(Ling/OC/Greed, Maes/Gracia) In a day and time when the darkness illuminates the senses, a deaf girl comes to Amestris and puts the Flame Alchemist in his place. Completely by mistake. But what does she want here in Central? And why is Ling avoiding her?
Roy's eyes widened and he ducked as another huge dragon made of almost invisible wind went spiraling right passed his ear.
"Shoot her!"
There was a loud cracking noise and bullets split the air.
The girl with the black hair and yellow shades gasped. She clapped and touched the ground once more. A huge wall of siphoning air funneled up before her and the bullets grazed her, leaving bumps and red marks. She was looking for a way around them. She was trying to get into the building behind them!
Suddenly, she heard a soft snap. Gasping, she backed away and reached for the white and silver pendant.
The moving air ceased and the bullets were whizzing by her. One stray bullet knocked the pendant away from her and it bounced over to Roy.
It's soft "ting" made Roy look down.
A white ying sign shone up at him with a silver clasp and chain. A broken link. It was almost as if the ying sign was glaring up at him.
Roy picked it up and looked up. "Wait!"
She had deemed it too dangerous to stay and ran off, bullets flying over her head. Still, the soldiers were about to chase her when Roy ordered them to stand down.
"She'll be back." Roy clutched the pendant close to his chest. "For something that means a lot to her, she'll come back for this. In the meantime." He turned. "Get all the wounded and count the missing! I know she sent some men flying across the streets! We need to locate and be sure everyone gets back to Central Command safely." He opened his palm and stared at the pendant. It was strange, but he felt like he'd known this was going to happen.
He was just starting to walk away when he saw someone he didn't expect.
Envy's body vanished around the corner.
Roy ran after him and stopped. Looking left and right, he realized that the busy street was the perfect place for Envy to hide. He gritted his teeth and went back to his car. He started to wonder if there was something going on behind the scenes and he was just missing it.
-Central Command roof-
She gritted her teeth and stood up. She felt empty without the chain around her neck. Still, she grinned after a moment.
"Nicely played, Flame Alchemist. Let's see if he can steal something else, eh?"
She looked down at the envoy leaving the building.
She crouched down and placed her hand so her fingers curled over the edge. Her black eyes glittered in the darkness and she clutched her hand. The building was going to be empty of all important pawns in her silly game.
The king was moving out of place and the queen was way far gone. The knight was still out and about and hand't returned.
That left the rook to deal with.
She swung down and into the building, into the brightly lit office space. She remained under the window and heard the envoy leave in the car parked outside.
Smiling, she pushed off the wall and sped to the open door. She peeked around the corner and saw her rook piece coming down the hall.
She spun into his way and raised her weapon.