Chapter15
-Rhez-
Vash the Stampede smiled as he walked up to the ship with the bag of food he had gotten. "Hey everybody! I got some doughnuts…. But someone stole every last one of them on the way back… I swear… well ok there was these starving children and…" He stopped as he opened the door to see people scurrying back and forth and carrying the dead and injured. He dropped the groceries, dread rolling over him. "What… happened?" He said absently. Someone walked past him, then stopped and turned back. "Vash your back… All hell broke lose man, we still aren't sure what happened. That kid woke up and freaked out, then that woman escaped and killed a bunch of people."
"Is Rhez ok, is Elle ok?" He asked desperately. "The woman is… well she is dead… we don't know where the kid is…. there is something about the woman though, it looks like she was ripped in half…"
"Ripped in half? My god… Knives… is this your new Gung Ho Guns?" Vash turned and left without another word. He felt sorry for those who had died, but he had let Knives get to far again. It was time he put a stop to it, the first stop was to get his gun.
Freak walked across the desert, his spider legs dragging a long thread of webbing going back to a human sized cocoon. Rhez struggled to get free inside of the cocoon, but he was unarmed and it was to tight for him to move much. There was no air holes, and there was just barely enough air flow though the webbing for him to breath. It was lucky that he could breathe through it, because that thought never crossed Freak's mind. In truth not many thoughts ever crossed Freaks mind nowadays. There was only one thing echoing through his empty head, bring the boy back. He was to simple to think for himself, and in truth if Knives never gave him an order he would probably sit in a dark room and starve to death. After a long time of walking, Freak came over a hill that overlooked the lush oasis. He didn't say anything, just made a clicking gurgling sound and kept going. He drug Rhez to the entrance, lifting him up and tossing him down without caution. Rhez hit the ground hard, he couldn't see a thing, but he figured they had reached wherever it was they where going. Freak leapt down behind him, picking up the cocoon again and slinging it over his back.
"Freak!" Tia came out of a room like she was surprised to see him. "Is that… that's that kid isn't it? Look we need to get him out of the hallway and into a room. We can't let Stran know he's here ok?" Freak didn't say anything, just waited for Tia to tell him where to go. "Alright, follow me then." She said as she went into a room. She pushed a button hidden under a desk and a hidden door slid open. She walked back and Freak followed her. "Alright, leave him in here and I'll tell Knives about it ok Freak?" He still said nothing, just cocked his head to the side and dropped Rhez to the floor.
"Go back to your room now Freak." She said and he walked away, twitching slightly.
After several hours in his room Stran emerged into the hall way leading to Knives room. As he got closer to the Knives a feeling rushed over his hole body " This feeling is so familiar I know I felt it before but I cant quite put my finger on it." "Stran get in here"
Knives calls to Stran threw the door. "How dose he always know when I'm coming". Stran approach's the door and reach's for the key pad that opens it. Before he has a chance to press any buttons the door slides open and knives is standing in the door way face to face with Stran. "Brother its time for you to leave the compound for a while. There's someone I need you to track down he's going to be are last gun ho gun his name is Randal the Wither he wont come easily but I trust you'll be able to persuade him into seeing are point. "Yes brother". Without hesitation Stran was walking down the hall towards the entrance. Knives picks up his communicator and press a few buttons "Tia its time to bring Rhez out I have a feeling Vash will be joining us soon and I want him ready" .