I told them. I told them everything about what I was, what Lily was, what Misty and Knives were, and about where I came from. Meryl didn't believe me until I explained the giant unbloomed flower coming out of the ship was a product of Misty. I couldn't tell her how or why, I didn't even know! I don't know what Knives could have done to make her change like that. Maybe it's a reaction to his gun's energy? Maybe he cooked something else up? I don't know, I don't know anything. All I want to know now is if Misty is all right.

~¤~Pollination~¤~

(Author's note: This chapter gets pretty nasty, sexually and violently. I'm not really into Hentai, (save for a naked Wolfwood pictures now and then) the only reason I describe things and explain things is gross detail is because I want the reader to know why things are happening to a tee. I'm pretty shameless, and the only reason I'm doing this is to bring out the nature of Vash's species – both male and female. Aren't you curious? If you don't want to read on, I'll brief you on Vash's species' discoveries in the next chapter. You won't miss out.)

Vash looked on at the bulb, and sighed, rubbing his face. Wolfwood managed to take his eyes off of it for a minute, and turn to Vash. "So, you don't know a thing about your own kind? You don't even know what could have triggered her to change like this?"

"I don't even know if that's her. She could be inside, it could have sprouted on her, I don't know! Humans made us, you'd think they'd know about us." Vash stood and looked at his gun. "I don't want to hurt her. I'll go in first, to see what's going on. You stay back and I'll call if I need you." Vash handed Wolfwood a communication device, and ran towards the ship.

Wolfwood sighed, "Like hell I'm staying behind!" and ran off after Vash.

Vash got inside the ship, and began looking around. "Knives! Knives, dammit! Come out and leave Misty alone!" There was no response. He kept going, until he finally found where the plant had burst from the ship. He slowly approached it, then spun around as he felt something tap his shoulder. "Wolfwood!?" But instead of Wolfwood, a young man stood in the hall, with a plant-like tentacle (or vine) impaled up his anus and through his skull. Vash gasped and backed up against the plant. Just then, the vine retreated, and the man's wounds closed up. The poor man pissed himself, and ran away. "Misty, I know that was you. Please, tell me what's going on."

He got no reply, so he began to try and pry his way into the large plant. The slimy outer coating made it impossible for him to maintain a good grip. He sighed, then looked at his mucusy hands, and then sniffed it. "..Oh.. oh my God.. is this.. is this what I think it is? EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!" He quickly whiped his hands off on the wall, just as Wolfwood came up and looked around. He whistled, and set his Cross Punisher down.

"Damn. We've got a lot of weeding to do. ….What's that smell?"

"I think you smell this gooey stuff.." Vash finished cleaning his hands off on the wall and shuddered.

"What is it?" Wolfwood leaned over to get a closer look at a barnacle-like growth. It opened up, and spewed more of it all over Wolfwood.

"Ew.. I don't think you want to know." Vash grimaced as Wolfwood took his jacket off and wiped himself off.

"What is it, Vash? It smells like Millie.."

"It's masturbation. And ew, I didn't want to know that!" Vash gagged and started circling the hall. Wolfwood's eyed got wide as he looked at his jacket.

"EEEEEWWWWW!"

Vash looked around until he could find an opening. It was going to be a tight squeeze, but with all the lubrication, he managed to pop right in. Inside, he saw a string of vines and tentacles, as well as gobs of the smelly goo being produced through pores in the inside of the plant. The walls were lined with dead bodies inside, that looked like they got acid dumped on them. Vash got a ghastly look on his face as he looked at all of the bodies' faces, and their rotting skin as they got digested in front of his eyes. Suddenly, he saw them regrow their skin and bones, and be expelled. "Misty! Misty, I know you're the one healing them! Please! Where are you!?"

He looked at the healing bodies, then walked forward. His heart sank as he heard a crunch beneath his boots. He looked down, and saw his foot on top of a man's skull, gray matter flowing out. He jumped off and began subtly freaking out. The man had been dead, but now his brains were on his shoe. He stepped back, and heard another crunch. He swallowed hard, and slowly looked back to see the crushed liquidated body of young children who wandered too close. Vash gagged, and ran to the side of the flower to vomit. He wiped his face and cringed, tears flowing. "Misty! Misty! What has Knives done!?"

Vines from underneath Vash's feat wrapped around him, and pushed him up into an upper chamber. There, he saw something he could have lived without. Misty was in her true form, her entire body was a very light pink, and her large eyes were closed. Her feathery wings were extended outwards while she clung to Knives in a sexual embrace. They were secured in the middle of the room by a myriad of vines. They both looked very still, almost as if they were asleep. Knives still looked human though.

Vash blushed and looked away. "You know, you could have taken a less noticeable approach to this." He peeked back over, and saw Knives roughly pulling her hips in closer. Vash could see pain on Misty's face as she was roughly pushed, pulled, and poked. Knives pulled himself out slightly, and pushed back in as he repositioned his legs. Vash saw more than he wanted, but also noticed blood coming from Misty. He winced at the thought of Knives being too big for her. Vash balanced himself on the vines holding him up, and began to try and push Knives way from Misty. Knives just grunted and pulled Misty in tighter, his legs squeezing hers tightly, and bruising them.

"This isn't right, Knives! You're hurting her, physically and emotionally! She loves you, how could you do this!? You're practically raping her!" Vash tried with all his might, but they were too wet for him to get a grip on. Just as Vash was about to start beating on Knives to get him off, Knives' eyes flung open. His eyes were completely red, they didn't even have whites anymore. Vash startled, and fell backwards. When he hit the ground, five vines came out and wrapped around his wrists, ankles, and throat. Sharp thorn began digging into his back. Vash could tell Misty was trying to help. She opened her eyes, looked at him, and the thorns began to recede. Finally, Knives got tired of Misty's interfering, and the flower they were in opened. The sunlight hit Vash, and he squinted. The flower began to collapse, and finally, it began to smother him. He couldn't breathe, and he passed out.