CHAPTER FOURE: THE VOICE
Two days later they finally arrived at a town in the north.
The two sat in bar not having anything better to do. And knowing Nick he'd be there anyways.
Maria, who was not drinking, looked around the room finally she found what she was looking for, a bathroom. Man it sucks having to go and you are in the middle of the dessert, so she held it in the whole time.
She got up and walked in.
When she came out two drunken men stood there smiling at her.
'Oh, man! I should of brought my gun'.
"Hey babe", on of them slurred out, "why don't you come with us".
"No I don't think so", Maria turned to leave the little hall with the bathrooms and an exit that left to the alley.
One of the men grabbed her by her arm to turn her around.
"Please sir, let go of my arm", she said trying to stay calm.
"No, we didn't say you could leave yet", the other slurred as he spoke.
The one holding on to Maria's arm put his other hand over her mouth and drug her outside.
"Why you creep let me go".
The two men laughed and the one closest to Maria pulled on her shirt.
She went to go kick him but the other held her down and took a switchblade out of his pocket.
"You jerk let me go".
She jumped hearing a gun shot. The man holding the switchblade was no longer holding it.
She looked to wear the gun shot came from and saw a man with tall spiky blond hair and a red trench coat.
She recognized the details and assumed he was Vash the stamped.
The men must of recognized them too because they ran of screaming Vash the stamped.
Nick came out hearing the gun go off and stopped dead in is tracks when he saw Vash.
"Hi", Vash said with his goofy smile.
Then his look was serious again and he turned to see a frightened Maria sitting on the ground close to tears.
"What happened?" Nick asked running to Maria's side.
She didn't answer and hugged him tightly.
He looked up at Vash waiting for him to answer since Maria didn't but before he could say Maria said something.
"I want to go back to the hotel there is horrible men here".
Nick looked down at her slightly confused and picked her up.
He carried her back to the hotel with Vash fallowing and sat her down on the couch next to him when they got there.
"Hey Vash, long time no see".
"I thought you were dead", Vash responded with a surprised look that he had since he first saw Nick at the bar.
"Yeah, I did too", he said scratching the back of his neck.
"You look familiar", Maria said calmed down more then she was. "Like somebody I've once known".
"You're starting to remember things now?" Nick asked.
She nodded and laid back on Nick, who put is arm around her.
"Are you okay", he asked her seeing she looked depressed.
"She didn't really have a good time at the bar"; Vash said looking down at them and then sitting down himself.
Nick was starting to get the hint, "what they do?"
She shrugged, "they didn't hurt me. They just scared me."
"How does Vash look familiar?" Nick asked trying to change the subject.
"He just does".
"Maybe it's because everybody knows what I look like, because I'm Vash the stamped", he laughed doing his goofy look.
"I'm going to go to the balcony and smoke because Maria don't like the cigarette smell. Want to come?" he asked Vash.
Vash nodded and fallowed Nick to the balcony.
Maria sat there thinking 'those men were creepy, but not as creepy and chapel was. I wonder if that means he would do something worse then that'.
She never liked chapel. The sad thing was she knew him longer than Nick and she was hopping chapel wouldn't tell him how either, of course the whole time she knew Nick she hopped chapel would never tell him.
" 'Don't worry'", a voice in her head said. That voice, oh how she longed for his voice. She knew whom it was, the only person who cared before Nick came along. Hearing his voice made her feel so much better, but knowing what he could do inside her mind made her worry.
She sat awhile hopping he wouldn't do no harm to anybody.
Maria felt his present no longer and sighed with relief.
She really wanted him there, but not to harm anyone.
She blinked away her tears and lied down and soon feels asleep.
Hehehe, so who is the voice in her head? Come on people you know. Tell me who you think it is and tell me what you think about this chapter.
