Chapter 6: Found you
Knives POV
Saturday again? It is hard to believe that it has been a whole week already. I still can't believe I am working in Arizona. At least I managed to get a job that is only down the street from the hotel. The less time Serena and I are outside the better. I pull out the key card to the hotel and head inside.
"Serena? I'm home." I call out.
Serena peeks out from the kitchen. "Hi Knives. Dinner is almost ready."
"What are you making?" I ask.
"Steaks." Serena replies.
I smile as I walk into the kitchen. "Sounds good to me."
"Hey Knives, do you think Vash and the others got our letter?" Serena asked.
"They probably got it by now. That was a real smart idea sending the letter to one of your old friends, and having them forward it to Vash and the others." I reply.
Serena smiles as she walks over to the table with the steaks. The two sit and eat in silence. The hotel wasn't one of the best, but it was good enough.
Legato POV
Dear Vash, Meryl, Midvally, Dominique, Milly, Wolfwood, Kairi, and Legato
Hehe. Pretty bad opening hun. Oh well. Hey, how are you all doing. Knives and I are doing good. We miss you all. This letter was sent from New Jersey, but trust me, that is not where we are. We are somewhere else. See I, Serena, had lived in New Jersey, so I had this letter sent to one of my friends, and forward to you. Anyway we wanted to let you know that we are doing good, and miss you a lot. Hope you all are doing well. Hopefully we will get to see you again sometime soon. Love you all.
Love,
Serena and Knives
I sat and read the letter that was passed on to me. They were definitely being cautious with what they do. I have been in Arizona for about a week now, but have had no luck finding Knives or Serena. Right now I am in Yucca, Arizona. I am already packed and ready to move on, but something tells me I should look around some more.
I lay the letter down on the desk and picked up the only picture of Knives I have with me. Deciding to go another round through the area before moving on I head outside.
Vash POV
I sat rereading the letter Serena and Knives had sent us. They were doing a good job of keeping themselves hidden. I looked up at the clock. 4:30. Meryl will be back soon. She said she was going to one of the libraries to use one of their computers to get in touch with the others.
"Vash?" Meryl calls as she opens the door to the hotel.
"I'm in here." I respond.
"Are you still looking at that letter?" She asks in irritation.
I sigh softly. What are we doing. We haven't found any clues as to where Serena and Knives might be.
"Stop worrying Vash." Meryl says as she sits next to me. "We'll find them."
"What if we don't? Why are we here in Cedar City, Utah. They're not here. We're wasting are time. We should just go back home."
"Don't say that. You know you don't mean it."
I turn my head so she can't see my face. I feel her hand on my face, and close my eyes. She turns my head so that I am face to face with her. I open my eyes and look into hers.
"You know you don't mean that Vash. Knives is your brother, and Serena is your friend."
I sigh as I lower my head. "I know. I just hate this. Everything is screwed up. The only thing I have left is you." I reply.
"That's not true Vash. Yes, things are a mess, but you are not alone. You have me, and all the others. Including Knives and Serena. It's true that we don't know where Knives and Serena are, but we do know that they are safe, and they are thinking about us. As long as you keep a person in your heart you will always have them. And you will never be alone."
"Your right." I respond.
"Of course I am." Meryl says as she punches me lightly. I quickly grab my arm as if I am in pain. Meryl simply smiles and heads towards the door. "Where are you going?" I ask.
Meryl turns to me and smiles. "I'm hungry. Are you coming or not?"
I am up and by her side before she can blink. She doesn't even ask, but simply opens the door, and we head out to eat.
Legato POV
I have been out for about three hours now, but have found nothing. I decide to return to the hotel in 20 minutes, unless I find something. I walked into a movie store that caught my eye and decided to check it out. The movies were quit interesting, and I made a mental note to stop back here if I had enough money and buy one.
"Can I help you sir?" a man asked.
"Maybe." I respond as I pull out the picture of Knives and hold it out to the man. "Have you seen this guy?" I ask.
The man was silent for a minute. "Yeah I know him." I stared at him in shock. "He works here. Knives right?"
"That's right. Do you know where he lives?" I ask quickly.
"I'm not really sure. Is he in some kind of trouble?" the man asked.
"No. I'm an old friend of his. When will he be in for work?"
"Not till tomorrow I'm afraid. He works till 4:00."
"Thanks." I say then quickly leave.
"I finally found you." I say aloud to myself. I make my way to the library, and get to a computer. I quickly send an e-mail to everyone that I found them in Yucca, Arizona, then head back to the hotel for some rest. Tomorrow this chase will end.
Vash POV
It's 8:30. Why did Meryl decide to go back to the library. Nothing is going to come up. This is hopeless...
"Vash....!" Meryl yells as she rushes into the room triping and almost hiting the floor. Quickly I catch her before she reaches the ground and pull her to her feet.
"What's wrong?" I ask franticly.
"Legato....Legato found them." Meryl says as she tries to calm her racing heart.
"Are you serious!?" I ask as I try to clear my hears.
"Yeah. He sent an e-mail. They're in Yucca Arizona." Meryl says as she rushes into the hotel room and starts packing her things.
I quickly follow and begin to throw my stuff into my bag. Once we are packed we head out to find a transport to Yucca, Arizona.
Legato POV
It's already 1:30. I can see Vash and Meryl coming down the street. Quickly we sneak into the movie store and look over at the person at the register. Knives. Quickly we pick out a movie that looks good and take it to the register. Knives is busy puting some things away behind the counter, so he doesn't see us.
"Excuse me. We would like to buy this movie." Vash says calmly.
"Alright, lets see then..." Knives says he turns around. He stops dead as he comes face to face with Vash, Meryl, and myself.
"Hello Knives." I say as he looks at me.
"Wha...what are you doing here?" Knives asks.
"Looking for you of course." Vash answers.
There is a long silence.
"Knives? Why are you just standing there?" a man yells as he comes over to the register. "I'm very sorry, can I help you?"
"No. We're fine." Meryl responds. The man doesn't say anything, but simply looks at the four people.
"I'm sorry Mr. Johnson, but I am going to have to leave early." Knives says as he takes the movie, rings it up and places money from his own pocket into the register. Quickly he leaves the store before the manager can respond.
Knives POV
I can't believe they found me. I look behind me to see if they are following. Yes. Should have figured that they would find me. I stop, sigh and turn around to face my brother and friends.
"Ok, you found me. Now what? You want Serena and me to go back?" I say bitterly.
"That isn't exactly why we came Knives..." Meryl starts but I cut her off.
"Oh? They why did you come, hun?"
"Just hear us out Knives." Vash says as he steps closer. I step back. I can see the hurt look on Vash's face.
"No Vash. Serena and I are not going back so we can be torn apart." I reply as I take another step back.
"It doesn't have to be like that Knives." Legato states firmly. "Listen, we looked into this. When Serena turns 18 they can't put her in a foster home. Even if they took her now, then it would only be for a year or so, and then she would be able to come back if she wanted to."
I looked at Legato for a bit. Could this be true. We could go back and be together. "Are you sure?" I ask.
"Yes. I checked. They can't put her in a foster home when she turns 18."
I sigh and decide that it would be best to discuss this back at the hotel. "Alright. Lets go back to my hotel. We can talk."
We all walked back to the hotel, and for some reason I felt happy. Maybe it was because I wouldn't lose Serena. Maybe it was because Vash and the others came looking for us. Maybe it was just seeing Vash. Maybe it was because of all of it. Either way I liked it.
When we got to the hotel I led them upstairs and to are room. I quickly opened the door and called for Serena. "Serena! I'm home." I yell.
"Hey Knives, dinner is almost...Vash!" Serena yelled as she poked her head out of the kitchen door. "But how..."
"Long story. So, what's for dinner?" I say calmly as I walk into the room.
"Looks like we're going out for dinner, cause I don't have enough for five people.
"Can't you just make do with what we have?" I ask in irritation.
"Oh yes, let me just get out my magic wand and everything will ready at the same time." Serena says as she glares at me. I roll my eyes in irritation.
"It's ok. We can wait, that is if you feel up to cooking. If not we can always pick up something on the way back to the hotel." Meryl says as she smiled at Serena.
Serena quickly sighed and went back into the kitchen. "It will take a while." she called out to them.
After dinner was made, we all gathered together and ate the delicious meal. Once we were done, Vash offered to do the dishes, while Meryl and Legato cleaned up. It didn't take long for them to complete the tasks and join Serena and me in the main room. Legato quickly told Serena about what he knew and that when she turned 18 she could come back and everything.
"Really? That would be great, but my birthday is two months away." Serena said calmly.
"So? We just have to wait two months, then we can go back and see the others." Vash stated calmly.
"Meryl and Legato can't stay here for two months, and besides, Vash you have to watch over the house." I say as I looked at my brother.
Vash was about to say something, when Serena interupted. "I've got an idea. You guys can go back, and in two months I can join you."
"Serena I am not leaving you here by yourself." I say calmly. A small smiled played at my lips. "Why don't you three go back, and Serena and I will join you in two months."
"But..."
"No 'buts' Vash. It is only two months. You'll be fine. Then we can come back and we will all be together again." I stated.
"Alright." Vash says as he sighs.
Meryl and Legato nodded in agreement. We decided that we would all spend the night in the same hotel room, and in the morning Vash and the others would leave and head home.
Writer's POV
It was morning, and the bus was getting ready to leave. Vash, Serena, Knives, Legato, and Meryl all stood by the bus.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Vash said softly.
"It's not a forever goodbye, Vash. We'll be back in two months." Serena said as she smiled.
"You two take care of yourselves." Meryl said as she gave Knives and Serena a hug goodbye.
"Do me a favor and take care of my brother Meryl. At least till I get back." Knives said as he gave her a grin. Meryl simply nodded.
Legato gave Serena and Knives a hug and said goodbye. Moving quickly he got onto the bus and waited for his friends. Meryl waited while Serena and Knives said goodbye to Vash. Vash however didn't want to say goodbye.
"Take care Vash." Serena said as she gave him a hug.
"Vash?" Knives said as he stood in front of his brother. Vash looked up at his brother as tears started to form. "Serena and I will be back in two months. I promise."
Vash quickly whiped away the tears and hugged his brother. "I know you will. Take care. Both of you. I'll be waiting for you."
Serena and Knives stood a distance from the bus as it got ready to leave. "Oh crap." Knives said as he pulled something out of his large coat pocket. Vash saw him coming up to the window and quickly opened it. "You forgot this." Knives said as he handed the dvd to Vash.
It was the dvd that Vash had picked out at the movie store yesterday. Vash noded and sat back in his seat. Knives moved away from the bus as it started up, and waved to his brother. Vash waved back.
Serena moved closer to Knives as the bus left and Knives responded by wraping his arms around her. "Do you they're going to be alright?" Serena asked.
"They'll be fine." Knives responded. After the bus was out of sight Serena and Knives returned to their hotel.
~End~
Well? What do you think? Please leave a review. Might be a while till I get the next chapter done. I'm not quite sure what to do. Love and Peace.
Knives POV
Saturday again? It is hard to believe that it has been a whole week already. I still can't believe I am working in Arizona. At least I managed to get a job that is only down the street from the hotel. The less time Serena and I are outside the better. I pull out the key card to the hotel and head inside.
"Serena? I'm home." I call out.
Serena peeks out from the kitchen. "Hi Knives. Dinner is almost ready."
"What are you making?" I ask.
"Steaks." Serena replies.
I smile as I walk into the kitchen. "Sounds good to me."
"Hey Knives, do you think Vash and the others got our letter?" Serena asked.
"They probably got it by now. That was a real smart idea sending the letter to one of your old friends, and having them forward it to Vash and the others." I reply.
Serena smiles as she walks over to the table with the steaks. The two sit and eat in silence. The hotel wasn't one of the best, but it was good enough.
Legato POV
Dear Vash, Meryl, Midvally, Dominique, Milly, Wolfwood, Kairi, and Legato
Hehe. Pretty bad opening hun. Oh well. Hey, how are you all doing. Knives and I are doing good. We miss you all. This letter was sent from New Jersey, but trust me, that is not where we are. We are somewhere else. See I, Serena, had lived in New Jersey, so I had this letter sent to one of my friends, and forward to you. Anyway we wanted to let you know that we are doing good, and miss you a lot. Hope you all are doing well. Hopefully we will get to see you again sometime soon. Love you all.
Love,
Serena and Knives
I sat and read the letter that was passed on to me. They were definitely being cautious with what they do. I have been in Arizona for about a week now, but have had no luck finding Knives or Serena. Right now I am in Yucca, Arizona. I am already packed and ready to move on, but something tells me I should look around some more.
I lay the letter down on the desk and picked up the only picture of Knives I have with me. Deciding to go another round through the area before moving on I head outside.
Vash POV
I sat rereading the letter Serena and Knives had sent us. They were doing a good job of keeping themselves hidden. I looked up at the clock. 4:30. Meryl will be back soon. She said she was going to one of the libraries to use one of their computers to get in touch with the others.
"Vash?" Meryl calls as she opens the door to the hotel.
"I'm in here." I respond.
"Are you still looking at that letter?" She asks in irritation.
I sigh softly. What are we doing. We haven't found any clues as to where Serena and Knives might be.
"Stop worrying Vash." Meryl says as she sits next to me. "We'll find them."
"What if we don't? Why are we here in Cedar City, Utah. They're not here. We're wasting are time. We should just go back home."
"Don't say that. You know you don't mean it."
I turn my head so she can't see my face. I feel her hand on my face, and close my eyes. She turns my head so that I am face to face with her. I open my eyes and look into hers.
"You know you don't mean that Vash. Knives is your brother, and Serena is your friend."
I sigh as I lower my head. "I know. I just hate this. Everything is screwed up. The only thing I have left is you." I reply.
"That's not true Vash. Yes, things are a mess, but you are not alone. You have me, and all the others. Including Knives and Serena. It's true that we don't know where Knives and Serena are, but we do know that they are safe, and they are thinking about us. As long as you keep a person in your heart you will always have them. And you will never be alone."
"Your right." I respond.
"Of course I am." Meryl says as she punches me lightly. I quickly grab my arm as if I am in pain. Meryl simply smiles and heads towards the door. "Where are you going?" I ask.
Meryl turns to me and smiles. "I'm hungry. Are you coming or not?"
I am up and by her side before she can blink. She doesn't even ask, but simply opens the door, and we head out to eat.
Legato POV
I have been out for about three hours now, but have found nothing. I decide to return to the hotel in 20 minutes, unless I find something. I walked into a movie store that caught my eye and decided to check it out. The movies were quit interesting, and I made a mental note to stop back here if I had enough money and buy one.
"Can I help you sir?" a man asked.
"Maybe." I respond as I pull out the picture of Knives and hold it out to the man. "Have you seen this guy?" I ask.
The man was silent for a minute. "Yeah I know him." I stared at him in shock. "He works here. Knives right?"
"That's right. Do you know where he lives?" I ask quickly.
"I'm not really sure. Is he in some kind of trouble?" the man asked.
"No. I'm an old friend of his. When will he be in for work?"
"Not till tomorrow I'm afraid. He works till 4:00."
"Thanks." I say then quickly leave.
"I finally found you." I say aloud to myself. I make my way to the library, and get to a computer. I quickly send an e-mail to everyone that I found them in Yucca, Arizona, then head back to the hotel for some rest. Tomorrow this chase will end.
Vash POV
It's 8:30. Why did Meryl decide to go back to the library. Nothing is going to come up. This is hopeless...
"Vash....!" Meryl yells as she rushes into the room triping and almost hiting the floor. Quickly I catch her before she reaches the ground and pull her to her feet.
"What's wrong?" I ask franticly.
"Legato....Legato found them." Meryl says as she tries to calm her racing heart.
"Are you serious!?" I ask as I try to clear my hears.
"Yeah. He sent an e-mail. They're in Yucca Arizona." Meryl says as she rushes into the hotel room and starts packing her things.
I quickly follow and begin to throw my stuff into my bag. Once we are packed we head out to find a transport to Yucca, Arizona.
Legato POV
It's already 1:30. I can see Vash and Meryl coming down the street. Quickly we sneak into the movie store and look over at the person at the register. Knives. Quickly we pick out a movie that looks good and take it to the register. Knives is busy puting some things away behind the counter, so he doesn't see us.
"Excuse me. We would like to buy this movie." Vash says calmly.
"Alright, lets see then..." Knives says he turns around. He stops dead as he comes face to face with Vash, Meryl, and myself.
"Hello Knives." I say as he looks at me.
"Wha...what are you doing here?" Knives asks.
"Looking for you of course." Vash answers.
There is a long silence.
"Knives? Why are you just standing there?" a man yells as he comes over to the register. "I'm very sorry, can I help you?"
"No. We're fine." Meryl responds. The man doesn't say anything, but simply looks at the four people.
"I'm sorry Mr. Johnson, but I am going to have to leave early." Knives says as he takes the movie, rings it up and places money from his own pocket into the register. Quickly he leaves the store before the manager can respond.
Knives POV
I can't believe they found me. I look behind me to see if they are following. Yes. Should have figured that they would find me. I stop, sigh and turn around to face my brother and friends.
"Ok, you found me. Now what? You want Serena and me to go back?" I say bitterly.
"That isn't exactly why we came Knives..." Meryl starts but I cut her off.
"Oh? They why did you come, hun?"
"Just hear us out Knives." Vash says as he steps closer. I step back. I can see the hurt look on Vash's face.
"No Vash. Serena and I are not going back so we can be torn apart." I reply as I take another step back.
"It doesn't have to be like that Knives." Legato states firmly. "Listen, we looked into this. When Serena turns 18 they can't put her in a foster home. Even if they took her now, then it would only be for a year or so, and then she would be able to come back if she wanted to."
I looked at Legato for a bit. Could this be true. We could go back and be together. "Are you sure?" I ask.
"Yes. I checked. They can't put her in a foster home when she turns 18."
I sigh and decide that it would be best to discuss this back at the hotel. "Alright. Lets go back to my hotel. We can talk."
We all walked back to the hotel, and for some reason I felt happy. Maybe it was because I wouldn't lose Serena. Maybe it was because Vash and the others came looking for us. Maybe it was just seeing Vash. Maybe it was because of all of it. Either way I liked it.
When we got to the hotel I led them upstairs and to are room. I quickly opened the door and called for Serena. "Serena! I'm home." I yell.
"Hey Knives, dinner is almost...Vash!" Serena yelled as she poked her head out of the kitchen door. "But how..."
"Long story. So, what's for dinner?" I say calmly as I walk into the room.
"Looks like we're going out for dinner, cause I don't have enough for five people.
"Can't you just make do with what we have?" I ask in irritation.
"Oh yes, let me just get out my magic wand and everything will ready at the same time." Serena says as she glares at me. I roll my eyes in irritation.
"It's ok. We can wait, that is if you feel up to cooking. If not we can always pick up something on the way back to the hotel." Meryl says as she smiled at Serena.
Serena quickly sighed and went back into the kitchen. "It will take a while." she called out to them.
After dinner was made, we all gathered together and ate the delicious meal. Once we were done, Vash offered to do the dishes, while Meryl and Legato cleaned up. It didn't take long for them to complete the tasks and join Serena and me in the main room. Legato quickly told Serena about what he knew and that when she turned 18 she could come back and everything.
"Really? That would be great, but my birthday is two months away." Serena said calmly.
"So? We just have to wait two months, then we can go back and see the others." Vash stated calmly.
"Meryl and Legato can't stay here for two months, and besides, Vash you have to watch over the house." I say as I looked at my brother.
Vash was about to say something, when Serena interupted. "I've got an idea. You guys can go back, and in two months I can join you."
"Serena I am not leaving you here by yourself." I say calmly. A small smiled played at my lips. "Why don't you three go back, and Serena and I will join you in two months."
"But..."
"No 'buts' Vash. It is only two months. You'll be fine. Then we can come back and we will all be together again." I stated.
"Alright." Vash says as he sighs.
Meryl and Legato nodded in agreement. We decided that we would all spend the night in the same hotel room, and in the morning Vash and the others would leave and head home.
Writer's POV
It was morning, and the bus was getting ready to leave. Vash, Serena, Knives, Legato, and Meryl all stood by the bus.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Vash said softly.
"It's not a forever goodbye, Vash. We'll be back in two months." Serena said as she smiled.
"You two take care of yourselves." Meryl said as she gave Knives and Serena a hug goodbye.
"Do me a favor and take care of my brother Meryl. At least till I get back." Knives said as he gave her a grin. Meryl simply nodded.
Legato gave Serena and Knives a hug and said goodbye. Moving quickly he got onto the bus and waited for his friends. Meryl waited while Serena and Knives said goodbye to Vash. Vash however didn't want to say goodbye.
"Take care Vash." Serena said as she gave him a hug.
"Vash?" Knives said as he stood in front of his brother. Vash looked up at his brother as tears started to form. "Serena and I will be back in two months. I promise."
Vash quickly whiped away the tears and hugged his brother. "I know you will. Take care. Both of you. I'll be waiting for you."
Serena and Knives stood a distance from the bus as it got ready to leave. "Oh crap." Knives said as he pulled something out of his large coat pocket. Vash saw him coming up to the window and quickly opened it. "You forgot this." Knives said as he handed the dvd to Vash.
It was the dvd that Vash had picked out at the movie store yesterday. Vash noded and sat back in his seat. Knives moved away from the bus as it started up, and waved to his brother. Vash waved back.
Serena moved closer to Knives as the bus left and Knives responded by wraping his arms around her. "Do you they're going to be alright?" Serena asked.
"They'll be fine." Knives responded. After the bus was out of sight Serena and Knives returned to their hotel.
~End~
Well? What do you think? Please leave a review. Might be a while till I get the next chapter done. I'm not quite sure what to do. Love and Peace.