I Love You Rem

Chapter 1: The Search Begins

"Come on, we have to get to the escape pods now or we will crash!" Knives yelled to Rem and Vash, "Rowen must have changed the coarse of the ship, let's go now!"

"What do we do, Rem?" Vash asked as he looked up at the black haired woman for guidance.

"We have to go to the pods," Rem replied.

"Hurry, they are just up ahead," Knives said as they ran.

"You two go on ahead," Rem said.

"What? Rem, you have to come with us," Vash said begging to cry as he and Knives got into the pod, "Rem, come with us please."

"I'm sorry, Vash. I have to try and change the course to save the others who are still in hyper sleep," Rem said to them.

"No, Rem, please! Please don't go, Rem. Stay with us!" Vash sobbed.

"I'm sorry, Vash. I have to try and save them," Rem replied.

"Rem, No Please, Stay With Us!" Vash sobbed, "Vash, take care of Knives," Rem said as the door to the pod was closing, "Don't worry, Vash."

"Rem!" Vash yelled as the door closed and the last thing he saw of Rem was a single tear roll down her cheek. "Rem, no!" Vash yelled as the pod took off without Rem on it. "Please, Rem," Vash said watching through the window of the pod still crying. "No, Rem," the blonde haired boy sobbed as he saw their ship explode. "No Rem, come back, come back, Rem. Don't leave us, please," Vash cried.

"That wench actually did it," Knives said with an angry look on his face, "Oh well at least she's dead."

"Are you saying you planned this?" Vash asked still sobbing as he looked from the window to his twin brother, Knives.

"That's right and it would have worked if it wasn't for Rem. The only reason I let her live is because of how much you liked her. Now I see how imperfect she really was, it's a good thing she died," Knives told him.

"Ahhh nooo, bring her back you bastard," Vash yelled grabbing Knives and knocking him to the floor.

"Get off me, Vash," Knives said and pushed Vash off of him sending Vash flying to the other end of the pod.

"I'm sorry, Rem," Vash cried as he lay on the floor, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"That was all such a long time ago," Rem said, "And those man, if they hadn't have saved me I would have died. I remember… one of them grabbed me after I left Vash and Knives and ran to the control room. He took me to the remaining escape pods while his friends changed the course. He saved me, but died from his injuries before I knew how he and his friends had woken up and who he was. I didn't even know his name."

"Oh my Lord," a nurse said with great surprise as she walked into Rem's hospital room, "Doctor, Doctor! Rem Saverem has woken up, she is awake!" the nurse hollered the doctor who was just down the hall.

"Well, let's get her out of there," the doctor said opening the sleep chamber they had kept Rem in. "Rem, Rem, are you alright, Rem?"

"Yes, I'm fine but where am I?" she asked as she looked around the room and at the two people who stood in front of her.

"You're in a sleep chamber. You had a terrible accident a long time ago. We put you in here until we could help you," the doctor said. He was a short older man with graying brown hair and a lab coat.

"How long ago was this accident?" Rem asked.

"About 100 years ago," he replied as he looked at her charts which hung next to the sleep chamber.

"But how? How could you work on me that long? You would have died by now," she said.

"Well of course, lots of different doctors took care of you. There is no way only I could have," he told her.

"Oh I see. Oh dear… Vash and Knives," Rem said looking worried.

"Hmmm….. What Vash? Knives? What are you talking about, Rem?" he asked.

"On the ship, project SEEDS, the two boys. Vash and Knives were with me. They left in an escape pod," Rem replied as she thought back to that fearful day. She saw flashing red lights, alarms going off, as well as Vash's crying eyes.

"Well that was a long time ago, Dear. I'm sure they have passed on by now," he said.

"No, I don't think so. You don't know these two. They are different than most people. They would stay alive no matter what," she replied, "Now I must find them. Something could happen to them."

"But Rem, you need more rest," the doctor said trying to make her stay.

"No, I'm fine. I've been resting for 100 years. Do you have clothes I could change into? I really don't think this hospital gown will work very well," she said looking at what she was wearing.

"Yes, we have your clothes. The ones you were wearing when we found you. They are in the top shelf over there. We fixed them up for you, they weren't in good condition when we first found you," he said as she got her clothes.

"I see, thank you very much umm… can you leave for a minute so I can change?" Rem asked.

"Oh yes, of course," he said and left the nurse following him.

I know Vash and Knives are still alive. They have to be and I'll find them, she said to herself while putting on her clothes. "There much better, this is a lot better than a hospital gown," she said staring at herself in the mirror. She looked just like she always did. White t-shirt, light colored blue jeans, long black hair that went down to her waist. "I don't look at all different, I wonder what Vash and Knives look like now? Probably just as handsome as I dreamed they would," she said with a sad smile, "I do really miss them. "I wonder if they miss me or even remember me? Of course they remember me, don't think silly thoughts. Or at least Vash would remember me. I should find him first," she said and went to find the doctor. He was standing behind the desk reading over some charts. "I'm leaving now, to find Vash and Knives."

"My dear please. You must still be a little under. The medicine we gave you makes you think things that aren't true. Vash and Knives can't still be living that was over 100 years ago," he said as he stood behind the desk.

"I'm grateful that you're trying to help me, but I'm going, I have to."

"Rem, I can't stop you, but I can say this. If you ever realize you can't find them and want to come back, you can," he said with a soft warm smile.

"Thank you, but I don't think that will be necessary," Rem said heading out of the hospital. Once in daylight she stopped and soaked it all in. How wonderful the setting sun feels upon my skin, and the breeze it smells of rain. Is this new world how I'd imagined it? Did everything turn out right? Rem thought to herself. What happened? she asked herself as she opened her eyes. It wasn't at all what she imagined, How did this happen where are all the flowers? All this is, is sand. How did this happen? Where is Vash? Knives? she wondered worriedly and began her journey into the world she'd awoken to. What is this? she asked herself. She didn't understand what had happened to the world they'd so carefully planned out. "Huh? I was so busy thinking I didn't notice it was night," she said as she looked into the sky and saw the bright moon. Just before a cloud rolled in and blocked the light; she saw it a hole in the moon. What in the world is that? Something made a hole in the fifth moon, Rem thought to herself. "Well, I can't worry about that now. I have to find Vash," she said and began to walk not even knowing where to start looking.

"I need something to eat," she heard a man say.

"Yeah, let's go to the saloon," another man replied.

Food sounds good, she thought and followed the men. "That must be it," she said as she watched the men walk in.

"What can I do for you, Miss?" the bartender asked as Rem as she sat at the bar.

"Well…" she began, "Could you please just give me something. You see I have been gone a long time and don't have any money."

"Money?" the bartender replied, "Oh you must mean double dollars. Well if you need some I know how you can get a bunch, 60 billion to be exact."

"60 billion, wow that's a lot. What do I have to do?" she asked thinking it was a simple job. It was a different time, maybe the payment for working had changed just like the land had.

"All you have to do is catch him," the bartender said.

"Him?" Rem asked with a puzzled look, "Who is him?"

"The Humanoid Typhoon, Vash the Stampede. He is a gunman. It is said that he is unbeatable. He wears a red coat and has blonde spiky hair," he said, "But he is very dangerous. People say he put the hole in the fifth moon and destroyed the cities called July and Augusta. They say his arm has some sort of power, they say he calls it an Angel Arm."

"An Angel Arm," Rem said with surprise in her voice, "Do you know where he is now?"

"I heard he was somewhere in Warren. He's traveling with some friends. I heard he is with a priest and two women. I hear the people there are doing all they can not to make him mad. They fear if they do he will destroy their city just like he did Augusta and July."

"You don't think he would really hurt them do you?" Rem asked hoping he'd agree with her.

"I bet he would, he's a man whose heart and soul are full of evil," the bartender replied as he washed out a shot glass.

"I see, well I must be going now. Thank you for your help," Rem said and turned to leave.

"Oh, Miss," the bartender called after her.

"Yes?" she replied and turned back to look at him.

"Here," he said and threw her a brown paper bag.

"Huh? Oh thank you," she said as she looked inside and saw a hamburger.

"You be careful, ok?" he said as he saw a smile appear on her face.

"Yes, I will," Rem replied and left the saloon. No way, Vash. How could you? How could kill like that? Please tell me it's not true, please. Is all this my fault? Was it something I did to make you this way? Rem asked herself as she walked out of the town and into the desert trying to find the town called Warren where she would hopefully find Vash.