Trigun is owned by Yasuhiro Nightow.
Flight or Fight?
The next day Millie, Nick, Stella and Knives wandered the town. They had, after Millie had tried to wake Vash and Meryl, decided that wondering would be a good excuse to get out of the house. They began to hear the muffle moans from both Meryl and Vash, which turned Knives' stomach, and made Stella red in the face. While Nick silently rooted for Vash and Millie continued to smile.
They had been gone late into the afternoon eating a late lunch at the only café. Stella paid for her room that Millie and Nick had used the night pervious. Millie and Nick talked of idle things, family, friends, childhood, and the children at the orphanage. Millie attached herself to Nick's arm not daring to let him out of her grasp. She secretly feared that fate would once again deem him removable from her life. Nick didn't care. He loved his big girl and it didn't matter that she held on to him so, if she felt better so be it.
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Knives watched the couple most of the day, his mind working at double speed. How had it that mere days after his battle with Vash, he, Millions Knives was fraternizing with spiders? But whenever Stella looked to him he forgot his malcontent, and simply placed all his attention on her. Even though he loathed spiders they had brought him and his mate together so he had to give them sum sort of credit though grudgingly given.
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Stella could see Knives continuing discontent with humans, but there was no way that he could remove them from the planet and why would he? They could be such wonderful creatures, just like Meryl's friend Millie. Stella was amazed at how much the big girl knew by instinct but never knew herself. She always seemed to say the right things at the right times, and there was no questioning her loyalty to Meryl.
Then Stella spotted a donut booth and pulled Knives toward it. She knew one way to appease Vash, and other then Meryl naked under him; donuts would do just as well. Stella feared that she had upset him the night before with her little display of affection to Knives and this would show that they shared love for each other's sibling.
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Millie and Nick stood to the side as the two plants bought donuts when they over heard a few of the villagers talking.
"Hey Carl you hear that the medical company Seed something is looking for a pair of delinquents?"
"Nope, nothing Ray, why should I care?" answered Carl, his grizzly hair covering most of his face. His friend shook his head and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Well Carl you should. They are the two women that came with that murder, Vash the Stampede." Answered Ray, He looked just slightly cleaner then his friend; at least his straw like hair was groomed.
"Well I'll be damned, is the company asking for a reward?" Carl's eyes began to sparkle with the thought of money.
"Oh hell ya, a pretty sum. I've already called it in." Ray chuckled, his eyes gleaming with the knowledge of easy money. "They'll be coming with a team tonight."
Millie and Nick stood still for a moment, fear paralysing them. Then all of a sudden Nick's instincts kicked in and he pulled Millie toward Stella and Knives.
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"God damn it woman, how many of these things are you intending on buying?" Knives grumbled his arms full of donuts.
"Enough to state your brother, I think I kind of upset him the first day I was here." Stella passed over some money just as Millie and Nick came bounding up to them.
"Stella!" cried Millie as she threw herself into Stella's arms. "Stella they came for you. Their here…"
Stella stood there a moment blinking, not really registering what Millie was saying. Then Nick spoke up.
"We heard them. Seed is looking for you. Some of the towns' people called them. They'll be here soon we have to leave."
Knives glared at Nick and the donuts in his arms shook slightly. "Damn spiders, how dare they?"
Stella taking a deep breath said, "We have to go back Meryl needs to think of something." And without any further ado she strolled away with Millie still clutching her. The men had no other choice but to follow.
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Vash and Meryl were still very naked by the time everyone came back. They were lying tangled together when Stella knocked on the door.
"What is it?" bemoaned Meryl her libido already starting back up again. While Vash who lay under her grinned up at her, knowing full well why she was upset about the interruption.
"We need to go Meryl." Came Stella's voice. Meryl made a small motion to get up and answer the door when she heard Knives from the other side groan and kick the door open. What a sight he saw then. Meryl was half way out of the bed, the blanket that covered the lovers barely covering her chest from prying eyes. Vash as well sat up right his scarred chest bare to the world. Meryl gasped and threw herself back into Vash's arms and the safety of the blanket.
"What the hell Knives! Can't you at least wait for me to open the door?" screamed Meryl from her nest in Vash's arms.
"We have things to discuss." He said and sat down on the adjoining bed.
Millie entered with her arms full of the glazed goodness that Stella had bought for Vash. She set them on the bedside table and sat at the desk. Nick entered after and stood beside Millie. Stella was the last one to enter and her gaze fell heavily on Meryl.
"Meryl…they found us. Seed has found us."
Meryl pulled away from Vash and looked hard at Stella. "What do you mean? Are they searching for us?"
Just as that comment left Meryl's throat they heard a yell from the street. 'They're here'. Meryl gritted her teeth and sat up fully. "We need to leave…now."