Descendants
Chapter Four: Day One Part I
Ed opened his eyes and winced as the light hit his pupils. He squinted to see that he was in a small room with a little light dangling above his head. He tried to move his hands to rub the back of his neck but he soon discovered that he was bound tight to a chair. Being reminded of an earlier assignment he looked down and breathed a sigh of relief to see his automail still connected.
Trying to remember all that happened a bang echoed in the tiny dim lit room, snapping him back to reality. Ed looked up and saw a husky man enter the room holding a long sharp knife in his hand. He made no face as the man looked down at him. Instead he thought about who the man could be. It's not Frank, so who could this nut job be? He better not have Kat or I'll… His thoughts were interrupted by a hoarse voice that hit him like a brick. "I am the brother of Frank, I am Larry. And no, I don't have your daughter, but I will soon enough, with the aid of your assistance."
Flabbergasted, Ed looked up at Larry. He continued to speak, examining his new victim. "Interesting, handsome, strong, bold looking…" Larry caught Ed's face in his large free hand and rubbed his cheek. "…Soft, untouched skin." Edward pulled away from his grasp and growled. The man laughed at this action. "And a fine temper! I haven't had Frank pick me out a victim this active and fun for years!" Larry looked down to his knife and took the tip of his finger to the tip of the blade. Barely pressing down, it slit right thru his skin, allowing blood to run down. Ed grimaced.
Larry cackled and walked behind the bound alchemist, putting the blade to his throat. Feeling it touch his skin, Ed moved back, hitting the large guy in the stomach and toppling him down to the ground. Ed than tried to join his hands together but the rope was too tight on his wrists, strangulating him even more. Larry got up and walked looked at him. He pulled out some duct tape and ripped off a piece, covering Ed's mouth, than wrapped some of the gray tape around his hands as they were balled up in fists. He gave a chortle. "There now, cant have that happen again, now can we?"
Replacing the knife to Edward's throat, he lets it got thru enough to make him bleed. "Ed let out a muffled scream as he felt the sharp blade cut thru his skin. Warm liquid ran down his neck and down his chest. He winced as Larry than cut a little deeper. "I would just love to have seen what my late cousin did when you were twelve, though I must say not much since you are still alive." Giving a painful glare at the man, Ed felt somewhat relieved. If I can be a distraction for him to stay away from Kat, than so be it.
Kat crumpled the note she found and threw it aside. She than got up and marched towards the shed she saw her dad disappear to. Alphonse looked at her with worry. "Katie no!" She stopped and turned around to stare at his dark brown eyes. Tears glistening in her own she tried to speak, but no words came out. She could feel her anger welling up inside.
"Don't go to that shed. You know your dad wouldn't want you to!" He ran to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "We will search together, but we need to contact HQ first before we take any action." "Before we can do anything! What if he is being tortured or killed right now? Being a brother, I would think that you would want to go after him as quickly as I do, but you must not love that much!" Al looked at her with surprise. He than nodded. "Alright then, but where are we gonna look?" He said this hurriedly, trying not to waste time. He remembered that they only had till the full moon to find him, or Ed would be slaughtered.
Kat said nothing but ran to the shed. She stopped at the doors and closed her eyes. Clapping her hands together, she put them on her chest, making herself glow. Al watched amazed as she pulled her soul out of her body. He caught her body as it fell and watched her slide thru the door.
Inside the dark shed. Kat took a quick thorough look around. She went thru all doors and frowned as she found no dad. When she came thru the exit door she slid back into her body, waking it back up to the living. Al looked at her. She shook her head. "Uncle Al, you and my dad dealt with Barry the butcher, where was his shop at?" Al stared at her. "Central, why? I thought you knew." She continued. "Being the cousins, don't you think that they would finish him off where Barry couldn't?" Dawning realization struck the younger Elric brother. "We need to catch a train to Central!"
Kat still spoke. "It would make sense if the butchering brothers would want to distract us in one place and take one of us to another to throw us off and then kill that one to avenge the death of their twisted beloved cousin." Alphonse stared with disbelief. "You are just like your father, always to quick to figure things out."
Ed looked around, exhausted from the pain in his neck and being bound, unable to move for so many hours. He knew he was on a train, but to where he had no idea. Putting his head down on his chest, he thought about Kat and Al, hoping they were alright, and feeling ashamed for acting on his own. He knew that he should have waited to call Mustang for help, but once he was o a lead he knew that he would keep going nonstop. Closing his eyes, Ed thought about where he could be going. Then it hit him. Their gonna kill me right under the military' s nose!
Part I complete, I will continue this later, hope you all enjoyed and please review and tell me how I did thanks bunches!