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Chapter Seven
B.D.N.
The tragedy endlessly needed to fulfill desires. The lust for conquest in making people bend to your will. A thrill intense enough to make you shudder. There is a man who is a slave to that ecstasy. The leader of the Bad lads. A man who shines…Brilliant Dynamites Neon. The sand steamer will shake the moment the huge Dynamo's on each of his shoulders start to spark. In the pitch black darkness, the gruesome party begins.
"Gotta meet the hottie with the million dollar body. They say it's over budget but you'd pay her just to touch it, come on. Needs to hit the big screen and shoot a little love scene. If Hollywood had called her she'd be gone before your holler, come on. Pretty little lady with the pretty pink thong. Every sugar daddy hitting on her all night long. Doesn't care about the money she could be with anybody. Ain't it funny how the honey wanted you all along?"
"I am so sorry."
Kyri laughed at the girl sitting across from her. "Really, it's not a problem. It's actually kinda…cute."
Alexia looked at Kyri like her head was on fire. "Cute? Him?!" She shoved a finger over her shoulder at her brother as he sat there at his own table, rocking out to that song he claimed fit Kyri again.
"Yeah," The older woman gave a smile and a nod. "Like a little kid over his mother or a first crush on an older woman."
Alexia gave a snort, liking that answer. They were now on the Sand steamer, leaving the Inepril City behind. The town had thrown a party for them the night before. They had left without even saying goodbye but Alexia and Alexander had been waiting on them. Kyri and Vash didn't mind the two of them though; as long as Milly and Meryl weren't there too. Vash had run off to the bathroom really quick about five minutes ago. Alexia was able to talk some man out of his room and so the four of them had taken it over to-
All talk was cut off by Vash's cry outside their door. What they came out upon was Vash's head stuck in the vent above them, his legs and feet waving as he roared at…something.
"Vash, What the hell are you doing?" Alexander asked the other man, a hand on his hip.
~I knew this guy acted stupid, but Lord,~ Alexia shook her head. She never imagined the Humanoid Typhoon to be such a...a doofus.
Imagine the shock on their faces as the man dropped down with a little boy in his right hand and the left side of his face covered in blood.
"Don't you know when you hurt somebody that you're supposed to apologize?" Vash was growling at the kid. "Dammit! Look at this blood!" Kyri couldn't help but give a small giggle. Vash glanced at her for a moment, a look of relief on his face, before turning back with a glare at the boy as he replied.
"You got that when you bashed through the vent, ya big idiot!" The boy flipped around and latched onto Vash's arm.
"Oh, what's this supposed to be? Some kind of stranglehold? You can't hurt me while you're up in the air, kid." The boy didn't seem to hear him though and just kept on.
Kyri moved closer to the kid and gave a soft smile. "You're a stowaway, aren't you?"
"Huh?" The child looked at her for a moment before dropping from Vash's arm. His eyes teared up a bit but he shoved them away. "That's right, I am. My parents died when I was real young and some distant relatives took me in, but it was so horrible there! My drunk aunt hit me, my really weird uncle kept trying to get me. I can escape if I make it to May. If I have to go back to that place, I don't know what they'll do to me!"
Alexia pulled an annoyed face as Vash began to cry too. ~There's no way he can actually believe that, right?~ She turned her head and glanced at Kyri. She didn't know what it was, but it seemed that she got her answer from the grin on her face. No, she didn't believe it and the smile meant, hopefully, that Vash didn't believe it either. Maybe he was just playing around with the kid.
"It's okay, I understand!" Vash was telling the boy. "I know how you feel. Don't worry, I'll protect you."
"Why don't we go get you something to eat?" Kyri offered up. "I'm sure you're hungry." The boy gave a happy look.
"Are you sure about this?" Alexia had moved up closer to the woman as the men made their way down the hall. Vash and Alexander offered to go grab it, leaving the women with the boy.
"He's a child. Besides," The woman answered. Her eyes opened and gave a serious look down the hall. "He's the least of our worries."
The boy, his name was Kaite, attacked the food the moment they came back. He might have been able to lie about his aunt and uncle but he couldn't lie about this.
He hadn't eaten in days.
"It's really dark out there," Vash decided to comment, taking a drink from the glass that Kaite had given him. "Not a single light to be seen."
"Oh, yeah?" Kaite replied. "It'll be bright soon enough."
At that, Vash gave a grunt and tipped over. Kaite had been happy to hear that the brother and sister left to go speak with Milly and Meryl for a little while; he hadn't had enough powder to make them all fall asleep.
Kyri glanced at Vash for a moment before turning back to the book in her hands. "If you're going to head off, do it now. Don't get yourself hurt by the bandits or whoever it is you're working for."
Kaite stared at her in shock. "You knew? You know and you're just going to let me go?"
"Sweetheart, we all knew," She replied, turning the page. "Vash and I'll be coming along to take care of this later. If you want to run, now's the chance." Kyri watched as the child climbed into the vents again and gave a sigh before setting to pull Vash into the bed.
He was heavier than she remembered.
~"In the daylight
I'm your sweetheart
You're goody-two-shoes
Prude is a work of art~
"Is that gunfire?"
Alexander's voice brought them all to a halt for a moment. Milly and Meryl shared a nervous glance as Alexia reached for her shotgun. As more of the sounds reached them, they realized that the steamer was under attack.
Milly, Meryl, you stay here. Alexia and I will take care of this." Alexander commented.
His sister raised a brow. "What are you talking about?"
"If it's bandits then they're going to gather everyone into one room. We should start taking care of them one by one before things go really bad."
"Yeah, I get it, but I'm not doing it." She shook her head. "I got a better idea. Follow me."
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"Hiding, Alexia?"
"You damn right."
They were currently…somewhere, hiding from the gang.
"This is a horrible mess we're in." Milly sighed.
"The four of us can't do anything against an armed gang." Meryl sighed herself. "Maybe Alex and Alexia could do something but with them heavily armed, it's not a good idea to try."
"The only people who could do something in this situation-"
"Is them, though I hate to admit it." Meryl sighed.
"Aww, come on. Vash and Kyri aren't that bad. Just don't piss the hot woman off and make the blond act stupid and you're set."
"Alexander, outside of a battle Vash IS stupid." Alexia told her brother. "Or at least likes to act stupid. I'm amazed that Kyri can put up with him sometimes."
All of them agreed.
There was another shake in the steamer, followed by a strange sound.
"What was that?" Meryl asked.
"I think the gang's trying to break into something," Alexander had placed his ear to the floor, a serious look on his face. "Not only that, but the steamer's gotten faster."
"Oh, this does not bode well," Alexia sighed, shaking her head.
But you don't know me
And soon you won't forget
Bad as can be
Yeah you know I'm not so innocent~
"I told you we'd be along."
Kaite stared up at the woman who held him. When Neon had placed the gun in his mouth, Kyri had dropped from the vent of the ceiling, landing a foot in his face. At the same time, Vash had shot through a front window and jumped in, knocking a few guards away and taking their guns.
"Squirt, you okay?" Vash called to him.
yri placed a firm hand on the boy's back as she half carried, half led him to stand behind Vash before taking the other side to create a barrier around him. Two guards went to fire at them but Vash shot at their feet, making them dance.
"Don't move now, or you'll get hurt!" Vash smiled.
Neon glanced at them for a moment. Kyri's eyes narrowed. When one of the gang ran in and dragged Vash's attention from the bigger man, Neon's gun went off as Kyri grabbed Kaite and jumped out of the broken window. Vash was right behind them, screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Ow!"
Kyri couldn't help but give a laugh, despite the hard air that was banging into their backs now due to the speed they were enduring as they clung to the front of the steamer.
"Hey," Kaite growled. "Couldn't you think of a better way to rescue me?! This sucks! Big time!"
Vash turned his head to look at him. "Don't be so ungrateful, kid! Besides, I received a heck of a lot more damage than you did!"
Kaite glanced ahead of them just to give out a scream as the steamer ran into from rocks. Even Kyri felt her heart rate jump at that before giving a relieved sigh when she was 'safe' again. At the screams she turned to see that Vash and Kaite had not been able to hang on and watched, for a moment, as Vash clung to a pole and Kaite to him, both screaming for their lives.
She laughed.
"Kyri, now's not the time!" Vash cried at her. "Please! Won't you give me a hand?"
Kaite was gasping hard when they were placed on a firm platform again. "If we climb a little higher then we can get to a ventilation shaft."
"O-Okay. Let's go. Let's go now." Vash replied.
Kyri stared at them for a moment before turning and looking up the steamer. It was going to be dangerous but there was nothing else that they could really do, was there?
"Vash?" The blond glanced at her. "Can I have this one?"
Vash stared at her for a moment, a firm look on his face as he though her question over. He closed his eyes. "If you want it."
"Oh, I want it," She took a step forward, leading the way back inside as all thoughts of what she was going to do to the gang that had taken over the ship. "I want this one very, very much."
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