| Chapter 15 |
Knives walked through the desert alone. He couldn't help but think about what just had happened. He had seen so many deaths, and had also caused many himself, but nothing ever touched him the way he saw his brother cried over Meryl.
He hesitated.
"Why should I be thinking this nonsense?"
"She's is nothing more than a mere human."
"Losing one doesn't affect the rest of the world."
"So why does Vash care so much?"
He wanted to give out a laugh at the way he thought about things now, but then again, things had changed. Knives had found a place in his heart that he can share with someone. "But I don't want that to happen, why am I becoming more of Vash?"
He looked up at the sky so blue and saw a picture of Marianne, and the last night that they had shared together.
He stared back down and walked slower.
* Follow your heart, your intuition *
"Is my logic of the spiders and butterflies wrong?"
- - -
"No, Knives!! I wanted to save them both!! Don't you understand? I want the spider AND the butterfly to live!" Vash pushed his twin to the ground and pressed against him in anger. Knives looked into his brother's eyes and saw the complete pain in Vash.
He got up and sat parallel from his twin. A butterfly Vash had just saved flew by.
"You make no sense," Knives walked out of the recreation room, leaving Vash and Rem. Vash narrowed his eyes, "No, you're the one not making any sense, Knives!"
- - -
"They're both living creatures, Knives."
Knives turned around to find the least person he was expecting. "No, it can't be!"
The woman only smiled. He knew she was real, he could sense her breathing and her active heart, but he doesn't want to believe it. "You can't . . . how? Why are you here? Get away from me, you bastard!"
Rem took a step closer to Knives, "Knives, what has caused you to think this way? I thought I taught you how to love, how to care for others. What made you take a separate path down another road?"
Knives shook his head and stepped back as she kept going, "No . . ."
"Knives . . . you were never a monster, not everyone wants to harm you -"
"Shut up! Just shut up, don't try to change my perspectives on humans because . . ." he remembered Marianne again and he blanked out, confused. Knives fell to his knees and clutched his head, "UGHHH!!!!!!!"
When Rem had reached him, she set a comforting hand on him, "Knives, I got a second chance to life from a life of another. I am grateful of that person and I will use all the time I have to try to help you and Vash understand."
Knives eyes widen, "You alive because of Meryl. How can this happen?"
She smiled, "Knives, just tell me where Vash is, then I promise you will understand." She stood up and stepped back, giving him some room. Knives didn't move while he tried to organize all that has happened. Her face was set.
"Vash . . . has been crying, has he? He loved that woman?"
Knives nodded slowly.
"I'm sorry this happened to him. All the people that lost their lives in front of him, I'm sorry he lived to see all of that. What I wanted for you and Vash is to live in a restful Eden. Where there will finally be an end to suffering."
"That is just a pathetic dream."
"Knives, the ticket to the future is always open." Then there was a long silence.
He turned away, "He . . .Vash needed to see you, for some time now. . ." Rem nodded.
Knives walked through the desert alone. He couldn't help but think about what just had happened. He had seen so many deaths, and had also caused many himself, but nothing ever touched him the way he saw his brother cried over Meryl.
He hesitated.
"Why should I be thinking this nonsense?"
"She's is nothing more than a mere human."
"Losing one doesn't affect the rest of the world."
"So why does Vash care so much?"
He wanted to give out a laugh at the way he thought about things now, but then again, things had changed. Knives had found a place in his heart that he can share with someone. "But I don't want that to happen, why am I becoming more of Vash?"
He looked up at the sky so blue and saw a picture of Marianne, and the last night that they had shared together.
He stared back down and walked slower.
* Follow your heart, your intuition *
"Is my logic of the spiders and butterflies wrong?"
- - -
"No, Knives!! I wanted to save them both!! Don't you understand? I want the spider AND the butterfly to live!" Vash pushed his twin to the ground and pressed against him in anger. Knives looked into his brother's eyes and saw the complete pain in Vash.
He got up and sat parallel from his twin. A butterfly Vash had just saved flew by.
"You make no sense," Knives walked out of the recreation room, leaving Vash and Rem. Vash narrowed his eyes, "No, you're the one not making any sense, Knives!"
- - -
"They're both living creatures, Knives."
Knives turned around to find the least person he was expecting. "No, it can't be!"
The woman only smiled. He knew she was real, he could sense her breathing and her active heart, but he doesn't want to believe it. "You can't . . . how? Why are you here? Get away from me, you bastard!"
Rem took a step closer to Knives, "Knives, what has caused you to think this way? I thought I taught you how to love, how to care for others. What made you take a separate path down another road?"
Knives shook his head and stepped back as she kept going, "No . . ."
"Knives . . . you were never a monster, not everyone wants to harm you -"
"Shut up! Just shut up, don't try to change my perspectives on humans because . . ." he remembered Marianne again and he blanked out, confused. Knives fell to his knees and clutched his head, "UGHHH!!!!!!!"
When Rem had reached him, she set a comforting hand on him, "Knives, I got a second chance to life from a life of another. I am grateful of that person and I will use all the time I have to try to help you and Vash understand."
Knives eyes widen, "You alive because of Meryl. How can this happen?"
She smiled, "Knives, just tell me where Vash is, then I promise you will understand." She stood up and stepped back, giving him some room. Knives didn't move while he tried to organize all that has happened. Her face was set.
"Vash . . . has been crying, has he? He loved that woman?"
Knives nodded slowly.
"I'm sorry this happened to him. All the people that lost their lives in front of him, I'm sorry he lived to see all of that. What I wanted for you and Vash is to live in a restful Eden. Where there will finally be an end to suffering."
"That is just a pathetic dream."
"Knives, the ticket to the future is always open." Then there was a long silence.
He turned away, "He . . .Vash needed to see you, for some time now. . ." Rem nodded.