Kidnapping and Dreams
Vash paced around the room glancing at the clock every 21 seconds.
"Where is she!?" he yelled at Wolfwood and the Insurance girls.
"We don't know man, don't take it out on us!" Wolfwood yelled back.
"Calm down Mr. Vash she'll be back soon," Millie said in a calming voice.
"I'm going to look for her."
He practically ran out of the room to the lobby. He looked around. Shocked.
"WHAT!? HE...LEGATOOOO!!!"
He knelt down on the floor and saw a paper by his knees. He picked it up.
If you want her, come get her.
"THAT'S IT!? How why....I ...."
He started to cry and got up slowly, he turned to go back to the room. He walked in still crying and looked around.
"I have to go find her. Legato has her."
With that he turned and left. The others followed him outside of the hotel.
"Vash, let us come with you. Please she was our friend too." Meryl pleaded.
"Its too dangerous. And she was more than a friend to me...the was the first I've loved since...since...."
"You always say its to dangerous and we always make it through! Stop saying that! We want to help!" Meryl pleaded with him.
Vash turned to her with tears in his eyes.
"If you want to, then do it."
'Danni please...fight it...don't let him hurt you. I will be there...I will.'
He waited for them to come back and they left in silence. They walked for 4 Iles with not a word. The occasional sound of Wolfwood's cross shifting, a cough, or a sneeze and the bless you. Until Millie wanted to know.
"Where are we going Mr. Vash?"
"I don't know yet. We'll have to see."
Not another word was said for Iles. No one was counting.
"We will rest here." Vash finally said pointing to a rock cave.
They all went into the cave and starting fixing things up. The girls made a fire. Vash took Danni's bag in his hands. It even smelled like her. He didn't want to invade her privacy, she would have whacked him upside the head, but he needed something to keep him focused. He searched through her bag. Her clothes were in there, a couple of personal things, a book, some food, some pins with sayings on them, but on the outside there was a red plush flower tied to the handle strap. A tear slid down Vash's cheek. The red flower. Rem. Danni. Oh god. He took the flower off the bag and twisted it around one of the loops on his jacket. Another tear slid down his cheek. Before he knew it, he was crying into his hands. Meryl came over and hugged him. He cried into her shoulder for about an hour. She didn't move, she just comforted him.
"Vash, it's ok, we'll find her and she'll be alright. We won't let anyone hurt her. We promise."
"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep." he said through tears.
"We will keep it, we will." Meryl assured him.
By the time Vash stopped crying Wolfwood and Millie were asleep on the other side of the cave.
"I'm really sorry about all this Vash," Meryl said almost crying herself.
"It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."
They lay down on the blankets Danni had bought before and Vash looked up at the ceiling. He grabbed Danni's bag and took one more look in it. Inside was a stuffed bear. It was white and all the fur was flattened to the body from years of being loved. He held it close to his chest. He fell asleep clutching to it like he did to Danni back when they were body guards.
******Vash's dream
"Why Britt why!? We're like sister's and now your working with the guys who want to kill me and my friends!? Why?!" Danni yelled at her through tears from inside a cage.
"You were never my friend. Legato was my whole life. Everything. Him and Knives are the only family I've had. Ever. I don't know you."
Danni was fully crying now.
"I can't believe you don't remember. Stef, Jesse, Jadis, Mandy, Erika, you don't remember any of them! They were your friends! They were there for you all your life when you've been down! They've always helped! And we will always be there! No matter what. I know that deep down inside you know you can't trust Legato or Knives and that you want to come back to us, you just don't remember. You have to try to! Please Britt Try! You have to remember your friends. The ones who loved you. Jadis.... Erika... Stef... Jesse... Mandy... Phil.... DON'T YOU REMEMBER!? Why don't you remember!?! Please remember!"
Danni was in hysterics. She was watching her best friend, he sister float away with some guy who wanted to kill her! Why couldn't she remember?! How could she not!? A tear slid down Britt's cheek. Danni saw it and jumped on the opportunity.
"Remember that time when the gym teacher was yelling at us to do something and Jesse sat on you while you were sitting on Phil and Jesse rolled over his head and busted his lip? Or the time we slept over Stef's watching the tapes all night long. Or the time we had to learn that damned dance routine for music. Or what about the time in lunch when Jesse drank that horrible drink you made?!"
"Brittany cooks....." she whispered.
"Yes yes exactly! And remember when you me and Jess had that big fight about being friends and me hating you because you were black when that was so not true! And remember the movie we just watched the other week. It was 7 hours long and we stayed up the whole time until 8 am."
"The 10th kingdom! I remember! That wolf was so hot!"
"I know! Oh my god thank god you remember. Remember that time when we told your mom you were Wiccan. You blamed it on me!"
"I was scared!"
"Get me out of here Britt."she said and gave Britt a pleading smile.
"I can't. We have to play along for a while. I just hope Legato isn't reading my mind now. We just have to keep our mind clear around him ok?"
"Alright, I hope Vash gets here soon."
"Vash is coming? OOOOOh is he your boyfriend....!?"
"Well sorta....we er.....yeah.."
"You DID WHAT!?"
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Vash shook everyone awake the next morning.
"SHE'S OK SHE'S OK SHE'S OK!!"
"Huh what are you talking about man!?" Wolfwood asked and rubbed his eyes.
"Danni's ok!"
"How do you know!"
"I had a dream and it was so real, with Britt and everything."
"It could have been just a dream."
"NO it wasn't trust me, it wasn't. But we still have to find her. I can't believe she told her about what we.....er...I mean uh..."
A huge scarlet blush came over his face and Wolfwood fell out on the floor laughing.
"Its not funny man!!"
"Ah...ha ha hah.....alrighty....ha ha ha!!"
"We have to keep going. Wake them up so we can go." Vash said pouting.
Once they were all awake they kept moving. To the north.
*******
"So where'd you get the red jacket?" Britt asked Danni.
"Vash picked it out."
"Oooooo."
"Ha ha very funny. He wanted me to look like him. He wanted us to match I guess, its kinda cool though. Remember how I always wanted a jacket like his." She said and laughed remembering.
"Awe that so sickly sweet!"
"Just cuz you're a-sexual..."
"I am not!" She blushed.
Danni looked at her shocked and amazed at the same time.
'OH MY GOD'
"YOU DID LEGATO!!"
"I did not!" she blushed again.
Danni jumped up and down in her cage almost screaming with excitement.
"You were always a bad liar. So how was it?"
Danni grinned and Britt blushed again. She sighed and Legato walked in.
'I'm glad you decided to tell her.' he said to Britt's mind.
'What you were spying on us?! You swore to me you would never do that agin!'
'No that was the first thing I heard. I hope you didn't tell her anything much.'
'No we were just talking about guys.'
'You're getting to friendly, if you don't stop I will kill you.'
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Vash paced around the room glancing at the clock every 21 seconds.
"Where is she!?" he yelled at Wolfwood and the Insurance girls.
"We don't know man, don't take it out on us!" Wolfwood yelled back.
"Calm down Mr. Vash she'll be back soon," Millie said in a calming voice.
"I'm going to look for her."
He practically ran out of the room to the lobby. He looked around. Shocked.
"WHAT!? HE...LEGATOOOO!!!"
He knelt down on the floor and saw a paper by his knees. He picked it up.
If you want her, come get her.
"THAT'S IT!? How why....I ...."
He started to cry and got up slowly, he turned to go back to the room. He walked in still crying and looked around.
"I have to go find her. Legato has her."
With that he turned and left. The others followed him outside of the hotel.
"Vash, let us come with you. Please she was our friend too." Meryl pleaded.
"Its too dangerous. And she was more than a friend to me...the was the first I've loved since...since...."
"You always say its to dangerous and we always make it through! Stop saying that! We want to help!" Meryl pleaded with him.
Vash turned to her with tears in his eyes.
"If you want to, then do it."
'Danni please...fight it...don't let him hurt you. I will be there...I will.'
He waited for them to come back and they left in silence. They walked for 4 Iles with not a word. The occasional sound of Wolfwood's cross shifting, a cough, or a sneeze and the bless you. Until Millie wanted to know.
"Where are we going Mr. Vash?"
"I don't know yet. We'll have to see."
Not another word was said for Iles. No one was counting.
"We will rest here." Vash finally said pointing to a rock cave.
They all went into the cave and starting fixing things up. The girls made a fire. Vash took Danni's bag in his hands. It even smelled like her. He didn't want to invade her privacy, she would have whacked him upside the head, but he needed something to keep him focused. He searched through her bag. Her clothes were in there, a couple of personal things, a book, some food, some pins with sayings on them, but on the outside there was a red plush flower tied to the handle strap. A tear slid down Vash's cheek. The red flower. Rem. Danni. Oh god. He took the flower off the bag and twisted it around one of the loops on his jacket. Another tear slid down his cheek. Before he knew it, he was crying into his hands. Meryl came over and hugged him. He cried into her shoulder for about an hour. She didn't move, she just comforted him.
"Vash, it's ok, we'll find her and she'll be alright. We won't let anyone hurt her. We promise."
"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep." he said through tears.
"We will keep it, we will." Meryl assured him.
By the time Vash stopped crying Wolfwood and Millie were asleep on the other side of the cave.
"I'm really sorry about all this Vash," Meryl said almost crying herself.
"It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."
They lay down on the blankets Danni had bought before and Vash looked up at the ceiling. He grabbed Danni's bag and took one more look in it. Inside was a stuffed bear. It was white and all the fur was flattened to the body from years of being loved. He held it close to his chest. He fell asleep clutching to it like he did to Danni back when they were body guards.
******Vash's dream
"Why Britt why!? We're like sister's and now your working with the guys who want to kill me and my friends!? Why?!" Danni yelled at her through tears from inside a cage.
"You were never my friend. Legato was my whole life. Everything. Him and Knives are the only family I've had. Ever. I don't know you."
Danni was fully crying now.
"I can't believe you don't remember. Stef, Jesse, Jadis, Mandy, Erika, you don't remember any of them! They were your friends! They were there for you all your life when you've been down! They've always helped! And we will always be there! No matter what. I know that deep down inside you know you can't trust Legato or Knives and that you want to come back to us, you just don't remember. You have to try to! Please Britt Try! You have to remember your friends. The ones who loved you. Jadis.... Erika... Stef... Jesse... Mandy... Phil.... DON'T YOU REMEMBER!? Why don't you remember!?! Please remember!"
Danni was in hysterics. She was watching her best friend, he sister float away with some guy who wanted to kill her! Why couldn't she remember?! How could she not!? A tear slid down Britt's cheek. Danni saw it and jumped on the opportunity.
"Remember that time when the gym teacher was yelling at us to do something and Jesse sat on you while you were sitting on Phil and Jesse rolled over his head and busted his lip? Or the time we slept over Stef's watching the tapes all night long. Or the time we had to learn that damned dance routine for music. Or what about the time in lunch when Jesse drank that horrible drink you made?!"
"Brittany cooks....." she whispered.
"Yes yes exactly! And remember when you me and Jess had that big fight about being friends and me hating you because you were black when that was so not true! And remember the movie we just watched the other week. It was 7 hours long and we stayed up the whole time until 8 am."
"The 10th kingdom! I remember! That wolf was so hot!"
"I know! Oh my god thank god you remember. Remember that time when we told your mom you were Wiccan. You blamed it on me!"
"I was scared!"
"Get me out of here Britt."she said and gave Britt a pleading smile.
"I can't. We have to play along for a while. I just hope Legato isn't reading my mind now. We just have to keep our mind clear around him ok?"
"Alright, I hope Vash gets here soon."
"Vash is coming? OOOOOh is he your boyfriend....!?"
"Well sorta....we er.....yeah.."
"You DID WHAT!?"
************
Vash shook everyone awake the next morning.
"SHE'S OK SHE'S OK SHE'S OK!!"
"Huh what are you talking about man!?" Wolfwood asked and rubbed his eyes.
"Danni's ok!"
"How do you know!"
"I had a dream and it was so real, with Britt and everything."
"It could have been just a dream."
"NO it wasn't trust me, it wasn't. But we still have to find her. I can't believe she told her about what we.....er...I mean uh..."
A huge scarlet blush came over his face and Wolfwood fell out on the floor laughing.
"Its not funny man!!"
"Ah...ha ha hah.....alrighty....ha ha ha!!"
"We have to keep going. Wake them up so we can go." Vash said pouting.
Once they were all awake they kept moving. To the north.
*******
"So where'd you get the red jacket?" Britt asked Danni.
"Vash picked it out."
"Oooooo."
"Ha ha very funny. He wanted me to look like him. He wanted us to match I guess, its kinda cool though. Remember how I always wanted a jacket like his." She said and laughed remembering.
"Awe that so sickly sweet!"
"Just cuz you're a-sexual..."
"I am not!" She blushed.
Danni looked at her shocked and amazed at the same time.
'OH MY GOD'
"YOU DID LEGATO!!"
"I did not!" she blushed again.
Danni jumped up and down in her cage almost screaming with excitement.
"You were always a bad liar. So how was it?"
Danni grinned and Britt blushed again. She sighed and Legato walked in.
'I'm glad you decided to tell her.' he said to Britt's mind.
'What you were spying on us?! You swore to me you would never do that agin!'
'No that was the first thing I heard. I hope you didn't tell her anything much.'
'No we were just talking about guys.'
'You're getting to friendly, if you don't stop I will kill you.'
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