The Shadow Alchemist
By: endmylifeatTwilight15
CHAPTER FOUR
Titled: Date Rape
By: Robyn
Robyn: I titled it date rape. LOL!
Me: She scares me but is the only one who read this one while it was in rough draft form and then promptly threatened to hurt my bf if I refused to write more. It's thanks to her that it went from Chapter four to Chapter seven/ eight. I'm still trying to decide if I want to cut Chapter Six in half because of the length.
Al & Ed: endmylifeatTwilight15 does NOT, no matter what she says, dreams, or thinks, own FMA or FMA Characters. She does own Meg and Shadow.
Mustang: (To Robyn.) Who the hell are you?
Robyn: Well, I, one, don't feel the need to tell you and, two, it would ruin the story.
Me: pulls out flamethrower If you… pauses to count Four don't shut up. I'm going to start barbequing before I type Chapter Four. Ps. I encourage everyone to eat Beer bratwursts.
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(7:00 Pm)
I opened the file. 'Jeez. That sends me all the way into the old war zone. Shit. This'll be fun. It requires my special talents.' I thought. I looked at the clock. "7:05. Oh. God. I'm five minutes late." I yelled. I grabbed my keys and a small purse. I shut and locked my door. Then I ran down the halls to the front steps of the HQ, where I was going to meet Ed for our date.
(Ed's POV)
I looked at my watch. 'Seven minutes past seven. Maybe she decided not to come.' I thought. "Oh. My. God. Ed, I am so sorry. I looked at my next assignment and lost track of the time." Shadow exclaimed. When I turned to look at her she was doubled over with a hand pressed against her chest. I could see she had her hair in an intricate bun, that was beautiful, and she had a few strips of hair on the sides of her face. She straightened and I was what she was wearing.
Shadow was wearing a black bodice type shirt over a purple shirt with bandage like sleeves, and a black skirt that revealed her ankle on one side but slanted half way up her thigh on the other side. With this outfit, she had a pair of black combat boots. That's when I noticed the tattoo on her thigh. IT was a rose caught in a spider web. 'Nice.' I thought.
"It's not a problem, Shadow." I said. "I was so into my new assignment, but let's not talk about missions, ok?" She asked smiling as she took one of my hands. My right hand. "Ok." I said. I was surprised she had decided to hold my auto mail hand. 'Normally, everyone avoids my auto mail. That or they make fun of it.' I thought. I just smiled a little.
(Shadow's POV)
I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye and smiled too. 'I guess he got the message. I guess it was my way of saying that I don't care that he has artificial limbs. I think it's actually kind of cool.' I thought. "So, where do you want to eat?" I heard him ask. "Hm. I don't care," I replied. "Anywhere is fine with me." "Ok. That really narrows it down." He said sarcastically. I chuckled a little. "Oh, doesn't it." I replied. He laughed at the innocent grin, I had replied with.
"How about we go some place small then?" Ed asked. "Ok." I answered. We were going to walk around a bit before we ate but since every teen loves food, and we had no clue what to talk about, we talked about food.
"Have you ever had sushi?" I asked Ed. "I don't think so. What is it?" He asked. "Slightly steamed or boiled fish wrapped in seaweed with rice." I explained. "Ew. No, I have never had sushi." "It's good." "That's disgusting." "Ok. Ok. I like it and you don't. Why don't we talk about something else?" "Ok. What do you want to talk about?" "I don't know. I brought up food. So, it's your turn to pick a topic, Ed." "Um. Ok," Ed stopped and looked at me. "I don't know if I ever said this but, well, I'm sorry."
I was confused. "Sorry for what?" I asked. "I'm sorry," Ed explained, looking at the ground. "Because I upset you back in Risible, then you ran off and got hurt. It was all my fault. I'm sorry." I just starred at him surprised. Then, I started to laugh. Ed snapped his head up and looked at me. I hugged him, still laughing. After a second, he hugged me too. "Oh my, Ed. I didn't realize you felt like that. Oh my. You don't need to say you're sorry because it's not your fault. I should have told you why I wanted to get back inside. Oh my. I'm sorry. I can't stop laughing. Oh my. I'm sorry." I laughed.
We pulled away from each other and Ed brushed a tear off my cheek. Then, I noticed he was on the verge of laughing too. "I think if you want to laugh you should, Ed." I stated. He just grinned. At that exact moment, bother of our stomachs made it known that they were empty. "We should eat." Ed suggested. I nodded and took his right hand as we headed towards the little restaurant, we had picked out to eat at earlier.
(After Dinner.)
We decided to walk around a park that we stumbled across after we ate. We were just enjoying each other's company. After a bit of walking, I sat down on a swing. Ed just started pushing the swing. The night had turned out beautiful. We could see a bunch of stars.
"I know I said not to talk about our missions but I'm curious." I said. "Curiosity killed the cat." Ed replied. I looked over my shoulder at him. "What's your assignment?" I asked. "I have to go to Lore." He replied. "Oh." "What about you?" "I have to go to a new town that the refuges built. I have to use some talents of mine to blend in." I explained.
"What are you talking about? You can't get mixed up with them. You'll get hurt." Ed exclaimed. "They won't hurt me." I explained. "How do you know that?" Ed asked after he stopped the swing and looked me in the face. "My mother is one of their people." I stated. Ed's face showed that he had no clue where that fit in. "I'm ishballian, Ed. Or at least half." I stated loudly. I stood up and was about an inch away from him. We were glaring at each other. "Brother! Where are you?" We heard Al yell. "You should go. I have to get my stuff packed. I'll…" I paused for a second. "I'll see you in a couple of months." I finished.
(Ed's POV)
I watched her disappear into the dark. Then, Al walked up to me. "Brother. Hey, Brother. Mustang told me to find you. He says we need to leave tonight. What's wrong, Brother?" Al asked. "Nothing, Al," I said. "Let's go." I led Al in the opposite direction that Shadow had gone.
Me: Now, that didn't seem as perverted as Robyn was making it sound.
Ed: Well, there were a few spots where better words could have been used.
Shadow: I don't know. I liked it the way it was.
Ed: I thought it was fine.
Robyn & Me: Awwwww! PUPPY LOVE!
Al: snicker
Me: Sorry for the short Chappy but it was what worked.