A friend of mine pointed out one small thing I happened to overlook, so it will appear in each chapter of this story from here on out. If you can guess what it is, you get a cookie, but only the first right answer counts.

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Xanatos Enterprises, April 12th

As the sun set over the city, no one on the streets below could hear the roars of the gargoyles awakening from their stone sleep. Elisa watched as they stretched their bodies before getting down off of the ledge.

"Good evening Elisa," Goliath addressed her, "What brings you to the castle at this time?"

"Good news for once. That guy that Lexington saw was caught this morning. I didn't imagine it'd be so easy, but he had ended up stuck in front of Dominique Destine's mansion."

Goliath did not quite understand, but did not show it.

"Who?" Broadway asked as he stepped over.

"The CEO of Nightstone Unlimited. She apparently has a security system that rivals Xanatos' at her home, because he ended up stuck dodging around until the police arrived to arrest him. He did a heckuva number on most of the security though."

"What do you mean?" Angela asked.

By this point all of the gargoyles had become interested.

"Before he ended up caught there, Ms. Destine said there were over fifty laser turrets, but he reduced that to one by getting all of the lasers to fire at each other. That's not something you hear of every day. Still, when I saw him brought in, he didn't seem like a vigilante to me."

"So you're saying it might be someone else?" Lexington asked.

"I don't know. But we do know the name of the guy we have is......hey wait!"

Lexington was over at the ledge already.

"Don't worry, I'll just go see if it's the same guy I saw in the park, it's not like I'm going to get in trouble or anything."

Lexington then leapt off the tower and started to glide to the station. Brooklyn and Broadway looked over.

"....I don't know, what if this guy is bad news?" Broadway asked.

".......I guess we'd better go make sure he doesn't get into trouble like the time he got caught and displayed in Madison Garden."

Brooklyn and Broadway then jumped over the side and glided after Lexington.

".....Well, maybe it'd be a good idea if we had a better grasp of who the real vigilante is. We've had numerous reports of his sightings, some of which conflicted, so it'd help." Elisa figured.

"If this man is as you've said, then I sincerely hope that they aren't in any danger." Goliath told her.

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Police Station Alley, April 12th

Lexington looked into the third barred window in the alley. No one that even looked anything like the description or who he saw.

'This isn't looking good so far. There's only one window left.'

Lexington then froze when he heard trash cans banging around.

'Oh no, I don't want to be caught.'

Then he looked over, and stepped slowly towards the cans. He then heard something land behind him. He turned, and saw Brooklyn and Broadway.

"What are you...." Brooklyn started.

Lexington signaled them to be quiet, and pointed to the trash bins. The other two got the message, and also stepped slowly to the bins, when all three saw who their mysterious spy was.

"Meow."

They all sighed in relief when they saw a black cat with big yellow eyes pop out of a bin to look around.

"So much for that." said Broadway.

"Hey, who's out there?" Lexington heard a familiar voice say.

"That's the guy from the park I saw." Lexington whispered as the three pressed back against the station wall.

The cat then scampered over to the one window Lexington had yet to check, and up on piled up boxes, where two leather clad hands grabbed the cat gently.

"Meow!"

"Hey there little fellow, are you lost? I don't see a collar or a tag, so you must be all alone out there." the same voice said.

"He sure doesn't sound like some nutcase with guns to me." Brooklyn whispered to Lexington.

"HEY! SHUT UP YEH FREAK! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!!!" They heard someone inside shout.

"You know, yelling isn't always a good way to sort out ones problems. You could just ask me politely if I could speak not as loudly." The man who now had the cat said.

"JUST SHUT UP! I HAVE A HEADACHE!!! OWWW!!!"

"Well with the way you're shouting, I can see why..."

Broadway got curious, and looked into the window over him. He saw a sloppily dressed man staggering about in the cell. Broadway became scared when he saw the man look directly at him, and ducked back down.

"I must still be drunk!"

"Why?"

"Because I just saw the Jolly Green Giant off of those frozen veggie bags outside my window."

Lexington and Brooklyn ended up snickering.

"What? What's so funny?" Broadway asked them.

"Oh, nothing." Lexington told him.

"Yeah, I can't imagine how he took you for him." Brooklyn added.

"Hey, what are you doing with that cat?"

Lexington looked in the last window. There, he saw the same man he saw in the park, and a guard looking into his cell.

"He just came in through the window."

"Well I'm sorry, but no pets."

"But he's not my pet. He's homeless. See? No collar or tag."
"Just the same."

"All right then," The blonde man said, setting the cat down, "You go with the nice man, okay?"

"Meow?"

"I hardly think the cat can.........understand..........you?"

The guard then noticed the cat walk out of the cell through the bars meant only to hold larger beings, and rub up on the guard's leg.

"Er......I'm going to pretend I didn't see that, but how did you...."

"You just have to be kind with cats so they'll trust you. That and I think he's interested in the bit of my loaf of bread I tossed into your pants cuff to bribe him."

The guard sweatdropped.

"You did what? I didn't see that."

"You were watching the cat."

The guard then walked out, with the cat following. Lexington snickered as he ducked back down.

"Yeah, that's the guy all right."

"Okay, so now that we know, we'd better get started on our patrol." Brooklyn reminded him.

"All right, can I ask who else is out there? I heard you guys talking the whole time."

Brooklyn, Lexington, and Broadway sweatdropped, then quickly climbed up the other building, and leapt off to glide back to the castle. Soon Vash looked out his window.

"......Guess I was either hearing things or they left in an awful hurry."

"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!!!!!"

Vash then sighed at the drunkard's continual shouting....

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"I can't believe the guy heard us. I hope he didn't spot us, who knows what kind of trouble we'll get in." Lexington muttered.

"Uh, guys....." Brooklyn started.

"Relax, it's not like anyone will believe him. It'll be like that guy that thought I was that Jolly Green Giant just because I......Hey!" Broadway interrupted unintentionally.

"Guys...."

"Well, it looks like you finally caught on to that joke." Lexington said, starting to laugh.

"Guys....."

"Well that's not....."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Then Broadway and Lexington looked back to what looked like a light show in the alley they just came from.

"Now do you guys see what I was trying to tell you?" Brooklyn told them as he dove to the alley.

"This isn't good." Lexington commented as he and Broadway dived to the alley as well.

"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU WANT WITH ME!?!?!?!?!" Vash shouted, still dodging the laser fire that had blasted his cell wall apart.

"You've ruined good business deals of ours. Now that we finally found you, we're going to kill you." a well dressed person in the group said.

"Then leave these people out of this! You don't have to kill them!"

Vash was upset that they disregarded who got in the way as they fired. The cell behind Vash was Swiss cheese now, as was the woman that was previously in it. The guards rushed in now.

"Trying to escape?"

"NO! AAHH!!! HONEST!!!! WHOA!!! ASK THEM YOURSELVES IF THEY'LL STOP SHOOTING!!!!"

Vash then dodged one last blast that threw the door on his cell across the room. Vash immediately rushed to a guard.

"Can I borrow this for a sec? Thanks!" Vash told the guard and ran outside through the wall that was blasted open.

"Huh?" The guard wondered, as he checked his person. The gun on his shoulder holster was gone.

"Hey!"

By this time the gargoyle trio was over the gang on the opposite building.

"What do they want with him?" Broadway asked.

"I have no......what on earth?" Lexington said, then barely stuttered.

Down below, the gang leader's laser pistol was shot out of his hand, and they saw the red coated vigilante rush out WAY too fast. They could see after images of him briefly as he grabbed the laser pistol while it was still airborne, and rolled past. The guards got out in time to see Vash spin around, and blast the guns of the other thugs, melting some with his newly acquired laser pistol, and shooting the others out of their hands. They all were panic stricken, staring at Vash like he was the Devil himself, and the gargoyles were shocked, jaws hanging open.

"You can have this back mister!" Vash said to the guard he borrowed the gun from as he chucked it over to him.

The guard caught it, and saw Vash kick an unmelted laser pistol up into his now empty hand.

"Okay guys, are you going to behave from now on?" he asked them.

"YES!!! HOLY CRAP!!! DON'T SHOOT US!!!!"

The police then placed handcuffs on the entire gang, the leader of the attack, a well-dressed businessman with a black ponytail and blue eyes, glaring at Vash.

"Wow....that was fast!" Brooklyn exclaimed.

The police then stepped slowly towards Vash, who was fiddling with the two laser pistols in his hands.

"Wow, I could use these. They have a stun setting right here! Now how do I actually set it?"

Then all the police dived at Vash. It looked like they'd grab him, when suddenly they were heading at thin air and crashed into trash cans.

"Oh, I'm sorry guys, were you trying to catch me?" Vash asked, now a good three feet to the left of where he was before.

"God, this guy's fast!"

Vash then finally set the laser pistols to stun.

"Hey guys, can I ask a favor? Can I please have the stuff you took away from me back? That cross and everything in it belonged to a close friend of mine, and the handgun was a 'gift'."

Vash didn't mention it was given to him by Knives, who wanted him to kill people with it. Besides, Knives was a faint dream now.

"Are you CRAZY! Look what you did!" An officer pointed to the wall.

"Actually, those crazy thugs did it." Lexington muttered.

"Gee, I'm sorry about that, I seem to be a magnet for trouble. I guess there's a good reason people call me a Localized Human Disaster."

The officers all had looks of disbelief.

"They call you THAT? I can see why."

"Another name people call me is the Humanoid Typhoon, but I just prefer my own name, which is Vash. Some people tack on 'the Stampede' after that though, so I guess even that sounds like a bad name, doesn't it?" Vash said, a sheepish grin on his face, rubbing the back of his head with his right hand, which still held a laser pistol.

"Vash the Stampede?" one officer asked, "I can see why, it looks like a herd of buffalo came through here!"

"So his name is Vash, eh?" Brooklyn noted.

".....You know what, I never thought of that name THAT way, but yeah, I have to agree with you there.....I'm still sorry by the way."

"It still doesn't fix the wall you blew to bits."

"Uh, actually, they blew it up, but they were after me, so I guess you COULD say I did it, but it wouldn't be entirely honest."

A couple of the officers were getting a bit annoyed. Then a blue car pulled up to the station.

"Back here!" A guard shouted.

Then Elisa came back into the alley. Vash smiled and waved.

"Hello!"

Elisa just looked around.

"How on earth did he do this?"

"Well, I was just minding my own business inside when these guys I ruined some black market weapons deals with...."

"Never-mind that, inside now, explain later!"

"Whatever you say...."

"AND PUT THOSE DAMN GUNS DOWN!!!!"

Vash looked in his hands.

"Whoops, forgot I still had these." Vash said as he dropped them. They accidentally discharged, blasting the building the gargoyles were on. The wall began to topple.

"WHOA!!!" Brooklyn yelped.

"LOOK OUT!!!!" Lexington shouted.

"HOLY CRAP, RUN!!!!!!" Vash shouted as he ran towards the police and tackled some out of the wall of the falling wall.

The police did run, as did Elisa, as the alley became a pile of rubble. As the dust cleared, there was no sign of the gargoyles. The police, unaware they were in there, turned to Vash and gave him death glares.

"Whoops, that time I did cause it, here, I'll help pick up."

Vash walked over to the mess, and began picking up some of the mess. The police groaned.

"Is it just me or does this guy just seem to have a really bad luck streak?" One asked.

"He DID say the reason he was in Destine's yard was because he got lost."

"He still blew up her security," an officer said, starting to count off on his fingers, "got our station's east wall blow apart, decimated the building next door, and is charged with weapon possession without a licensed registration to use or own them."

Vash looked back.

"Wait, I need what?"

He blinked as he saw the officers become frightened and run into the station. The Rem-look-a-like in his opinion, Elisa, looked concerned.

"What?" Vash asked as he looked back, and stared face to face with something that had a big green face.

Broadway had sat up out of the rubble, and was now staring Vash eye to eye. They were silent, until Vash then screamed loudly and ran off like lightning. Brooklyn and Lexington got up to, and Elisa ran over.

"Are you guys all right?"

"Nothing a good day's sleep won't cure," Brooklyn told her, rubbing his head, "What happened?"

"That vigilante dropped his weapons, which ended up blasting down the building. Now he took off after seeing Broadway."

"Ouch. Any idea where to?" Lexington asked.

"None. Here, I'll help you guys out of there."

Elisa gave Lexington a hand to help him out of the mess, and Broadway got out, being at the edge of the mess and not buried much. Brooklyn grumbled as he was getting himself up, and was quite surprised to see a leather clad hand held out to help. He looked up and saw Vash's face.

"Huh?"

"Need help?" Vash asked.

Elisa, Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington blinked.

"But you just...." Broadway started.

"I know, I ran, but I came back to save R-......er, her, and since I saw she seems to be friends with you, then you guys can't be bad at all."

Brooklyn looked at Vash's hand, then accepted the help up. Vash assisted Brooklyn into standing up. That's when they noticed that he had the cross back, still carrying it with one hand over his back.

"So you guys do know I didn't mean to knock down the building you were on, right?" Vash asked.

"......Er......."

Vash frowned a bit.

"O-kay then....."

Vash then saw two intact laser pistols. He set the cross down, it standing upright, as he picked them up.

"Considering some things I've been through, these might come in handy." He said as he opened the cloth wrap on the cross. It opened up, revealing the sleek metal cross. Vash pressed a switch on it, opening the weapons compartments. While he was checking everything, the others were talking.

"Geez, my ears are still ringing from that." Brooklyn complained.

"We'd better leave here fast before the others come back." Elisa warned.

"I totally agree with you. For one, I don't seem to be too popular with the people around here." Vash chimed in.

They looked to Vash, who was swapping out a gun on the end of each arm of the cross for the acquired laser pistols. Then he closed the compartments, and looked at the two pistols in his hands.

"I would hate to get rid of these. They were Wolfwood's.......but I hardly use guns like these."

Then Vash walked over to Elisa, and handed her the pistols.

"Here."

"Wait, what?" Elisa wondered.

"For protection."

Elisa remained silent as Vash wrapped the cloth around the cross and replaced the black straps holding the cloth on. Then he once again was carrying the cross over his shoulder.

"So can I come with you guys for now, because I still can't find my way back to my apartment."

The three gargoyles sighed.

"Oh boy. I'm afraid what he might end up doing if we do take him along. Besides, we just met him. He might be trying to get our trust to hurt us." Lexington reasoned.

"I don't know why, but for some reason.......I can't possibly imagine he'd try to hurt us." Elisa told them.

"I get that same feeling." Brooklyn added.

"Aw come on guys, I promise I won't tell! Besides, who would believe me anyway?" Vash argued.

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Xanatos Enterprises, April 12th, nearly midnight.

"Wow, this place sure is big! Wow!"

Elisa rolled her eyes. For someone carrying an arsenal on their back, he was easily impressed. She still had no idea how she could just tell he could be trusted. It was just like he......like he was different from any other person.

"Excuse me. Detective Maza."

Elisa looked over to Owen. He had just entered the main hall of the castle part of the building.

"May I inquire as to the identity of your guest?" He asked, in his ever-lasting monotone voice.

"Oh, me? Just call me Vash." Vash said as he looked to him, then back to a tapestry.

"I shall inform Mr. Xanatos of this guest. May I ask if he is acquainted with our....more reclusive company?"

"He is." Elisa replied.

"I see.....Mr. Xanatos will be with you shortly."

Owen then walked off to find his employer, David Xanatos.

"I just hope bringing you here wasn't a mistake." Elisa told Vash.

"You mean because you don't think you can trust me, or because of the trouble that seems to follow me?" Vash asked.

"Both, but mostly the latter. I'm half-expecting you to sneeze and end up bringing down the entire building considering what I've heard." Elisa joked.

"Well it wasn't my fault those guys wanted to kill me.........or the building being blasted down, that was an accident.........or the time Bad Dynamites Neon tried to split the Sand Steamer in half......."

"When who tried what?" Elisa asked.

Vash realized what he said.

"Oh, nothing, just thinking of the past."

Vash then set the cross on his back up against a wall.

"Can I ask you a question?" Elisa asked Vash.

"You mean the one you just did, or another one?"

"Another one. Back at the station, this morning you called me 'Rem', and before we came here, you almost did so again. Why?"

Vash frowned, and looked down.

"Because you remind me of someone I knew."

"I see....."

Vash then continued to look at the tapestry.

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So how's this for an update?