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As we ran through the halls of the supposedly shut down Lab 5 like shadows in the night a man, dressed in the standard blue military uniform, stepped from around the corner, causing me to screech to a stop.
"Dorochet, Mayumi." I turned my head to Greed, keeping one eye on the gray haired man. "Kill him."
I had no problem with that, he was one of the people who turned me into a chimera after I was injured in the Ishvalan civil war. I nodded my agreement, but Greed and Roa were already past the man, running down the hall.
I studied the man for a moment, then pulled out two of my small, silver kunai knives and held them by the rings at the bottom. Dorochet, who had been chimeraed with a dog, pulled out his long silver sword, hands fisting around the white grip at the end. The man pulled out a gun and pointed it at us, the muzzle drifting between Dorochet and I, as if he couldn't decide which one of us was more dangerous. I smirked, and then there was a click, click, click as bullets came from the handgun in my direction. I lept towards the man, dodging left and right around his bullets.
His widened eyes betrayed terrified surprise, and I rolled my eyes. "What?" I growled, "You thought a girl couldn't do that?" Then I threw a kunai at him, striking his collarbone. I was aiming for his chest, but oh well.
"My turn!" Roared Dorochet, running up to the military man as I bounced backwards, landing neatly on the cold, hard cement. I heard the sound of a blade biting into flesh, and looked up to see Dorochet pulling his sword from the deep cut he had made in the man's side. The man fell down clutching his side, making a loud thud when he hit the floor.
Dorochet sighed, wiping his sword clean on the nameless man's uniform before sliding it back into its sheath at his belt. "Let's go catch up with Greed."
"Hey!" I called, wolf ears standing straight up on the top of my head, "Wait up!" I started running, but screeched to a stop when I reached the corner. I heard footsteps, and my ears swiveled in an effort to discern the direction they came from. In front or behind? Had the man gotten up? I turned around, and felt arms warm around me. One hand went over myself and the other arm went around my waist, pinning me close to my assailant.
"Hey, babe." Cooed a teasing, womanizing voice. "What's up?" I recognized Greed by his voices, that prick! He slowly slid one hand under my shirt to touch my hip, his cold, rough palm causing goose bumps to erupt across my skin.
"What the heck!" I exclaimed, struggling to get away. "Greed, you pervert! Quit touching me!" I slapped his hand and he released me. I stepped away and turned around to face him, pulling the hem of my thick strapped black tank top down over the exposed skin where he touched me.
He sighed, eyes drifting over my body. "C'mon, we're still meeting him here." I don't get why he hasn't told us who he's meeting. Obviously they're dangerous, or he wouldn't have brought us along. But maybe he brought us for the intimidation factor. Either way, I shouldn't ask unless I want to be ignored.
We turned again, running down another hall. Now I was flagging, I was even panting a little! I turned my head to him, although he maintained his gaze straight ahead. "Where are the others?"
We turned yet again, and he answered my now-rhetorical question, pointing at my friends directly in front of us. "There."
I surveyed the scene, it was a plain room, scattered with old and broken lab equipment and five people, not counting myself. There were Greed, Dorochet and Roa, and across the room, near a second entrance, A honey-blonde girl with thick curls and violet eyes, and... Envy. Why would Greed want to meet Envy? They hate each other! But the girl is obviously another Homunculus, so I can't simply discount her. Homunculi have an uncanny knack for being annoying opponents.
"Lust is waiting for us." Growled Envy, glaring at the girl, then at Greed.
But Greed just shook his head, "We're not going."
I looked at him, trying to wordlessly convey 'Really?' Now they'll fight...
But Envy merely groaned and turned away, "Whatever." He began to walk away, but stopped when he noticed that the girl homunculus wasn't following him. "Wrath!" He snapped at her. She gave me a small, quite unexpected smile and ran away, leaving me slightly confused and with a definite impression of strangeness.
I turned to face my friends with a smile on my face, but it quickly dies when Greed speaks. "I think we should split up and guard this place." He explained. 'Roa, you're with Dorochet. Mayumi, you're with me. Any questions?"
I exchanged glances with Roa and Dorochet as we shifted to looking like normal humans again, Roa's bull horns receding back into his forehead and my wolf ears folding fluidly down into my skull as human ones unfold in their proper place. Why do I have to be with Greed if he's just going to be perverted the whole time? I tucked my bangs away behind my ear before putting my hand up.
"Umm... Can I be with Dorochet?" I asked.
"No." Greed replied flatly, not missing a beat as Roa and Dorochet moved off. I brushed my long, loose hair back over my shoulder with a sigh. Damn he can be mean sometimes. "Why not?" I complained, grabbing a long strand of my uneven hair and twirling it around my left pointer finger, hoping to convince him by acting cute and pouty.
He smirked, "Doing that just makes me not want to put you with Dorochet." What the heck? I don't even want to know what he's thinking right now. I dropped the strand of hair and crossed my left arm over my body, just below my ribs, held my right elbow and face palmed myself.
"Damnit." I muttered, I can never talk him into letting me do anything on my own. I planted my hand on my hips and looked up to see Greed advancing towards me. He grabbed my wrist and steered me through another maze of corridors until I had no idea where we were. Why did nobody think to give me a blueprint of the building before we came here?
We stopped near what I think may have once been a cafeteria, and Greed puts an arm around my waist, drawing me uncomfortably close. "So, how's it going sweetheart?" He asked. He always calls women babe, or sweetheart, or cutie, or other nicknames like that.
"I've told you not to call me that." I snarled, pushing him away.
"Well, you wouldn't be trying to be difficult now, would you?" He questioned as he pulled me back by my hair, locking his arms around my waist. I struggled to get away, hitting and kicking him, but only managed to hurt myself.
He tightened his arms around me, and that's when I started screaming. "STOP!" I yelled, continuing my futile struggle as he slid his hands under my shirt again.
"Get your hands off her!" A man demanded, "Sir, release the girl and step away!" I looked up to see just who was foolish enough to challenge Greed. He had a kind of honey brown hair, with light gray eyes. He was also wearing a blue military uniform and pointing a hand gun at Greed which I could only assume was loaded. But even if it was loaded, he's a fool to have thought it could do anything against Greed's ultimate shield!