Hi! I've noticed that my chapters are sort of short, so I'll try to
make them longer from now on. I'm not sure if Meryl's ooc, but if she is,
she's having PMS like Vash said xD
Chapter 7
Another day was about to come to an end. Meryl finished all her reports, and was enjoying her can of beer. She'd taken a liking to beer, for some odd reason.
"You're drinking beer again, insurance girl? You know that drinking beer makes you fat, right?"
Meryl smiled as she watched Vash wince after she kicked him. It was nice to see him cheerful again; he'd been quite miserable after the fifth moon incident.
Wolfwood was smoking a cigarette as he flipped through the highschool album to find pictures of Milly. Milly was the same old Milly with her long hair and pleasant smile.
'The big girl didn't change at all. . . how come the little girl changed so much over the years?'
The four settled down in their room, and planned to go shopping for groceries the next day. Meryl was happy to get out of work, and glared at Vash in a way to say, "Stay out of trouble or you'll be suffering."
Meryl was actually very happy. Tomorrow night, Jake and she were going to go on a date. It wasn't exactly a date, but close enough. She liked Vash, Mr. Wolfwood, and Milly. But it was nice having some company other than them; and especially company who knew her deep down inside.
'I guess it's actually okay to follow Vash around. I get to see Jake, and I'm even taking a break from work!' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dark figure laughed slightly as he watched the four of them laughing cheerfully. Long ago, he had laughed like that. But alas, the laughter was sealed within him. He wouldn't laugh until Vash the Stampede was either dead or eternally tortured.
"Vash the Stampede. . .get ready for the torture because Keja the Hunter never lets go of his prey." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meryl woke up to a crisp, bright morning. She was finally able to enjoy the long hours of sleep, and she felt good as new. After sipping some water, she showered and got dressed. Milly was snoring away, and Wolfwood was attacking Vash in his sleep, while Vash continued to murmur "Donuts" over and over.
She gathered all her files and quickly went to the post office, where she sent it to her main office. Meryl was never late in sending those files; in fact, she was the Employee of the Month three years straight that the boss decided to make her the Employee of the Year. She also got a handsome wage and a bonus to top it all off.
Yet she wasn't quite happy. It wasn't about the wages or the work. It was about her, always having to be top of everything. Sure, it earned her much respect throughout the whole company, but maintaining her position was very hard.
Returning to their room, Meryl was surprised to see that Vash was awake. She expected either Milly or Wolfwood to be up before him.
"Hi Vash. Didn't know you were awake."
Meryl briskly walked over to the desk and began to look through her notes. Marking specific parts of it with her pen, she sipped some lemon tea as she concentrated on the notes before her.
"Another man was killed today. He was the bartender of the bar you got kicked out of. He was killed in the same way the sheriff was killed; one bullet through his chest, another through his forehead. Many people are evacuating this town in fear of a serial killer."
Vash merely nodded as he got up and headed for the shower. He really didn't like the idea of a serial killer running loose in the town. The town of October was fairly small, and the population wasn't great. He feared for the peoples' lives, as well as Meryl's life. To be truthful, he wasn't that much worried about Milly's life, knowing that Wolfwood would protect her life with his own. But Meryl. . .he'd protect her life with his own, that was for sure. He had a voice in his head, suspecting Jake, but Jake was nowhere near Meryl, was he?
While Vash was taking a shower, Meryl looked at her notes. But she didn't care much about it.
'Who cares about these stupid notes anyway? I don't.'
She took the highschool album and flipped it to her picture. Meryl knew she looked the most radiant out of all her classmates. But she also hated that. She always had to be the best out of anything; everybody expected that. No one knew how hard that was; not even Vash.
She looked over at the picture of Jake and herself. Jake was a nice guy, someone who didn't care about her popularity or looks. They only went out for a couple of months before he had to move away.
An hour later, Milly and Wolfwood finally woke up. Another hour later, they were already to go out. But when they stepped out of the inn, they were suddenly grabbed by a group of bandits. . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The figure stood in front of them. Just before their noses. But they couldn't see him, for he was up on a roof of a building that stood before the inn.
"Enjoyed your 'quality' time with Meryl, Vash the Stampede? I want to make sure you suffer like hell before parting with her. . .Like I did when I parted with Elaine. . ."
[Ooh, a cliffhanger! Lol, I'll post the next chapter real soon!]HeHeh
Chapter 7
Another day was about to come to an end. Meryl finished all her reports, and was enjoying her can of beer. She'd taken a liking to beer, for some odd reason.
"You're drinking beer again, insurance girl? You know that drinking beer makes you fat, right?"
Meryl smiled as she watched Vash wince after she kicked him. It was nice to see him cheerful again; he'd been quite miserable after the fifth moon incident.
Wolfwood was smoking a cigarette as he flipped through the highschool album to find pictures of Milly. Milly was the same old Milly with her long hair and pleasant smile.
'The big girl didn't change at all. . . how come the little girl changed so much over the years?'
The four settled down in their room, and planned to go shopping for groceries the next day. Meryl was happy to get out of work, and glared at Vash in a way to say, "Stay out of trouble or you'll be suffering."
Meryl was actually very happy. Tomorrow night, Jake and she were going to go on a date. It wasn't exactly a date, but close enough. She liked Vash, Mr. Wolfwood, and Milly. But it was nice having some company other than them; and especially company who knew her deep down inside.
'I guess it's actually okay to follow Vash around. I get to see Jake, and I'm even taking a break from work!' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dark figure laughed slightly as he watched the four of them laughing cheerfully. Long ago, he had laughed like that. But alas, the laughter was sealed within him. He wouldn't laugh until Vash the Stampede was either dead or eternally tortured.
"Vash the Stampede. . .get ready for the torture because Keja the Hunter never lets go of his prey." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meryl woke up to a crisp, bright morning. She was finally able to enjoy the long hours of sleep, and she felt good as new. After sipping some water, she showered and got dressed. Milly was snoring away, and Wolfwood was attacking Vash in his sleep, while Vash continued to murmur "Donuts" over and over.
She gathered all her files and quickly went to the post office, where she sent it to her main office. Meryl was never late in sending those files; in fact, she was the Employee of the Month three years straight that the boss decided to make her the Employee of the Year. She also got a handsome wage and a bonus to top it all off.
Yet she wasn't quite happy. It wasn't about the wages or the work. It was about her, always having to be top of everything. Sure, it earned her much respect throughout the whole company, but maintaining her position was very hard.
Returning to their room, Meryl was surprised to see that Vash was awake. She expected either Milly or Wolfwood to be up before him.
"Hi Vash. Didn't know you were awake."
Meryl briskly walked over to the desk and began to look through her notes. Marking specific parts of it with her pen, she sipped some lemon tea as she concentrated on the notes before her.
"Another man was killed today. He was the bartender of the bar you got kicked out of. He was killed in the same way the sheriff was killed; one bullet through his chest, another through his forehead. Many people are evacuating this town in fear of a serial killer."
Vash merely nodded as he got up and headed for the shower. He really didn't like the idea of a serial killer running loose in the town. The town of October was fairly small, and the population wasn't great. He feared for the peoples' lives, as well as Meryl's life. To be truthful, he wasn't that much worried about Milly's life, knowing that Wolfwood would protect her life with his own. But Meryl. . .he'd protect her life with his own, that was for sure. He had a voice in his head, suspecting Jake, but Jake was nowhere near Meryl, was he?
While Vash was taking a shower, Meryl looked at her notes. But she didn't care much about it.
'Who cares about these stupid notes anyway? I don't.'
She took the highschool album and flipped it to her picture. Meryl knew she looked the most radiant out of all her classmates. But she also hated that. She always had to be the best out of anything; everybody expected that. No one knew how hard that was; not even Vash.
She looked over at the picture of Jake and herself. Jake was a nice guy, someone who didn't care about her popularity or looks. They only went out for a couple of months before he had to move away.
An hour later, Milly and Wolfwood finally woke up. Another hour later, they were already to go out. But when they stepped out of the inn, they were suddenly grabbed by a group of bandits. . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The figure stood in front of them. Just before their noses. But they couldn't see him, for he was up on a roof of a building that stood before the inn.
"Enjoyed your 'quality' time with Meryl, Vash the Stampede? I want to make sure you suffer like hell before parting with her. . .Like I did when I parted with Elaine. . ."
[Ooh, a cliffhanger! Lol, I'll post the next chapter real soon!]HeHeh