The Trigun part of this fic takes place 5 years after Under a Sky so Blue.
The Star Trek part takes place about a year after the movie Insurrection.
Please R&R.
I do not own Trigun or Star Trek.
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Planet Gunsmoke:
Vash could not believe that it had been five years since he faced Knives. Five years since he returned to Meryl and Millie with his brother's limp form.
But it had been. He ran his hand across his golden hair while looking in the mirror. The last five years sure did pass by quickly. In that time, Knives lost his resentment of the humans and even stopped calling them 'spiders'. Millie had changed his attitude. He hadn't seen his brother for three years though. He and Millie ran off together.
Thinking of his brother falling for Millie made him think of his own relationship with the other insurance girl that had followed him for so long. It had been four years since he asked Meryl to marry him. Now they lived peacefully in December.
Although he had his left arm gun replaced again, he hadn't used it for several years. That and his silver Colt .45 revolver had found its way back into his life again. No matter how he tried to lose that gun, it always found its own way back to him. He finally gave up and decided to keep it. He hadn't had the red trench coat since his fight with Knives and he didn't plan on having another one made anytime soon.
As he was lost in his thoughts, a knock came to the bathroom door.
"Daddy, Mommy says hurry up or you'll be late for work!" His daughter shouted.
"Ok Rem. Tell mommy I'll be down in a minute." He responded with a genuine smile. His daughter looked so much like her mother. The same raven hair, the same attention o detail, and the same fiery attitude. Although she got her aqua eyes and love for doughnuts from himself, she was mostly like her mother.
He pulled on his black body suit that he always wore under the red coat. Being a bodyguard kept him wearing the same cloths mostly. Meryl still worked at the insurance company, but she stopped being a field investigator so they could have a peaceful life together.
As he walked downstairs, he saw his daughter getting ready for school. She was only Three years old but she looked like she was ten. He figured that his Plant DNA was responsible for the accelerated growing. She adjusted well though. She made new friends quickly in each school that she attended. And she attended a lot of different schools.
As he entered the kitchen he noticed his wife standing by the stove cleaning it off. He also noticed the large plate of doughnuts sitting on the table. He was being torn between kissing the love of his life or eating the other love of his life. He settled that being hit by the first one was the deciding factor of why he walked up behind her. He placed his arms around her and pulled her back into a quick morning kiss.
"I see you finally got ready. And you finally avoided the doughnuts in the morning and came straight to me." She responded after she broke free of his grasp.
"What? You mean you deliberately put those there each morning so you could smack me!" He exclaimed shocked. Then his face turned into a pout as he slumped down in a chair. "That's mean."
"Well you do go for them each morning. I thought I would." She trailed off when she heard knocking at their front door.
"I'll get it!" Rem shouted happily from the front room.
"Ok now where were we?" Vash asked prying deeper into Meryl's 'training'.
"Well." She was cut off again.
"Daddy! Uncle Knives is here!" Rem shouted as she walked back to get her books and leave for school.
"Knives?" Vash questioned as he walked into the front room.
Sure enough. His twin brother was standing there with Millie. He had a smile on his face that Vash had rarely seen.
"Vash!" Knives exclaimed as he walked over and hugged his brother. "I need to talk to you." His voice suddenly became serious.
'What is it?' Vash began the mental conversation with his brother.
'I found a ship that still can fly.' He responded. 'It was one that the SEEDS crew used to fly between ships.'
'That helps us how?' Vash questioned. He was just as confused as always at his brother's plan.
'You never change. Its big enough for five people.' He added. He wanted to see if his brother could add things up for himself.
'I still don't get it.' Vash responded.
"Do I have to spell it out for you every time?" Knives asked. He was surprised that his brother, who is almost 140 years old, could be so stupid.
"Spell what out dear?" Meryl asked as she entered to find out what was going on.
"I guess I will explain it to your wife since you can't comprehend it." Knives said turning towards Meryl.
"Sempi!" Millie exclaimed as she ran over to her long time friend and hugger her. "But Knives, you still haven't explained the whole thing to me yet."
"Since it involves all of you, I will explain it to all of you at once." Knives wanted his brother to be the first to know but that wasn't going to happen.
"Go on," Vash added. He now became interested in whatever his brother had to say.
"I found a working cargo ship with a couple of cryogenic sleep chambers. We can use it to find another planet. A new Eden." Knives said finally spilling his secret.
Meryl, Millie and Rem stood shocked. Vash, however, was looking for answers.
"It would be just us then what? Move them all to this new planet? That would take Centuries!" Vash said remembering his experiences on the SEEDS ship.
"I also found some charts that read that there was life on other planets. If these other planets have enough technology, we could move the entire Human race to a better planet." Knives responded hoping that it would convince his brother, and everyone else present, that they could find a new Eden.
"Where is it?" Meryl asked. The information had just sunk into her head.
"It is by where me and Millie live. About 7 iles outside of January in a ship that is underground." Knives explained carefully.
"Let's go see it then. Maybe we can find a new Eden and bring everyone to it. We could finally make everyone happy. We would have a place with no wars." Vash started.
".Nor stealing." Knives continued.
".Just happy days where." Millie followed.
".People can live as people." Meryl finished the old saying that they all new by heart now. "I think it is worth a shot. Rem you're not going to school today. We are all going to January!"
"Get your things ready. We may not be coming back for some time." Knives added.
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Sector 001 Sol system:
Captain Picard sat in his ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-E sipping a cup of Earl Grey tea. The refits to the Sovereign class starship had just been finished. They were preparing to leave the spacedock and return to their normal duties.
On the bridge, Commander Riker was overseeing the last few modifications to the computer consoles. He was proud of how the ship had performed in the Briar Patch a few months ago, but he agreed that the ship lacked somewhat on weapon power.
Captain Picard entered the bridge from his ready room. He straightened his command uniform and slowly walked to his chair in the center. He noticed Lieutenant Commander Worf at the tactical console and Lieutenant Commander Data at the Ops console.
"Are we ready to depart Number1?" Picard asked as e sat in his chair.
"Yes sir. All sections report that the upgrades are finished and we are ready to leave spacedock." Riker responded as he walked to his chair on the Captain's left.
"Very good. Hail spacedock." Picard ordered. He was ready to get under way again. He knew he was only going to be putting out brushfires along the borders, but it still had meaning.
"Spacedock confirms and gives us permission to depart." Data responded facing the viewscreen.
"Very well, Mr. Tanner take us out at one-quarter impulse power." Picard ordered. He then added his most familiar statement. "Engage." He pointed his hand towards the front of the bride to signify the direction of the ship.
The ship left the spacedock as it had several times before. The impulse engines were glowing a dull red as the ship exited and started for the outside rim of the system.
"We are clear of spacedock and free to navigate sir." Ensign Tanner responded.
"Take us on course 187 mark 256. Warp four." Picard ordered. He wanted to give the engines a chance to run before heading towards Deep Space 9 and Cardassian space to transport supplies for the rebuilding of Cardassia Prime.
"Course and speed plotted sir." Tanner responded.
"Engage." Picard said once again.
The Enterprise turned and shot into warp speeds. After a few seconds a bright flash of silver red and yellow light appeared in front of the ship.
"All stop. Mr. Data what the hell is that?" Picard called out. He was curious at what anomaly could be so close to the federation home world and not be detected before now.
"It has the same characteristics as the Bajoran Wormhole sir. Intriguing that it was not discovered before now. We should chart it before moving on." Data responded in his matter of fact voice.
"Sir, the engines are not holding at station keeping. The wormhole is drawing us in." Worf reported from his station.
"Reverse engines. Keep us out of there." Picard said calmly.
"It's not working sir. Every drop we put into the engines is matched by the pull it has on us." Tanner reported. The ship then shook violently throwing several people out of their chairs. The red alert automatically sounded and the klaxons began chirping as the bridge fell into the red glow that always accompanied it.
"Report!" Picard commanded as he staggered back to his chair.
"Structural stress levels at 83 percent of maximum and rising. Shields, weapons and warp drive are offline. We are approximately 7000 kilometers from the horizon of the wormhole." Worf shouted for the entire bridge crew to hear.
"Ahead full. Take us into the wormhole before it tears us apart on this end." Picard commanded. He knew that it wasn't the best idea but he really didn't have another choice.
"Ahead full sir. We will break the event horizon in 3, 2, 1 penetrating now!" Data called out.
The view from the Sol system saw the ship disappear into the swirling colors. Followed by the whole thing vanishing just as quickly as it had shown up.
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It was nightfall by the time Vash, Knives, Meryl, Millie and Rem made it to January. While the three females were sleeping, Vash and Knives had been talking about Knives' plan.
"You really think we are going to find a race with more technology than us?" Vash asked.
"Most of the Humans believed that there were several other races out there. They charted several planets with deep space probes while the ships were traveling. Some of them came back with readings of life signs." Knives responded, recalling what he had found on the buried ship.
"That doesn't mean that they have better technology. They could be more primitive than we are." Vash pointed out.
"Don't you think it is worth a chance if we can find a new Eden though?" Knives asked. He wanted his brother to go with him when they left the planet.
"I guess. But it could still take us years to find one. What about the girls?"
"There are three cryogenic sleep tanks on this ship. They can sleep while we do the searching. We live forever, remember?"
"That is going to be lonely. I don't want to be lonely. Only five people and three will be sleeping the whole time. That sounds damned lonely." Vash was beginning to have second thoughts.
"Remember, make the smallest sacrifice at the given time." Knives responded trying to convince his brother.
"The last time you said that to me was when you had just marooned everyone here." Vash started to doubt his brother's intentions.
"Ok that was a bad choice of words. But think Vash. We have a chance at finding Eden." The thought of Eden still played with him constantly.
"They should at least be awake when we leave the atmosphere. The should at least see space and the planet below them before putting them in stasis." Vash ended. He decided that it was worth the sacrifice to try for a new Eden.
"You're right. Hey what's that?" Knives looked at the sky and seen a bright shimmer of silver, red, and yellow light appear between the third and fourth moons.
"I don't know. I have never seen that happen before. Would the ships logs have something on it?" Vash asked his interest now in the sparkling light.
"Maybe. Hey it's gone!" Knives responded. Just as he said the light was gone from the sky.
"Let's find your house and sleep some. We've been driving all day. We might be seeing things." Vash offered.
"Both of us seeing the same thing?" Knives didn't agree with having the same hallucinations as his brother.
"We are linked telepathically aren't we?" Vash responded proving his point.
"Not that much. I think it may have been something like the northern lights that occurred on Earth that we read about on the SEEDS ship. Remember?" Knives added.
"Yeah it could be a natural thing that happens when the moons line up just right." Vash added as the continued driving into the night towards the city of January.
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I hope this turned out good. I tried to keep the characters close to who they are. Please don't fry me completely if you don't like it. But please do review. It will help out drastically.
I do not own Trigun or Star Trek.
**** Means big scene change
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Planet Gunsmoke:
Vash could not believe that it had been five years since he faced Knives. Five years since he returned to Meryl and Millie with his brother's limp form.
But it had been. He ran his hand across his golden hair while looking in the mirror. The last five years sure did pass by quickly. In that time, Knives lost his resentment of the humans and even stopped calling them 'spiders'. Millie had changed his attitude. He hadn't seen his brother for three years though. He and Millie ran off together.
Thinking of his brother falling for Millie made him think of his own relationship with the other insurance girl that had followed him for so long. It had been four years since he asked Meryl to marry him. Now they lived peacefully in December.
Although he had his left arm gun replaced again, he hadn't used it for several years. That and his silver Colt .45 revolver had found its way back into his life again. No matter how he tried to lose that gun, it always found its own way back to him. He finally gave up and decided to keep it. He hadn't had the red trench coat since his fight with Knives and he didn't plan on having another one made anytime soon.
As he was lost in his thoughts, a knock came to the bathroom door.
"Daddy, Mommy says hurry up or you'll be late for work!" His daughter shouted.
"Ok Rem. Tell mommy I'll be down in a minute." He responded with a genuine smile. His daughter looked so much like her mother. The same raven hair, the same attention o detail, and the same fiery attitude. Although she got her aqua eyes and love for doughnuts from himself, she was mostly like her mother.
He pulled on his black body suit that he always wore under the red coat. Being a bodyguard kept him wearing the same cloths mostly. Meryl still worked at the insurance company, but she stopped being a field investigator so they could have a peaceful life together.
As he walked downstairs, he saw his daughter getting ready for school. She was only Three years old but she looked like she was ten. He figured that his Plant DNA was responsible for the accelerated growing. She adjusted well though. She made new friends quickly in each school that she attended. And she attended a lot of different schools.
As he entered the kitchen he noticed his wife standing by the stove cleaning it off. He also noticed the large plate of doughnuts sitting on the table. He was being torn between kissing the love of his life or eating the other love of his life. He settled that being hit by the first one was the deciding factor of why he walked up behind her. He placed his arms around her and pulled her back into a quick morning kiss.
"I see you finally got ready. And you finally avoided the doughnuts in the morning and came straight to me." She responded after she broke free of his grasp.
"What? You mean you deliberately put those there each morning so you could smack me!" He exclaimed shocked. Then his face turned into a pout as he slumped down in a chair. "That's mean."
"Well you do go for them each morning. I thought I would." She trailed off when she heard knocking at their front door.
"I'll get it!" Rem shouted happily from the front room.
"Ok now where were we?" Vash asked prying deeper into Meryl's 'training'.
"Well." She was cut off again.
"Daddy! Uncle Knives is here!" Rem shouted as she walked back to get her books and leave for school.
"Knives?" Vash questioned as he walked into the front room.
Sure enough. His twin brother was standing there with Millie. He had a smile on his face that Vash had rarely seen.
"Vash!" Knives exclaimed as he walked over and hugged his brother. "I need to talk to you." His voice suddenly became serious.
'What is it?' Vash began the mental conversation with his brother.
'I found a ship that still can fly.' He responded. 'It was one that the SEEDS crew used to fly between ships.'
'That helps us how?' Vash questioned. He was just as confused as always at his brother's plan.
'You never change. Its big enough for five people.' He added. He wanted to see if his brother could add things up for himself.
'I still don't get it.' Vash responded.
"Do I have to spell it out for you every time?" Knives asked. He was surprised that his brother, who is almost 140 years old, could be so stupid.
"Spell what out dear?" Meryl asked as she entered to find out what was going on.
"I guess I will explain it to your wife since you can't comprehend it." Knives said turning towards Meryl.
"Sempi!" Millie exclaimed as she ran over to her long time friend and hugger her. "But Knives, you still haven't explained the whole thing to me yet."
"Since it involves all of you, I will explain it to all of you at once." Knives wanted his brother to be the first to know but that wasn't going to happen.
"Go on," Vash added. He now became interested in whatever his brother had to say.
"I found a working cargo ship with a couple of cryogenic sleep chambers. We can use it to find another planet. A new Eden." Knives said finally spilling his secret.
Meryl, Millie and Rem stood shocked. Vash, however, was looking for answers.
"It would be just us then what? Move them all to this new planet? That would take Centuries!" Vash said remembering his experiences on the SEEDS ship.
"I also found some charts that read that there was life on other planets. If these other planets have enough technology, we could move the entire Human race to a better planet." Knives responded hoping that it would convince his brother, and everyone else present, that they could find a new Eden.
"Where is it?" Meryl asked. The information had just sunk into her head.
"It is by where me and Millie live. About 7 iles outside of January in a ship that is underground." Knives explained carefully.
"Let's go see it then. Maybe we can find a new Eden and bring everyone to it. We could finally make everyone happy. We would have a place with no wars." Vash started.
".Nor stealing." Knives continued.
".Just happy days where." Millie followed.
".People can live as people." Meryl finished the old saying that they all new by heart now. "I think it is worth a shot. Rem you're not going to school today. We are all going to January!"
"Get your things ready. We may not be coming back for some time." Knives added.
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Sector 001 Sol system:
Captain Picard sat in his ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-E sipping a cup of Earl Grey tea. The refits to the Sovereign class starship had just been finished. They were preparing to leave the spacedock and return to their normal duties.
On the bridge, Commander Riker was overseeing the last few modifications to the computer consoles. He was proud of how the ship had performed in the Briar Patch a few months ago, but he agreed that the ship lacked somewhat on weapon power.
Captain Picard entered the bridge from his ready room. He straightened his command uniform and slowly walked to his chair in the center. He noticed Lieutenant Commander Worf at the tactical console and Lieutenant Commander Data at the Ops console.
"Are we ready to depart Number1?" Picard asked as e sat in his chair.
"Yes sir. All sections report that the upgrades are finished and we are ready to leave spacedock." Riker responded as he walked to his chair on the Captain's left.
"Very good. Hail spacedock." Picard ordered. He was ready to get under way again. He knew he was only going to be putting out brushfires along the borders, but it still had meaning.
"Spacedock confirms and gives us permission to depart." Data responded facing the viewscreen.
"Very well, Mr. Tanner take us out at one-quarter impulse power." Picard ordered. He then added his most familiar statement. "Engage." He pointed his hand towards the front of the bride to signify the direction of the ship.
The ship left the spacedock as it had several times before. The impulse engines were glowing a dull red as the ship exited and started for the outside rim of the system.
"We are clear of spacedock and free to navigate sir." Ensign Tanner responded.
"Take us on course 187 mark 256. Warp four." Picard ordered. He wanted to give the engines a chance to run before heading towards Deep Space 9 and Cardassian space to transport supplies for the rebuilding of Cardassia Prime.
"Course and speed plotted sir." Tanner responded.
"Engage." Picard said once again.
The Enterprise turned and shot into warp speeds. After a few seconds a bright flash of silver red and yellow light appeared in front of the ship.
"All stop. Mr. Data what the hell is that?" Picard called out. He was curious at what anomaly could be so close to the federation home world and not be detected before now.
"It has the same characteristics as the Bajoran Wormhole sir. Intriguing that it was not discovered before now. We should chart it before moving on." Data responded in his matter of fact voice.
"Sir, the engines are not holding at station keeping. The wormhole is drawing us in." Worf reported from his station.
"Reverse engines. Keep us out of there." Picard said calmly.
"It's not working sir. Every drop we put into the engines is matched by the pull it has on us." Tanner reported. The ship then shook violently throwing several people out of their chairs. The red alert automatically sounded and the klaxons began chirping as the bridge fell into the red glow that always accompanied it.
"Report!" Picard commanded as he staggered back to his chair.
"Structural stress levels at 83 percent of maximum and rising. Shields, weapons and warp drive are offline. We are approximately 7000 kilometers from the horizon of the wormhole." Worf shouted for the entire bridge crew to hear.
"Ahead full. Take us into the wormhole before it tears us apart on this end." Picard commanded. He knew that it wasn't the best idea but he really didn't have another choice.
"Ahead full sir. We will break the event horizon in 3, 2, 1 penetrating now!" Data called out.
The view from the Sol system saw the ship disappear into the swirling colors. Followed by the whole thing vanishing just as quickly as it had shown up.
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It was nightfall by the time Vash, Knives, Meryl, Millie and Rem made it to January. While the three females were sleeping, Vash and Knives had been talking about Knives' plan.
"You really think we are going to find a race with more technology than us?" Vash asked.
"Most of the Humans believed that there were several other races out there. They charted several planets with deep space probes while the ships were traveling. Some of them came back with readings of life signs." Knives responded, recalling what he had found on the buried ship.
"That doesn't mean that they have better technology. They could be more primitive than we are." Vash pointed out.
"Don't you think it is worth a chance if we can find a new Eden though?" Knives asked. He wanted his brother to go with him when they left the planet.
"I guess. But it could still take us years to find one. What about the girls?"
"There are three cryogenic sleep tanks on this ship. They can sleep while we do the searching. We live forever, remember?"
"That is going to be lonely. I don't want to be lonely. Only five people and three will be sleeping the whole time. That sounds damned lonely." Vash was beginning to have second thoughts.
"Remember, make the smallest sacrifice at the given time." Knives responded trying to convince his brother.
"The last time you said that to me was when you had just marooned everyone here." Vash started to doubt his brother's intentions.
"Ok that was a bad choice of words. But think Vash. We have a chance at finding Eden." The thought of Eden still played with him constantly.
"They should at least be awake when we leave the atmosphere. The should at least see space and the planet below them before putting them in stasis." Vash ended. He decided that it was worth the sacrifice to try for a new Eden.
"You're right. Hey what's that?" Knives looked at the sky and seen a bright shimmer of silver, red, and yellow light appear between the third and fourth moons.
"I don't know. I have never seen that happen before. Would the ships logs have something on it?" Vash asked his interest now in the sparkling light.
"Maybe. Hey it's gone!" Knives responded. Just as he said the light was gone from the sky.
"Let's find your house and sleep some. We've been driving all day. We might be seeing things." Vash offered.
"Both of us seeing the same thing?" Knives didn't agree with having the same hallucinations as his brother.
"We are linked telepathically aren't we?" Vash responded proving his point.
"Not that much. I think it may have been something like the northern lights that occurred on Earth that we read about on the SEEDS ship. Remember?" Knives added.
"Yeah it could be a natural thing that happens when the moons line up just right." Vash added as the continued driving into the night towards the city of January.
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I hope this turned out good. I tried to keep the characters close to who they are. Please don't fry me completely if you don't like it. But please do review. It will help out drastically.