Warning lights screamed from every crevice in the ship. Rem awoke with a start. What the—
Something was wrong, dangerously, nerve-wrackingly wrong. Her gut reaction was to check on the boys, but they were already there. Jesus, they moved so fast...
"What is it?" Vash's wide eyes were muddled brown in the crimson lights. "What's happening?"
"I don't know, honey, I—"
Something in Knives' expression caught her eye, made her swallow. A nasty gleam, the hint of a smirk. But no. Not Knives.
"You're bleeding." He was as surprised as she by the observation.
"Oh...I had an accident..."