized because he couldn't give me a good home. He did disappear. But....but he said it was to help fix what you had done. All lies now, I know." She looked up at him; her eyes were now pale sorrowful crystal blue. "I'm sorry I hit you. I guess with all that Knives has done to you, you had right to believe he would use me."
"It's alright." She looked up in surprise to find Meryl and Milly knelt beside her. "We've been hitting him all the time and it doesn't seem to invoke and change." Meryl frowned "What did you do to the townspeople?"
"I froze time for them." Dagger shifted.
"And you kept it going for use. Where you going to kill us?"
Dagger answered without blinking an eye. "Yes."
Meryl sweat dropped "Ahhhh"
"What will you do now?" Dagger turned to look at Vash.
"I'm going to release these people. Then I'm going to kill myself."
Vash, Meryl, and Milly jumped in surprise "WHAT!?"
Vash smiled a bit sheepishly again "Don't you think that's a little drastic."
"I was going to kill all three of you. I loved a man who slaughtered and mutilated." Her eyes dropped to her stomach. "And now I carry his child."
All three jump again "WHAT!"
Vash grinned brightly and little lights glittered around his head (you know what I'm talking about). "Oh great! I'm gonna be an uncle."
"No you're not." Vash falls over anime style and looks up at Dagger's impassive face. "If I die so does the child. That's what I want."
"You can't blame an unborn child for sins the father has done." Milly said outraged. "It's just not fair!"
Dagger flared. "Would you like to carry it!" she glared at Meryl then Vash. "Or either of you!"
Vash falls over anime style again. "I ah....really don't think that's possible."
"Well it doesn't matter anyway. You can't very well stop me. As soon as you leave no one will." She looked up and glared as Vash took a seat stubbornly next to her.
"Well then it looks like I'll just have to stay here. I can't very well let something happen to my nephew now can I?" Dagger sweat drops then scowls angrily.
"It looks like we're going to have to bring her with us, eh."
Vash stood his ground and caught her arm holding her immobile. "You're making a mistake. Knives lied to you. He wasn't who you thought he was."
She raged eyes going a shade darker than the angry violet. "LIAR!" She yanked herself back wards and stumbled a moment before regaining her composure before turning to look at Meryl and Milly who had gone silent. "And you two. You're the bitches who help him aren't you! I suppose you will lie as well."
Milly glared. "How dare you talk to miss Meryl like that! You ought to-"
"Milly." Milly looked at Meryl who shook her head lightly "Don't."
"What?" Milly blinked in surprise and Dagger scowled.
"What I say is true." Dagger spun back to face him lifting the gun as Vash spoke, standing up straight again.
Dagger's hand shook, her eyes paling to an uncertainty indigo color. "Prove it."
A/N (alright. We all know Vash isn't 100% human. So were just gonna pretend that this next little skill is one of his little talents. So please bare with me here. Thanks)
Vash stood and stared straight at her, his turquoise eyes blazing. She backed away a bit then gasped as images hit her. Vash's memories of Knives and all the things he had done. Tears coursed down Dagger's cheeks as she watched the truth of Knives' insanity. Vash blinked and the blaze faded as he watched Dagger who was doubled over, head bent towards the ground as she wept shaking her head. The vines around Milly and Meryl disappeared back into the ground and they both fell free from the wall anime style (heh ^-^).
"I'm sorry." Vash's voice was low. He moved towards her.
Meryl stood. "Vash don't go nea-" She broke of and sweat dropped anime style as Vash knelt beside Dagger.
"How did you meet Knives?" Dagger kept her head bent even as her tears subsided.
"A long time ago." She seemed to be talking as if far off. As if she was lost in a memory and didn't know she was speaking to anyone else. "I was.....and orphan living on the street. In allies, under stairs. Sometimes I could pry up the boards of porches and wedge under there. Anywhere to hide. But I was always found." She shuddered visibly and Milly and Meryl stood up and watched her with wary curiosity.
"The men they always found me. Ever since I was 8 they had begun to seek me out. I was a no one. An orphan who never knew mother or father. Who would care if I were raped over and over and over again. The woman cared more that their cheating husbands would catch disease from me than that I was always violated. I was the little abandoned whore." Vash moved to touch her shoulder sympathetically but she cringed and moved away.
Her voice took on a tone of wonder. "Then he came. My knight. I was 17 at the time when he found me. Hiding in an old house where a family had moved out. I was in a room crying and he appeared in the doorway and looked down at me and asked.......Why I sat there, crying so." She hugged herself and smiles so softly it made all three of their hearts ache. "He lifted me up into his arms and told me.........said, it was demeaning to sit there and bawl. He led my out into the street and stood there. Tall and magnificent so he seemed a god and people ran from him. I couldn't understand why. Wondered how they could see him as anything but good and saintly. Then I looked up and saw, he was angry. And I knew why. He was angry for me."
"But he simply walked away carrying me and I fell asleep." She frowned. "I don't know how. Or I don't remember." Dagger smirked. "Or maybe I simply don't wish to tell you, but next thing that happened I was in a great room on a bed. He had brought me there. I was safe and he looked after me. He gave me food, and clothing, and he was kind." A tear slipped down her cheek. "He was so kind."
Vash watched her scowling deeply. "I suppose he used you then." He fell over hard anime style when Dagger backhanded him leaving a blazing red mark on his cheek.
"Hold your tongue! He didn't touch me!" She calmed a bit "As a matter of fact I came to him. I loved him. I loved what I thought he was I suppose. And I begged him, and pleaded with him to love me. To keep me." Tears rained down from her eyes again "And he did! Oh he did. I idolized him and dotted on him. His word was law for me. Anything he wanted I would have run to get. And I'd like to...I would still like to believe that he really did care about me. I really would. Then he told me about you."
She looked away. "Told me you killed both his and your mother. Told me you destroyed innocent towns and tortured innocent people. Terrorized nations for your own cruel delight. For no reason what so ever. He told me you hunted him and forced him to hide. And he cried. I guess now that I think about it, the tears were fake. But he always apologized because he couldn't give me a good home. He did disappear. But....but he said it was to help fix what you had done. All lies now, I know." She looked up at him; her eyes were now pale sorrowful crystal blue. "I'm sorry I hit you. I guess with all that Knives has done to you, you had right to believe he would use me."
"It's alright." She looked up in surprise to find Meryl and Milly knelt beside her. "We've been hitting him all the time and it doesn't seem to invoke and change." Meryl frowned "What did you do to the townspeople?"
"I froze time for them." Dagger shifted.
"And you kept it going for use. Where you going to kill us?"
Dagger answered without blinking an eye. "Yes."
Meryl sweat dropped "Ahhhh"
"What will you do now?" Dagger turned to look at Vash.
"I'm going to release these people. Then I'm going to kill myself."
Vash, Meryl, and Milly jumped in surprise "WHAT!?"
Vash smiled a bit sheepishly again "Don't you think that's a little drastic."
"I was going to kill all three of you. I loved a man who slaughtered and mutilated." Her eyes dropped to her stomach. "And now I carry his child."
All three jump again "WHAT!"
Vash grinned brightly and little lights glittered around his head (you know what I'm talking about). "Oh great! I'm gonna be an uncle."
"No you're not." Vash falls over anime style and looks up at Dagger's impassive face. "If I die so does the child. That's what I want."
"You can't blame an unborn child for sins the father has done." Milly said outraged. "It's just not fair!"
Dagger flared. "Would you like to carry it!" she glared at Meryl then Vash. "Or either of you!"
Vash falls over anime style again. "I ah....really don't think that's possible."
"Well it doesn't matter anyway. You can't very well stop me. As soon as you leave no one will." She looked up and glared as Vash took a seat stubbornly next to her.
"Well then it looks like I'll just have to stay here. I can't very well let something happen to my nephew now can I?" Dagger sweat drops then scowls angrily.
"It looks like we're going to have to bring her with us, eh."