Hey everyone! Thank you for reading my stories again, I get inspiration from your ideas! :3
ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:
IndigoWolfie: Meh, I had no idea what else Ed and Winry should throw at them, by the way, Ed threw that anvil ^_^
Lily: Oh no, no, no! I didn't mean anything too "intense" (bordering on sex or anything) nah, I'm far too much of an amateur to make a good chapter out of that anyway (embarrassed giggle) I just meant scenes like kissing, sexual innuendos, playful flirting…etc. Nothing too big, innocent yet slightly dirty so that also younger ones can read it.
Penguin19: hahaha Yeah, I thought of that too, I can't promise if it will be good but I'll do my best! :D
Emma: (cites the periodic table like Edward when embarrassed) haha T-thanks! It's seriously an honor when I hear such praise, especially since I never thought I would be good as a author, even if I tried :P Ling and Lan Fan as kids? Sure thing!
Anonymous J: haha thanks! :3 I wasn't sure if you guys would like fluffy scenes (no sex scenes) and while I never wrote that (heed the warning XD) I was thinking of giving it a shot!
Greedling Fan: lol uhhh….good question…haha I'm not sure if I'll be any good as a smutty author to be honest but I could give one story (separate from this one) a shot, I can't promise thought it will be good hehe.
JacJac-Arie: Oh, thanks so much! (scratches head) Hmmm, lemony one shots huh? Well, I'll give it a shot in the near future, just hope I won't be too cliché like many other authors I've read stories about, hell I've read some of the worst lemons and I never want to read them again . There is nothing worse than a intimate scene with too many clichés to count o,o Thank you JacJac-Arie!
Guest: No, no, don't worry about that! I seriously didn't mean any sex scenes, just some fluffy scenes nothing bad.
OtakuGirl: haha Will do! :D The Kimblee chapter is coming now! ;) About your newer review ^^ haha I will update today, or at least try to don't worry! Man...it makes me so happy to know people want to read my stories, thank you!
Bob: Thanks Bob! Well, Father, Lust and Pride overwhelmed him and they tortured him pretty badly .
Info on Chapter: Just for orientation, this chapter is set when they captured Scar and Ed was reluctant to leave Winry with him, Kimblee should arrive any minute and he knocked out Scar and captured Winry, he sent Ed a note through a Brigg's soldier. So Ed and his gang set out to rescue Winry from Kimblee, the only difference is Greed is with Ed and Al at Fort Briggs.
The Promise & The Rescue
"Why hello young lady, care to come with me?" Kimblee asked politely, tipping his white hat at Winry, who was glaring at him and worriedly glancing over at the unconscious Scar.
"You can't fool me! I'm not going anywhere with you!" Winry wasn't dumb, she had no chance of defeating this man in combat, he was clearly an alchemist, maybe even a State Alchemist. Winry didn't want to stick for too long to find out.
She turned and fled as quickly as she could, trying to navigate through the snow to run back toward the old warehouse to alert Edward.
She couldn't afford to get captured by this punk and yet as she was running, she suddenly felt very weak, with a quick but short burst of pain at her neck, she felt darkness envelop her in its grasp and drown her in the abyss of the unknown, banishing any coherent thought from her mind as she fell unconscious.
"What?!" Ed was furious, he knew he shouldn't have trusted her to go with Scar all alone! He had tried to kill him multiple times after all, "What do you mean Winry is missing?! Where is she?! Come on talk!" Ed lifted the collar of the poor soldier up in the air, the man was filled with fear.
"I-I-I-I don't know a-anything else! K-K-Kimblee sent me to deliver the message! H-h-he kidnapped Winry and s-s-says he's w-w-waiting for you Edward Elric!" Ed released the soldier and kicked his butt, furiously clawing at his hair and frantically pacing about.
"That damn Scar I knew I shouldn't have let him go with her! I knew it!" he will pay...he will pay dearly, Ed will make sure of it...
"Brother, I don't think you were listening, it's not Scar that kidnapped Winry, it's Kimblee," Al said to his brother, trying not let panic envelop him at the thought of their childhood friend getting kidnapped by one of the most dangerous men they've yet to engage in combat. Greed was leaning against the wall, a frown on his face.
"Damn it all to hell!" without warning, Ed took off, running out of Fort Briggs and outside in the snowy terrain.
"W-wait, brother!" Al ran after him, followed by Greed who scoffed.
"Is the runt always like this?" Greed rolled his eyes as he ran a little ahead of Al.
"Well..." Al sighed heavily, "Pretty much," he sped up when he saw Ed frantically following Scar and Winry's footsteps.
"Come on quit lagging! We need to follow their trails before the snow covers them!" Ed shouted loudly, gripping the earrings Winry had gifted him in his pocket tightly.
"Wait up kid! You can't just go and storm Kimblee's hideout! Do you even got a plan or something?" Ed stopped running and Greed and Al slowed down too.
Ed grit his teeth and turned his head to look at Greed, "I don't care about a plan Greed! Kimblee's a dangerous alchemist, he used to be a State Alchemist but was imprisoned for killing people he shouldn't have!"
"What's his story anyway? What do we know about him other than he's some dangerous big shot?" Greed crossed his arms, frowning.
"Hey Ling, can you sense something?" Greed asked Ling in their shared mind as the prince sat cross legged within the tempest of souls inside his own body.
"Let me check," Ling replied easily as Greed allowed him to take over his body, with some difficulty.
"Greeling?" Ed asked blinking as he squinted his eyes to determine if it was Greed or Ling.
"It's Ling," Ling closed his eyes and took a deep breath, concentrating on the chi all around him.
"Oh great, now he's doing that "dragon pulse" thing again! We don't have time to meditate Ling! We need to find Winry! Kimblee is dangerous! He could be doing anything to her now-"
"I got him," Ling opened his eyes, Greed's eyes, as the Homunculus covered his forearms in the Ultimate Shield and discreetly scanned the area around them with his keen eyes, "He's been watching us the entire time. The bastard's playing cat and mouse with us,"
Ed's eyes widened in surprise before he frantically looked around at the tall, rundown buildings, trying to look for the Crimson Alchemist.
"Where?! Where is he Greed?!" Ed transformed his automail hand into a blade, Al pressed his back against his brothers so they wouldn't get any surprise attacks from their blind spots.
"Ling says he's in there," Greed pointed to a rundown building a few feet away and just as Ed was about to sprint there, the whole building collapsed in a loud explosion.
Gold eyes widened in horror, "WINRY!" Ed ran as fast as he could towards the building but a explosion to his right flank forced him to dodge, Ed wiped his mouth and growled, looking around for the alchemist.
"Kimblee! You bastard, show yourself!" Al and Greed went into position, running towards Edward and looking everywhere.
"Watch out!" Greed shouted, dodging as Kimblee created another explosion. To their surprise, multiple more explosions surrounded them and trapped them in a circle of explosions.
"Shit!" Greed cursed, covered fully in the ultimate shield, he moved in front of Ed to protect him from the brunt of the explosion.
"Greed!" Ling shouted out in worry, sighing in relief when he saw the shield protected Greed's and his body from the explosion.
"Thanks!" Ed shouted over the loud noise trying to figure out where Kimblee was hiding.
"Watch your hide kid! From what I heard, Kimblee can create explosions anywhere he wants! All he needs is to be able to see the area," Greed narrowed his eyes, communicating with Ling again.
"Hey Ling, you said he had been in that building, well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but he burnt it down. Where is he now?" Ling took control again as Edward looked at him.
"God damn it can't you two work out a system?! I can't keep track anymore of who's who!" Ed snarled, quickly avoiding another explosion near him.
"This isn't working Ed, let me track him then immediately attack," this time Ling effortlessly sensed him, "Ed, Al! There!" Ling pointed to another building, this time farther away, straight ahead.
"Al let's go!" Ed quickly sprinted towards it, creating a massive set of stairs so he reached the top of the building.
"Damn Alchemists, hell Ling why can't you make these fancy stairs huh?! Why all this running?!" Greed barked, running towards the building as the Elric brothers were already inside.
"I'm sorry but do I look like a alchemist to you?!" Ling crossed his arms in displeasure, pouting like a child.
"You look like a big cry baby! Now stop talking, big bad Greed needs to concentrate!" Ling just scoffed in amusement and irritation as Greed couldn't help but roll his eyes at his sometimes cranky mind companion.
"Kimblee!" Ed shouted, his voice echoing in the seemingly empty building. Windows were broken, shards of glass and rubble scattered around the partly broken floor boards, this building certainly had seen better days.
"ED!" an all-too family cry moved Edward into motion, Al following suit.
"That's Winry! Down there brother!" Al and Ed quickly raced down the stairs, finding a frightened Winry standing behind Kimblee, who had his hands in his dress pants, still dressed in that all-white suit of his.
"Winry, are you alright?" Al asked, watching with worry how Winry looked so scared of Kimblee.
Kimblee looked at them from underneath the bridge of his hat, a slow, dangerous grin on his face, "Ah, the Elric brothers, to what do I owe the pleasure of your sudden visit?"
Kimblee's fake gentlemanly attitude only angered Ed even more, adding to it that Winry looked scared as hell from him, "Get the hell away from her Kimblee!" Kimblee smirked and suddenly wrapped an arm around Winry's shoulders, drawing her to his side.
"My apologies Edward, but it doesn't seem like I'll be getting rid of her just yet," Winry scoffed in anger at the alchemist, squirming in discomfort.
"You perverted bastard!" before Ed could make another step forward, Kimblee's eyes narrowed in warning.
"Oh I can assure you, I'm a gentleman through and through. I don't dare to touch a innocent maiden such as herself," Kimblee grinned, tightening his grip painfully on Winry, she grunted in mild pain.
"I advise you to plan your future actions thoroughly Ed, unless of course you want me to create a beautiful explosion with this pretty young lady? I imagine how beautiful the explosion may be with her blood mixed with it," Kimblee traced a single finger along Winry's cheek, causing her to shiver in fear and squirm against him even more, but his threat rang clear in her ears.
"You...you wouldn't!" Ed grit his teeth, trying to figure out what to do. If he made a careless move, he would get Winry in danger, Al couldn't perform any alchemy as well since Kimblee had an eye on them. It seemed like, whatever came up, he couldn't do any of it without endangering Winry.
Wait...
Where was Greed?! Where the hell was Greed?!
Did that bastard just turn tail and run?! Oh when he got his hands on that good-for-nothing, greedy, little-
There was a loud crash, in the next minute, Kimblee was face first on the floor, a foot covered in the ultimate shield on top of his head and Winry in the arms of Greed.
"Ha! I knew that would work! Man Ling, we are awesome ain't we?" Greed grinned broadly, looking smug as always.
There was a moment of collective shock, before a flying automail fist came crashing against Greed's unprotected face, causing his grip around Winry to completely slacken and to land hard against a wall.
Greed groaned, gripping his head, "Aw man...talk about playin' the hero...Ling you said playing hero was nice!" Greed narrowed his eyes at Ed, who was glaring daggers at him.
"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU, YOU STUPID HOMUNCULUS?! WINRY ALMOST GOT KILLED, AL ALMOST GOT KILLED, WE ALL ALMOST GOT KILLED!" Al had to hold Ed back from punching Greed again, who scoffed and straightened up, dusting off his coat.
"Yeah, yeah, 'You're the best ever Greed, thank you so much for saving us!', man you guys are lame. I don't even get that?" he crossed his arms.
Winry smiled, walking up toward Greed and going on her tip toes to kiss him on the cheek, Ed's eyes almost bulged out of his head before he fainted in his brother's arms.
"Brother! Brother! Hold on brother, we will get you some help! " Al quickly snagged Ed's soul and shoved it back inside his body before it could escape, "Not yet, we still need you brother!"
Greed rubbed his cheek and looked surprised at Winry, who smiled happily at him, "Thank you for saving me Greed, I never thought I would say that anytime soon,"
The Homunculus blinked before he smirked and felt pride swell within him, "Ah, no need to thank me, young lady. I only do what is right," Greed examined his hand, a satisfied smirk on his face.
"I can't believe I willingly allowed him to share my body...I still can't believe I wasn't drunk that time too..." Ling shook his head, sitting cross-legged inside their shared mind.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?! I did good didn't I? Be proud of me you damn kung fu freak! Look, I got a kiss and you didn't! HA!" Greed boasted to himself, grinning.
"That's not kung fu damn it!" Ling's chi flared and he punched Greed in the face, or rather his own face, Greed retaliated by punching back.
"Ow! Damn it Ling! That hurts!" Greed fought for control before he bit his own arm and Ling cried out in pain, when Ling tried to bite him back, Greed covered their arms in the ultimate shield.
"We need help..." Winry nodded vigorously at Ed's remark.
"Actually they need help..." Winry couldn't help but laugh when Greed and Ling took control over their shared body and tried overpowering one another.
"Well, I'm glad you're safe Winry, let's go home," Ed smiled and blushed when Winry smiled back and suddenly took his hand.
"Yeah let's," she smiled happily.
"Oh Wiiiiinrryyyy," Al had that cat-like smile on his face again, teasing his brother and friend.
"AL SHUT UP!" Both young adults shouted out in embarrassment.
The end I hope everyone enjoyed it! :D