Darkness Within The Mind
Chapter Nine
By EdElricRules
Beta: DoThePieFace
Parings: WinxEd, Royai.
Warnings: Abuse, Torture, Gore
Note: A few new OCs are being introduced into this story, as I have decided to let my friend (who is a fiction writer and not a fan fiction writer (I am both)) add her characters and write their bits in here, she knows nothing about fullmetal alchemist besides the few things I've told her. But her main character is a bit like Envy but not completely. Read to see. I am sorry if I offended anyone by adding new characters half way through the story. One good thing though is that, I'll update faster. I just hope I don't mess this wonderful story of mine. Darkness Within The Mind is by far my favourite fan fiction that I have written. I just hope none of you will abandon it. I'll be happy if I can beat my record of reviews. I'm not telling you what that is because I want reviews because people enjoyed one of my fics not because (only sometimes if I ask nicely) I asked you too. I love that everyone is reviewing this story with good words and I don't recieve any flames, which makes me happy. Sorry for such a long and boring note but I think you need to know.
One more thing there will be a side-story to this story of mine.
Summary: Would anyone save me from this pain or would I drown in it?
Jean looked the up and down the deserted hallway. It had dark blood red walls, there was a door every few centimetres, the door knobs were a midnight blue and the carpet was neon green. He could see that this hallway was well kept for, as every other hallway had peeling white and black wallpapers, their floors were wooden and the door knobs were rusted with a few hanging off their hinges; there were even ones on the floor, as they had fallen off completely. The rooms weren't in better condition either. They stank of sweat, blood and urine. Having smelt that, Riza and Hughes had nearly thrown up. Hopefully Ed was in a semi clean room. Not that it mattered to Havoc, all that mattered would be that Ed was alive – beaten and broken but alive.
"Great so many doors, we're doomed" Jean moaned "What if…"
"Brother has to be in one of them" Alphonse growled.
Jean looked at the younger Elric, his brown eyes were sparkling with determination, his facial features were set in a grim, stubborn way. Jean knew that Alphonse wouldn't give up on his brother. He didn't when they were searching for the stone, and he wasn't about to start now. Jean nodded with determination, looking at Roy for orders, which Roy obliged to give.
"Right! Each takes a door and on my command opens them! Understood!?"
A chorus of 'yessir!' reached Jean's ears, walking to the middle door on the right wall he grasped the door knob and waited for the signal.
"OPEN!!"
Jean turned the door knob the door swung open and he nearly threw up at the sight that met his calm blue eyes. His eyes were widened in shock and his eyebrows had shot up just above his hairline, he knew he was paling every second he stood there, shocked still, not believing what he was seeing.
Edward, the strongest person he knew, was sprawled on the floor his hair was sprawled over his chest. His bones were clearly showing, and some of them were shining white. His pasty white skin was covered in black, purple and blue bruises, they were covering his entire body, the only place that wasn't completely covered was his face, there was only one just above his right eye, and it was a nasty black colour. His left cheek had a nasty looking cut across it, his neck had a thin scar across it, so thin that if Havoc hadn't been studying Edward's appearance he would have missed it completely. Edward's flesh arm and leg were covered in burns, cuts, bruises and so many scars. His other arm and leg were scabbed pieces of flesh, utterly useless. Jean wondered if automail would work anymore, the stumps were covered in fresh scars and wounds, they even had small cuts all over the area, the actual fifteen year old scar was deeper than it would originally been.
Jean knew, if someone were to see him, they would have thought he had seen a ghost. He was extremely white; he doubted he had any colour left in his face. Edwards' once golden hair was now a dirty mixture of colour. There was red, brown and a small fragment of black in it. Jean didn't want to see Edward's eyes open; he didn't want to see the dullness that would be there instead of the molten fire gold that he was so use to seeing. But he did want to see Edward's eyes again just to prove he was alive. Edward wouldn't be alive, he would be alive in the outside part of his body but the inside would be dead. Jean doubted the Edward Elric he knew was alive inside there, doubted that very much, after four months of torture, Edward would never be the same person he was before. But Jean would never abandon him, no matter what he was like now, Jean would never do that.
A groan met Jean's ears and broke his train of emotional thought, Jean rushed towards Edward, but found it wasn't Edward. Worry coursed through him. Noticing the bed, Jean gently lifted Edward up from the floor, praying he didn't damage him worse then he was. Jean noted Edward was extremely light, so light it frightened him. He hoped against hope that Edward would survive this traumatic experience, if he didn't Jean didn't know what he would do.
He shuffled to the edge of the bed and found that a girl was currently occupying the blood red bed; Jean noticed the entire room was red, dark blood red. The girl was slowly opening her eyes, He noticed they were a brilliant green. The girl's eyes flickered towards Edward and met with Jean's calm, worry filled, ones. She stared and he stared back. He moved his gaze to Edward's pale face, shaking his head as dark thoughts of Edward dying entered his head; he turned his eyes on the girl, who was still sitting cross-legged on the bed.
"Please move," Jean asked softly.
The girl continued to sit there, staring at him.
"Please … he needs to be on something soft and comfortable and the floor isn't the option right now even if it is carpet" Jean pleaded with the girl; he could hear the worry, which was threatening to consume him, in his voice.
The girl still stayed in her spot.
"Havoc," Roy called, "Did you find anything?"
"Yeah, I found Edward, but we have to be extremely careful when we get him out of here."
Rushed footsteps met Jean's ears and soon after Hughes, Roy, Al and Riza were at the doorframe and halfway in when they noticed how small the room really was. They nearly crashed into Jean and Edward.
"Brother!" Al moaned in despair at the sight and condition of his role model, his older brother. Jean saw tears prick at the corner of Alphonse's eyes.
Jean turned his attention back on the girl but found a black cat in her place instead.
"Huh? Were did the girl go?" Jean muttered.
The cat had something to do with it Jean knew that much. Alphonse walked towards the cat and gently petted its fur, it began purring, and Alphonse gently picked it up off from the bed. The cat meowed in protest.
"Sorry kitten but my big brother needs the bed" Alphonse muttered in the cats' fur, cuddling it closer to his body.
Jean carefully placed Edward on the small bed, thanking whoever created the world for giving Edward such a small structure. Turning his head towards the cat, he stared into the cat's green eyes, his eyes narrowed.
"Where is the girl? Or are you the girl? If you are why wouldn't you move?' Jean quickly quizzed the cat.
Alphonse, Roy, Hughes and Riza stared at Jean as if he had grown another head. The cat meowed and changed into a tiger, giving a menacing growl. Alphonse dropped the cat/tiger and stumbled at the excess weight. He landing against Roy who stumbled and landed against Riza who stumbled and landed on Hughes, Hughes stumbled and landed flat on his back with everyone else on top of him. Jean paled as the tiger glared at him.
But the tiger changed back to the girl and she collapsed onto the floor clutching her head in pain. She tried to do something but failed. (1)
"Hey easy there, you're going to hurt yourself" Havoc coaxed softly and gently.
"Hurt myself? I'm already hurt!" The girl screamed. She stood up and swayed slightly, heading for the door.
The girl fell forwards; Havoc ran forward and caught her around the middle.
"Hey slow down okay?" Jean said gently.
The girl groaned.
"Let me go"
Jean let go reluctantly. They all watched her crouch into the doorframe before walking out the door.
Jean turned and looked at his commanding officer, blue eyes met black.
"So how do we get him out of here?" Kain asked softly.
Jean didn't know. He looked around the room, looking for something that would carry Edward's nearly nonexistent weight. He spotted the mattress and Edward lying on it. Jean bit down of his bottom lip softly. It would have to do.
"We carry that between us"
They all looked at the mattress and at Jean's determined face. Alphonse nodded, then clapped his hands slowly placing them on the ground. An electric glow filled the room when it faded the mattress now had four wooden handles attached to it. Roy, Alphonse, Jean and Breda all grabbed a handle and they lifted.
Riza began guiding them through the mansion while Kain and Falman kept an eye on their backs making sure the torturer didn't see them.
Jean knew it would take them a small amount of time to get out and get Edward safely to a hospital he just hoped that they wouldn't be too late.
End Chapter Nine
(1). She was trying to change into an animal but it didn't work.
That's all of Cilia find her in an AU story based on this...not the plot just meeting Edward bit...all that happens in the AU story will not happen in this story!
Chibi-Sheska