Trigun Fan Fiction ❯ The Resurrection Of Nicholas D. Wolfwood ❯ A Bad Feeling ( Chapter 10 )

The Resurrection Of Nicholas D Wolfwood

Part Ten: A Bad Feeling

By Bekka Mouri

(Trigun doesn't belong to me and I am making no money so please don't sue me. Evil rears its ugly head.)

The children screamed and huddled together as the group of four moved through the house that was attached to a small church. Three men and one woman went through the building, methodically kicking doors open and ransacking each room, breaking everything they could get their hands on. A tall man with blue hair, gold eyes and wearing a black spiked coat sneered at the children, " Would you shut up? "

One adult sat in the middle of the huddled children, a young woman with blonde hair and emerald green eyes. She held as many of the children as she could, her eyes boring into the man. " Don't you have any respect for The House Of God? " She hissed.

The man laughed, " What a concept… God. Don't you all know you are fooling yourselves, believing in something that doesn't exist? Where is he now and why is he letting this happen if he is indeed real? "

" He does exist and he will punish all of you for this blasphemy! " The woman shouted.

" Enough of your prattle! " The man shouted but the woman remained firm.

" When Mr. Wolfwood comes back and sees this you will be sorry, " The woman shouted, the children around her covering their ears tighter.

The man laughed again, " What can a dead sinner do to me? "

" What? " The woman whispered. " What did you just say about Mr. Wolfwood? "

The man squatted down and leaned in to her, " He's dead and I will tell you the whole truth about him. He was in the service of my brother. He accepted a mission so he could get money to support these whelps and he was supposed to be successful. He wasn't so we have come to avenge my brother's death. "

" What did you want him to do? " The woman asked.

" My brother wanted him to kill the man that belongs to this arm, " The man held up his left arm and smiled. " That man killed my twin brother because Wolfwood did not follow his orders. I attached the arm to myself and vowed to avenge my brother. "

The woman shook her head, " No! This is sick! I refuse to believe Mr. Wolfwood accepted a job to kill anyone! "

The man backhanded her across the mouth, " Quit lying to yourself and shut up. You don't know just how bloodstained Wolfwood's hands really were, ignorant bitch. I am tired of your voice so speak again only if you want to die. "

A raven-haired lady with an eye patch wearing a tan duster came through a door and was followed by the three men. They bowed towards the man in the black coat. " Master Nagato, we are finished. What do we do now? " The woman asked.

" We shall destroy these worthless creatures, " Nagato moved his arm in a sweeping gesture towards the children and the blonde woman.

" What is your name, you demon? " The blonde woman whispered, a trickle of blood flowing from her split lip.

Nagato turned to face her, " Why do you want to know? "

" So I can tell God to send you to Hell! " The woman screamed and spat in his face.

Nagato smiled and wiped the spit away, " I will eagerly await the invitation. "

A kid with red hair stepped forward, " I want to shut her up, boss. "

" Then please do so, Skelar. Silence all of them… those wailing whelps are giving me a headache, " Nagato rose to his feet and turned away. " Get ready to shoot, Second Generation Gung-Ho Guns. "

Several guns cocked at once and Nagato lifted his hand. He brought it down swiftly, gunshots rattling the orphanage to the foundation…

**

Wolfwood was nervous as he waited in line to buy the tickets for the sand steamer he and Vash needed to get on. It had taken three days to reach May City and that caused him to wonder if the postmaster in Steele knew what he was talking about. He looked over his shoulder to make sure that Vash was okay. Vash sat on a bench and he waved when he noticed Wolfwood was looking at him.

~That's not it, ~ He scanned the small crowd around the ticket counter. Something didn't seem right but he could place a finger on it. He had starting feeling like something was horribly wrong the night before and the feeling hadn't went away at all. He didn't see anyone that looked suspicious so he shifted his thoughts to other things.

~Is there something wrong with Milly? Is that what this feeling is? ~ He thought about her and how Vash had said she had been sick. Meryl had thought it was caused by grief but Wolfwood started to think it was caused by something else.

The person in front of Wolfwood stepped away from the counter and the ticket agent looked at him. " Can I help you sir? " She asked in a rather perky voice. (^o.o^ Kuroneko-sama moment!) A black cat with huge green eyes was on the back counter and it looked up. It meowed and put its head back down, falling asleep.

" Yeah. I need a first class cabin for two, " He reached into his jacket and pulled out the money.

" Well, aren't you prepared, " The woman smiled. " Do you have any bags that need to be checked? "

" No, " Wolfwood shook his head and pulled out a claim ticket. " My friend and I are going all carry on. We don't have much except for the backpacks and my cross. My motorcycle has already been checked at the cargo dock and needs to be verified. "

The woman looked over at the cross, " Normally we don't let anything that big into the compartments but we do respect your profession. "

" Thank you and May God bless you, " Wolfwood said.

The woman wrote out the tickets, verified the claim ticket and handed them to Wolfwood. He handed her the money and she counted it. She gave him his change before looking up at a clock on the wall, " The steamer leaves in exactly one hour and you must be on time because we do not wait for stragglers. "

" Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere except to get on that steamer, " Wolfwood gathered up the tickets and went back to Vash. He handed him his ticket and tucked his in his jacket. He then got a cigarette and lit it.

Vash sensed Wolfwood was nervous and he stood up. " Are you okay? "

Wolfwood took a long drag from the cigarette and exhaled. " Come this way with me for a minute. "

Vash followed Wolfwood to a less crowded part of the platform. " I really don't want anyone else to hear any of this, " He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. " I am just really nervous for some reason. "

Vash patted him on the shoulder; " Maybe you're just getting antsy because we are going to see the girls in a few days and you aren't sure how they will take it. "

" No, this is a really bad feeling eating away at me. Are you certain that Knives regenerated and escaped on his own? "

" Yeah. How else would he have escaped? " Vash shook his head. " All of The Gung-Ho Guns are gone… aren't they? "

Wolfwood took a long drag off of the cigarette and exhaled the smoke away from Vash's face. He looked back at Vash, " I started to think about that last night. What if Chapel wasn't the only one with a student? "

" What? " Vash furrowed his brow.

" I don't know for sure but it is possible. Perhaps they came and got Knives, " Wolfwood took another drag from the cigarette. " We have to think of every possible angle so they don't surprise us. "

" Yeah, we should keep our guard up for that, " Vash agreed, wondering why Wolfwood was being so paranoid. Was it possible that the Gung-Ho Guns has students?

" I just can't get over this feeling something bad is going to happen, " Wolfwood shook his head and looked down at his feet. " I haven't been able to shake it since we met Cathy. "

" She's an okay kid, Wolfwood. I don't see what freaked you out about her, " Vash shook his head.

" I can't help it, Vash. I just know something is going to happen, " Wolfwood took another drag from the cigarette.

" What if it has already happened? " Vash asked quietly.

Wolfwood brought his head up and locked eyes with Vash, " That's another thing I am afraid of. "

**

Milly and Meryl walked into the restaurant, sitting down in a booth. It seemed like all the waitresses were gathered around the satellite and had not noticed they had come in. " Excuse me? Could we get some service? " Meryl called out.

A waitress turned around, her eyes filled with tears. " Just a minute, " She called back and went back to listening to the satellite broadcast.

" Why is she crying? " Milly looked at Meryl.

" I don't know, " Meryl shook her head.

The woman looked over her shoulder again, " Haven't you girls heard what happened? "

" What happened? Where? " Meryl got up and went to the small crowd. As she got closer, she could hear the satellite announcer and his tone was very somber.

" Once again, today's top news story is the gruesome discovery made this morning 300 iles from the city of December. A man went inside to make a donation to the church there and found everyone there shot dead. All of the victims were children except for one adult who appeared to have died while trying to protect them. The cavalry is investigating the situation and more information will be given as soon as it is available, " The announcer sniffled, " Please forgive me but I am very saddened by this atrocious event. Please try to enjoy this musical selection while I go cry now. "

The waitresses all walked away from the counter, dabbing their eyes with their aprons and saying how horrible the news was. Meryl turned to go back to Milly but found her standing behind her. Her big blue eyes were welled up with tears and Meryl knew she had heard the news. " Meryl… " She whined and grabbed her friend up in a hug.

" I know, " Meryl was surprised when her voice cracked, her own tears starting to flow. " It's awful. "

Milly sobbed heavily as she held Meryl but she sounded like she was trying say something. Finally, she said, " It was his orphanage… "

Meryl felt like someone had stabbed her in the heart," No! No! It can't be! " She sobbed.

" Yes… " Milly cried. " Don't you remember him telling Mr. Vash? He said it was 300 iles from December… from here. "

Meryl started shaking, " Milly… you're right. I remember it. This is so horrible! "

" I wanted to go see them and let them know he wasn't coming back, Meryl! " Milly sobbed. " I didn't want them to worry. "

" I know you didn't, " Meryl whispered. " They are with him now. Let's try to think that… "

" I'm trying but it still hurts so much, " Milly replied before a new wave of crying hit her.

" I know it does… I know, Milly, " Meryl said and started crying all over again.

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