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CH. 2 New master
As Dorochet and Martel were standing, ready to attack the enemy, another figure appeared behind them.
As the chimeras turned to see who it was, they were greeted by a cloaked female with a mask.
A few seconds later, the masked figure ran forward and showed her metal left arm. There was a blade on the edge of her metal elbow. She used the blade and pointed it at Martel's neck.
As the attacker stopped in front of the female chimera, Dorochet swung the pipe making the cloaked figure jump back. But just as she did, she noticed another chimera on the ground.
Dorochet and Martel both saw that she was looking at Roa. And in a second, the figure had her blade at the Roa's neck.
"Leave him alone!" the dog chimera shouted, but it didn't help.
"Come now Lan Fan. You know why we came here," a man spoke from behind the standing chimeras.
As her master said, Lan Fan stepped away from the ox chimera. Dorochet and Martel turned around too see the man that spoke.
He had long black hair and tied in a ponytail with white ribbon while his long, spiky bangs hang over his face. His eyes were also closed.
His outfit consists of loose white trousers and a goldenrod shirt which bears a white flame pattern and showed his bare torso.
He had the sword suspended across his back. The sword, rather than being sheathed, is wrapped in white tape. That indicated that, he too, was a warrior.
"Who the heck are you?" Dorochet asked as he saw the man.
"My name is Ling Yao from Xing. I'm – was a friend of Greed back when… he was still around…" he said in a sad tone.
"What do you mean 'when he was still around'? Is he dead? How did you know him?" Martel asked not believing what he just said.
"It's a long story and you a clearly in need of food and medical attention," he said and looked at the wounds they had.
"Besides, I doubt keeping Roa in a place like this will help him," Ling added.
"You know me?" Roa asked shocked.
"I know all of you. Dorochet, Martel, Roa and Bido," he said and pointed to the owner of each name, except for Bido.
All of them were shocked as to how this stranger knew them.
"Like I said, I was a friend of Greed and he told me a lot about you guys."
"How can we trust you?" Martel asked and looked from Yao to Fan.
"Well as you can see, I'm not from the military. And I doubt anyone else will come here to help you," he explained.
The smaller two chimers shared a look of concern. Not because of themselves, but rather for their large friend. If the two strangers were going to attack them, Martel and Dorochet could defend themselves, but Roa couldn't.
"If you're worried about me, don't," a low mans voice said.
Both of the chimeras looked at their friend and then gave a nod.
"We'll take you up on that offer," they said.
"Great," Ling said and smiled.
Martel and Dorochet helped Roa on his feet as they followed the two Xings out of the alley. It was around midnight so no one was on the streets but them.
"I have a hotel room a few blocks from here. Can you carry him that long?" the male Xing asked and looked at the three wounded.
"Yeah we'll be fine," the dog chimera said and gave a nod.
It took them about 10 min to get to the hotel and in the room. Luckily no one was awake. When they finally got there, Ling told them to put Roa on the couch while the Dorochet and Martel sat on the chairs.
"Now what?" Martel asked as she watched Lan go through one of the bags.
"Now we help your friend," she said and pulled out a small bottle with a red liquid.
"What's that?" Dorochet asked as he saw that the bodyguard was putting the bottle next to Roa.
"It's a philosopher's stone," Ling said as the chimeras looked in surprise.
"Like the one Greed had?" Roa asked as the liquid started glowing.
"Yeah. So how did he explain it to you? That he can't be killed?" the former Greeling asked.
"Well…" Dorochet started:
Flashback
"There's no way you can't be killed. I refuse to believe that," Martel said as she, Roa, Dorochet, Bido, Ulchi and the other chimeras stood in front of Greed.
"But it is. One of my policies is to never lie," the Homunculus smirked.
"How can you prove that?" Dorochet asked.
"Hmmmmm… Ok let's try this," he said, the smirk still on his face.
"Roa, use your hammer to hit my head. Swing so hard that it'll knock my head right off," the ultimate shield explained as the others looked dumbfounded.
"Are you sure about this?" Roa asked as he walked closer to his new master.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm sure," Greed assured.
At that, Roa raised his hammer and swung it at Greed's head. As it connected, the head flew off and the body fell to the ground, blood coming from the hole in the body.
After a few seconds, they all thought he was dead. That was, until a bright red light started coming from the body and it stood up. Seconds later, the skull started reforming as well as the flesh and skin.
Everyone was shocked, amazed, couldn't believe or was about to puke.
After every part was back in place, Greed smirked and whipped some blood from his moth.
"Well convinced now?" he asked as he saw their faces.
Everyone nodded and the Homunculus smirked again."
End of flash back
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