Chapter 4: The Ghost From Her Past
I'm sorry I took so long updating this story. I had MAJOR writer's block. In this chapter, we finally get to see Jen use her alchemy. We will also see the first confrontation between the two siblings. If you have any ideas for this story, please contact me or leave them in a review, that way it doesn't take me forever to update. Please leave a review.
In the office of Roy Mustang, Ed is telling the Colonel and his subordinates what happened in Dublith, while Winry fixes his broken automail limbs.
Mustang asks him, "Who did this to you?"
Ed glances at Major Roadruck, and answers, "It was a tall guy in black with long brown hair. He could make things explode by snapping his fingers."
Jen's eyes widen in shock and the color drains from her face.
Major Armstrong looks at her and says, "Major Roadruck, you don't look very well, maybe you should sit down."
She looks up and says, "I'm fine Major, but thank you for your concern."
A few hours later, after Ed was fully repaired, Jen asks him, "The man you talked about, he was my brother, wasn't he?"
Ed nodded.
She continued, "Then I have to ask you, where is he now?"
Ed replied, "He's at the Devil's Nest in Dublith."
Jen walks off to her dorm room, with only one thought on her mind; Tomorrow that murdering bastard will die. That night she dreamed of the war and one image would not leave her mind, the day that Thom left the military.
The scene flashes back to a small camp of Ishbalins. The military is conducting a raid, which she is leading. After much blood shed, the few remaining Ishbalins surrender, but the Blast Alchemist was still advancing on them.
Jen yells at him, "They've surrendered, stand down, Thom."
Thom still advances however.
Jen yells again, "I said STAND DOWN!"
Thom merely grins and says, "No. I won't stop till they're all dead." He snaps his fingers, and kills them all.
The dream ends, and the scene switches to the Devil's Nest. Thom lies on his back, and stares at the ceiling above his bed. He inwardly smiles, and thinks, I've baited the hook perfectly, now her life will come to an end. He closes his eyes, and thinks back to the day that he ended his master's life.
The scene once again flashes back to the war. Thom is in his tent, and his master enters.
He then says, "Your sister informed me of your actions today. You should not have killed them, they had already surrendered."
Thom replies, his voice full of malice, "Don't preach to me, old man."
His master sighs and says, drawing his sword from his side, "I cannot allow you to carry on in this manner. I have to turn you in, by force if necessary."
Thom picks up a kunai, and spins it in his hand. He replies, "You aren't turning anyone in."
The master sighs once again, and throws a ball of light at his disciple. Thom dodges it and throws his kunai, which buries itself in his master's throat. He casts aside his military uniform, and dons a black coat. At that moment, Jennifer enters the tent. A look of utter horror spreads across her face, which then turns to a look of rage. She draws her sword and rushes her brother. She swings her sword, which slashes through the right sleeve of his coat. He delivers a strong kick to her gut, which renders her unconscious. He rips off the remains of his sleeve and picks up his master's sword. He shoulders it and walks out of the tent.
The scene returns to Thom, who opens his eyes and pulls the very sword that he stole from his master from under his bed. He thinks to himself, Soon this blade shall taste her blood.
