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"AHH!" I screamed, opening the door and attempting to dash away, but Envy caught my arm and pulled me back. "NO! NO! AHH!" I cried as Envy dragged me into the room, closing and locking the door behind me. I clung to Envy, scrambling to hide behind him.
"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die." I mumbled, "And I haven't even been able to shoot the latest version of the automatic 45. pistols the gun shop downtown sells." Envy and Kimblee sweat dropped.
"This is the girl I'm going to work with? The famous, young "Cold Blood"?" Kimblee asked, looking at Envy. He nodded.
"She's usually not like this, though." Envy said, lightly pushing me away from him. I stared at Kimblee, my horror growing. I gulped. I didn't want to seem pathetic, but at the same time, I was utterly terrified.
"You are the Crimson alchemist, correct?" I asked, luckily my voice came out steady. Kimblee nodded and grinned.
"Nice to know you've heard of me." He said. The hair on my arms stood up straight as I shakily sighed.
"The infamous alchemist who eagerly destroyed a good part of Ishval during the Civil War. Who, in the military at least, hasn't heard of you?" I said, a slight edge to my voice. Kimblee's grin grew.
"Well, it looks like I'll have the privilege of working with you, so for now, lets get along." Kimblee said, sticking out a hand to shake. Lacking the common sense to refuse, my automatic response was a polite handshake.
And so, as expected, Kimblee tried a transmutation. With my memory shooting back to the time Ed nullified Scar's decomposition, I used the same technique to nullify Kimblee's.
Our hands glowed as the transmutations collided, but soon it stopped, our hands smoking slightly. I glared at Kimblee, who laughed.
"You are a fine alchemist, as the rumors say." He said as I pulled my hand away. I blew on my smoking hand, thankful that my hand hadn't blistered.
"I advise you not to attempt that again. I could have been seriously injured." I said, narrowing my eyes as I edged back to stand next to Envy. Yeah, that's right. Kimblee scared me so much that being close to Envymade me feel safe. Now you see how scared I am?
And so, we all sat down at the long table that stretched across the room, to discuss hunting down Scar and Marcoh. It was over soon, and I quickly said my goodbyes, rushing out, finally escaping being locked in that room with two crazed maniacs which could both most probably kill me.
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I walked aimlessly around Central, not caring if I left my map at home. I'd find my way back eventually.
That's when I spotted them.
They were walking along, talking casually. Thing is, they were walking toward me to pass me on the sidewalk.
My heart throbbed as I frantically looked around for a place to hide until I decided to burst into a vacant, crumbling building right next to me.
I sprinted into it, busting open the creaky door and closing it behind me, falling to my knees. Tears slipped down my cheeks as I held back a sob. The sight of them, seeming fine after our little spout just wrenched at my heart. I guess I didn't matter that much to them, I thought, starting to wipe away my tears, only to notice something. My tears flowed out of my only good eye, my scarred one remaining as it was. I guess I took away more than my ability to see with my injured eye.
"What's wrong?" A small voice asked. Alarmed, I glanced around, only to find the filthy, dirt-floored room empty except for myself.
"Show yourself!" I exclaimed, looking around once again. I heard the voice clear their throat, and followed the sound to something I hadn't seen before.
"What the hell?" I said, curiously leaning down. There, on the ground in front of me, sat the most bizarre creature I have ever seen.
It was a small, orange and white cat, about the size of my palm. Pure white feathered wings poked out of its back, making it look even stranger, like some kind of pegasus cat thing. And what made it even weirder was what happened next.
"Yeah? So what, I'm small!" The little cat huffed, "You don't need to make a big deal about it!" Dumbfounded, I stared at it stupidly, still trying to process what I was seeing.
"Is it just me, or is a mini cat bird talking to me?" I asked to no one in particular.
"IT AIN'T JUST YOU, SMARTASS!" The voice yelled in an adorable angry tone, "I'M REAL!" I stared at it for a few more seconds before sighing.
"I really have gone insane." I murmured, "I knew Envy slipped something into that water I had earlier." I heard a small, irritated sigh before something landed on my shoulder. I slowly turned my head to find the cat had flew to my shoulder and was now staring at me frustratedly with its piercing green human-like eyes.
"ACK!" I yelled, springing back only to hit my head on the wall. The cat thing jumped off my shoulder and hovered in front of me.
"Okay, you're real, I get it." I said, "But what are you?"
"Isn't it obvious?" The cat snorted, "I'm a chimera."
"B-but," I stammered, "Y-you can talk..."
"No freaking cheese! I am part human, after all." The cat thing said, "And also part dove and part cat. My name is Shela, what's yours?" The cat thing, Shela, asked. I blinked. I am guessing its a girl, I decided.
"Mine? I'm Lynette." I said bluntly, holding a hand out. Shela landed on my hand, looking at me suspiciously.
"Why were you crying, Lynette?" She asked. I sighed.
"Long story." I said. She shrugged her cat shoulders.
"I don't have anywhere to go, or anything else to do, so I don't mind if its long." Shela held out stubbornly. And so, for some reason, I ended up explaining everything to her. Everything, including how I got to Amestris, and what had happened since then. She listened, her tail tickling my palm as if flicked back and forth as she stared at me intently.
Finally, I finished, leaving Shela speechless.
"Chaotic, right?" I chuckled bitterly. Shela looked at me sadly.
"Yeah, it must suck." She said. I looked at her.
"What about you? Isn't your life hard?" I asked, "Being a chimera and everything, that must really suck." Shela sighed.
"It's better than it has been. You see, I was once human, too. I was poor, raised in an ill-fairing village. My family was starving, so they started to sell us, their children, one by one. I was one of five siblings, the youngest. They sold me first, to a military laboratory near Ishval that was researching human chimeras. I was used as one of the test subjects, a lab rat, for five years. All sorts of painful experimentations, but soon, when the Civil War rose up, the laboratory started to fill up with Ishvalan war prisoners. One by one, they disappeared. I don't know where they went, but sooner of later, the laboratory was destroyed by the Ishvalans. I had escaped with a few others, but we were soon separated. And so, I've been wandering the streets for about a year of two. It's not as bad as it was," Shela said. I looked at her in surprise.
"But living on the street must really stink, right?" I asked.
"It's okay. At least it's cleaner than the laboratory cages." Shela shrugged. Suddenly, an idea popped in my head.
"Why don't you live with me?" I offered. She looked at me suspiciously.
"You're military." She hissed. I rolled my eyes.
"They don't need to know everything I do." I puffed, "Besides, there's no rules saying I can't bring home cat-dove-human chimera's." I said, "As you might have guessed, chimeras aren't my specialty. There is only a few requirements." Shela raised her cat eyebrows, giving me a funny look.
"That is...?"
"You absolutely cannot let the woman, child, or cat that live with me see you. And, if you see a green-haired man, you can't let him see you, either." I said, "Don't toy with my guns and/or knives, kuni, blades, katanas, and other weapons I own. Don't tear up my clothes or bedding. And do not, I repeat, DO NOT mess with my safe." I finished, "That is all."
"And you call me strange." Shela sweat dropped. I shrugged.
"It's your choice. I will feed you." I said, "And not garbage OR leftovers." Sheila's eyes sparkled.
"Okay, deal." She agreed quickly. I laughed, and she joined in.
My new friendship had temporarily taken my attention off the emptiness in my heart that they left, and it made me feel good, even just slightly.
Little did I know, this new friendship would save my life.
Hey guys! OKAY SHELA WAS A RANDOM IDEA! I don't know, I just felt like putting her in there.
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