Title: Double Tap
Mangaverse
Word Count: 247
Rating: T-ish
Summary: Nice shot.
A/N: Title inspired slightly by the movie 'Zombieland'. FMA belongs to Hiromu Arakawa, not little 'ol me. Oh, and its good to be back writing these. :) Betaed by please-knock so thanks to her. This didn't place, but I still like it. Oh, and the soldier is just a random guy.
The hot sand blew into my eyes and mouth, drying and sticking to my throat like a second skin. Scowling, I rubbed at my eyes. A sharp growl sounded in front of me, followed by feet scuffling in the sand. Half-blind, my head snapped up, seeing an Ishvalan charging at me, a long knife wielded in one hand.
I fired, and the body crumpled.
"Nice shot," a voice said behind me, and I whirled around, seeing one of the alchemists- Kimblee, I think it was. He smiled at me, his hands in his pockets. His eyes traveled to something just behind me, and made a "tsk" sound, shaking his head. "Oh no," he said softly, his expression the perfect picture of mocking sorrow, his voice saturated with delight. "It seems you have a twitcher, officer."
I turned around. Sure enough, the body was twitching, gurgling sounds erupting from his mouth, blood soaking the sand from the wound. His wild eyes found me, and didn't look away, even as his body continued to jerk.
A small shift caught my attention, and I turned to see Kimblee spreading his hands, clapping them together.
The body, the sand- everything, it seemed- exploded. Blood and skin and sand stuck to my face and in my mouth. Kimblee smiled pleasantly at me, absently brushing off some of the blood.
"Rule number one. Double tap, officer," Kimblee said, absolutely grinning now, a splatter of blood across his own face. "Always kill 'em twice."