01x12 - QUO VADIS

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Help...

It hurts. I can't breath.
I'm scared. Help.

That voice...

Isn't there any way we can help?

You said earlier that Knives
was talking to the plants somehow.

Huh? You mean the Song of the Plants?

That's it!

Meryl!

Go...

I'm sorry I made you stay lonely
for so long, Elendira.

What are you trying to do?

I'm going to ask for the plants' help
by playing their song.

Vash is a plant, too.

If everyone lends a hand...

We might be able to stop Knives!

Uh...

You can't play?

Well, um, it's been over ten years,
so my fingers are...

Is that... Don't tell me
that's an Independent!

I can't believe they were
born on this planet too!

Fusion? How barbaric!

Gain initiative!

Deal with it!

Thor's Hammer, initiate firing sequence!

Safeties disengaged!

Charging energy now!

Pressure rising! Going critical!

All vessels, brace for impact!
Defensive stations!

What's that?

An arrow... of lightning?

Target identified!

Beginning countdown!

Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven!

Six! Five! Four!

Three! Two! One!

This way!

A warp?!

By an organic, on its own?!

There's no record of that
anywhere in the galaxy!

How much energy does that thing have?!

This is far beyond any
Independent we know of!

We may have underestimated the target.

That's a threat to the entire human race!

We've lost control!

All vessels are accelerating!

We're getting pulled in?!

We'll crash at this rate!

We don't have control!

Reverse thrust!

We're being dragged in!

Fire Thor's Hammer again!

We can't! It's too close!

Please, lend us your aid.

You are...

No, we're here breathing next to you.

We're alive. And we want
to know more about you.

We'll do our best to build
a better relationship.

We'll put our lives on the line.

So please, just this once, please help us!

Let us live with you...
Live alongside you!

Thanks, everyone.

Vash!

Not yet!

I must obliterate everything!

Vash!

Don't leave me!

Nai...

Let's end this.

It's laughable, don't you think?

I haven't been able to realize anything.

What was I doing for 150 years?

There's no reason for us to fight.

You're always so consistent.

But I will not bend the knee.

My past and my future won't allow it.

Even if I am the only one
in the world to do so,

I will hold pride in the path I chose!

Nai!

Nai is dead!

Are you going to k*ll me again, Vash?!

Nai!

k*ll me, Vash.

Humanity never learns.

That's not true.

Let's have faith in humanity.

Will Nai be okay?

Vash, I need you to do something for me.

Rem?

You'll both be all right
as long as you're together.

So, Vash, no matter
what happens, please...

Don't let Nai be alone.

k*ll me!

Sorry.

Rem suffered.

Maybe she stayed behind on that ship
as a form of atonement.

I am so truly sorry.

Nai, for the last 150 years...

Rem's pain...

Tesla's sadness, her loneliness...

You carried it all by yourself.

And I had absolutely no idea.

I'm so sorry!

Nai, I won't leave you alone anymore.

I'll carry everything with you.

Lord Knives...

Don't worry. He won't k*ll Knives.

Because that's the good fight
that Vash the Stampede fights.

Don't go...

Don't go!

Tesla.

Tesla...

Thank you, all of you.

I see.

The reason plants perish
if they aren't kept by humans...

Maybe that's because it
makes them feel lonely.

Our Father, who art in heaven...

Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us.

Feathers?

Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

Wait, is this what Vash
was talking about?

Our blank tickets!

Your name is Tesla?

Sorry... and thank you.

Emergency landing!

All hands, brace for impact!

Vash!

Nai...

Let's go together,
beyond the gate, to our world...

Vash!

Stop this, Vash!

Let's go, Nai.

Stop!

I won't leave you alone anymore.
Let's go together.

Stop! Don't take on any more suffering!

I wanted to make sure nobody
had to cry ever again.

Nai?

That includes you, Vash!

Nai, what are you—

I should be the last one to suffer.

You live on.

Nai!

July 21st, Year 114

Today marks exactly four years
since Lost JuLai,

and one year since the Genesis in JuLai.

The last shuttle transporting
the residents of Noman's Land

to the immigrant fleet is departing.

JuLai's been reborn
from the hell it once was.

The Last Run by Millions Knives
created water on this barren planet,

improved the soil,
and allowed flora to grow.

But the greenery is but a newborn infant.

It will take a long, long time
for it to cover the entire planet.

So a select few are remaining
on Noman's Land to protect the flora.

Most of the residents will go with the
immigrant fleet to find a new frontier.

Vash the Stampede...

He was dubbed the "Humanoid Typhoon"

and a massive bounty
was placed on his head.

But the ones who actually saved
this planet and the people on it

were none other than the Humanoid Typhoon
and his elder brother, Millions Knives.

Gather up, everyone!

Hurry!

Okay, okay. Stay in line.

Yes, ma'am!

I intend to continue chronicling
the brothers' 150-year journey.

Hey, hey! Look over there!

Okay, take care of "me."

You can count on me!

Make sure "I" get to see the universe.

Including the new frontiers you reach.

We're not capable of traveling
between stars, after all.

I can see everything that "I" see.

That way...

You'll never be lonely!

I'll never be bored.

You'll never be lonely!

I'll never be bored.

Listen, Milly Thompson.

That's how you're repaying me
for helping you out earlier, understand?

Yup, got it!

We'll take good care of "you"!

Well, Meryl, shall we board?

Please don't bring that thing
too close to me.

My sisters are all waiting.

And so are your mother,
your father, and your butler!

Yeah, they are. Let's go.

Hey, are you Meryl? Meryl Stryfe?

Yes?

I knew it. You're that ace reporter
with Bernardelli News, right?

I don't know if I'd
call myself that, but...

I've read all of your articles.

Oh, thank you.

They had a particular effect on me.

What kind of effect?

Well, they sort of gave me life...
A positive outlook of sorts.

Gave me courage, I guess you could say.
Thank you for that.

I look forward to reading what
you write on our trip.

Keep up the good work.

That was real nice, wasn't it?

Yeah. More than any
journalist could hope for.

You go, ace!

Aw, don't tease me, Milly.

This shuttle is powered
by plants too, right?

That's right.

Say, Meryl...

What even are plants really, anyway?

Meryl?

Just for that one instant, we felt it.

The pain and sorrow of the plants.

But as they say, pain is easily
forgotten when it's over.

We let it slide, and there it goes.

But...

"The desire to learn is what's important!"

Yes!

One day, our descendants will find
a way to truly coexist with plants.

That's why I think...

there's hope!

Yeah!

We have to keep telling that story
for the future generations.

As journalists!

I pray that we can keep up our courage

and keep walking down the right path.

Vash!

Vash!

Vash!

Vash!

What are you all doing here?
Isn't the last shuttle leaving today?

Exactly. That's why we came to get you.

Come on! Let's go!

Huh? I told you I'm staying here
on Noman's Land, didn't I?

I don't think you should.

It's too early for you to settle
into your sunset years.

Get a move on already.

There's lots more adventure out there!

You need to travel the universe!

You can always come back here
once you're an old man.

I am already 150 years old, though...

You don't look it!

Let's laugh about how fun this'll be
after we're all wrinkly!

But I...

Got it.

Looking good, Vash!

Thanks, but I'm a bit embarrassed.

Now come on. Let's go.

Yes! Time for a solo interview!

What? An interview?

Up close and personal!
Bernardelli's latest special!

What did we see in the dusty badlands?

A red demon? The shuddering ecology?

Uncovering every last detail about the man
known as the mysterious Humanoid Typhoon!

Let me be!

You won't beat me!

You're going to spill everything!

Vash! You forgot your patch!

Race you to the shuttle!

Where do you get the energy?

Vash, I have so many patches!

Let's finally get our big break!

Just grab Needle-noggin already.
I don't want to play tag in this heat.

Right, Meryl!

Every journalist must be meticulous!

It'll be like when we were kids!

You'll always have that ticket waiting
for you to write in where to go.