Knives awoke. "Where...where am I?" he thought. Just then a nurse walked in. "Oh! You're awake" she said as she put some food on the table next to him. Knives never said a word. The last thing Knives remembered was him fighting Vash. Knives stood up, put on his usual suit and left the hospital, still hurt and in pain. As Knives was about to leave he noticed 2 women waiting at the front door. It was Milly and Meryl. "Knives…" Meryl said slowly walking up too him. "I'm sorry" she continued to say. Knives stood there confused. "What's wrong?" he asked "and who are you? How did you know my name?". Meryl looked up eye to eye with Knives. Her eyes were still teary. Meryl explained everything which had happened. Knives stood up. "Well crying won't bring him back, we'll just have to go save him ourselves!" Knives said. Meryl asked "how will we be able to save him? You still need to recover". Knives nodded and said "I'll be fine, don't worry". Then a thought entered Knives' mind. "Why am I being so nice to these humans?". He just couldn't understand.
Vash was starting to feel hungry. "Umm…I don't mean to bother you but…" Vash started. The big man yelled "What do you want this time?". Vash continued "Well, you see….I haven't eaten for about 2-3 days now and I'm really very hungry…could I possibly have some food?". The Man laughed. "Alright I'll let you have something, I don't want you to die....yet" he said in his deep voice while grabbing a plate, filling it with food and placing it on the floor in front of Vash. "Just one more thing?" Vash asked. "What now!?" the man replied in an angry-annoyed voice. "I can't eat with my hands tied behind my back. The Man smirked then snapped his fingers. One of the other men walked up to Vash, restrained Vash while another untied the ropes around him then untied the ropes around his hands. He then retied Vash's hands in the front then retied the rest of the rope, even tighter then before, around him. "Better?" then man asked. Vash with the pain of the rope digging into his wrist and arm said "I-I do ha-have one more re-request. Pl…please loosen these r-ropes". Everyone in the room began to laugh. "Who do u take us for? Idiots?" one of the men said. Then everyone went back to eating. Vash sat quietly on the floor eating very slowly. It was very difficult for Vash to move. His arms, wrists, Legs, and feet were tied.
Once Vash was done eating he yelled out "THAT WAS DELICIOUS! I'M ALIVE AGAIN!" while also struggling to loosen the ropes a little. Vash then asked "May I have water or something to drink?". The men were getting very annoyed with Vash, so they poured him some water and slipped some sleeping pills in it to shut him up. They handed Vash the cup of water. "You really expect me to drink that?!" Vash exclaimed looking at the cup. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WATER!?" one man yelled. "Don't think I didn't see you put that stuff in my drink". The men started to really get frustrated. Three ran up. One man grabbed Vash's mouth and forced it open, the other restrained Vash and the last man took the water and poured it down Vash's thought. The man holding Vash's mouth then forced it closed and the guy restraining Vash, plugged his nose not allowing him to breath till the liquid was completely swallowed. Vash swallowed and within minuets, fell asleep.
Vash needed to talk to Rem, so this was the perfect time. "Rem…" Vash said. Rem turned and smiled at Vash. "What do I do now? All this stuff is happening, why?" Vash asked. Rem turned her head and looked up. She said "don't worry Vash". Vash looked at Rem and sighed. "I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried for those two girls…"he replied. Rem said to Vash "remember what I told you, you're ticket through life is always blank. You create your future. If you give up, you're future will end. If you stay strong and believe Things will turn out fine". Rem smiled and then left. Vash called out to her, Rem just turned, waved good bye and continued to walk away. Vash knew to stay strong from that point on.
Early the next morning, Vash awoke finding himself laying in the middle of nowhere, with just his feet tied and his hands tied behind his back again. The rope around his arms and legs was gone. Vash was still feeling tired from the sleeping pills which were slipped into his drink. Everything was blurry for Vash. Just then Vash felt a strong kick at the left side of him. He rolled onto his stomach. "WAKE UP" Vash heard a man say. Some men picked Vash up very roughly and set him on his feet. The cut the rope around his ankles so that Vash could stay standing. Two men held Vash in place while some others punched him in the stomach several times. They then threw Vash on the ground. Vash landed on his back and hands and slid a bit on the ground. His right hand was scrapped and his shirt ripped (his coat was at the cabin). The men Picked Vash up again and then ran. Just then the big man approached Vash who was in some pain. "You have some strength in you, Vash 'the stampede'" he said. Vash stood there trying to show no pain. The big man then stepped back and threw his boom-a-rang. It flew by Vash hitting his left arm and cutting that sleeve but not his arm because it was metal. The boom-a-rang then came back on the other side of Vash Cutting his right arm and sleeve. Vash stood in the spot he was in pain. His right arm started to bleed and it hurt like hell. The big man approached Vash. "How was that possible, my boom-a-rang should have cut threw you and yet somehow it missed…". Vash just smirked then collapsed to his knees because of the pain and the loss of blood. The big man Decided to just take Vash to the nearest City, which was September, and turn Vash into the police and get his reward. One of the big man's henchman took some material and wrapped it around Vash's cut arm.