Me: -gasp!- Okay as I was writing this, I didn't expect what I wrote!
Kanda: Aren't you the author? How do you not know?
Edward: I'm curious myself.
Me: When I write, I don't really plan ahead...I just write it.
Tyki: That does sound like something you and others would do, though in different situations.
Devit: Ain't that the truth! Hey, for those of you who don't know, this girl -puts arm over me- she's not Katsura Hoshino, so she doesn't own anyone from D. Gray-man!
Riza: And of course Hanashi isn't Hiromu Arakawa, so anyone from Fullmetal Alchemist she has no rights to either.
Me: I love how you guys already know what to do. I don't have to pull you into it! (^-^) I'm so proud of all of you!
Jasdero: She owns only the plot of this story! Hii!
Me: ...okay, not sure where you came from, but I also don't own any songs that appear in this fanfic! So, please, enjoy the story!
Day 7: Club AKUMA (Part II.)
"What the hell is going on?" Ed asked, trying to shout over the screaming occupants of the club.
"Do you think I'd answer if I actually knew, short stuff?" Kanda retorted.
"Calm down!" Allen exclaimed. "This is probably someone pranking—Road, will you let go of me?"
"I'm not grabbing you, Allen. I'm next to Tyki." Realizing that Road's voice was coming from in front of him, Allen quickly grabbed the hand that was holding his wrist, and pinned them to the floor. In the moments of the power outage, there were multiple screams of panic. When the lights turned were finally able to be turned on, the screaming only got that much worse.
"What in the hell...?" Ed asked, seeing the one Allen had pinned. "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" Save for Allen, on the floor was someone neither of the band members knew.
"Alright you stinking sprout, get the hell off me!" the man scowled.
"Wait, you're Envy, aren't you?" Scieska spoke up, recalling the picture she and her band mates had seen just the other day.
"Tch." The said man muttered. "So what if I am?"
"You're from Ouroboros." Ed said his voice low and with distrust. "Why the hell are you guys here?"
"I'm not saying anything, shrimp." Envy sneered.
"WHO THE HELL IS A SUBATOMIC SHRIMP YOU CAN'T SEE WITH A MICROSCOPE?"
"Edward..." Lenalee sighed, "do you always over react to these things?"
"Bastard had it coming." Ed muttered. "Why are you guys even bothering with stalking us?"
"Like hell I'll tell you losers anything." Envy retorted.
"I suggest you tell us what you're planning." Kanda's voice came menacing, though it was the dark aura that was causing everyone in a mile radius to feel chilled to their very bones. "I'm not really in the best of moods."
"You don't scare me." Was all Envy said.
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"That was strange...do you think they were having trouble with the lights or something?" Alphonse asked, wondering as to why the lights had turned off all together. In fact they were off for ten minutes before the crew could get everything working again.
"It would appear so." Lan Fan decided, skeptical on the whole thing.
"May, what happened?" A sniffling Shao May asked, tears from before still visible in her eyes.
"I'm not sure...but I'm also wondering why people are screaming over there..." May answered, looking at the direction a crowd was forming.
"I'm getting a bad feeling, cho." Chomesuke said. Lavi and the two members of Equivalent Exchange had to agree with her. Something wasn't right. Without saying another word, they tried their best to make it to where everyone else seemed to be gathering. Even before they reached the mob, multiple people were asking questions;
"What happened?" "Wasn't this girl from...?" "Wasn't that girl the bassist for...?" "What a terrible thing to have happen..." "What did this girl do to deserve something like this?" "Dear god..."
"I can't see what's going on..." May said, trying to see over the taller occupants of the club. "Lan Fan, Shao May, Chomesuke, I'm going to take a look."
"May, I'm coming too." Al said, following the younger Chinese girl.
"I will too." Ling said. The other members of Dragon's Pulse agreed with the Equivalent Exchange members. So they all moved amongst the mass of bodies, all to see what was going on.
When May and the others made it through the crowd, what they saw would scar them for life. "Oh, god..." She breathed. On the wall was a girl who's hands were nailed to the wall with something too big to be screws. Her eyes staring into what could only be blackness, and traces of tears were still streaked down her face.
"Who could've done such a thing?" Alphonse asked, staring that unfortunate girl on the wall before him.
"I do not recognize her at all." Lan Fan stated, staring at the unknown person hanging on the wall. "What could've happened?"
"I think it's a warning." Ling said, speaking up.
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"I can't believe you let him get away!" Edward shouted at Allen, who only rolled his eyes. It wasn't entirely his fault Envy got away. "That bastard must've done something..."
"Edward, I think you should calm down." Allen said, trying to calm down the shorter teen.
"He's right Ed, and you shouldn't blame the whole thing on Allen." Winry told him. "Besides, he didn't do it on purpose, we all saw what Envy did."
And indeed they did. Allen had Envy pinned to the ground in a firm hold, when they were attacked by a kid with long black hair, that was in a mess, almost as if he never kept it as he should. It took a small amount of time for Scieska to realize the kid in question was Ko Curtis, otherwise known as Wrath. He attacked Allen, forcing him to release his hold on Envy, and just like that, the two had disappeared like they never existed, save for the scratches Allen was now supporting on his right arm.
"They can't be up to any good." Road decided. "By the way, did you know there's a dead body on the wall?" Shock went through the other bands.
"What?" Roy asked, making his presence known.
"That can't be true..." Scieska said, her hands over her mouth in shock.
"Brother!" The all turned to see Alphonse rushing back.
"Al?"
"Someone was killed! It was horrible, the girl was no older than we are now...she was from one of the bands that didn't make it to the next round."
"So it's true then." Riza said, clenching her firsts. "But why would they do this?"
"Who would do this is a better question." Hughes corrected her. "It wasn't any of you was it?"
"Don't look at us." Tyki said, taking a pack of smokes from his back pocket. He took one out and threw the box away, being it was his last one.
"You're not supposed to smoke in here." Winry told the Portuguese man. "You'll get into trouble." She snatched the cigarette away, before he could so much as light it. She stamped on the unused smoke.
"Now that's just a waste." Tyki muttered. "You didn't have to go that far."
"Smoking will send you to an early grave, Mr. Mikk."
"Calling me that makes me feel older than I really am." Tyki said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "And for the record, I've been smoking since I was your age, and as you can see, I'm still quite healthy."
"You say that now, but wait a bit. You'll start having trouble breathing, and you'll die sooner than you want."
"Winry's parents were doctors." Alphonse explained. "These things rubbed off on her growing up."
"Joy. Road, I believe we overstayed our welcome. Let's find those two annoying twins, and call it a night."
"Aww, but I wanna stay with Allen!"
"Road, I'll give you all the candy you want, if you so desire." At the thought of candy, Road decided she could just play with Allen another day.
"Okay. But if I don't get a lot, I'm not talking to you for the rest of the summer break!" She declared. Tyki rolled his eyes, and escorted his niece away from the groups.
"A lot has happened today." Ed sighed when the two members of Noah's Ark let. "We'll have to call it a night."
"We're leaving?" Al asked, looking to his older brother. Ed nodded. "We should find Ling first." With the words of the youngest Elric acknowledged, the trio left to find Ling, and leave for the night.
"Things certainly have been rather interesting." Roy muttered. "I don't think murdering something like that would be the Noah's way of doing things. It must've been someone from Ouroboros."
"I wouldn't be surprised." Maes agreed.
"Because they did." Scieska said with certainty. "Ouroboros have been charged countless times, but they were never put behind bars. They'd always get away with it."
"Always, huh?" Roy sighed. "Sounds like we're going to have one hell of a turnout in the end."
"I couldn't agree more, Roy." Maes said, adjusting his glasses. "I honestly couldn't agree more."
Phew! Another Friday, another chapter of Bands of War! But OMG! A murder? What could that mean? Who killed that girl? Nuuuu! The questions! Anyway, more to come next week! So until then, please review! That little button down there wants you to click it! Do it! Do it for the review button! R&R please!
