i can't own trigun EVER.
This chappie has the Nebraska brothers, part of the new nebraska family. They're not as tough as the old one or so weird looking, plus an old friend of Vash's helps out the girls.
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"37!" A bell rang at the number. There was a large crowd in the usually peaceful bar. They were all crowded around the young blond girl who sat drinking large cups of Josek's 'specialty'. There were also men passed out on the floor.
"Bring on -hic- 38!" The drunk girl in the green T-shirt announced.
"This kids gonna break the record!"
"$$20 says she can't!"
"$$35 says she can!" The bets rang throughout the Josek bar.
"Go for it Lu!"
"Here ya go kid!" Josek set another glass on the counter in front of the 16 year old girl. Lu spun around and picked up the cup. She held it up to the men in the room.
"Here's to all you fine gentlemen here tonight! -Hic- Thanks for -hic- cheering me on!" All the men raised their glasses as the girl guzzled yet another cup. She had been making dedications with each drink since number 7. The first toast was to her bar stool for holding her up. Aldreasa was sitting in the back of the bar with Gabriel. It was night outside and there were some clouds in the sky, which was rather breath taking.
"Lu sure knows how to draw a crowd." Gabriel said as he laughed at Lu's drunkenness. Aldreasa sighed and swished her tea around with a spoon.
"I'm surprised she hasn't passed out yet. The only way she'd have this kind of tolerance is if all her donuts had been spiked." That made Gabriel laugh. They had been conversing since 1:00 and learned a lot about each other. The dark haired girl had told Gabriel tons about her childhood after he left. Aldreasa also told him that she wasn't too surprised when Lu had taken down Mad Dog. The girl always got picked on for being so petite. She even told Gabriel aobut her father, but only a little. There was a strong relationship growing between the two.
The bell rang on the door as a group of 4 men came in. From their looks it seemed they had a long and rough day. Some men in the bar recognized them and slipped out.
"Here it is boys! Number 41! The record breaker!" Josek announcedThe girl slugglishly grabbed the cup and jumped on top of the bar. She held the cup up to the men who had just walked in.
"A toast! To the guys -hic- who arrived just in time to witness history! -hic-" Most of the crowd went silent as the group of 4 men walked further in. They had a man with shaggy gray hair and blue eyes tied up. The drunks stumbled out of the bar and the crowd vanished in a matter of seconds. Gabriel's muscles tensed as his eyes followed the newcomers. Aldreasa looked over and saw the man in the corner with his pipe. He and Lu were the only ones that seemed calm in this situation.
"Lu sit down..." Josek whipsered to the young drunk standing upon the bar counter. She shook her blond head and refused.
"No, this is number 41! To the record!" She bellowed out just before putting the glass to her mouth. A gun shot rang out as the cup in Lu's hands shattered to pieces, making the girl fall back on her butt. Aldreasa began to get up, but Gabriel stopped her.
"Don't" He warned. Aldreasa looked over at the filthy men who were advancing to the bar.
"Who the hell do you think -hic- you are!?" Lu said tapping the man in his very muscular chest with her index finger. Her head didn't even reach his shoulders. "I was about to break the record, -hic- you dope!" The man smiled at her with missing teeth.
"I am Big" Lu laughed idiotically.
"Yea you are! -hic- I'm small!" Big seemed a little annoyed by the blond.
"We're the Nebraska Brothers." The rest of the men smiled with gritty or no teeth. Aldreasa's mother had told her a story about Mr. Vash facing the Nebraska family years ago. All the muscles in the black haired girl's body tightened. "These are my brothers, Young, Short and Tall." Lu snickered. What goofy names!
"Well, -hic- I'm an only child." She told the man as if they were having a regular conversation. Aldreasa stood up and walked over to the bar. Gabriel tried to pull her back, but the determination in her green eyes did not heed to his words. Her hand grabbed the back of Lu's shirt.
"Let's stop bothering this man now, Lu and come over here to this nice little corner." Aldreasa said sweetly trying to pull Lu along to where Gabriel was sitting.
"Just a moment little miss." The large man grabbed Aldreasa's wrist. "We need some entertainment as we celebrate our great capture of the Crimson Flame!" The rest of his group cheered as they hit the gray haired young man. Aldreasa raised an eyebrow with no idea of who they were talking about.
"That's not the Crimson Flame!" Lu yelled at them from behind Aldreasa. The group of men quieted down and their eyes turned cold once again.
"What would you know, little girl?" Short asked with ice in his voice. Lu casually walked over to them. Aldreasa tried to stop her, but Big forced her to sit on a bar stool.
"Well, his hair is a lot shorted and not as dark." Lu explained to them as she swatted at the boy's hair, who pulled away from her. "And just look at his eyes! -hic- They're not as deeply blue as the REAL Crimson Flame's." All the men looked at their hostage. "His eyes are bluer like mine." Lu pointed her finger at her aqua blue eyes. Once again the men studied her corrections. "This boys -hic- a little too short to be him." Lu said as she patted the young man on the top of his head even though he was taller than her.
"Yea, Big. I do remember the Crimson Flame being a lot taller than this guy." The Young brother confessed. The other Nebraska brothers mumbled in agreement. Big was getting upset, actually he was already pissed.
"Are you numbskulls gonna listen to this kid or your own blood!?" Lu turned on the man, with drunken anger.
"I am not a kid! You butt head! Do you even have a brain in there?" She stood on tip toes to hit the man in the forehead. "How could you mistake this guy for Turk Millions!?" Big grabbed Lu by the throat, lifting her feet off the ground.
"You got a a big mouth kid. Its gonna get you killed today." Lu's hands grabbed onto the big man's arm as she gasped for breath. The Nebraska brothers began cheering and banging their fists on the tables. Gabriel got up to intervine.
"Put her down." Aldreasa said calmly putting a small gun to the back of Big's head. It was a smaller version of Millie's stun gun. She had taken it from her mother's room just in case they got into a situation like this. Everyone went silent and motionless as tension grew in the air.
"Try your luck." The large man challenged her in reply. Aldreasa hand shook. Everyone in the room was tense save for the man in the shadows with his pipe watching the whole scene from the shadows.
"Aldy..." Lu was near passing out when Aldreasa shot the man in the shoulder. His arm fell limply to his side as Lu landed on her knees grasping for air to fill her empty lungs.
"Bitch!" Big turned to swing at the black haired girl. All he caught was air as she ducked down and hit his knees from underneath him. Lu rolled to the side as the large man fell. The Nebraska brothers drew their guns. Aldreasa jumped behind the bar with Josek while Lu rolled behind a flipped over table. Gabriel was forced to keep refuge in his corner behind another table. The mistaken Crimson Flame dove into the kitchen.
Bullet began to fill the air in chaos. Josek was loading a rifle while Aldreasa covered her head from falling glass. Josek swung the barrel of the rifle over the counter shooting at the Nebraska brothers. Young was making his way towards the bar with out a gun. With her black hair flying behind her, Aldreasa attacked him. Luckily, her mother's idea of kung fu had come in handy.
While they spared, Lu dove to another table while shooting her father's gun at Big and the other two brothers. One of the bullets hit Tall in the collar bone while Short dove to Lu's abandoned upturned table. The smaller brother threw his guns away. Opening his coat, Short revealed over fifty throwing stars and knives. Pulling 4 stars from his coat he threw them all at once towards Josek. The bartender fell back behind the bar with 2 stars embbeded in his skin. One in his shoulder and the other in his chest. Big threw up a larger table to hide behind while he reloaded his gun. Lu kept shooting at Big, making wood chips fly.
The Nebraska brother Aldreasa was fighting pulled out a katana sword. She dodged his attacks, but one swing came a little too close ripping the clothing at her stomach. The man smiled through yellow teeth. "Not bad, darling." She spun around picking up a broom to defend herself, knocking Young against the head. Blood ran down his temple, but he only lost his footing. Giving an evil grin, Young renewed his attack.
The fake Crimson Flame had his ropes off and was now over by Josek behind the bar. The gray haired boy was about to pull the stars out of him. Instead of letting the boy help him, Josek shoved the rifle in his face. "Help them out, kid." His pale blue eyes intensified as the gun was held out to him.
The Short brother threw two kinves at Lu who was firing at the table Big was behind. She avoided the one hurdling towards her head, but the other grazed her across the arm. She ducked down behind the table, her arm bleeding. Big began firing rounds off at Lu's table. The bullets chipped it away to almost nothing. Lu picked up a nearby knife that had been thrown at her. She rolled to her right throwing it at Big. The knife hit him in the hand forcing him to drop the gun.
Time began to slow as Lu's eyes caught the pale blue ones aiming with a rifle behind the bar. She followed them to her left as two silver stars came rushing towards her. Two shot rang off knocking one of the stars away from her. Lu dropped to her back, letting the other star graze her cheeck and then engrafting itself into the wooden wall. Kipping to her feet Lu shot Short twice, one bullet in each arm leaving him powerless. Lu would've shot a third bullet into the man's leg, but her cylinder was empty. She shook Vash's gun. "Stupid thing! WORK!"
Aldreasa was having troubles keeping up with Young's sword. Her clothing was cut up with blood stains seeping it. A blow came down and she couldn't deflect it. The katana sliced the broom into two pieces forcing her to the floor. She sat waiting for the final blow when a bullet rang from a rifle knocking the sword from the wielder. Another shot hit the man square in the chest. He fell to the ground, unconscious. The young man with gray hair and pale blue eyes stood up holding the rifle in both hands.
"Drop your gun!" Big had a gun barrel held directly at Lu's back. The girl smiled nervously. The young man threw his gun to the ground next to Josek. "Good boy. You!" He yelled at Gabriel who was still 'hiding' in his corner.
"Me?" He asked pointing to himself.
"Get over by her!" Gabriel walked over by Aldreasa. "You too boy!" The paled eyes were intense as he did what he was told and stood by Aldreasa.
"Let her go, and the sheriff won't be hearing about your part in this." Gabriel offered to Big with cold brown eyes. Big laughed as he pulled out another gun and pointed it at the blond man.
"You won't live long enough to tell the sheriff, pretty boy." His eyes grew with fear as the gun was pointed at him. Lu quickly knocked the gun out of Big's hand, moving to the side just as the other gun fired. One bullet went past Gabriels' head, hitting the wall. The other went straight through Lu's right shoulder, making her falter towards the ground. She reached for Vash's gun with the other arm. "Stupid kid!"
Big pointed his gun at Lu. Aldreasa turned her head away as the last gunshot sounded in her ears. To everyone's surprise Big fell to the ground. Lu stared, terrified as his body lay in his own blood. The young woman leaned over the Nebraska brother and began applying pressure to the bullet wound in his back. The long barrel of a revolver pointed at Lu's blond head. Big choked and coughed on his own blood before his eyes did not blink as the last breath escaped his lungs. Lu's fingers couldn't feel the pulse in the man's body.
"You killed a man..." Her blue eyes turned to look up the barrel at the man that had been in the corner smoking his pipe since the girls entered the bar. Their eyes looked in deep within each other's minds. The innocent pure blue eyes staring deep within the lifeless black gleam of the stranger.
"Where'd you get that gun?" He said rather calmly as though he weren't holding a gun to her head and nothing important was going on. Lu was angered at first, but then she looked down at the gun she held in her hand. When had she even picked it up?
"My father." She stated. Aldreasa started to say something, but kept quiet. The man and Lu looked at the door, hearing someone outside. His dark eyes looked over at the three in the corner.
"Follow me." He said, moving to the back door and concealing his weapon once again beneath the dark trench coat. Gabriel grabbed Aldreasa's arm just as she began to follow.
"You're always welcome here, Aldy." She smiled back at him warmly before leaving out the back door. Just as the door shut behind her the sheriff came in through the bar entrance.
"What in the sam hell happened here?" The deputy appeared shortly after. His eyebrows raised at the mess in the bar. Gabriel smiled as he saw Josek stand up from behind the counter.
"Things just got a little out of hand here, sheriff." Josek said gruffly. A shelf fell from behind the bar and Gabriel smiled nervously.
Aldreasa had to stop while running after the others. "Wait..." She called after them breathlessly. Lu was the only to stop. She went over to her wounded friend. Aldreasa was gasping for breath. Lu sighed and picked her up, carrying her on her back.
"Where would you be without me?" Lu asked her dark haired friend as the blond began running after the two strangers that had saved their lives. Aldreasa smirked.
"I'd probably be at home asleep, dreaming of my perfect man that would be sweeping me off my feet." Aldreasa said light-heartedly. Lu smiled wearily at her friend's mood. The pain from the bullet wound was excruciating, but she kept going none the less.
They ran inside the house of the man who smoked the pipe. Lu set her wounded friend down and began panting heavily. "You've gain weight!" Aldreasa cut her eyes at Lu.
"This way." The stranger said as he led them into doorways. Aldreasa began to follow, but Lu stayed put while catching her breath. The young man that had been mistaken for the Crimson Flame gently wrapped his arm around Lu's waist to support her. She gladly accepted his help.
"Thanks." She said cheerfully. They had walked into the garage where a nice silver car sat covered in dust. The stranger threw the keys to Aldreasa who luckily caught them.
"Thake this car to the next town. That way you'll be safe and able to rest. Things won't quiet down here for awhile and there's no way you'll rest in my house." He went over to his shelf and grabbed a medic bag giving it to the gary haired young man who was still holding Lu up."Bandage her up first while the other drives. She's lost a lot of blood and will pass out soon." Lu looked at him in protest.
"I'm jsut fine! Aldy will need band aids first." Lu tried to sound strong, but her voice faltered. A small click went off in Aldreasa's mind.
'Lu had just ran, carrying me to this chouse with that bullet wound and deep cut in her arm.' Aldreasa smiled confidently. "Don't worry about me, Lu. I'm rested up for now." She caught the pale blue eyes and quickly looked away. "Why are you helping us?" She asked the stranger. Now that he was in the light she noticed he was very old with white hairs sticking out from underneath his hat. The gray haired man began setting Lu into the back seat of the car. She tried to shoo him away, but he gave her a serious glare that made her go still and scoot over for him to sit next to her.
"Vash the Stampede spared my life. I told him I'd return the favor, but never really thought I'd be given the chance." Aldreasa held his gaze for a long time. As silence crept into the garage. "Go to Glory, its a small city down south. Charle will bring you to an old man who usually sits outside a bar. He'll help you." The stranger turned to open the garage door. Aldreasa got in the car and started the engine. Lu was fending off the young man in the back seat, still arguing that Aldreasa needed more help than she did. The silver car began pulling out of hte garage when it stopped by the man.
"What's your name?" The stranger looked at the dark haired girl like it was question he had never been asked. No one ever really asked for his name. He was just the bounty hunter in the back of the bar who withered away at his old age. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.
"Ruth Loose." He spoke with his head down, not revealing his eyes. "I'm a bounty hunter." Aldreasa nodded her head to him.
"Adios, Senor Loose." The car left the garage, leaving a trail of dust behind. Ruth Loose took off his hat to reveal gray thinned hair.
"Adios, Senoritas."
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Ruth Loose was the bounty hunter in episode one! Just so ya know. I'm not real sure what happened to him, but I'm using him in my story!
This chappie has the Nebraska brothers, part of the new nebraska family. They're not as tough as the old one or so weird looking, plus an old friend of Vash's helps out the girls.
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"37!" A bell rang at the number. There was a large crowd in the usually peaceful bar. They were all crowded around the young blond girl who sat drinking large cups of Josek's 'specialty'. There were also men passed out on the floor.
"Bring on -hic- 38!" The drunk girl in the green T-shirt announced.
"This kids gonna break the record!"
"$$20 says she can't!"
"$$35 says she can!" The bets rang throughout the Josek bar.
"Go for it Lu!"
"Here ya go kid!" Josek set another glass on the counter in front of the 16 year old girl. Lu spun around and picked up the cup. She held it up to the men in the room.
"Here's to all you fine gentlemen here tonight! -Hic- Thanks for -hic- cheering me on!" All the men raised their glasses as the girl guzzled yet another cup. She had been making dedications with each drink since number 7. The first toast was to her bar stool for holding her up. Aldreasa was sitting in the back of the bar with Gabriel. It was night outside and there were some clouds in the sky, which was rather breath taking.
"Lu sure knows how to draw a crowd." Gabriel said as he laughed at Lu's drunkenness. Aldreasa sighed and swished her tea around with a spoon.
"I'm surprised she hasn't passed out yet. The only way she'd have this kind of tolerance is if all her donuts had been spiked." That made Gabriel laugh. They had been conversing since 1:00 and learned a lot about each other. The dark haired girl had told Gabriel tons about her childhood after he left. Aldreasa also told him that she wasn't too surprised when Lu had taken down Mad Dog. The girl always got picked on for being so petite. She even told Gabriel aobut her father, but only a little. There was a strong relationship growing between the two.
The bell rang on the door as a group of 4 men came in. From their looks it seemed they had a long and rough day. Some men in the bar recognized them and slipped out.
"Here it is boys! Number 41! The record breaker!" Josek announcedThe girl slugglishly grabbed the cup and jumped on top of the bar. She held the cup up to the men who had just walked in.
"A toast! To the guys -hic- who arrived just in time to witness history! -hic-" Most of the crowd went silent as the group of 4 men walked further in. They had a man with shaggy gray hair and blue eyes tied up. The drunks stumbled out of the bar and the crowd vanished in a matter of seconds. Gabriel's muscles tensed as his eyes followed the newcomers. Aldreasa looked over and saw the man in the corner with his pipe. He and Lu were the only ones that seemed calm in this situation.
"Lu sit down..." Josek whipsered to the young drunk standing upon the bar counter. She shook her blond head and refused.
"No, this is number 41! To the record!" She bellowed out just before putting the glass to her mouth. A gun shot rang out as the cup in Lu's hands shattered to pieces, making the girl fall back on her butt. Aldreasa began to get up, but Gabriel stopped her.
"Don't" He warned. Aldreasa looked over at the filthy men who were advancing to the bar.
"Who the hell do you think -hic- you are!?" Lu said tapping the man in his very muscular chest with her index finger. Her head didn't even reach his shoulders. "I was about to break the record, -hic- you dope!" The man smiled at her with missing teeth.
"I am Big" Lu laughed idiotically.
"Yea you are! -hic- I'm small!" Big seemed a little annoyed by the blond.
"We're the Nebraska Brothers." The rest of the men smiled with gritty or no teeth. Aldreasa's mother had told her a story about Mr. Vash facing the Nebraska family years ago. All the muscles in the black haired girl's body tightened. "These are my brothers, Young, Short and Tall." Lu snickered. What goofy names!
"Well, -hic- I'm an only child." She told the man as if they were having a regular conversation. Aldreasa stood up and walked over to the bar. Gabriel tried to pull her back, but the determination in her green eyes did not heed to his words. Her hand grabbed the back of Lu's shirt.
"Let's stop bothering this man now, Lu and come over here to this nice little corner." Aldreasa said sweetly trying to pull Lu along to where Gabriel was sitting.
"Just a moment little miss." The large man grabbed Aldreasa's wrist. "We need some entertainment as we celebrate our great capture of the Crimson Flame!" The rest of his group cheered as they hit the gray haired young man. Aldreasa raised an eyebrow with no idea of who they were talking about.
"That's not the Crimson Flame!" Lu yelled at them from behind Aldreasa. The group of men quieted down and their eyes turned cold once again.
"What would you know, little girl?" Short asked with ice in his voice. Lu casually walked over to them. Aldreasa tried to stop her, but Big forced her to sit on a bar stool.
"Well, his hair is a lot shorted and not as dark." Lu explained to them as she swatted at the boy's hair, who pulled away from her. "And just look at his eyes! -hic- They're not as deeply blue as the REAL Crimson Flame's." All the men looked at their hostage. "His eyes are bluer like mine." Lu pointed her finger at her aqua blue eyes. Once again the men studied her corrections. "This boys -hic- a little too short to be him." Lu said as she patted the young man on the top of his head even though he was taller than her.
"Yea, Big. I do remember the Crimson Flame being a lot taller than this guy." The Young brother confessed. The other Nebraska brothers mumbled in agreement. Big was getting upset, actually he was already pissed.
"Are you numbskulls gonna listen to this kid or your own blood!?" Lu turned on the man, with drunken anger.
"I am not a kid! You butt head! Do you even have a brain in there?" She stood on tip toes to hit the man in the forehead. "How could you mistake this guy for Turk Millions!?" Big grabbed Lu by the throat, lifting her feet off the ground.
"You got a a big mouth kid. Its gonna get you killed today." Lu's hands grabbed onto the big man's arm as she gasped for breath. The Nebraska brothers began cheering and banging their fists on the tables. Gabriel got up to intervine.
"Put her down." Aldreasa said calmly putting a small gun to the back of Big's head. It was a smaller version of Millie's stun gun. She had taken it from her mother's room just in case they got into a situation like this. Everyone went silent and motionless as tension grew in the air.
"Try your luck." The large man challenged her in reply. Aldreasa hand shook. Everyone in the room was tense save for the man in the shadows with his pipe watching the whole scene from the shadows.
"Aldy..." Lu was near passing out when Aldreasa shot the man in the shoulder. His arm fell limply to his side as Lu landed on her knees grasping for air to fill her empty lungs.
"Bitch!" Big turned to swing at the black haired girl. All he caught was air as she ducked down and hit his knees from underneath him. Lu rolled to the side as the large man fell. The Nebraska brothers drew their guns. Aldreasa jumped behind the bar with Josek while Lu rolled behind a flipped over table. Gabriel was forced to keep refuge in his corner behind another table. The mistaken Crimson Flame dove into the kitchen.
Bullet began to fill the air in chaos. Josek was loading a rifle while Aldreasa covered her head from falling glass. Josek swung the barrel of the rifle over the counter shooting at the Nebraska brothers. Young was making his way towards the bar with out a gun. With her black hair flying behind her, Aldreasa attacked him. Luckily, her mother's idea of kung fu had come in handy.
While they spared, Lu dove to another table while shooting her father's gun at Big and the other two brothers. One of the bullets hit Tall in the collar bone while Short dove to Lu's abandoned upturned table. The smaller brother threw his guns away. Opening his coat, Short revealed over fifty throwing stars and knives. Pulling 4 stars from his coat he threw them all at once towards Josek. The bartender fell back behind the bar with 2 stars embbeded in his skin. One in his shoulder and the other in his chest. Big threw up a larger table to hide behind while he reloaded his gun. Lu kept shooting at Big, making wood chips fly.
The Nebraska brother Aldreasa was fighting pulled out a katana sword. She dodged his attacks, but one swing came a little too close ripping the clothing at her stomach. The man smiled through yellow teeth. "Not bad, darling." She spun around picking up a broom to defend herself, knocking Young against the head. Blood ran down his temple, but he only lost his footing. Giving an evil grin, Young renewed his attack.
The fake Crimson Flame had his ropes off and was now over by Josek behind the bar. The gray haired boy was about to pull the stars out of him. Instead of letting the boy help him, Josek shoved the rifle in his face. "Help them out, kid." His pale blue eyes intensified as the gun was held out to him.
The Short brother threw two kinves at Lu who was firing at the table Big was behind. She avoided the one hurdling towards her head, but the other grazed her across the arm. She ducked down behind the table, her arm bleeding. Big began firing rounds off at Lu's table. The bullets chipped it away to almost nothing. Lu picked up a nearby knife that had been thrown at her. She rolled to her right throwing it at Big. The knife hit him in the hand forcing him to drop the gun.
Time began to slow as Lu's eyes caught the pale blue ones aiming with a rifle behind the bar. She followed them to her left as two silver stars came rushing towards her. Two shot rang off knocking one of the stars away from her. Lu dropped to her back, letting the other star graze her cheeck and then engrafting itself into the wooden wall. Kipping to her feet Lu shot Short twice, one bullet in each arm leaving him powerless. Lu would've shot a third bullet into the man's leg, but her cylinder was empty. She shook Vash's gun. "Stupid thing! WORK!"
Aldreasa was having troubles keeping up with Young's sword. Her clothing was cut up with blood stains seeping it. A blow came down and she couldn't deflect it. The katana sliced the broom into two pieces forcing her to the floor. She sat waiting for the final blow when a bullet rang from a rifle knocking the sword from the wielder. Another shot hit the man square in the chest. He fell to the ground, unconscious. The young man with gray hair and pale blue eyes stood up holding the rifle in both hands.
"Drop your gun!" Big had a gun barrel held directly at Lu's back. The girl smiled nervously. The young man threw his gun to the ground next to Josek. "Good boy. You!" He yelled at Gabriel who was still 'hiding' in his corner.
"Me?" He asked pointing to himself.
"Get over by her!" Gabriel walked over by Aldreasa. "You too boy!" The paled eyes were intense as he did what he was told and stood by Aldreasa.
"Let her go, and the sheriff won't be hearing about your part in this." Gabriel offered to Big with cold brown eyes. Big laughed as he pulled out another gun and pointed it at the blond man.
"You won't live long enough to tell the sheriff, pretty boy." His eyes grew with fear as the gun was pointed at him. Lu quickly knocked the gun out of Big's hand, moving to the side just as the other gun fired. One bullet went past Gabriels' head, hitting the wall. The other went straight through Lu's right shoulder, making her falter towards the ground. She reached for Vash's gun with the other arm. "Stupid kid!"
Big pointed his gun at Lu. Aldreasa turned her head away as the last gunshot sounded in her ears. To everyone's surprise Big fell to the ground. Lu stared, terrified as his body lay in his own blood. The young woman leaned over the Nebraska brother and began applying pressure to the bullet wound in his back. The long barrel of a revolver pointed at Lu's blond head. Big choked and coughed on his own blood before his eyes did not blink as the last breath escaped his lungs. Lu's fingers couldn't feel the pulse in the man's body.
"You killed a man..." Her blue eyes turned to look up the barrel at the man that had been in the corner smoking his pipe since the girls entered the bar. Their eyes looked in deep within each other's minds. The innocent pure blue eyes staring deep within the lifeless black gleam of the stranger.
"Where'd you get that gun?" He said rather calmly as though he weren't holding a gun to her head and nothing important was going on. Lu was angered at first, but then she looked down at the gun she held in her hand. When had she even picked it up?
"My father." She stated. Aldreasa started to say something, but kept quiet. The man and Lu looked at the door, hearing someone outside. His dark eyes looked over at the three in the corner.
"Follow me." He said, moving to the back door and concealing his weapon once again beneath the dark trench coat. Gabriel grabbed Aldreasa's arm just as she began to follow.
"You're always welcome here, Aldy." She smiled back at him warmly before leaving out the back door. Just as the door shut behind her the sheriff came in through the bar entrance.
"What in the sam hell happened here?" The deputy appeared shortly after. His eyebrows raised at the mess in the bar. Gabriel smiled as he saw Josek stand up from behind the counter.
"Things just got a little out of hand here, sheriff." Josek said gruffly. A shelf fell from behind the bar and Gabriel smiled nervously.
Aldreasa had to stop while running after the others. "Wait..." She called after them breathlessly. Lu was the only to stop. She went over to her wounded friend. Aldreasa was gasping for breath. Lu sighed and picked her up, carrying her on her back.
"Where would you be without me?" Lu asked her dark haired friend as the blond began running after the two strangers that had saved their lives. Aldreasa smirked.
"I'd probably be at home asleep, dreaming of my perfect man that would be sweeping me off my feet." Aldreasa said light-heartedly. Lu smiled wearily at her friend's mood. The pain from the bullet wound was excruciating, but she kept going none the less.
They ran inside the house of the man who smoked the pipe. Lu set her wounded friend down and began panting heavily. "You've gain weight!" Aldreasa cut her eyes at Lu.
"This way." The stranger said as he led them into doorways. Aldreasa began to follow, but Lu stayed put while catching her breath. The young man that had been mistaken for the Crimson Flame gently wrapped his arm around Lu's waist to support her. She gladly accepted his help.
"Thanks." She said cheerfully. They had walked into the garage where a nice silver car sat covered in dust. The stranger threw the keys to Aldreasa who luckily caught them.
"Thake this car to the next town. That way you'll be safe and able to rest. Things won't quiet down here for awhile and there's no way you'll rest in my house." He went over to his shelf and grabbed a medic bag giving it to the gary haired young man who was still holding Lu up."Bandage her up first while the other drives. She's lost a lot of blood and will pass out soon." Lu looked at him in protest.
"I'm jsut fine! Aldy will need band aids first." Lu tried to sound strong, but her voice faltered. A small click went off in Aldreasa's mind.
'Lu had just ran, carrying me to this chouse with that bullet wound and deep cut in her arm.' Aldreasa smiled confidently. "Don't worry about me, Lu. I'm rested up for now." She caught the pale blue eyes and quickly looked away. "Why are you helping us?" She asked the stranger. Now that he was in the light she noticed he was very old with white hairs sticking out from underneath his hat. The gray haired man began setting Lu into the back seat of the car. She tried to shoo him away, but he gave her a serious glare that made her go still and scoot over for him to sit next to her.
"Vash the Stampede spared my life. I told him I'd return the favor, but never really thought I'd be given the chance." Aldreasa held his gaze for a long time. As silence crept into the garage. "Go to Glory, its a small city down south. Charle will bring you to an old man who usually sits outside a bar. He'll help you." The stranger turned to open the garage door. Aldreasa got in the car and started the engine. Lu was fending off the young man in the back seat, still arguing that Aldreasa needed more help than she did. The silver car began pulling out of hte garage when it stopped by the man.
"What's your name?" The stranger looked at the dark haired girl like it was question he had never been asked. No one ever really asked for his name. He was just the bounty hunter in the back of the bar who withered away at his old age. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.
"Ruth Loose." He spoke with his head down, not revealing his eyes. "I'm a bounty hunter." Aldreasa nodded her head to him.
"Adios, Senor Loose." The car left the garage, leaving a trail of dust behind. Ruth Loose took off his hat to reveal gray thinned hair.
"Adios, Senoritas."
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Ruth Loose was the bounty hunter in episode one! Just so ya know. I'm not real sure what happened to him, but I'm using him in my story!