Up in Gunsmoke

Braids

Blah Blah Blah I don't own Trigun or Cowboy Bebop so don't sue me they belong to other people I just use em and twist em how I see fit. Braids

Chapter 9: Truths Villains and Truces

Feena awoke early and looked around the room, both Vash and Knives were asleep in the chairs. Her stomach growled at her, reminding her she had not eaten since yesterday, so she quietly slipped out of the room. A few moments later Feena walked back inside the motel with a large bag of doughnuts for the two boys and her self. It had been a long time since she had treated her self to something of the sorts, it also meant she didn't have to cook for any one. Walking back inside the room she smiled seeing the two asleep, it was easy to tell they were twins when they were like that, even though Knives hair was lighter and shorter, they still looked a lot alike. Feena smiled and put the bag down onto the table, as she did Vash started to stir as he sniffed the air and the familiar smell of his favorite food filled the air.

"Doughnuts?" Vash said opening his eyes quickly.

"Good morning." Feena said softly as she stood munching on a doughnut.

"Is that a doughnut?" Vash asked with big puppy dog eyes.

"Yes, there's plenty in the bag." Feena said motioning to the bag next to him. He immediately went for the bag, pulled out two and quickly started to eat them. Knives started to slowly stir as Feena watched Vash inhale the doughnuts as fast as he possibly could.

"I envy you." Feena said watching him.

"It's all the running he dose." Knives said looking to Vash. "You might want to save some for other people Vash." Knives said taking one from his brother's hand.

"I know but they're so good!" Vash managed to say with his mouth full.

"It's OK, I'm not that hungry any ways." Feena said as she finished off the one in her hand. "Unlike some people I gain weight from too many sweets." She said looking to Vash.

"Hey, I have you and your friends and a lot of other people chasing me around all the time, I am at the peek of my health." Vash stated.

"Feena I have a question for you." Knives said looking to her.

"Sure go ahead ask."

"What is your last name?"

"Oh, I thought I told you, my last name is Bluesummers." Feena said as she sat on the bed. Knives looked to Vash and then to her. "Something wrong?" Feena asked.

"I knew a Bluesummers, he didn't have any family and he died years ago, is Bluesummers really your last name?" Knives asked.

"Ah ha, ha, ha, ha... Yes, it is..."

"How is that possible?"

"Ummm you want to know the truth?"

"I'd like to hear it..." Knives said looking to her curiously.

"I'm not from here, I'm a Martian." Feena said.

"A Martian?" Vash said swallowing hard.

"Yeah, I was born and raised on Mars, as were my parents and my parents parents, but before that they lived on Earth." Feena admitted to them. They both looked at her stunned, they couldn't believe what they were hearing. She was from Earth! The solar system that they had come from, the planet of their origin, a planet they had never seen with the exception of pictures.

"Earth? How did you get here?" Vash asked.

"It's kinda hard to explain... there was an incident with a gate just after we went threw and we were stuck in folded space for a long time and we ended up here." Feena told him.

"Gate? What is a gate?" Knives asked curiously.

"A gate is like a door to folded space normally you go in one gate come out another but we were blown far out of the solar system and ended up here..." Feena explained.

"Amazing... so you came from a space ship?" Vash asked sounding like a giddy school boy. Feena nodded slowly. "So how many of there are you?"

"Including me? Five of us, Spike, Faye, Jet, Ed, and my self."

"Oh great that just means I have to look out for two more strange people..." Vash whined. Feena laughed, as did Knives softly. "Hey are you laughing at my misery?" Vash said looking to them both. Feena tried to stifle her laughter.

"I'm sorry but it's true, you see we're bounty hunters, but Ed is more like our local hacker, so you probably wont see her. Jet might be interested in coming down and believe me he's like an old dog, once he bites he doesn't let go." Feena pointed out to him.

"Oh great..."

"Too bad I've already got dibs on you." Feena said with a wicked smile. Vash froze up and then recalled yesterday telling her that she could take him in.

"But! I! Oh man me and my big mouth."

"What did you say?" Knives asked him.

"I told her that if she let me help you I'd let her take me in... Me and my big mouth..."

"Yes, that would be your own fault brother." Knives said.

"You're no help!" Vash shouted at him. Knives handed him another doughnut that he happily took and devoured down.

"He's the kind of person that is easily distracted isn't he?" Feena said looking to Knives.

"Unfortunately... But I don't think I'd have him any other way...." Knives said smiling as he watched his brother start devouring doughnuts again.

"You know I'm right here and I can hear you." Vash said with his mouth full.

"Don't talk with your mouth full it's rude you know." Feena pointed out to him.

"Oh sorry." Vash said after swallowing. "But doughnuts are so good!"

Feena shook her head and sighed, she felt guilty. Vash wasn't a bad guy, he just seemed to find trouble. It reminded her of someone from her past and Spike, looking out the window she recognized the familiar figure of Spike running way from something, and then she saw it a giant fireball chasing him. She stood up suddenly, pushed the window open and jumped out without another word. Vash and Knives both ran over to the window just in time to see Feena tackle Spike out of the way of the fire ball.

"It's them! They're here!" Knives said recognizing the attack.

"Did they follow you here?" Vash asked as he checked to see if his gun was loaded.

"I don't know maybe they did... let's go we have to do something to stop them." Knives said pulling his gun from his jacket. They both jumped out the window as the large fireball hit the building at the end of the row and blew up the whole front of the store.

"You OK Spike?" Feena asked getting off him.

"Besides my shoulder, yeah I'm fine." Spike said getting up. "Thanks, but who the hell are these guys?"

"You're asking me? I have no clue this is the first time I've seen them." Feena said looking around the corner as Vash and Knives jumped out the window and moments later the front of a store exploded. Both looked to the store and then to where the tall man was standing with a fire ball hovering in each hand. "This is not good." Feena said.

"No shit! Why can't we just run into some normal people?" Spike said as he checked his gun. Vash and Knives attempted to shoot him but a wall of flame shot up from the ground and melted the bullets before they got close to him. "This doesn't look good at all."

"Oh that's just great now what do we do?" Vash asked Knives.

"Your asking the wrong person, this is the kind of person I'd normally hire to come after you." Knives said looking at the guy. He stood about 174 CM tall with short black hair and his eyes hidden behind darkly tinted sunglasses, he wore a long brown simple jacket that covered him from the neck down with a high collar, each hand was covered in a glove and each hand held a fireball that was being thrown at them. "DUCK!" Knives said as they both jumped out of it's way, one flew right at Feena and Spike and ended up nailing Spike in the shoulder before he could get out of the way.

"Spike!" Feena said worriedly as she saw him get hit.

"Damn it that burns!"

"It is fire..."

"Stop pointing out the obvious."

"Vash you need to get this town evacuated I'll hold him off." Knives said looking to Vash as he reloaded his gun.

"Right no need in getting innocent people hurt." Vash said as he got up and then started running down the street firing off his gun and scaring off the people. "AH HA! I'M VASH THE STAMPEDE I'VE COME TO SLAUGHTER EVERY ONE YOU BETTER RUN NOW!"

"What an idiot..." Spike muttered holding his shoulder.

"Let me see your shoulder." Feena demanded as they stood in the ally way. Knives was dodging fireballs that flew off down the ally like bullets that exploded into a larger fire.

"What? Later, it's fine now." Spike said brushing Feena off and looking down at the guy.

"Let me see it now you idiot the sooner it's taken care of the less we have to worry." Feena said moving his hand from the burn. Spike was about to say something when he realized her hands were glowing blue and the burn was healing over. "There, now I suggest the best thing to do is to run out of here." Feena said.

"How the hell did you do that?" Spike said looking to her.

"Now is not the time to ask such questions." Feena pointed out.

She was right this was more like a time to run to his ship and use his plasma cannon, no fire shield could stop that could it? Knives went flying back past them from an explosion and the tall man quickly approached setting everything around him a blaze.

"Crap he's coming this way!" Spike said looking around. Feena ran out and over to Knives to make sure he was OK and Spike followed, he could always grab her and run.

"My, my, what a beautiful sight." The Man said. "Who is this lovely kitten amongst these beings?" He said looking right to Feena.

"Even kittens have claws and usually the most innocent one's have the sharpest." Feena warned him. "You all right Knives?" She asked as she looked to him.

"Fine you should get out of here." Knives told her as he sat up.

"That's what I was thinking, I think you're in over your head here Feena." Spike said standing next to her.

"Feena is it? What a lovely name, You'd make a lovely pet my dear." He said moving closer. That set her off, clenching her teeth she turned and fired a warning shot at him, just grazing his cheek. Both Knives and Spike looked at her with shock, not that she shot at the guy but she actually grazed his cheek. "Mmmn a feisty one, I should have your claws cut..." with that said the gun started to glow red and Feena dropped it.

"Yow! Hot." She said as she did.

"I say we grab her and run." Spike said softly to Knives.

"I agree." Knives said.

With that Knives grabbed her right arm and Spike her left and they both started to run with Feena looking baffled as she was lifted up and carried away. The man wasn't all to happy as he started to throw fireballs after them trying to hit either Knives or Spike but not Feena. An Explosion from one of his fireballs managed to hit Knives in the head knocking him out and the three fell to the ground. Feena got up quickly and looked to Knives and then to Spike and she pushed him into an ally and started to run in the other direction.

"It's me he wants! You watch him!" She yelled back at Spike as she started to run.

She was right as the man started to chase after her ignoring Knives and Spike for the moment, it was Feena he wanted and once he had her safe away in his carriage he'd come back to take care of them for defying him. He chased Feena into a narrow ally way that was as wide as an average doorway, with a smirk he walked around the corner and found it empty.

"Where are you my little pet?" He said in a taunting voice, he was sure he felt her close by. "You can't run, not forever." He told her. Above him Feena stood on the ledge of two windows, both were shut and locked so the only thing Feena could do was hope the cheep wooden bored she was standing upon didn't break. Unfortunately today luck was not on her side as the board creaked and splintered as he walked beneath her. He didn't seem to hear it as he continued walking past her as he reached the other side of the ally the board gave way and Feena slid down the walls and crashed into the ground with a loud thunk.

Spike Knives and Vash all made it out of town and to the rocks where the two ships were hiding. Spike had dragged Knives there with the help of Vash who showed up shortly after Feena had run off. Looking at the town they watched it go up in a blaze of fire created by the man who had shown up. Spike looked to Vash and then back to the town as a carriage pulled by Thomas' heading off into the distance, he knew Feena had to be in there. Looking to Vash he realized he wouldn't be able to find the guy on his own, he'd need Vash's help. This meant he'd have to call a truce on chasing Vash for the bounty on his head. With a heavy sigh he sat down onto a rock and wished he had a cigarette right about now.

"I guess we'll have to call this a truce." Spike said looking to the burning city.

Braids: And that ends that... I know I had some problems banging this one out but I got there Didn't I?

Vash: What happened to poor sweet Feena?

Spike: Poor Sweet Feena?

Braids: BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA! You'll have to wait until next time boys

Vash: She's plotting Evil things isn't she?

Spike: Most likely, she dose have a twisted mind

Braids: yup and anyone can IM me on Yahoo Messanger My ID Is UpinGunsmoke and From this Twisted mind She says See you Next time Space Cowboys!

Kuroneko-sama: Mow!