well, here's chapter 12!... :sniff:... barely any reviews last time... oh well.. i suppose i will survive... review if you wanna...
Chapter 12
I wanted to get out of his grasp, but that would just make me seem suspicious. I walked hesitantly behind him and he stationed me two people away from the 5. I gulped and looked around.
"Alchemists. Step forward!" Roy gave the order, stepping forward himself. Kyara, Ed, and Kari stepped forward, as well as some other officers. The soldier who placed me there looked expectantly when I didn't budge.
"What's the matter? You said you were an alchemist…" he commented.
"I am!..." I said quite shakily and stepped forward as well. Thankfully, the four alchemists didn't notice, as they kept their eyes forward at Lior.
As for the pair of blue orbits behind me, they were glued strong to my back, burning a hole through my head.
"All alchemists, prepare to enter!" he said, and raised a hand. They all got braced themselves, ready to run inside. But when I looked over, Kyara Ed and Kari stood up strait. Ed and Kyara looked at each other worriedly. I could faintly here the boy talking to the shorter blonde.
"Just go back in the car, I'll talk to him." he said, and Kyara nodded before walking away. I followed her with my eyes, and she walked right across the boy who had been watching me. My eyes stopped there, and he stared at me in disbelief. I quickly turned to face the city again.
"Roy, I'm a healing alchemist…" Kari said firmly. "I never use my powers for harm…" Roy sighed and excused her from joining them. Ed as well stood back with her, and Roy looked at him questioningly.
"What do you think you're doing, fullmetal?" he asked.
"I refuse to hurt those innocent people." He said, and Roy's shocked look turned into anger.
"It's not our choice, Edward… it's the kings…"
"I won't do it." he said firmly, and walked away. Kari stood beside Roy, innocently looking around. Roy sighed and raised his hand back up.
"ALCHEMISTS! ENTER!" his booming voice was heard, and they all ran towards the burning city. I stood behind a moment, but then noticed some suspicious glances in my direction and followed them into the city, not knowing what the hell I was doing.
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Everything was a mess. Burning buildings crumbled underneath the blanket of flames that rotted its wood and melted the clay bricks. Broken beams that held up alters crumbled down as I dodged them stealthily. Running, petrified children held close to their mothers and they screamed their way out of their deadly homes.
I watched as they ran past me and around the corner, until a crashing sound was heard and the screaming stopped. I could just feel their lives taken from their bodies…
Running deeper into the city, I checked around. A few military men ran past, chasing an old man who hobbled away, until shot to his death. I finally noticed how cruel the military was…
I could hear a baby screaming inside of a building just freshly caught in a fire where I stopped to catch my breath. I still didn't know what I was doing here… or why I was in here… or why I decided to follow the military to Lior…
The screaming kept on blaring. A woman in a grey dress, stained from the smoke and ashes, ran from around the corner and stared at the screaming house.
"NO! MY BABY!" She wailed and outstretched her hands to the flaming structure. The screaming continued, accompanied by the wailing of it's mother. I covered my ears and began to walk away. The screaming rang on… breaking through my hands and running through my mind… making me slow my step… making me turn around and rush inside the burning house.
I squinted through the heat and coughed out smoke and ashes that was lifted in the air. Walls crumbled up ahead of me, and the screaming came closer. Everything was so hot… I felt as if I was melting away inside the deadly ember glow…
And through the smoke I finally spotted the baby though a small crevice in a broken wall. I looked around for something to break through the wall, but found nothing. I would have to do it with my own body strength.
I thrust my body against the warm clay wall, pushing hard. Surprisingly, it budged slightly. I kept going, feeling my body caving into the melting muck. The wall melted onto my arm, a sticky goo that caked my aching muscles. And then, finally, I had pushed inside the room.
Picking up the baby, it stopped crying and whimpered softly. I quickly climbed out of the room and through the house, holding the clumped, dirty cloth and innocent child in my arms.
The instant I left the house, I was greeted by the cool air on my skin and the precious item released from my arms. The mother looked at her child and tears flooded joyfully into her eyes, holding it close. I let the less-smoky air outside travel into my lungs and clear out most of the smoke I had inhaled.
As I looked up, the woman stared at me with the deepest look of gratitude, and I felt some weird warmth inside my chest. What was this feeling?...
"You saved my only child… thank you… so much…" she said, and held a trembling hand to touch my face and kiss me on the forehead. The warmth spread through my body and I touched a dirty finger to the equally filthy, but beautiful baby. I noticed the blue of its eyes penetrating into mine, reminding me of somebody, and the warmth I had felt grew cold. The woman stood back, and with another grateful smile, rushed out onto the streets.
As she came out of the alley, though, men in blue coats ceased her by the arms at once.
She struggled and forced away vigorously at the dangerous hands of the men, screaming once they ripped the baby from her arms.
"NO! PLEASE! GIVE ME MY BABY! I BEG OF YOU!" she frantically called to the men carrying the crying baby away. She screamed… and shrieked… and cried…
The men forcefully separated the mother and child.I felt like I had to do something, but I had already done as much as I could.
At least, that's what my mind was trying to convince me of right before I ran towards the scene.
"STOP IT!" I said, rushing over to the men with the baby. They looked at me, bewildered at a commoners actions. "leave her! and her baby! They did NOTHING to you!"
"We have orders, ma'am, to capture any survivors!" one of them said, keeping a tight hold on the woman, who was staring at me with an equally surprised expression.
"Well do not follow them! This innocent woman almost lost her child in a fire, and now, you takeit away again! You cannot be ANY more heartless!" I yelled into his face. His eyes looked slightly fearful for one moment, but soon after narrowed as he inspected my face.
"Wait a second… I've seen you before… you're that kid who's been wandering around the HQ building!" he said, and the others turned to each other and nodded. My heart stopped as I looked to the woman and her baby, who were still frightful. I was in big trouble.
"FORGET THE WOMAN! CEISE HER!" the man bellowed, and the men released the woman to grab her baby, going after their new target. I saw the womangrab hold of herchild happily just before I sprinted off.
What HAD gotten me into this? Why was I helping this complete stranger without a reason? Why was I suddenly acting so… kind?
Kind definitely wasn't my nature...
...Then why was I doing it?
I had turned down a few alleyways, and I could still hear footsteps. Coming to an end of one, a few men popped out unexpectedly where I was heading. I quickly slid to a stop and turned around, only to find more military men coming from that end. I was trapped.
"If you cooperate, we will not shoot!" one of them called from behind me.
I looked around frantically for a escape from the alleyway, and found a few crates stacked up on each other next to a window sill. As the men gained speed, I had climbed on top of the crates and onto the window sill. The men pointed their guns and shouted at me. I looked up to the ledge, but it was too high.
A shower of bullets pelted just near enough to my body that I jumped up high in fright. The roof edge came easily and I swung myself up unharmed. The shouts and yells disappeared into the sound of roaring flames.
The roof wasflaming. Luckily I was in a spot the fire hadn't reached yet, and I ran across an open path. It was extremely hot, none the less, being surrounded by a wall of heat.
I was almost to the edge of the roof, until the ground beneath me gave way, and down I went inside the burning building.
cliffie! MAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!...:mob appears at door:... yeeeah, i'll be running now...