Sorry for taking so long, I was first busy with school shopping and trying to get into another class. Then I got a stomach flu and it lasted like 4 days. When I finally got better I had to go to Mexico and I was gonna stay there longer if it wasn't so damn hot in Mexicali. We may go to Rosarito before school starts, my aunt told us that it was just perfect. Yea margaritas and tequila are waiting for me. Even thought we only stay there for one day and a half, just eating real Mexican food got me in the mood. So good and yummy. Chapter 15 should be up any time soon, I'm waiting for the revise version from Golgo. And chapter 16 is on the making. Time for the annoying disclaimer, trigun and its characters belong to Yasuhiro nightow. Please don't sue, there isn't much you can get from me. And finally there is something I just have to put down. Legato enters the room, Knives is sitting in a chair in the dark. "Legato we better get ready for tomorrow night" "What are we gonna do tomorrow night master?" "Try to conquer the world and destroy the humans" Its Legato, Legato and Knives, Knives, Knives...argh... Yea I know it's stupid, but they do remind me of pinky and brain.

Chapter 14.

It was night already, Meryl lay next to a sleeping Knives. She wasn't able to sleep, her mind was

restless. Millions of questions were going around in her mind, questions that she couldn't answer. Silently she got off the bed and put on her pyjamas, making sure not to disturb the silence in the place she open the door and walk through the darkness.

After their love making, Knives finally told her about his life. She learnt many things that she didn't expect and it scared her, but one thing was really clear, he had a really hard and lonely life. While making her way to the bulb room, she couldn't stop thinking about him. She was no longer scared of him, she actually felt sorry for the man. But that would be last thing he wanted from her, because she wouldn't want him to feel sorry for her. Something that surprised Meryl, was to find out that Knives and her actually had a lot in common. They were both perfectionist, demanding and controlling people. Not only were they both organization and clean freaks, but

also workaholic's and really ambitious. They were also the kind of people that will do anything to make you look at their point of view, and agree with them. They were both stubborn and really logical thinkers, and there was the problem.

When she finally reached the room, she could feel the energy of the plant welcoming her. Besides Knives arms, she would always feel safe in her sister's presence. She knew that this was her place, her sisters will always be ready to talk to her and welcome her like a family. She made her way to the front, and touched the glass. The plant on the other side did the same.

"Can't sleep?"

"No, there are many things in my mind"

"Does it have to do with him?"

"What doesn't. He is my whole world now, I see him even in my dreams"

"What do you dream"

"Of the future, our future. I dream of him and our kids living a normal life, I see myself cooking while he is reading a newspaper and the children screaming and jumping getting ready to go to school. But then my dream is gone, and I'm standing in the remnants of a city. Millions of tombs can be seen, and in the middle a building has the words Knives written on it and I

can't do anything but stare"

"You haven't told him have you?"

Meryl looks down "he told me that he is sorry, that he cares for me and wants to see me happy. He also told me that he wants me to be part of his future, he was serious he really meant it"

"Then, why are you so scared of telling him. Is it because of your feelings? Do you really love him in that way, what about the other?"

"I love them both, I want them to be happy. I truly care for both of them... I'm so confused"

"Meryl we can't help you with that, we love everyone the same way. But please remember, don't let your feelings get involved with your decisions"

"We will be leaving to March city soon, I may not be able to visit you until the children are born.

"I will always be close to you, all of us will be. You should go now, he is coming this way"

"Thank you, I will come and see you later"

Meryl turned around and headed to the exit, she could feel Knives presence not far away.

'So he really can't sleep without me'

Knives woke up and the first thing he noticed was that Meryl was missing, he remembered those first two nights were she left him. And for a moment he was angry, but after he calmed down and found her presence he went looking for her. He found her in one of the corridors, she was probably coming back after feeling him.

"Where did you go?"

"I couldn't sleep, I went to talk to my sister"

"You could talk to me"

"You were sleep"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing let's go back to sleep"

Knives followed Meryl, but knew that something was bothering her. It was really late so he decided to ask her in the morning. They both went back to bed and fell asleep.

Later that same night, Midvalley and another person had just arrived to the complex.

When Knives woke up, he was surprised to know that Midvalley and Eleandra were back already. He took a shower and changed, when he got out Meryl was already awake.

"Who is that other person?"

"That's the other Gung ho gun I told you about"

"Can I go with you?" asked Meryl timidly

"If you want too"

Meryl took a quick shower and put on a pair of jeans and a black tank top, Knives was about to protest when Meryl told him not to even start or she would wear something worse. Finally after Meryl won the fight, they both left to his office. When they entered, the first thing Meryl noticed was that Eleandra was actually a man. And that he was well dressed, except for that weird hat he was wearing. She also noticed that Eleandra was looking at her, and not very

friendly for that matter.

"Something must have happened for you to be back so soon" said Knives

"It did, there are men looking for Conrad and for the man called Knives" said Midvalley "they have pictures of Conrad, Zazie your brother and I. I took these ones from a man at Timber city, it is only a day away from here you know. They attacked me and wanted me to tell them about Conrad's whereabouts and my connection with you"

"Why?" asked Knives

"Before he died he told me that he was working for Damian Gray, and that they were looking for a woman that Conrad was supposedly taking care of"

Meryl was surprised to hear this, they were looking for her. She looked at the pictures that Midvalley put on the desk, and was surprised. That was the same picture that she took of Vash for the insurance file.

"Who is this man, Damian Gray" asked Knives

"You don't know who Damian Gray is?" asked Meryl and Eleandra at the same time. They both looked at each other, and for some reason Meryl just didn't like him/her.

"What do you know about him Meryl"

Meryl looks at Eleandra and gives her a he-asked-me look, he just crosses his arms and ignores her.

"He is the youngest and most influential man in December City, he practically owns the place. He is rich, powerful and really handsome. Of course, we all know that he killed his father and anyone that got on his way. He has many people to do his dirty work, and many believe that Giovanni the black gun and his brother actually work for him"

"They actually do" said Eleandra

"So it is true?, that's why they didn't came to work for Knives when Legato asked them" said Midvalley

"They were able to ignore Legato, there is some potential there" said Meryl who sounded really amazed

Knives wasn't amused at all, some dirty spider was actually looking for him and wanted to take HIS woman from him. And the way Meryl talked about him, damn that man Meryl only shows admiration for HIM. Not that he would ever say that out loud.

"When did you got here Eleandra?" asked Knives

"Last night, I actually found Midvalley on my way here"

"Well that is good news, Midvalley take the beast and find Legato and the doctor. Bring them back here with the woman"

"What if your brother is with them?"

'Damn it' thought Knives 'I didn't think about that' "If he wants to come, let him come. But warn him that I won't tolerate any type of stupidity on his part. Eleandra because they don't seem to know about you, I want you to find anything about this man and his plans and fast"

They both hurried out of the office, Meryl noticed that Knives wasn't in a good mood. And a moody Knives wasn't a good sign, and to make matters worse Milly and most probably Vash and Wolfwood may be coming. 'Should I tell him about Wolfwood, it will be better

if he knows'

"Knives, ah...you know Wolfwood may be coming to"

"And why is that"

"Well you see, Milly and Wolfwood kind of like each other. So I imagine that now he may be trying to look good for her, I mean I'm not sure. But just in case, I think it is better for you to know"

"Great, that's all I need"

"How do you think that Damian Gray knows about me?"

"I can only imagine that some doctor from December city told him about you, they must be mad that Conrad told them that they won't get to see you. That's the only thing I can think of"

"Knives can we have breakfast together"

"Sure"

Knives was mad, that much she could tell. And Meryl decided to wait until this whole mess with Damian Gray was done, to tell him what she wanted. Knives knew that something was wrong with Meryl, she was nervous. 'Doesn't she know by now that I can feel that'

"What's wrong Meryl"

"Nothing" Meryl said, which didn't sound to convincing

"I know you are lying, tell me what's wrong"

"I don't want to bother you, we can talk later"

"Is this about Vash?"

"No, I will tell you later"

"Tell me now"

"No, it can wait"

"Tell me now"

"Stop being so pushy, I don't want to tell you"

"Just tell me woman"

Meryl was nervous, she started to play with her hands. She really wanted to wait, but he just won't give up.

"Fine then, I want you to forget about killing the humans and live a normal life with me and our

children"

"What"

"You heard me, I want to have a normal life. I don't care what we are or who we are, I want you to be with me, and raise our children like a family"

"Meryl that's not gonna happen, I could care less what happens to the humans. I'm still planning on

destroying them, I was gonna wait until the children were old enough"

"I won't let you use my children for that" said Meryl slamming her fist on the table.

"They are my children too, and they will do what I order them to do"

"You said that you care for me, that you didn't want to hurt me"

"Don't use that on me Meryl, it won't work. Sit down now, we will talk about this later"

Meryl was mad, for the first time in a long time she was actually mad. She knew that Knives wasn't the kind of man to fall for those tricks, so she decided to use his.

"You don't tell me what to do, and these are MY kids. If I want to I could just leave this goddamn place, and find a place of my own. I don't need you, and my kids won't need you either"

"Shut up Meryl, we will talk about this later"

"No, we will talk about this now. Listen to me Knives, I won't let you do what you want. I'm not Vash, if you ever try to hurt somebody"

Knives was fucking angry with her, she was threatening him. He stood up and walked over to her, his energy was flowing around him trying to show her his power. But Meryl did something that surprised him, she also let her energy flow around her. Trying to compete with his.

"Listen to me Meryl, there are many ways to cause pain. I don't want to use them on you"

"Why don't you try" said Meryl, she had a confident look on her face. She decided to finally show Knives what she was able to do. Meryl put her arms in front of her, the back of her hands facing Knives. Knives was actually curious of what she was doing, but his curiosity turn to surprise when he saw her fingers changing into blades. Slowly her whole arm was covered with the knife like appendages, he wasn't expecting her to be able to do that. Not even Vash had that ability. Slowly Meryl's arms returned to normal, she was looking at him expecting and answer.

Knives was surprised and mad, she knew she was able to do it but she never told him. He hated when Meryl kept things from him, he had to admit that he was actually proud of her. But still she defied him, and she needed to stop doing that. He knew that Meryl wasn't going to drop the subject, and if he wanted to sleep tonight or any other night he will have to do something about it.

But he won't lie to her, he wasn't about to tell her what she wanted to hear just to sleep with her. He

wasn't that kind of a person, but still he needed to do something. He hid his energy and walked close to her and hugged her

"Listen Meryl, I will think about it. I promise you that I will, but that doesn't mean anything. And I

didn't mean to say that about our children, lets forget about this. We have many problems right now,

let's talk about this later"

Knives waited patiently for her answer...

"You promise me you'll think about it?"

'BINGO' he thought "yes I promise you I will, but you have to tell me about your powers"

"You are not lying are you?"

"No I'm not. Meryl you can't expect me to change in couple of days"

"I know that, but I still want you to see my point of view. I really care about you, and...and..."

"And what?"

"I don't want to fight you one day, I don't want to use my powers against you"

"Come on, let's forget about this. Your friend will be here any time soon, you don't want her to see you like this do you?"

Meryl didn't like Knives being so nice and understanding, she really wanted to make a point here.

But this was a start, she had a long time Before the children were born. And she will use that time to try and change Knives point of view. Knives was relieved that Meryl was listening to him, it will be harder to get Meryl to see his point of view. He had more than enough time until the children were born, but he will have to be more careful this time. If he succeeds, the chances are Meryl will help him with his brother. At the end everything will go just the way he wanted.