Chapter 3! This is more action than romance but Ya know we'll see.

A blurry image began to slowly fade into reality. Some sort of house, maybe a hospital. She was laying down in a bed she didn't recognize. What was she doing here? Why did her head hurt and her arms? It was an aching that made her queasy. She closed her eyes and slowly let herself back to sleep. Before she got them closed, she swear she was looking into a mirror because she saw herself in front of her.

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Vash sat on the side of his bed at the inn. "What has gotten into you?" He thought. "This isn't like you at all, you don't rush in like that is something clouding your judgment?"

Laying down on his side he put his hands up to the side of his head. Something wasn't right here how could there be two of this girl? Meryl seemed pretty angry at him too. He closed his eyes and tried not to think to hard on it.

Milly walked in and looked at Vash. "Vash are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm, well Milly I don't know what's wrong with me." Vash sat up and looked at Milly. "I can't believe I hurt that girl."

"It was a simple mistake Mr. Vash you just gotta be more careful next time."It was such a simple way to look at it. It wasn't just a mistake Vash was dealing with here. He thought to Rem, then thought about Meryl."Mr. Vash?"

"Milly you mind if I take a walk?"

"Of course not Mr. Vash you go right ahead."

Walking out of the room leaving Milly with a half hearted smile Vash. Red coat, red zigzag glasses, and his gun hanging heavy at his side Vash started to walk around the town. The daylight shinned bright into his sunglasses. Stopping mid-step Vash stood in a confused paralyzed state. There in front of him was Mary, all bandaged up, perfectly fine.

"Mary..?"

Guns came up raised from a belt on her sides and bullets began to fly. Vash's head flooded with calculations and he began to dodge the bullets in a graceful way that showed nothing but luck. Desert Eagles? Clips hit the sand and new ones filled the guns. People stopped and gaped, and a man screamed and ran into one of the bar's near by. Shooting himself into an alley and away from fire Vash took a deep breath. He must be going crazy because this was definitely Mary.

Vash drew his gun but just in time for Mary to come around the corner of the Ally and begin to fire again but this time not with the pistols. AK 47 in hand the short girl filled the alley with bullets and Vash's only escape was to jump up the walls as if he was Mario in some sort of video game. The bullets followed. Vash got to the roof. He wipe the sweat off his forehead. "What the hell is going on, am I going crazy?" He turned his head to look into the alley and she was gone.

"Drop your weapons Vash admits his mistake!"

That was Milly! Vash rushed to the side of the building to see Milly holding her large hunk of metal of a gun. Bullets flew! Milly's rounds went off! Vash fired his pistol and the AK flew out of Mary's hands! Milly didn't take a round but Mary took one of Milly's slamming against the sand hard being partly straddled by the large round that Milly's gun shot.

Vash came flying down the building landing hard on the ground and then came running to the scene. Unfortunately Mary only seemed stunned by the round and was pulling out one of her desert eagles. Vash was to quick for her though shooting the pistil out of her hand. The large metal round got pushed off her body and she jumped to her feet. Mary went to pull out her other eagle out but Vash repeated his previous shot. Mary stepped back and Vash was up in her face to restrain her. Before he could Milly's arms came out of no where! One full nelson brought Vash back a couple steps. Mary jumped backwards and got down on one knee. Her eyes were like that of a hawk. She stared the two of them down. Vash could see her calculating just like he did. She was kneeling over her AK.

"Both of you stop it!" Milly shouted but then the rest of the AK's round went off.

Vash and Milly hit the ground and both of them fired back. Vash shot again at the AK. Before they could get anymore shots going Mary was running in between two buildings and gone leaving Milly and Vash very confused. Vash chased after her.

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Mary felt herself waking up to pain. Someone was padding her down and she heard distant voices in blur.

"I swear!.... No no I'm not making it......"

Her head pounded complaints to the voices. She went to bring her hands up to her head but her arms protested. Someone was pushing her arms back down. "Where... where am I?"

"Shhh shhhh." She started to see the woman in front of her. Meryl, the girl she met the other night.

"What happened?" Mary tried to bring her hands up as her body screamed in pain.

"No Mary stay still." Meryl turned to Vash, who was also in the small room. "Vash I haven't left her side it couldn't have been her, what has gotten into you?"

"Meryl I'm not making this up this woman was shooting out in broad daylight."

"What? No! No!" Mary started to scream and her movements got jerkier. Mary shot up to a sit and ripped the IV out of her arm. "Get me out of here! get me out!"

Vash and Meryl both shot to her side and pushed her back down to a lay. Mary didn't seem to care, she was shaking and kicking. "No! No! Get me out!"

Mary's doctor, a tall older black woman walked in. "What's going on here?"

"I don't know she just started freaking out!" Meryl looked pleadingly to the doctor.

The doctor calmly walked to Mary with a needle. Liquid came out the tip and then the tip hid into Mary's arm. It only took a couple of minutes before Mary passed out.

"Jesus Christ Vash what is going on?" Meryl stared down at Mary. Mary's wounds reopened to stream out blood because of the struggle. The doctor called in some help and started to re-bandage her up.

"I'm not sure what's going on." Vash felt his heart sinking. This all seemed so otherworldly.

I like writing romance better but I think this was a cool scene. =D Hope you enjoyed it.