After the Battle (An FMA Story) Chapter 8: The Path Ahead

From this point on half of all that is written belongs to Kelli. If it sounds like it was written by a couple of 6th graders, that's because it was. This was written long, long time ago. Confucius command you be nice!

Silver sat on top of HQ she looked out across the city. She was bored.

Kitty was walking along the road she looked at the HQ, and pulled out her watch. She stared for a moment then whispered to herself, "I wonder..." She then took a step towards it.

Silver looked at Kitty approaching HQ," Who the heck is that?" she asked

Kitty heard Silver and turned around. "I am Kitty Cuklinski." She smiled.

Silver looked back down at her, "And I care why?" she asked. Her tail curled around her legs.

Kitty laughed, "Well you're the one who asked." She then continued on her way into HQ.

Silver growled then continued watching Kitty walk toward HQ.

Just as Kitty was about to enter HQ a short blonde dude in a red coat and a suit of armor ran straight passed her, as she was almost knocked off her feet. (Yes we all know who they are!) She stared at the 2 figures as they disappeared into the building.

Silver watched the two dash inside. She looked over the edge," Stupid Elric brothers." she said

Kitty followed them in toying with her fathers old pocket watch. There was one person in particular that she wanted to see, but the rest of these people kept bugging her and she was really starting to get irritated.

Silver hung upside down watching Kitty. Her feet slipped and she fell on her head with a thud, "Oww...".Just then a military man came running out," Are you ok?..Wait you're a chimera!" He yelled. Silver laughed nervously and got up. She hit her head against his breaking it then she ran off

After a while Kitty finally gets to Hughes's office but sees that he is showing someone a picture of his daughter so decides to come back later.

Silver stopped running and caught her breath," Why did I kill that man? I could have just ran but no I had to shatter his skull!!" she said

Kitty ran into Silver as she was walking along. "Oh sorry", she said.

"I didn't do anything!" Silver yelled and ran the opposite way.

Kitty started after her. "Was it something I said?"

She stopped and turned to Kitty," I-I didn't do it..." she said. Her voice was shaky. There was a little bit of blood on her forehead.

She looked confused," I didn't accuse you of anything..." Kitty said

She was still freaked," I-Im sorry. I just did something horrible and military personnel make me feel uneasy." she said. Her tail wasn't moving

She nodded her head," Ya they make me feel like that too, and my dad is one of them..." She paused," besides I don't care what you did..."

"That's good." she said. She held out her hand, "sorry we weren't introduced before properly. I'm Silver"

She shook her hand, "and I'm Kitty, pleased to meet you." She smiled.

She smiled and nodded. All of the sudden there was a loud, shrill whistle. Silver looked in the direction it came from," Im sorry but my master wants me at the moment. We might meet again." she said and dashed towards the whistle

Kitty nodded and walked off back towards HQ to see if Hughes was done going psycho yet.

Silver stopped at a building. Laboratory 5.She was in and stood in front of a shadowy figure," You wanted to see me master?" Silver asked," Yes...I heard you killed one of the Military men." the figure said," Yes..." silver replied," Impressive." "What? I killed an innocent man and your congratulating me?!" "Yes it was your first kill. Shattered his skull." "Yes. Is that what you wanted to say?" "Yes but if you kill another military man you will be punished. Understood?" "Yes master" " Now go" "Yes master." Silver bowed and Left.

Kitty made her way back to HQ and stopped on the front steps. She sat down silently. Kitty checked the time then again stood up and went inside, this time not taking anything from anyone. Certainly Hughes would be down to Earth again, but now she had almost forgotten why she wanted to see him in the first place. Her mind kept wandering off to silver. "What happened to her?" she wondered aloud.

Silver hopped up on top of a roof and started running across the other roofs. She stopped at the end one. She looked up at the moon," Why do I have to work for her anyways?" she asked herself.

Kitty made her way to Hughes and then started talking, but now had forgotten why she was there completely and asked about the deadly thing that made him go insane...HIS DAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silver sat down on the roof and continued to look at the moon, "I miss my brother..." she said

Kitty realized that she had set off a chain reaction and ran out of HQ as fast as possible and sat with her back against the wall of the building that Silver was on top of.

Silver looked down at Kitty," Hello again Kitty." she said and smiled.

Kitty looked up. "Well, hi, so what did your master want?"

"She just wanted to talk to me about what I did at HQ." She said

"Ah," Kitty sighed. "Speaking of which, I wouldn't go back there for a while, I set off THE chain reaction."

"Chain reaction?" she asked," what's that?"

"Hughes" she sighed, "I just said the 'E' word."

"Oh you mean Eylisa." she said

"Yes." she said, "Now it's kinda crazy over there..."

"Well I don't plan to go back there anyways." she said

"That's good," she sighed. Some big Muscular guy walked in front of her with sparkles around him. "What are you two doing out here?"

Silver flinched and jumped of the side of the building

Kitty looked up at the big muscular guy, "We're sitting and talking, what did it look like? And why do you have such a big ego anyways?" Armstrong smiled and flexed his muscles "it's been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!" Kitty looked at him strange "Dude, that ain't something to brag about..." and she walked away to Silver. Armstrong had an anime fall

Silver looked at kitty," Is that major spazz gone?" she asked

"Yes," Kitty smiled. "I always wondered what he would do if I asked him why he had such a big ego." she chuckled slightly. "There seem to be a lot of them out today...more then usual. It strange and kinda creepy."

"I know. I'm starting to get really nervous." she said

"Eh, Armstrong is annoying isn't he?" Kitty turned her attention towards the sky.

"Yeah" she said and looked around nervously.

Kitty looks at her. "Don't worry," she said, "I don't think that they know, and I don't think they'll be bothering us for a while..." She smiled sweetly at Silver.

She smiled back," You know. You're the nicest person I've ever met. My master's usually mean to me." She said

Kitty looked at her worried. "Well thank you, but why is your master mean? I mean you seem very sweet to me. I mean sure you may have done some things that you shouldn't have, but we all make mistakes every once in a while right?" She smiled again.

"Right. But she's mean when I mess up what she asked me to do and when I do something I wasn't suppose to." she said

She looked at Silver again, "If she treats you badly, then how come you continue to serve her? I mean, can't you..."She paused," never mind...then you'd just be like me..."

"Well I would but...I'd be killed by her." she said and looked down

"Oh..." she sighed; "I didn't know...I-Im sorry." she twiddled with her necklace and put it on Silve\."That's not to keep, but use it wisely, and use it well." She sorta half smiled

"Its ok." she said," What does it do?" she asked and looked at it.

"It has the philosophers stone, it can do pretty much...anything, but don't abuse it...I trust that you won't though." She smiled warmly.

Her eyes widened, " The stone?!... Don't worry I won't." she said and smiled," I know exactly what to do with it."

"I'd hope so." She smiled

So you own the stone. Impressive." said a woman walking out of the shadows. She was wearing a long black dress and black gloves. She wore High heel boots and had a weird transmutation circle on her chest. Silver froze. She turned," M-master!? What are you doing here?" Silver asked nervously," I came to see if you killed anymore military men but I see you haven't. Give me the necklace." she said. Silver looked at the necklace then at her Master,"...No." she said.

Kitty lifted up her hair and there was a flash of light that knocked the woman off her feet. Kitty held her down feeling oddly protective. "Yes, it is impressive isn't it?" She smirked wildly. "What do you want from Silver? Why are you like this? I guess that doesn't matter now though. You never will be again! And about the stone...Be glad you got to see it before you die!" Kitty put her hands on the woman's neck attempting to choke her to death.

The woman put her hand on Kitty's stomach and extended her fingernails, "Oh darling it will take more than that to kill me."