R4994W: Oh now that hurt.
Disclaimer: Damn! I was one dollar under the bidding price! I was so close to owning some part of the full metal alchemist, but now I don't thanks to… hey! Harvestmoon27 of New Jersey! Oh I'll get you back.
Chapter 7 PrisonerI regained consciousness a little while later. When I woke up I had a little fur ball on my chest. I stroked the tiny cat head and she started to purr.
I looked around me. I was in a huge, dark cell with shackles on my feet.
"What did you name her?" came a voice from the darkened corner.
"Who's there?" I yelled demandingly.
"Don't you remember your dear old friend Joey?"
"Joey is that you?" I got up and tried to walk ever to see him, but fell on my face because of the shackles. "Ow! Shackles hurt."
I clapped my hands and put them on the shackles. They turned to paper and I just ripped them off. "Ha, bet you the captain doesn't know I can do that."
"You know alchemy?" he sounded really happy for some reason.
"Yeah. What are you in for?"
"I'll tell you later."
I really wanted to know what he was in for. "Tell me, please."
"I will if you take these shackles off."
"Okay." I clapped my hands and was about to put them to the shackles when I heard the captain's piercing voice."
"No! Don't do that. He'll kill you. He's dangerous."
I backed away quickly and fell on my ass, hard. I reached over and grabbed the kitten, which was playing with one of my paper shackles. The captain came over and unlocked the cell door. "Damn! I didn't know you could already do that." He stepped in and took hold of my free hand. I yelled out in pain due to the burns. He led my out of the cell and locked the door. Then he pulled me along side of him. We walked down to his office, the whole time my eyes were watering and wincing form the pain of two burnt hands.
We finally reached the office and went in. I sat down trying not to start another argument or even another fight. I looked out the window. I couldn't believe what I saw. It was dark out side. How long have I been in the cell?
The captain came over and put his hands on mine. There was a sudden relief feeling on my hands. They didn't burn or sting anymore. He took his hands off and I looked down. They weren't burnt anymore.
"Besides from alchemy and fire, I can heal." He had a sort of calm, nurturing tone of voice. I didn't even know he had the ability to be nice. Let alone heal. I don't blame him for being angry all the time. I mean how would you like to be the captain of an army at the age of eighteen? He has a lot of pressure on him. Wait how can I feel sorry for this creep. I must be going crazy.
I looked up. "What's your name?"
"If you want to find out you have to answer my questions." He said slyly.
"Okay, shoot." Damn I didn't know he was that persistent.
"According to my resources, you have a connection to the person you almost freed."
"Well yeah," I shrugged, "I used to play with him all the time when we were little. His name is Joey. Wait, what did you mean back at the cell when you said he's dangerous and that he would kill me?"
"Joey? I'd hate to break it to you but his name isn't Joey any more. It is Greed. He's something you call a homunculus." He sort of laughed when he said Joey questioningly.
"Greed? That's silly. Greed is one of the seven-"
"Sins? I know. There are seven homunculus. One for every sin. What ever sin they represent, that's what they are called."
"But what's a homunculus?"
"It's… well, it's a being that's not real. They're someone who has died. Then someone resurrected them but used a sacrificed someone else. They don't have souls but do have powers. They can fell pain but you can't kill them. Their main goal in life: to take over a human body. They don't have a body of their own so they want ours." He described them very well.
"Okay?" I said as I stared blankly. What is he trying to tell me? I guess he is trying to tell me there are seven creeps that want to kill me and take over my body. Oh yippy cheery oh boy. That's just the kind of news I want to hear after I see my best friend for the first time in eight years. Now I know why I haven't seen him for eight years. He was dead!
"I know it's confusing, but here." He handed me another necklace. This one was on a silver chain and looked like a rose with a tiny button in the middle.
"Oh, how sweet." I got up and hugged him. The captain looked shocked but I could tell from his eyes that he liked it. I walked over to the desk and picked up the kitten. As I walled over to the door I started to say goodbye.
"Goodbye- uh… what's your name?"
"I'm sorry. That info is classified."
"What do you mean?" what does classified mean. As you can tell I'm not that good at vocabulary.
"It means I can't tell you."
"But you said if I answered your questions you would tell me your name!" he better not say he was lying.
"Let me tell you something. I lie."
You sneaky little-" I frowned and walked off down all the stupid hallways. As I walked past the cell Greed was in, I heard him laugh faintly. I reached the huge steel doors and walked outside. I untied and mounted Goldie. I seriously wonder what his name is.
I started to ride off when I heard the captain again. "Rose, wait. Don't forget you are now a prisoner of the military now that you know about the homunculus."
"What?"
"Hey don't blame me. Oh and by the way, the button on the necklace I gave you, don't ever push it unless you see a homunculus or you are in dire need of help."
"Oh, okay."
"Oh, and one more thing-"
"What?" I really wanted to get home.
"My name's Matt." He turned around and went back into the building.
R4994W: Well chapter seven is done and I'm working on chapter eight, nine, and ten so I probably will update pretty soon. Oh wait I'm sorry. I have to go to a special place in a certain state to go turkey hunting.
Rose: You hunt?
R4994W: Yep. Well I don't get back for a week so I'll try to get some chapters updated when I get back. Oh and I'm playing a little trick on all you readers. In your reviews, guess how old I am. Also please review. I love to read my sister's reviews and I sure would love to read my own if I had any. Out of seven chapters and 32 hits no one has reviewed except for harvestmoon27, which I am very great full for. So review please and I'll try to get out some more chapters as soon as I get home. R'nR