Trigun: Overdrive

The man with the short hair opened his eyes and found his younger brother standing over him, glaring down angrily at him. His eyes were hidden by the gold-lenses, but it was clear he wasn't happy. The man with the short hair looked up and smirked.

"So, you really couldn't kill anyone, eh, Vash? Not even me?" His brother's face did not change, and he spoke intensely.

"You know I won't kill. I'll never make that mistake again. No matter how many innocent lives you are responsible for taking, your life is not mine to end. And besides...." Vash looked up just enough to make his eyes visible to his brother. He smiled his usual compassionate smile. "...you're still my brother, Knives."

Knives looked around and found that he was in a room which was significantly less...mechanical and sterile than what he was used to. "Where are we?" he asked.

"In a city." That was enough.

"I'm surrounded by vermin?! You brought me to a rat's nest?!" Knives tried to get up, but his wounds had not healed enough yet. He groaned and settled for sitting up. "Why? Why did you bring me here? You know I would've healed fine out in the desert."

Vash looked at Knives with pity. If he couldn't accept his surroundings, there was no way he could be helped. Saved. He wouldn't allow that. He would save Knives, just like he'd promised Rem he would. He would redeem himself for....

"Dammit, Vash, when are you going to let that woman go?! Her preaching has brought you nothing but pain and misery! Not only that, it's caused the deaths of a lot of humans, not to mention your friend, Wolfwood!" Vash was taken slightly aback. Not out of surprise, of course. Knives had been saying things like that since they made planet fall. It was that it was Knives saying it, that he had caused so much .

Vash regained most of his composure. "I'm not going to forget what Rem told me, what she told us. I've spared everyone who's pointed a gun, blade or any other weapon at me. And I will continue to do that. But it is because I choose to. And, Knives. I want you to choose that, too."

Knives grinned. "Not everyone, little brother. Theres a human life directly on you conscience, isn't there?"

Vash looked down. Legato Bluesummers...