Chapter three: Earth's Evolution

"Damn how in the hell did those guys find me?" Vash shouted out loud to himself. "Easy. You left a trail for them to follow." Said a voice from out of no where. "What the?" Vash looked around the cockpit, he didn't see anybody. "Up here." Spoke the voice again. Vash raised his head slowly. His eyes feel upon a machine. "Hi there!" Vash watched the small little screen; a smiley face was on it. "AHHH!" was the only sound that came from Vash. "No need to be frighten." Vash was still looking up at the smiley face screen. It was about .5m long and .7m wide. The frame around it was black, it match the interior.

"Who. What are you?" questioned Vash. "MONO." answered the machine. "That's a weird name." Vash said quietly. "It's not a name. I'm a Machine Operation Navigation of Outer space." replied the machine. "And you are?" "My name is Vash.." Vash said proudly. "Well Mr. Vash care to tell me where former flyer of this ship is at?" Vash's mind flashed back to the guy dressed in the black suit and slicked back hair. "Oohh..He let me borrow his ship. Heh. Vash said in a nervous voice, he wasn't for sure if the machine would believe him or not.
Three dots and a question mark appeared on the screen. "He didn't tell me that he was going to let one of his friends borrow his ship. Did he tell you all 'bout the ship already?" "I hope this mono doesn't find that I am lying." Vash thought. "...no. I was in a really big hurry and he didn't have time to explain." Vash's voice still sounded a bit nervous. "Oh well do you want to tell you 'bout it?" asked the machine in a polite voice t Vash. The machine voice sounded almost human but it had this small beeping to it. "Sure." Vash put on his happy face. "Maybe it will tell me of this ship has a weapon on it..." Vash thought until the machine started to talk.

"The Red Devil is interplanetary trawler. It 139m long, 65m wide, 46.1m in height and it weighs 15600tons." Vash was astonished at the weight of the ship. "It was large engines, installed so its great for bounty-hunting and I am installed with a supercharged commutation system." "What about weapons?" Vash asked in a non-hostile manner. "It has a laser cannon attached on the underside of the ship, four wing- mounted machine guns, all automatic and a magnetic clamp. The main engine is a nuclear fusion aero-spike. The Red Devil is able to phase between Earth and Mars in 13hours and 55 minutes."

"Phase?" questioned Vash. "Phase Different Space. You see the science of Spatial Alternation Dynamics have this theory that our universe, phases in and out of existence. In other words it blinks on and off every 1/48th second. Their hypothesis, our existence disappears every 1/48th second. Were replaced by another dimension, momentarily this is known as Phase Different Space. PSD is 1/240th the size of our own universe therefore it's possible to travel 240times as fast with in it, well if your able to enter it you can. Devices known as Phase Different Space Gates, if you enter them you are able to reduce your times if you are traveling from Earth to Mars or Mars to Earth. You can also deliver vast amounts to distance planets, such as sunlight. This process is known as terraforming"

"Oh.that explains why there are no highways on Earth." Vash said in small tone. He was still trying to comprehend what the mono just said. "Highways are things of the past. They went out in the 20th centaury." Vash looked away from the machine, and looked at the window. He saw Earth and a whole of stars. "Wow. It looks so peaceful from up here." Vash spoke in a kind- hearted voice. Vash seemed to go into a daydream when the mono interrupted it. "Vash, exactly where are we headed?" Vash snapped from the day dream and answered. "I suppose we can head to Mars." Vash wanted to get away from Earth. The bounty on his head must be growing larger and larger every second.

"Spike have you heard anything else about this Vash fellow?" Jet called from the cockpit. "Not a word." He stared blankly at Big Shot. They where talking about a small fry bounty, some kid hacked into a Machine Arms building and managed to steal some of there new machines blue-prints that they kept on the computer. "Where's Faye Faye?" Ed asked in a sleepy voice. Ein was curled up next to her. "Taking a shower." Spike answered. "Heh, look at the broom head bounty!" Ed said excitedly.

Spike darted his back to Big Shot. They were talking about, Vash the Stampede. "So he stole an interplanetary trawler." Spike said in a low whisper. Ed jumped on the sofa next to Spike. They both listened about the weapons on board and mono that was installed into it. "JET!" spiked yelled. "What?" Jet answered back. "He stole an interplanetary trawler and its load with automatic machines guns and a laser gun? "An interplanetary trawler. Why did he steal that ship?" Jet asked. "The main engine is a nuclear fusion aero-spike."

"So the ship is suited for bounty-hunting." Jet said. Ed stared at Spike with wide eyes. "The red devil?" She asked quietly. "Ed has seen that ship before!"