Chapter 10: Lost Again
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Riza soon fell asleep, getting bored looking at the nothingness outside of her window on the train. She stayed asleep for the rest of the train ride.
The man that had followed her on the train was still watching her. You should have stayed with Roy back in Central…there you would have been safe…and away from me. The man pulled his hat over his eyes and smiled to himself. You'll be mine soon…I'll win your heart, or take it by force…like before Ishbal. (sp?)
Fire jumped onto Roy's lap and laid down, purring. Havoc had left to find a date for the Christmas party next week, and everyone was off preparing early for the holidays.
"Why are you here?" Roy looked down at the cat, thinking of how Lauren couldn't bear to part with her feline friend. He wished Riza was there with him…Kaara too. "Once Lauren finds Kaara and brings her back, I'll call Riza to let her know…and then everything will be just fine." Roy stroked the cat's fur gently then continued to sign a few papers on his desk.
Sin dropped Lauren to the ground as Rain jumped and jammed the small pocket knife into his left arm.
Lauren was screaming on the inside but on the outside…she was paralyzed. Her muscles had started to show on her arms and legs, and the skin on her face was cracking.
"Dirt! Rain! Hero! Take care of Sin!" Ed yelled running to Lauren.
Sin had stumbled backwards and fell. The knife had weakened him some and he was actually scared for what would come…the end. Dirt ran up to him, withdrew a hunting knife from his pocket and…Sin let out a cry…a cry for hell to take him back now.
Ed glanced at him and saw that Sin was now armless, his left arm was gone and he himself was beginning to decay.
Lauren's skin, or what was left of it, turned grey, and her grey hair, turned white. Now her legs, arms, and part of her face, had no skin whatsoever. And on her left arm, on the elbow, her bone was beginning to show.
"Lauren…don't leave me." Ed took the blade that Lauren had in her auto-mail leg and sliced his finger. Then he let one drop fall into each of her eyes. "Please care about me, please come back."
Sin was silent now, being easily defeated, he died, ashamed and dissolved into the earth.
Dirt and Rain, with Hero at their side, stood not too far off, watching and waiting for Lauren to return to Ed.
"One drop…in each eye…from someone she cares about…" Ed whispered, kneeling at Lauren's side.
Lauren's body cooled, she could feel again, move again…she moved her toes…then her fingers and hands. "Ed." Lauren's voice was dry and her eyes were a light green now, the white starting to vanish, her hair had gone back to grey, and her skin was reforming.
"L-Lauren?" Ed started down at her, surprised, shocked, and happy that 'he' had brought her back.
"Equivalence." Rain said as she walked up.
Lauren's eyes were completely back to her normal emerald green color now, her hair black, and her skin whole and tan. She sat up a little with Ed's help.
"What was that Rain?" Ed asked, still looking down at Lauren.
"Blood is worth that which Lauren lost, not a life, but Lauren hadn't lost hers." Rain said as she jumped onto a low branch on a tree.
"Equivalence is important in all parts of life. For everything and everyone." Dirt said, staying where he was with Hero.
"To obtain something…something of equal value must be lost." Lauren added.
They all nodded then Ed looked around…their surroundings seemed different…they hadn't passed this place before…"So…where are we now?" Ed asked no one in particular.
"Yea, this doesn't look familiar, this is just where Ed and I and Dirt and you caught up with each other again…" Lauren looked at Rain.
Hero growled and Dirt and Rain looked at each other.
"Ummm…." Dirt and Rain said at the same time.
"You don't know!" Ed and Lauren shouted simultaneously.
Dirt and Rain laughed nervously a little. "No, we don't." Rain admitted.
"This is far from our past home." Dirt said.
"So we're lost." Ed sighed.
"Again." Lauren added.
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Inner me: I'll be the one making the yellow snow balls and making you eat them if you don't review. Plus…whispers to all those who like the stories that Me writes Me is already working on a new story, but it won't be in Full Metal Alchemist.
Me: hits Inner me upside the head shut up you! That's a secret for when this story is done!
Inner me: sorry. goes back inside
Me: throws even more bricks now I'm sure you don't want to eat yellow snowballs, but you will if you don't review the next chap and if you don't review this chap…throws moiré bricks I'll give you a concussion!
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