All You Need Is A Little Love
Part 5: Break In, Break Out
As they ran everyone stopped when they reach the main room where most of the reception desks were. Everyone was looking in every direction. The alarms rang in Venus' ears; she felt her back slowly begin to get warm. If something was wrong, she was ready.
"Someone broke in." Someone said.
"Who would want to?" Another asked.
Venus moved back a little as some began to move back in front of her. She ended up backing into someone body. She turned her head to apologize to find herself back to back with Roy.
"You up to this?" He asked looking at her.
"You gonna tell me what the heck is going on?" She asked dropping her guard long enough to turn around.
"Someone has broken in trying to break something out, simple." He replied he manage to take quick glance at her night attire before looking her in the eye.
"And about this afternoon…," he started.
"It was none of your business Colonel." She smiled as someone broke through the ceiling and quickly followed by a lot more.
Men in tight, full body, black cat suits dropped from the ceiling. When they found the welcome party they began to attack who ever was near by. Alchemists began their attacks and those with guns, or pistols like Riza began to fire.
Venus smiled leaping into the air; it was time to show the Eastern Command what she could do. Her back began to feel like fire as the tattoo part glowed she landed in the center of a group of the black soldiers and smiled.
"Hi there, I'm the Love Witch Alchemist." The wings broke free from her skin in a pink flash, they were translucent and the ends seemed very sharp.
Venus reached over her right shoulder as one of the men charged at her. She ripped one of the 'feathers' free and it was quickly replaced. The one in her hand she held out and it grew long like a sword. And so she began to hack her way around the group she had landed in. One of the men however pulled a sword from his back.
"I may not know alchemy, but I'm still going to teach you a lesson you won't soon forget." He said motioning her forward.
"Who said this alchemy?" Venus retorted as she charged.
Ed caught a glimpse of the battle Venus had begun as did Roy who chuckled before setting some guy on fire.
The man slashed down managing to cut Venus on her left shoulder. It bled pretty badly, but she didn't let that stop her. She deflected his next attack and it left him wide open. She kicked his legs out from under him and stood over him and pinned his arms with her feet and with her feather sword held at his neck.
"Any last words?" She asked.
"You're hot." He smiled she growled with disgust before removing his head. The rest of the black soldiers fled and so she recoiled her wings and the feather sword disappeared.
She looked at her shoulder and at the pool of blood that was a mix of her's and the headless man's.
"Heh." She grabbed it tight hoping to stop the bleeding; it only bled through her fingers. Everyone else was checking their injuries as well. Luckily no one was badly hurt. Venus stepped from the pool and walked leaving bloody footprints. She was headed back to her room to dress the wound. Some watched her as she went and others just did the same.
"Venus! Venus!" She turned her head seeing Riza running behind her. Aside from a slight cut on her right cheek she seemed ok.
"Venus you should go the medical ward for that." She said point at the wound with one of her pistols.
"It's fine. What did they try to take anyway?" Venus asked holding her arm tighter.
"The file that the Elrics came for." Riza replied.
"Did they get it?" Venus asked hoping she would say no.
"No, they didn't. In fact it's soaked in blood at this very moment. That guy you decapitated had it." Riza chuckled.
"Shit! Did it ruin the file?" She cried hoping it didn't.
"Don't worry about it." Riza said with a comforting smile.
"But what if it is…," Venus protested.
"It's ok Venus." Riza said turning around.
"Just go take of that. No point in soaking the floors with blood." Riza waved as she disappeared in the crowd.
Once again Venus started off to her room.
"Venus wait!" She turned seeing Al this time. He was carrying Ed, who really didn't seem to be hurt at all.
"Al put me down!" Ed yelled.
"But Brother." Al protested, Venus moved closer to see if there was indeed something wrong.
"I'm fine Al. Knees buckle sometimes, its ok." Ed said with a sigh he then looked at the arm Venus was holding. It wasn't bleeding quiet as bad but blood was still seeping through.
"You arm!" Ed and Al exclaimed at once.
"It's fine." She replied with a smile.
"No its not!" Al said setting Ed down. Al dragged her down to his and Ed's room and threw open the door. He rummaged through his bag and produced a roll of white wrap.
He sat Venus down and removed her hand which was now soaked in her own blood both dried and fresh. He began to wrap her arm and did it tightly so the bleeding would stop. It pooled through the wrap did stop. Ed walked in with a wet cloth and took her hand and began to clean the blood off it.
"It doesn't hurt." She said after a few moments of silence. Al looked down at her and Ed continued to clean off the blood.
"Still it's not good to loose so much blood, you'll get weak." Al said sitting across from her.
Ed finished and looked at the damp bloody rag. He set on the floor before moving to the headboard and leaned against with his hands behind his head. Venus looked at her shoulder and then her hand.
"Thanks." She muttered standing up.
"Venus?" She turned and looked at Al.
"Yeah?" She replied with a small smile.
"If you need anything just hit the wall." Al said Venus nodded and left the room.
She entered her own and closed the door. She laid down on her bed and buried her face in her pillow. She felt sick, Al was right she had lost so much blood she was feeling weak. She fell asleep almost instantly. Ed and Al sat in silence for a few moments after she left.
"Brother?" Al asked still concerned that his metal leg had malfunction earlier.
"Al I'm tell you its fine." Ed said lying down.
"I still think you should have someone check it." Al said doing the same.
"If I did Winry would kill me." Ed replied with a shutter.
"Well then let's go to see Winry then." Al said.
"We can't Al. We have to return that file to Central." Ed rolled on his side facing the wall.
"Fine." Al said and once again silence past and soon both were asleep.
End Part 5-
