Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Trigun or any of the characters of Trigun.
A/N: This chapter is going to jump from one character to another, and other chapters will possibly do this. The only reason for this is effect; otherwise I would divide the two characters into two separate chapters. Anyway, here is Chapter 25! By the way...thanks for all the reviews!
-Bows down before loyal reviewers-
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He was alone in a cold dark place.
"Where am I?" he asked himself aloud, pushing himself up off of the ground and pacing around in the darkness. He could make out that he was in a cell of some sort, behind bars like a prisoner awaiting death.
There was a small window high up, bars strewn across it to prevent escape. Tiny streams of moonlight danced upon the ground, slightly lighting the pitch black cell and shining upon Vash.
He retreated to the corner of the cell and rested his back against it, closing his eyes and thinking.
Why am I here? Who brought me here? All I remember is looking at a picture and everything went black...where the hell am I?
He pushed himself off of the wall and slowly walked around again, trying to figure out where exactly he was, stopping abruptly when he kicked something with his boot, immediately realizing that it was a human body.
He bent over and dragged the body into the moonlight that managed to reach the floor of the cell, screaming out in horror and stumbling backward as he saw that the body he had discovered was that of Millie Thompson Wolfwood.
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Saria had awoken earlier than usual, feeling the pain of being alone. She really hadn't slept much, though, seeing as she had nightmares all night, screaming out a few times and having the deputy come check on her every once in a while.
She rolled out of bed and reached for her robe, pulling it tightly around her shoulders, and walked to the window across the room, placing her hand on the pane and staring out into the distance at the dark clouds beginning to roll over planet Gunsmoke.
Vash, where are you?
Tears began falling from her crystal blue eyes again as she thought about her husband and the worst thing that could happen to him. Her thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock at the door.
"Ma'am, may I come in?" asked the deputy outside of the room.
"Yes," replied Saria, wiping the tears from her puffy red eyes. The door opened and the deputy stood in the doorway, staring at Saria.
"I received a call from the sheriff," began the deputy, "and he asked me to bring you down to the station while they continue the search. Why don't you get dressed and come down when you're ready?"
Saria nodded and he left, closing the door behind him. She walked across the room to the closet and pulled out an outfit, tossing it on the bed and slowly pulling her night clothes off, tossing them to the ground.
She walked over to the dresser and pulled out a pair of panties and a bra, putting them on and walking back to the bed where her outfit lay, quietly thinking to herself.
Who took my husband away from me? Where is he? Oh, Vash, why couldn't I be there with you when this happened?
She quickly dressed herself and threw her shoes on, slowly walking out of the room and down the stairs, not bothering to put on any make-up. Who did she have to impress?
"Are you ready?" asked the deputy, handing Saria her purse.
"Yeah, I am," she replied, taking her purse from the deputy and following him out the door and to his car.
The deputy opened the door for Saria and helped her into the car, walking around to the other side and hopping in, starting the engine and driving into town. They reached the station within five minutes and were greeted by the sheriff, a somber look upon his face.
Saria leaped out of the car and rushed to the sheriff, worry spread across her pale face.
"Any news or finding?" asked Saria as she stared up at the sheriff.
"Not of your husband," began the sheriff, "but your brother-in-law is another story."
"Oh God, please don't tell me he's missing too."
"No, he's fine, but there was a break-in last night."
"Do they know who did it?"
"Not yet, but we've got out guys on the case. Why don't you come inside while we wait for our search team to return?" He led Saria inside the station and sat her down in a chair across from him.
Saria sat for about ten minutes until anxiety got the better of her, causing her to get up and pace around the room. She paced for about a half of an hour until two deputies came through the door, grim expressions upon their faces.
"Did you find anything?" asked the sheriff, rising from behind his desk and walking to Saria's side.
"Yes," answered one of the deputies with a sigh.
"What did you find?" asked the sheriff.
"We found a gold ring," began the other deputy, "and about a half of an ile away we found this along with a single rose."
The two deputies reached behind them and pulled a large body bag into the room. Tears welled in Saria's eyes as she viewed the body bag and swallowed the large lump in her throat.
"Is that...him?" she asked.
"We're afraid so ma'am," said the first deputy, unzipping the bag and revealing the mutilated body of Vash the Stampede.
Saria froze and time stood still as she fell to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably as she stared at her husband's mutilated body and reality set in that Vash was gone, for good.
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Vash shivered uncontrollably as he sat huddled in a corner of the cell he was in. The only clothing he had consisted of a thin t-shirt and an old pair of sweatpants; his boots were gone.
He decided to inspect Millie again, but realized that she was gone when he reached the spot where he had found her.
Someone must have moved her...come to think of it, someone did come in here last night...but why move her...why is she in here anyway?
Vash retreated to the corner of the cell and thought back to his finding of her body last night.
Why is she here? Why would someone steal her corpse and keep it here? She looked so different when she was buried, full of bullet holes and mutilated...
He thought back to the funeral when he had seen her in her coffin. Wolfwood sat in the first pew of the church with Veronica, Damon, his son, Alexander, and Alexander's wife Alicia, crying and whispering over and over again, 'That's not her, it can't be.'
Vash had walked up to the casket to pay his respects and viewed her body one last time...
She looked so different...shorter, mutilated...Oh shit! That wasn't her! They buried a look alike and Millie was left here to die...Oh God! What if my captor does the same to me?
Vash clasped his hands together and bowed his head, trying to remember a prayer that Wolfwood had taught him.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed by Thy name...
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A/N: A lot of drama, such a short chapter. Sorry guys, I'm trying my hardest to make them longer, but right now, I really can't think of anything to add to anything that I have written. Oh well. It's that time again folks, time to review, so if you're ready, on your computer screen there is a drop down box and a go button. Choosing either option 1, 2, 3, or 4, REVIEW NOW!
In the meantime, Master Legato has demanded to I get to work on the next chapter, so until then, I'll be working the mines and trying to get chapter 26 posted.
A/N: This chapter is going to jump from one character to another, and other chapters will possibly do this. The only reason for this is effect; otherwise I would divide the two characters into two separate chapters. Anyway, here is Chapter 25! By the way...thanks for all the reviews!
-Bows down before loyal reviewers-
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He was alone in a cold dark place.
"Where am I?" he asked himself aloud, pushing himself up off of the ground and pacing around in the darkness. He could make out that he was in a cell of some sort, behind bars like a prisoner awaiting death.
There was a small window high up, bars strewn across it to prevent escape. Tiny streams of moonlight danced upon the ground, slightly lighting the pitch black cell and shining upon Vash.
He retreated to the corner of the cell and rested his back against it, closing his eyes and thinking.
Why am I here? Who brought me here? All I remember is looking at a picture and everything went black...where the hell am I?
He pushed himself off of the wall and slowly walked around again, trying to figure out where exactly he was, stopping abruptly when he kicked something with his boot, immediately realizing that it was a human body.
He bent over and dragged the body into the moonlight that managed to reach the floor of the cell, screaming out in horror and stumbling backward as he saw that the body he had discovered was that of Millie Thompson Wolfwood.
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Saria had awoken earlier than usual, feeling the pain of being alone. She really hadn't slept much, though, seeing as she had nightmares all night, screaming out a few times and having the deputy come check on her every once in a while.
She rolled out of bed and reached for her robe, pulling it tightly around her shoulders, and walked to the window across the room, placing her hand on the pane and staring out into the distance at the dark clouds beginning to roll over planet Gunsmoke.
Vash, where are you?
Tears began falling from her crystal blue eyes again as she thought about her husband and the worst thing that could happen to him. Her thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock at the door.
"Ma'am, may I come in?" asked the deputy outside of the room.
"Yes," replied Saria, wiping the tears from her puffy red eyes. The door opened and the deputy stood in the doorway, staring at Saria.
"I received a call from the sheriff," began the deputy, "and he asked me to bring you down to the station while they continue the search. Why don't you get dressed and come down when you're ready?"
Saria nodded and he left, closing the door behind him. She walked across the room to the closet and pulled out an outfit, tossing it on the bed and slowly pulling her night clothes off, tossing them to the ground.
She walked over to the dresser and pulled out a pair of panties and a bra, putting them on and walking back to the bed where her outfit lay, quietly thinking to herself.
Who took my husband away from me? Where is he? Oh, Vash, why couldn't I be there with you when this happened?
She quickly dressed herself and threw her shoes on, slowly walking out of the room and down the stairs, not bothering to put on any make-up. Who did she have to impress?
"Are you ready?" asked the deputy, handing Saria her purse.
"Yeah, I am," she replied, taking her purse from the deputy and following him out the door and to his car.
The deputy opened the door for Saria and helped her into the car, walking around to the other side and hopping in, starting the engine and driving into town. They reached the station within five minutes and were greeted by the sheriff, a somber look upon his face.
Saria leaped out of the car and rushed to the sheriff, worry spread across her pale face.
"Any news or finding?" asked Saria as she stared up at the sheriff.
"Not of your husband," began the sheriff, "but your brother-in-law is another story."
"Oh God, please don't tell me he's missing too."
"No, he's fine, but there was a break-in last night."
"Do they know who did it?"
"Not yet, but we've got out guys on the case. Why don't you come inside while we wait for our search team to return?" He led Saria inside the station and sat her down in a chair across from him.
Saria sat for about ten minutes until anxiety got the better of her, causing her to get up and pace around the room. She paced for about a half of an hour until two deputies came through the door, grim expressions upon their faces.
"Did you find anything?" asked the sheriff, rising from behind his desk and walking to Saria's side.
"Yes," answered one of the deputies with a sigh.
"What did you find?" asked the sheriff.
"We found a gold ring," began the other deputy, "and about a half of an ile away we found this along with a single rose."
The two deputies reached behind them and pulled a large body bag into the room. Tears welled in Saria's eyes as she viewed the body bag and swallowed the large lump in her throat.
"Is that...him?" she asked.
"We're afraid so ma'am," said the first deputy, unzipping the bag and revealing the mutilated body of Vash the Stampede.
Saria froze and time stood still as she fell to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably as she stared at her husband's mutilated body and reality set in that Vash was gone, for good.
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Vash shivered uncontrollably as he sat huddled in a corner of the cell he was in. The only clothing he had consisted of a thin t-shirt and an old pair of sweatpants; his boots were gone.
He decided to inspect Millie again, but realized that she was gone when he reached the spot where he had found her.
Someone must have moved her...come to think of it, someone did come in here last night...but why move her...why is she in here anyway?
Vash retreated to the corner of the cell and thought back to his finding of her body last night.
Why is she here? Why would someone steal her corpse and keep it here? She looked so different when she was buried, full of bullet holes and mutilated...
He thought back to the funeral when he had seen her in her coffin. Wolfwood sat in the first pew of the church with Veronica, Damon, his son, Alexander, and Alexander's wife Alicia, crying and whispering over and over again, 'That's not her, it can't be.'
Vash had walked up to the casket to pay his respects and viewed her body one last time...
She looked so different...shorter, mutilated...Oh shit! That wasn't her! They buried a look alike and Millie was left here to die...Oh God! What if my captor does the same to me?
Vash clasped his hands together and bowed his head, trying to remember a prayer that Wolfwood had taught him.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed by Thy name...
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A/N: A lot of drama, such a short chapter. Sorry guys, I'm trying my hardest to make them longer, but right now, I really can't think of anything to add to anything that I have written. Oh well. It's that time again folks, time to review, so if you're ready, on your computer screen there is a drop down box and a go button. Choosing either option 1, 2, 3, or 4, REVIEW NOW!
In the meantime, Master Legato has demanded to I get to work on the next chapter, so until then, I'll be working the mines and trying to get chapter 26 posted.