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Writer's POV

Serena had left the house earilier in the morning to see Meryl, so Knives was left at the house by himself. Unfortunely this was a mistake. Knives say in his room staring at the black .45 colt gun his father had treasured. Fire burned in Knives eyes, while his anger built. Knives pulled out a box with 7 bullets in it and loaded the gun. Once it was loaded Knives went to the living room and started writing a note. Once he was done, Knives hid the gun in his coat pocket and left the house.

It was some time later that Legato, and Wolfwood come to the house to check on Knives. Finding no one home the two decided to look around for any clue as to where Knives might be. The only clue they found was a note lying on the couch. Wolfwood was the first to read the letter, and the first to run out of the house. Legato followed close behind with the letter in hand.

Knives walked down the hall of the hospital, and into the room where his brother was. Knives stood not far from the bed for a few minutes, before he walked over to the bed. He knew no matter how it all ended, this would be goodbye. Knives opened Vash's hand, and placed a small object in it, then closed his hand.

"You better live Vash, or I'll be really pissed." Knives whispered before leaving the room.

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Serena POV

I thought it would be ok to leave Knives alone at the house, but I found out in a hurry that I was sadly mistaken. Legato, Wolfwood, Meryl and I were running all over the place trying to find the one person we hated most. Greg. After reading the note Knives had left we knew that were ever Greg was, Knives would be. The problem was we had spent so much time trying to keep away from Greg that we had no idea where to find him.

I stood in the middle of the park with the note in my hand. Wolfwood had come running down the street with Legato behind him. I called out to them and they quickly handed me the note. Horror ran through my vains as I read that note.

Dear everyone,
I can no long hide my anger. If Vash had been your brother, than I am sure you would do what I am going to do. My only regret is that I won't be able to come back to you guys. You all must take care of each other now. I am counting on you to be a family from now on. If Vash makes it, I am counting on you to be his family.

Knives

When I read that note I became consumed by so many emotions. Anger, sadness, shock, but mostly the one thing that consumed me was fear. Fear for Knives. Fear for Vash. Fear for what Knives was planning to do. Fear of loosing him. Fear of loosing both Vash and Knives. Fear of more pain and suffering following us. So many fears, I couldn't decide which was the worst. At least not until the third line of the note passed through my brain. That was one thought I would rather not think about.

Meeting up with Wolfwood and the others, we decided to head down to the beach and see if we can find Knives there. Praying that he is still safe, we hurry out towards the beach.

****************************** Knives POV

I walked down the road towards the beach knowing that sooner or later I would run into Greg. I slip my left hand into my pocket, knowing full well what is hiden there. I check my watch, and realize I had been out for almost three hours now. I continue walking down the road with my head to the ground. I keep thinking about Serena, Vash, Wolfwood, and all the others. I barely even register the voice calling to me.

"Hey! Dumbass!"

I stop cold as fire burns in my eyes, but I make no move to turn around. I already know full well who it is.

"What, afraid to look at me?"

Still I make no move to turn around.

"Hn. Your brother had more guts than you."

With that statement I turn towards Greg, and withdraw the gun that is hiden in my pocket. Leveling it at his head I take aim. I allow my eyes to wander a little, and notice that it is only Greg, and me.

Greg smirks, and pulls his hand from his pocket. He too has a gun with him. "Did you really think that I would come alone with no weapon? Come now, I am the leader of the greatest gang around." I make no reply, but he takes no notice. "Payback is a bitch isn't it?" I narrow my eyes slight, trying to figure out what he is talking about. Greg smirks again then continues. "Did you really think I would let you get away with what you did during our little sprawl?" Greg smirk disappears, and fire burns in his eyes. "Do you have any idea what it is like to be strangled? To be unable to breathe? To feel your life sliping from you? I do. No one gets away with something like that without paying a price."

"You made a mistake hurting my brother." I respond coldly.

"YOU made the mistake when you strangled me!"

********************* Serena POV

The closer we got to the beach, the more nervious we got. Meryl had return to the hospital to check on Vash, so it was only Legato, Wolfwood, and myself. I turn the corner of the road only to stop dead in my tracks. Knves and Greg were standing only a short distance apart with guns aimed at each other. I notice that Greg was pulling back on the triger, and I quickly run up to Knives.

"Knives...!" I yelled. I saw Knives turn slightly.

************************** Knves POV

I heard Serena call my name, and I turned to see her running towards me. I turn back towards Greg just as I heard the click of his gun. I felt someone shove me from behind, and then there was a cry of pain. The cry belonged to a female, and I turned my head to see that it was Serena. Standing quickly, I caught Serena as she started to fall to the ground. My legs had gone weak, and I fell to my knees with Serena in my hands.

I would have done something to try to stop the bleeding, but the sound of Greg's gun being moved caught my attention. I looked over to see that Greg had his gun aimed at Legato. Without thinking, my hand clutched the gun tightly, and almost in slow motion, two guns went off.

And two bodies fell.

~End~

Well there you have it. You didn't really think Knives was going to kill himself did you. At least not with out getting revenge. Please R&R. Love and Peace