E12 - High Noon at July

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[00:01] (Flashback) Young Vash
    A space colony...? Emigrants...?
[00:04] (Flashback) Rem
    That's right, Vash.
[00:06] (Flashback) Rem
    We left Earth two hundred years ago
     in search of a new home.
[00:10] (Flashback) Young Nai
    Like a Western...
    Life on the frontier!
[00:13] (Flashback) Young Vash
    Huh?
[00:14] (Flashback) Young Nai
    Where cowboys stand up for their friends
    and beat the bad guys!
[00:18] (Flashback) Young Nai
    Bang, bang!
[00:19] (Flashback) Young Vash
    I don't like that stuff.
[00:23] (Flashback) Rem
    Look, you two.
[00:26] (Flashback) Rem
    Project Seeds means hope,
    a future for humanity and plants.
[00:31] (Flashback) Young Vash
    How come we're the only ones
    who can live outside the casings?
[00:36] (Flashback) Rem
    Here's what I think.
[00:38] (Flashback) Rem
    Maybe you two are gifts sent by God
[00:43] (Flashback) Rem
    to act as a bridge between humans and plants.
[00:47] (Flashback) Young Nai
    Like angels.
[00:48] (Flashback) Young Vash
    I wonder if we can get along with humans.
[00:52] (Flashback) Rem
    Don't worry. No matter
    what happens, I will protect you.
[00:58] (Flashback) Rem
    Always.
[01:02] Knives
    We the Independents will bring
    a new order to this world.
[01:08] Knives
    It's the birth of a new world!
[01:10] Radio Host
    This is a Satellite News Flash
    from November Public Broadcasting!
[01:15] Radio Host
    The unknown object that suddenly
    appeared in central JuLai
[01:18] Radio Host
    is continuing to grow at an astounding pace!
[01:23] Wolfwood
    It's the end of the world.
[01:26] Conrad
    Knives has gone to the other side of the gate.
[01:29] Meryl
    The other side of the gate?
[01:31] Conrad
    A realm in the higher dimension
    that we cannot possibly fathom.
[01:35] Conrad
    There, he will connect
    directly with the plant core.
[01:43] Conrad
    He will artificially impregnate all of the
    plants and create new Independents,
[01:49] Conrad
    similar to how he and Vash were born.
[01:53] Conrad
    Then he will wipe out humanity
     and create a new world.
[01:59] Meryl
    Are you saying he's going
    to kill us if this goes on?
[02:03] Meryl
    Wake up, Vash!
[02:06] Conrad
    I already told you that he's no longer
    the Vash the Stampede you knew.
[02:12] Conrad
    Accept it.
[02:14] Conrad
    The gate is already open,
    with Vash as the hub.
[02:17] Conrad
    The only way to close it now
    would be to destroy the gate itself.
[02:22] Conrad
    In other words, to kill Vash.
[02:24] Meryl
    That can't be...
[02:27] Knives
    I made it.
[02:32] Knives
    I can feel it!
[02:34] Knives
    This is the power that was
    inside you all this time.
[02:38] Knives
    Now, let us begin!
[02:42] Soldier Radio
    This is JuLai requesting
    backup from the Alliance of Cities!
[02:45] Soldier 12-A
    What's going on?!
[02:47] Soldier 12-B
    There's no end to it!
[03:03] Zazie
    You're not going to run?
[03:05] Zazie
    At this rate, the twins
    will take the whole planet.
[03:08] Wolfwood
    It's not every day I get to see you flustered.
[03:12] Wolfwood
    Things not going to plan?
[03:15] Zazie
    It's really too bad. If you
    had a network of your own,
[03:18] Zazie
    you could've made death obsolete.
[03:21] Wolfwood
    Humans aren't like Worms.
[03:23] Zazie
    And I reckon this'll be the end of you.
[03:29] Wolfwood
    For cryin' out loud.
[03:36] Meryl
    The only one who can
    stop Millions Knives is...
[03:40] Conrad
    He has been reborn.
[03:42] Conrad
    As a plant.
[03:52] Conrad
    Human words mean nothing to him anymore.
[03:57] Conrad
    But what is he trying to start?
[04:06] Conrad
    You must run! It'll swallow you up!
[04:11] Meryl
    Don't you give up now!
[04:13] Meryl
    You're the only one who
    can stop Millions Knives!
[04:17] Meryl
    Come on... Vash!
[04:24] Meryl
    I know you can hear me, Vash!
[04:25] Conrad
    She doesn't know when to quit.
[04:31] Knives
    Pathetic.
[04:33] Knives
    A parasite feeding off our brethren.
[04:35] Knives
    This power belongs to us.
[04:38] Knives
    I won't let any human have it!
[04:41] Meryl
    Vash!
[04:42] Meryl
    Vash!
[04:52] Young Nai
    What's that song?
[04:54] Young Vash
    It just comes to me.
[04:56] Young Vash
    It calms me down when I'm nervous.
[04:59] Young Vash
    I feel like I know it from long ago.
[05:02] Young Nai
    Hm...
[05:03] Young Vash
    Say, Nai, do you think we
    can get along with humans?
[05:08] Young Nai
    Don't worry. No matter
    what happens, I will protect you.
[05:18] Rem
    Vash.
[05:20] Rem
    Vash...
[05:27] Young Nai
    I will protect you.
[05:30] Young Vash
    No...
[05:32] Young Vash
    No! You're not the one who said that!
[05:39] Young Vash
    The person who said that to me is...
[05:44] Young Nai
    Vash.
[05:51] Young Nai/Knives
    You'll be so much happier if you stay here.
[05:54] Young Nai/Knives
    Don't go. Don't go!
[05:57] Young Nai/Knives
    Vash! Stop!
[06:02] Rem
    Vash... Vash...
[06:15] Rem
    Vash...
[06:17] Rem
    Vash.
[06:20] Rem
    Vash.
[06:23] Teenage Vash
    Wait!
[06:25] Teenage Vash
    Please wait!
[06:29] Vash
    Rem!
[06:31] Rem
    I'm sorry I left you all alone.
[06:34] Rem
    But I'm glad to know
    I've lived on inside you all this time.
[06:39] Rem
    Thank you for protecting
    my dreams and my hopes...
[06:44] Rem/Meryl
    Vash.
[06:45] Meryl
    Vash? Vash...
[06:48] Meryl
    Vash!
[06:52] Conrad
    What?
[06:54] Conrad
    The power...
[06:55] Conrad
    It's flowing in reverse!
[07:07] Knives
    I was rejected!
[07:09] Knives
    What's going on, Doctor?!
[07:14] Conrad
    The gate is closing...
[07:16] Conrad
    The energy from the
    higher plane is converging.
[07:28] Meryl
    Vash...
[07:30] Knives
    So you think you've outplayed me?
[07:34] Knives
    Pathetic human!
[07:44] Vash
    Thank you, Meryl.
[07:53] Vash
    I heard your voice, too.
[08:08] Conrad
    He's controlling that huge mass by himself?
[08:16] Meryl
    Vash...
[08:21] Knives
    Vash...
[08:23] Vash
    Nai.
[08:25] Vash
    Your plan has failed.
[08:28] Vash
    Now let's end this.
[08:29] Knives
    It's not over.
[08:30] Knives
    I won't let it be!
[08:33] Knives
    Give that to me!
[08:36] Knives
    Vash!
[08:49] Knives
    Take me there again!
[08:53] Knives
    Back to the higher dimension!
[09:04] Conrad
    It didn't converge?
[09:07] Conrad
    He refined it on a molecular level?
[09:09] Conrad
    He broke it into countless particles,
    smaller than air, and crystallized it...
[09:14] Conrad
    But that won't last long!
[09:17] Vash
    I need to get this someplace
     far away right now!
[09:21] Knives
    Do you know what that is, Vash?!
[09:39] Meryl
    Vash!
[09:40] Conrad
    Wait!
[10:01] Meryl
    U-Undertaker!
[10:04] Wolfwood
    I'm just here to pay up for the cigarettes.
[10:09] Wolfwood
    Whoa!
[10:11] Wolfwood
    What kind of idiot challenges
    Millions Knives like that?
[10:15] Wolfwood
    He's way out of our league.
[10:17] Wolfwood
    Time to skedaddle!
[10:19] Knives
    Do you see now?
[10:20] Knives
    Our powers are on a whole different level.
[10:24] Knives
    You think those puny humans
    could ever accept that?!
[10:28] Knives
    They'll never allow those
    who threaten them to survive!
[10:33] Knives
    You can bet they'll hunt us down in a frenzy!
[10:43] Meryl
    Ugh...
[10:45] Knives
    Give it to me!
[11:49] Soldier 12-C
    There he is! It's the Humanoid Typhoon!
[11:53] Vash
    Soldiers?!
[11:54] Vash
    It's not safe here! You have to get away!
[11:59] Vash
    Please, listen to me!
[12:10] Vash
    It's not safe. You need to run.
[12:16] Vash
    You're in danger!
[12:17] Soldier 12-D
    Don't let him get away! Open fire!
[12:23] Soldier 12-E
    If you hadn't shown up,
    nobody would have died!
[12:26] Soldier 12-F
    How many cities will you destroy
    before you're done?!
[12:29] Soldier 12-G
    Humanoid Typhoon!
[12:34] Vash
    Run. Please run.
[12:36] Vash
    You have to flee!
[12:45] Knives
    It's like I already told you.
[12:47] Knives
    Our powers are too great.
    Humans will never understand.
[12:53] Knives
    They're neither friends nor family.
[12:57] Knives
    They are our enemies.
[12:58] Vash
    You're wrong. I... We can...
[13:02] Vash
    We can get along!
[13:03] Knives
    Your own actions contradict you!
[13:17] Vash
    I know I'm contradicting myself.
[13:20] Vash
    But even so, I won't give up
     until they believe in me.
[13:25] Vash
    I'll do whatever it takes!
[13:28] Vash
    I'll do everything I can!
[13:56] Meryl
    I knew it.
[13:58] Meryl
    Vash is trying to release
    the energy into outer space.
[14:01] Wolfwood
    What? But if he does that...
[14:04] Wolfwood
    it'll blast him to pieces!
[14:13] Knives
    Releasing it into space?
[14:15] Knives
    I won't let you!
[14:23] Knives
    Doctor! Cut off the lab!
[14:26] Knives
    Let them free!
[14:28] Vash
    Let go, Nai! I can't hold it anymore!
[14:31] Vash
    At this rate, it'll be the whole planet,
    including the plants!
[14:34] Conrad
    What are you going to do, Knives?
    The gate is closed.
[14:37] Conrad
    I can't send you back to the plane!
[14:40] Knives
    I'll push this energy back into Vash!
[14:44] Knives
    I'll pry open the entrance
    to the higher dimension again!
[14:49] Knives
    Vash!
[14:51] Knives
    I'm telling you to hand it over!
[14:59] Knives
    We're out of time!
[15:01] Knives
    Listen to me, Vash! This is a war!
[15:05] Knives
    Let's gather our allies,
    break free from the humans,
[15:08] Knives
    and create a paradise for us Independents!
[15:12] Knives
    It's the only way!
[15:17] Vash
    Since when have we been so different?
[15:23] Knives
    What are you talking about?
[15:25] Knives
    You saw for yourself how they're running
    our brethren red and killing them off!
[15:30] Knives
    The humans will never
    understand our Independence.
[15:34] Knives
    They only see us as slaves!
[15:37] Vash
    That's not true!
[15:38] Knives
    Wake up, Vash!
[15:40] Knives
    What's changed since
    that day a hundred years ago?
[15:43] Vash
    You're wrong.
[15:44] Knives
    How long will you remain the hunted?!
[15:47] Vash
    Even if they hunt me, I'll just run away!
[15:50] Vash
    I'll run, run, run, and keep running
     as far as I have to!
[15:57] Vash
    And when things calm down,
    I'll quietly settle by their side again.
[16:01] Vash
    I'm Vash the Stampede.
[16:09] Knives
    After more than a century...
[16:15] Knives
    that's the best answer
    you could come up with?!
[16:24] Vash
    Let go! I can't contain it any longer!
[16:49] Vash
    Stop!
[16:51] Vash
    You'll die!
[17:07] Knives
    What are you talking about, Vash?
[17:09] Knives
    Nai is dead.
[17:13] Knives
    You killed him.
[17:26] Knives
    Give it to me!
[17:32] Knives
    Take me back...
[17:34] Vash
    Please stop, Nai!
[17:36] Knives
    I'll do it.
[17:41] Knives
    I will create it!
[17:43] Vash
    Nai!
[17:44] Knives
    No fear. No pain. No humiliation.
[17:49] Knives
    I'll win a place for us...
[17:57] Knives
    A paradise... for us...
[18:06] Vash
    Nai!
[18:09] Vash
    Nai!
[18:37] Radio Host
    It's been two years since
    that fateful July 21st.
[18:41] Radio Host
    A crowd has gathered at what
    used to be the third city of JuLai
[18:46] Radio Host
    to pay their respects.
[18:48] Radio Host
    Even after two years,
[18:51] Radio Host
    the pain of losing their loved ones
    has yet to heal.
[18:55] Radio Host
    The suspect said to have
    murdered 90 percent of the city,
[18:59] Radio Host
    also known as the Humanoid Typhoon,
[19:02] Radio Host
    still remains at large.
[19:05] Radio Host
    That demon turned the whole city
    into a gaping crater overnight.
[19:10] Radio Host
    There is no forgetting the sorrow
    of loved ones taken from you.
[19:16] Radio Host
    The Alliance of Cities has raised
    the bounty on Vash the Stampede
[19:21] Radio Host
    to $$60 billion, the highest in history...
[19:26] Zazie
    I truly don't comprehend.
[19:30] Zazie
    Turning Vash the Stampede into a villain?
[19:33] Meryl
    You're from the Worms...
[19:35] Zazie
    Thanks to the twins,
    a bridge was cast across the void.
[19:40] Zazie
    I'm here to give a warning.
[19:43] Zazie
    Very soon, they'll arrive,
    crossing over the wall of light.
[19:46] Zazie
    From Earth.
[19:51] Zazie
    We'll always be watching you.
[19:55] Meryl
    Wait, what...
[20:00] Boss
    Where are you, Stryfe?!
[20:02] Meryl
    Umm... JuLai.
[20:05] Boss
    Keep acting up like this, and they'll
    send you off to the Insurance Society!
[20:08] Meryl
    The Insurance Society?
[20:10] Boss
    Stop by headquarters.
    They're assigning you a newbie.
[20:14] Meryl
    To me?
[20:15] Boss
    Some weirdo who wants to be
    under you, of all people.
[20:18] Meryl
    A newbie...
[20:19] Boss
    I think her name's... Tom? Thompson?
[20:23] Boss
    Milly Thompson or something like that.
[20:26] Meryl
    I see.
[20:28] Boss
    Hey, are you listening? Hey!
[20:32] Boss
    Hey, Stryfe?
[20:36] Meryl
    Heya, newbie!
[20:53] Lina
    Remember anything yet?
[20:56] Lina
    It's okay if you don't.
[21:00] Lina
    Seems like you've been through a lot.
[21:04] Lina
    It's all right. You're safe here.
[21:08] Lina
    Okay...
[21:10] Lina
    Eriks?
[21:34] [SONG] Lyrics
    Will I also become
[21:39] [SONG] Lyrics
    A nighthawk in flight someday?
[21:42] [SONG] Lyrics
    Shine, starlight, here at the dawn
[21:48] [SONG] Lyrics
    Oh, light
[22:01] [SONG] Lyrics
    A melody blooms by your window
[22:07] [SONG] Lyrics
    Tomorrow is so far away
[22:13] [SONG] Lyrics
    But there is a song calling out
[22:16] [SONG] Lyrics
    To the stars at daybreak
[22:19] [SONG] Lyrics
    Shine, starlight, here at the dawn
[22:25] [SONG] Lyrics
    Oh, light
[22:27] [SONG] Lyrics
    Let's quietly row our boat at dawn
[22:33] [SONG] Lyrics
    Toward our destination
[22:38] [SONG] Lyrics
    When we wake up, let's call forth a new wind
[22:43] [SONG] Lyrics
    To keep up moving forward
[22:48] [SONG] Lyrics
    I hear a clear voice
[22:54] [SONG] Lyrics
    I hear a clear voice
[23:09] Male Voice
    Project Pieces of Earth
    now entering phase two.
[23:13] Male Voice
    Drain gate deployment complete.
[23:14] Male Voice
    Releasing experimental warp drive craft.
[23:17] Chronica
    Wait.
[23:18] Male Voice
    Suspending countdown. Locking command.
[23:20] Male Voice
    Cutting power to spheres one through four.
[23:23] Chronica
    Place interface changes on the Z axis.
    Amplify 2.7 million times.
[23:26] Chronica
    I see a fluctuation in the gate.
[23:28] Male Voice
    A... fluctuation?
[23:30] Chronica
    We're receiving something via subspace.
[23:32] Chronica
    Give me readings from the entire solar system.
[23:35] Male Voice
    Understood. Right away,
[23:37] Male Voice
    Special Ops Lieutenant Colonel
     Independent Chronica.
[23:39] Chronica
    The noise is from...
[23:42] Chronica
    It can't be! Project SEEDS?!