03 Bright Light, Shine Through the Darkness

Airdate: January 21, 2023
Source: Crunchyroll
Transcribers: Versaphile and deludedfantasy
Subtitle Files: JPN -> ENG Full Subs | English Dub Full Subs | English Dub Forced Subs (on-screen text + lyrics only) – TBD

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Summary

Just as Vash the Stampede, the town of Jeneora Rock, and the Nebraskas reach a three-way truce, the town is attacked again. E.G. Mine, working under orders from Millions Knives, has come to steal the energy plant. Despite the town being full of explosives, Vash, Meryl Stryfe, and Robert De Niro are able to stop E.G. Mine and save the townspeople. But the arrival of Millions Knives puts the town in grave danger. Knives kills E.G. Mine. Vash confronts his brother, but Knives is able to disable him by controlling his gate. The Nebraskas and townspeople try to defend themselves, but quickly fall. Knives and his team take both plants, and then Knives slices apart the large rock formation that sits over the town, raining down crushing rock and destroying everything. Knives and his team return to JuLai with the plants. The survivors blame Vash for the attacks and tell him to never return. Vash heads towards JuLai, determined to take the town’s plants back from Millions Knives.

Sandstorm Warning

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Millions Knives leaves a trail of footprints in the sand as he walks towards Jeneora Rock.
Radio Host: And now, the weather for the seven cities. Strong air currents have enlarged the large sandstorm that formed in the center of the continent. It’s expected to reach the west soon.	Radio Host: Looking at the forecast for the seven cities. The sandstorm brewing in the center of our continent has been intensified by a pocket of strong air currents and is expected to reach the west soon. Residents in this region are advised to take shelter immediately.

E. G. Bomber

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Meryl Stryfe and the people of Jeneora Rock scatter in a panic outside the diner. Vash the Stampede stands in the center trying to direct them and Nebraska is next to him.
Radio Host: Residents in the area are advised to take shelter. Vash the Stampede: To the main street! Hurry! Nebraska: Gofsef! Where are you?! Vash the Stampede: Hurry! This way!	Radio Host: If you live in a western city… Vash the Stampede: Get to the main street! Hurry! Nebraska: My boy, where are you? Vash the Stampede: Move!
Vash the Stampede grabs Nebraska and pulls him away.
Nebraska: Gosef!	Nebraska: Gosef! Gosef!
Two soldiers stands in a doorway looking out at the panicked crowd of people running through the town.
Radio Host: There is risk of widespread plant disruption through the late afternoon. Soldier 3-A: What’s going on?! Radio Host: Please prepare as best you can!	Radio Host: Given the conditions, it’s likely to continue into the late afternoon… Soldier 3-A: Now what? Radio Host: …take cover and prepare accordingly.
Vash the Stampede, Meryl Stryfe, Roberto De Niro, Rosa and Tonis stop in the street after running away from the diner, all of them panting. Nebraska sinks to his knees. A soldier approaches them.
Nebraska: He ran outside to make sure nobody else got hurt…	Nebraska: Gone. Poor lad ran for the hills to protect us. That sweet soul!
Nebraska beats his fist against the ground in anguish. More bombs crawl out of gaps in the ground, attaching themselves to Nebraska, the soldier, Meryl Stryfe and Roberto De Niro.
Meryl Stryfe: There are more of those things!	Meryl Stryfe: Company!
Rosa runs over to help Meryl.
Rosa: Meryl! Roberto De Niro: They’re bombs! Be careful! Damn it! Soldier 3-B: Bombs?!	Rosa: Lemme get that! Roberto De Niro: Don’t go pressing buttons. They’re bombs. Soldier 3-B: They’re bombs?
Tonis tries to outrun a bomb, but it attaches itself to his back. As it plunges into his back, he trips and falls face down.
Tonis: (screams) Rosa: Tonis!	Tonis: Mama! Rosa: Tonis!
Vash the Stampede runs over to Tonis and tries to pull the bomb off.
Vash the Stampede: I’m here to help!	Vash the Stampede: I’ve got ya!
Soldier 3-B walks over, one of the bombs attached to him turning red. Vash the Stampede tries to yank the red bomb off him.
Vash the Stampede: Damn! It won’t come off! Roberto De Niro: Don’t mess with it! This design… It’s gotta be the work of E. G. Bomber. An amateur won’t be able to dismantle it.	Vash the Stampede: Aw jeez, it’s stuck! Roberto De Niro: Keep your hands off it! This design means it must be the work of that E.G. Bomber guy. Dismantling these damn things would take a pro.
All the bombs attached to Soldier 3-B turn red. He pushes past Vash the Stampede and runs clear of anywhere there are people.
Soldier 3-B: Get back! Please! Save the town!	Soldier 3-B: Stay back! Save this town! Promise me!
Offscreen, the bombs detonate and Soldier 3-B screams as Vash the Stampede watches. His blood splashes on Vash the Stampede’s face and he wipes it away before turning back to everyone else.
Vash the Stampede: E. G. Bomber? Roberto De Niro: His real name is Ethan Gilbert Hamilton. He takes lives so easily that he earned himself the nickname “Easy Bomber.” Worst bomb maniac ever. Meryl Stryfe: What does he want with this town? Roberto De Niro: Who knows? Rosa: How do we survive? Roberto De Niro: We’ll have to ask the bomber himself how to disable these. Assuming there is a way. Vash the Stampede: Then I’ll find him and capture him. At any rate, don’t lose heart. Rosa: Vash… Meryl Stryfe: But where is he? Roberto De Niro: His type likes to watch their “work” play out. Vash the Stampede: A place with a good view of the area…	Vash the Stampede: Who’s this E.G. Bomber? Roberto De Niro: His real name is Ethan Gilbert Hamilton. Apparently, taking lives is easy for this sicko. But he couldn’t just call himself “easy bomber,” had to add his stupid autograph. Meryl Stryfe: And why would he target this town? Roberto De Niro: Beats me. Rosa: So what are we supposed to do? Roberto De Niro: We’re gonna have to find the bomber himself. If these things can be disabled, he’ll know how. Vash the Stampede: I can capture this guy for you. In the meantime, keep your spirits up. Rosa: We’ll try. Meryl Stryfe: Where is he? Roberto De Niro: I’ve found that freaks like him get off at seeing the fruits of their labor. Vash the Stampede: So, he must be somewhere with a good view.
Vash the Stampede surveys their surroundings and catches sight of someone up high on a cliff. It’s E.G. the Mine. He loads a bullet into his gun and fires at him, but misses. E.G. the Mine scampers down the cliff, giggling madly and the group gives chase.
Nebraska: There he is! Get him! Townsman A: Hurry!	Nebraska: Say bye-bye, boomie! Townsman A: Yeah!

E. G. Mine

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Nebraska, Vash the Stampede, and some townspeople run out of Jeneora Rock and onto the desert sands. The ground explodes beneath some of the townspeople, killing them.
Nebraska: Land mines?! E.G. the Mine: This whole town is full of my creations.	Nebraska: Mines too? E.G. the Mine: More mines than you could comprehend, little man.
E.G. the Mine sits nearby on a sand dune. He waves an admonishing finger at them.
Vash the Stampede: E. G. Bomber? E.G. the Mine: I no longer go by that. Thanks to someone, I’ve been reborn.	Vash the Stampede: E. G. Bomber? E.G. the Mine: Tsk, tsk, tsk. The man who once bore that name is no more. Thanks to a special someone, I have been born anew.
The ground trembles beneath E.G. the Mine and a cage-like machine, almost like a bear trap, opens underneath him. He climbs into the seat in the middle, light flashing across his goggles.
E.G. the Mine: E. G. the Mine… That’s my new name!	E.G. the Mine: E.G. the Mine. That name’s much more fitting, wouldn’t you agree?
Vash the Stampede gasps.
E.G. the Mine: Now then, where’s the treasure?	E.G. the Mine: Now, then. I heard that you fine folks have a treasure for me?
The TOMBI Opening Credits sequence plays. The machine closes around E.G. the Mine, turning into a giant wheel. He drives it toward Vash the Stampede and Nebraska. Vash the Stampede grabs Nebraska and jumps out of the way.
Vash the Stampede: He’s after the plant, too!	Vash the Stampede: He’s after the plant!
E.G. the Mine heads into Jeneora Rock and Vash the Stampede runs after him. He drops bombs behind him as he goes which Vash the Stampede dodges. Arrows overlay his vision, a program leading him up the stairs to the plant room.
E.G. the Mine: That must be it.	E.G. the Mine: Bingo, baby!
Vash the Stampede attempts to follow him up the stairs but is blown back by the blast of a bomb E.G. the Mine drops behind him. Meryl Stryfe comes running after Vash the Stampede.
Meryl Stryfe: Vash!	Meryl Stryfe: You okay? Hey!
Vash the Stampede doesn’t answer and stands up, going after E.G. the Mine again.
Roberto De Niro: I get it now. The moment you get involved with him, you get swept into trouble. The Humanoid Typhoon’s a fitting name. Meryl Stryfe: What do you mean by that?	Roberto De Niro: Now it’s clicking. After a few short hours hanging around this fool you’re already swept up, up and away into the typhoon. Damn good nickname. Meryl Stryfe: What do you mean by that?
The sound of a bomb beeping interrupts them. Roberto De Niro raises his hands and steps back.
Roberto De Niro: Whoa there. Stay back.	Roberto De Niro: Whoa, whoa. Stay away.
Roberto De Niro turns around to reveal that the bomb on his back has turned red and is ready to blow at any second.
Roberto De Niro: Unless your idea of a good time is suicide with a drunk. Meryl Stryfe: This is no time for your trademark cynicism… Suicide? That’s it!	Roberto De Niro: Unless suicide with a drunk sounds like a grand ol’ time to you. Meryl Stryfe: Okay, blowing up is not sui… cide. There’s an idea!

Stay Back

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A soldier from Jeneora Rock rides away from the town on a toma, the city rising up behind him. He spots someone approaching and comes to a stop. The figure of Millions Knives is reflected in his glasses.
Soldier 3-C: Stay back! The town’s covered in explosives! You there!	Soldier 3-C: Turn around! There’s bombs all over the place! Hey, you!
Title card: #03 Bright Light, Shine through the Darkness

Stealing To Kill

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Panting, Vash the Stampede runs into the plant room. He hears a shout and rushes up the stairs to the main platform. Meanwhile, back in town, the bomb on Tonis’s back beeps and turns red.
Rosa: Don’t worry. Vash will take care of it.	Rosa: You don’t need to worry, okay? Mr. Vash is gonna save us.
Vash the Stampede runs up onto the main platform just as E.G. the Mine is leaving, the energy plant loaded into his contraption.
E.G. the Mine: So you’re here. Vash the Stampede: Disable the bombs.	E.G. the Mine: Well, well. Vash the Stampede: Disable the bombs!
E.G. the Mine shoots two bombs at Vash the Stampede and he shoots them out of the air, creating a smoke screen.
Vash the Stampede: You can’t get me with the same old trick!	Vash the Stampede: Real original idea, buddy!
Vash the Stampede jumps through the smoke screen, surprising E.G. the Mine, and grabbing hold of the cage E.G. the Mine is sitting in. Laughing maniacally, E.G. the Mine jerks him around, rolling down the stairs and out of the plant room.
Vash the Stampede: If it’s the plant that you want, then your business here is done! Disable the bombs now! E.G. the Mine: You don’t get it, do you? I’m not killing to steal… I’m stealing to kill!	Vash the Stampede: You already have the plant, so your business here is done! Now tell me how to shut off all the bombs! E.G. the Mine: You don’t get it, do you? I’m not killing for a chance to steal! I’m stealing for a chance to kill!
E.G. the Mine laughs maniacally as they roll past the diner, nearly running over Meryl Strfye and Roberto De Niro. Roberto De Niro jumps onto Meryl Stryfe, pushing both of them out of the way.
E.G. the Mine: Now suffer!	E.G. the Mine: Now scream for me!
E.G. the Mine’s laugh suddenly cuts off when he notices Vash the Stampede pointing his gun directly at his head.
Vash the Stampede: Enough. E.G. the Mine: Damn!	Vash the Stampede: That’s enough. E.G. the Mine: Damn!
E.G. the Mine’s contraption hits a railing and goes flying out of control.

Red Button

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E.G. the Mine’s contraption lands in a patch of sand.
Meryl Stryfe: Vash!	Meryl Stryfe: We’re coming!
E.G. the Mine climbs out of the piloting cage and collapses to the sand before staggering forward. Vash the Stampede lies prone on the ground and E.G. the Mine picks up Vash the Stampede’s gun from where it fell and points it at him.
E.G. the Mine: I beat the one and only Vash the Stampede! Roberto De Niro: E. G. Bomber! E.G. the Mine: I told you it’s the Mine!	E.G. the Mine: Tragic fall from Humanoid Typhoon to Humanoid Puddle! Roberto De Niro: E.G. the Bomber! E.G. the Mine: It’s E.G. the Mine! Get it right!
Roberto De Niro rushes E.G. the Mine. Meryl Stryfe jumps out from behind Roberto De Niro and uses the flash of her camera to momentarily blind E.G. the Mine. Roberto De Niro grabs E.G. the Mine around the waist and Meryl Stryfe grabs him by the arm. The bombs on both their backs are red.
E.G. the Mine: You! Wh-What the– Roberto De Niro: Tell us how to disable the bombs! Or else… Meryl Stryfe: We’ll all die together! E.G. the Mine: Damn you! Get off!	E.G. the Mine: Hands off! I’ll detonate your ass! Roberto De Niro: Tell us how to shut them off, or else. Meryl Stryfe: Yeah, if we die, then you die too! E.G. the Mine: Off me! Now!
E.G. the Mine attempts to push Meryl away and is stopped by Vash the Stampede who grabs his other arm and puts him in a chokehold.
Vash the Stampede: Spit it out! Talk! E.G. the Mine: The red button on my back! Push it! Push it already!	Vash the Stampede: Tell us! Out with it! E.G. the Mine: The red button on my back! Hurry up! Push it already!
Vash the Stampede uncovers the red button on E.G. the Mine’s back and pushes it. The bombs on everyone’s backs turn blue and fall off. Everyone sighs in relief. E.G. the Mine collapses to the ground, dropping Vash’s gun.
Townsfolk 3-A: We’re saved! We’re saved! Townsfolk 3-B: Are you all right? Is anyone injured?	Townsfolk 3-A: We’re saved! We’re saved! Townsfolk 3-B: I’m so glad Vash is here. You alright?

Revenge Is Pointless

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As Roberto De Niro ties E.G. the Mine’s hands behind his back, Vash the Stampede takes back his gun and holsters it. Nebraska points his rocket launcher at E.G. the Mine.
Nebraska: You killed my son!	Nebraska: You killed my beloved boy!
Vash the Stampede steps in front of E.G. the Mine and blocks Nebraska’s shot.
Vash the Stampede: No, Nebraska. Nebraska: Out of my way, Vash! You’d protect this scoundrel?! Vash the Stampede: There’s no point in revenge. Nebraska: Whose side are you on?!	Vash the Stampede: Please don’t, Nebraska. Nebraska: Get out of my way! You would dare to protect this maniac? Vash the Stampede: Revenge is pointless, trust me. Nebraska: Who the hell’s side are you on, anyway?
Everyone gasps, suddenly distracted by something else. Vash the Stampede’s eyes widen. Suddenly, piano music cuts through the air. In the diner, Millions Knives sits at the piano and plays.
Vash the Stampede: Run… Meryl Stryfe: Huh? Vash the Stampede: Everyone, run! Get outside of town!	Vash the Stampede: He’s here. Meryl Stryfe: Huh? Vash the Stampede: Don’t just stand there! Get out of town! Hurry!
With his hands still tied behind him, E.G. the Mine headbutts Roberto De Niro, breaking his hold on him, and makes a run for it. Nebraska raises his rocket launcher again.
Nebraska: You’re not getting away!	Nebraska: You’re mine!
Nebraska fires but E.G. dodges the shot and the rocket sends up a huge dust cloud when it hits. E.G. the Mine disappears into it.
E.G. the Mine: Whoopsies! You suck!	E.G. the Mine: Whoopsies! Nice shot!
Vash the Stampede gestures emphatically at the group of townspeople gathered around him.
Vash the Stampede: Hurry! Get outta here! Roberto De Niro: Let’s beat it! Meryl Stryfe: What about the Bomber? Roberto De Niro: Not now! Run!	Vash the Stampede: What are you doing? Run! Roberto De Niro: Aye, aye, cap! Meryl Stryfe: He got away! Roberto De Niro: Just run, newbie!
Meryl Stryfe and Roberto De Niro run away from the town while Vash the Stampede races into the dust cloud following E.G. and the sound of the piano music.
Meryl Stryfe: Hurry, everyone!	Meryl Stryfe: You heard him!

It Belongs To Us

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Back in the town, E.G. the Mine runs up the stairs, giggling maniacally.
E.G. the Mine: It’s him!	E.G. the Mine: He’s finally here!
E.G. the Mine runs through the doors to the diner and stops before Millions Knives who is playing the piano.
E.G. the Mine: You grace me with your presence!	E.G. the Mine: Master, you grace me with your presence!
E.G. the Mine’s manic laughs are cut off. A wave of blood bursts through the diner’s doors. His severed arms, still tied together, hang from the top of the door frame. Through the swinging doors, his armless body can be seen. Bumper/Eyecatch: A map, labeled SEVEN CITIES UNION MAP. A red dot marks Jeneora Rock.
E.G. the Mine: Master… Knives…	E.G. the Mine: Your power is immense, Master Knives.
E.G. the Mine’s armless body gushes blood and he collapses to the floor. Millions Knives still sits at the piano though he is no longer playing.
Millions Knives: Have you ever desired to converse with a god…	Millions Knives: Have you ever wondered what it’s like to speak with a god?
Millions Knives closes the lid of the piano. Vash the Stampede stands in the doorway, pointing his gun at Millions Knives.
Millions Knives: Vash? It’s been so long. I see you still have that gun. Vash the Stampede: Why are you here? Is it the plant? Millions Knives: I’m taking it back. It belongs to me. Or rather… It belongs to us. Vash the Stampede: I won’t let you take it. It’s what’s keeping the people of this town alive!	Millions Knives: Vash, it’s been so long. I see you’re still lugging around that gun. Vash the Stampede: Why are you here? For the plant or…? Millions Knives: I’m taking it back. It belongs to me, or rather, it belongs to us. Vash the Stampede: I won’t let you! That would be a death sentence for the entire town!
Millions Knives laughs.
Millions Knives: You won’t let me? Whose side are you on? It must feel so nice. All those flashy moves to save those people, earning their thanks… A cure for your loneliness. Vash the Stampede: You haven’t changed at all!	Millions Knives: You won’t let me? Whose side are you on? It must feel nice. Stunning the masses with your tricks, collecting their cries of adoration. Does their praise cure it? The loneliness? Vash the Stampede: Listen to yourself! All these years and you’re exactly the same!
Millions Knives approaches Vash the Stampede, walking barefoot across the bloody floor.
Millions Knives: The same… could be said of you.	Millions Knives: How amusing. I was thinking the same of you.
Millions Knives touches the barrel of Vash the Stampede’s gun with a single finger. A silvery blue energy erupts from his hands, going through the gun and causing cracks to form. Suddenly, Child Vash the Stampede floats in an empty blue landscape, confused, still holding his gun.
Millions Knives: You can’t even control your gate yet? Child Vash the Stampede: Nai? Nai?!	Millions Knives: You can’t even control your gate yet? Child Vash the Stampede: Nai? Nai?!
Through silvery blue cracks in the air, Child Vash the Stampede can be seen turning in circles while Vash the Stampede stands frozen in place, his gun lowered.
Millions Knives: Goodbye, Vash.	Millions Knives: So long, Vash.

Bomb Boy’s Big Boss

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Millions Knives leaves the diner. Outside, Nebraska runs up the stairs panting, holding his rocket launcher. He sees Millions Knives walking up the stairs.
Nebraska: Are you the boss?! Take this!	Nebraska: Are you bomb boy’s big boss? Die!
Nebraska fires his rocket launcher and it hits Millions Knives in the back. Back in the diner, Vash the Stampede comes out of Millions Knives’s hold and brings his gun up to shoot, his eyes widening when he realizes there’s no one there.
Vash the Stampede: Nai? Damn!	Vash the Stampede: Nai? Oh no.
Vash the Stampede runs out of the diner. Nebraska chases Millions Knives through Jeneora Rock now armed with a handgun.
Nebraska: Where’d he go?!	Nebraska: Come out, come out, big cheese. Huh?
Standing on the stairs, he turns in circles. Millions Knives appears behind him and Nebraska freezes. Vash the Stampede appears at the bottom of the stairs.
Vash the Stampede: Run, Nebraska!	Vash the Stampede: Run, Nebraska!
Nebraska turns around to shoot and Millions Knives cuts off his right arm with his knives. The severed arm lands next to Vash the Stampede. Nebraska topples down the stairs and lands at Vash the Stampede’s feet. Vash the Stampede tries to stem the bleeding.
Vash the Stampede: Someone, Nebraska needs help! Don’t die on me. Stop, Nai! Stop!	Vash the Stampede: You’re okay. We need help! Hang in there. Stop this, Nai! Stop this!
Millions Knives continues walking up the stairs and is obscured by a cloud of smoke at the top.

Step Aside

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The townspeople of Jeneora Rock are evacuating. A car races towards Jeneora Rock. It brakes and the back hatch opens, Gray the Ninelives jumping out in front of the shocked townspeople. William Conrad, holding Elendira the Crimsonnails’s hand, walks out behind him.
William Conrad: There.	William Conrad: Up ahead.
Millions Knives walks up the stairs to the plant room. His bare feet are covered in blood. A group of three women, led by Rosa, armed with semi automatic rifles block his way.
Rosa: You’re not taking our plant! Do you hear me?!	Rosa: You aren’t gettin’ any closer! I’ll shoot, ya hear!
Gray the Ninelives climbs over the railing at the edge of the platform. In his hand stand William Conrad and Elendira the Crimsonnail.
William Conrad: You should step aside. You have no chance in a fight. Millions Knives: Oh, you decided to show up, Doctor. Good timing. Go and recover the other one. I’ll handle this.	William Conrad: Step aside. The odds are not in your favor, ma’am. Millions Knives: Doctor. You decided to show up. Recover that which is mine. I’ll take care of this.
Millions Knives glides up the stairs towards the women as they open fire on him.
Rosa: Not on my watch!	Rosa: We’ll “take care” of you!
As the women pant in exertion, a cloud of gunsmoke obscures Millions Knives’s figure. A chain of Millions Knives’s blades lassos the leg of the woman on the right and drags her screaming into the smoke cloud. Her screams cut off in a burst of blood. Another chain of blades grabs the second woman around the throat and drags her away. Rosa catches her by the arm and attempts to pull her back.
Woman 2-A: Rosa!	Woman 2-A: Rosa!
More chains descend on Townswoman A, surrounding her, and then slicing her to pieces, leaving Rosa holding a dismembered arm. Rosa falls to the ground, gasping, and drops the arm. Knives chains snake out from his body towards the building where the plant is kept.
Millions Knives: Here you are…	Millions Knives: There you are.
More chains unfold from Millions Knives’s cloak, leaving him naked from the waist up. Four chains spear the building as he ascends the stairs. Rosa tries to scramble back away from him. Millions Knives jumps into the air, supported by his chains as his cloak reforms around him. He slices a neat circle into the top of the building and takes off the roof like a lid. He uses his chains to wrap around the red plant bulb and lift it out of the building. Vash the Stampede runs onto the platform to confront him and points his gun at Millions Knives.
Vash the Stampede: Nai! Get away from there! Put the plant down! Millions Knives: Whose side are you on?	Vash the Stampede: Nai! Come here and talk to me! Put the plant down! Millions Knives: You’ll have to choose a side at some point, you know.

Mom Said To Hide

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Meryl Stryfe and Roberto De Niro cling to the side of a large pipe that runs down the shear walls of Jeneora Rock. They carefully edge their way down.
Meryl Stryfe: Are you sure it’s this way? Roberto De Niro: Don’t lose your step. I don’t want to die in a splat. Meryl Stryfe: Like I said, this is no time for your–	Meryl Stryfe: Are you sure we’re going the right way? Roberto De Niro: Focus on climbing. Don’t wanna fall by dying, newbie. Meryl Stryfe: Great, so no. You’re totally lost, aren’t you?
Meryl Stryfe pauses in her climb when she notices Tonis cowering on a cliff ledge holding his worm catching net.
Meryl Stryfe: Tonis? What are you doing here? Tonis: Mom said to hide… Meryl Stryfe: So she’s still in town.	Meryl Stryfe: Tonis, whatcha doing here? Tonis: Mama said to hide out for awhile. Meryl Stryfe: So she’s still in here.
Rocks and debris fall from above them.
Meryl Stryfe: Is that…	Meryl Stryfe: Uh-oh.

Watch Them All Perish

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A blue light flickers over Vash the Stampede’s gun.
Vash the Stampede: The plant… Millions Knives: You never change. Still a daydreamer full of empty words. Vash the Stampede: Stop!	Vash the Stampede: How could you? Millions Knives: Because I’m still me. And you’re still living off empty words. Vash the Stampede: Quiet!
Millions Knives’s chains suddenly tighten around the plant bulb with a loud clang.
Millions Knives: Just stand back and watch. Watch them all perish.	Millions Knives: Just stand back and watch. Watch them all perish.
Vash the Stampede rushes forward and fires a shot at Millions Knives. It pings harmlessly off his blades but leaves behind a small smoking black crater.
Vash the Stampede: I’ll say it again… Put the plant down! Millions Knives: You’d shoot me? Your own big brother?	Vash the Stampede: Chance number two. Put the plant down! Millions Knives: You would shoot me? Your own big brother?
Millions Knives laughs. The cape of his hood transforms into chains of blades that wrap around him. Vash the Stampede fires another bullet and Millions Knives creates a tornado of chains around him to deflect it. Vash the Stampede reloads and fires multiple shots, and again, Millions Knives uses his chains to deflect them. The chains separate into individual blades that form concentric circles around Millions Knives as he laughs and lifts his arm. The circles of blades rise high up into the air, looming over Jeneora Rock.
Millions Knives: In the past, God rained fire from the sky, destroying the city of depraved fools. Vash the Stampede: Don’t do it… Millions Knives: To fix the world once and for all, I’m moving ahead. To bring everything back to even.	Millions Knives: Long ago, God rained fire onto the city of fools. Destruction was a small price to pay for their depravity. Vash the Stampede: Don’t, Nai. Millions Knives: God cleansed what man had sullied, just as I will now. This world will be a blank slate.
The circles of blades form a large disk. Millions Knives raises it higher and higher, until it becomes clear what he means to do.
Vash the Stampede: The whole town? Rosa, run!	Vash the Stampede: The city… Rosa, you’ve gotta get outta here!
Millions Knives disk of blades comes down on the large boulder that overshadows the city and begins shredding it. Below, Gray the Ninelives, with Elendira the Crimsonnail riding on his back, rushes away from the town holding the other plant.
Elendira the Crimsonnail: Hurry.	Elendira the Crimsonnail: Quickly, now.
Millions Knives surrounds the boulder with his blades and slices it into neat sections. Vash the Stampede helps Rosa up and pulls her away while Millions Knives laughs maniacally behind him. The pieces of the boulder come apart and rain down on the town. Millions Knives turns away and disappears into a cloud of dust with the plant. Holding Rosa’s hand, Vash the Stampede runs through the dust cloud and falling debris.
Vash the Stampede: Hurry! Why, Nai?!	Vash the Stampede: Why? How could he?
On the ground, the doors of William Conrad’s truck close on the stolen plants. William Conrad and Elendira the Crimsonnail climb inside and drive away while Jeneora Rock burns away and falls apart behind them. On the cliffside, Meryl Stryfe clutches Tonis close to herself, but the rock beneath him gives way and he falls with a scream. Roberto De Niro holds her back as she reaches for the boy.
Meryl Stryfe: Tonis!	Meryl Stryfe: Tonis, no!
Vash the Stampede runs through the town as it falls apart.
Vash the Stampede: Why… Why?! Why, Nai?!	Vash the Stampede: Why here? Why now? Why do it, Nai? Why?!
As William Conrad’s truck drives away from Jeneora Rock, the town crumbles behind them, a giant black cloud engulfing the town as it is destroyed.

Get Out Of This Town

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Roberto De Niro grunts as he helps Meryl Stryfe out from between the debris she’s stuck under. They’re both dusty and dirty.
Roberto De Niro: Good job. You’re a tough one. Can’t say you’re looking good, but you lucked out. That, too, is a talent all good journalists need.	Roberto De Niro: Hey, you’re tougher than I thought. You might look like total hell, but you’re a lucky one. Congrats, if you wanna be a good journalist, dumb luck is a necessity.
Meryl Stryfe coughs as Roberto De Niro talks. She gasps when she catches sight of Vash the Stampede, Rosa, and Tonis in the distance. She runs across the field of debris towards them.
Meryl Stryfe: Vash! Rosa!	Meryl Stryfe: Hey, Vash! Rosa!
She comes to a stop beside Vash the Stampede and her face falls. Townspeople are in various states of injury and despair around her, people sobbing in pain and over the dead bodies of loved ones. A bloody and bandaged Gosef sits next to an equally bloody and bandaged Nebraska who is missing his left arm. Rosa kneels on the ground, cadling Tonis in her arms. He’s missing his left arm.
Meryl Stryfe: Tonis… Rosa: They took everything. The plant, the people, the town… There’s no way we can survive now.	Meryl Stryfe: Poor little guy. Rosa: They took everything. Our plant, our people, our town. Our luck’s run out.
As Rosa speaks, she doesn’t look up.
Vash the Stampede: Rosa… Rosa: That monster is your brother, right?	Vash the Stampede: Rosa… Rosa: He’s your brother, right? You share blood with that monster?
Vash the Stampede gasps quietly.
Vash the Stampede: I promise I’ll get your plant back! No matter how long it takes… Rosa: Go away. Get out of this town right now. If you hadn’t come here, none of this would have happened. Don’t you ever show your face here again… Humanoid Typhoon.	Vash the Stampede: I promise, I’m gonna bring that plant back to you! Whatever it takes, I’ll do it! Rosa: Get outta my sight. And get the hell outta my town. If you hadn’t stumbled your way into the diner, this disaster never would’ve happened. You would be wise not to show your face here again, Humanoid Typhoon.

I Don’t Deserve To Cry

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Vash the Stampede sighs and lifts his bag, dusting it off before slinging it over his shoulder and walking away. Meryl Stryfe gasps while Roberto De Niro settles himself on a rock to watch them. Panting and stumbling, Meryl Stryfe runs after Vash.
Meryl Stryfe: Vash! Vash! Vash! Vash!	Meryl Stryfe: Hey, Vash. Vash! Wait up! Come on!
Vash the Stampede sees something in the sand and stops, dropping his bag. At his feet is Tonis’ worm cage. The worms inside glow a bright green. Behind him, Meryl Stryfe comes to a stop and watches him. The worms from the cage fly past her up into the night sky.
Meryl Stryfe: How? How, after all they said to you…	Meryl Stryfe: Are you okay? That was a lot just now.
Vash the Stampede hums in response and smiles sadly.
Meryl Stryfe: How can you smile like that?	Meryl Stryfe: I don’t get it. How can you just smile?
Vash the Stampede picks up his bag again.
Vash the Stampede: I don’t deserve to cry.	Vash the Stampede: Easy. Because I don’t deserve to cry.
Vash the Stampede starts walking into the desert.
Meryl Stryfe: Where are you going? Vash the Stampede: East. Meryl Stryfe: East?	Meryl Stryfe: Where are you going? Vash the Stampede: East. Meryl Stryfe: East, where?
From where he watches Meryl Stryfe and Vash the Stampede, Roberto De Niro lights a cigarette.
Vash the Stampede: Far east, to JuLai, the third city. That’s where he is.	Vash the Stampede: About as far as it gets, to the third city, JuLai. That’s where I’ll find him.
The Stars α (Ending Credits) sequence plays.

End Credits Concept Art

Concept art by Tajima Koji, at the end of "Bright Light, Shine Through the Darkness". A Western-style location in No Man's Land with the sign Macaroni City. — Concept art by Tajima Koji, at the end of “Bright Light, Shine Through the Darkness”. A Western-style location in No Man’s Land with the sign Macaroni City.