Disclaimer: I do not own Trigun or its characters, however Silas is
mine.yes, in all his wonderfully malicious glory. :D
Authors note: *sigh* work has started, when school has ended. Yours truly has finally graduated! However, unfortunately I do not have as much free time to sit and write, as I'd like to have. Knives is still out of commotion, sadly, but anyway. here's the next chapter.
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Meryl looked up at the three men that stood before her, having a rather quizzical look on her face. "Vash. who is this man?" She had never seen him before, but apparently, both the brothers knew who he was. Regardless, by instinct, her hand had slipped under her cape slightly and lingered on one of her derringers waiting patiently to see if it would be at all needed.
Silas smiled darkly at Meryl as she asked about his identity. He took a step back allowing himself room for a bow. He bent low in almost a performance type of bow then looked back up at her. "I am known as many things my dear, but you may call me Silas." He Snickered and stood straight.
Milly smiled at the man "Hiya, Oh, Don't mind Mr. Knives here he's a bit uhm.. jumpy. Nice to meet you I'm Milly Thompson of the Bernardelli Insurance Agency and this here," Motioning to Meryl "Is my partner Meryl Stryfe."
Meryl sighed some and shook her head as Millie introduced them both. Sometimes she really was clueless.
Knives snarls "Don't start back up with that Bull shit of yours! What the hell do you want!?"
By this time, most of the people had cleared out, in fear of a confrontation between the men. The Inn keep was standing behind the counter with the two waitresses cowering at his side, too afraid to split them up. Silas lifted his mismatched gaze to them and smiled darkly promising of unexplainable horror. He then looked back to Knives as he was barked at. "Well, if you must know, I was just passing by when I sensed you two were here. Sooo, I decided to pay you a visit. You see I have something to show you then. A new 'trick' so to speak, that I've learned." He smirked "Ah but first. I would like some breakfast." With that, he was gone. By the time everyone had realized he had disappeared, he was standing uncomfortably close to Meryl and quickly grabbed her. His hand cupped her mouth; the other held her arms to her side. "Ah, This'll do.." He laughed cruelly.
Vash had seen a shadow seem to suddenly loom over Meryl from the corner of his eye, but by the time he had turned to face it, she was already trapped in Silas' arms. His hand slipped to his gun at his side. Then he realized one stupid thing he forgot, to get dressed. His fingers merely graced the cloth of his PJ's he was unarmed.except for his mechanical arm. He started the process of moving the gears when a shot rang out.
Knives had turned upon the moment the man had disappeared, knowing that if he'd do that he would go for someone nearby. Luckily he had turned, because he caught the image of Silas' shadow form wrap its arms around Meryl and become real. He snarled and took quick aim, then pulled the trigger.
Silas had caught sight of Knives raising his gun and snickered as the barrel found its target. However, even before Knives fired the shot, he was already disappearing. By the time the bullet touched the placed where he once stood, it merely passed through a shadow image of himself and nothing more. The bullet split the shadow as if a cloud of smoke would to a breath of air then hit the wall and ricocheted to be lodged into the counter.
Knives watched as his bullet split the cloud left by Silas and heard it ricochet. He snarled and punched the table with his opposite hand "How many times will this man slip from our very grasp! How the hell can he possibly out maneuver us!" he stewed greatly and a few swear words followed his rant.
Vash stared at the spot watching the smoke clear, Meryl was gone, and he had let it happen. His fists slowly clenched tightly as a shadow cast over his gaze. A few teardrops fell over his cheek; he felt so damn worthless right then.
Millie's eyes widened at all of this. "Oh my." it had all happened so quickly she wasn't sure what exactly occurred. She finally looked around at the scene, being jolted back by the sound of Knives fist hitting the table. She glanced to the spot where Meryl once sat and frowned. She was rather confused "Where did they go?" she looked up at Vash and saw the tears rolling down his face. "Mr. Vash?" Then it dawned on her "Oh no, so he wasn't so nice after all." She looked rather distraught now. "Meryl Sempai.. Please be ok.." She clasped her hands together and prayed.
Knives growled and stormed out into the street looking around for him "COME BACK HERE YOU BASTARD!! YOU COWARD HOW DARE YOU RUN AWAY AGAIN!! FIGHT ME DAMN YOU!!!" he merely received unusual glances from people passing by, and no reply.
Silas smirked and held the squirming young woman. She was light, small, and easily carried by his much taller and lithe form. He carried her through the plant casting meaningless humans away as they tried to stop him by merely a strong blast of mental pain. It left the men curled into little balls on the floor by his feet as he passed, or mentally broken. "Such weak minds.how pitiful a species." He found an empty room with a lock on the outside and he smiled. He threw Meryl into this room closed the door and locked her inside. He spoke to the door "Now don't you go anywhere my pet, I'll be right back."
Meryl found herself in a dark room, and only scoffed at Silas' order to stay put. She slowly collected herself and searched along the wall for a switch, finding none she swatted blindly for a pull chain to a light. Her efforts turned up no such revelation and she fell back against the wall.
She looked to where she thought the door was and furrowed her brows. She pushed off the wall and took a few steps forward keeping her hands out in front of her. She kept walking until she felt the wall, then felt over until she found the door. She felt along the crack of the door and guessed at where the lock would fit into the wall. With a sigh she took a few steps back and felt for one of her derringers. To her dismay, she no longer hand any of them. She grew frustrated and started to angrily scream at the door. "LET ME OUT DAMN YOU!! RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP ME HERE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING TO ACHIEVE BY KEEPING ME HERE!!! YOU BETTER RELEASE ME NOW!"
Silas had taken his time to go through the plant and eradicate all of the beings who worked there. He found a pair of handcuffs on the one guardsman and took them. He glanced to the plant and smiled as she watched him with worry on her face. "Would you like to meet my pet?" the plant gave him a quizzical look and he merely smiled maliciously.
He returned to the room Meryl was in and unlocked the door, however he did not open it. Instead, he waited, patiently until Meryl's curiosity would push her to open the door. This of course he coaxed with his own mental ability to twist her very thoughts.
Meryl had thought she was hearing things when a slightly click, as if the lock to the door opening came to her ears. She tilted her head lightly and waited a moment, only hearing silence. In her mind, she was being pushed, pushed to open the door and run like hell. She slowly started to inch forward her hand reaching out to the door. She gave the door a gentle touch then pulled back "he could be out there waiting." She took a step back. However, something in the back of her mind was pushing her to do it, open the door, run like hell. So finally, she gave in and reached for the door once again and she gently opened the door. The door creaked lightly on its hinges as it swung open and she took one step out looking around a bit and finding no one in sight.
Silas smiled darkly from within the shadow and inched towards Meryl's back, he quickly swept her up and slipped a cuff onto a free wrist, then twisted her arm back behind her back and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders. ".Come I've found a better room for us."
Meryl's eyes widened and she struggled more "Us.what do you mean for us!" she thought about it a moment and when she came to the conclusion of what he was planning she struggled more, until her arm was sharply pulled. Silas frowned "Now now.no need to struggle so much." He smiled "I'll make sure you enjoy yourself while in my company." He chuckled lowly in her ear and moved to a different room. This room was a lot larger; it almost appeared to be an office of sorts. In the middle of the room was a large desk, and he threw Meryl on top of it. He released her twisted arm and as she pulled it out from behind her to sit up, he caught both of her wrists and pulled them sharply over her head. He laced the cuff around the leg of the desk and cuffed her other wrist so she could not remove them from the desk. He snickered at her "Lets see. how long it takes for your lover boy to come rescue you." He smiled and graced his fingers over her cheek "You are quite lovely when you look at me with disgust like that."
Meryl was speechless, she struggled hard and eventually tears began to fall from her eyes. "NO! You leave me alone." she turned her head away from him. "You better not harm Vash!!"
He raised his brows lightly "Oh, I think you should be more worried about yourself right now." He laughed and slowly climbed up on top of the desk, straddling her. "I recall watching my father do this to someone once. It appeared to be quite satisfying to him, and when I asked him, he said that 'though a woman may scream or seem to be in lots of pain, she's really just enjoying it all the more.' Either way I decided to try it, and since I do not think my sisters can perform this, I chose you. Simply because this will be all the more painful for both you and Vash." He laughed darkly. "Oh and feel free to scream as loud as you want, let me know how you feel." He smirked and leaned in to bite her neck rather hard as his hand slid up her thigh.
Meryl's eyes widened as she took in a breath. Tears started to flow more down her cheeks "no.." she whimpered. "VAAAAAAASH!!!? HELP ME!!!"
Vash was shot to attention, his headshot to the side; he even had to take a step back as this mental wave hit him. His eyes widened as he stared at the table. ".Meryl..." he snarled and took off upstairs leaving a confused Millie standing by the table, and an angry Knives cursing at the wind outside.
Vash quickly threw off his pajamas and got dressed in his armor and trench coat. He picked up his gun and spun it on his index finger then slid it into its holster. He picked his sunglasses from his pocket and placed them on his face, adjusting them lightly on the bridge of his nose. Then he dashed downstairs calling back "MILLIE STAY HERE!" he received a weak 'ok.' from behind him and he stopped by his brother. "We have to get to the plant.NOW!"
Knives turned to glare sharply at his brother "The plant? That's on the other side of town!" He paused lightly ".. He's there isn't he?" He snarled, "IT was HIM!" he turned towards the large bulb in the distance. "Lets go." He then took off in a sprint towards it.
Vash followed his brother, running along side of him, both kicking up sand as they rushed for the plant.
Note: wow.ok that was a bit uhm.. *Cough* well, I spared you all the details, I am sure you all can figure things out on your own. In any case.. I hope you liked this chapter R&R and such. I'll try to have the next chapter up ASAP.
Authors note: *sigh* work has started, when school has ended. Yours truly has finally graduated! However, unfortunately I do not have as much free time to sit and write, as I'd like to have. Knives is still out of commotion, sadly, but anyway. here's the next chapter.
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Meryl looked up at the three men that stood before her, having a rather quizzical look on her face. "Vash. who is this man?" She had never seen him before, but apparently, both the brothers knew who he was. Regardless, by instinct, her hand had slipped under her cape slightly and lingered on one of her derringers waiting patiently to see if it would be at all needed.
Silas smiled darkly at Meryl as she asked about his identity. He took a step back allowing himself room for a bow. He bent low in almost a performance type of bow then looked back up at her. "I am known as many things my dear, but you may call me Silas." He Snickered and stood straight.
Milly smiled at the man "Hiya, Oh, Don't mind Mr. Knives here he's a bit uhm.. jumpy. Nice to meet you I'm Milly Thompson of the Bernardelli Insurance Agency and this here," Motioning to Meryl "Is my partner Meryl Stryfe."
Meryl sighed some and shook her head as Millie introduced them both. Sometimes she really was clueless.
Knives snarls "Don't start back up with that Bull shit of yours! What the hell do you want!?"
By this time, most of the people had cleared out, in fear of a confrontation between the men. The Inn keep was standing behind the counter with the two waitresses cowering at his side, too afraid to split them up. Silas lifted his mismatched gaze to them and smiled darkly promising of unexplainable horror. He then looked back to Knives as he was barked at. "Well, if you must know, I was just passing by when I sensed you two were here. Sooo, I decided to pay you a visit. You see I have something to show you then. A new 'trick' so to speak, that I've learned." He smirked "Ah but first. I would like some breakfast." With that, he was gone. By the time everyone had realized he had disappeared, he was standing uncomfortably close to Meryl and quickly grabbed her. His hand cupped her mouth; the other held her arms to her side. "Ah, This'll do.." He laughed cruelly.
Vash had seen a shadow seem to suddenly loom over Meryl from the corner of his eye, but by the time he had turned to face it, she was already trapped in Silas' arms. His hand slipped to his gun at his side. Then he realized one stupid thing he forgot, to get dressed. His fingers merely graced the cloth of his PJ's he was unarmed.except for his mechanical arm. He started the process of moving the gears when a shot rang out.
Knives had turned upon the moment the man had disappeared, knowing that if he'd do that he would go for someone nearby. Luckily he had turned, because he caught the image of Silas' shadow form wrap its arms around Meryl and become real. He snarled and took quick aim, then pulled the trigger.
Silas had caught sight of Knives raising his gun and snickered as the barrel found its target. However, even before Knives fired the shot, he was already disappearing. By the time the bullet touched the placed where he once stood, it merely passed through a shadow image of himself and nothing more. The bullet split the shadow as if a cloud of smoke would to a breath of air then hit the wall and ricocheted to be lodged into the counter.
Knives watched as his bullet split the cloud left by Silas and heard it ricochet. He snarled and punched the table with his opposite hand "How many times will this man slip from our very grasp! How the hell can he possibly out maneuver us!" he stewed greatly and a few swear words followed his rant.
Vash stared at the spot watching the smoke clear, Meryl was gone, and he had let it happen. His fists slowly clenched tightly as a shadow cast over his gaze. A few teardrops fell over his cheek; he felt so damn worthless right then.
Millie's eyes widened at all of this. "Oh my." it had all happened so quickly she wasn't sure what exactly occurred. She finally looked around at the scene, being jolted back by the sound of Knives fist hitting the table. She glanced to the spot where Meryl once sat and frowned. She was rather confused "Where did they go?" she looked up at Vash and saw the tears rolling down his face. "Mr. Vash?" Then it dawned on her "Oh no, so he wasn't so nice after all." She looked rather distraught now. "Meryl Sempai.. Please be ok.." She clasped her hands together and prayed.
Knives growled and stormed out into the street looking around for him "COME BACK HERE YOU BASTARD!! YOU COWARD HOW DARE YOU RUN AWAY AGAIN!! FIGHT ME DAMN YOU!!!" he merely received unusual glances from people passing by, and no reply.
Silas smirked and held the squirming young woman. She was light, small, and easily carried by his much taller and lithe form. He carried her through the plant casting meaningless humans away as they tried to stop him by merely a strong blast of mental pain. It left the men curled into little balls on the floor by his feet as he passed, or mentally broken. "Such weak minds.how pitiful a species." He found an empty room with a lock on the outside and he smiled. He threw Meryl into this room closed the door and locked her inside. He spoke to the door "Now don't you go anywhere my pet, I'll be right back."
Meryl found herself in a dark room, and only scoffed at Silas' order to stay put. She slowly collected herself and searched along the wall for a switch, finding none she swatted blindly for a pull chain to a light. Her efforts turned up no such revelation and she fell back against the wall.
She looked to where she thought the door was and furrowed her brows. She pushed off the wall and took a few steps forward keeping her hands out in front of her. She kept walking until she felt the wall, then felt over until she found the door. She felt along the crack of the door and guessed at where the lock would fit into the wall. With a sigh she took a few steps back and felt for one of her derringers. To her dismay, she no longer hand any of them. She grew frustrated and started to angrily scream at the door. "LET ME OUT DAMN YOU!! RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP ME HERE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING TO ACHIEVE BY KEEPING ME HERE!!! YOU BETTER RELEASE ME NOW!"
Silas had taken his time to go through the plant and eradicate all of the beings who worked there. He found a pair of handcuffs on the one guardsman and took them. He glanced to the plant and smiled as she watched him with worry on her face. "Would you like to meet my pet?" the plant gave him a quizzical look and he merely smiled maliciously.
He returned to the room Meryl was in and unlocked the door, however he did not open it. Instead, he waited, patiently until Meryl's curiosity would push her to open the door. This of course he coaxed with his own mental ability to twist her very thoughts.
Meryl had thought she was hearing things when a slightly click, as if the lock to the door opening came to her ears. She tilted her head lightly and waited a moment, only hearing silence. In her mind, she was being pushed, pushed to open the door and run like hell. She slowly started to inch forward her hand reaching out to the door. She gave the door a gentle touch then pulled back "he could be out there waiting." She took a step back. However, something in the back of her mind was pushing her to do it, open the door, run like hell. So finally, she gave in and reached for the door once again and she gently opened the door. The door creaked lightly on its hinges as it swung open and she took one step out looking around a bit and finding no one in sight.
Silas smiled darkly from within the shadow and inched towards Meryl's back, he quickly swept her up and slipped a cuff onto a free wrist, then twisted her arm back behind her back and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders. ".Come I've found a better room for us."
Meryl's eyes widened and she struggled more "Us.what do you mean for us!" she thought about it a moment and when she came to the conclusion of what he was planning she struggled more, until her arm was sharply pulled. Silas frowned "Now now.no need to struggle so much." He smiled "I'll make sure you enjoy yourself while in my company." He chuckled lowly in her ear and moved to a different room. This room was a lot larger; it almost appeared to be an office of sorts. In the middle of the room was a large desk, and he threw Meryl on top of it. He released her twisted arm and as she pulled it out from behind her to sit up, he caught both of her wrists and pulled them sharply over her head. He laced the cuff around the leg of the desk and cuffed her other wrist so she could not remove them from the desk. He snickered at her "Lets see. how long it takes for your lover boy to come rescue you." He smiled and graced his fingers over her cheek "You are quite lovely when you look at me with disgust like that."
Meryl was speechless, she struggled hard and eventually tears began to fall from her eyes. "NO! You leave me alone." she turned her head away from him. "You better not harm Vash!!"
He raised his brows lightly "Oh, I think you should be more worried about yourself right now." He laughed and slowly climbed up on top of the desk, straddling her. "I recall watching my father do this to someone once. It appeared to be quite satisfying to him, and when I asked him, he said that 'though a woman may scream or seem to be in lots of pain, she's really just enjoying it all the more.' Either way I decided to try it, and since I do not think my sisters can perform this, I chose you. Simply because this will be all the more painful for both you and Vash." He laughed darkly. "Oh and feel free to scream as loud as you want, let me know how you feel." He smirked and leaned in to bite her neck rather hard as his hand slid up her thigh.
Meryl's eyes widened as she took in a breath. Tears started to flow more down her cheeks "no.." she whimpered. "VAAAAAAASH!!!? HELP ME!!!"
Vash was shot to attention, his headshot to the side; he even had to take a step back as this mental wave hit him. His eyes widened as he stared at the table. ".Meryl..." he snarled and took off upstairs leaving a confused Millie standing by the table, and an angry Knives cursing at the wind outside.
Vash quickly threw off his pajamas and got dressed in his armor and trench coat. He picked up his gun and spun it on his index finger then slid it into its holster. He picked his sunglasses from his pocket and placed them on his face, adjusting them lightly on the bridge of his nose. Then he dashed downstairs calling back "MILLIE STAY HERE!" he received a weak 'ok.' from behind him and he stopped by his brother. "We have to get to the plant.NOW!"
Knives turned to glare sharply at his brother "The plant? That's on the other side of town!" He paused lightly ".. He's there isn't he?" He snarled, "IT was HIM!" he turned towards the large bulb in the distance. "Lets go." He then took off in a sprint towards it.
Vash followed his brother, running along side of him, both kicking up sand as they rushed for the plant.
Note: wow.ok that was a bit uhm.. *Cough* well, I spared you all the details, I am sure you all can figure things out on your own. In any case.. I hope you liked this chapter R&R and such. I'll try to have the next chapter up ASAP.