Remember Vash
By Siona Ward (Blue Daemon)
Disclaimer: I own nothing…oh woe is me…
This is my first non-humour fic (but I intend to put some laughs in) so please tell me what you think!
Vash walked. He had been walking for as long as he could remember. In front of him in the distance was a row of low mountains. Behind him was rubble. He remembered nothing before walking. So he walked on.
Days and nights passed. He had a large sack slung on his back but he didn't stop to check what was in it. A small black cat trotted faithfully at his side. He never seemed to get tired or hungry so he just kept going. His mind was blank; his memory was in tatters.
Tama was intrigued. She had never seen trees before. She walked in the new enclosure outside her village and marvelled at the artificial giants. These trees were artificially made but were still plants. They gave out oxygen and bore fruit like any other tree. She glanced up at her mother. She was happier than Tama had ever seen her. The gangs who had been terrorizing their village for months had finally been driven off. Nobody knew why they had suddenly gone but Tama's brother, Daisuke swore that he's seen a man in red firing a gun at them as they ran off. Tama didn't care who did it. Now the village had raised enough money to build the geo-plant for growing trees in and that was all she was concerned with. She was fascinated with the strange, tall things.
"Mother", she asked "How do they grow like that?" Her mother smiled.
"Well Tama, The scientists of this city have found an old ship that crashed not long ago. They say it was called a 'SEED' ship. They found lots of information in the ship on how to grow trees so we're all very happy. You see, long ago, humans went into space and explored the planets, but now we've forgotten how to do that." Tama's eyes went wide, but she said nothing.
Milly screamed.
"Ah! Get it off! Get it off!" Meryl came running.
"What is it Mil- Oh…" she calmly bent down and picked up the baby that was ruthlessly pulling at her hair.
"Honestly Milly! Can't you even handle the strength of your own son!? He's only a 1 year old!" Milly lowered her head and pouted.
"He's very strong you know…and he never pulls your hair. You don't know the pain!" Meryl smiled and handed the now laughing baby back to his mother.
"What would you do without me?" she sighed.
Meryl left her best friend with her son, Nicholas Jr., as they started a staring contest.
Nicholas had been named after his late father. She still couldn't look at the strong young boy without seeing Wolfwood's eyes in him and almost crying. But she was determined not to. She couldn't look upset in front of Milly or they'd all start crying.
When Knives had been defeated, Vash had brought him home to the little town that they were working in at the time and intended to help him recover. A few weeks later, however, Knives had disappeared and nobody had heard from this since. Meryl remembered how distracted Vash had been after that and after about a month of pacing, he left as well. Milly had made him promise to come back soon but even now…it was 10 months later.
Vash had disappeared then and he hadn't returned or even contacted them. Meryl hadn't gone a day without thinking about him; but she was not about to go look for him! He was Nicholas' Godfather too! Oh well, she thought. He may come back some day but if he doesn't she wasn't going to worry (at least not on the outside).
Milly and herself had rented a house in Karsted City soon after Vash left. They had been working hard and had enough money for a cute little house and even a small amount put away for Nicholas' education. They had become close friends with Lina and Grandma Sheryl who lived nearby.
"Meryl! Come here quick!" Milly yelled from the other room. Meryl hurried through.
"What is it now?" she asked tiredly. Milly showed her a newspaper that Nicholas had torn the corner off. Half of the headline and a small column were lost but there was a detailed sketch of a huge dome in the desert with enormous, healthy looking trees.
"That's a nice drawing. Why is it in the paper?"
"It's not just a drawing silly! They've actually built it! This is a to scale drawing of the geo-plant in Jeneora Rock!"
Milly grabbed the paper in alarm. If they had finally been able to make trees grow like that in this desert environment, then there was hope for them yet.
"How did they do that?" she breathed.
"It doesn't say. Just that it's some newly discovered technique to help plants survive."
"But how did that small town manage to afford it…?" Milly shrugged in response.
"Well that doesn't matter. This is amazing! How exciting!" Meryl exclaimed, "We've got to go visit them! Nicholas has never even seen a tree yet!"
"Yeah!" Meryl agreed, "How 'bout that Nicky-kun? Sounds like fun huh?"
Nicholas gurgled. Milly put him in his playpen in the corner and went into the kitchen to help Meryl with some lunch.
Nicholas dropped the torn off corner of the newspaper. There was a picture of a man with spiky light hair covered in scars at the top of the small column. He was chained up and beaten. This is what the article said:
Dangerous Criminal Finally Captured!
The criminal at large, known as Vash the Stampede, AKA The Humanoid Typhoon, who has not been heard from for just under a year, has finally been caught just outside Tonim Town weak and malnourished. He has been accused of several recent acts of destruction within the town, as well as past criminal acts in many towns and cities, and has been taken under the surveillance of a new government group, which calls itself "ROOT". Vash's sentence has not yet been confirmed but we are led to believe that it will be death. We are unable to get any comments from members of ROOT at this time.
What d'ya think? It's my first Trigun fic so be gentle! Also, sorry the chapter's kinda short but I work better like that. Please review!