Equivalent Exchange
Chapter Summary: "Ed is no longer here. I'm Peter now Winry."
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Chapter 11: Peter
~Peter/Ed~
Central Motel, 7:55am
"I want immortality. Promise me, when I request it, you'll turn me, and until then I promise I'll become yours."
Ed stared at Ling for a minute after he said those words. He looked for some kind of fear in his eyes, but nothing came, and his grin never faded. 'What should I say?'
"Why are you saying this to me? You know who I am, aren't you scared?" Ed asked Ling after the long silence. '...Where's Fu and Lan Fan?'
"I trust you Ed. Maybe you're not human but I don't believe you're a monster either. You have the one thing I need and want most in the world and I'll do anything to get it. "
"And that's immortality?"
"Yes."
"Why would you think I'm immortal and that I can you immortal?"
Just when Ed finished that sentence, Ling placed two fingers in his mouth to give a big, loud, whistle. Not even 3 seconds later he heard a big crash from behind him as the window shattered. Not only did the sunlight burn him but after 1 second, another, and even more intense pain came. Ed looked downed to see the tip Lan Fan's sword. Blood stained his shirt as the blade pireced his stomach.
"Haven't you ever heard about the famous vampire myth?" Ling said as Lan Fan pulled her blade out of Edward's stomach.
~Winry~
Ed and Al's dorm, 1:34pm
Since Al had left early in the morning Winry hadn't done much and it took awhile for her to get out of bed. It ended up being her hungry that drove her out of bed. She throw on some clean clothes, tied up her hair and headed down onto the streets of Central to get some food. There weren't many people around except for a rare shopper and a wandering guard. Which wasn't weird because of the fact she was in the military, but the large number of them stood out. Winry overheard a guard saying, 'vampire' and figured it out quickly, 'they're looking for Edward...'
The fact made Winry feel upset and uncomfortable, she grabbed some cheese bread and some coffee at some nearby stands then she quickly headed back to the room. After eating, Winry had a nice long shower then she grabbed the newspaper and searched for the section about Edward. When she was just about to read it she heard a shuffle behind the door and froze.
She turned to see a folded piece of paper slip under the door, then she heard the person on the other end walk away.
~Ling~
Central Motel, 7:57am
Ling watched Ed stare at him while he was covering his new wound. Lan Fan was standing behind him not quite sure about what to do now as Fu climbed into the room next to her through the broken window. Fu looked down too see Ed crumpling in pain and disbelief, and stared at it with any remorse or surprise.
"Why?" Ed whispered as he fell to the ground. Still covering the wound with a blood covered hand.
"I think I know more about this you than you do..."
"What do you mean?"
"Move your hand." Ling told Ed, and he silently obeyed. Ed slowly moved his hand, and with a clean part of his shirt, he cleaned the blood off the wound, and was suprised to see a pinkish red slash instead of a harsh deep slash. As he watched closely he saw the pinkish red mark fading, it was like watching a normal wound heal in super speed, like one week turned into one second. He was now more scared of himself than ever, 'what am I?' Ed thought.
"Vampires can heal any wound in mere seconds, not to mention their skin is like stone and is nearly impossible to break unless its an fierce attack. They don't age and can live thousands of years... You're immortal now Ed, just like the old story claims."
"But... I don't want that. I have no wishes for immorality."
"You don't really have a choice anymore Ed. But I do, and that's what I want."
"Why on earth would you ever want this? Who would ever want to be a monster?"
"I told you Ed... You are not a monster. And I have my reasons."
"What will you do if I say no?"
"You need me, you won't say no."
Edward opened his mouth as if he was about to reply but no words came. Ling took the silent answer as a yes. He threw him a long black hooded coat and a surgeon's white face mask.
"Go and get ready. We'll clean up this mess then head out." Ling commanded.
~AL~
Central Library, 8:10am
'Found it!'
Al was in the middle of flipping through an old 'The History of Alchemy' book, until he noticed a photograph of the familiar symbol,
'Ouroboros'
"That's it! Lets see what this article is!"
'The Vampire Myth'
...
~Ed~
Central Motel, 8:19am
"Ready?" Ling asked everyone,
"Yeah"
"Mmhmm" Ed and Fu answered,
"Alright! Let's go then!"
Ling began to march for the door with his two followers right behind him. He was about to reach for the door handle, when something very cold touched his hand, stopping him.
"Hmmm?-"
"Wait. I hear someone standing on the other side of the door."
Ed released Ling's hand to move forward and check the peek hole.
'Winry!?'
"Who's ther-" Ling was about to ask when his friend flew the door open. He saw a young blonde nervously standing outside, crumpling a little white piece of paper. She looked up with startled eyes when the door opened.
"Ed? Is that you?"
"Why are you here Winry?! It's not safe to be with me anymore..."
"But Ed I want to help, I don't care about what's happened to you. No matter what you're still Ed."
"Ed is no longer here. I'm Peter now Winry and I'm not sure if I can ever go back to the old me."
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