Chapter Two; They get worse

Meryl put a hand on Vash's shoulder.

"How could it have been Wolfwood?" Milly asked.

"I know what I saw." Vash argued.

Milly was taken back by Vash's tone. Vash put his gun back in his holster, grabbed the shirt off the floor and stood up to fast. Vash wobbled a little bit as he gained his composure. Meryl stood up as well. He slid on his shirt and walked out the bathroom, the girls followed him.

"Where are you going Vash?" Meryl asked.

"I'm taking a walk around town." He said.

"But it's the middle of the night." She said.

"So what," Vash stated. He slammed the door in her face and stormed down stairs.

Milly put her hand on Meryl's shoulder.

"He'll be fine." She reassured.

Meryl grabbed something off the counter next to her and opened the door.

"Meryl?" Milly asked.

"I've had enough of him." Meryl growled. She opened the door and followed Vash out the hotel.

Vash was in the middle of the town, walking very slowly looking as if he was thinking.

"VASH!!!" Meryl shouted.

"Oh great." Vash murmured.

"What is your problem?" She asked.

Vash turned around slowly his face in deep thought. "What do you mean, what's my problem?"

"You haven't been your normal, cheery, don't give a care about the world self. I want to know why." She argued.

"Why do you want to know? You loath me remember. I don't do anything remember. I'M A CURSE TO THE WORLD REMEMBER!!" Vash yelled.

"YOU DON'T GET IT." Meryl interrupted. Her hand tightly clenched. She walked up to him and slapped him across the face. "We care about you, I care about you. You've been scaring me lately. All I want to know is why, what's wrong with you?"

Meryl bowed her head and started crying. The sudden realization hit Vash. He wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him.

"I . . . I'm sorry." Vash admitted.

"Don't touch me!!" Meryl shouted. She pulled away from Vash.

"Meryl, I . . . I sorry." He said.

"No, you're not." She argued.

"Human's are weak, they should all be destroyed." A voice called.

Vash's heart started rushing at a tremendous rate. His head filling with images, swirling around. Vash fell to the floor as he put both hands to his temples.

"Don't you agree, Vash?" It called again. " . . . Vash?"

"Oh, my God, VASH!!" Meryl cried.

Vash looked up to see Knives smiling down at him.

"Come with me Vash." He said.

"Get away from me Knives." Vash said in pain. He pushed Knives away from him.

"Knives? It's me Meryl." She said.

Vash reach for his gun. Meryl stepped back.

"Vash, it's me, Meryl Stryfe." She said again.

"Shoot me, go ahead, and see what pain it brings you." Knives pleaded.

Vash raised the gun up to Knives.

"You're not real." He stated.

'Oh no he thinks I'm Knives.' Meryl thought.

The pain started to reside from Vash and his heart relaxed. Vash curled up in a ball of the floor.

"God, it hurts." Vash breathed. He started shaking.

Meryl edged closer. Vash raised his gun again. His eyesight blurry.

"I told you, get away from me." He said.

"You're a monster, Vash, face it she'd never love you back." Knives said, edging closer.

"I've had enough of you." Vash said. He took a deep breath a pulled the trigger. The shot hit Knives. Knives fell to his knees holding his side.

"You shot me?" Knives said, blood trickling down on the floor. "Now you've done it, Vash. Way to go."

Vash's vision came back. Knives disappeared to show Meryl on the floor in his place.

'No . . . how?' He thought.

Vash started moving closer to her and sat up. He reached out his hand to touch Meryl's face. She looked up at him in disbelief.

"I'm so sorry." Vash comforted. "I didn't know it was you."

Meryl grabbed his hand with her blood soaked hand.

"You've said that a lot lately, but I should be the one that's sorry." She whispered.

"Why didn't you run away?" he asked.

"I didn't want to leave you in such pain." She smiled. "I . . . i lo. . ."

Meryl passed out and fell forward. Vash caught her and held her close.

Milly came walking out the hotel and saw Vash and Meryl on the ground. She jogged over to them and noticed that Meryl had been wounded.

"Oh no, Meryl," Milly said, "What happened."

"Hurry Vash, help me take her to the nearest Hospital." Milly stated.

"No, she'll be fine. I can treat the wound myself." Vash reassured.

Vash picked Meryl up carefully as possible not to hurt her. Milly followed nervously behind Vash.

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I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU ARE CONFUSED BUT DON'T WORRY IT ALL MAKES SINCE IN THE END. CHAPTER THREE IS FINALLY UP!!!!!
(happily cheers)