Yong Soo And Muhammad
Perhaps meeting Yong Soo or Muhammad by themselves would not have been so bad. By themselves, on a good day, with Vash inebriated. Yes, that would have helped extraordinarily. Or made it worse. Vash was not certain, nor did he really want to find out. He was simply aware that three people had no rights being in the same vicinity.
Yong Soo.
Muhammad.
And that devil of a man Maddox.
Vash tried to remember what he was doing here. Figuring out who was the culprit of last night's rash of thefts. Of course. Even though it had all been to prove himself innocent and he had already done that. Of course. He had given his word he would solve this and he would. Of course.
Vash wanted to grab Heidi and get out of here. It was really too bad that he was a man of his word.
"Where were you yesterday?"
"In the truck~"
"Here, da ze!"
"Everywhere."
Vash's eye twitched. Muhammad laughed, gaining some sort of entertainment from this that Vash could not even begin to comprehend. Yong Soo did not look like anything was strange at all. Maddox looked the same as he always did. Vash took a deep breath.
"Where were you last night?"
"That is a private matter, quite out of your jurisdiction young man!" Muhammad said. He did not sound as defensive as he probably should have for saying such a thing. If anything, he still sounded amused.
"Everywhere!" Yong Soo replied.
"Here," Maddox said.
"Let me try," Brian told Vash, clearing his throat. "Did anyone here steal anything last night?"
"Yes~"
"No!
"Always."
"Can I take that as a confession?" Vash asked.
"Ye're the one who wanted ta question e'erybody," Roy reminded him.
It was true, but Vash still said: "Shut up." Then he turned back toward the other three. "What did you steal?" he asked Muhammad, deciding to clear that up as soon as possible. Unfortunately, all three of them seemed to like talking in order so he got a reply from all of them.
"All of Yao's sanity. The drive is not short!"
"Nothing at all! Why would anyone steal anything? What a weird question!"
"I have stolen your wallet. Would you like it back?"
If Vash was a lesser man he would have lost it right then. Instead, he nearly spluttered as Maddox actually pulled his wallet out. "I am arresting you," he stated, not caring about anything else.
Maddox reached back into his sleeves and pulled out some handcuffs. Thankfully Vash remembered he did not have any currently. Brian, however, had begun to pat himself down.
"I believe you could use these," Maddox said.
"Thanks," Vash replied, cuffing him.
"Wait."
"What?"
Maddox did not actually say anything. He just stood there, blinking at him. Vash stared back, not sure why he was waiting. Roy sighed.
"Look," the younger brother said. "Ai cannae let ye do tha', Zwingli."
"Why not?" Vash demanded.
"Because 'e gave it back," Roy shrugged. Brian found the key and unlocked them.
"That is not how the law works!" Vash exclaimed, unable to recuff Maddox because the man was no longer in front of him.
"Why not?" Brian replied. "He just took it now, ta mess with ye. Calm down a bit, righ'?"
"We are in the middle of an investigation!" Vash reminded them, irritated for having to do so.
"An' arresting people na involved isn't goin' ta help."
Vash's other eye twitched.
Muhammad patted his arm. "There, there. You are too young to be losing your patience so quickly!"
"I'm not sure that's how it works," Yong Soo frowned.
"If you don't have it now, how can you have it later?" Muhammad asked. Yong Soo began to consider it. Vash tried to calm down.
"Where. Were. You." The rest of the question, last evening, would only come out if he shouted, so Vash stopped where he was. And surprisingly... Muhammad answered.
He answered for a total of thirty minutes. By that time Yong Soo and Maddox were gone.
"Does that answer your questions?"
"Sure does!" Roy nodded.
Vash noticed as Brian's eye twitched.