Vash was running. His red trench coat trailing behind him as his long black boots stomped against the sand in the desert. His blue hues had fear in them. Tears were streaming down his face. Around him was a baron nothingness. No life, nothing. Just a big space to be lonely in. He was choking on sobs as he suddenly stopped. He looked around, only to yell out the name of a person he had lost a long time ago. "REM! REM! It's horrible Rem! There's no one here!" he spoke to himself. He fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around his stomach as he suddenly felt a wave of nausea rush over him. He felt he would throw up. "Rem... what happened to everything?!"

"Vash... no one has the right to take the life of another..." Rem's voice rang out. Vash swung around to see Rem Seibrem... the girl whom Vash loved and continued to love, even after her death. She stood before him, smiling at him. She was dressed in that white shirt and those jeans, the outfit she always wore. She smiled at him and Vash began to smile back, tears still in his eyes.

"Rem... I have no idea what's happening." Rem began to fade like a ghost. She had appeared only to begin to vanish. Vash reached his hand out toward her, only to have his digits go through her body before she was completely gone. "REM! DON'T LEAVE ME AGAIN!", he yelled aloud.

Laughter was heard from behind Vash, a shadow blanketing his form. The laughter grew more maniacal. Vash knew who was laughing. He knew the laugh of his own brother. Slowly turning his head to peer behind him, Vash let out a scream as he saw Knives standing there with the head of a female. Long black hair, eyes wide in fear. Knives laughed more and more hysterically as he saw Vash's reaction.

Vash's brother was holding the head of Rem. Vash stood up and let out ear piercing screams, tears gushing out of his eyes like an open faucet. "REM! REMMMMMM!" he screamed as Knives dropped the girls head on the floor. A smile formed on his face as his own blue eyes shimmered. "I killed her Vash... what are you going to do about it? What are you going to do Vash?"

Vash shivered with hatred, anger, and fear as he heard his brother's voice. "KNIVES!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he grabbed his gun from his hoster and fired a bullet at his brother's forehead. Before the bullet even managed to touch Knives forehead, the desert floor, the sky, the area Vash was in began to crack like glass. His blue eyes darted about as he watched the world crumble around him. All he could do was scream, "WHY KNIVES! WHY!!!!!????"

Meryl and Millie rushed into Vash's room as they heard him screaming in his sleep. Tears were flowing down his cheek, his eyes were clenched shut as he screamed again and again. "KNIVES! KNIVES! WHY KNIVES!? KNIVES! WHY!"

Meryl quickly ran toward Vash and began to shake him. "Vash! Vash! Wake up!" Vash's eyes shot open as he sat up in bed, screaming Knives name once more. "KNIVES!!!!!!" His breathing were coming out as an animal that was dying from a very bad wound. Vash looked to see Meryl sitting behind him, rubbing his back gently. "It's okay... it was just a bad dream..." she said, comforting him.

Vash breathed in deep to relax. His heart was pounding. It felt like it would leap out of his chest. "I'm sorry..." Vash said as he slowly let a smile creep onto his face. "Why were you screaming about knives?" Millie Thompson asked as she walked closer to the bed. She was dressed in her brown pajama's. Meryl was dressed in a short, purple night gown.

"I was... having this terrible dream where I had a bunch of toast and butter, but I had no knives! You know... a person would be going crazy if they had some great toast and yummy butter and no butter knife!" he lied as he chuckled. He didn't want anyone to get involved with his problems. He didn't want anyone to really know about his past or what he really was. He sighed after he finished chuckling. Would anyone really believe that story?

"Oh! I had a dream like that too! It was scary! I know I would have gone crazy if I had no butter knives to spread butter with!" Millie said with a smile. Vash lifted a brow, was she serious? The tall, yet childish female giggled as she looked over to Meryl who too had her brow lifted toward Millie.

Vash rubbed his bare chest. So many scars on his body. He looked to Meryl and smiled. "Thanks for waking me up... it was such a terrible dream..." Meryl looked up at Vash and blushed slightly. In her mind, she was thinking, "He's kind of cute.... kinda.... maybe..."

Vash went placed his hand down and began to caress the bed gently. "Wow... this bed is pretty soft." he looked to Millie and smiled. Meryl's jaw dropped. Her fist was shaking as she blushed even more. Her elbow shifted back as she aimed the fist right for Vash's face.

"Mr. Vash! That isn't the bed! That's Meryl's leg!" Millie said with a giggle. Vash's eyes widened as he looked down to see Millie was right! Vash had been caressing Meryl's thigh the whole time. He gulped as he shifted his orbs to Meryl's face, only to be greeted with a punch to the face. "AUGH!"

The night came, and the carnival was set. People were walking around, laughing, smiling. Everyone seemed so happy. Vash walked beside the insurance girls with a smile beaming on his face. "Wow... everyone looks like they're having a good time!" he looked to Meryl with a smile and she nodded.

"Yeah. Still... I don't know why I came here. There's work to be done you know. This carnival is just wasting our time." she sighed and shook her head. Millie looked down at Meryl and giggled. "Meryl! You really should take a break from work all the time. Too much work isn't good for you!"

"I fail to see how having fun is going to make things better."

"It's relaxing and so great! Time out to enjoy isn't a bad thing!"

"Well... I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't with this lunk head."

Meryl turned her head to look to Vash, only to see him at a shooting booth, recieving two prizes. A stuffed dog and cow. Vash walked back over to the the girls, handing the cow to Millie and the dog to Meryl with a smile. "Here you are! It's the least I can give you for paying for my ticket."

Meryl took the stuffed toy in her hands and blushed once again today. She smiled softly as she looked up at Vash. "You didn't have to..." Millie's childish laughter was heard as she swung the stuffed cow around. "Oh! Thank you Mr.Vash! It's adorable!" she looked at Vash with a smile after the thank you.

"No problem!" Vash smirked to her and then looked back to Meryl. The two of them locked eyes for a moment. Meryl's heart began to beat faster. Suddenly, they both were shoved toward the ferris wheels direction. "You two should ride together!" Millie said excitedly as she grabbed them by the collars, dragging them toward the ride. "MILLIE! NOT AGAIN!" Meryl yelled.