Vash held Meryl's hand as they entered the sand steamer. "I sure hope that the steamer doesn't high jacked again. It is always taken over by bandits on my trips." Vash looked down at her.
"You worry about bandits and you are married to the worst kind." She smiled. He was telling the truth, all the outlaws that she ever encountered couldn't add up to the Humanoid Typhoon. She was safe now, safe from anything that could come her way.
"Yeah I guess it is kind of silly."
Milly and Wolfwood sat on the couch listening to music. The couple had left only the day before but since then the rest of the inhabitants of the house hold had been totally bored. Knives and Alexis had went back to their own house, Vash and Meryl were on their honey moon. It was going to be a boring month.
The couple lied happily next to each other in the first class cabin of the sand steamer. The room that Earl Bostalk had provided was not only first class, but was the honey moon suit. Their red silk sheets were comfy, but they didn't do anything that night. They would feel uncomfortable in a place like this.
They decided that any "games" would have to wait until they got to town. They were going to the most favored town in Gunsmoke. They were going to the only city with…snow. It had rain and other weather activity as well but the thing everyone came to see, was the snow.
"What do you think Vash and Meryl are doing right now honey?" Milly looked up and her boyfriend. Her innocent mind unknowing of what Wolfwood was thinking.
"I believe they are…um…..they are having fun I know that much." Milly just smiled in return.
"I think so too."
Knives and Alexis returned to their home in the city. They had bought one near Vash since there were good hospitals Alexis could work at. It was a week after the wedding and Knives knew that his brother was enjoying himself because he could feel it every time Vash's energy rose. Not that Knives wanted to know what Vash was doing…..
"So when are you going to start schooling?" Knives asked, trying to tear his concentration away from his brother's energy.
"It should start sometime next week but a doctor from town said that I could start working with him as a helper at any time."
"Oh…okay."
Two weeks. They had been in the cabin in town for two weeks. All in all, they had been married for three. Vash and Meryl have had a great honeymoon so far, but Meryl is feeling sick. Vash was standing next to the bathroom, waiting for Meryl to come out. This was the fourth time this morning she had gotten sick. Vash was beginning to worry.
Meryl finally came out. "Are you okay? Do you think we should go back early?"
"No…I am not going to ruin our trip." Meryl turned to head back to bed, ready for some well needed rest.
"Meryl, come on we are going home." Vash grabbed her arm, "You lay down and I will pack up okay?"
"Vash really, I'm fine. I want to….ugh…" With that said she ran back into the bathroom.
The blonde man left the bathroom door and went to the bedroom to begin packing, they weren't staying much longer. Meryl noticed that all was picked up when she got back into the room and sighed. She knew that she had to go to the doctor and that she wanted to go home, but she didn't want to ruin the trip. Well, too late now.
Wolfwood brought in the mail and grinned. "Hey we got a letter from the newlyweds."
"How did Nick and Jessica know to write to us?"
"I am talking about Vash and Meryl."
"Oh."
"Dear Wolfwood and Milly,
We are coming home, Meryl has been getting sick lately so we should be arriving any day now. I don't know what has been going on with her, she just starts throwing up at random times. I have just packed up and she is in the bathroom right now. Well I guess I will see you both in a few days. Please inform Knives and Alexis for us.
-Vash and Meryl"
"Aww Meryl sick? That is awful."
"Sounds like the two of them had lots of fun. I bet you we have a third person on our way Milly."
"OO is a relative visiting?"
"Never mind."
Two days after the letter was received, Vash and Meryl arrived home. "You're in luck Meryl, Alexis has been working with a doctor so you can get her to see what's wrong with you instead of paying a doctor yourself."
"Call her." Meryl's voice was soft. She was probably sick through the whole sand steamer ride.
"What?" Wolfwood leaned down to the younger woman.
"Call her…Now!" She put force in her words like she was trying to yell but just didn't have the voice to do it.
"Lets go in, here let me carry you." Vash picked her up and carried her inside the house. Wolfwood headed straight for the phone.
Up the stairs Meryl was laid down on her bed. Someone was heard coming into the room, "Alexis is on her way." Wolfwood said from behind Vash. "If it was my opinion I would say you two did a little more than just ate dinner every night." Vash blushed and Meryl was too weak to, but her fist was clenched at her side.
"Shut up Wolfwood." The nicotine addicted man snickered and walked out of the room slyly. Milly was the next to enter.
The young woman walked right into the room and hugged all the life out of Meryl.
"I'm so sorry you're sick Meryl. I hope you get better soon."
"I do too. I hate being sick. It sucks." Milly understood what Meryl hated. She was always so capable and when she was sick she couldn't do nearly what she wanted to do. She was always bedridden.
It was about ten minutes before Alexis got there….and about five for her to find the little problem. "What is it?"
"It…it is your child."
"What?!" Meryl was suddenly full of energy again. Vash was outside with Milly and Wolfwood so he didn't know why she screamed, but it scared him.
"What's wrong?!?" Vash rushed through the door, running to the aide of the shocked Meryl. "What did she say??"
"I'll be going now!" Alexis waved cheerfully and left the room. She was sure that Meryl could probably explain things a bit better than her.
"What's wrong Meryl? Why have you been sick?" Meryl just sat still with her jaw hanging. "Uhhhh Meryl?"
"Vash?"
"Yes?" His voice sounded impatient.
"We…..I'm….You're gonna be a daddy…" Vash fell to the floor with a hard thud, causing Milly and Wolfwood reason to enter the room.
"I'm….I'm……..a….da-da…." Wolfwood chuckled loudly.
"So you did have a fun honeymoon!"
It only took two months before Meryl was as big as nine months. Plants grow fast. She had already scared Vash out of the house worse than she ever did when she just met him. Of course pregnant women are really scary.
"Vash bring me a AAAHHH!!!" She screamed in horror as she saw that her bed was wet.
"A….what….Meryl?" Vash walked into the room lazily, tired from all the errands he had been running for his "darling wife". He then noticed the wet spot on the bed as well. "Geez Meryl, couldn't you hold it?"
"Vash my water broke you idiot!"
"huh? Oh AAHH!!!"
"My point exaaaaaaaaooooooowwww." She had a contraction….stupid fast developing baby.
"I will go get Alexis!" Vash ran out the door but quickly turned around to come back in the room.
"Go!"
"Wolfwood heard you scream…he already left." Vash walked over to the screaming woman and held her hand. Quickly regretting the action, his eyes formed tears as his hand began to throb in pain.
Alexis arrived in minutes to deliver the baby. "Meryl….on the next contraction you need to push."
"Already?!"
"Plant babies grow fast, therefore you have to work fast."
"Damn I hate you Vash…" In a few moments another contraction approached. "AACCKKK!!!" She pushed as hard as she could and suddenly realized an upside to having a plant child. They came out easier too.
"It's a girl." Alexis announced. She brought the baby to her mother. "Congratulations." Wolfwood and Milly entered the room, Knives followed close behind. He had come too because he wanted to see the birth of his niece or nephew.
"What's her name?" Milly asked, cheerfully as usual.
"Rem." Vash looked at the baby girl. Meryl finished the name.
"Rem Cathrine Stampede." She said. It was beautiful. She was beautiful. The company left the three alone for some rest. Vash held the baby in his arms now. He gazed softly into her aquamarine eyes, at her dark hair, so small, fragile, in his arms.
Vash thought only one thing while he held this small creature in his arms, 'This is what motivates them…to live every day.' He held Rem close to him as he softly sang her to sleep.
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart.
I know you feel
Like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief
And people can be so cold.
When darkness is upon your door
And you feel like you can't take any more."
Vash held Rem's hand gently as her eyes slid a bit closed. Her stubborn nature tried to remain awake, but she was so sleepy.
"Let me be the one you call,
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
Meryl watched from across the room. 'So gentle, yet this man is worth $$60,000,000,000. If only people knew your real side Vash.'
"When you feel all alone,
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day."
The little girl found her struggle to no avail as her eyelids began to close. She wrapped her fingers around her father's hand and slowly fell asleep. Vash continued to sing until she was in a deep dreamland of sleep.
"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
The blonde gunman laid the baby down in the crib they had bought before hand. He watched her for a second before sitting in a chair next to the bed in which Meryl was laying in.
"Vash?"
"Yeah?"
"How does the song finish?" The man just sighed and picked her up like he did the baby. "You don't have to hold me you know."
"Well I don't want to sleep on a wet bed so we can sleep like this."
"Can you sing to me? Sing me the rest of the song?"
"Cause there's always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again."
Meryl sighed against his chest and snuggled closer into him. He whispered in her ear, "You'll breathe again."
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it's back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart.
"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone"
Vash finished the song and looked down at the angel in his arms. She was asleep. His family….was sleeping. That…was his family.
"You worry about bandits and you are married to the worst kind." She smiled. He was telling the truth, all the outlaws that she ever encountered couldn't add up to the Humanoid Typhoon. She was safe now, safe from anything that could come her way.
"Yeah I guess it is kind of silly."
Milly and Wolfwood sat on the couch listening to music. The couple had left only the day before but since then the rest of the inhabitants of the house hold had been totally bored. Knives and Alexis had went back to their own house, Vash and Meryl were on their honey moon. It was going to be a boring month.
The couple lied happily next to each other in the first class cabin of the sand steamer. The room that Earl Bostalk had provided was not only first class, but was the honey moon suit. Their red silk sheets were comfy, but they didn't do anything that night. They would feel uncomfortable in a place like this.
They decided that any "games" would have to wait until they got to town. They were going to the most favored town in Gunsmoke. They were going to the only city with…snow. It had rain and other weather activity as well but the thing everyone came to see, was the snow.
"What do you think Vash and Meryl are doing right now honey?" Milly looked up and her boyfriend. Her innocent mind unknowing of what Wolfwood was thinking.
"I believe they are…um…..they are having fun I know that much." Milly just smiled in return.
"I think so too."
Knives and Alexis returned to their home in the city. They had bought one near Vash since there were good hospitals Alexis could work at. It was a week after the wedding and Knives knew that his brother was enjoying himself because he could feel it every time Vash's energy rose. Not that Knives wanted to know what Vash was doing…..
"So when are you going to start schooling?" Knives asked, trying to tear his concentration away from his brother's energy.
"It should start sometime next week but a doctor from town said that I could start working with him as a helper at any time."
"Oh…okay."
Two weeks. They had been in the cabin in town for two weeks. All in all, they had been married for three. Vash and Meryl have had a great honeymoon so far, but Meryl is feeling sick. Vash was standing next to the bathroom, waiting for Meryl to come out. This was the fourth time this morning she had gotten sick. Vash was beginning to worry.
Meryl finally came out. "Are you okay? Do you think we should go back early?"
"No…I am not going to ruin our trip." Meryl turned to head back to bed, ready for some well needed rest.
"Meryl, come on we are going home." Vash grabbed her arm, "You lay down and I will pack up okay?"
"Vash really, I'm fine. I want to….ugh…" With that said she ran back into the bathroom.
The blonde man left the bathroom door and went to the bedroom to begin packing, they weren't staying much longer. Meryl noticed that all was picked up when she got back into the room and sighed. She knew that she had to go to the doctor and that she wanted to go home, but she didn't want to ruin the trip. Well, too late now.
Wolfwood brought in the mail and grinned. "Hey we got a letter from the newlyweds."
"How did Nick and Jessica know to write to us?"
"I am talking about Vash and Meryl."
"Oh."
"Dear Wolfwood and Milly,
We are coming home, Meryl has been getting sick lately so we should be arriving any day now. I don't know what has been going on with her, she just starts throwing up at random times. I have just packed up and she is in the bathroom right now. Well I guess I will see you both in a few days. Please inform Knives and Alexis for us.
-Vash and Meryl"
"Aww Meryl sick? That is awful."
"Sounds like the two of them had lots of fun. I bet you we have a third person on our way Milly."
"OO is a relative visiting?"
"Never mind."
Two days after the letter was received, Vash and Meryl arrived home. "You're in luck Meryl, Alexis has been working with a doctor so you can get her to see what's wrong with you instead of paying a doctor yourself."
"Call her." Meryl's voice was soft. She was probably sick through the whole sand steamer ride.
"What?" Wolfwood leaned down to the younger woman.
"Call her…Now!" She put force in her words like she was trying to yell but just didn't have the voice to do it.
"Lets go in, here let me carry you." Vash picked her up and carried her inside the house. Wolfwood headed straight for the phone.
Up the stairs Meryl was laid down on her bed. Someone was heard coming into the room, "Alexis is on her way." Wolfwood said from behind Vash. "If it was my opinion I would say you two did a little more than just ate dinner every night." Vash blushed and Meryl was too weak to, but her fist was clenched at her side.
"Shut up Wolfwood." The nicotine addicted man snickered and walked out of the room slyly. Milly was the next to enter.
The young woman walked right into the room and hugged all the life out of Meryl.
"I'm so sorry you're sick Meryl. I hope you get better soon."
"I do too. I hate being sick. It sucks." Milly understood what Meryl hated. She was always so capable and when she was sick she couldn't do nearly what she wanted to do. She was always bedridden.
It was about ten minutes before Alexis got there….and about five for her to find the little problem. "What is it?"
"It…it is your child."
"What?!" Meryl was suddenly full of energy again. Vash was outside with Milly and Wolfwood so he didn't know why she screamed, but it scared him.
"What's wrong?!?" Vash rushed through the door, running to the aide of the shocked Meryl. "What did she say??"
"I'll be going now!" Alexis waved cheerfully and left the room. She was sure that Meryl could probably explain things a bit better than her.
"What's wrong Meryl? Why have you been sick?" Meryl just sat still with her jaw hanging. "Uhhhh Meryl?"
"Vash?"
"Yes?" His voice sounded impatient.
"We…..I'm….You're gonna be a daddy…" Vash fell to the floor with a hard thud, causing Milly and Wolfwood reason to enter the room.
"I'm….I'm……..a….da-da…." Wolfwood chuckled loudly.
"So you did have a fun honeymoon!"
It only took two months before Meryl was as big as nine months. Plants grow fast. She had already scared Vash out of the house worse than she ever did when she just met him. Of course pregnant women are really scary.
"Vash bring me a AAAHHH!!!" She screamed in horror as she saw that her bed was wet.
"A….what….Meryl?" Vash walked into the room lazily, tired from all the errands he had been running for his "darling wife". He then noticed the wet spot on the bed as well. "Geez Meryl, couldn't you hold it?"
"Vash my water broke you idiot!"
"huh? Oh AAHH!!!"
"My point exaaaaaaaaooooooowwww." She had a contraction….stupid fast developing baby.
"I will go get Alexis!" Vash ran out the door but quickly turned around to come back in the room.
"Go!"
"Wolfwood heard you scream…he already left." Vash walked over to the screaming woman and held her hand. Quickly regretting the action, his eyes formed tears as his hand began to throb in pain.
Alexis arrived in minutes to deliver the baby. "Meryl….on the next contraction you need to push."
"Already?!"
"Plant babies grow fast, therefore you have to work fast."
"Damn I hate you Vash…" In a few moments another contraction approached. "AACCKKK!!!" She pushed as hard as she could and suddenly realized an upside to having a plant child. They came out easier too.
"It's a girl." Alexis announced. She brought the baby to her mother. "Congratulations." Wolfwood and Milly entered the room, Knives followed close behind. He had come too because he wanted to see the birth of his niece or nephew.
"What's her name?" Milly asked, cheerfully as usual.
"Rem." Vash looked at the baby girl. Meryl finished the name.
"Rem Cathrine Stampede." She said. It was beautiful. She was beautiful. The company left the three alone for some rest. Vash held the baby in his arms now. He gazed softly into her aquamarine eyes, at her dark hair, so small, fragile, in his arms.
Vash thought only one thing while he held this small creature in his arms, 'This is what motivates them…to live every day.' He held Rem close to him as he softly sang her to sleep.
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart.
I know you feel
Like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief
And people can be so cold.
When darkness is upon your door
And you feel like you can't take any more."
Vash held Rem's hand gently as her eyes slid a bit closed. Her stubborn nature tried to remain awake, but she was so sleepy.
"Let me be the one you call,
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
Meryl watched from across the room. 'So gentle, yet this man is worth $$60,000,000,000. If only people knew your real side Vash.'
"When you feel all alone,
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day."
The little girl found her struggle to no avail as her eyelids began to close. She wrapped her fingers around her father's hand and slowly fell asleep. Vash continued to sing until she was in a deep dreamland of sleep.
"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone."
The blonde gunman laid the baby down in the crib they had bought before hand. He watched her for a second before sitting in a chair next to the bed in which Meryl was laying in.
"Vash?"
"Yeah?"
"How does the song finish?" The man just sighed and picked her up like he did the baby. "You don't have to hold me you know."
"Well I don't want to sleep on a wet bed so we can sleep like this."
"Can you sing to me? Sing me the rest of the song?"
"Cause there's always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again."
Meryl sighed against his chest and snuggled closer into him. He whispered in her ear, "You'll breathe again."
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it's back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart.
"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone"
Vash finished the song and looked down at the angel in his arms. She was asleep. His family….was sleeping. That…was his family.