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Chapter 10

Amaya's POV

I woke with the sweet smell still lingering in my nose. Someone had drugged me, and I struggled to remember who it was. There was something familiar about it...

I sat up, rubbing my temples. Everything had a thick haze around it, but I could tell whatever drug I had inhaled would wear off soon. Slowly, I took in the details of the room I was in. Gray cement walls, a wooden table and chairs, a bookshelf, and a bed. I was currently on the bed

The sweet smell was finally gone, and I sniffed the air. I could smell beer, wine, and cigarette smoke coming from above me, and the scent of people. I could smell the scent of something familiar, but I can't think right now.

I tried the knob on the door across the room.

Locked.

I should've guessed. I hoped there was a bathroom somewhere in my room/prison cell.

After a few minutes of boredom, the doorknob rattled and swung open, revealing a guy with spiky green hair and purple eyes...

It's the guy wearing a trench coat that I saw near the plaza.

I can ask him...

All of a sudden, two more people walked in. One was short, fat, and bald, with a finger stuck in his mouth. He had beady eyes that stared at me curiously. The other was of average height and curvy. She had long black hair and was outfitted in a low-cut black dress. She also sported an Ouroboros tattoo on her chest.

"Hello Amaya" The one with the green hair sang. I stared at him hoping that I was glaring. "Long time no see, eh, Miss. Enma?" I flinched a little at my old name. I am a Mustang now, and Enma was behind me.

"And you are?"

The guy with the green hair turned to look at the other two. The woman nodded and turned towards the door.

"Come on gluttony, let's leave them be."

The fat bald one followed her out the door.

The guy with green hair turned back to me. He walked towards me and took my hand and his image began to change into...

No...

He leaned down and kissed my hand. His blonde hair hung in front of his eyes. When he looked up, beautiful golden orbs that I knew all too well...

No...It can't be...

"William?" I reached my hand up to his cheek.

" I go by Envy now..." Understanding washed over me...

He was transmuted.

"I see" I answered.

"Now, about the Fullmetal Pipsqueak." Envy interrupted.

I gulped and found my shoes suddenly very interesting. I could feel his gaze burning into me.

"What about him?"

"What's goin on between you two?"

I fell silent and I can feel heat rush to my face.

I can't tell him...I just can't...

Apparently, William knew why I was silent and roughly grabbed both arms.

"Don't tell me Amaya...Don't tell me you actually LIKE the pipsqueak!"

"He's not a pipsqueak Will..." I said looking away. He started to shake me roughly.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY HIM OF ALL PEOPLE WHAT ABOUT ME AMAYA? WHAT ABOUT US?"

"Will, that was over a century ago. You left me...SO MOVE ON!"

He threw me down and changed back into his 'envy' form.

"Where is the pipsqueak?"

"What are you going to do to Ed if I tell you where he is?"

"If I can't have you he definitely can't have you," he explained. I made up my mind right there. I wasn't telling them where Ed was.

"And what if I don't tell you where he is?"

"Then you're going to hell for him, Princess." Envy said. "And trust me, I won't make it pleasant. He won't have you, one way or another."

I sucked in a breath, scraping up all of my courage. "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to tell you where Ed is."

"That's what I figured. You always was stubborn." Envy sighed. "Well, you just dug your own grave." He moved and I had a split second to get to my feet and take a stance before he delivered a kick to my stomach. The weight of his foot seemed impossible and his strength was unbelievable. I collapsed, clutching my abdomen. And to top it off my chest was starting to burn...

Guess I should've taken my medicine, huh?

"So, are you rethinking your decision yet?" Envy asked, leaning towards me. I growled, and he laughed. "Okay, then. I'll just have to beat it out of you."

And he did indeed beat me.

I was kicked, punched, and kneed for the next few minutes. I couldn't fight against him: he was too fast for me to counter. I never spoke a word; the only things that came out of my mouth were cries of pain. I was pretty sure that Envy broke several ribs and possibly my entire left arm. He was yelling taunts the whole way through and trying to persuade me to tell him Ed's location, but I didn't say. Blood trickled past my lips when he finally pulled away. I slumped against the wall, unable to move.

"Huh. You're one tough girl, Amaya. A lot stronger than before." Envy shrugged and wiped some of my blood on the floor. "I'll be back again with the same question." And with that he left. Gluttony and the lady came back in. Gluttony poked me and I groaned

"She's all nice and tender. Can I eat her Lust?" he asked the lady Who im assuming is Lust.

"Gluttony, I told you already. She's not for eating." Lust sighed and brushed a stray hair from her forehead. "Now, come on. We're leaving." Gluttony shot me a disappointed look (like I cared) and walked off behind Lust.

"If you value your life," Lust said before she left, "I suggest you tell what he wants to know. Envy shows no mercy." The door closed and I heard it lock. I curled up in a ball and tried to draw my attention away from the immense pain I was in.

I don't know how long I was left in that room, but even in my delirium I could tell that it was a few hours at least. There was no clock in the room and I didn't have the concentration to count the seconds that passed. I just sat there, pulling together any strength that I had to stay conscious.

I must have drifted off sometime, because I was started into opening my eyes when the door creaked open. Envy stepped through the door with a bored look on his face. My anger suddenly flared out and I lunged at him, trying to land a solid hit to his face. He grabbed my wrist before I could fully initiate the punch and threw me against the wall. My back smacked into it and I slid onto the bed with a groan.

"I guess you haven't changed your mind, then." Envy said. "Oh well."

He strode over and picked me up by the back of my shirt so that I was at eye level with him. I glared at him, that being the only thing I could do. My chest began to burn like fuckin hell causing me to winced.

"Beautiful, but stubborn as ever." He muttered, throwing me to the ground. I yelped at the sudden explosion of pain. "You're asking for it." He kicked me in the stomach so hard that I flew and hit the back wall of the room. Another groan escaped my lips. Envy came up, about to kick me again, but suddenly stopped. He heard something, and I did too. The sound of someone yelling... no, several people yelling. And someone fighting. Faintly, I could hear a distinct voice above all the voices.

Ed...

"Well, well," Envy chuckled, "looks like we don't have to go and get the pipsqueak."

Before he could deliver another blow, Ed slipped in the door, holding out his automail arm/blade thing. It was covered with blood, and he had some of the red liquid on him. He was panting, and he looked furious.

"Envy," he growled. "What the hell do you want with Amaya?"

"Why, me?" Envy grinned. "What would I want with the little beauty?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Ed yelled. "I'm not an idiot. Why did you take her?"

Wow, I couldn't believe he actually came after me. He could have just left me and went to the next town, but he came to rescue me anyway.

Jerk.

"She is mine" Envy sneered. "If I can't have her, then I'm taking her back to where she belongs. She's going back to the Gate."

"You're sick." Ed spat.

"I try." Envy said cheerfully. Ed lunged at him, automail blade extended. Envy danced out of the way. "Whoa, I'm not looking for a fight yet, pipsqueak."

"Don't call me a pipsqueak!" Ed yelled, jumping at Envy. The latter dodged and ended up on the opposite room, so that Ed was closest to me. I struggled to get up and help Ed, but I couldn't manage it.

Envy dodged a side sweep from Ed and stood in front of me. Ed came for another swing, and Envy grabbed me the same way he had earlier. He held me up in front of Ed, just as he was about to deliver a blow that surely would have decapitated me. Ed froze and glared at Envy.

"Bastard." He hissed.

"I know!" Envy said. He slowly moved across the room, using me as a hostage to keep Ed from attacking. He was almost at the door when a squad of police officers promptly showed up and shot him in the head. He dropped me and I landed painfully on the ground.

Then, a bullet popped out of Envy's forehead. He cracked his neck and turned to the police officers, who all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

"That wasn't very nice." Envy pouted. He launched himself at the officers and killed them all within a few seconds. I could hear their terrified and confused screams as they went down.

"Well, gotta dash, pipsqueak." Envy sighed. "Take good care of My Amaya. She'll need to be in tip top shape when I take her back." He ran away, down some unknown hall.

"Get back here!" Ed yelled, but Envy was already out of earshot. He rushed over and crouched down beside me.

"Geez, Maya." He said. "What the hell did that bastard do to you?"

I tried to say, "What does it look like?", but it came out as a groan. Ed tried to sit me up, but I shied away, then groaned at the pain again.

"I'm sorry. It's all my fault." He muttered. "I should've left sooner-"

I reached out and grabbed his ankle, and he instantly shut up. "I... don't... want... to hear it." I managed. He sighed and shook his head. He propped me up into a sitting position, despite my protests, and picked me up piggy-back style.

"You have to stop throwing yourself into reckless fights." He sighed. "Let's get you home." I nodded off, too tired to do anything else.

I allowed the darkness to take over me...

I sat up, stiff as a board, and then fell forward because of the sudden pain in my ribs. Everything hurt. I felt like someone had run me through a meat grinder and reconstructed me, and it wouldn't have surprised me if that was what happened.

"Amaya! Are you alright? You should lie back down." Al's words came at me at rapid-fire, and a headache started to form. I obeyed, but it only brought more pain.

"Brother told me what happened." Al said worriedly. "You have to stop scaring us like that."

"Sorry...How long have I been asleep?"

"All night." Al answered. "Sig patched you up the best he could. He said you should be at the hospital, but we told him no. They don't know about your... situation yet."

"Oh. Right." I rubbed the side of my head. There was a large bruise there. "Where's Ed?"

"Out somewhere. He's not happy. We missed our train back to Central."

"Sorry, I guess that's my fault." I sighed, suddenly tired again. "I'm going to take my medicine and go back to sleep. Let's see how long it takes for Ed to show up and yell at me."

"We already gave you your medicine...well Ed did..."

" Oh...Thanks..."

"No problem. You just sleep; I'll make sure Brother doesn't wake you up." Al assured me. I sank under the covers and quickly fell asleep.

"...I don't care if she's still sleeping, Al! She's an idiot!"

I put my pillow over my head, not wanting to hear whatever Ed had in store for me.

"But, Brother! She needs to rest!" Al protested.

"Like I said, I don't care!" Ed burst through the door, and I tucked myself further under the pillow. "I know you're awake! Don't ignore me!"

"Ignoring." I muttered.

"Brother, please!" Al begged.

"Al, seriously!" Ed walked over to the bed. He sounded uber angry. "Why'd you go off like that without telling us where you were going, Amaya?"

"I told you, I was exploring." I mumbled. "You don't really say where you're going when you're exploring."

"I would've thought your common sense would tell you to stay the hell away from that place." Ed growled.

"They did. But I was curious."

"You're such an idiot!" Ed kicked the side of the bed really hard, causing the entire thing to shake. Every wound I had received was jerked around, and I gasped. Pain exploded everywhere and I curled up in a ball to try and ward it off.

"Brother!" Al cried. "Look at what you did!"

"Way to go, dumbass." I hissed. I could feel blood somewhere along my body, probably a reopened cut or something.

"Just... don't do it again." Ed said, then walked out stiffly. There was an awkward moment of silence, and Al came rushing over.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine." I muttered, sitting up slowly. "He's the idiot. I don't know what was going through his head."

"I guess that's Ed for you." Al sighed. "He makes rash decisions without thinking over them."

"I realized that." I said. "But, I'm sure going to kick his ass when I'm well enough too. And that won't be long." I smiled devilishly. Thank goodness I heal fast.

"You'll be alright, then? Do you need anything?" Al asked.

"No." I said. "But you can tell Ed that the next time he comes near me, he'd better run for his life."

Al chuckled. "Okay, e."

"Al, do me a favor and go give your brother an earful." I said. "I'm getting some more sleep. Thanks to him, I feel like crap."

"No problem. You rest up." Al left the room, and I fell asleep again.

The next time I woke up, I was feeling way better. No one was in the room to disrupt me, and I could smell the fresh air outside.

I swung my legs over the side of the bed, and there was no pain.

Thank goodness. I thought I was gonna die, I thought as I pushed myself to my feet.

My hip throbbed, but I ignored it and took a few steps. A little painful, but it was bearable.

The first thing I did was take a bath. I'd learned of the luxury of frequent bathing a long time ago, and I seriously needed a bath. I soaked for a while, pondering over what Ed would rant about when he saw me.

When I walked out into the kitchen, there was no sign of Ed or Al. Only Sig and Izumi were there, sitting at the table and calmly eating a meal. I didn't know what meal they were eating, but it didn't really matter. Izumi was flipping calmly through a newspaper.

"Where're Ed and Al?" I asked.

"Out." Izumi replied, not looking up at me. There was something dangerous in the tone of her voice. "You seem to be doing better."

"Yes, I'm feeling much better." I said carefully. Silence followed. Izumi continued to read and Sig was still eating, so I relaxed myself and started to walk over to the table.

A knife sliced through the air and I ducked. I could feel the blade whoosh right over my head and into the wall. I stood in an awkward half crouch, shaking with fear and shock.

"Don't ever go out without my permission again, or I will personally slice your head off with a teaspoon! Do you understand?" Izumi bellowed.

"Y-yes ma'am!" I stammered. Izumi exhaled, then proceeded to spew blood all over the table. I suppressed a yelp and watched as Sig grabbed at towel to clean it up. "Uh, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Izumi barked, and I flinched.

"Okay," I squeaked.

"The Elrics made a run to the general store. I'm sure you'll be able to track them down, what with your abilities and all," Izumi said.

She knows about what I am? How?

"When Ed carried your sorry butt back here, I could see symbol on your neck. I know what you are, Amaya. There's no sense hiding it."

"Right," I said, swallowing. "Uh, thanks for fixing me up."

"It was nothing," Sig rumbled. I walked out the door with a nod and went to find the Elrics. I caught Ed scent mixed with the tang of metal, and followed it to a general store a ways down the road. I quietly pushed open the door and spotted the brothers inside.

"Thank you," Ed said to the cashier, grabbing the bags of food off the counter. He turned around and when his eyes rested on me, he glared. I pulled on an emotionless mask, like I had done so many times at my dad's office, to hide the new fear of Ed reopening my wounds.

"Hi," I said nonchalantly.

Ed walked stiffly past me, not caring to say anything, and I followed with a shrug. Al looked nervously back at me, but quickly turned forward, not wanting to face his brother's wrath. We walked silently back to the Curtis house.

Izumi and Sig were nowhere to be found, so we sat in the living room in silence. Ed glared at me, Al looked back and forth between us, and I didn't say a word. I crossed my arms and crossed one leg over the other, watching Ed with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you just going to sit here glaring at me all day, or are you going to say something?" I asked him, plainly annoyed.

"Who'd you do it?" Ed questioned.

"I already told you. I was curious," I replied simply. "And yes, my mind told me to stay away. Haven't we already covered this?"

"You've delayed us by four days." Ed said sourly.

"I thought you were gonna leave me behind." I said

"We were." Ed said. "And then we decided not to."

"Oh, are you getting protective of me now?"

Ed's cheeks went a little pink. "We can't have you dying every time you go off on your own. You'll be safer with us."

"So you are getting protective of me."

"Shut up!"

"Why should I?"

"Because I told you so!"

"You two are worse than an old married couple," Al said, exasperated. "Would you please quiet down?"

"Ed, listen to your brother."

"You're being loud too!"

"I am not!" I scoffed. "Who's the one shouting?"

"You!"

"Oh, for the love of...," I muttered, not able to say anything else.

"What was that?" Ed asked scathingly.

"I said: 'Will you shut up, please'?"

"You little-"

"Brother, please!" Alphonse cried, grabbing his brother before he could leap at me. I smirked. "You've already opened her injuries once! You don't need to do it again!" Ed leaned back into the couch, the anger in his eyes residing to a dull smoulder.

"And not an apology in sight," I muttered. Settling back into the chair I was in, I stared at the wall, memorizing the patterns in the paint.

"I'm sorry." Ed said suddenly, the hue of his cheeks changing to a deep red. "For kicking you earlier."

"You'd better be. It hurt." I said. I realized that he was trying to get me to apologize too. "And I'm sorry for running off like that."

"You'd better be." Ed mimicked, smiling slightly and playing along. "It scared us."

"Well, Edward Elric, apology accepted." I said, grinning cheekily. "So... where are we going now?"

"We're leaving for Central tomorrow, to give you a bit more time to rest up." Ed said.

"Great, another train ride," I mumbled.

"Don't complain. We're saving your butt here." Ed said with the tone of a mother scolding her child.

"Fine." I said. I stood up abruptly and hissed when pain burst through my ribs. Doubling over, I clutched the injured area and gritted my teeth.

"Are you alright?" Ed asked.

"I'm fine," I gasped. "These injuries will carry with me for awhile, even with my healing abilities." I stood up, rubbing my side to get the pain away. "What time is it, anyway?"

"Probably about three o' clock." Al estimated. "You can go have another nap if you want."

I shook my head. "I'm going to get something to eat. I'm starving." Although I wasn't really that hungry, my body needed sustenance. I quickly raided the Curtis's kitchen and settled on a nice red apple. The Elrics had retreated to their room by the time I got back, so I went back to mine, finished my apple, and went to sleep.

The next day, we boarded our smelly train to Central. It was packed with people, just like last time, but it didn't bother me much. I was starting to adapt to things quickly, despite spending most of my life in one place. I sat patiently on the train with Ed and Al, sleeping occasionally and waiting for the train ride to end.

I stepped out of the train station and inhaled the fresh air, welcoming the scent of the city. Actually, welcoming anything but the smell of the train. We started to walk back to the hotel where Winry was waiting for us, a slight spring in all of our steps.

Little did we know about the surprise that awaited us next...

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