Chapter 6: Knocking at Death's Door
"Mamma, is Mr. Vash going to be okay?" Neko asked his mother as he handed her some bandages. He was trying to be strong and not to cry, but a few tears slid from his green eyes unwillingly. He didn't want Mr. Vash to die, 'Why did those awful men do this to him, he didn't to anything to them,' Neko wondered with anger.
"I don't know Neko, he's lost a lot of blood," Khelle replied quietly, as she dug for the bullet that still lay in Vash's wound. She had to find it soon, if she didn't he was going to bleed to death right there in front of her. 'No! I won't let that happen, not to him,' she hissed angrily at herself. Finally, just when she was about to give up all hope, she found it. It was trapped snuggly inside his muscles, but with a little work and patience she finally had it out.
"Neko hand me the needle and thread quickly!" she commanded quickly.
"Here mamma. What are you doing?" Neko asked astounded as he watched his mother.
"I'm sewing up the wound so that it will stop bleeding. Watch very carefully my son, someday you may need to know these things in order to save your life or someone else's," she replied solemnly.
"Yes mamma," Neko whispered, and he made sure he didn't miss a single thing his mother did.
Khelle continued her work late into the night, not once stopping for a rest. 'I can't dare rest, I may have stopped the bleeding, but he's lost so much blood that I don't know if he'll make it through the night,' Khelle thought with fear, 'God this is a good man, and if you even exist, please watch over him tonight.'
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"Meryle! Meryle where are you!?," Milly cried into the silent house. Suddenly she heard hurried footsteps coming down the stairs, and soon came Meryle, out of breath and looking very worried.
"What is it Milly!? You look like you've just seen a ghost or something?" Meryle gasped between breaths.
"Oh Meryle I just heard about it on the radio at the dig site! Meryle it's Mr.Vash…they…found him outside of December." Milly finished with a sob.
"That's great news Milly! So why are you crying to hard?" Meryle asked her friend with curiosity.
"Meryle…Mr.Vash…is…he's…dead. A group of bounty hunters…they…ambushed him just outside the city, and…Oh Meryle…there were so many of them…he…couldn't…." Milly couldn't finish her sentence as the raking sobs finally won over her composure.
"Dead? No…he can't be! He's Vash the Stampede…no one can take him down…no…he's not dead! No….no….!" Meryle cried over and over as she collapsed to the floor, no longer able to stand as the full force of Milly's words hit her heart like a run away Sand Steamer.
"Oh Meryle, I'm so…sorry," Milly cried as she too sank to the floor and pulled Meryle into a tight hug, as her friend continued to cry a fool's cry of defiance. But Meryle's cry feel on Death's deaf ears.
P.S. So what do you think so far? Sorry this chapter is so short, I don't really have a lot of time on my hands anymore. Anyway, please review, I'll give you a puppy if you do! And I promise the next chapter will be longer okay.
"Mamma, is Mr. Vash going to be okay?" Neko asked his mother as he handed her some bandages. He was trying to be strong and not to cry, but a few tears slid from his green eyes unwillingly. He didn't want Mr. Vash to die, 'Why did those awful men do this to him, he didn't to anything to them,' Neko wondered with anger.
"I don't know Neko, he's lost a lot of blood," Khelle replied quietly, as she dug for the bullet that still lay in Vash's wound. She had to find it soon, if she didn't he was going to bleed to death right there in front of her. 'No! I won't let that happen, not to him,' she hissed angrily at herself. Finally, just when she was about to give up all hope, she found it. It was trapped snuggly inside his muscles, but with a little work and patience she finally had it out.
"Neko hand me the needle and thread quickly!" she commanded quickly.
"Here mamma. What are you doing?" Neko asked astounded as he watched his mother.
"I'm sewing up the wound so that it will stop bleeding. Watch very carefully my son, someday you may need to know these things in order to save your life or someone else's," she replied solemnly.
"Yes mamma," Neko whispered, and he made sure he didn't miss a single thing his mother did.
Khelle continued her work late into the night, not once stopping for a rest. 'I can't dare rest, I may have stopped the bleeding, but he's lost so much blood that I don't know if he'll make it through the night,' Khelle thought with fear, 'God this is a good man, and if you even exist, please watch over him tonight.'
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"Meryle! Meryle where are you!?," Milly cried into the silent house. Suddenly she heard hurried footsteps coming down the stairs, and soon came Meryle, out of breath and looking very worried.
"What is it Milly!? You look like you've just seen a ghost or something?" Meryle gasped between breaths.
"Oh Meryle I just heard about it on the radio at the dig site! Meryle it's Mr.Vash…they…found him outside of December." Milly finished with a sob.
"That's great news Milly! So why are you crying to hard?" Meryle asked her friend with curiosity.
"Meryle…Mr.Vash…is…he's…dead. A group of bounty hunters…they…ambushed him just outside the city, and…Oh Meryle…there were so many of them…he…couldn't…." Milly couldn't finish her sentence as the raking sobs finally won over her composure.
"Dead? No…he can't be! He's Vash the Stampede…no one can take him down…no…he's not dead! No….no….!" Meryle cried over and over as she collapsed to the floor, no longer able to stand as the full force of Milly's words hit her heart like a run away Sand Steamer.
"Oh Meryle, I'm so…sorry," Milly cried as she too sank to the floor and pulled Meryle into a tight hug, as her friend continued to cry a fool's cry of defiance. But Meryle's cry feel on Death's deaf ears.
P.S. So what do you think so far? Sorry this chapter is so short, I don't really have a lot of time on my hands anymore. Anyway, please review, I'll give you a puppy if you do! And I promise the next chapter will be longer okay.