"Gone? Vash what do you mean 'gone'!" Knives glared at his brother in disappointment.
"Meryl is gone and so is Harmony. There's no note of sign of where they left to." The twin stated as calmly as he could.
"Damn it, Vash! You don't just lose a human being! Let alone two!" Knives stopped talking, suddenly running his way down the hall to Milly's room. "Woman, wake up!"
"The tall woman raised out of bed, rubbing her eyes sleepily. "Huh, what?" She mumbled, looking up at Knives.
"That child and your friend are gone."
"What!" Milly immediately jumped out of bed, grabbing clothes. "We have to go! We've got to find them! I've got to change! Where's my gun?" She looked around a second more before tossing her clothes on the bed, and proceeding in taking off her pajamas.
Knives' jaw dropped. She didn't even know he was still there! Noticing the spectacle before him was not meant to be see, his eyes diverted their attention from her half clothed body, but he was unable to relieve the tinge of pink that had appeared on his cheeks.
"Hurry up." He stated, trying to ignore his own embarrassment. "We're leaving."
"Harmony, where are we going?" Meryl asked, being pulled down the road by a fourteen-year-old.
"I have something to show you." The young girl said, turning back at her while running with Meryl's wrist in her hand.
"It's almost 5 a.m. Couldn't you show me another time?"
"I want you to meet someone."
Meryl's eyes widened at this statement. "Who?"
"I'll tell you when we get there." Harmony stated, pulling her around a corner, causing the woman to slip on a patch of ice.
Meryl stood up, examining her skinned knee.
"Come on Meryl! Come on!" Harmony grabbed her arm again, pulling her up.
"Hold on, Harmony! Just a second! Stop pulling me!" Meryl said, pulling her arm away from the teenager. She walked a few steps in front of Harmony, testing to see if her knee was going to hurt when walked on. She dusted the remains of the snow and dirt from her shoulder and skirt. "Goodness, Harmony. Who is it that you are so anxious for me to meet anyways?" She said, turning to face her only to gasp in surprise.
Meryl looked into the barrel of the sliver pistol in fear. At that moment, she knew that even if the training with Vash was successful, it'd be a waste. Stupidly, Meryl had left her derringers at home. She had not expected to see any danger in an abandoned town.
"The person I want you to meet…" Harmony said, grinning at the woman at gunpoint. "…is me."
At the sound of the gunshot, Vash picked up a gun and re-loaders from the stand of the abandon gun shop. "Knives…Milly?" Vash questioned, turning to look at them as he cocked his gun, readying himself for battle.
"Right." Knives responded, pushing the magazine of bullets into the automatic weapon with a satisfying "click".
"Lets go!" Milly exclaimed, readying her stun gun in her arms.
The three of them raced out the door to the street, seeing three possible ways. One way was back the way they came, but the other two were new. "Knives," Vash said, pointing to the path straight ahead of them. "You and Milly go that way. I'll go left."
Knives nodded, running down the indicated frozen street, followed by Milly. Vash ran off in the other direction, his speed increasing as he heard harmony's frightened scream.
I'm coming you two. I'm coming as fast as I can.
Knives placed his back against the wall, readying himself for whatever might be lurking around the corner. "Uh…Knives?" Milly whispered, no longer feeling the need to say "mr.' like usual.
"What?"
"Uh I know this is probably a bad time but-"
"Yeah…it is a bad time so-"
"But," She said, interrupting him. "I wanted to apologize for putting you on the spot last week."
Knives looked down at her, seeing as she looked back. She was ready to follow any move he made. For better or for worse…I don't want to take the chance that this will never happen. He clenched his eyes shut, pushing himself towards her.
Milly was more than surprised when he kissed her, but more than happy as well. The kiss was very chaste and short, but enjoyable none the less.
"And I want to apologize," He said pulling away, "for being stubborn." And with that, he turned the corner, awaiting the fate yet to come.
The gun fired, everything faded into black, disappearing before Meryl's eyes. When they opened again Meryl wished she hadn't looked. She was back in her old kitchen, against her old counter again. It was just like every other dream she had, but something was different.
Meryl looked down at her hands. She was still her twenty-three-year-old self. "Hey baby." Called the shadows.
Oh God, Meryl closed her eyes knowing what was to come next. Soon she could smell the alcohol in his breath as he nipped along her neck, harder in some places than others.
"Please…" She cried, tears streaming down her cheeks. No matter how many times she dreamed this, she hated it all the same. "Please stop!" She pushed the figure as hard as she could, but to no avail. Her clothes were being stripped off of her as the man pulled her to her own room, shoving her on the bed.
"I thought you loved me." The figure's smiling face could be seen in the shadows as he stepped forward into the light.
Meryl gasped as the face was revealed. "No…" Meryl cried even harder at the lack of gentleness in his eyes. "No…Vash…"
"Meryl!" Vash slide out to the center of town, seeing Meryl's limp body ly9ing in the waterless fountain. Looking on top of the stone memorial he found the culprit. Her long dark violet hair swayed with the wind, the sun rising to give a better view of her pale face.
The tall gunman was about to speak before the woman interrupted her. "Be quiet now, you wouldn't want to wake up your dreaming love now would you?" She whispered sympathetically. "Oh look, we have guests."
Vash turned, seeing Knives and Milly arrive on the scene. Their weapons were immediately pointed towards the mysterious woman, cocked and ready for action.
"Millions Knives. A man whose main goal is…was to cause eternal pain and suffering to his brother and especially the human race. He is a plant who trusts no one and is the indirect cause of the destruction of the twelfth city of July and more recently, the city of Augusta."
"Who the hell-?" Knives raised a brow before listening as the strange woman spoke again.
"Milly Thompson. Also known by few as 'Stun-gun Milly' because of her tall stature and large weapon. She lost her first love when he was shot down by his mentor the day after their first intimate moment together. This was part of the century-long massacre caused by her new love, Knives."
Milly fired her first shot, the weapon aimed at the violet-haired woman on top of the stone monument.
The woman smirked at the oncoming cartridge before jumping, using her arms to flip upwards and pushing herself above the monument with the tips of her toes, her black cloak causing it to look as if it was all a dark blur.
She landed ever so gracefully on the ground walking towards Vash as she spoke once again. "And last but certainly not least, Vash the Stampede. I honestly don't think we need to go into all that." She laughed.
Vash gritted his teeth, pulling back the hammer of his gun with his thumb. "Who the hell are you!" Seeing the woman so quiet he decided to ask a new question. "What's wrong with Meryl? And where's harmony!"
The woman laughed again, smirking. "You idiot." She said, flourishing her arms in the dawn sky. As she walked her heavy footprints left their mark in the snow. "I am Harmony." She brought her right arm down to her stomach, bowing. "Harmony Bluesummers. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Note: Hiya! Long time no see, aye? Well Virginia was fun, next time on vacation, I'll tell you guys where and maybe we can meet up somewhere. In the mean time, since I'm stuck at home because of my mom's work hours, me not being old enough to drive, etc, you should keep reading. I know it's stupid that I uploaded and THEN left the note to you guys, but I was in a hurry yesterday. Thankies everyone for your reviews though! Oh and AJD, I'm gonna print your review that you made as the 100th for me. That was a record...well actually when I hit 70 reviews it was a new record. Thanks to all you guys. This and Poetry Corner are my two most succesful fics. I hope you guys read that as well. Wicky, if you ever read this...CONGRATS ON BEIN' A MOMMY! AJD, once again, thanks for always helpin' me out in goals for my review numbers, the rest of you too. Aine, Claen'tor (you should have put money on it), White rose-black stems (nifty name by the way), Ciara (that's exactly what I was aimin' for),Jaquelynn McKnight, Goddess-Sango (So you gots a Love-hate relationship with the story) The Witched Robin, YourFinalFantasyGirl (or should I say my...wait...I dunno...)
Well now time for a poll.Two questions:
1) Should I change the chapter titles and take of the word "and" on them?
a) yes
b)no
c) doesn't matter to me.
and 2) Should I change the name of the story?
a) Yes (specify to what if you can)
b) No!
Well c-ya love ya bye
DPA(pyro)