FMA Fan Fiction: Cursed Wings
(Parts 26-30)
(26)
~~~ARMY CAR ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL~~~
Eneri:*staring out the window*
Bradley: But really you have exceptional talent young lady.
Eneri: *doesn't look away from the window* Thank you, Sir.
Bradley: Some of the best talent I've seen in years!
Eneri: … *car drives by a huge mansion* …? *stands* Stop the car!
Driver: Excuse me?
Eneri: Stop!
Driver: Y-Yes!*hits the brakes*
Eneri:*nearly hits the seat in front of her*
Bradley: *stays in his seat* Is something wrong?
Eneri: *staring at the mansion* ….
Bradley:*notices where she's staring* Oh isn't that your family home?
Eneri: …Yes. …I think I'll put off going to visit… um… Full Metal, until tomorrow.
Bradley: I see. I shall put off my visit as well then.
Eneri: Sir?
Bradley: After all… you shall need someone to introduce you as the Icy Alchemist
Eneri: …Thank you?
Bradley: Then I shall come back tomorrow. I will bring your silver pocket watch and the paperwork as well and you can sign them here if you'd like.
Eneri: Ah… thank you for understanding sir.
Bradley: Not a problem.
Eneri: *gets out of the car*
Bradley: Until tomorrow then.
Eneri: Ah. Y-Yes. *salutes*
Bradley: *laughs* Farewell. *car drives off*
Eneri: …*watches the car turn a corner* …Ngh…*puts a hand to her neck* What the hell's with my neck…? It burned the whole time I was around the Furher… …Well… now on to the next problem… *turns to face the mansion gates* …Never thought I come back here… …Hmm? *gates start opening*
Watchman:*steps outside the gates* Excuse me sir… but visitors are not allowed here.
Eneri: ….*glare* Who's a sir?
Watchman: Eep!
Eneri: *shakes it off* *sigh*…..Julius Nonell, Cecila Nonell, and Adam Nonell… all dead or assumed to be. Correct?
Watchman: …Yes… who are you? What is your business here?
Eneri: …Who's the master of the mansion now? There's no one left.
Watchman: ….
Eneri: …*laughs* So you don't recognize me unless I'm in a chair huh?
Watchman: …Young Miss Eneri?
Eneri: That's the name!
Watchman: Young Miss!
Eneri: Don't cry on me now.
Watchman: Come in! Come in! *motions her inside*
Eneri: *comes into a courtyard and the gates shut behind her* …You can yell if you want.
Watchman: …..Everyone! The Young Miss has returned home!
Eneri: Ha ha…
*a maid and butler come out of the mansion*
Eneri: Wow. Why didn't you guys all quit when…*stops herself from calling him a bastard* …father died?
Watchman: We could not just leave you alone Young Miss!
Maid: Yes! You are like a daughter to each one of us!
Butler: And all of us are like a family as well because we have all been employed here for so long!
Eneri: …But… who's been paying all of you?
Watchman: Your father had a fund set up and it has yet to run dry.
Eneri: …I see.
Maid: …Young Miss… we are… all of us are terribly sorry about-
Eneri:*cuts her off* You didn't know so it's not the fault of any of you.
Maid: …Thank you.
Eneri: …Any of the guest rooms ready?
Butler: I believe we have one ready.
Eneri: I'll use it then. *walks up to the mansion doors* *takes a dark tone*…Then we all will destroy my old room later on.
Butler, Maid, and Watchman: *bow and speak in unison* Yes, Young Miss.
Eneri: …*thinks* Back into hell I go… *thinks* *inhails then opens the mansion doors*
(27)
~~~DINNER TIME~~~
Eneri: *sitting at a long table by herself* …
Maid and Butler: *standing off to the side*
Eneri: …I'm in charge now right?
Butler: Oh. Yes you are Young Miss.
Eneri: …Then why don't all you join me in dinner?
Maid: Eh!
Butler: But Young Miss! That would be-
Eneri: An honor for me and the cook. He'll have more opinions and I'll have some company. I don't see the point in sitting at a table like this all alone.
Maid: …*giggles* Oh all right… *takes a seat at the table*
Butler: …*reluctantly takes a seat*
Eneri: *looking around* …Huh.
Butler: What is it Young Miss?
Eneri: Nothing… just wondering why I haven't seen Michael around at all. By now he'd be in his over protective mode over me.
Butler: Well... he left sometime last year saying he was going to find his father.
Eneri: ...Isn't his dad rumored to be military?
Maid: Yes... he said he'd do whatever it took to find him.
Eneri: ...So he did have his own sense of self after all...
Maid: Well... he thought... He was not needed anymore with the homuncu-
Butler:*shushes her*
Maid: ...With your father's passing and you and your brother's disappearances.
Eneri: ...If he's military now himself I'll probably run into him at some point.
Butler: Hmm? What do you mean Young Miss?
Eneri: Hmm? Didn't you know? I took the state alchemy exam and passed today.
Maid: Wha?
Butler: Young Miss! How were you able to take the test at all at your age?
Eneri: ...Lets just say... I flashed around some of the old man's tricks.
Butler: ...
Maid: ...So... you're living your own life the way you wish, right Young Miss? *smiles*
Eneri: ...Yeah. Exactly.
Butler: ...Just be careful Young Miss... the military can be dangerous.
Eneri: Yeah I know. One of the reasons why the old coot lost his marbles and all. I'm stronger than he is though. ...because I lived though many forms of hell and death.
Maid: ...Um! Is everyone done eating? If so I can clear the table now.
Eneri: Oh. Ok. You do that. ...I'm gunna walk around the grounds for a bit. *gets out of her seat and walks off while the maid starts to clear the table and the butler goes back to his post*
~~~NIGHT- MANSION FAMILY GRAVEYARD~~~
Eneri: *wandering around in the dark* ...Where's that stone...? *trips over a large tree root* Wah! *lands face first in back of a grave stone* Ow... damn trees... *stares at the grave then walks around to the front of it* ...What the hell? *there's a boy around Eneri's age with black hair laying on his right side and sleeping in front of the grave * ...What the hell? *reads the names on the grave stone* ...Weird. *kneels down to shake the boy* Hey. What the hell are you doing sleeping here?
Boy: ...*slowly opens his eyes, gets up, and it's now discovered that his right eye is dark red color and his left is a shade of violet* ...*staring at Eneri*
Eneri: You shouldn't be sleeping on a grave. And how did you get in here anyway?
Boy: ...
Eneri: ...You shouldn't sleep on the former Master and Mistress's grave. You'll get in trouble. Come on... get up... or do you need help?
Boy: *shakes his head and stands*
Eneri: ...*sigh* You musta sneaked in somehow and you won't be able to go past the watchman... ...I got it. Follow me okay? *walks over to 1 of the walls of the cemetery*
Boy: *hesitates to follow her but eventually does*
Eneri: *digging out plants that have over grown a corner of the wall* ...Here it is. *the plants were covering a hole in the wall that's big enough for an adult to pass through* Go through here and you'll be outside the estate ok?
Boy: ...Outside...?
Eneri: Yeah outside. Now go. You probably shouldn't come back ok? No more sleeping on graves.
Boy: ...*starts crawling through the hole*
Eneri: *watches him crawl* See ya kid. I have a room to destroy. *walks off* *thinks* Why was he sleeping in front of mom's and that... bastard's grave in the first place...?*thinks*
Boy: *gets outside and starts wandering around and he's shivering but not because of cold* ...Outside... *gripping his shoulder and wanders under a street light*
?: *from a rooftop* Heh. So you finally decided to come out of that place.
Boy: ? *frantically looking around with a look of terror on his face*
?: *thud from it jumping off a building and there are footsteps coming toward the boy*
Boy: *frozen with fear*
*the figure comes under the street light and it's reviled that it's Envy*
Envy: *smirking* You can't hide from me. Father's wanted to meet the creation of Julius and Cecilia Nonell... but you were always in that house under to much guard. ...But he knew you had to come out someday.
Boy: ...*griping his shoulder so hard that it's started to bleed*
Envy: You can't hide what you are... Isn't that right...*psychotic grin* Reject the "homunculus"?
Reject: ? That's... the name mother gave me... *drops his hand from his shoulder and there's an ouroboros tattoo where he was gripping his shoulder*
Envy: Heh. That's right. We know everything about you. Who made you, where you've been... ...*grin* the abilities you possess.
Reject: ...What... what do you want...?
Envy: Just a simple request really. All Father wants is to meet you. He can give you a purpose if that's what you want.
Reject: ...I just want to die. I want to go... to where mother... and father are...
Envy: He can help with that too. Just come with me and I'll take you to him.
Reject: *hangs his head*...Alright... Take me to your "Father."
Envy: *psychotic grin* Good choice. Follow me. *walks off into the shadows*
Reject: ...*thinks* I'm sorry... father... mother... I'll come soon... *thinks* ...*follows after Envy*
(28)
~~~A DESOLATE ROOM INSIDE THE MANSION~~~
Eneri:*standing in front of one of the room's walls* …This'll be fun… I'm finally gunna bring this room down.
Maid: *pokes her head in the door * Young Miss Nonell?
Eneri:? *turns* What's wrong?
Maid: Well… it's just… when you're done here… can you… destroy another room as well?
Eneri: …That's a strange request.
Maid: I know but…
Eneri: I'll do it anyway though.
Maid: Really?
Eneri: Yeah. Now get outta here so nothing falls on ya.
Maid: Yes Young Miss! *closes the door *
Eneri: …A'ite then… Time to kiss my old bedroom goodbye. *stares at the wall again* …I am SO gunna enjoy this. *socks her left palm with her right fist* …You don't have a hold on me anymore ya damn bastard! *punches a hole straight through the wall* I'm gunna tear apart this prison you made for me… right from the inside! *brings one of her legs around to slam it into the wall* Not so tough now, huh stupid wall! *punches another hole into the wall* You can't contain me here now! I'm not a cripple anymore! *pulls her fist back then starts slamming both fists against the wall repeatedly and rapidly widening the holes she'd made* …Heh… Hahahahaha! *wall comes crashing down* NEXT! *starts destroying another wall in the room*
~~~DAWN~~~
~~~AREA NEAR THE BACK OF THE MANSION~~~
Eneri: *sitting on slab of cement that was the room's foundation but the room, walls and all, is gone* …free… free… …Don't cry over it… No point to… It's just a room… …I won't cry over it… …Not ever… …Ngh… Never…
*servants come over to the back of the mansion, see the state of the area, and help Eneri back inside the mansion to clean up before the Furher comes to swear her in*
~~~UNDER CENTRAL CITY~~~
*Envy leads in Reject to the room where the Father of the Homunculi is*
Envy: I brought the weakling Father. Turns out he was in that mansion the whole time. *shrugs* Go figure.
Reject: *unsure of what he should do but feels an extreme power and fears it*
Father: *slowly stands from his seat and stares a Reject* So this is the successful artificial human created by a human… *notices Reject covering up the mark on his shoulder* Hmm… That alchemist branded it with the ouroboros…
Reject: …I was told you'd tell me how I could finally die…
Father: *raises an eyebrow* Why would you want to do that? You're in excellent condition!
Reject: …I want to follow… …*realizes he probably shouldn't call his creators "mother" and "father" in front of the Father* …I want to follow my creators… I know… I know they're… d-dead.
Envy: …Parental complex much?
Reject: …
Father: …Yes I can tell you how to die but I need you to answer a few questions for me. It's probably what your creators would call… "an equivalent exchange."
Reject: …Alchemic terms… …*thinks "I'm forgetting something… Something father once said to me… Something..."* …
Father: …Ah. I can see you're unsure of what to do. You've rarely been outside so I suppose that's to be expected.
Reject: *his expression suddenly changes as he starts to remember what he was told* …don't…
Father: Don't what?
Reject: Urgh… *falls to his knees clutching his head* …Don't ever…
Envy: …Hey Father. His eyes are changing like you said they would.
Father: What color are they, Envy?
Envy: *kneels down to Reject's level* Hey. Look at me you wannabe. *yanks up Reject by the chin so he can see his face then drops him after a few seconds* One is still red and the other one's half red half purple. *stands* He going to go on a rampage?
Father: Hmm… Perhaps. It would be best if you take him to that room that I prepared for this.
Envy: Alright… Come on weakling. *drags Reject out of the room*
Father: …The nerve of branding it as I have with my homunculi… Humph. Those Nonells always challenged me even now when they are dead. *goes back to his chair and sits down* I would have liked to have seen their faces when their "son" decided to help me.
(29)
~~~NONELL MANSION – MAIN HALL~~~
~~~AFTERNOON~~~
Bradley: So just sign these papers and it'll be official.
Eneri: Yes sir. *takes a pen and starts signing papers* …By the way…
Bradley: Yes?
Eneri: I never heard what my father's cause of death was… Do you know?
Bradley: Hmm… As I recall it was a transmutation gone wrong.
Eneri: …Oh. That's too bad. *hands Bradley the papers*
Bradley: *takes the papers from Eneri* It must have been hard on you and your brother here.
Eneri: Huh?
Bradley: He had gone insane correct?
Eneri: Oh. That… We pulled through. It's alright now.
Bradley: *smiles* That's good to hear. The two of you must be very strong willed.
Eneri: I suppose…
Bradley: Well now. *pulls out a shiny new silver pocket watch* I believe this is yours now. Congratulations. *hands Eneri the watch*
Eneri: *takes the watch and stares at it thinking So this is what a new state alchemist's watch looks like…*
Bradley: *looks at a clock on the wall* My! The time seems to have gotten away from me.
Eneri: *notices the time* Ah. I have to pick up my brother. I am grateful for this opportunity you have given me.
Bradley: No trouble.
Eneri: Uh… Well good day then. *starts walking away*
Bradley: Yesterday's offer still stands.
Eneri: *stops and turns around* ?
Bradley: I said I would accompany you to the hospital. I have a car waiting outside.
Eneri: Oh… You don't really need to Sir…
Bradley: I insist. Now let us be on our way. *walks toward the mansion's main entrance*
Eneri: Yes Sir… *puts a hand to the right side of her neck and thinks Dammit… My neck's burning again… What the hell's the problem…"*
~~~HOMUNCULI LAIR~~~
Envy: He's completely lost it. The instant I turned my back he had the nerve to attack me!
Father: Well that proves he does have a "rampage" ability.
Envy: But he's totally uncontrollable. And with his creators gone we can't use him for anything! He's useless!
Father: You underestimate the Nonells.
Envy: Huh?
Father: Julius Nonell and Cecilia Nonell wouldn't die off that easily.
Envy: Wait… You're saying they faked their deaths?
Father: Possibly. But there could be other possibilities as well.
Envy: But what if those worms do live and can't or won't control that wannabe?
Father: Then they will all be disposed of.
(30)