After a much needed break from Shadow Gunner, Vash and Jaime are BACK!!! Sorry if I kept you waiting a long time! Special thanks to microfiber shoelaces (once again) for helping me pass my writers block - Shadow

*******part 7*******

I ran as fast as my long legs would carry me towards the inn. After what seemed like an eternity I reached my room. The first thing I saw was the silver-haired girl covered in blood shooting frantically at my brother. The blood was everywhere, staining the originally white carpet a brownish- reddish color, smeared, bloody handprints on the walls, and splotches that reminded me of ink, on Knives' clothes. Jaime herself, probably weakened by the blood loss, was kneeling in a pool of the crimson liquid, breathing weakly. The blood dripping from one of the gashes on her head mingled with her salty tears and dripped into the pool. For a moment all you could hear was the 'plip, plip' of the blood splashing into it. Then, everything seemed to happen at once. "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" she screamed, and shot Knives through the arm. The next thing I saw was an explosion of blood coming out of her back. It sprayed all over me, getting on my face and clothes. As I wiped her blood off my eyes I saw she wore the same look that so many of the corpses had, that terrified look filled with pain. My mouth was agape. I ran over to the dying child and tried to stop the blood oozing out of her stomach like a stopped up garden hose, but it wasn't working. "Hey! HEY! Jaime!" I yelled. Knives was chuckling loudly. He said something, but I wasn't paying him any mind. I kept trying to rouse Jaime. She looked at me feebly through one eye. "Hi Vash. That's cool.....you're alive." she said weakly. "Not for very long!" Knives said loudly. I felt a piercing, burning pain all through my left side. "GHAAAH!" I screamed. I held onto Jaime's limp frame and jumped out of the way as Knives attacked once again. I glared at him viciously. "Nice new technique, huh?" he said with a smile. He made his hand like a gun and aimed at me. {imagine Yusuke's Spirit Gun} I braced myself, ready for the attack. "Pow." he said simply. I stood there for a second, in disbelief that I was alive, and even more amazing was that Knives was leaving. What brought me out of my stupor was that Jaime's warm blood had covered my entire right side.

I ran quickly through the city streets trying to find a way to get to the next city. I tried to bandage Jaime up best I could, but I could feel the blood soaking my back and making a long trail on the ground. The water in fountain in the town square was blood red from all of the dead bodies in it. It sent a horrible shudder up my spine. I heard Jaime coughing. "Don't you DARE die, you sadistic little runt." I said. She laughed weakly and coughed again. "Not.....planning on it. Jeez.....I....didn't know..... there ....was so much....blood....in me." That's when I had an idea. "I'm gonna get you to the hospital, alright." She winced in pain. "E-everyone is dead, Vash......" she wheezed. "Don't worry about it." I said.

She was fine, after I wrapped her up and stuff, but, not to my surprise, she was out cold. I heard on the radio that they were going to begin the search for bodies, and I had an idea. As I was leaving the city, I saw damage control. I walked up to one of the guys. "Hey bud, are you okay?" the guy asked. I nodded. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, I was just passin through....but I saw this girl, she's not doing to well. I bandaged her up and all and left her in a empty hospital bed." The man smiled. "Thanks a lot, we'll find her and take care of her from here." "Right. Tell her I said see you later."

That's the end of Shadow Gunner. A bit abrupt isn't it? But that's it for this title....i may do a sequel. Peace out, people! ^_^ ~shadow