Again, I apologize for what I'm about to do :). Thanks for R&R, I really appreciate it.


The next day they drove in silence, both lost in their own thoughts as the sun beat down on them.

"Do you really know where we're going?" Wolfwood asked.

"I have a general idea," Vash replied and Wolfwood sighed he was about to respond when they heard a loud crack and the front right tire of the jeep blew, causing them to swerve to the left.

"What the hell?" Wolfwood cried, gripping the seat and door as Vash fought for control. They finally came to a stop and looked at each other.

"That sounded like..." Vash started to say before they heard another crack and the passenger side mirror exploded.

"Shit!" they both cried and jumped out of the jeep on the drivers side and hid behind it, Wolfwood grabbing his Cross Punisher.

"Chapel!" a voice called and Vash and Wolfwood looked at each other. "Bring the Humanoid Typhoon out here and we'll turn him over to his brother together."

"Who is he talking to, I killed Chapel," Vash said and instinctively ducked when another shot hit the jeep. He looked over at Wolfwood and saw a guilty look on the other man's face. "Nick?" he asked wearily.

"Come on Chapel, let's get a move on," the voice called again.

"Oh God," Vash whispered. "You weren't just a traveling priest were you?"

"Vash you need to hear me out," Wolfwood started to say and was hurt by the pain and the betrayal he saw on Vash's face.

"No," Vash said. "Maybe it's better this way, I'll get to my brother a lot sooner." With that Vash handed Wolfwood his six-shooter but Wolfwood just stared at it.

"You can't just give up like this!" Wolfwood cried and Vash glared at him.

"Sure I can... Chapel," he said coldly and dropped the gun in the sand and stood up, hands raised. Wolfwood was about to say something when three people rounded the front of the jeep and he stared in shock. Kain the Longshot, Dominique the Cyclops and Midvalley the Hornfreak all stood there looking at the two.

"What...?" was all Wolfwood could say.