Author's Note: ALRIIIIGHT! It's time for some action! And lots of it, sorry, I had to rate it up for the gore and language in this chapter… I'm not a big fan of the language but… it was an added effect… I mean you don't hear bandits saying ah darn it…

Disclaimer: I do not own Trigun or FullMetal Alchemist… that's a bummer isn't it? But as an additive I do own Sora and the story line! LMAO!

Warning: Chapter contains grotesque and disturbing images, I'm being serious. Really, if you don't like gore then don't read this chapter, read the next, you won't have missed anything.

Chapter Four – One Life For Another…

Last Time –

"Did you see that?" Ed asked.

"It's what I didn't see that amazed me… I barely blinked and she was on top of you… Faster than the blinking eye… huh…" Vash put a hand beneath his chin.

Ed snuck up silently behind the building that Sora had described. He looked around and jumped up, grabbing a beam and silently swinging up on top of it. He perched there for a moment, a slight breeze blowing his hair from his face. He frowned downwards as he saw a few of the men sitting around talking. He listened in, silently swinging from beam to beam until he was close to them.

"Yeah, one of them's a little short guy, a pipsqueak." An anger mark appeared on Ed's head but he calmed down, trying to focus on the task at hand. 'Take them all quietly, don't make too much noise or you'll alert the others.' He remembered Sora's instructions. He crept closer along the beams.

"They won't try anything." Another said.

"How do you know? Especially after that show in the street?"

"Because, that was just a show, they did that thinking that if anything happened the others would help them… but otherwise… they're cowards." Ed almost jumped down at that comment, he was certainly no coward. He growled low in his chest.

"How can you be sure?"

"We can't but I am sure that since that man's traveling with a little kid-" Little Kid? That was what finally caused him to jump down amongst them, clapping his hands together, forming another long sharp blade out of his automail. He swung his hand around and spliced a man's skull, with the other hand he reached out and grasped another by the face, he squeezed and there was a splatter as his brain exploded inside his skull, crimson blood poured from his ears and eyes. Another one of the guards came up behind him and he swung around, his blade sliding cleanly through his stomach, his bloody innards spilling out. He fell back and a bullet flew past Ed's head, scraping his cheek. He frowned and turned to the man who had shot at him.

"Shoot again… go ahead." Ed told the terrified man coolly. He grinned as the man aimed at him again. Ed sprung towards him, his bladed hand digging into the man's chest, blood splattered on Ed's face and chest. He thrust his blade through his back, twisting his arm and jerking it back out. He panted heavily and stood. "That was easy." Out of nowhere a boot flew forward and slammed into Ed's chest cavity, he backed up and looked around for where it had come from. He heard a click, the click of the hammer of a gun being pulled back. He swung around just in time as the bullet flew into the port of his automail arm and ricocheted. He smiled and brought his hands up into an attack stance.

"Come on out… I know you're there." Ed smirked and he heard the cocking of a gun again. He swung his foot up behind him and heard a grunt. He turned around and grabbed the person by the collar and slammed their back against a support beam. "You shouldn't play a game with someone who's better than you…" He hissed. The person that had attacked him had been a pretty young girl about his age. He gasped.

"Please… please sir… don't kill me… please don't…" She pleaded with him, her hands wrapped around his powerful wrist.

"Why shouldn't I?" He growled and lifted the blade up to her throat. She struggled to get free.

"I'm begging you… please don't kill me." She begged, Ed saw her hand going to something in her pocket and quickly slid his blade into her neck, almost completely severing her head from her shoulders, blood spurting from the body, spraying him. He reached into her pocket and his eyes widened at what was in it… a simple pink ribbon, just a small pink ribbon like the ones in a child's hair. 'Jesus… what have I done?' Ed thought, 'She was one of the women from the village… it was a mistake… a mistake…' He couldn't cry, he knew he wouldn't but in his heart, he knew that this was just the beginning of worse things he had done. He ran off in the direction of Vash.

-30 minutes earlier-

Vash dashed behind a different building as he saw Ed jump up on top of a beam. He put his hand on his gun as he slowly opened the door. He looked around and saw the rest of the soldiers sitting around, some were asleep and others were just lying around. A few were standing watch with guns on their shoulders. Vash grimaced, this was going to be close but he'd faced worse. He slowly pulled out his gun and loaded it silently then clicked it back into place. The click of the hammer being pulled back seemed to alert the guards and they raised their weapons. Vash sighed, he was going to have to work fast. Then an idea struck him, perhaps if he pulled an Ed. He jumped up and grasped a beam with his hand and pulled himself up. He pulled out a knife and waited for the guards to come out. One stepped out into the light and Vash jumped down, sliding the sharp blade through the man's throat. He dropped the man onto the ground as blood poured from his arteries. Vash sighed as the other came out. He dragged the guard by his throat and stabbed the knife through his spine. He dropped the limp body onto the ground and walked in casually. Before he could think there were twenty men surrounding him. Vash gulped, as they were all holding weapons of some kind, guns and swords. He laughed nervously and gulped.

"Let's finish him off boys." One of them said.

"ME FIRST!" Ed jumped down from the rafters, landing with his back to Vash's. "Looks like I got here just in time to have a little fun." Ed grinned evilly. Vash looked over his shoulder at Ed.

"You know you really are a good guy… thanks for backing me up." He raised his gun as Ed took an attack stance.

"Now lets show 'em who they're messing with." Ed swung his arm over, slamming his entire arm through one of them then swung his left leg up and kicked another man. He pulled his arm from the soldier, blood splattering onto him again. Vash fired, taking down 5 different men then paused and hid behind Ed for a moment, reloading his gun. One of them swung his sword at Ed who jumped back but it caught his chest, tearing the top flesh and his shirt. He flinched slightly and sliced the man's throat with his sword, blood spraying all over everyone.

Sora crept along beside the men's building and her hand found the door handle, she had already taken out the two guards. She opened the door quietly.

"Hello?" She whispered and heard movement. As she walked up the stairs she almost vomited from the smell, she pulled her scarf over her nose. "My name is Sora Sinclair, I'm here to help you, please come out…" She called softly and opened the door at the top of the stairs, men and boys were crammed into one little room with the dead bodies in the middle of the floor. Men's bodies were oozing and maggots crawled on the dead, rotting flesh. Suddenly she heard a noise behind her and she pulled out her gun and fired, blasting Syke's lungs flat out of his back. His body slammed against the wall and she smiled… maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all…

Okay, I edited it… because I wanted to keep it under mature… yeah… so PLEASE! PEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!