It's another chapter! I finally got into the writing mood! Yay!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist, but I own Kararu Rinamino, Patience, Revenge, Anger, Depression, Mischief and Violence, and Silvermoon15 owns Shikou Stone, I'm just borrowing.
All's Fair in Love and War
Chapter 9
xxThree and a half Weeks Laterxx
Roy sighed, hanging his head as he listened to the steady beep of Shikou's heart monitor. She hadn't so much as moved an inch over past weeks, discouraging the doctors and Roy's hopes of her waking up.
Ed and Al had both woken up, and a healing alchemist had stopped by the hospital, healing the two back to perfect health. She couldn't heal Shikou, however, and went about her way.
Maes walked into the hospital room, going to sit by Roy.
"What do you want, Maes." Roy said, not even looking to see who it was, knowing who it was by instinct.
"We have a captor." Maes told Roy.
"That's nice."
"Will you look at me, at least?"
Roy turned, staring blankly at Maes, annoyed look on his face. "What?"
"You have to come with me to see who this captor is."
Roy raised a brow. "You really expect me to leave my comatose fiancée to go see someone else?"
Maes nodded. "Trust me, Roy. You want to see this person."
"Fine." Roy sighed, looking over at Shikou, sighing. He brought her hand up to his lips, kissing the back of it before laying it back down. "I promise I'll be back, Sweetheart." He said as he stood, Maes doing so after him.
Once they were out in the hall, Roy crossed his arms over his chest. "Where were they taken at?"
"Lior." Maes replied.
Roy could tell that he was hiding something. "Usually you wouldn't bother me with something like this. Why do I specifically have to see this person?"
"Edward needs to see as well." Maes said as they walked, serious look on his pale face.
"Why're you pale?" Roy asked, following behind him.
Maes shook his head. "Edward is meeting us there." He said as they stepped outside, going to Maes' car. They got in and Maes drove to the military base that was close by.
The ride was silent, tension building between the two of them, Roy able to sense that something was wrong.
"You and Edward will have to stay on the other side of the glass. You can't talk to her, she's already pissed as it is." Maes said as he pulled to a stop.
"It's a she." Roy said, becoming skeptical. Maes watched as realization dawned on Roy's face while they got out. "No…"
"Yes." Maes said as he started to walk inside, Roy jogging to catch up. They were greeted with military personnel, who led them towards the interrogation rooms.
They walked into the observation room, where Ed was already waiting, arms crossed over his chest.
"What is this about, Maes?" Ed asked with a heavy sigh.
"Just wait. Give me a moment." Maes said, walking out of the room.
The two looked at each other, then to the glass when they saw movement. The door on the other side was being opened, and the speakers above them allowed them to hear what was being said.
"Come on, in with you." Someone was saying, then grunted. "If you quit resisting, then it won't be as hard!"
Ed sat up as he heard a growl. He knew that growl…
"Let me go!" A girls voice growled.
Roy sat up at that as well, eyes wide.
Finally, three people were bringing in a handcuffed girl in full leather outfit.
"Oh my God…it's Kararu…" Ed breathed.
The door shut, and the girl was seated at the table, her shackles locked to the table so she couldn't escape.
Maes was walking into the room, and she couldn't see him from her sitting point, but he soon came into view and started to glare daggers at him.
"Miss Rinamino, is it?" Maes asked, raising a brow.
"It's Goddess to you, ya damn mortal!" Kararu growled.
"Goddess?" Ed asked, confused. "She's not a…what is she talking about?"
"I don't know…but let's listen." Roy said, leaning forward in his seat, knowing that the glass was tinted from one side and she couldn't see, nor hear them.
"All right, whatever you say." Maes said with a sigh.
"Why the hell do you have me in handcuffs?" Kararu growled.
"Why are you growling?" Maes shot back. "Maybe if you'd stop struggling and growling at me, I might let those nice guards behind you take them off."
"Uncle Hughes, why the hell did you say that stuff to me?" Kararu asked, her voice suddenly turning sad.
"What? What're you talking about?" Maes asked, now looking confused and interested at the same time.
"Why do you all hate me…what have I ever done…" Kararu whispered.
Maes looked at the glass and shrugged, genuinely confused.
Ed and Roy looked at each other, then back towards the room.
"Kararu, I have no idea what you are talking about." Maes said. "Why are you fighting for the rebels?"
"I'm not."
"Stop lying."
"I'm not lying, and I'm not fighting for the rebels." Kararu snarled, dark, crimson eyes glaring at Maes.
"Then what're you-"
"My people."
"Come again?"
"I'm fighting for my people." Kararu growled.
Maes raised a brow. "And where are these people?" He asked.
"Lior. Dublith. Some of East City. Xenotime. They will follow me to death, if they have to. They'll be coming for me soon." Kararu spat out.
Maes looked at her questioningly. He looked at the glass, then motioned for them to come inside.
Roy and Ed looked at each other for a third time, then stood and walked out of the room they were in and into the actual interrogation room.
"Kararu…" Ed said quietly.
Kararu's head turned and looked over her shoulder as he stepped closer, and tears came to her eyes.
"Stay back…" She said, voice suddenly soft and pleading, no hint of the malice or anger it had held only seconds before.
"Kararu…" Ed whispered, leaning closer to her after he'd come in front of her chair, but he stopped when she flinched and whimpered.
"Please…s-stay back…" Kararu whimpered out.
"Kararu, I'm not going to hurt you…" Ed whispered.
"That's a lie…you hate me…I heard it myself…"
"Kararu, listen to me. I am not going to hurt you. Okay? I promise, I won't hurt you at all." Ed whispered, reaching forward to gently put a hand to her cheek. She shied away from his touch as best she could in her chair, sobbing. "Kararu…"
"I said get away from me!" She yelled.
He pulled his hand away, shrugging to Maes and Roy, not knowing what to do.
"Kararu…this is yours…" He whispered, reaching beneath his shirt to pull out one of the two pendants, walking over, gently placing it around her neck and stepped back, like she had told him to.
A moment later she looked up at the three, tears filling her eyes again. "Oh…my…my God…what have I done…"
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"So, she's not saying anything of what happened, but she apparently remembers everything?" Roy asked.
Maes gave a frazzled nod. "She does, but she isn't saying a single word…she's not saying where their base is, where she's been, or what's been happening at all."
Roy sighed. "And the only person she's allowing around her is Edward…"
"Right."
"This is just…too odd…" Maes said with a sigh as he looked into the hospital room Kararu and Ed were in, sitting next to Shikou's bed.
"If only she'd just let us try to help…"
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Ed reached out and put his hand reassuringly over Kararu's as she looked over her friend's frail, broken and bruised body, but she pulled it back.
"What happened to her?" Kararu whispered.
"She got beat up, apparently, a few days after you disappeared. Al and I were getting beaten up at the same time." Ed told her.
"This is all my fault…"
"How?"
"I…I sent them…"
"Who?"
Kararu just shook her head as she stared up at Shikou's heart monitor, watching the lines jump up, then go straight, then jump up again in a pattern.
"I can't say." She whispered.
Ed stared for a few long moments before sighing. He looked to the door as it opened and a doctor walked in.
"Kararu, we need to wait outside." Ed said.
Kararu shook her head. "I'm not leaving her." Kararu said.
"Kararu…come on…"
"No, Edward."
Ed sighed, looking up to the doctor.
"She can stay, if she likes." She said an understanding nod at Ed.
Ed nodded, standing. "I'll see you in a few minutes, Kararu." He said before turning and walking out.
He met Roy and Maes by the door, sighing.
"This is probably worse than it seems…" He told them with a sigh.
"We know." Maes said. "She tell you anything?"
Ed shook his head. "No. Not a single word."
The three made their way to the waiting room, sitting down.
"Anyone have any clue on what we could do?" Roy asked.
"For what?"
"Kararu…what're we going to do?"
"I don't know…" Maes said with a sigh.
The three were silent, the only sounds in the room were the ones of the intercom going off, and the beeps from behind the nurses desk.
They looked up when the doctor came back to tell them they could return to the room. Roy looked hopeful, but she shook her head and his fell to hang, knowing she wasn't awake.
He stood, Maes and Ed following his example, and they slowly started to make their way back to Shikou's room.
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After the doctor left, Kararu still sat next to Shikou, sighing.
"Shikou…I doubt you can hear me…but I'm so sorry I sent Anger here…I'm so sorry…it's not me doing all of this, you have to believe me…I'm not the one being the Goddess…I don't want to do it, but the anger and power is just too much…I'm not strong enough…" She whispered.
"I'm so sorry, Shikou…please…find it in your heart to forgive me…and tell Ed that I'm sorry…and I'm sorry for not telling him my secret…and the secret has nothing to do with war." She said, standing. "Please forgive me…"
She turned, watching as the window opened and someone half climbed in, waving her over.
"Mistress? You disappeared from Lior."
"Well, well, well. Look at you. Just in time. I'm ready." Kararu said, going over to the window and climbed out after him.
Just as the window shut, the heart monitor's beeping became more confident, stronger.
Shikou's eyes fluttered open not two seconds later, and she whispered, "I've already forgiven you, you goof…you just have to open your heart and listen…"
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As Roy walked into the room, expecting to see Shikou still laying there, not moving, Kararu sitting next to the bed.
What he wasn't expecting, though, was to see Kararu gone, and Shikou's hand going up to her head, eyes blinking.
Ed and Maes walked in behind him, stopping dead as they saw Shikou as well.
"…Roy…?" She muttered, icy blue eyes turning to look at him as she heard movement.
"Shikou!" Roy said, running over, taking her hand. "My God, you're awake!"
"H-how long was I out for?" She asked.
"Three and a half weeks, Sweetheart." Roy answered.
"That long, huh? No wonder…I also feel as though I've been run over my a cement truck…" Shikou whispered.
"You should. Maes and I came back after calling HQ and someone had beaten the crap out of all three of you…" Roy answered, leaning over to softly kiss her cheek, the bruise having already healed. "Maes, go call that healer, Shikou could use it."
"Where's Kararu?" Ed asked after Maes had left.
"I…I don't know…" Roy said.
Ed looked to the window as it opened, watching as a quick, limber figure half climbed inside.
"Hey, Chibi!" The thing said excitedly, wide grin on his face.
"Envy." Ed snarled.
"Aww, don't be mean, Chibi…" Envy said, climbing all the way in.
Roy stood, turning, standing between Envy and Shikou. "Get the hell out."
"Hush up, I didn't come here to fight." Envy said. "Mistress wanted me to give you this." He said, tossing something at Ed.
Ed caught it and looked down. "Her pendant…what did you do to her!" Ed growled.
"Nothing. She came with me earlier, and wanted you to have it back, because she didn't want it." Envy replied, smirking. "It's been fun, Chibi, Flame, but I gotta go." He said, then he was gone, the window shutting with a faint 'click'.
"She…she's gone…again…" Ed muttered, leaning against the wall, sliding down it until he was sitting, staring at the pendant in his hand. "Again…"
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