Persuasion
Britt and Jacki trotted back in with the grapes and cheetoz on hand. They sat down next to her bed and handed them to her.
"When do I get to leave?!" She whined sounding an awful lot like Vash.
"The doctor said you're doing fine and can leave at any time."
"Woot! Let's go!"
Britt and Jacki helped her up and walked her out into the lobby, signing her out. Wolfwood stood to help and helped Danni walk from there. They walked back to the hotel.
"We have to go to my room, Vash is a bit upset, he's alone." Jacki said.
"No, bring me to his room."
"Ok, fine."
They walked down the hall full of doors. They reached room 130 and stopped.
"Here it is." Wolfwood said knocking.
Danni could hear muffled crying through the door. It stabbed her in the chest like 100 bullets. They heard a grunt, which they took to be come in. Wolfwood led her into the chair in the main room. He kissed her on the cheek and she smiled at him. He left with the girls. Vash sat up. His face was red and swollen from crying. There were what looked to be broken plates and vases around the room. Vash must have taken his frustration out on the kitchen.
He looked at her with sad, depressed eyes. His hair was a mess and he didn't have on his normal red coat. His shirt was un-tucked and dirty looking. He smiled a little through it all. She could tell it was a smile full of hidden pain he didn't want to get her caught up in, but when he was hurt, so was she. She looked back at him, her heart feeling like it was shot instead of her shoulder. She painfully got up and steadied herself with the arm of the chair. Vash got up and helped her to the bed. They sat and immediately Vash hung his head. Danni watched him with his head down for a full minute. She held his face in her hands. Holding his cheeks ever so lightly. She looked into his eyes and a tear slid down her cheek. He hugged her.
"Vash, it's not your fault. You did the right thing."
"No one has the right to take away another's life," he said pulling away from her and looking in her eyes with a determined fire blazing in them. His beautiful aqua eyes, no longer glimmering with innocence, but with the pain of taking a life.
"Vash, there was no choice. It was either kill him or kill the world. If you didn't kill him he would have killed all of us and the rest of Gunsmoke. You did the right thing. There was no way you could have changed him. You didn't see the joy and glee in his eyes when he shot me. It was like he was living out his life long dream by shooting me. It was scary, it really was, and if you hadn't of stopped him, he would have kill all of our friends. Wolfwood, Meryl, Millie, Jacki, Britt, then he would have killed you too. He would have killed everyone. And you know it, you may not think it, but you know it in here," she said and put a hand to his chest, where his heart resided.
"Danni, back when I was small, Knives killed all I ever knew. I swore to myself and Rem that I would never take a life. No matter what. I broke that promise last week. And it hurt more than anything."
"Would it have hurt less to see him kill me? Kill all of your friends? Kill all of your planet?"
Vash just looked at her through bloodshot eyes.
"Vash, if you hadn't of stopped him, he would have killed everyone. It was take one life or take millions. Vash if he would have killed me, he would have killed 2. If he killed me and Britt, he would have killed 4..."
"What do you mean?" He asked getting quiet confused.
"Vash, love, I didn't tell you this before, because I thought that if you knew, you would be more reckless with your life to protect me, and I didn't want that. Vash..." She took a deep breath, with Vash watching her intently. "Vash, I'm pregnant."
Vash blinked a few times.
"And so it Britt."
"And I killed it's father."
"No stop! Don't think like that! You did the right thing, even Britt knows it, she told me so. She knows that if you didn't stop him, we all would have died, child or no child. Vash, stop crying and beating yourself up for a minute and listen to what I just said."
"We....We're having a child...."
"Well technically I am, but yes!"
She grinned with joy and for the first time in a week Vash smiled too. He let out a laugh of joy and excitement and kissed her. He picked her up by the waist and spun around. He kissed her again, putting her down and hugged her. The others burst in the door.
"We heard a laugh from the other room and thought it was ok to come in now!" Jacki explained.
What seemed like a permanent smile was plastered across Vash's face. He walked over to Britt and took her hands.
"I'm really sorry about Legato, Britt. I know he meant a lot to you."
"Don't worry about it, he was crazy." she said making circles around the side of her head.
They laughed and he hugged her spinning her around too. The air turned from stale and depressed to happy and joyous in a matter or 3 minutes flat.
'I'm going to have a child with the woman I love,' Vash thought through the laughter and grins. 'A child with Danni.' ____________________________________________________________________________ __
NOTE: NOT END!!
Britt and Jacki trotted back in with the grapes and cheetoz on hand. They sat down next to her bed and handed them to her.
"When do I get to leave?!" She whined sounding an awful lot like Vash.
"The doctor said you're doing fine and can leave at any time."
"Woot! Let's go!"
Britt and Jacki helped her up and walked her out into the lobby, signing her out. Wolfwood stood to help and helped Danni walk from there. They walked back to the hotel.
"We have to go to my room, Vash is a bit upset, he's alone." Jacki said.
"No, bring me to his room."
"Ok, fine."
They walked down the hall full of doors. They reached room 130 and stopped.
"Here it is." Wolfwood said knocking.
Danni could hear muffled crying through the door. It stabbed her in the chest like 100 bullets. They heard a grunt, which they took to be come in. Wolfwood led her into the chair in the main room. He kissed her on the cheek and she smiled at him. He left with the girls. Vash sat up. His face was red and swollen from crying. There were what looked to be broken plates and vases around the room. Vash must have taken his frustration out on the kitchen.
He looked at her with sad, depressed eyes. His hair was a mess and he didn't have on his normal red coat. His shirt was un-tucked and dirty looking. He smiled a little through it all. She could tell it was a smile full of hidden pain he didn't want to get her caught up in, but when he was hurt, so was she. She looked back at him, her heart feeling like it was shot instead of her shoulder. She painfully got up and steadied herself with the arm of the chair. Vash got up and helped her to the bed. They sat and immediately Vash hung his head. Danni watched him with his head down for a full minute. She held his face in her hands. Holding his cheeks ever so lightly. She looked into his eyes and a tear slid down her cheek. He hugged her.
"Vash, it's not your fault. You did the right thing."
"No one has the right to take away another's life," he said pulling away from her and looking in her eyes with a determined fire blazing in them. His beautiful aqua eyes, no longer glimmering with innocence, but with the pain of taking a life.
"Vash, there was no choice. It was either kill him or kill the world. If you didn't kill him he would have killed all of us and the rest of Gunsmoke. You did the right thing. There was no way you could have changed him. You didn't see the joy and glee in his eyes when he shot me. It was like he was living out his life long dream by shooting me. It was scary, it really was, and if you hadn't of stopped him, he would have kill all of our friends. Wolfwood, Meryl, Millie, Jacki, Britt, then he would have killed you too. He would have killed everyone. And you know it, you may not think it, but you know it in here," she said and put a hand to his chest, where his heart resided.
"Danni, back when I was small, Knives killed all I ever knew. I swore to myself and Rem that I would never take a life. No matter what. I broke that promise last week. And it hurt more than anything."
"Would it have hurt less to see him kill me? Kill all of your friends? Kill all of your planet?"
Vash just looked at her through bloodshot eyes.
"Vash, if you hadn't of stopped him, he would have killed everyone. It was take one life or take millions. Vash if he would have killed me, he would have killed 2. If he killed me and Britt, he would have killed 4..."
"What do you mean?" He asked getting quiet confused.
"Vash, love, I didn't tell you this before, because I thought that if you knew, you would be more reckless with your life to protect me, and I didn't want that. Vash..." She took a deep breath, with Vash watching her intently. "Vash, I'm pregnant."
Vash blinked a few times.
"And so it Britt."
"And I killed it's father."
"No stop! Don't think like that! You did the right thing, even Britt knows it, she told me so. She knows that if you didn't stop him, we all would have died, child or no child. Vash, stop crying and beating yourself up for a minute and listen to what I just said."
"We....We're having a child...."
"Well technically I am, but yes!"
She grinned with joy and for the first time in a week Vash smiled too. He let out a laugh of joy and excitement and kissed her. He picked her up by the waist and spun around. He kissed her again, putting her down and hugged her. The others burst in the door.
"We heard a laugh from the other room and thought it was ok to come in now!" Jacki explained.
What seemed like a permanent smile was plastered across Vash's face. He walked over to Britt and took her hands.
"I'm really sorry about Legato, Britt. I know he meant a lot to you."
"Don't worry about it, he was crazy." she said making circles around the side of her head.
They laughed and he hugged her spinning her around too. The air turned from stale and depressed to happy and joyous in a matter or 3 minutes flat.
'I'm going to have a child with the woman I love,' Vash thought through the laughter and grins. 'A child with Danni.' ____________________________________________________________________________ __
NOTE: NOT END!!