Angel of Alchemy

Chapter Twenty One: Pride

Chapter Twenty one!

Mkay, I understand the last chapter sucked and stuff, but this one is a lot better in my opinion.

And if you don't know who Pride is, this will be a spoiler.

Anyways, hope you like this chapter!

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Envy, Wrath and Amaris all walked into their hotel room, Envy kicking the door shut behind them.

"You didn't have to kill her!" Amaris shouted with wide eyes. "Why didn't you just pay our way in?!" Envy rolled his eyes.

"That's damned receptionist had it coming." he retorted bitterly. "This place is too expensive, anyways. If she had let us in for free, I might have given her an extra day to live." he shrugged innocently.

"She was just doing her job. It's not like she decided on the price!" Amaris shouted back.

"You're right, I should go kill the manager." Amaris glared harshly as Envy laid down on one of the two king sized beds, seeing how he claimed the best room in the hotel.

"Wrath, go tell Pride we're here." Envy commanded. Wrath looked up at Amaris with a smile.

"I'll be back soon, okay sis?" he said before dashing out of the room. Amaris looked back towards Envy, curiousity in her eyes.

"Who's Pride?" she asked.

"Someone." he replied. Amaris sighed, knowing she wouldn't get a better answer then that from Envy.

Amaris blushed slightly as her stomach growled. "...that's right...I haven't eaten for days." she muttered. "I'm going to go get some food." she went towards the door, and Envy got up to follow.

"You don't have to follow me, ya know." she said, looking over her shoulder.

"Like you wouldn't try to escape." Amaris thought over it a minute, realizing she would have tried.

"Fine, whatever." she muttered, walking outside the hotel to find a place to eat.

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"Let's get something to eat before going to a hotel." Al suggested. Ed had been silent for a long time, which worried Al.

"Fine." Ed muttered, not really caring. Al sighed, watching as his brother changed his course towards a restaurant.

"She'll be fine, don't worry." Al reassured, although he himself was worried sick. "The military will find them."

"Even if they did find them, do you really think they'd stand a chance?! Maybe Roy's little team would, but what if someone else did?" Ed said, looking over his shoulder at Al. Al sighed.

"We can at least hope they'll find her and bring her back." he whispered. Ed remained silent after that.

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"Would you hurry up and order, already?!" Envy snarled, glaring at Amaris from the other side of the table. She just rolled her eyes.

"I'm still deciding." she said, ignoring Envy's impatience.

"Well hurry up and decide!" he said angerily.

"Well sorry that not everyone always wants to order frickin' chocolate parfaits!" she screamed back. Envy continued to shout something, most likely insults, but Amaris returned to scan over her menu. She then looked at the waitress who was also becoming impatient.

"I'd like the steak, pancakes, shrimp, the crab special and ribs." Amaris said cheerfully. The waitress looked a little stunned, and Envy had shut up.

"A-anything else?" the waitress asked. Amaris shook her head, the waitress now relieved as she went to get the orders.

"What the hell?" Envy asked, angry again.

"What?" Amaris asked innocently.

"How much can one damned person eat?! We're not made of money, you bitch!"

"Ha, like you couldn't solve that problem. You'd probably just kill everyone, take more food and run." Amaris retorted. Someone entered the door a few seats behind Amaris, Envy's eyes flickering over to see who it was.

Amaris's heart dropped as Envy grinned, his eyes lighter then before.

"Kill everyone, huh? I might take you up on that offer." Amaris bit her lip, slowly turning around to see who it was. Her eyes widened as she saw two familiar teens walking towards the counter.

"No!" she whispered. "Envy, don't you dare."

"What are you going to do about it, runt?" he sneered, taking one of the knives from his silverware.

"Ed!" Amaris screamed as Envy threw the knife at the older Elric. Ed's head immediately whipped around to look at her, Al pushing him out of the way as the knife passed. Amaris flinched, noticing that the knife had cut Al's shoulder and then stabbed the manager behind them.

"Amaris!" Ed shouted. Envy immediately grabbed Amaris, holding her bridal style as he ran, faster then Amaris knew possible, towards the door.

Ed and Al ran after them immediately, Ed transmuting his automail into a blade along the way. Envy would take a knife now and then from tables he passed, throwing them at random civillians so the Elrics would stop a moment to deflect the knife.

When they were outside, the streets were crowded with people. Envy quickly maneuvered through the crowd towards the hotel, loosing the brothers behind him.

"Let me go!" Amaris shouted, enraged. "Edward! Alphonse!" she screamed.

"Shut up, damn it!" Envy hissed. "Keep yelling and I'll cut your tongue out when we get to the hotel." Amaris glared, getting ready to scream when Envy suddenly threw her over his shoulder instead, knocking the breath out of her. They then ran into the hotel.

Ed and Al were still running, searching for Amaris and Envy. "They went into one of these buildings." Al said, looking at the buildings around them.

"Damn it! Which one?!" Ed shouted in frustration. People were staring at them, mainly looking at Ed's blade.

"Get out of the way!" Ed shouted, barreling through the gawking crowd towards a hotel. Al followed, not bothering to apologize to the people.

"Has anyone seen a guy that looks like a girl holding a-" Ed stopped short, looking towards the receptionist's counter. On the floor, a hand was visable from behind the counter.

Ed and Al went around, looking to see who was behind the counter to find the receptionist laying lifeless on the ground, blood pooled around her.

"They were here." Ed confirmed, running up the stairs two steps at a time with Al following.

"I thought the homunculi were South of here!" Al shouted as he and Ed barged through seperate doors on their way down the hall, running out if Envy and Amaris weren't inside.

"Well obviously they're not!" Ed shouted, kicking another door open. "Those damned bastards are so clueless! They should have left someone here in case this happened!"

"Good thing they left us then." Al replied.

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"Let me go!" Amaris shouted again. Envy opened the room's window with his free hand, ignoring her.

"Shut up." was all he said before he jumped out, Amaris screaming all the while.

After all, it was a two story fall.

They landed lightly, people staring as Envy ran through the crowd again, farther and farther from the hotel.

"No..." Amaris choked out, feeling tears form in her eyes. "Ed...Al..." her voice was ready to crack.

"Get over it." Envy retorted. Amaris had been too distracted to notice they were already at HQ.

"Hi sister!" Wrath called out, running over to them. Amaris looked over to him, Wrath wearing the same grin as usual. She said nothing in return.

"Is Pride waiting?" Envy asked.

"Yup." Wrath replied, looking at Envy.

"Good." Envy muttered. Wrath tilted his head slightly.

"Why are you carrying sister like that again? I thought she could walk."

"FullMetal appeared." Envy muttered sourly. Wrath blinked a few times.

"Ed came?" he asked, sounding as if he had missed out. Envy just nodded.

You said they gave me to you! Amaris shouted in her head.

They did.

You tricked them!

Might have.

You...you...bastard! I can't believe you!

Envy didn't reply as the three of them entered HQ. Amaris was still crying, although silently, while glaring at the ground. Wrath looked at her curiously, but said nothing.

"Wait...where is everyone?" Amaris asked after she was sure her voice wouldn't crack.

"I told you, they're all gone." Envy said in annoyance.

"Except Ed and Al..." Amaris muttered. Envy jabbed his shoulder into her stomach, but she ignored it.

"Why are we even here?" she asked, looking around slightly.

"To see Pride."

"Wait...so is Pride in the military?!" Envy snickered.

"You have no idea."

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"Damn it!" Ed shouted, kicking the wall with his automail leg so it left a dent. "Damn it all!"

Ed and Al were in the room Amaris and Envy had been in, the window still open and letting in a cold breeze as the sun went down.

"I can't believe any of this..." Al muttered, staring out the window with a somewhat angry, shocked and worried expression. "She's here, she's been here for who knows how long and the whole military is looking in the wrong place."

"ENVY! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GO TO HELL! YOU HEAR ME?! I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK AS MANY TIMES AS I NEED TO!" Ed shouted out the window, making the people below stare up at him in surprise.

"We have to keep looking." Ed said, frustrated. "We have to find her."

"I know...but it will be dark soon and that means it will be harder to find her." Al said.

"I don't care, we need to find her now!" Al looked at the ground, fighting against reason. He wanted to look, but it was near impossible. He sighed.

"Okay, we'll look." he said, looking at his brother. "We'll get Amaris back."

"Then let's get going!" Ed shouted, running through the hotel with Al behind him. They ran into the streets, their search begining.

You better be okay, Amaris. Ed and Al both thought at the same time.

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Envy carried Amaris through HQ, Amaris immediately understanding which way they were going. They walked in silence, their footsteps echoing around them.

It felt so dead around them. No voices, no other footsteps. There was no one.

They walked into a room, an office to be exact, and Envy let Amaris stand on her own feet without dropping her (although it was obvious he wanted to).

"Hello, Envy, Wrath." a familiar voice said. His back was to them, but Amaris knew who he was. "Amaris, it's nice to see you again." he turned around with the same smile he always wore.

The Fuhrer.

Pride.

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Review Replies:

DemonRaily: Yeah, the movie was disappointing. And I didn't want Ed and Al to leave Amestris! It made me cry at that part, but otherwise, I didn't like the story line all that much. I especially hated that Wrath died -pouts-

Naomi-Yuko:

Bar-Ohki: Thank-you.

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Haha, the last chapter sucked so much, I only got three reviews XD

Anyways, if you don't already know, I made a new story called "Philosopher's Child". It was supposed to be the first story I made, but I did this one instead. It's not good yet, but trust me, it'll be worth reading in the future.

It even reveals how I got the name "Sirtsema" and what it really means. Muhahahah!

I think it's going to be EdXOC, but your opinion would be nice :)

And, I'm working on another story called "Unintended Sacrifice"...or at least, I think I am. I might quite, but if I don't, it'll be worth reading too (I think...). It has PLENTY of plot twisters. It was actually my first fma fanfic I ever made (on quizilla) but now I'm editing it so it's a lot better.

Hm...that's about it...yup, that's all.

Oh, wait, a notice: I might make a Twilight fanfic called "Scripture", but not for a while.