So sorry about the wait! Summers been hectic! Disclaimers in Ch. 3. Here's Ch. 4, Enjoy!
'Wha… Whats going on here?' Ed was standing wide eyed amongst the carnage of dead bodies everywhere. He heard a girl laughing in triumph at it all. 'Weak fools. Ah, but there's one left.' Ed ran frightened as she came toward him laughing. 'Nii-san, Nii-san.' Ed could see her smiling, laughing, that horrible laugh. 'Let me try.'
"EDWARD!"
"Huh?" Ed snapped out of his daze. "What?" Trista and Al stood by the bed.
"Nii-san are you all right?"
"Uh, yeah, yeah. Just remembering something."
"Are you sure?" Al said as he sat in a nearby chair(one with no arms).
"Yeah Al, don't worry about it." Ed replied smiling. Trista had pulled up a chair close to the bed. On the bedside table there was a tray with a small pitcher, a mug, and some breakfast. Trista poured tea from the small pitcher into the mug, then gave it to Ed.
"Drink, it will help get rid of the nightmares."
"How?" Ed asked as he took the mug.
"I know herb blends that take care of unwanted images. Drink." Ed drank and handed the mug back to her.
"You should have told me that you met Brian yesterday." Trista said, putting the cup back on the tray.
"How did you know that?" Ed said looking at her confused.
"He was under the window last night projecting those nightmares into your head."
"That was the man I saw last night?" Al asked.
"Yes Al, and you never should never have listened to him Ed."
"Well how am I supposed to know he's not telling the truth?" The blond alchemist was very agitated and confused.
"Because he's a Villain!"
"Calm down please! Villain has a wide range of meanings. Did something happen between you two to make you think that way?" Al asked, trying to calm them down.
"No, the Vile Infuriating Loathing Lying Atrocity In Numbers organization. Villain for short. They follow the Evil Lord in an attempt to rule the world. Brian is one of their leaders."
"Really? But then, why are you staying with us if you know he's here?" Ed asked, happy to know that their new friend was not their enemy.
"We need to get out of this town. But how to go unnoticed?" Trista held her chin in a thoughtful position.
"Why do we need to? And by the way, how did he project those images in my head? That's not a kind of alchemy." The alchemist stated his suspicions.
"Because him and I both come from a place where magic is as real as alchemy is. That's why." Trista crossed her arms.
"I say we trust her Nii-san." Al said, "She knows more about Brian than we do."
"All right. We can sneak out with the fair crowd, then split when we hit the next town." Ed stated giving in to Al's pleases.
"How will that work? Al is pretty noticeable."
"Hey, just trust me all right." Ed smiled, but Trista's face took on a pained look.
"Brain was right, this isn't like me at all." She smiled sadly, "Not only do I want to trust you but I, do trust you."
"What do you mean?" Ed's voice was soft, and sincere.
"Normally I don't trust people. This place is so weird, I'm not as cold as I was. After all I can actually smile here." She closed her eyes and smiled.
"Shall we get ready to go then?" Al asked, standing up.
"Yes, now Ed I want you to eat and finish off that tea. It will help guard you against Brain's mental attacks." Trista pointed her finger at him.
"You don't need to tell Nii-san to eat!" Al said laughing.
"Hah hah! Well I better get my stuff together. Meet you in the lobby." Trista walked out the door, down the hall, and into her room.
Brian sat on his box, he was in the fair crowd knowing that this is where they'd try to lose him. His twisted mind was deep in thought. 'She must have told them the truth by now.' He thought, 'After all, she is very touchy when it comes to what they think of her. Ah! But this is an advantage! She won't unleash her real self on me if they're around! Haha, THIS time Trista, I WIN!' He chuckled evilly to himself, for not only would she fight him, she would fight the killer.
Then he saw them and started to follow them. Trista could feel his eyes on them. They followed the crowd, but were on the outside. Especially when the crowd camped for the night.
"How long is this supposed to take?" Trista asked after a week of traveling.
"The whole trip will take 2 weeks, mainly because of the slow going and frequent stops." Ed replied.
"It's never taken me so long to travel. Then again I can fly so, I guess I sort of cheated."
"You can what!" Ed and Al asked in unison.
"Wind powers, not that unusual back home."
"You've gota teach me!"
"Me too!" Al said, pointing to himself.
"I'll try, but only if you teach me how to use my powers by just clapping. Deal?" Trista held out her hand.
"Deal!" Ed said as he shook it.
During the next week Ed taught Trista what she wanted to know, and so did she. Well, as best as she could. Let's just say that, all her efforts were… because I have failed to find a nicer way to put it… wasted. Utterly wasted. With no success whatsoever. I mean they are utterly hopeless when it comes to flying. Not to mention the fact that they had to learn at night and Ed was asleep half the time. Plus Ed's genius mind couldn't possibly comprehend any of the purely simple and understandable explanations she gave him. I'll shut up about it now for Ed will surely beat me if I go on. "Okay, one last time." Trista said the night before they reached the town, "You grab the wind, wrap it around you, then make it lift you." She demonstrated it with ease. Ed tried and landed on his butt.
"I just can't do it! Why?"
"Well maybe you can't do magic." She said, coming down. "Don't worry, I'll take you guys flying sometime. Even if I have to lift you myself." She patted the young alchemist's head, then helped him up. The next morning they headed to town and got there in the afternoon. They got a hotel then decided to enjoy the fair. As evening fell they came face to face with Brian. Trista jumped in front of Ed and Al.
"Calm down, I'm not here to fight." He said, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Liar. What do you want." Trista snapped.
"To talk."
"Well I'm not talking."
"Let me travel with you. Then have the boys decide who is right."
"It's a good idea."
"Ed!" Perplexed, Trista spun around and looked at him.
"Well this way we can know what we're up against when it's time to fight him."
"Good idea Nii-san." Al said and Trista sighed.
"Alright. But on one condition."
"What's that?" Brian asked.
"No completing your mission before they decide."
"I can agree to that."
"Good." They all started toward the hotel. When Ed and Al were inside Trista warned Brian, "Don't try any funny stuff. If you do I won't be as nice as the last time."
"The one where you killed everyone else?"
"Heh. That was a mistake. This time though, I will kill you."
"Are you saying you've embraced the killer?"
"I'm saying stay away from them. They're mine."
"Whatever you say. But I won't let you kill them."
"That's my line." She said as they got inside and went to their rooms. When she got to her room she whispers to what seems no one. "Keep an eye on him. If he tries any thing alert me." Then from an undetected source comes, "Yes, Master."