After saving Inepril City once again, the town holds a party in Vash's honor. The next morning, Vash quickly tries to escape the city (namely to escape Meryl and Milly) on the departing sand steamer. As the sand steamer travels, it is attacked by the Bad Lad Gang with the help of a young stowaway boy, Kaite, on board the steamer. While knocked unconscious, Vash dreams of Rem and the gang of thieves storms the sand steamer.