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Chapter 4 : Her Unfolding
I could always keep a secret of hers
She could tell me anything
And I'd listen, never judging her, just like she never judged me
We were free to do so that way
So why was this one secret of ours different?
Why?
Out of all the secrets I kept, why couldn't I keep this one?
What was my real motive for telling?
Well, I'll tell you…
But, only if you can keep a secret…
Just a couple corridors down, the doors laid opened to the down stairs room where all the mechanics kept up with Brigg going in tip top shape, but as the three made it to the rail where Miles first stood just before the investigation of Kimblee, there, laying on the ground on a lifter below them, was a huge tall monstrous man. A man all in black with red lines on his body leading up to his eye, & cuffs hanging with chains on his wrist. There beside that man, as he rose up from his cold winter sleep from outside, was none other than General Raven, & General Olivia.
"That's the homunculus." Lilia stated already knowing what it was.
"Was it that obvious?" Miles asked more sarcastically than anything, which made Lily tense up to his words, it was only because she was still wondering what the hell happened back there up on the roof.
Out of all the things to worry about, she was stuck on the kiss that Kimblee & her almost shared.
Jeez, at this rate I might just have to stay away from him all together. I can't create attention to myself, that & I'm not going to create a love triangle! I won't! but…He…
"Major Smith?"
Lilia's head shot up from her thoughts looking up at the Lt. that called her over, "The General's, they wish to speak to you."
She looked surprised, somewhat frightened as she wondered what they could need from her. Both of them. Just then she looked at Miles who didn't seem too thrilled at the idea either, but nudged her to go. She didn't refuse & passed by Kimblee who she tried to ignore.
He expected as much, chuckling to himself all the while she continued down the stairs, gulping back the lump in her throat that seem to be familiarizing with her recently, & steadying her shaky hands.
It wasn't all that easy as it use to be back in the days…
Damn it, Raven, he's going to try to keep me on my toes! I just know it!
She approached the two, out of them both Raven was the first to smile at her.
How unexpected…Not.
"Aw, Major! Wonderful to see you again! I was just telling Olivia how profiting this new brilliant change will bring."
He must mean the immortal soldiers. In other words, our General is cornering him. What an idiot.
She already knew how Olivia worked the field & knew she would be trying anything to get more information out of the treacherous snake. That was the whole point of Briggs, it's kill or be killed.
"It is isn't it?" She replied agreeing with him plainly as she looked to her General who stayed silent the whole time.
"Well, enough formalities, eh? Why don't we get straight to the point. I've talked to Ms. Armstrong here, as you've probably already heard the news. We'll have Sloth working back on the tunnels immediately. You know how the others in Central can be."
Sloth, so that's the homunculus's name? It's different from Wrath, Gluttony, & Envy, huh? Probably matches his name. She smirked to herself getting Raven's attention.
"Is something funny."
"Huh? Oh no, my bad, I was just thinking to myself."
"Hmm… As I was saying, I need you to assist us in closing up this tunnel. Use your alchemy to close it up nicely, then the Briggs soldiers will handle the rest from there."
Lilia was a little surprised to hear that she was asked for help in this matter but then again this was her jurisdiction now, well, at least until, 'they' decide to tell her other wise, she assumed.
"I guess I can do that."
She looked over to her General again hoping she'd say something but she didn't even look at her Major. She knew Lily knew what was best & she was right to trust her.
"Alright."
She walked over to the open over lapped rock below that broken into the Fort, clapped her hands, & touched the floor with her finger, causing the rocks to explode upward into little bits, causing everyone to watch in awe as the lights electrified around the pebbles themselves, creating a light show of snowflakes.
"Beautiful…What a marvelous Masterpiece." Kimblee murmured under his breath getting a chill in his voice, catching Miles's ears, which made the Ishvalan want to turn to the intrigued Alchemist.
The way he stared at Lilia was a look only Miles could seem to make out. It made his blood boil a little knowing that this man could just waltz into Briggs & attempt to take back what he lost in the beginning because of his own selfish need to kill. It sickened Miles, how Lilia could've ever loved a man like Kimblee, but then again, he assumed she was innocent & didn't know any better, but the truth was much greater than that. Miles only knew a little bit of Lily's infamous self destruction, but Kimblee…
That man embraced her insanity, he wanted to ravage it with the radiation of his soul, to see Lilia…The woman that he essentially made…Explode into an extraordinary piece of art.
"Very good, Now Sloth, are you finally awake?" Raven smiled over at the Homunculus who just stared at him with a low grunt.
"Huh? Who are you? I'm still sleepy. Being up is such a pain…"
"Don't fret, you'll be able to sleep later, but you remember what Pride said."
Pride?
Lilia's ears perked to the name keeping it in the back of her mind for later. Never knowing when it would pop up again.
"Pride…Yeah….I guess so…But…Working…Is such a pain…" Sloth slowly moved towards the tunnel, but not before almost stepping on Lilia who seemed to be in his way,
"Damn, rude much."
Luckily, she was able to dodge getting squished by the enormously man & sighed in relief to catch more or less catch the little breath she lost.
"Don't mind him, he's just very lazy. He is Sloth, after all."
"Yeah…" She muttered it more to herself than anything, knowing this was just the beginning. She wondered, at the end of it all, who would come out the victor after starting up that tunnel once again? For Lily, it was a mere of her sixth sense that assumed that Raven was going to be the first to meet his end, after the slight eye popping glare General Olivia was giving to her so called, 'superior'. It was definitely becoming apparent that her own General was getting sick of these games, but only knew the kill would soon suffice.
Just the thought of all this game of killing strategy was starting to get Lilia to grit her pearly whites. Her eyes were set on the way Olivia stared at him with pure instincts. It wasn't just about killing…The thrill of survival of the fittest was getting to her now more than ever. Where she was starting to smell of blood was unknown, but she could taste it & smell it with the strong scent of copper. It was all around her, leaving her hands drained to the point they were now ice cold, & her lips were trembling, waiting to spread into a crooked smile. She had to admit, the sensation of her adrenaline was enthralling, causing her lungs to feel as if they were caving inward, making it nearly impossible for her to breathe. Her heart started to pound repetitively with in her ear drums, feeling her panting begin to swim past her lips as the two men above her began to notice Lily's odd behavior. They could see her chest moving at an abnormal speed, & her back was tense as ever.
Miles eyes cocked a bit seeing Lilia begin to double over a little, attempting to catch her breath a little at a time, & her cheeks were beginning to flush from the shock. Kimblee was also watching this, studying the face he seemed to be familiar with. And what he really seemed to notice more than anything, was her eyes. From his 20/20 vision, Kimblee could see that her eyes were getting lighter the higher the cold sweat began to tear from her pours.
The sounds around her soon muted themselves, & the sound of white noise began to take its place…
No, not now…Not now…I can't afford to loose it here! Get a grip! Get a grip!
She had to force herself to shut her eyes & focus in on the homunculus…Then she tried humming a little hoping it would help, but as she began to do so, a sudden booming voice tuned her back into reality, "Lilia Smith! I'm talking to you!"
She gasped tensing up with an even bigger cold sweat when she realized it was Raven screaming at her, "What is the matter with you? Are you trying to get demoted Major? Or are you just day dreaming, like always?"
"What? No! And don't yell at me, you pompous old fart!" Raven had to compose himself before glaring at the woman before him with a deadly stare, approaching her now until he was eye to eye with her, making Lilia a little more uncomfortable than she already was until he gripped her wrist & brought her frighteningly close; little did she get to notice Miles stepping forward almost ready to defend her, but all the while he knew all he could do was stand back & watch as General Raven suddenly smirked at the girl with an evil glint in his eyes, the shadows hovering over his face gave Lilia a bit of a scare, & he was so deathly close she could smell the over bearing cologne on his clothes.
"Your loosing your sanity again, aren't you?" He murmured only loud enough for her to hear him, giving Lilia's expression a very serious one.
"Without your sanity you will fall prey to them than likely befriending any of these mere Northerners.…If anyone should know that better than anyone Lilia, my dear, it's you." He paused for a second, seeing the realization written all over her face.
But even though Raven was dead serious, he never took his eyes off hers, seeing the disgust behind her glossy eyes.
In a slow motion, he began to bring her towards him by her wrist, which he still had a great hold of. He was so close she could feel his breath move a few strands of her hair from her ear, & this point, this wasn't just pissing off Miles even more, but Kimblee who began to have a grim face as well, saw the way the General treated Lilia; like he was the one in control of her. Raven certainly did think so considering a grin suddenly spread across his face as he mumbled things into her ear, from far away Kimblee & the others could only wonder what he was telling her in disgust to how he handled her all the while.
"If you like I can help you with that sanity of yours…Make sure that you stay protected under my jurisdiction instead of your 'ex-lover'. I mean, look at the way he treats you. He comes waltzing in here, acting like he still owns you. Like you two still have something. What kind of man tries to seduce his ex-play toy? I mean really…He's just using you." He mocked the last few sentences, giving Lily's heart the shakes as it struck a nerve, only filling her entire body with rage & hate for the man that held her so tightly, attempting to rub his fingers along the top of her hand.
Enough was enough.
She wasn't going to let anyone talked to her like that, not even a General.
Not even God.
Her eyes fell pass the deadly stare that Raven once gave her, & with a strong tug towards herself, she pulled Raven to the ground with a powerful hit to the concrete causing his head to fall back against it. Everyone's eyes fell in astonishment, & shock.
They were just speechless at what just happened!
People began muttering a little amongst themselves, some chuckling at the fact Lilia could bring down a General to his knees like that, but what more could they expected from a very skilled alchemist?
"You…You insolent bitch…How dare you! I should have you executed!"
"How dare I? How dare you! You just touched me! I thought you learned Raven once before from me, know your place! Don't you ever touch me again! Next time, I will not hesitate to castrate you! You got that?"
Smith turned on her heel with a face that could scare any one there at this moment. No one had ever seen Lilia's face turn so deadly, not even General Olivia herself, who seemed more intrigued by Lilia's outburst of rage more than anything.
Distorted, pale, deadly, it seemed like Lilia was on a path to destroy any one that said the wrong thing by the way her adrenaline was coursing through her veins …. All thanks to General Raven.
"Major…"
One of the Lt's tried reaching out to her as she exited down the hall, but she only smacked his hand away when he attempted, "Don't."
The Lt. knew better now, not to comfort at a time like this, especially when she was pissed. Without a look to the others, and/or without permission, she left the place without a word storming down the hall as she felt her rush start to get the better of her. She felt like she needed to run, to jog, to punch something, to kick something. Anything at this point!
So, she did the one thing that wouldn't get her demoted, which was run.
She picked up the pace sprinting down the halls, passing by the left over soldiers that walked on patrol. They tried to say hello or ask her what was bothering her, but she just ran past them panting harder & harder the faster she ran to where ever she was heading, but finally she knew the one place she'd be safe & be able to recuperate from her pounding migraine. Just as she thought it seemed like an eternity to get back from all the sprinting, Lilia finally sighed in relief when she laid her sights on her dorm room.
Thank God.
She jogged the rest of the way not realizing there was someone following behind her, "Lily."
At the sound of the voice, her heart nearly jumped out her chest to tell her to run faster.
She refused to look back & attempted to reach for her door knob to her sanctuary, but just as she did, it was none other than Kimblee to grab her by her arm so tightly.
"Don't run from me, Lilia. What was that back there? You haven't gotten that mad since that day-,"
Before he could finish she rip the grip he had on her forearm & continued towards the room.
"Leave me alone!" She demanded pushing him away the more he tried to turn Lily towards him, "Answer me, Lilia Smith!"
She pushed him away again.
This time even harder making Kimblee stumble back a bit with an appalled look on his face, "Get away from me!"
Kimblee wasn't one to get violent with Lily, but in this case, since she wanted to get violent first, he had no choice but to put her back in check, he knew her sanity was wavering on the brink of whatever was keeping her together, so he forced Lily into a wall nearest to them which conveniently seemed to fall into the shadows, all the while he held her wrist up with his tight grip, meeting her stare, face to face, frown to frown.
"What happened?"
He wanted an answer, but she just stayed silent, still surprised from when her body being pushed into the corner the way Kimblee did. Of course, she wasn't about to give in so easily to his forcefulness & let her 'ex' as Raven put it, push her around, ordering her the way he did.
So, in an end result she glared back at him with a frustrated growl & kicked him back with her feet against his chest, causing Kimblee to be push back against the wall behind him with a gasp from the impact, but just then suddenly he felt the woman pin him down almost as hard as he had done to her.
He couldn't believe what this girl was doing to him in her fit of rage.
She was panting pretty hard for someone that was usually calm, but it seemed that her anger was really getting the best of her, leaving Kimblee to only look back at her with a grim stare, almost cautious.
"Don't push me around like you own me, Zolf! And you're not suppose to be a part of my life anymore, why the hell should you have the right to be ordering me the way you do? After what you did to me? You abandoned me, you bastard! You've said before when were in the academy that you didn't need my help with your 'job'! So why do you need me now! Huh? Why?"
He was slightly intrigued by her words, & to her she too was really surprised at what she just said, only to get another violent reaction out of Kimblee as he rolled Lily on her back so this time he was in control again, where again he cornered her in the shadows, where no one could see them. She tried pulling away from him, shoving & struggling in his grasp to get him to fall back, but he only held tighter, grunting at the girl's attempts to get free.
"God, I hate you! I hate you! Why won't you leave me alone."
Finally in his own frustration, hearing Lilia say such things, Kimblee slammed her head back with a growl as he glared at her with those cold icy blue eyes.
"Where is this anger coming from Lillian? What did Raven say to you?" He sounded annoyed gritting his teeth only out of his that annoyance, but Lilia still didn't lower her head, she just kept staring at him looking for the words to tell him how she felt right now, but where could she start?
"No." He roughly shoved his right leg between her legs & lifted her up more, getting a small gasp out of Lilia.
"Tell me…" His whisper was nearly venomous.
Almost, but behind those eyes that she stared into, there was a lot of concern for her.
Why else would he care what Raven said?
"It's been awhile, since I've had that urge to want to really kill someone… To have their blood spill at my feet." The words trembled softly & carefully as it shook with a fear of pleasure.
"The thrill…The taste…The adrenaline. It all came rushing back to me at once when I saw the way General Olivia looked at Raven…The intent to kill…The thirst for blood…The hunt of the kill, kill of the hunt…All of it seemed so beautiful in that split second…"
She could feel her arms beginning to hold herself again from ecstasy moving up more to her face, as she lightly began to pant from the sudden rush of adrenaline she was getting throughout her veins, "Then he…He…"
She couldn't even finish her teeth gritted over & over again until she tightened her eyes closed away from his gaze that seem to soften.
"I wanted to kill him so much! I wish I did! I wanted to explode him into little pieces till his body parts covered the floor around me. It was right there, in front of me! But I didn't- I didn't do it!"
Her fist tighten in the grip of the Crimson's not sure on what to say anymore, until her fury finally gave in, & her hands relaxed in his in defeat. They didn't know how it happened, but both of their hands fell in a tender hold. Kimblee's thumb, caressing her hands tenderly as he calmed her. Yes, not that she thought about it, he was the one before to always make her come back to reality. She felt as if she had lost hope a bit before falling limp in Kimblee's grasp. Her head lowered now getting a hold of her breathing that seem to fall back to normal, her eyes slowly opened to the take in the sight of this mysterious man's tie that he wore. The dark blue dark purple tint caught her attention at the wonderful color it possessed.
"Zolf…" His lips parted a little to the sound of her sighing his name.
What would she say next he wondered…
Her lips began to part to say more, but just as she had made a sound, Lily's ears perked to the sound of foot steps coming in their direction, "Lilia?"
It was Miles calling out to her this time!
She gasped out of the panic her heart nearly bursting out of her chest from the unexpected. (Ha! Yeah right!)
Kimblee was the first to pull away this time, leaning against the wall across from the quiet disoriented girl, as if the two were merely talking, considering he knew that she didn't want Miles to see them like that. It would just look terrible. Not only that, but Kimblee knew better than to disrespect Lily like that, unless he wanted to face her wrath, he began to wonder if that was an option to stop the charade of tip toeing around her Ishvalan boyfriend.
"Lilia!"
"I'm here." She stated sighing giving him a small genuine smile, as he came over, worry covered his face when he saw how calm Lily was from before, then it hit him when he came across Kimblee, but they made no attempt to acknowledge one another at this point.
"Are you alright? Jeez, I've never seen you like that before. I thought for sure you blew a gasket." She gasped, blushing as the back of his fingers graced her cheek bone.
"And you look a little sickly." She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable being between this, & took his hand in hers, caressing it gently as she smiled at him again, "I'm fine now. I…I just need to get some rest. I don't feel so good."
With that, Lily turned away from him, & walked towards her room, feeling nothing but shame & guilt for ever wanting to be with Miles.
She could feel something was going to happen for sure now. More than he was going like on his half of the bargain. Just as long as Raven & especially Kimblee kept quiet about their past, it would make the separation easier. She was getting a sixth sense, telling her that soon she would have to leave Fort Briggs, other wise everyone was going to regret her ever being there.
Especially Miles.
As she closed the door behind her, she didn't realize she had already began to silently cry to herself. She did care for Miles, she really did, but it wasn't just the blood shed that was tearing her apart, because if anything, secretly, she'd love that. It made her smile at the idea of blood shed, but what was really tearing her up, was the feelings that were still attached to none other than Zolf J. Kimblee.
They both knew it.
She knew it more, but she didn't want anything to happen, she was trying to move on, she'd been trying for 7 long years, but really, as she spread out her arms walking towards her bed, & fell into the ocean of white sheets, Lilia knew in her heart that not a day had gone by since she hadn't wanted him to just walk in so she could give him a piece of her mind. And here he was, trying to get her back.
Why?…Why did you have to come back though? Why couldn't you have come back sooner? You could've broken out, you could've gotten free. I would've protected you. We could've laid low for awhile. But…Then again you were always one to never give in so easily. I hate you for that. I hate you for being so damn stubborn. You…stupid man.
Her eyes began to swell up with tears & fall soaking up into the fluffed up pillow that she embraced so tightly as her quiet sobs began to echo, when finally Lilia buried her face in to it, crying out her frustrations on to the sewn fabric. It caught all her sorrows, & all her secrets, none of which she could ever tell. Even though, she really wanted to.
Back in the halls, Kimblee & Miles were walking back to a room that they could wait in until further orders, since there wasn't much to do except wait. Great, this was going to turn sour off hand. Silence took the both of them until Kimblee's eyes shifted over to Miles who seemed deep in thought about something, "Well, I guess it's just you & me now, Major Miles."
"Indeed, Kimblee." He remarked back not trying show much emotion to his tone, but the sense of jealousy & irritation seemed to linger within the Major's blood.
He believed that Kimblee knew about the roots to all the evil that been taken place lately, all these problems that Lilia had been having with her composure. New things were reoccurring & it was all because the damn Crimson Alchemist. It started ever since the horrible man arrived. It was not only making him angry, but filling him also will a high concern for Lily. So far, Miles had only bits & pieces of what was going on with her mental status, & he knew Kimblee would've known more about if anything, all due to the fact that he was the only one able to calm her down before he could even get to her himself.
In a sad & nauseating reality, Miles was beginning to believe Lilia was hiding something deeper from him, something she hadn't told him about them, & why she had been acting so strange. The whole time that she been living at Briggs, Lilia had never acted so recklessly in front of her own Superiors. She was always so calm & cheerful, smiling while her words were built on strength pulling these men he stared at today out of the darkness of battle. Maybe once in a while did she ever get mad, but never did she seem uneasy & enraged.
Of course, Miles was keeping in mind that he was just basing this off of the episode of her blowing up on Raven. Unfortunately, there was something else triggering his mind as well at the moment while he began to ponder more. Her expression she wore when she came down from the roof with the Crimson. She seemed like she was doing something wrong, like a child getting in trouble. What were they doing up there in the first place he wondered. He remembered well that Kimblee had to talk to her in the beginning, so what were they doing up there if he wanted to just merely have a conversation? Miles knew he was looking too far into now, hearing only jealousy ringing through his ears.
Was that all he was really feeling at this point? Maybe he felt more threatened, considering Kimblee was trying to mark his territory, in way & Miles knew that by the smirks he would receive from the arrogant bastard. Sure he always sounded like he was itching to pick a fight, but there was a different & certain way he would taunt the Major, & the way he would talk to him, the way he smirked at her…It was enough to make Miles want to spit, but at the end of it all, the Ishvallan was going to try his hardest to forget about his minds worries for the time being, hoping & praying he would be able trust Lillian like he thought he could, at least until Kimblee would finally leave them be.
But while Briggs was somewhat geting back to normal, with its current condition, will Kimblee wait until he gets what he really & truly came here for? What else could this man possibly want out of Briggs? What, the Major asked himself over & again, until finally, his lips buckled up & he stopped walking getting Kimblee's full attention when the alchemist turned to him with a puzzled look, "What is it?" He asked. Miles who only looked at Kimblee with a suspicious stare, grit his teeth behind his lips out of frustration, just like the first time he laid eyes on him.
And the Crimson knew it all too well…
That look…It never gets old. He thought
"I want to know something." Miles started, "And I want a honest answer out of you. It's been bothering me ever since the day in the hospital when we first met…Even when you came here earlier today with Raven. Ever since you two arrived Lily's been struggling to come to terms with herself. Are you trying to harass her? Or are you trying to get information out of her? I swear, you do anything to hurt her & I'll-,"
"And you'll what? Hurt me?"
Kimblee's eyes fell upon the Ishvalans rounded glasses knowing the red blooded eyes were connecting to his. His shadowed expression so deep, it could smell of death the way Kimblee stared back at Miles, but the Major didn't flinch nor did he look angry. He stood his ground staring back, growling under his breath more because of Kimblee's attempt to shake him up.
"Let's get something straight Major, I'd never hurt Lilia if that's what your worried about. I've known that woman since she was nearly still learning how to walk & talk, so don't fret my dear friend. I'll take good care of Fancy-Face."
Miles's growl grew, his foot taking a step forward towards the taunts; the challenge if you will, "Why you…"
He wanted to say more, but Kimblee only sighed at him in disappointment, only to smirk a little with a soft chuckle to go with it as he leaned against the wall with his arms across his chest.
"Tell me, you seem to have a great hate for me before really getting to know me." He nearly sounded like he was just joking more than anything, sarcastic even, but he continued uninterrupted, "What can I do to make you feel more at ease about this. Would rather me tell you about how your Ishvalan brothers die? How Lily & I destroyed your country in a single night in the civil war?"
Miles's eyes shot open in almost what resembled anger.
He gritted his teeth quietly keeping his composer as he frowned at the Alchemist, "Shut your mouth, Kimblee."
"What you don't want me to tell you? Or is it something more? Maybe you do want me to tell you…Lilia is always a secretive one when it comes to people she doesn't truly know. But you…You know straight from the horse's mouth that I'm the only one that knows everything about that respectable woman."
He paused for a second before standing up on his feet again, staring down the Major with an utmost satisfying smirk on his face, "Maybe, you'd like me to tell you about how Lillian's so shattered from the inside, that the only thing to calm those craving nerves she wishes for, that can't stop clawing at the back of her skull…How, with just a single spark of my explosions…Can drive her body into her most wildest dreams…"
Another pause came from the alchemist as he took in a deep breath & sighed almost moaning, remembering everything he told Miles, himself. It could only send chills down his spine.
"Mm, just the taste of the decaying smoke around us…The flames & ambers fluttering into the air as if they were fireflies taking over the city within a single devouring. Those were the kind of fires we created together…Beautiful music…Such wonderful sounds she would make for me. Screaming my name out till the Gods themselves could hear her sweet angelic voice…"
Miles was about to kill him, if he could just reach for his gun & shoot him in the head he would for saying such atrocities, "I SAID SHUT UP!"
Kimblee did for a minute, keeping himself calm, & collected as he chuckled under his breath, "Gladly, but tell me Major, what is it that you know about this woman that you seem to be infatuated with for so long? Do you even the know the first thing about her? Her past? Her ticks? Her urges?"
Miles seemed puzzled at this point, considering he was so silent when Kimblee had mentioned those words, past, ticks, & urges. You can't seem to take a hint do you, Major? Lily wasn't expecting you to come into the picture, she wanted to come to Briggs so she could run away from her duties in Central. That's all. Nothing more to it than that, & now that Central wants her back, she'll soon make her decision to come back, or not. But, I don't know, she might care about you too much to get you hurt…" At this, this was new news to Miles, he could only be shocked to hear that & widen his eyes.
"Liar! Lillian hasn't told me anything about leaving, & even if she thought about it, she would've at least acknowledged to tell her superiors. Even if it wasn't me."
Kimblee just stayed the same, smiling at the clueless man that seem to get frustrated by the second.
"Oh? A liar? Major, there are a few names I've been called in my life time. A killer, murderer, psycho path, you name it, but out of all those names…A liar was never one of them." Kimblee closed & reopened his eyes showing Miles he was dead serious. Although the Crimson Alchemist had to wonder, why did he just tell the Major all that? He knew he'd tell Lilia & knowing her, she'd beat his ass for it, but in the back of Kimblee's subconscious, something inside him told him, he didn't care. He…didn't care. "She…She would've told me." Miles finally growled at the alchemist over the silence of the room, "Whatever you say. But I'm just giving you a heads up before you hear it from Lily. Especially, if she ends up 'breaking up' with her boy toy."
Boy toy…?
Miles's heart felt like it was more than just shot, it hurt to much for words, he never knew another woman like her to ever make him smile the way she did, but here he was listening to the rumors that Kimblee spilled from his lips, or so he took them to be rumors, "Sir!"
Then, that was the end of it, a Lt. came to look for the Major, getting his attention quickly as he pulled his attention away from the taunting Crimson, "Coming."
Miles glared back at the Alchemist, before exiting the room with the hands on the knob & door frame, "We're not through."
With that Miles closed the door softly trying to gather his bewildered thoughts & mixed feelings that seemed to tug at his stomach.
"What is it?"
"Major, the plan was a success…General Raven…" Miles stopped the Lt. from saying any more, he knew then, that he was dead. Olivia had finished him off finally, leaving only Kimblee standing in their way of what Central had in store for them.
"Good, I was really getting sick & tired of his ass, anyways. Thank you for the update."
With that the two departed, leaving Miles keeping his hand on the knob for a moment as he looked down at his tightening hands.
Lilia…
He could only think of her now.
What could she have been thinking, & what was Kimblee trying to do?
Was he just playing mind games, or was he really telling the truth?
About Lilia hiding her true colors…
He had to put it to the back of his mind until work was finished, he just had to, even if he knew he was listening to the one person he shouldn't be listening to, but he remembered faintly in the back of his mind, that Lilia had once told him a little about herself back when she was living in Central.
Though she didn't reveal much she only said she didn't want to talk about it.
The only thing she ever mentioned was being madly in love with a mad bomber, known as The Crimson Alchemist. Miles could still remember the somber expression she had, before she give a little smile & then frowned in sadness.
She told him with a full name…
It was Zolf J. Kimblee…I didn't know why, we never asked each other, we never even made it official, it just simply was…
He could hear her raspy sweet voice shaking from wanting to cry, but she closed her watery eyes, & let the tears fall back behind them smiling at him.
Besides killing my country men, Kimblee, I hate you even more now because of that…Because of the pain you caused her. And you're too arrogant to see that. You truly are a cruel man…
He opened the door to the Alchemist pondering to himself a frown & closed eyes to match his meditated expression.
"So, what's the scoop?" Kimblee asked opening an eye to the Major who approached him.
"Apparently, General Raven has gone missing. No one can locate his where-a-bouts."
The Alchemist smirked chuckling softly to himself.
As if he didn't do that enough already…
"Is that so? Well, then…In that case….I guess I'll be taking over his duties from here on out…"
"What? You wish, Kimblee-,"
" You don't understand…And again, it's not that I want to because I don't, the Furher ordered me to take care of everything if anything should happen to the General. So, I'll say it again, Major Miles, I'm in charge now."
It seemed Miles wasn't too happy, what he thought was the end of Kimblee & the General, was only the tip of the ice burg, so what was it that Kimblee was going to do now?
"First things first, I need a coffee, would you like one Major? Coffee, always perks me up before doing what I love, don't you?"
Kimblee walked passed the Ishvalan who still seemed to be still as stone, making sure to keep his cool around the alchemist, unlike before when Kimblee was riling him up.
Miles only turned to the alchemist & followed him out, both of them walking down the hall to get the coffee that laid fresher than when Kimblee had first arrived.
"Mm, that's good. Now, I need a car that can take me down to the down town train station. I need a young lady picked up, & I'll most likely need someone to take me down there."
During the time they were getting the coffee that Kimblee oh so did yearn for, Lilia, was still trying to recuperate in her quiet little room, dressing herself in her Briggs snow jacket once again while she checked her cheeks & eyes in the mirror to let the hot water run beneath her face to make sure she didn't look too tired or look like she had been crying like…well, like she really had been.
It had been a long time since she let herself cry out like that, & she hated the feel of it, the heartache it brought out of her beating chest, but for all the times she had fallen apart, she knew she had to pull herself together, & pull herself out of the funk, no matter what. Lilia was coming to terms with everything little by little now, she knew she couldn't hide her past, even if she wanted to, she realized it would never leave her alone.
Heart & soul, she decided to work it out, & not try to resist it like before, hoping that something good, would come out of all of this. That it would all eventually end one way or another, but in the process, she was going to have to make up her mind, but the only problem was, she didn't exactly know what she wanted anymore.
What did she want?
A normal life?
No, there was no such thing as a normal lifein her book, normal was a word that described someone as ordinary, & her life was more than just…Ordinary. She looked back into her past, remembering how it all started looking down at an old brush that she took from the old place that Kimblee & her use to share.
It wasn't the thought of Kimblee any more.
It was everything that had to do with him.
He was the only family, friend, foe, & lover she had ever relied on, & had been stuck to him up until the point of Briggs, where Miles came into the picture & helped her out of her situation, but now she was conjoined to both of them, confused & guilty of loving them both even though she tried to deny it to both of them as well as herself, but her heart knew better, she couldn't fool the heart no matter how many times she told Kimblee she hated him.
In a state of slight Zen, Lilia decided she rather take a break to think about her decision, because since she knew one of the two men in her life would come to an end soon, she wanted a drink at the local bar down town after the shift was over. She had only couple more hours to go, but if anything else were to go wrong during that time, she feared that she may have to leave sooner just to get that breather to keep what sanity she withheld. Everything was happening in almost one day, going on two soon, it was getting to her way to quick!
It was a good ten minutes longer before she took her alchemist pocket watch & put it in her coat pocket, & leaving her room with a solemn look, ready to find Miles if she could to see what was next on the Briggs agenda, hoping by now that something may have happened to get her mind off the things that bothered her the most.
"Hey, Buccaneer!" She exclaimed happily seeing a new face who had made it out of the tunnel safely.
"Major Smith! Long time no see!"
"Yeah, after a day of nothing but shit & bad memories, it's certainly been long. So, what's the dealio? Raven finally decided to let us live?" She chuckled only getting a smirk from the first Major who leaned down to murmur the news.
"General Olivia killed General Raven. Once they disposed of the body, she released the others from a tunnel that the Elric's made earlier when they got the information about immortal soldiers from him. Now, they're attempting to have Kimblee as a testifying witness, but we have to get him to talk first."
Lilia was silent shifting her eyes to the side as she took in the information that Buccaneer gave to her.
"How do you suppose we do that?" She asked looking back at him curiously, only getting him to shrug.
"Unfortunately, I think you & I both know the answer to that." His eyes looked upward as he pulled away from her looking to her left down the hall.
Ah Fuck…You've got to be kidding me. The General's going to use me to get information out of Kimblee?
"It won't work. Kimblee's too smart for that, not to mention he doesn't know much about these soldiers, he's just a man that likes doing what he loves...His job."
She couldn't believe what was coming out of her mouth, was she literally defending him? She turned away before the other Major could make eye contact with her, hoping not to see the suspicious gaze in his eyes.
She knew that was it, those words would've surely screwed up the trust she had worked so hard for, "I see. I understand. Anyways, I heard that Miles is with the Crimson Alchemist in the coffee lounge, you should go check up on them before…Well, you know."
Lilia looked up again to smile softly in an attempt to hide her worries, & nodded her head as she went on her way…
"Yeah..."
Lilia strolled down the halls searching for her way towards Miles & Kimblee's where-a-bouts, feeling the stare of Major Buccaneer's suspicions on the back her neck. It was then she knew she would have to be on her guard, until she could get her things & go, but right now, she needed to talk to Miles first, & see if maybe she could make up her mind then. Talking to him always calmed her, & lately since the dramatic changes, it's been hard to feel as close as she once felt to the Ishvalan. Lily began to jog now, only to watch as a door began to open near here, causing the mysterious person to bump into her.
"Ah!"
"Oops, sorry…" She looked up with a smile to see it was Miles that had bumped into her, embracing her shoulder to catch her fall.
"Miles…It's you."
"Who'd you think it was?" His voice seemed so dulled down from before; before he always sounded happy to see her, now, the greetings were somewhat disappointing, & emotionless.
Again, it saddened her, but she only smiled to try to give him something to ease the stress, a smile always helped her out, why not him, right?
But unfortunately that wasn't the case this time, he merely gave the weakest smile he could muster, & straightened her out before continuing to walk pass her.
Is…Is it me…? Her mind trailed off for a moment, bringing her closing fist to her heart, feeling the sudden rush of another throbbing sensation of sadness.
His-…His heart's breaking…Damn it Miles, what's happening to us? Are you already expecting me to fall back into his arms? Do you not trust me? What the hell am I thinking? Of course, I wouldn't want to trust myself either, I nearly kissed Zolf once already, & I'm already giving up on Briggs because of…Because of…
Again, the sense of that pleasure again began to replay in her mind, making her tremble a little before she felt a hand on her shoulder, rubbing the joint comfortingly, but to Kimblee's surprise she pulled away…
"Not now…" She walked away trying to catch up with Miles, until Kimblee used his reflexes to catch her wrist in his hand, tugging her back a bit.
"Not so fast. I'm afraid I need your assistance...Major."
"No."
"You're refusing an order, again?"
"And not because I have to, I want to, Kimblee. I need to talk to Miles, I need-,"
"What? To ask him why he's so mopey? We just found out that General Raven's gone missing, & now that he's not in control, the Furher has instructed me to take over this little Fort in the mean time. So, I need someone to help me with my job, & who better to do that than the famous White Lotus, herself?"
Lilia paused staring down Kimblee with a look that said, 'please don't screw with me today', which gave Kimblee himself the impression that she was troubled about something. His lips that once smirked, frowned, & his features softened as he grabbed her hand, tugging her a little to come towards him.
"Come on, I really do need your help for this, I need to pick up a girl for the Full Metal Alchemist, & I don't know my way around the town, I barely knew my way around here when I first arrived. It was only thanks to you I could remember where the rest room was in this place."
Lily puffed up her cheeks seeing the soothing blue eyes that seemed to comfort her from a short distance.
How was it that he could just look at her with those vibrant blue eyes, & everything would feel alright, again?
She gave a pouting lip before turning her head away from him, "What's the girl's name?"
She grumbled getting a small satisfied smile out of the Crimson as he pulled her along with him finally.
"Winry Rockbell. A long time friend of the Elric brothers who grew up with him in Resembol, but it seems that the Furher wants to make sure the boys keep their mouths shut about the operation going on in H.Q. They're threatening to ruin everything by telling more soldiers to start an uprising, so they decided to put me in charge of Briggs for the mean time till I find Scar. Or I guess until the promise day is over."
Wow, there was certainly a lot at stake for Central. For all Amestris, actually, but Lily just hummed a little as she listened to Kimblee, well, until he trailed off listening to the melody she was humming.
A spark in his memory brought him back to when they were kids.
Lilia would hum that same tune all the time as a kid, but now here it was again, soothing & relaxing to the Crimson's ears as he smiled knowingly, "Again with that song, huh? You'd think you'd have learned a new one by now."
"Shut up, I like it." Lilia retorted in a mutter, looking towards another hall that went in another direction.
"Anyways, I have a car already to go outside, courtesy of Major Miles. I got him to get me one when you were still in your room."
There was a short silence as they made their way to the car, Kimblee was already holding the keys in his hands before he passed them off to Lilia.
She seemed puzzled looking at Kimblee cock eyed, "What? Someone has to drive, & unfortunately my job requires me getting the guest."
She knew by the way he said guest, it could've only meant one thing, "You mean a hostage. You know I'm not stupid."
"No, of course not. I'm just trying to put it in lighter terms. 'Hostage' is such a harsh name for such a trusting young lady such as Ms. Rockbell. Apparently, she was the only daughter of the Doctors Rockbell…I'm sure you remember them, they were the only other doctors that didn't know about the stone." Lily gasped suddenly realizing why the name sounded so familiar in the back of her mind. It never occurred until Kimblee mentioned it.
"No freaking way!"
"What? You don't believe me?" Lilia rolled her eyes passing by the Alchemist that merely smirked in her direction, following behind her now as they entered the car, making their way down the mountain.
"You know, you're lucky the soldiers haven't just called an all out attack on you Mister." She suddenly said bringing light the conversation.
"What'd you mean? Are you implying they're going to plan an assault on me?"
Her fingers wrapped around the steering wheel a little harder than she'd expected them to,
"Mm, not in so many words, but maybe. Stupidest thing though, they were thinking of getting the idea of using me to get information out of you."
Kimblee's eyes were once closed in a peaceful state of mind, but hearing that perked his interest further, making his brows raise a bit as he opened his eyes to the back of Lily's head, "What'd you tell them?"
He heard a small scoff, or a soft laugh he wasn't sure which, as a smile played on her face suddenly. She gazed at the road with a small gloss covering her eyes when the thought about what she did tell them crossed her mind.
"Truthfully, I told them it'd be futile."
"Hmm?"
"I won't lie to them, you're not stupid Kimblee, those tricks are too stupid & degrading to work on a guy like you, besides…" She stopped herself in mid-sentence.
"Besides, what?"
Crap.-_-.
"Well, I'm not going to sink so low as seducing you to tell me information, or them for that matter, it's not worth it. Especially since I'm already pissed I have to be the one to follow you around as it is. I hate that they think they can just use our love life against us…"
She stopped again, now realizing the last thing she said came out completely wrong, & at this point she could only blush, trying to fix it all, " I mean…Well, what I meant was…You know what it's not important-,"
"Oh? But I want to hear more." Lilia's eyes shifted to the review mirror with a glare at the already grinning Kimblee only to get him to chuckle softly when he got a tiny reaction out of her; it was always so easy to poke at her, egg her just enough to make the woman smile in defeat as she shrugged her shoulders to continue driving, thinking of the next thing to say…
But for some reason something couldn't really come to her. She was beginning to enjoy the silence with him in the car, the only thing that Lily couldn't help but wonder, was-…Was this part of his job?
This part right here?
This moment of bonding they were having?
Was this all just a charade for him to get her to come back & work for Central?
If she knew Kimblee well enough like she thought she did, she knew that Kimblee was dedicated to his job, this was true. Very dedicated, they both were, but that sense of doubt made Lilia feel that maybe she toned down a little too much.
Well, more because if she didn't she would've killed everyone in Central for not releasing Kimblee, but for some reason her mind told her it would be foolish to take down those immortals by herself, not without him at her side to enjoy the wonderful sounds of amber clouds rising to the setting sun as their symphony rumble of their explosions clashed to make beautiful paintings in the black clouds, & the taste of burning blood in the air always lightened her mind, calmed it.
Just thinking about it made a small noise from her throat rise, bringing her back to reality as Kimblee shifted his eyes to her, "What is it?"
"Huh? No, nothing. I didn't say anything!"
She gulped back her body's trembling, only to finally notice they were reaching the station soon. Lilia looked through the review mirror again, her gaze a more thoughtful one as she began to remember how Kimblee use to be…
And how he was still the same…
So, it couldn't have been his style to beat around the bush like she was assuming, but she couldn't help but feel there was something tugging at her about the way he's been acting.
The way he tenderly held her hand, the way he pleaded his words with his tongue clicking against his teeth as he spoke. It was beginning to annoy her a bit considering she couldn't concentrate on the road, so she pushed it as far away from her mind as she humanly possible, & finally parked the car in the parking lot when they reached the station. She ended the connection from the engine to the car itself & undid her seat belt with ease as she removed herself from the car, afterwards.
"Well, we're here." She laughed softly getting out all together to follow next to the Crimson Alchemist, searching for a woman that he seemed to describe as a blonde hair, blue eyed woman.
"When was her train suppose to show?"
Kimblee looked down at his watch, then searched among the crowd that passed by, "About 5 minutes ago, by the way, I forgot to mention, I'm also waiting for some people from Central to arrive for back up on the Full Metal Alchemist, reassurance…But there not expected till a little while longer."
"Oh, you forgot? You mean, you had other things on your mind other than the new arrivals?"
"Hmm…Maybe, but I wouldn't be the only one that's distracted." He sung giving a mischievous gaze down at the little dark haired girl, who just smiled & shook her head stifling her laughter.
Suddenly out of the corner of Kimblee's eye, he seemed to notice a blonde woman running right passed them. The girl was bundled up for the north like anyone else would be up there, & she carried a strange box with her, almost resembling a tool box.
It was then that Lilia had the sixth sense that it was the girl who matched the description.
"Winry! Winry Rockbell?" Kimblee called to her, getting the girl's attention. Both of the alchemist's smiled, knowing they just wanted to get back as soon as possible.
"Are…Are you Mr. Kimblee?" She asked remembering the name of the person she was waiting for, it was definitely her.
"Yes, Ma'am. A pleasure to meet you, please right this way…"
The two escorted the girl from the train station huddling into the car & drove out of the parking in the cold lit night, it was around 7:00 after all, odd hour for a hostage, but then again, Military almost never slept, everyone had a schedule to go by, & considering the Full Metal Alchemist probably needed a repair as it seemed, it couldn't have seemed to out of the ordinary.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, where are my manners? Ms. Rockbell, I'd like you to meet my partner, Major Lilia Smith. She's also known as the Silver Alchemist or…White Lotus in Central."
The blonde seemed a little dazzled by the name, "Oh."
"But, Lilia will do just fine, I don't need to be called by my last name or anything like that. But, ultimately, it's up to you what you want to call me." Lily replied back giving Winry a comforting smile to make her visit more welcoming.
The girl only smiled back, "Okay, it's nice to meet you too Ms. Lilia."
"Dito."
It hadn't been long since Lily had done an introduction, but for some reason, she felt even more comfortable knowing that she knew this girl's parents back when she was just a novice. It only seemed like yesterday since those days in the Military to Lilia. Probably even to Kimblee, but for Lily she tried to always stay clear of the past, now that she came to accept it, she began to remember the first time she met the Rockbell doctors; it was only for a moment back when the war had first started, they were the doctors helping 'patients', no matter who it was, Ishvalan or Amestrian, even when the Military told them to stop they told them they couldn't, because that was their job, to save lives.
Lilia believed them not to be just hero's, but people she could really admire, that took the path they believed in, & for Lily, she wish she could do the same in her eyes, even though they knew it would be dangerous & knew that they may get hurt in the process, they didn't care. She kind of wish she could make up her mind too when it came to a certain something, but unfortunately for her problem it was a little different.
"So, the only daughter of the Rockbell's, huh?"
"Yes, that's right." The girl's voice stirred a little from the question, but she answered it politely none the less.
"Wow, it's been a while for us to hear the name you know? Considering the last time we saw them was during the war." Lilia exclaimed happily remembering them stitching up her head when some rubble accidentally fell on her, all thanks to her own explosion.
"R-Really? You saw them?"
"Sure did." Kimblee agreed with a smile to the girl who seemed surprised & amazed, "They helped that woman's head from a concussion after a horrible accident." He pointed to the front at Lilia who only scoffed laughing softly.
"Oh please, you can tell her, I was using alchemy when the buildings around me started a domino affect. When I tried to get out…Well, I'm sure you can figure out the rest. I screwed up."
A sweat drop covered the side of Lily's face as she smiled nervously remembering how reckless she could be back then, now that she had matured over the years…Um, slightly, it was a little easier to know how to work her alchemy without blowing herselfup in the process.
"Oh wow, was it bad?"
"Oh no, no, no….Actually it was worse than you could imagine…But not as bad as you think it could've ended up. God decided to let me keep my limbs."
On the inside, both Kimblee & Lilia were laughing on the inside at the word God.
Yet, it sent a calming atmosphere throughout the car.
Eerie…
"Indeed. I was the one that found you, remember?" She shrugged with a shiver down her spine when he said that.
"Yeah…I remember the lecture you gave me after I woke up out of my 'coma'…"
Winry just laughed at the faces the Major made at Kimblee than suddenly looked up curiously to the Crimson Alchemist, "So, how long have you two known each other? I know it's probably none of my business, but you two act like you've known each other for years."
"Hmm, indeed, but that's a good question. It's been a long time I guess, hasn't it Lily?"
"Mm-hmm." Lilian didn't answer, not really wanting to say much about it, but on the other hand…
"I'd say we've known each other for almost over 18 years…Hmm, how time flies."
"Really? Wow, so you've known each other almost as long as me, Ed & Al have known each other."
Almost! Lilia thought annoyed, Kimblee just lightly laughed at the mechanic.
"Something like that. So, is this your first time up to the north?" Lilia suddenly chimed in turning down the road up to the Fort now, they were getting close to the end of the road.
"Yes, actually, I heard it'd be snowing, but I didn't think it would be so heavily piled in it!"
"Ha, ha, then I guess you're happy you bundled up for the trip."
"Of course!"
After that it fell slightly silent for a second before Kimblee carried on about Winry's parents, making the girl feel more comfortable talking about them & the way they died. Well, not entirely the way they died, but he did mention that when he was one of the people to assist in investigating their bodies, he noticed the mother holding a picture of a little girl in her hand, letting Winry have some kind of amends with their passing.
"It's has definitely been an honor to meet you Ms. Winry Rockbell. I hope you stay here is as pleasant as the ride here."
By this time, Kimblee was already helping the girl out of the car, & escorting her into the large wall, Briggs.
"Oh, well thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to come get me, I'm sure it was harsh considering it's so cold up here!" She replied shivering a little from the night lit breeze.
"Actually, it's unusually calm considering…It gets a lot colder up here when the snow storms hit. No one can really even leave, it's just bad."
"Goodness, well, good thing you got Briggs, right?"
Lilia was a little taken back stopping in her steps into the Fort as the large doors to the outside closed behind her, causing her to be startled a little. She looked back at the door but only to turn her attention to the front of her, Kimblee was still walking Winry to the cells where the Full Metal was suppose to be kept, but as she was about to follow taking a few steps forward she noticed a tall tanned man with glasses/goggles walking towards her, passing by Kimblee in silence as he did; he kept his attention on her with an expression that almost looked painful, & troubled.
"Miles, hey." Lilia smiled softly, only getting an even softer smile from the troubled Miles.
"We need to talk." His voice said sternly.
"Huh? O-Okay? About what?"
He took her hand that stayed at her side, trying to lead her down the corridors & halls, "In private."
This wasn't good, what would Miles want to talk to Lilia about in private? Was he finally catching onto Kimblee trying to recruit her, again?
Or the way she had been acting ever since he got here? Or is about him finding them on the roof that finally got to him?
All of these paranoid questions seemed to worry the small Alchemist, getting a cold sweat to start on the side of her temples as they finally came to a room to talk in secret, "In here."
"Okay." Her voice gasped back nervously, awaiting what was bugging the tall man so much.
Miles closed the door, & signaled for Lilia to take a seat, which she did, watching as he too took a seat across the table from her, suddenly giving her a straight stare down, "What? You said you wanted to talk, so lets talk." She urged on, giving him an impatient look.
She hated it when people just stared at her, but Miles seemed like he was having a hard time saying it when he leaned back lowering his head with a soft sigh, "Lilia? Tell me, what was the reason you came to Briggs."
That was certainly out of the blue…
"What do you mean? I came to Briggs to get away from Central, to become stronger-,"
"But what's the real reason? Was it really because Kimblee was thrown in jail that you were afraid of doing things on your own? So, you came up here to get away from your duties in Central…Or was it…The real reason that you left Central…because of Kimblee?" Her eyes slightly widened.
"What? No! I just…I just couldn't…"
"Don't lie to me Lily. I've noticed it ever since he came here, we all have. You're emotional, irrational, your befriending an enemy-,"
"He's the enemy to you! And by the way, we're not friends we're acquaintances!"
"You two were involved in the Ishval war as friends, you two were childhood friends. You assisted him in destroying my brethrens…My people's country…"
"And I told you over & over again that I was sorry! I told you that from the very begin-,"
She paused widening her eyes to him, a sudden rush of anger coursed through her veins as she leaned forward over the table her hands crossing over her chest.
"What are you implying Miles? I thought we had this all straightened out? I told you about me being partnered up with Kimblee in the beginning of arriving on the welcome mat of Briggs! So, tell me, what else has got you so mad?"
She could tell his eyes closed a little giving her a glare as his teeth grinded behind his lips, "I need to know Lilia. Are you still in love with Kimblee?"
Lilia's heart nearly stopped dead in her chest.
Her lips buttoned up as she stared at the curious Ishvalan, almost hurt began to show in his eyes after he asked.
"What?" Was all she could ask.
She wasn't sure of why she did, but she couldn't believe the question that spilled from his mouth.
"You heard me…Do you? And don't lie to me, I need the truth."
"Why? What we had for each other is over! It doesn't matter what I feel for him, I'm with you!"
"And why are you with me?"
"Because I love you! I care about you!" She exclaimed getting angrier by the second as she finally slammed her hands on the table in a fit of rage, "What? You don't trust me, now?"
"Apparently, you have ticks I don't know about Major Smith, Kimblee told me about some weird urges or ticks or whatever that you never told any one else at Briggs about! So, stop trying to hide things from me & tell me, why, why have you been acting so weird around him! You were upset when he first got here, then he comes to Briggs on the same day, you don't ask him any questions about that. I know I did, but why didn't you seem suspicious about it? Not only that, when I go to find you, you're up on the roof with him, alone, no less! And finally, you leave to go with him to the train station after he tells me about your past in Ishval! Why is he constantly wanting you near him! Are you planning on betraying us, Lilia? Tell me!"
With out realizing it, she had removed herself from her chair & slapped him across his cheek, "What did he tell you…"
"Did you just hit your superior?" He was utterly shocked.
He didn't touch his cheek nor did he nurse it, he just stared at her shocked, never thinking she'd hit him the way she did.
"WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?" Lillian's voice shook with rage as she stared the Ishvalan down, merely giving him a glimpse of threat in her darkened eyes.
"He…told me everything."
"What's everything?"
That was it…
The look on his face said it all, when he turned away from her, only to refuse her gaze.
As if in disgust.
"He didn't tell me in so much detail…He…-,"
Before he could finish, she had already turned on her heels running out the door in a sprint to capture a certain familiar bastard she needed to destroy, "Lily!…Lillian!"
The girl didn't look back.
She knew she could out run Miles to the point that she had already screeched her shoes around the corner, scanning out for the big mouth alchemist, she thought she could trust so much to not to let out such a secret. Especially, when the secret had to do with that one night in Ishval.
That was their secret & theirs alone!
Kimblee had no right to tell anyone!
He should've kept his trap shut…Now Lily was having a hard time controlling the Alchemy sparking violently from within her hands…
He told him! He told him, that son of bitch! I'll kill him! I'll kill him, I swear it! I'll blow him in to the next millennium!
Next- Chapter 5: The Green-filled Wasteland
She couldn't take it
She couldn't stay
She couldn't take the chance to love him
Not again...
But when he's the only one to come to the rescue,
Who else can she turn to but the man she loves?
And there it is! I hope that was sufficing for now, until next time! Oh! By the way, if anyone has any request, let me know, I'm always open to opinions, & new ideas. I'll at least let you know if I can do the story, but keep in mind, I mostly do Anime stories...I think I wrote that in my General Info...But whatever, just in case. To all my readers! Love ya bunches~! See you again soon!