Trigun Fan Fiction ❯ Lost soul ❯ A black angel ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Did ya miss me! Hehe! Cool chapter three!

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Vash was lost, how did this guy know Nicholas D. Woodwolf? That priest had died in his hands, one of the reasons he left. He remembered that day. Milly handed him the cross punisher and he left on his new journey. He didn't understand though Nicholas never mentioned any family. Vash new why he wanted revenge now. That fact saddened him immensely.

He brought his gun down and said, "I apologize for Nicholas's death, you can kill me if you want but just tell me one thing" he paused and stood there as if a rock was in his throat and couldn't talk. "Why…why did you kill Meryl?" he said with tear filled eyes. "Why did you take her life, she had done nothing to you, she was so innocent and full of life" Vash couldn't bring himself to talking again. He was so pain stricken it was hell.

Rey snickered and hugged death strike that stood in front of him. I didn't kill her Vash. With that statement Vash was alert and couldn't hold back. "What did you do to her, where have you taken her" Vash yelled. Rey just stood there with his hands wrapped around death strike. "You're pathetic" Rey said with a disgusted tone. Vash couldn't help himself; he grabbed death strike and pushed her away from Rey. Then he took Rey by the throat and held him up. "I won't ask you again, what have you done with her?" Vash said with a serious and angry tone.

Death strike lay on the ground, when vat threw her she was going to push back and claw him in the heart but Rey…he made her stop and she fell hard to the ground, like throwing a rock to the ground. She looked at the sandy ground. A pulse ran through her. It was Rey what did he want her to do? Stay? But why, no matter she thought. She lay there helpless and listened to Vash yelling.

Rey looked up at Vash after taking his eyes off his pet. "You're a fool," Rey said with ere eyes. "You liked her didn't you, maybe even loved her" Rey kept a straight face then continued. "You throw your love aside?" Rey said. Vash was lost. What was he talking about? Pushed my love aside? Never, I would never….in the middle of his thoughts he froze and looked at death strike. She lay there on the ground helpless as if waiting for a command. It couldn't be her. Could it? He questioned himself.

He looked back at Rey, he was smiling when he had looked at death strike, but…it just can't be. "You said before" Vash questioned "that you should've taken Milly too, so it's two against one" Vash looked at death strike again, "what did you mean when you said that" Vash said. Rey looked up at him as if disappointed he still didn't get it.

"Remember this Vash for it may be the only way you find Meryl" Rey spoke with hate. "A girl who sings to those who die at sundown, she's lost Vash, she's not the same, she cries at her own grave and can't even remember her name" Rey broke free of Vash's hold and back away. "She will go through every town" Rey spoke again, "It seems as though she was able to save one memory, she's a strong gal, she remembers you, you're her trigger to kill Vash" Rey snickered "You name will make thousands die, how do you feel about that, a man sworn never to kill and his name sheds blood" Rey laughed.

Vash was sick to his stomach, his shoulder hurt. He was so lost, how was he suppose to find Meryl that way. What good will his useless clues do. "Stop playing games" Vash yelled "But Vash, life is a game, some win, some lose…unfortunately Meryl's stuck in the game" Vash was completely lost at this point. Milly stood behind him and screamed "What did you do to her!!!" "Poor, poor Meryl, she's not dead, but she's not alive" Milly burst out in tears. "what did you do" Milly sniffed. "Come in three days, hear her song, it's so beautiful" Rey shut his eyes "just beautiful" he said again. With this statement death strikes eyes widened. But how? she thought.

"My apologies but my pet and I have much more to destroy in your name" Rey finished and signaled death strike. She got up as if it was a calling. She went to his side and pushed a button on her arm. With that they were gone in a flash.

Vash was lost, such technology he thought, they are not from here. Milly was in awe. She had never witnessed a teleportation before. Then she directed her attention to Vash's shoulder. Calmly she spoke, "Lets get you bandaged up". Vash could feel the immense pain in her throat. He nodded and they went back to the town.

When they reached the town about a day later, Vash got bandaged up and Milly had to go back to work. A few hours after Milly left for the bar Vash decided to take a walk around the town, just to think about what Rey had said. He had told Vash how to find Meryl, but he said it in riddles. Vash hated riddles, they just confused him more. As he walks through an ally way he saw two boys sitting as if threatened with their lives. They were shivering in fear.

Vash went up to the boys and asked them what was troubling them. The boys said that their homes went up in flames. Vash was confused, but then it hit him...the fire. The boys had escaped? But that's impossible...when him and Milly reached the town no one was alive so how could have escaped? Vash questioned the boys and learned that they were warned the night before, to leave the town and never return. After a long explanation Vash understood. He gave the boys enough money to get supplies. The boys thanked him and left.

As he continued to walk, so many thoughts ran through his mind. The boys had told him that they saw a beautiful angel singing. They also mentioned the warning in her song, telling them to run for their town was to burn the next day. No one in the town believed the boys, not even their own families. So they left and soon heard the story of the destroyed town. Vash was confused at one thing though...Rey said that Meryl sung the song, that it was a warning just as the boys had said. But...why? Rey was going to destroy ever town why warn those who were going to die anyway?

Still stuck in his everlasting thoughts Vash headed over to the bar that Milly worked in. He greeted Milly and took a seat. The bar was pretty empty that day, no one really knew why though. Vash looked up at the TV in the bar, then news was on, he sat there and watched it. Robberies, murders, but nothing about the fire.

Vash continued to watch as he found what he was looking for. A report of a poor peasant family. The newscaster held the microphone to the father of the family. "It was incredible, a beautiful black angel sung to us, it was a warning of Satan's Flames" the peasant man said. The newscaster held the microphone to the mother now, "No one believed us, they all thought we'd gone mad" she said with tear filled eyes.

Vash looked at the name of the city and left the bar, was determined to find which town was next. Two and a half days later Vash reached another burning town. It looked at though the fire hadn't been burning long, he did it, he'd found a fresh trail. All he had to do now was follow it.

Night came and Vash was beat. He found a stable, non-flame filled town and found a hotel to stay in for the night. At about 1:30 AM he heard it. A beautiful song, but it was so sad. The singer was in pain, Meryl he thought. He jumped out of bed and ran out the door. He listened for the voice. He heard people waking up and running out their doors. From all the burning towns, they believed the warning.

Vash kept looking to where the voice was coming from. It was impossible. The voice practically echoed throughout every inch of the town. It was like having 500 people singing at the same time. Vash was exhausted. He sat down at a fountain and rested as he listened to the song.

(The repeated things in the song are like echoes….ok…)

Awaken

Awaken…..awaken…..

For those who sleep so soundly, I call you to awaken….

The bells are ringing now, so awaken….

For this warning I leave with you….with you….

For those who with to save their lives, or for those who wish to pay the price…

Come sundown Satan's flames arise….

Heed my warning for his flames will wake you…

For the stubborn he will come and take you…

I cannot go and try to make you….

But if you don't she will find and break you….

So run away…run away…

Save yourselves…

Hurry up…

Get out will you can…

Run…….

(End song)

Vash was pain stricken, he knew the one singing was Meryl but, the song. He just couldn't believe it. He was lost, her song was a warning to the people in the town. She was warning them about the fire that would come in the morning. But she also mentioned that she wouldn't make them run, but that if they didn't "she" whoever that was he thought, would come and break them? He just didn't understand.

He knew what he had to do, he was going to stay put and wait. He was going to wait for Rey. He wouldn't run, he wasn't going to get killed. He was determined to wait for the fires and Rey's arrival, then face him and end it. He knew what he had to do.

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--After the song but before the attack--

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Death strike jumped down from the building she was standing on, her warning was finished and if the people didn't run she had to kill them all. She teleported back to the place where Rey was staying. She opened the doors and walked inside only to be tazered (I can't spell it even if my life depended on it but it's those creepy things that they shock the hell out of people with…so yeah) in the back. She fell to the floor, Rey stepped up from behind her and said "This is the last time you'll warn any of those pathetic people again". She got up from the floor and looked at him with her stoic face. "Why? Why are you doing this, your memories were erased, your orders were given to you, and yet you still care, you still hold on to your emotions…why?" he finished as if disappointed of his most prized possession.

"Their…screams…" she said almost weakly. "The..the children, they…cry and scream…mm.. Monster or black angel…why do they scream…I don't want to be a monster anymore, pp..please…it, it hh-u-rts…." after struggling to keep up with her words she finally collapsed on to the ground. The tazer had drawn so much of her energy and damaged a lot of her systems. (Now that she's like half robot electrical things and harm her systems)

Rey looked at her practically lifeless body on the floor and stared at it. How he thought. How does she cling on to her feelings. It's impossible, her memory should have been destroyed, her feelings gone and her only master would be me. She was to take orders from me and not to disobey or interfere. How, how was she able to do such a thing. He stood their puzzled them fell to his knees beside his beloved creation, the one people now called death strike.

He spoke to her sleeping form, "Does it hurt that much?" he fingered through her hair. "My apologies, if you would like, sing, sing till your hearts content, but you must follow through with my orders". "To make sure of it, I will watch you from afar, but for now, rest my pet…rest, for tomorrow…Satan's flames arise". With that last statement he picked her up and went up stairs were there was a bed, he put her there and stared at her for hours. She was recovering well. Soon enough morning would come and her repairs complete. He got up from the chair he was sitting on and left the room, but as he left through the doorway he spoke again, "sleep tight my love".

He left the room and went back down stairs. He couldn't help but pity her and at the same time pity himself. He felt sorry for her because she still had feelings for the people of the towns and sung them a warning before she attacked the towns. He knew that eventually even if the people did run they would just have to go to another town and death strike would find them their, no one could escape. Then he looked at himself, he had fallen in love with his own creation.

He felt like a fool, how did this happen he thought. She was extremely beautiful in her knew form and her eyes drew him closer to her every second. The fact that she was saddened by the fact that some children had called her a monster or the black angel made him love he even more. For so many people had called him a monster and now he had his equal. Everything was going alright, a little glitch in her system won't do any harm he thought. Eventually he was lost in his thoughts and fell asleep.

In the meanwhile dear little death strike was not, she had awaken the moment he left and was puzzled by what he had said. "Sleep tight my love" the words echoed through her head and refused to leave. She was confused…love? What is love?

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Ok, ok so you probably, no… ok you hate me right? Yeah, yeah, gee how did I guess…hehe I'll try and get the next chapter up soon! Hopefully I'll get at least two or three more chapters up before I leave for Vegas…ok yup you hate me for sure now, but I don't care!!! KUKUKUKUKUKUKU!!!!! O.o??

Till then,

Rain