"Ghost" Trigun x reader

You pushed passed him, careful not to touch him; not wanting nausea or worse, that burning sensation, to blur your judgement and put Vash in danger.

'Up there,' you indicate by pointing at an emergency ladder going up the side of the plant's supporting base.

The both of you crept as stealthily as you could to avoid catching the eyes of the still fuming crowd half an isle of so away. You followed Vash's lead out of respect more than anything, knowing all this hiding was unnecessary for you. Reaching the base of the ladder, he pushed his back against the wall and took a large gun out of a holster on his left thigh you hadn't noticed before because of the flap of his red coat.

'Alright, you go back and take cover. I'm going to try and solve this,' he said with a stern expression as he checked that the barrel of his gun was fully loaded.

'The hell I am!' you clapped back, outraged. 'I bring you all the over here just to get shooed away? No freaking way my dude!'

Vash frowned as you got to witness him actually getting upset with you for the first time, even if just a little and mostly out of concern.

'Going up there is just going to get you-'

'Get me what? Hurt? Shot? Do I have to remind you that I'm a motherfucking ghost?'

You both stared at each other, hoping the other would perhaps give in first. However, your staring contest didn't get to last much longer; the sound of a shot being fired from up above broke the silence.

Not wasting a second, you ran to the ladder and practically jumped on it to get ahead as you knew Vash would be behind you barely seconds later to try and stop you.

'What are doing?' he whispered-yelled as he climbed, almost on your heels,

" 'Solving this' ", you quote back.

As you had almost reached the top end of the ladder, you slowed your climb progressively. You heard the voices of two man arguing.

'Harry, you're better than this, son . What will Rita say? What will your son say?'

'Don't you dare talk about them! Rita left me to die! She kicked me out with nothing! NOTHING!'

Having reached the top, you put your arms flat on the ground and started pulling yourself up.

'Oh no, you don't!' you heard Vash whisper before he reached for your ankle with his right hand.

You both gasped when a spark-like sensation flared up where the skin of his exposed fingers made contact with your uncovered ankle.

'Ah! Shit!' Vash swore under his breath and quickly pulled his hand back.

You pushed through the vivid feeling spreading in you limb and used that opportunity to hoist yourself fully onto the metal platform.

'Rule number two: don't touch ghosts!' you yelled back before making a run for it.

'Wait, don't-' you caught Vash say before you were too far away, already heading for the figures of the two men to your right.

Getting closer you saw a dishevelled Harry next to the plant, using it a support as he seemed in bad shape. Across from him, having most likely come from the main entrance that was behind him was another armed you recognized as Harold, the town's retired sheriff.

Harold already had Harry in his sight, gun pointed at him. But, considering that the old sheriff had to retire because of his poor eyesight, you knew he didn't feel confident shooting even at a short distance for he feared hitting the plant.

'Just fucking give me the money already! I'm not leaving without it. I don't care, I'll shoot the goddamn plant if I have to!' threatened Harry, raising his own gun.

'I'm givin' you a chance, son. Ain't gonna hold back on shootin' ya if it comes down to it.'

'Then shoot, old man! I'm a dead man anyways! If I don't come back with money they're killing me on the spot, so doesn't matter if I die trying to get that money or I wait to get shot in my sleep!'

From the corner of your eyes, you saw a red figure approaching. Turning around, you see it was Vas, carefully walking towards Harry without making a sound. He had a finger on his lips, signaling to keep quiet.

***(I'm sorry for the short chapter. I had to find a decent spot for a chapter break. But good news is that means next chapter will be longer and make up for it!)