The Blood Spiller
Chapter 4: The Truth
"What the!" Ed fell off of the couch and banged his head on the coffee table. He cringed and put his hand on his head as Al stood to help him up. "Brother, are you ok?" Al grabbed Ed's hand and pulled him up. Ed looked at his younger brother, revealing confusion in his expression. "Yeah, I just thought I saw Win-"He stopped in his sentence as he saw Winry standing right behind Al. "Eh!" Ed stumbled backwards not believing what he was seeing.
"Niisan, what is up with you, your acting strange all of a sudden. Maybe you should get some sleep." Ed nodded. "I think your right, Al. I just need some sleep." He looked to see nothing behind Al and sighed. He then turned around and headed for the guest bedroom upstairs. Walking up the steps, Ed avoided the room he had fallen in upon arrival. He turned and walked into the guest bedroom. He went to the bed and lay down, closing his eyes.
He was about to fall asleep when a noise caught his attention. He opened his eyes to see a mangled Winry staring at him. Jumping back, Ed fell off the bed, hitting the floor quite hard. He groaned as he rubbed his throbbing shoulder from the impact. He was about to stand back up when he saw Winry standing over him, just staring. He backed up as far as he could and tried to avoid her dead gaze. She continued to stare. She then spoke.
"Why do you fear me Ed?" Ed continued to avoid staring at her. He felt cold suddenly and sadness swept over him. She repeated her question in his head this time. "Why Ed?" He wanted to scream for his brother but his throat was somehow clogged. "You can't be here Winry, you just can't be." He felt himself choking up. He didn't realize that even saying her name brought back terrible memories. A tear formed in his eye. "There is no reason to fear me. Just look at me."
Hesitantly, Ed looked up… and regretted it. Just as before, she was covered in blood, but there were no cuts or bruises, just red liquid. He looked away yet again. "I can't look at you, I just can't." He let the tear slide down. More coldness swept over him and he soon realized that the spirit Winry had kneeled down to get eye to eye with him. "LOOK AT ME." He looked into her eyes and suddenly felt captured by her. She smiled at him and he felt calmer. "Your ok, just listen." She continued to stare into his eyes, as if that was the only thing holding him. (it was) "I am gonna help you to find this killer because he is coming after you."
"Wha?" "Quiet, now I am gonna show you what happened." Ed looked at her with fear in his eyes. "No, I don't want to see, I can't" "You have to."
Everything seemed to shift and Ed found himself standing in Winry's room. He saw her then, sitting on her bed, staring at a piece of paper and skimming it thru. It was a note she had wrote to herself about some automail. A noise came from the doorway and Winry and Ed looked up to see a cloaked man in the doorway, holding a knife. Winry looked at him in horror.
"W-who are you?" She stood from her bed and backed away from him, bumping into the wall. The man stepped forward, holding the knife ready. Winry looked for something and had seemed to find it. She quickly reached for her trusty wrench and held it in front of her. "Stay away from me!" She started to shake all over. The man started to walk forward.
Ed watched in horror as he witnessed what happened next. The man lunged, knife outstretched towards Winry. She screamed in fright and barely dodged it, falling to the floor. He recovered from his miss and went after her again, this time using what Ed was fearing most, alchemy. A wrist band lit up as he held out the knife and suddenly it flew after her, striking her back. She fell instantly, screaming. Winry wailed loudly s the knife was pulled back out of her. She then pushed herself up, despite of the pain. She grabbed the door frame for support, leaving nail marks as the knife struck her again, this time in the shoulder. She fell, sobbing as she went. The cloaked man steeped over her and pulled the blade out. He then grabbed a hold of her left foot and dragged her to the bath room, red streaking the carpet.
Ed felt tears streaming and he wanted to turn away. He didn't want to witness anymore. "Winry, I can't take this anymore, I can't watch this any longer, let me go!" He sobbed loudly and dropped to the floor.
"Brother, wake up!" Ed felt himself being shaken and he instantly sat upright in the bed. He was sweating dreadfully and shivering something fierce. He looked at Alphonse who was staring at him with worried eyes. "Ed, you were screaming in your sleep, I thought someone was killing you. When I got up here, you looked as if somebody was holding you from getting away." Ed swallowed hard and held back tears. "Somebody wasn't killing me, they were killing Winry." Al looked at him with sorrow. "What did you see?"
For a half hour, Ed explained everything to his little brother about what had happened when he came upstairs to lye down and what Winry and showed him. After finishing, Al looked at him with a mixture of fear and confusion. "Why are you looking at me like that Al?" Alphonse shrugged. "That is strange. Why would this guy come after you?" "I don't know myself unless he is someone that I have battled, but how would he know about Winry?" The two looked at each other with no answer and just sat there in silence until a noise was heard from the doorway.
Fear stricken, Edward looked to see the cloaked man standing in the doorway, holding the knife ready. On reflex, Ed quickly got out of the bed and stood in front of Al. "Who the hell are you?" He injected venom in his voice. The cloaked man laughed. Al quivered. Ed himself felt fear welling up inside of himself, but he didn't dare show it. He just stood there and stared.
Suddenly, without notice, the cloaked figure lunged at Ed. He didn't move in time and felt the knife stab thru his left shoulder. He yelped and fell. Instead of letting the knife go back to its owner though, Ed grabbed it and pulled it out himself, this time holding it threateningly at the man. "W-what the hell do you want?" The murderer only laughed and pulled out another knife, this one bigger. He then went for Alphonse.
Before he could strike at him, Ed jumped in front of his brother, taking the blow thru his stomach….
Wow, I feel horribly evil tonight, but no worries, I will try to update soon… or I can just leave all of you hanging there. No I won't do that, but I can't promise a quick update. Well review and tell me what you think about this chapter. Thanks much!