Scar stood in the alley for awhile before deciding to leave. He hadn't intended for that to wind up the way it had. He had pinned her against the wall and then she had froze. Our faces were so close and I found that she didn't breathe. And then our lips had touched. Neither of them had wanted to end the kiss, Scar was sure of that. He could still taste her lips. Those strawberry flavored lips that he had kissed so many times. "Get a grip", he told himself, "she has no soul. She can't return your feelings".
It had started to rain but he didn't care. He walked through the rain with no apparent destination. After about an hour of walking he found himself in front of Eastern Headquarters. He saw someone in a military uniform walking up the stairs with an umbrella in his hand. Scar could make out the chain that was surely attached to a State Alchemist pocket watch. He pushed all other thoughts out of his mind and walked over to the alchemist.
"Excuse me", he said to him. The alchemist turned around.
"Yes?", he said.
"Are you a state alchemist?", Scar asked him.
"Yeah, see", the alchemist said showing him his pocket watch.
"Then may Ishbala have mercy on your soul", Scar said putting his hand over the alchemists face.
Red sparks appeared and the mans brain blew up inside of his skull and he fell lifeless to the ground. Scar looked around quickly to make sure that nobody had seen him. It was dark, everybody was probably at home trying to get out of the rain. Scar saw a sign that said 'HOTEL' and decided to leave before somebody noticed the body.
"What can I do for ya'?", the man in the lobby said to Scar.
"I need a room", Scar replied. "And nobody knows that I'm here".
"Ah, hiding from the law is it? Don't worry, your secrets safe with me".
"Just give me the room", Scar said.
The man led him up three flights of stairs to the only vacant room that there was. The only things in it were a bed, a toilet and sink, and a small table. Scar didn't care. He'd leave soon before anybody knew that he'd even been here. Scar walked over to the bed and laid down not bothering to take his shoes off. He just went to sleep then and there.
But his dreams were haunted by her. Memories that he cherished and yet at the same time pained him. It pained him that Lust could not and would not love him has Selena had. Yet when he had kissed her he had felt love. Something that he had not felt in a long time…
Selena was in the kitchen preparing dinner when Matthias entered.
"Matthias not now", Selena said to him, "I need to cook dinner".
"Selena why did you marry my brother?", Matthias asked her.
Selena hesitated before answering. "Because he asked me to".
"Because he asked you to? That doesn't sound like a very good reason", Matthias said to her.
Selena turned around to face him. "It may not seem like a very good reason to you. But I love your brother and he loves me".
"I'm sure one of you loves the other", Matthias said to her. "I know that my brother loves you. But I'm not so sure about you".
Selena knew that he was right no matter how much she tried to ignore him. She didn't love her husband, not really. Maybe she had married him because that was what everybody had expected of her.
"Selena there's a war going on and we're not going to make it", Matthias continued. "Come with me…"
Lust snapped back to reality. This was getting out of hand. Not to mention annoying. She couldn't concentrate on the task that she was supposed to accomplish if she was having memories of her past life all the time. And even worse she couldn't get that kiss out of her head. She had felt something, something different during that kiss.
"No", she told herself, "I am a homunculus. I do not feel those emotions".
She went to the window of her hotel room and jumped out of it, landing in an alleyway. She walked to Eastern Headquarters, which just happened to be across the street from the Hotel she was staying at. Lust was surprised to see a crowd gathered around the steps. Men in military uniforms were trying to keep the crowd back but they couldn't keep Lust from finding out what was going on. She jumped onto the roof of the hotel and from there, could see clearly. There was a body on the steps. And Lust could only guess how it had gotten there.
Lust could also barley make out blonde hair in the crowd. And next to him the big suit of armor that was Alphonse Elric. She could jump off of this roof and take him by surprise right now. But that would attract too much attention. She'd do it when he was alone. And the best way to do that, was to kill him while he was in his room. Lust jumped off the rooftop that she was on and decided to wait for Ed inside his room at Eastern Headquarters.
By the time that the door finally opened it was dark outside. Lust was sitting on the bed waiting for him. "Just come into the bedroom", Lust thought to herself. She heard his footsteps getting closer and closer. She saw a figure standing in the doorway and extended her claws impaling him. She flipped the lights on and found that it hadn't been Edward.
"What the hell?", Lust said staring at the soldier she had just killed. "This isn't Elric".
"You're right its not me", a voice said.
Lust looked up just in time to see Ed run through the door. Before she could do anything he had impaled her with his lance.
"I see you got your arm fixed", she said has he withdrew the blade from her. "But that's not going to save you".
She extended her claws and lunged at Ed. Ed cut off her claws with his lance and they grew back and she tried to stab him with them. Ed moved out of the way and came at her with his lance. Lust took two steps backward and then extended all ten of her claws at Ed. All he could do to avoid them was duck.
"Nobody can save you now", Lust said has she approached her victim.
Suddenly an explosion was heard that rocked the building. Then there were gunshots, and the sounds of people yelling. "What the hell?", Ed thought to himself.
"IT'S THE STATE ALCHEMIST KILLER!", somebody yelled.
"Just the person I wanted to see", Lust thought to herself. "I'm going to have to cut this little meeting short", she said retracting her claws.
She walked towards the door and was just about to walk out when Ed stopped her.
"Wait", he said, "aren't you supposed to kill me?".
"I'm afraid that will have to wait", Lust replied walking out the door.
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All the soldiers in the hallway that hadn't run away in fear were dead. "Pity that they had to die", Scar thought to himself. "I'm just here for the State Alchemist's". He walked up the steps to the living quarters. Surprisingly, nobody attempted to stop him. And then Scar felt something cold slide across his throat.
"You", Scar said turning around to face Lust.
"I'm beginning to wonder if it's coincidence that we keep meeting", she said to him retracting the claw.
"I don't believe in coincidence", Scar said.
"Then could it be fate?", Lust said sarcastically, "we could be destined to keep bumping into each other for eternity".
"In that case I'm glad that I have a limited lifespan", Scar replied.
Lust put on a look that suggested she'd been offended. "Now that hurt", she said, "you know you can be so mean sometimes".
Scar was trying not to become distracted by her beauty. Even though she looked and sounded just like Selena, Scar reminded himself that she was just a soulless doll. "The woman I loved was loving and caring. This thing is not her", he told himself.
"There he is!", someone yelled.
Over Lust's shoulder Scar could see three soldiers with pistols in hand. They all opened fire at once and all the bullets hit Lust has she turned around. The sight of Lust getting shot instantly made Scar think of Selena.
"Selena!", Scar yelled.
He felt his legs start to move forward and pushed Lust out of the way. He felt a bullet penetrate his shoulder but he ignored the pain. All that mattered to him was Selena's safety. Once she was safely out of the way he pressed his hand to the wall and blew it up. Rubble fell into the hallway blocking the soldiers path.
"You can get off of me now", Lust said to him.
Scar realized that he had knocked her down and that he was on top of her. He also realized that their faces were close. He suddenly wanted to taste Selena's lips and he closed the gap between them.
Lust was totally taken by surprise by this action. But she didn't want it to stop. She felt her arms snake around his neck and pull his face closer to hers. She opened her mouth slightly and his tongue entered her mouth. Lust, new to this sensation, responded and their tongues wrestled. Lust felt something drip onto her shoulder and realized that it was blood.
"You're hurt", Lust said noticing his wound.
"I don't care", Scar said bringing his face in for another kiss.
"No", Lust said suddenly becoming concerned.
Scar got off of Lust and stood up reluctantly. He was beginning to feel the pain in his shoulder, and he noticed the blood stain.
"Come on", Lust said taking his hand.
She led him into one of the dorm rooms and walked over to the window and opened it.
"Are you crazy? I can't jump that far", Scar said.
"You'll just have to trust me", said Lust. "Why do I suddenly care about him?", Lust thought to herself. She could hear footsteps getting closer.
"Search every room", someone said, "shoot him on sight".
"Matthias", Lust said getting his attention fully, "you can either stay here and die or trust me".
Scar took her hand. "I trust you", he said to her, "Selena".
Lust opened the window, which was big enough for them to stand in, and stood on the windowsill. Scar stood next to her and squeezed her hand lightly. Lust jumped off of the windowsill just has the soldiers entered the room. The bullets they fired barley missed Scars head.
"Ishbala please forgive me for my sins", Scar thought has they fell through the air. He saw the ground coming closer and closer and braced himself for the end. And it never came. Scar opened his eyes and looked around. He was still alive, the fall hadn't killed him.
"What the—", he began but Lust grabbed his hand and took off running.
"This way", she said leading him down a dark alleyway.
Scar followed her. They ran until they came to a dead end. Lust took his hand again and jumped to a rooftop taking him with her. She didn't know why she suddenly cared for him. Has far has she knew, she was incapable of any emotion. But when he kissed her, he made her feel an emotion that wasn't happiness but the same type of feeling. She felt love.
"We need to get that bullet out", she said to him motioning to his wound.
"I'm sure you know nothing about medicine", Scar said to her.
"Well we can't just go to a hospital", Lust said crossing her arms, "what do you expect me to do?".
"There's an Ishbalan refugee camp not far from this city", Scar said to her, "if we can make it there, we can find somebody to heal my wounds".
Has it turned out, they never made it out of the city. Scar was losing a lot of blood and getting weaker. He had to lean on Lust for support while walking. And then Lust saw the answer to their problems. An abandoned home. She broke in easily and put Scar down on a bed.
"Wait right here", she said to him before leaving the bedroom.
She didn't even know what she was looking for. And then she saw a pair of pliers and a first aid kit. She picked them up and went back to Scar.
"Take off your shirt", she said to him.
Scar took notice of the pliers in her hand. "You're not going to try and—"
"Take off the shirt or I can do it for you", she said to him.
Scar did what he was asked but the task was made difficult considering he had a bullet in his left shoulder. Once it was off Lust could see his well toned, and muscular torso. "Push that thought out of your head", she told herself.
"Lay down on the bed", she said to him.
She had to get onto the bed with him in order to see what she was doing. She got on her knees and bent over him.
"This may hurt a little bit", she said to him.
Lust stuck the pliers into the wound and proceeded to dig the bullet out. Scar flinched in pain and his body jerked.
"Hold still", Lust said to him, "I've almost got it".
Lust pulled out the pliers and stuck in them, was a bullet covered in blood. Lust opened the first aid kit and bandaged Scars shoulder.
"You know", Scar said has Lust wrapped the bandage around him. "I remember one time when I was ill. And Selena cared for me until I was better".
Lust hesitated for awhile and then said, "I remember".
"How could you?", Scar said to her, "you said so yourself you aren't Selena".
"Yes but I have flashbacks of being her. Memories", Lust said to him.
When she was done bandaging him she laid down on the bed next to him.
"I remember walking sitting under a tree by a river reading a romance novel", she said looking up at the ceiling. "I remember you used to come to me when I was reading and make fun of me for being a hopeless romantic", Lust said chuckling.
Scar listened. She had just described in great detail, some of his favorite memories of her.
"I remember one day, we both sat under that tree and I read to you", Lust continued. "It was then that you", she hesitated before continuing, "that you kissed me for the very first time".
Lust turned to face Scar and put a hand on his cheek. "You know, I may not be the woman you once loved", she said to him, "but, we can still be together".
Lust slowly brought her face closer to his until the gap between them was closed, and their lips met.
Well, I'm ending here for now. You know the drill, see the little button that says 'submit review', press it! Or else I shall send the reaper of death to your homes! -laughs maniacally and then lights up a crack pipe-
Mr. Scarface