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Title: Untitled Melody

Chapter 6

"Knives! Knives! Are you all right? Where's Milly? Knives!"

Knives awoke groggily. What the hell happened? He didn't remember, but his head sure hurt like hell.

"Knives? Can you hear me? It's Vash."

Knives opened his eyes. Only to close them again from the light, that seemed to make his head hurt worse.

"Don't yell so loud Vash. I can hear you."

Vash apologized, and spoke softer.

"Where is Milly? What happened?"

Knives tried to sit up. He found out that this only resulted in his head hurting more then when he had opened his eyes.

"Meryl? Go and get him something for his head. Aspirin and a pillow."

Meryl nodded and ran off to do her tasks.

"I don't really...remember much. I remember, Milly and me, we had pudding. And then, we heard something."

Knives stopped.

"What did you hear Knives?"

Vash asked while putting the pillow under Knives' head, and offering him the pills. Knives opened his eyes, to take the offered pills. He swallowed them, and continued.

"I thought you were back, but it was too early for you to come back. You were two towns over, and I know that's a long drive."

Knives allowed his head to lie back on the pillow. He hoped the medicine would kick in soon.

"But I told Milly that, and went to go and look. Oh God, the look of fear on her face. I wanted to stay with her and tell her it was ok, but I knew I had to go and make sure we were safe."

Knives sighed as he closed his eyes again.

"The last thing I remember was opening the door. And that's it."

"You don't know where Milly is?"

Knives opened his eyes again, and looked into Vashs'.

"You mean she's not here?"

Vash shook his head.

"Oh God! I wonder if she was killed. What if she's dead Vash! I knew I couldn't ever trust humans again. What made me think that I could trust those filthy beings!"

Knives closed his eyes as tears began leaking out of them. Vash wiped them away. He knew that this incident would ruin any and all chances of Vash changing Knives for good.

In a small house just outside of Karsted City...

"Is she awake yet?"

Josh asked nervously.

"No not yet. She might not be for a while. That is a pretty strong drug boss gave her. Can't blame him though. Sure is a pretty little thing."

Joe said while pulling the hair out of Milly's face.

Milly was indeed awake, but she didn't want to show the signs of it. She was scared out of her mind, and if she let these freaks know she was awake, she didn't know what would happen to her. At that moment when she was deciding what to do, a young boy, about twenty, came walking into the room.

"Hey! Boss said we could go. He'll be in here in a few. Come on, foods ready, and I'm starving!"

"Well, I guess I am hungry too. Come one, lets go."

Josh said to Joe. They followed the young boy out of the room, leaving Milly alone. Milly waited a few seconds, before finally sitting up. She looked around the room. She was indeed on a bed, and the room was barely lit. Small candles were placed around the room, giving an eerily soft glow.

"Where the heck am I? How far am I from the house?"

Milly tried to move her legs, but she couldn't. She could barely move her arms, and sit up as it is. She laid back down with an exasperated sigh.

"I have to get out of here, but how?"

The door opened, and a tall muscular man of about thirty walked in. He had black hair, and brown eyes. He looked towards the bed, and saw that Milly was still asleep.

"She should wake up any second now. The drug was strong, but not that strong."

The man sat down on a chair in the corner of the room. He was going to sit and wait for Milly to wake up.

Back at the House...

"Vash! There is a note! Look!"

Meryl handed Vash the note, and his mouth dropped to the floor.

Vash the Stampede,

This is The Mazakon Gang. We have taken that little girlfriend of yours. She's pretty. I think I will have fun with her. If you want her, you will have to come and get her personally. In return for the girl, we want the bounty on your head. I'm sure the sheriff would gladly let me off the hook, if I bring you in. You will find us in Karsted City. When you get to the city find a bar called the Red Moon Saloon. Get a room there under the name, Erick Mandarin. We'll meet that way. If you do not check into the hotel in two days, we will kill the girl.

Vash dropped the paper.

"Damn it. Karsted city is at least a five-hour drive from here. I don't know that the car will make it, and the bus doesn't run to that town, because it's a town that doesn't have a plant. We can try to walk, but we won't make it there in two days. Shit!"

Vash slammed his fist on the floor. Knives stood up. His headache was gone, but he still felt a little dizzy.

"Knives? Where are you going?"

Meryl asked out of concern.

"I'm going to my room. Don't come and get me until you decide you hate humans, Vash. After all the things they have done to you, I'm surprised you can still live among these retched beings."

Knives stormed off to his room, leaving Vash and Meryl both at a loss for words.

Back in Karsted City...

Milly finally gave up. She opened her eyes, and noticed the figure in the corner.

"Hello. My name is Steven. I am the leader of this gang."

Milly couldn't believe it. It was the guy from the liquor store.

"Uh...Hi. I'm Milly. Where are we?"

Milly didn't see any reason to fight yet. After all, this man had done nothing so far that was menacing towards her. Well except for kidnapping her.

"We are just outside of Karsted City. Pretty little town we are in. We got bored in your small town, so we came here. We have been terrorizing these people for almost six hours now. And don't even think about running away, because we are far from Lupinta, and you wouldn't survive the walk back alone."

Milly sighed and nodded. She was really in trouble this time. And it looked like there was no way out of it either.