Losing a Member
Three days later the group arrived at the Great Sand Mountain. Surprisingly there were no obsticals in their way. The mountain was as high as any of them can see. It seemed to disappear into the sky.
"We're climbing THAT?" Jacki asked amazed.
"Yea, I guess so," Vash answered. He'd never been here before. I looked so out of place like it just popped up there one day.
They started up the path. It didn't start off that steep. After an hour of walking, the path disappeared. It just stopped in the middle of nothing and no where.
"That was sudden," Wolfwood said through a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, it's weird, it seems like a man-made mountain," Vash said confused.
"Well, I guess we're climbing from now on," Meryl said still looking up.
Vash went ahead, leading the way. The girls were in the middle followed up by Wolfwood. After another hour of climbing, they reached a long ledge. Toward the back there was a cave.
"We'll rest there for now," Vash said walking toward the cave.
It was empty, luckily, and they settled down inside it. Meryl made a fire that the girls sat around while Vash and Wolfwood slept. Only one thing could have possibly happened at this time. GIRL TALK!
"So why don't you guys tell me all that happened before I got here," Jacki said to the girls who were eating some dried fruits.
"Well, it pretty much started when Danni was caught by the moehawk guy...."
Meryl went on for about 2 hours telling Jacki what happened, Millie interjecting a few times.
"I think we should call Danni, and talk to her about some certain people," Jacki said with and evil smile. Meryl grinned and Millie just smiled like always. Jacki pulled out her blue phone and dialed Britt's number. The voicemail answered.
"Legato must be there," Meryl told her. "They can't talk while he's there, obviously."
"I don't think it would have mattered....Mr. Vash and Mr. Priest are waking," Millie said looking over toward where they were resting. Vash's head popped up.
"Did I hear my name?!" he asked excited and skipped over to where the girls were sitting and sat in between Meryl and Jacki.
"We were just saying that you were waking and we should get going," Meryl said trying to cover up what they were going to do.
"I guess we should wake up Wolfwood then,"Vash said.
"I'll DO IT!" Jacki yelled and bent down next to him.
She kissed him hard on the lips and Wolfwood's limp body stiffened and shot up into a sitting position. He stared terrified at Jacki who was grinning and glared at the group who was laughing all around the fire at his expense.
"I hate you all, let's go."
They gathered up their stuff and started back up the mountain. About 30 minutes later they came to a steep cliff. They started climbing it. Vash, Meryl, Millie, and Wolfwood reached the top of it safely. They looked over the cliff to see Jacki coming up slowly. She was almost at the top when her foot slipped out of the foot hold and lost the grip of her left hand on the top of the cliff. She was hanging on by only her right hand. Wolfwood let his hand down the side.
"Take my hand!" he called to her.
"I can't, I'm scared. I'm gonna fall if I let go!"
"No you won't! C'mon take my hand!"
Tears were sliding down Jacki's cheek's now. She reached up with her left hand and grabbed hold of Wolfwood's hand. He held tight to her hand pulling her up slowly. She got her foot onto the top of the cliff and tripped over the top of the cliff into Wolfwood's arms. She sobbed onto his shoulder, shaking with fear. Meryl, Millie, and Vash stood behind them watching. He wrapped his arms around her body and rubbed her back.
"C'mon it's ok, you're alright."
She stopped crying, the remnants of tears still falling, her face red.
"Thank you."
He rubbed the back of his head and blushed a little.
"Eh...it was no trouble at all...DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!"
She kissed him on the cheek and stood up. For the first time they all looked to what was on the cliff. It was a huge, towering, castle looking building. It looked like a mansion, but it gave off and eerie feeling.
"The mountain looked bigger than this..." Vash said scratching his head. "But I guess this it."
They all looked up to what they were getting themselves into. It was big, and it wasn't good. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Three days later the group arrived at the Great Sand Mountain. Surprisingly there were no obsticals in their way. The mountain was as high as any of them can see. It seemed to disappear into the sky.
"We're climbing THAT?" Jacki asked amazed.
"Yea, I guess so," Vash answered. He'd never been here before. I looked so out of place like it just popped up there one day.
They started up the path. It didn't start off that steep. After an hour of walking, the path disappeared. It just stopped in the middle of nothing and no where.
"That was sudden," Wolfwood said through a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, it's weird, it seems like a man-made mountain," Vash said confused.
"Well, I guess we're climbing from now on," Meryl said still looking up.
Vash went ahead, leading the way. The girls were in the middle followed up by Wolfwood. After another hour of climbing, they reached a long ledge. Toward the back there was a cave.
"We'll rest there for now," Vash said walking toward the cave.
It was empty, luckily, and they settled down inside it. Meryl made a fire that the girls sat around while Vash and Wolfwood slept. Only one thing could have possibly happened at this time. GIRL TALK!
"So why don't you guys tell me all that happened before I got here," Jacki said to the girls who were eating some dried fruits.
"Well, it pretty much started when Danni was caught by the moehawk guy...."
Meryl went on for about 2 hours telling Jacki what happened, Millie interjecting a few times.
"I think we should call Danni, and talk to her about some certain people," Jacki said with and evil smile. Meryl grinned and Millie just smiled like always. Jacki pulled out her blue phone and dialed Britt's number. The voicemail answered.
"Legato must be there," Meryl told her. "They can't talk while he's there, obviously."
"I don't think it would have mattered....Mr. Vash and Mr. Priest are waking," Millie said looking over toward where they were resting. Vash's head popped up.
"Did I hear my name?!" he asked excited and skipped over to where the girls were sitting and sat in between Meryl and Jacki.
"We were just saying that you were waking and we should get going," Meryl said trying to cover up what they were going to do.
"I guess we should wake up Wolfwood then,"Vash said.
"I'll DO IT!" Jacki yelled and bent down next to him.
She kissed him hard on the lips and Wolfwood's limp body stiffened and shot up into a sitting position. He stared terrified at Jacki who was grinning and glared at the group who was laughing all around the fire at his expense.
"I hate you all, let's go."
They gathered up their stuff and started back up the mountain. About 30 minutes later they came to a steep cliff. They started climbing it. Vash, Meryl, Millie, and Wolfwood reached the top of it safely. They looked over the cliff to see Jacki coming up slowly. She was almost at the top when her foot slipped out of the foot hold and lost the grip of her left hand on the top of the cliff. She was hanging on by only her right hand. Wolfwood let his hand down the side.
"Take my hand!" he called to her.
"I can't, I'm scared. I'm gonna fall if I let go!"
"No you won't! C'mon take my hand!"
Tears were sliding down Jacki's cheek's now. She reached up with her left hand and grabbed hold of Wolfwood's hand. He held tight to her hand pulling her up slowly. She got her foot onto the top of the cliff and tripped over the top of the cliff into Wolfwood's arms. She sobbed onto his shoulder, shaking with fear. Meryl, Millie, and Vash stood behind them watching. He wrapped his arms around her body and rubbed her back.
"C'mon it's ok, you're alright."
She stopped crying, the remnants of tears still falling, her face red.
"Thank you."
He rubbed the back of his head and blushed a little.
"Eh...it was no trouble at all...DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!"
She kissed him on the cheek and stood up. For the first time they all looked to what was on the cliff. It was a huge, towering, castle looking building. It looked like a mansion, but it gave off and eerie feeling.
"The mountain looked bigger than this..." Vash said scratching his head. "But I guess this it."
They all looked up to what they were getting themselves into. It was big, and it wasn't good. ____________________________________________________________________________ __