Jackie; So here I am, at 3am, writing fanfiction and planning my Nashville trip. I won some recording time at a studio in Nashville while competing in a contest here near my home town. I can't wait. I think it will be lots of fun.

DISCLAIMER; I don't own trigun.

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Vash was quiet all morning. Even after they picked up Millie and Wolfwood he was quiet. Wolfwood kept eyeing him like he was a time bomb getting ready to explode. Meryl had convinced Wolfwood to take the backseat next to him instead of her. Wolfwood didn't look happy about it. As Meryl drove Millie leaned over and whispered into Meryl's ear, "Did you guys have a fight, Sempai?"

"I, well…" Meryl started, "Sort of."

"What happened?" Millie asked.

"I'll tell you later," Meryl answered.

"Okay," Millie said.

They spent the rest of the rip in absolute silence.

They arrived at Mira's house around noon. The three other passengers nearly leapt out of the car to escape the tension. They had to hold back from running as Mira opened the door to let them in. Mira greeted them warmly, but as Vash approached, even Mira's mood seemed to falter. Knives looked at his twin, blinked, and said, "Rough night?"

Meryl winced waiting for the answer, but Vash merely shook his head no. Knives shook his head and said, "Well, then come in. We have a lot to discuss."

The group sat around the table and Knives opened the envelope Vash had retrieved. Knives reached inside and pulled out some of the papers.

"These are my accounts," Knives started, "Over my long life I have amassed a great deal of human wealth. I did this mainly to fund my hunt of you, Vash."

Knives put down forty different account statements, and let the others gape at the large balances on them. Knives let it sink in before saying, "Makes the bounty on you look small, doesn't it."

"That's for sure," Vash breathed out in awe.

"I'm splitting it with you," Knives said, "Six equal shares."

The whole table gasped. Knives pulled out a second set of papers and said, "You can do with it what you wish, but I ask you to consider this…"

Knives set out two diagrams and pointed to one of a sister angel. Knives explained, "I've had a great deal of time to study our sisters, Vash."

If one was extremely lucky. One in a million people may see the forebody of a plant angel once in a generation. Most likely, being human, a person had absolutely no idea what existed on the other side of the glass. To see the full angel form in complete detail was a fascination to every person at the table besides the two brothers.

The fore body looked human with massive wings. From there on it was almost unrecognizable. A mass of tangled baby-like bodies with small undeveloped wings and no visible head, extended from its back. After that was a second pair of adult sized human-looking legs. Extending from the second pair of legs like a misshapen tail was a large bulbous appendage. This final portion looked like the third section of a wasp's body, sharpening to a point much like a stinger, and was responsible for half of the plants size.

"Plant babies!" Millie chirped pointing at the baby-like structures.

Knives laughed lightly and said, "In a sense. They are called buds. Most of our sisters are ripe with hundreds of buds. Some of the plants simply cannot survive outside of the bulbs. Those need to be moved to new plant bulbs, and, I'm hoping, that some of these children will have the potential to be free born. Then I can teach them all they need to know to terraform this poor environment."

"New plants," Meryl breathed, "I'm sure I don't have to say what that will mean for this world."

The second diagram seemed to be a picture of a plant bulb and the necessary support structure. Knives nodded to Meryl. He pulled out a folded sheet of paper and unfolded it. He laid out the large blue print as he said, "This factory, which I plan to build, will help me do this work. It is essential for me to have you, Vash, to help… I had planned for us to do this alone, but now that I know there are at least some humans worth trusting, I hope you all will help us too."

Everyone stared at Knives, then back at each other. Millie was the first to pipe up and say, "Count me in!"

The rest agreed.

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Jackie; I get the description of a plant angel from the comic book on which the cartoon is based. Gotta go practice singing!