Ed violently sprinted through the alleyways, painfully thrashing his leg around behind him. Breathing heavily, he began to see the long driveway to the Rockbell house through the moonlight, constantly looking back to make sure that gluttony hadn't caught up with him. Winry… please just run. Just leave…please.
He came to the place by the river where he and Winry had sat earlier and called out for her, but there was no reply. That was when he saw the lights come on in the upper house of the house. Oh God, no. He darted towards the house and up to the front door. Locked. He pulled his metal hand up and rapped on the door. "Winry! Winry, open the door!" Still no answer. "Winry!" He frantically yelled, ripping at the handle.
"What?!"
Surprisingly to Ed, there stood Winry in the doorway, after she had practically ripped the door off of its hinges. Wouldn't you be a bit pissed if someone came knocking on your door at one in the morning?
"W-Winry?"
Hers' was almost as shocked as his, "Ed-Edward? What are you doing here?! You should be half way back to Central by now? Why-" but before she could get out what she was eagerly attempting to get out; she was cut off by Ed pushing her in the door.
"Winry, you have to go."
She said nothing, still being in shellshock of the fact that he had not yet left. She just sat there, staring up at him. Ed, becoming frustrated with her lack of hustling screamed her name at her. She blinked and looked up with a "what" and gazed at him.
"Winry! Go up stairs! Pack! You have to leave!" he angrily yelled.
Snapping back into reality, she yelled, "No! Ed, what are you doing here?! Are-are you deaf? I told you to leave and that I never want to see you again! Why can't you get that through that thick skull-"
Edward, cutting her off for the second time tonight shook his head with a firm expression on his face and one eyebrow raised as if to say 'not a chance'. "Ed," she spoke in a softer tone this time, tears welling up in her eyes, "please go. I know you don't understand, but you have to go."
Ed suddenly grabbed her by her shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. "Winry! Listen to me! I know!"
She froze, a shocked look on her face. "You know?"
"Yeah, I, uh, ran into Lust on the way over here. I know. It's ok, but we have to go. I think they're coming here."
It was then that she jerked away from his grasp. "You know?! It's ok?! It's not ok Edward! Do understand what I've done? I've lead you here, I've kept you here. They were probably on their way here to kill you!" she screamed. She turned her head away to look at the ground in an ashamed gesture. "How can you even bare to look at me? Let alone try to help me? Do you understand what I've done? I don't deserve to leave with you. Not at all." She trailed off. Winry…Ed thought. Suddenly he pulled her into his embrace. Her eyes widened.
"It's ok Win. I understand."
'You understand…Ed…' she said to herself as she returned the hug. If there was good people left in the world, Ed was one of them, and at that moment she realized, that if there really was someone out there for everyone, Ed was meant for her. She closed her eyes and rested into his shoulder and quietly whispered his name in a hopefully tone. He just continued holding her, locking her in his embrace like he never wanted to let her go. After what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a matter of minutes, Ed finally let Winry pull away. Watching her run up the stairs to go pack, Ed brushed his hands over his coat, straightening out the wrinkles. Habit.
Winry bolted up the stairs with a feeling of joy that she thought she had forgotten. Smiling, she slung open her door and ran to her closet.
Ok… sure… Ed thought, so I'm not taking her back to Central with me like I had planned, ok, we're going to be on the run from murders, he tried to rationalize, becoming lost in thought, but at least we'll be together.
Winry pulled out her canvas backpack from her closet, smiling once again. Why do I keep smiling? Yeah right, I know why I'm smiling! I'm running away with Ed! I'm running away with this old city full of nightmarish memories! I'll not have to worry about Lust, Envy, and Gluttony! I'm free from them; I'm free from this dead town. I'm free! Isn't that why I'm smiling…?
He sat on the couch, tapping the rubber sole of his boot against the hardwood floor. His nerves were completely racked. It's like they were jumping around in his body. He had this…feeling. Deep down inside of him. Was it really…love?
She ran to her dresser, opening the top drawer. Pulling out a black bra like tube top she fell back into thought. No, that's not why you're smiling. Freedom has nothing to do with it. You would be happy down by the river with Ed, talking. You would be happy leaning over Ed as you fixed his automail. I would be happy anywhere with Ed. I love him. I love Edward Elric. More than anything in the world. That was when she heard a voice from behind her that she never wanted to here again. "Well, hello Ms. Rockbell." It evilly spoke.
All Winry could do was whimper a quiet "No…"
Ed stepped out of the den and into the kitchen. "What could be taking her so long?"
Lust whipped Winry around by her left shoulder to face her. "Winry, you broke the rules. You didn't live up to your promise. Know what that means?"
Winry felt tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes. "Go to hell." She managed to spit out. A deep scowl came to Lust's face as she picked up and slammed Winry against the wall by her shoulders. "No, Ms. Rockbell, it means that you're going to die."
Where is she?! Ed contemplated, becoming irritated by her lack of hurry. That was when he heard the loud bang from upstairs. Thinking that something may have fallen, like a heavy suitcase to the floor, he casually walked up the stairs, thinking he would be picking up articles of clothing that would lie on the floor. Little did he know how wrong he was?
"Any last wishes?" She viciously asked with a smile on her face. Winry thought for a second, as Lust gripped her shoulders tighter. "Yeah. I want you to just kill me. The papers…they're in the next room. That's Ed's room. Just take them and go. Please."
Lust's grip didn't lose any of its force as she smiled. "Right." That was when she let go with her left hand and took her right to grasp around her neck, slowly killing her.