VII Guilty
April 15th, 1918
Central, Amestris
After the trial Ed was escorted back to his prison cell. More guards were posted around his cell now as a precaution just in case he tried to break out and run. In the afternoon he got another visit, but this time it wasn't Mustang. It was actually someone from the assembly, the same woman that was glaring at him when he went to see them a few months ago. She looked in her late twenties and had dark brown hair that she wore in a bun. She wore a long black pencil skirt with a matching blazer along with black tights and glasses, and Ed still smelled her strong perfume. When she came to see him she dismissed the guards saying she wanted to talk to him alone.
"Edward Elric"
"What do you want Dante?" he asked coldly.
He didn't even look up at her as he spoke, but he could feel her cold glare on him once again.
"How did you know?"
"Next time you change bodies use a different perfume, but then again this is your last body isn't it? You probably used the last of the stone you had for this one, and it's probably rotting fast"
"It doesn't matter, I'll get to see you die first"
"You're the one who them about our human transmutation aren't you? And then you sent Envy after us too"
"Envy's actions were his own, but yes; I did tell them, secretly of course. Consider this your punishment for ruining my plans"
"So this is what it's about? Revenge? Now I see why my father ditched you"
She glared coldly at him and turned to leave.
"Envy's dead by the way, I killed him myself"
But she ignored him and kept walking.
Mustang sighed. How could things have turned out this way? Ed was going to die, and there wasn't anything he could do about it. He may have been a higher up of the military, but this had to do with an old strict law that couldn't be played with. The penalty for human transmutation was always death, that's why he tried his best to keep the brothers secret. It frustrated him greatly. Here he was, as high as in rank as he could get, but he still had to deal with this kind of stuff.
"FullMetal"
He had decided to pay another visit to him. Ed didn't even look up at him this time, he just stayed sitting in the dark corner.
"Did I ever tell you how much I hate perfume?"
Mustang raised an eyebrow. What was he getting at? Tap tap. Ed had tapped his finger on the wood that was still holding his hands. Mustang had shared this secret code with his closest subordinates so he tapped his finger back on the wall letting Ed know he was listening.
"When my dad left Al and I could still smell it all over the house, it made me sick"
He paused and sighed.
"I met the sons of Nash Tringham by the way, their nice even though they were the fake Elric brothers once"
Then one of the guards spoke up.
"Sir the change of guards is late-
"Go on, I'll watch over him until they come"
"General, would mind looking after Al for me?"
He nodded.
"I wish I could rescue you from this horrible fate you're faced with. Is there anything you want me to tell him?"
"Tell him I'm sorry I couldn't I couldn't keep my promise, but what he needs to know is in my notebook, he should know where it is"
"I swear on my life I won't let any harm come to him as long as I'm alive"
"Thanks"
Then the new guards showed up and Mustang left. Once he was back in his office he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down 'perfume'. That was the first clue Ed had given him.
He also mentioned his dad, Al, Nash Tringham, and Elric.
He gasped as he put the first letters all together: DANTE. Then he remembered what he had said in the hallway after he had talked to the assembly:
"I don't like that woman. She kept staring at me like she wanted to stab me or something, and you can smell her perfume all the way outside"
He got the message now so he burned the paper with his alchemy and tossed the ashes into the trash. He smirked. If he played his cards right then he might be able to save Ed's life.
Author's Notes
How's that for a plot twist? As you can see I've been planning this from the beginning, and I did hint about it in chapter 3 of Reunion (I'm sure some of you are going to go back and look for it now XD). It's sad to say there's only three chapters left in this story. I know it's a short one, but it's all I got. However it's not over yet so keep reviewing.
