Innocence Of A Homunculus
Chapter Eight
The next morning, Winry would finally be walking through the door.
"Winry dear, you have a couple visitors." Her grandmother would say, hearing her walk in.
"Visitors?" That was weird. The only two she could think of would be Ed and Al.
And of course, it was none other then them. Winry walked into her living room as Edward turned to look at her. "And just where did you go to last night?" In an almost accusing tone of voice.
"What do you mean?" Winry blinked, not really catching on at first.
"Last night, me and Al came here to find you." He stood up. "But you weren't here. Where were you?"
"At Sarah's house." She said innocently. "What's the big deal? Is there something wrong?" Totally oblivious. But it wasn't her fault…no one ever told her anything.
Edward sighed in relief. "Well, at least I know we weren't too late."
"Too late?" Still in the dark. "Too late for what! You're not telling me anything Edward! What the hell is going on huh!"
"Nothing." Edward sat back down again. "But me and Al are going to stay here for a few days…if that's alright with you."
Alphonse had remained quiet long enough. He knew if Edward didn't say anything by now, then he never would. "Winry…we're only here because we think that someone may be after you."
"Al!" Edward's attempt at keeping Winry safe by leaving her in the dark had failed.
"After me? But…why? Who?" Almost instantly terrified.
"It's a long story…I don't feel like getting into the details." Edward crossed his arms.
"You wouldn't have to get into details if I only knew what was going on from the start!" Winry was in tears now. "Why do you insist on lying to me like this!" And without even giving him time to answer, she ran outside.
"Brother!" He looked to Edward who seemed to be in one of his moods. "Shouldn't we go after her? What if something happens?"
"I don't want to think about that right now." He sighed, standing up. "She thinks I have to tell her everything…but for what? So she can worry herself to death? She doesn't understand a thing…"
- - -
"I'm tired of this. I'm tired of being lied to." Winry had stormed out of her house, walking in an aimless direction which oddly enough was headed towards the woods.
"Hm?" Hearing something, Vanity looked around. She was the first to wake up and had decided to wander about. The town was so familiar, she couldn't help it.
Winry figured if she disappeared for a while, Edward would worry and feel bad for making her run off like she did. She would play the guilt trip on him.
Narrowing her eyes, Vanity seemed more like a cat ready to pounce. Listening in as Winry muttered to herself, going on and on about something. "It was you…IT WAS YOU!"
"Huh!" Not only was it an unexpected attack, but Winry was too angry at the moment to even realize she was being attacked upon. As a chain came out from within the trees, tightly wrapping around her, it pulled her into the woods.
"It Was You!" Pulling the chain as it drug Winry though the grass and dirt till she brought her face up to hers. Vanity narrowed those lavender colored eyes in utter rage. "You made him forget about me!"
"Who? I don't know what you're-" And it finally struck her. "Edward! This is about Edward!"
"I Knew It Was You!" Vanity was furious, grabbing the back of Winry's head as she shoved her face into the dirt. Now beginning to drag her away.
- - -
Envy would then find himself waking up a bit later. Sitting up as he looked around, scratching the back of his head. "Wait a minute…"
He blinked, now coming up to his feet in a bit of surprise. "Vanity?"
That was strange. "Where the hell did she go!" And so the search was on.
- - -
"Brother, can we please go look for her now?" Alphonse pleaded.
They both sat outside on the front steps, Edward seemed to be in deep thought as he looked at the little gold compact.
"Brother?" Again he tried to get through.
Edward then stood up, slipping the mirror compact into his pocket. "We need to start getting ready."
"Ready?" He was a little confused.
"We need to set Elizabeth to rest. That's the only thing we can do for her."
"But that wasn't who I was talking about!" Poor Alphonse though he misunderstood him.
"I know. But I honestly don't think Elizabeth would try to hurt anybody…she seems too innocent." Edward shook his head, walking down the steps as he started to head off.
"So what's your plan then?" Alphonse was a little scared to ask.
"I want to try and lure her out. Maybe try to bring her to a place that will be familiar to her… Not Alexander's house, his parents might get too freaked out. And we don't know where she used to live…so the only thing else I can think of is the cemetery." Edward then dug around in his pocket, and handed his brother a small folded piece of paper.
"What is this?" Alphonse opened it, looking to see it was a transmutation circle.
"If we want to release her, we're going to have to kill her Al." Edward's voice sounded a little shaky for some reason.
"We're actually going to do that!" Alphonse was such a kind soul, it wasn't a surprise to hear his protest against killing something that was so seemingly evil.
"We have to Al! I wish there could be another way…but there isn't. She doesn't have anything here…so maybe this way she can find Alex and be happy."
- - -
"Where are you taking me!" Winry cried, still being drug around in the dirt.
"Someplace where no one will ever find you…" Vanity sneered as she came upon the cemetery. "You want to take my place…you can have it."
Pulling her into the cemetery, she found her grave still just recently dug up from Edward the night before. "Less mess for me then." She smiled, and snatched the chain from around Winry. Pushing her into the hole in the ground.
"What!" Winry, now in a total state of panic, couldn't believe what was going on. Now being shoved into the empty coffin, screaming and crying. What else could she possibly do?
- - -
At this point, Envy would have tracked Vanity down. But also realized who would soon be coming to meet her also. Edward was making his way to the very same spot.
"What the hell does that little punk think he's doing?" Trying to hold himself back from his urge to rip him apart, something struck his mind. "He can't possibly…" Envy knew that in order to get rid of a homunculi you need the remains of the body they were born from.
Looking at Edward and then back towards the cemetery, he had to quickly make a decision.
