Rose
Vash, Millie, Meryl, and Wolfwood pooled their money together for the tickets onto the sand steamer. They got their tickets and found their rooms in a lower class section of the steamer. The girls had the room next to Vash and Wolfwood. They settled in. Wolfwood took the top bunk and Vash slid Danni's bag under his bed.
About and hour later Millie and Meryl brought lunch up to Wolfwood's and Vash's room. They sat around the table and started eating.
"Do you have any idea where Danni is, Needle-Noggin?" Wolfwood asked through a mouthful of bread.
"Not really....She called me Needle-Noggin!"
"Oh goodness."
"Well in the dream Danni was locked up in some sort of cage and they were with Legato. They said Knives was some where around. And plus I don't doubt that Legato or some other gung-ho gun will come after me. It's the usual."
"That's pleasant," Wolfwood commented.
Just as these words came flowing out of his mouth, screams of terror, pain, and surprise rang through the halls. Vash's eyes went wide.
"I guess you were right buddy."
Vash raced out the door to find a girl about the age of 20 with long red hair to the middle of her back. She had on a black trench coat with knee length boots. She carried more than a dozen throwing stars in a holster on her waist. She bent down next to a man and ripped the last star out of his chest. Vash looked on in horror. The girl turned around and glared at him with piercing green eyes. She smiled and stepped toward him.
"I am Rose, the 13th gung-ho gun. I have been sent her to cause you eternal pain and misery."
She stepped closer and Vash drew his gun.
"You're not going to shoot me, do you think I'm stupid? I know you better than you know yourself. You don't even know where you're going. Danni is no where near and your getting farther."
Vash gasped quickly and fell to his knees. By this time Wolfwood and the girls were behind him readying their weapons.
"Vash what are you doing?!" Wolfwood yelled. "Get up she's going to kill you!"
"Please, please," Vash pleaded. "Help me find her."
"God I thought you'd never ask!" Rose yelled and pulled off her wig and mask. Everyone watched in shock. It was Britt.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Wolfwood yelled.
"I came back dressed as the gung-ho gun who was going to destroy you to help. Danni is with Legato. She needs your help. All she wants is for you to come and get her. She's even debating on staying here and not going home to her family to be with you. Please you need to help her. I can lead you to where she is. But for now I have to get back and re-do Rose's memory so she doesn't say anything. I will be back as frequently as I can to help you. For now you must go to Stone Hill, I'll meet you there soon."
She snapped her fingers and she was gone.
"What just happened?" Wolfwood asked.
"I told you, Danni got her to remember, like I told you I saw!" Vash said almost jumping in excitement.
"But what about all the people she killed?" Millie asked.
Vash knelt down and put a hand to a mans wrist.
"They're still alive, just knocked out. They'll be up in a while."
********
Britt popped back into the room where Danni was staying in her cage.
"I did it! He's coming!"
"Good now go do what you have to do with Rose."
"Oh yeah."
She hurried over to the closet in the room and pulled out a girl with red hair. She held her hands over her and she woke up.
"Why am I here Britt?!" she yelled looking confused.
"You passed out when you came back from trying to kill Vash."
"Oh shit. I'm gonna die aren't I?"
"Well, not necessarily, tell him you fatally wounded him...and he should be dead soon, or just avoid him until he asks."
"Yeah, so he could read my mind."
"Keep it clear and if you see him think about buying a cat or something."
"Thanks."
She walked out of the room.
"Well I'm glad you made a new friend Britt...WHO WANTS TO KILL ME!!!" Danni screamed at her. A sweat drop formed on the side of her head.
"Heh-heh, all of our friends wanna kill you!"
"...."
"Told you."
Legato came in cleaning off a knife.
'Shit I told her to think of cats!'
"Er....." Britt scratched her head.
"Rose is dead, and I didn't buy the cat thing."
"Crap, well, why do you have to kill everyone of my new friends!?"
"You don't need anyone but me and Knives."
He grabbed her by the waist and kissed her. Danni gagged.
"Something wrong?" he spat at her.
"Nothing at all, I enjoy being repulsed." Danni quipped.
"Don't make me kill her right now and force you to watch." he said slyly with a evil smile.
He left.
"Nice boyfriend Britt."
"I know, isn't he thrilling?!"
"OW OW OW OW!!!" came from Danni who was on the floor rolling around in pain.
"LEGATO!!"
"No, it's not him. Why do I have to get cramps stuck in a cage!?!"
Britt fell out laughing.
"It's not funny! It's painful!"
"7 days of torture" she said through giggles.
"Not-uh. Only 3"
Danni grinned. Britt scowled at her.
"I hate you."
"Love you too Britty-baby."
*******
Vash lead the bunch through the desert toward a huge cliff.
"Vash if we don't stop we're gonna fall of that cliff!!" Meryl yelled from 10 feet behind, not being able to keep up with Vash's fast pace.
"No we won't!"
"And why did we get off the sand steamer!!"
"Because it wasn't going to Stone Hill!"
"GAH!!" was the 1st thing that came from Meryl's mouth as she sat right down where she was. So did Millie, and Wolfwood.
"Why have you guys stopped!?"
"We're tired Mr. Vash. Can't we rest for a while?" Millie whined.
Vash sighed.
"Alright fine."
He went and sat down next to them and pulled out the teddy bear from Danni's bag and hugged it.
"You're gonna kiss that bear soon, man." Wolfwood said pulling a cookie out of his pocket.
Vash grinned and blushed.
"Please tell me you haven't."
Vash sat the bear down on his lap and pulled a bunch of crackers out of his bag.
*******
"I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed to talk to him!!" Danni whined to Britt.
"I would help you, but I dunno how you could."
Danni gasped and stood up hopping.
"Gimme the cell phone I bought you for your birthday!"
"What why!?"
"Because Vash has my bag and my cell phone!"
"Does he know what it is or how to work it?"
"They have phones Britt."
"Oh yeaaaaaaah. Wait not they don't!"
"Oh well, Meryl will figure it out."
She pulled a small blue cell phone out of her pocket of the coat she was wearing. She slid it through the bars on Danni's cage.
"Thank you SOOOOOOOO much!"
"No prob, don't use all my minutes."
Danni quickly dialed the number to her own phone.
************
The theme song to trigun started to play out of no where.
"What's that horrible noise?!" Wolfwood yelled covering his ears.
"It's coming from Danni's bag!" Vash yelled and rushed over to it and started rummaging through it, and pulled out Danni's red cell.
"What is it?!"
"It's a phone, press the green button," Meryl told him as if she used it everyday.
Vash pressed the button and put the phone to his ear.
"Vash!? Hello!? Wolfwood Meryl Millie?!" Danni yelled all at once.
"Danni!?" Vash said really really surprised.
"Oh Vash, I miss you sooo much."
"Me too, where are you?!? And how did you get to call me!?"
"I'm locked up and I used Britt's phone...AND WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG TO GET HERE YOU LITTLE DORK!? WHY AREN'T YOU HERE YET!?"
Vash sweat dropped and grinned a stupid grin.
"Well we're coming and now we can find you thanks to Britt."
"Isn't she the best? And tell Wolfwood I'm still mad at him for shooting her!"
"She says she's mad at you," he told wolfwood.
"PUT ME ON SPEAKER!!!" she yelled "I WANNA TELL HIM!!"
"Er...how?"
"Press enter and down until you see speaker."
He did what he was told.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOLFWOOD, WHY WOULD YOU SHOOT HER!?"
"I didn't know she was your friend and she was gonna kill you and Needle- Noggin!"
"Oh heh heh ok then."
"Hello Miss Danni!" Millie yelled.
"Hi Millie! Hi Meryl! Its so good to be able to talk to you guys again."
Vash took her off speaker.
"I miss you." He said to her walking off away from the group.
"I miss you too," she said walking to the corner of her cell and sitting there. Britt grinned and Danni waved her off. She started reading her book.
"I really need you." He told her in a sickly sweet voice.
"I know, how could you resist me?"
"I don't know how I ever lived without you," he said in a VERY sarcastic tone.
"HEY! I'm supposed to be the sarcastic one here! I'm in pain!"
"What's he done to you!?"
"He didn't do anything, it's a girly thing...."
"Oh alright.................."
There was a LONG pause after that.
"So anyway..." Danni finally said.
"Danni, don't worry, I will be there, no matter what. I promise."
"I know you will Vash, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Vash I have to go, Legato is coming, I'll call when I can bye!" she said rushed.
"Bye!"
Vash ended the call and walked back over to the group. He sat down and hugged the bear to his chest again. Why did the call have to end? When would she call back?
'Please don't hurt her.'
A tear slid down his cheek.
"Don't cry Vash, she'll be ok," Meryl said and hugged him again.
'How can she be sure, Legato is never predictable, he's...he's.' ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Vash, Millie, Meryl, and Wolfwood pooled their money together for the tickets onto the sand steamer. They got their tickets and found their rooms in a lower class section of the steamer. The girls had the room next to Vash and Wolfwood. They settled in. Wolfwood took the top bunk and Vash slid Danni's bag under his bed.
About and hour later Millie and Meryl brought lunch up to Wolfwood's and Vash's room. They sat around the table and started eating.
"Do you have any idea where Danni is, Needle-Noggin?" Wolfwood asked through a mouthful of bread.
"Not really....She called me Needle-Noggin!"
"Oh goodness."
"Well in the dream Danni was locked up in some sort of cage and they were with Legato. They said Knives was some where around. And plus I don't doubt that Legato or some other gung-ho gun will come after me. It's the usual."
"That's pleasant," Wolfwood commented.
Just as these words came flowing out of his mouth, screams of terror, pain, and surprise rang through the halls. Vash's eyes went wide.
"I guess you were right buddy."
Vash raced out the door to find a girl about the age of 20 with long red hair to the middle of her back. She had on a black trench coat with knee length boots. She carried more than a dozen throwing stars in a holster on her waist. She bent down next to a man and ripped the last star out of his chest. Vash looked on in horror. The girl turned around and glared at him with piercing green eyes. She smiled and stepped toward him.
"I am Rose, the 13th gung-ho gun. I have been sent her to cause you eternal pain and misery."
She stepped closer and Vash drew his gun.
"You're not going to shoot me, do you think I'm stupid? I know you better than you know yourself. You don't even know where you're going. Danni is no where near and your getting farther."
Vash gasped quickly and fell to his knees. By this time Wolfwood and the girls were behind him readying their weapons.
"Vash what are you doing?!" Wolfwood yelled. "Get up she's going to kill you!"
"Please, please," Vash pleaded. "Help me find her."
"God I thought you'd never ask!" Rose yelled and pulled off her wig and mask. Everyone watched in shock. It was Britt.
"What the hell is going on here!?" Wolfwood yelled.
"I came back dressed as the gung-ho gun who was going to destroy you to help. Danni is with Legato. She needs your help. All she wants is for you to come and get her. She's even debating on staying here and not going home to her family to be with you. Please you need to help her. I can lead you to where she is. But for now I have to get back and re-do Rose's memory so she doesn't say anything. I will be back as frequently as I can to help you. For now you must go to Stone Hill, I'll meet you there soon."
She snapped her fingers and she was gone.
"What just happened?" Wolfwood asked.
"I told you, Danni got her to remember, like I told you I saw!" Vash said almost jumping in excitement.
"But what about all the people she killed?" Millie asked.
Vash knelt down and put a hand to a mans wrist.
"They're still alive, just knocked out. They'll be up in a while."
********
Britt popped back into the room where Danni was staying in her cage.
"I did it! He's coming!"
"Good now go do what you have to do with Rose."
"Oh yeah."
She hurried over to the closet in the room and pulled out a girl with red hair. She held her hands over her and she woke up.
"Why am I here Britt?!" she yelled looking confused.
"You passed out when you came back from trying to kill Vash."
"Oh shit. I'm gonna die aren't I?"
"Well, not necessarily, tell him you fatally wounded him...and he should be dead soon, or just avoid him until he asks."
"Yeah, so he could read my mind."
"Keep it clear and if you see him think about buying a cat or something."
"Thanks."
She walked out of the room.
"Well I'm glad you made a new friend Britt...WHO WANTS TO KILL ME!!!" Danni screamed at her. A sweat drop formed on the side of her head.
"Heh-heh, all of our friends wanna kill you!"
"...."
"Told you."
Legato came in cleaning off a knife.
'Shit I told her to think of cats!'
"Er....." Britt scratched her head.
"Rose is dead, and I didn't buy the cat thing."
"Crap, well, why do you have to kill everyone of my new friends!?"
"You don't need anyone but me and Knives."
He grabbed her by the waist and kissed her. Danni gagged.
"Something wrong?" he spat at her.
"Nothing at all, I enjoy being repulsed." Danni quipped.
"Don't make me kill her right now and force you to watch." he said slyly with a evil smile.
He left.
"Nice boyfriend Britt."
"I know, isn't he thrilling?!"
"OW OW OW OW!!!" came from Danni who was on the floor rolling around in pain.
"LEGATO!!"
"No, it's not him. Why do I have to get cramps stuck in a cage!?!"
Britt fell out laughing.
"It's not funny! It's painful!"
"7 days of torture" she said through giggles.
"Not-uh. Only 3"
Danni grinned. Britt scowled at her.
"I hate you."
"Love you too Britty-baby."
*******
Vash lead the bunch through the desert toward a huge cliff.
"Vash if we don't stop we're gonna fall of that cliff!!" Meryl yelled from 10 feet behind, not being able to keep up with Vash's fast pace.
"No we won't!"
"And why did we get off the sand steamer!!"
"Because it wasn't going to Stone Hill!"
"GAH!!" was the 1st thing that came from Meryl's mouth as she sat right down where she was. So did Millie, and Wolfwood.
"Why have you guys stopped!?"
"We're tired Mr. Vash. Can't we rest for a while?" Millie whined.
Vash sighed.
"Alright fine."
He went and sat down next to them and pulled out the teddy bear from Danni's bag and hugged it.
"You're gonna kiss that bear soon, man." Wolfwood said pulling a cookie out of his pocket.
Vash grinned and blushed.
"Please tell me you haven't."
Vash sat the bear down on his lap and pulled a bunch of crackers out of his bag.
*******
"I neeeeeeeeeeeeeed to talk to him!!" Danni whined to Britt.
"I would help you, but I dunno how you could."
Danni gasped and stood up hopping.
"Gimme the cell phone I bought you for your birthday!"
"What why!?"
"Because Vash has my bag and my cell phone!"
"Does he know what it is or how to work it?"
"They have phones Britt."
"Oh yeaaaaaaah. Wait not they don't!"
"Oh well, Meryl will figure it out."
She pulled a small blue cell phone out of her pocket of the coat she was wearing. She slid it through the bars on Danni's cage.
"Thank you SOOOOOOOO much!"
"No prob, don't use all my minutes."
Danni quickly dialed the number to her own phone.
************
The theme song to trigun started to play out of no where.
"What's that horrible noise?!" Wolfwood yelled covering his ears.
"It's coming from Danni's bag!" Vash yelled and rushed over to it and started rummaging through it, and pulled out Danni's red cell.
"What is it?!"
"It's a phone, press the green button," Meryl told him as if she used it everyday.
Vash pressed the button and put the phone to his ear.
"Vash!? Hello!? Wolfwood Meryl Millie?!" Danni yelled all at once.
"Danni!?" Vash said really really surprised.
"Oh Vash, I miss you sooo much."
"Me too, where are you?!? And how did you get to call me!?"
"I'm locked up and I used Britt's phone...AND WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG TO GET HERE YOU LITTLE DORK!? WHY AREN'T YOU HERE YET!?"
Vash sweat dropped and grinned a stupid grin.
"Well we're coming and now we can find you thanks to Britt."
"Isn't she the best? And tell Wolfwood I'm still mad at him for shooting her!"
"She says she's mad at you," he told wolfwood.
"PUT ME ON SPEAKER!!!" she yelled "I WANNA TELL HIM!!"
"Er...how?"
"Press enter and down until you see speaker."
He did what he was told.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOLFWOOD, WHY WOULD YOU SHOOT HER!?"
"I didn't know she was your friend and she was gonna kill you and Needle- Noggin!"
"Oh heh heh ok then."
"Hello Miss Danni!" Millie yelled.
"Hi Millie! Hi Meryl! Its so good to be able to talk to you guys again."
Vash took her off speaker.
"I miss you." He said to her walking off away from the group.
"I miss you too," she said walking to the corner of her cell and sitting there. Britt grinned and Danni waved her off. She started reading her book.
"I really need you." He told her in a sickly sweet voice.
"I know, how could you resist me?"
"I don't know how I ever lived without you," he said in a VERY sarcastic tone.
"HEY! I'm supposed to be the sarcastic one here! I'm in pain!"
"What's he done to you!?"
"He didn't do anything, it's a girly thing...."
"Oh alright.................."
There was a LONG pause after that.
"So anyway..." Danni finally said.
"Danni, don't worry, I will be there, no matter what. I promise."
"I know you will Vash, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Vash I have to go, Legato is coming, I'll call when I can bye!" she said rushed.
"Bye!"
Vash ended the call and walked back over to the group. He sat down and hugged the bear to his chest again. Why did the call have to end? When would she call back?
'Please don't hurt her.'
A tear slid down his cheek.
"Don't cry Vash, she'll be ok," Meryl said and hugged him again.
'How can she be sure, Legato is never predictable, he's...he's.' ____________________________________________________________________________ __