Chapter twenty-nine

Lexie's POV

I needed that ledger or Victor was going to take the one thing I loved most in this world away from me, I didn't care about the consequences. I needed that ledger and I knew exactly who had it but it was getting late. I needed to get to the library before it shut but I wasn't going very fast, I had to use walls and fences to keep myself up while I limped down the street.

I don't care how much pain I was in right now I wasn't going to give up, Victor wouldn't hold back from killing my brother and it wouldn't be without pain. My brother could easily suffer for all the things I've done, I had only suffered half of Victor's wraith and right now I could barley walk.

I could feel the blood run down my face from my split lip and my jaw was so bruised I could hardly move it, my ankle though was defiantly broken but I endured the pain shooting up my leg as I put my weight on it. I had suffered worse than this before and I could cry all I wanted later but right now I needed that ledger.

I came to stop staring at the set of stairs I had to get up, I bit down on my pride and crawled up them ignoring the odd stares, no one had the decency to offer help. When I got to the top I pushed through the doors biting down the pain.

"Ma'am are you okay?" the lady behind the desk asked, I ignored her limping across the foyer trying to keep my balance. She came around the desk wide eyed following me, "ma'am-"

"Fuck off" I spat at her.

she stumbled back when she saw me properly. From that reaction I obviously didn't look too good.

"If I wanted your help I would have asked" my voice was loud enough to make heads turn my way in the library.

"Lexie?" Someone said curiously.

I turned back around and Al was staring at me.

His eyes widened when he saw me.

"Oh my god" he rushed forward towards me. "What happened?" he asked pulling my arm around his shoulders and taking the weight off my broken ankle.

I leant against him making him hold me up.

"Wheres your brother?" I asked.

"Lexie-"

"Take me to Ed!" I snapped.

"Do you want me to call-"

"No no its fine, ill deal with her" Al called back interrupting the lady at the desk, "Lexie what happened to you?" I didn't say anything trying to keep myself conscious. "Brother!" Al called out when we spotted Ed.

Ed glanced over his shoulder.

"What…"

He stood up.

"Holy shit what happened to you?" Ed asked staring at me.

Al dragged me over to him.

"you look like you were-"

"Tortured?" I asked, "yes I was now give me the ledger" I said sticking my hand in Ed's pockets.

"Whoa Lexie you can't be so causal about it and then expect me to give you the ledger!" Ed exclaimed pulling my hand out of his pocket.

I struggled against him.

"Just give it to me!" I spat, "I need it!"

I held onto to Al trying to keep myself up while fighting against Ed.

"Oh my god Lexie stop it!" Ed snapped, "sit down for gods sake, you can't even stand" Al tried to get me to sit down but if I did I wouldn't be able to get back up.

"No!" I shouted, "I don't want to sit!"

"Lexie stop it" Ed growled.

I tried fight them both off but they won getting me to sit down in the chair.

"You're causing a scene and unless you want the military crawling around here I suggest you stop" I suddenly shut up when I realised Ed was right.

"Just give me the ledger Ed and ill be gone"

They both stared at me.

"Oh yeah thats even if you can get out of that chair now" Ed said crossing his arms.

"Lexie you're a mess" Al said bending down in front of me, "you've got to tell us what happened" I didn't have time for this but Victor had already broken me and I was about to crack some more.

"I need the ledger" I kept repeating but they both just stared at me.

I clenched my fists gritting my teeth.

I didn't want to explain this whole mess to them, I could deal with it myself, I didn't need their help.

"Where is it?" I growled at them.

"What happened?" Ed asked.

My eyes darted around the room but no one was watching us. No one wanted to get involved just in case they came out of it looking like me.

"Where is it?" I asked back, I was so close to snapping but the only thing that was holding me back was my brothers safety.

"Im not going to play games with you Alexis, either tell us what happened or we'll take you back to Mustang" Ed told me.

I stared up at him.

"Don't threaten me" I growled.

He shrugged but Al could see me getting angry.

"Lexie you need to calm down" Al said slowly but I was still staring at Ed.

"Give it to me" I growled at him.

Al touched my ankle and I flinched at pain.

"Don't touch me" I hissed at Al.

My eyes darted back to Ed.

"Give it to me!"

Al touched my ankle and I glared back at him.

"What part of don't touch didn't you get?!" I snapped at Al, he flinched slightly.

"I can fix your ankle" he insisted.

"Its broken, how are you supposed to fix a broken ankle?" I asked.

Al sighed.

"I didn't spend a year in Xing for nothing Lexie" I blinked at him, "let me fix it, okay?"

"Fine" I muttered, "but after that I want the ledger" I pointed out.

Ed opened his mouth.

"Not right now" Al muttered up at him, "she's not thinking straight."

I stared down at Al.

"Excuse me" I spat, "I'm right here and I'm thinking perfectly straight" I was fine. All I need was that ledger then id be out of their way, so I was a bit battered and bruised but that didn't mean I wasn't thinking straight.

"This is going to hurt" Al told me ignoring my attitude.

I waved him off.

"Just do it already-"

Al clapped his hands and put it around my ankle, I shut up straight away and my hands clamped around the arms of the chair. I bit down the pain as it shot up my leg, it was a hot sensation but I had never felt anything like it.

I sunk in the chair not making a sound as Al took his hands away.

They both stared at me.

"Well that shut her up" Ed muttered.

Al elbowed him.

"Brother this isn't the time" Al growled.

My eyes fluttered closed.

"Oh no you don't" Ed said bending down tapping my head, "there is no way you're passing out right now, Lexie."

My eyes opened and I moved my foot around. It wasn't broken but it still hurt, Al had fixed the break but the swelling was still there.

I grabbed Ed's collar pulling myself up and putting my face in his.

"Wheres the ledger Ed?"

"Seriously we're back to that?" he asked.

Ed pulled my hand off him.

"Come on we're going to go see Mustang" Ed said grabbing my arm.

I gritted my teeth.

"Im not going to see him!" I snapped, "all I need is the ledger-"

"Do you honestly think I'm going to give it to you Alexis!" Ed snapped, "It looks like the guy we were trying to keep it from has broke you and convinced you to go get it for him, I'm certainly not giving it to you!"

"Brother!" Al snapped at Ed.

I leaped at Ed and we hit the ground.

"Lexie!" Al shrieked.

I held Ed to the ground.

"You honestly think I would break that easy!" I shouted at him, "that man shut me in a dark room for a week and I didn't break, he tortured me and I didn't break!"

Al grabbed me pulling me off Ed.

"Whats the one thing that would make me break?!"

Ed leaned up and his eyes widened.

"Oh shit he's got Danny" he whispered, "he bargained Danny's life for the ledger…"

Al let go of me and I sunk to the ground.

"Why did you let Danny go with you's?" I asked, "this is why I stayed hidden so no one would get involved and now Victor's got Danny and if I don't get him the ledger then he's going to kill Danny-"

"Lexie stop"

"-this wasn't my intention, if you guys would have stayed out of it-"

"Lexie shut up!" Ed snapped shutting me up.

He sat in front of me and put his hands on my shoulders.

"If I knew this was going to happen I would have kept Danny at my side, I know you're not thinking about anything else but your brothers life"

I wiped the back of my sleeve against my bleeding lip.

"I need the ledger" I muttered.

Ed sighed when he realised I wasn't mentally stable to think properly.

"We need to go see Mustang now"

Ed pulled me to my feet.

"How the hell is that man going to help?!" I suddenly snapped trying to jerk away from Ed but he held onto my arm.

"I know sometimes he's a complete jerk but unless you have anyone better to go see I suggest you we go see him" I fought against Ed.

"Guys this isn't time to fight" Al muttered but we both ignored him.

"He's the last person I want to see, he's the one who was supposed to-"

Ed grabbed my arms and held them by my side keeping me still.

"Alexis stop it, this isn't the time to be fighting me with this!" He snapped grabbing my attention, "you just told us you've trapped in a dark room for a week, that would have made you relapse and you were tortured like look at the state of you, you are not going to be making any rational decisions right now!"

I stayed quiet staring at him.

"Now please just listen to me, Mustang said that if you came to us then he needed to see you and it's not to arrest you, he's got a plan and it will work in our favour to get Danny back, got it?"

I nodded.

Ed let go of me.

"Good now lets go" he said turning me around and pushing me forward, "and keep your hood on, we're about to walk into Central command and you're still a wanted criminal" I listened to him putting my hood over my head, I honestly had no better ideas.