::Ok now this one is the last chapter, I know that for sure. JM::
9. Earth Bound Hero.
Running, running through the woods, can't get away, can't escape the hell, the hell of life and death. Have to keep running, have to survive, must live, live just to die...............just to die..................die by his hands.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Jean screamed as she woke up in fear. She shot her eyes open and saw a horrid scene. She was chained to a stonewall in the castle dungeons. "Vash, Vash where are you?" Jean whispered, panic in her voice.
"Here's not here." Xena's voice echoed. "Vash is with.............him." She finished.
"Xe, Xe where are you?" Jean questioned, scanning over the dungeons, looking for her sister.
"I'm over here in the corner." Xena answered
Jean looked to her right and could hardly see her sister, chained to the wall in the corner.
"What's going on?" Wolfwood moaned as he finally woke up. "Where, where are we?" He asked.
"Back at the castle." Jean answered.
"How did we get here?" He added.
"Well that's easy." Kathline replied. Standing in the doorway to the dungeons, "He brought you back.
"Katie, Katie please help us, go and get the keys." Jean pleaded.
"Well you see there is where we have a problem. Why would I do that?"
"Wha?" Jean eyes widened as she finally seen Kathline eyes and didn't recognize her. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm saying, that I'm not going to her you three out."
"Damn you Katie." Xena growled, "Damn you to hell."
"Ohhhhh is that a threat?" Kathline replied stepping over to Xena and was about to hit her when a scream of horror echoed through the corridor. "Oooo that's Vash? He, he, he,................he's a screamer." Katie grinned and left the dungeons.
Jean watched her leave and felt like her heart was throne out and ripped in two.
Once again they heard the same scream.
"Oh god, they're killing him." Jean muttered, "Xena, Xena we have to get out here. If only................" Jean trailed off as a woman walked in and stopped.
"I believe I can be of some help." She replied as she unlocked Jean. Wolfwood and Xena from their chains. "Now just down the hall is where he'll be." She finished and disappeared down the corridor.
"Who was she?" Wolfwood asked.
"A very old friend." Jean answered, "Now we have to find Vash." She finished and the three of them started to run down the corridor.
"So brother, I'll ask you once again..............join me." Knives threatened.
"Ne-never." Vash answered through his pain and tears.
Knives shook his head and nodded to one of his minions and once again, Vash screamed with pain as he was being pulled apart by his limbs.
"Come, come Vash, this can all stop................once you say yes." Knives replied.
"I'l-I'll never join you." Vash answered, "I'd rather die."
"So be it." Knives finished and once again Vash screamed.
"Let him go Knives."
Knives swirled around and grinned as his eyes fell upon Jean, Xena and Wolfwood. "So what are you going to do?.............shoot me?"
"This time.............I am..........Die you bastard. See you in hell." Jean growled as she raised her gun and pulled the trigger.
Shots were heard, screams were made and the sound of a body hitting the floor gave a soft thud.
"NOOOOOOOO!!." Vash cried as he watched his brother fall to the floor, not in pain, but in laughter was he moved down and Jean was laying on the floor..............dead.
"Oh god, no sis." Xena screamed as she bent down to Jean and held her in her arms, "Please no."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha this is great. Knives laughed, but his emotions changed as he looked down at his chest and saw the crimson liquid flow down his chest and poured out of the small bullet whole in his heart.
TWO MONTHS LATER
Vash stood over the stone, starring into the eyes of the baby angel, holding a five point star, each point the sign of a different element; Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit. A smile appeared on his face as he read the name and memoirs played through his head.
"Vash, Vash we have to go." Xena replied, walking next to him, "We have to go."
"Yeah I know." Vash replied as he laid the rose on the stone and they both left.
His job was not done, 'he' was still out there and it was up to Vash to get him.
Xena and Vash walked away and there on the stone it read.
Jean McNeice
Good friend, loving sister, great love
She will be missed, by all.
THE END
::R&R JM::
9. Earth Bound Hero.
Running, running through the woods, can't get away, can't escape the hell, the hell of life and death. Have to keep running, have to survive, must live, live just to die...............just to die..................die by his hands.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Jean screamed as she woke up in fear. She shot her eyes open and saw a horrid scene. She was chained to a stonewall in the castle dungeons. "Vash, Vash where are you?" Jean whispered, panic in her voice.
"Here's not here." Xena's voice echoed. "Vash is with.............him." She finished.
"Xe, Xe where are you?" Jean questioned, scanning over the dungeons, looking for her sister.
"I'm over here in the corner." Xena answered
Jean looked to her right and could hardly see her sister, chained to the wall in the corner.
"What's going on?" Wolfwood moaned as he finally woke up. "Where, where are we?" He asked.
"Back at the castle." Jean answered.
"How did we get here?" He added.
"Well that's easy." Kathline replied. Standing in the doorway to the dungeons, "He brought you back.
"Katie, Katie please help us, go and get the keys." Jean pleaded.
"Well you see there is where we have a problem. Why would I do that?"
"Wha?" Jean eyes widened as she finally seen Kathline eyes and didn't recognize her. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm saying, that I'm not going to her you three out."
"Damn you Katie." Xena growled, "Damn you to hell."
"Ohhhhh is that a threat?" Kathline replied stepping over to Xena and was about to hit her when a scream of horror echoed through the corridor. "Oooo that's Vash? He, he, he,................he's a screamer." Katie grinned and left the dungeons.
Jean watched her leave and felt like her heart was throne out and ripped in two.
Once again they heard the same scream.
"Oh god, they're killing him." Jean muttered, "Xena, Xena we have to get out here. If only................" Jean trailed off as a woman walked in and stopped.
"I believe I can be of some help." She replied as she unlocked Jean. Wolfwood and Xena from their chains. "Now just down the hall is where he'll be." She finished and disappeared down the corridor.
"Who was she?" Wolfwood asked.
"A very old friend." Jean answered, "Now we have to find Vash." She finished and the three of them started to run down the corridor.
"So brother, I'll ask you once again..............join me." Knives threatened.
"Ne-never." Vash answered through his pain and tears.
Knives shook his head and nodded to one of his minions and once again, Vash screamed with pain as he was being pulled apart by his limbs.
"Come, come Vash, this can all stop................once you say yes." Knives replied.
"I'l-I'll never join you." Vash answered, "I'd rather die."
"So be it." Knives finished and once again Vash screamed.
"Let him go Knives."
Knives swirled around and grinned as his eyes fell upon Jean, Xena and Wolfwood. "So what are you going to do?.............shoot me?"
"This time.............I am..........Die you bastard. See you in hell." Jean growled as she raised her gun and pulled the trigger.
Shots were heard, screams were made and the sound of a body hitting the floor gave a soft thud.
"NOOOOOOOO!!." Vash cried as he watched his brother fall to the floor, not in pain, but in laughter was he moved down and Jean was laying on the floor..............dead.
"Oh god, no sis." Xena screamed as she bent down to Jean and held her in her arms, "Please no."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha this is great. Knives laughed, but his emotions changed as he looked down at his chest and saw the crimson liquid flow down his chest and poured out of the small bullet whole in his heart.
TWO MONTHS LATER
Vash stood over the stone, starring into the eyes of the baby angel, holding a five point star, each point the sign of a different element; Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit. A smile appeared on his face as he read the name and memoirs played through his head.
"Vash, Vash we have to go." Xena replied, walking next to him, "We have to go."
"Yeah I know." Vash replied as he laid the rose on the stone and they both left.
His job was not done, 'he' was still out there and it was up to Vash to get him.
Xena and Vash walked away and there on the stone it read.
Jean McNeice
Good friend, loving sister, great love
She will be missed, by all.
THE END
::R&R JM::