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Trigun-Spirit of Fire
Chapter 10
Before the Final Counter

Raye stood next to the window looking out at the desert lands seeing small figures heading toward the place that she was being held at. Turning away she gazed back toward the door that Knives always came in and out of. She was confused, hurt, and now hungry. Sure the man came with food every once and a while, but it had been quite a while since he came, probably six hours. A growl came from her stomach as she gazed down.
"..There has to be something I can do.." She muttered glancing around. Of course that had been the third of forth time she had said that in the past three hours. Sighing she leaned on an arm flicking a pebble away from her that sat near her left knee. "..He could at least bring food if he's going to keep me locked up here."

Vash dodged the bullets that had been aimed at him from high above. It meant only one person could have possibly shot them at him. Grinding his teeth he glared up near the top of the towering fortress seeing a shadowed figure and a glint of a gun as sun light had hit it.
"..Knives..." He hissed loading his gun once more and aiming it near Knives, trying to scare the man from stopping this relentless game they had going. It had been like this for the past three hours.
At first Vash thought it was going to be hard to get inside as he gazed at the shadowed pillar that rose from the desert that laid before him. As they drew closer he had thought himself wrong in that assumption. There wasn't any gates or walls to hold them out, actually at the base there was a set of giant doors, open. To Vash it looked like the doors had been tore off, probably from his brother, but gone non the less. All they needed to do was get inside. Once inside they could hide, well he could. He really didn't want to drag Serena, the princess Raye had told him about, into it all. He had actually told all the woman to stay behind about a few iles back.
Now he realized his mistake thinking it was going to be easy to get inside. Knives had did that to bait him to do something stupid, which he had done. He held his right side to try and stop the bleeding as he aimed his gun up as the gunfire from above had halted for a few seconds and sent a few more bullets his direction.
Knives held a grin upon his features as he loaded his gun stepping back from the window he was using quickly. Loading his gun again he stepped forward sending more bullets toward his brother once more. Vash had to be dead. If he was going to get anywhere with the plan to use the woman locked in the back to destroy man kind, Vash had to be gone. He could read her thoughts and she was devoted to his brother now. A frown came upon Knives's features as he thought about that. How the heck could a woman, who hardly knew him, be so devoted. Aiming once more he sent a few more bullets flying, hoping to kill his brother.
Vash sighed in frustration as he ducked behind an old collapsed wall loading his gun again. How the heck was he going to get inside!
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" A voice called out from somewhere. Vash turned his head to see that a strange unnatural mist was beginning to cover the area. He wondered if this was some strange ploy of his brothers to try and confuse him. "Vash!" Amy's voice called out then to him.
Frowning he sighed agrivatedly as he heard footsteps coming toward him, probably all the woman.
The steps slowed to just walking as figures came out of the mist at him. Serena and Amy where in the front dressed in strange outfits that Raye had wore that time she had shot out the arrow of fire. Behind them followed Meryl and Milly their guns drawn.
"Come on Vash," Serena said. "The fog won't last long especially in this environment." As the girl said that the fog did begin to disappear back into the atmosphere.
Gunfire from above made everyone fall to the ground.
"I told you guys to stay behind!" Vash said leaning up against the wall then quickly leaning up and shooting a few off toward the window.
"We can't let you go by yourself even if you where mean to Meryl Mr. Vash, right?" Milly said turning her head slightly to the shorter insurance woman who sighed and nodded.
"We don't need anything big happening," Meryl sighed. "If we don't do our jobs we'll get fired and I must say I don't want that...even if I don't want to look at you right now."
Vash sighed. There wasn't going to be anyway he could just leave them all. They where all very stubborn.
"Come on Vash, lets get going!" Serena said. "Amy, mist us again!"
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Amy yelled as the mist started surrounding them once more, causing the gunfire Knives was sending to stop.
"Lets go!" Serena shouted running in the direction she had seen the doors last. Vash stood up and rushed after the girl who held a weird stick in her hand. He could hear the foot steps of Milly and Meryl behind him following close range since the fog was thick. Soon he found himself staring at the metal walls of the fort with Serena standing not to far ahead waiting for him.
"If we hadn't helped you you would still be fighting with him," Serena said smiling and giving the sign of victory. "Now it's only a few more steps till we get Raye back."
"That was nuts!" Vash said grabbing his head and looking all worried. "You guys don't know Knives like I do."
"O come on Vash," Amy said coming from behind him. "Knives couldn't see though that and we made, it did we not?"
"...so?" Vash sighed looking at all the woman around him now. "I really didn't want you guys coming along."
"Why not Mr. Vash?" Milly asked behind me. "We can help out."
"..Because.." He sighed rubbing the side of his head. He really didn't want to explain to Meryl and Milly that Serena was an actual princess and if his brother ended up killing her Earth as we knew it would be doomed. He glanced back at Meryl and Milly and sighed. "Because guys this is my fight since it is my brother."
"..It's also Raye," Serena said. "And we're her friends. I for one won't let you go alone." Serena nodded then smiling. "Besides you need help anyway."
Vash sighed once more. If she did get killed it would be his fault, but she wasn't going to go away any time soon.
"I want you guys to keep back though, like I said before, you don't know my brother," Vash stated. "I don't want to be responsible for any of your deaths."
"Don't be so morbid Mr. Vash, we can all take care of ourselves," Milly smiled. Then her face grew serious. "Now lets go get Miss Raye back!" Everyone else nodded around him and he sighed shrugging and giving up. Really though there was no turning back now.

Setting the bar down quietly Raye glanced at the door behind her and looked forward at the small gap she had created finding a loose bar in the group. Stepping up she walked out on the ledge outside her window. First thing she noticed was the wind howling as high as she was. Her hair flew around her a bit.
Raye looked down noticing exactly how far away she was from the ground. She was at least seven stories off the ground. Cursing herself for not having her transformation pen she continued on slowly on the ledge. Falling that far in her civilian form could...what would kill her instantly. At least in her sailor fuku she might make it out of the fall alive at least. Turning her head she saw a window not to far away and continued to scoot down there, despite the pain she was still feeling. She hadn't fully yet recovered from the attack she had taken on. Turning slightly she peaked in the window and found herself smiling. Nobody was around. Finally a little luck had been handed to her. Turning to move to the window she didn't see the loose pebbles upon the ledge...

Vash glanced about forcing himself to be the leader of the group, gun drawn as he continued down the hallway slowly.
"..I could just scan..." Amy muttered but Vash cut her off waving his hands. He had heard something up ahead. It could be his brother coming down from where he was up above to attack them in the hallways.
There was a weak cough that echoed through the hallway making Vash drop his gun. For one Knives would never cough like that, and another it was weak. That could mean only one person was walking down the hallway.
"....Raye.." Vash muttered rushing forward turning a corner to see the scout of fire leaning against a wall weakly holding her right shoulder.
Raye looked up hearing foot steps she was afraid that Knives had figured out she had escaped and came looking for her but was pleasantly surprised to see Vash standing there wide eyed and staring at her in shock.
She had fallen off the ledge as she was going to enter the window. She had fallen back. Luckily her scout instincts had taken affect and her right hand flew out grabbing another ledge...though pulling her arm clear out of the socket from the force of the fall. Somehow she had managed to climb up on the ledge and a window was right there so she fell through it. Thats what had led her here.
"..Vash.." She said weakly falling forward.
He was instantly there catching her, seeing how badly she really looked. Tears began to welt up in his eyes as he gazed at her sleeping form. Serena and Amy rushed up from behind him followed by Milly and Meryl. Serena sighed though worried about her friend.
Amy instantly pulled out her computer and scanned the girl.
"..A dislocated shoulder and her body is under a lot of stress...besides that she seems to be fine," Amy smiled looking at Serena and then turning her focus on Vash. Then something on her screen of the computer started to blink. Frowning she tapped a few buttons and glanced up fear written all over her face. "Knives is heading this way!"
Vash looked about. Quickly he turned and handed Raye over to Milly who used her strap on her stun gun to set it aside so she could.
"Meryl, Milly, please listen to me for once!" He stated. "You two have to get out of here.."
Meryl opened her mouth to protest but Milly shushed her up.
"Vash is right Meryl, we need to get Miss Raye out of here and right now we are the only ones who really can't help Mr. Vash."
"..But.." Meryl said but before she could say anything else she was pushed away by Vash as Milly began to rush toward the exit once more. Turning Vash's eyes fell upon the two woman who he wanted also gone but knew there was no way he could get them to go. Besides they could defend themselves hopefully if Knives did try to attack. Turning his head he could now hear echoes of footsteps coming down the hallway. Amy's computer was correct. His brother was coming.