"Oh shit." The words escaped my mouth, and as soon as they were out, I instantly regretted them. Ed stared at me in shock.
"Lynette... What happened?" He asked quietly, but I could see the menacing glare in his eyes. I took a breath, turning to face Ed.
"Let's talk about this when we get back... We're causing a scene." I said, glancing around at some of the people who stopped to stare. Ed's gaze followed mine, and he grudgingly agreed, his hand moving down to hold my hand tightly, dragging me along behind him.
Holding his automail hand like that, I felt no warmth. And I'm sure he didn't either, but he seemed too... Angry? To care. I sighed.
I'm in for it later.
"What happened?" Ed's voice was soft, but I could feel the hidden sharpness to it. I faced him as he closed the door to the room I had been previously occupying, leaving us alone. I chewed on my lip nervously, trying to think of what to say. I couldn't tell him about the philosopher stone for obvious reasons, so I needed to distract him. And considering this was Edward Elric I was talking about, it'd be hard to put him off what he set out to find out.
"I was looking for you." I said, looking at my feet. "I'm sorry... I was wrong to argue with you. I wanted to apologize for saying what I did..." My tone was full of regret. I almost got killed because I was too weak to defend myself... He was right to say that earlier. I thought.
"Lynette..." Ed said, and I felt myself being pulled into a warm hug. The warmth I couldn't feel from his hand was hidden in this hug, and it was more comforting than anything any other person could ever do for me. "I was so worried..." His whisper made goosebumps blossom all over my arms, and I hugged him back.
"I'm sorry." I said, pulling away from the hug and looking Ed in the eyes. "I promise, from now on, I'll be more careful." Since it'd kill you to lose another person you care about, I added silently, letting go of Ed. I was about to walk back to my bed to sit down when I felt myself being pulled back, suddenly spun around.
My eyes widened as I felt Ed's lips collide with mine, his cool automail hand sliding up to firmly cup the side of my face so I wouldn't be able to pull away. With a sharp intake of breath, my body went rigid, completely still as Ed continued to pull me closer to him, not intending to let me go anytime soon as his lips moved against my own in a way that made my heart race too fast for it to be healthy.
"That was… Exhilarating." Ed said, his mood seemingly having improved after the heated kiss. I, on the other hand, was still motionless, trying to keep myself from hyperventilating.
I was still totally new to this whole kissing thing, after all.
"I swear to Truth, if you do that again, you're paying for my hospital bills when I have a heart attack." I mumbled, and Ed gave me a weird look.
"What, do I send your heart racing that much?" He raised an eyebrow, a new sense of pride shining in his eyes. I hit his arm, making sure it was his flesh one, since I didn't want to make the same mistake twice.
"It's only because I love you, shortie." I stuck my tongue out childishly as I slipped out of his grip. I ran around the room, unable to hold back a mischievous Cheshire cat smile as he chased me, ranting about how he wasn't vertically challenged.
Later, Ed had gone out shopping again, leaving me alone with the chimeras, the doctor, and his wife. The doctor had sent Ed out to get some groceries, so I was bored to death, lying around in the room and attempting to take a nap.
That's when I heard footsteps outside my door.
"The military are here." Both chimeras said as they opened the door. I eyed them warily.
"Already?" My lazy reply came.
"We've been here for over a week." Heinkel stated, sweatdropping. I groaned, getting off my bed and walking over to the door.
"So, where am I hiding?"
So, tucked away in a closet I hadn't noticed, I watched through a crack in the door as Darius lied down in my bed, acting like another patient.
It wasn't long before we heard loud footsteps march up the stairs, undoubtedly the soldiers the chimeras had spotted outside a few moments before.
The door was thrown open, and two men walked through it, approaching Darius. One stayed in the hallway, closing the door behind the two that entered. Once I recognized one of them, I swore under my breath. Hunter… What's he doing here?
"Are you the only patient back here?" Hunter asked in an assertive tone. Darius sat up, keeping his sick act up quite well.
"Yeah," He answered with a hoarse voice. "Why are you asking? What's wrong?" Hunter's gaze sharpened in suspicion as he looked Darius up and down.
"Tell me," Hunter said, "Were you at the bank this afternoon?" Darius's eyes narrowed dangerously, and Hunter quickly recognized the threat, whipping out his gun.
"Don't move!" He ordered hastily. "Slowly raise your hands above your head!" While Hunter said that, I caught a snippet of conversation from the hallway.
Ignoring Hunter's yells at Darius, I focused on trying to hear what was happening in the hallway.
That's when I heard a loud thump in the hallway. I guess that was Ed knocking out the guy for calling him short, I thought, holding back a snicker. Thank god he's back already.
Hunter spun around with his gun still aimed at Darius, looking at the door as the other soldier quickly threw it open, dashing outside to help his comrade who was currently lying on the floor, unconscious.
Another thump was heard, eliciting a grin from me. Now that all his lackeys are taken care of, I thought, cracking my knuckles. It's time for me to get some revenge.
With ease, I whipped out the gun the chimera's had given me and shot Hunter's gun out of his hand, probably putting a hole through his palm in the process. Kicking open the door, I darted over to Hunter, kicking him in the nuts as he spun around to see what was happening. He doubled over, curling up in fetal position and clutching his bleeding hand as I stood above him, stepping on his head proudly.
"Sucks for you, you little BITCH!" I cackled before finally bending over to hit a nerve in his neck, knocking him out cold. Darius sweat dropped.
"You're awfully sadistic for a little girl." He said, and I rolled my eyes.
"I get that a lot." I shrugged as we walked out of the room to meet Heinkel and Ed, who were waiting for us in the hallway.
"Nice job, Ed." I said, admiring his handiwork. He sighed and grabbed my hand, dragging me downstairs with Heinkel and Darius following.
We had a quick talk with the doctor and his wife, deciding we should be leaving. They agreed, having had enough go on in the house for the day, and we prepared to leave.
As Darius and Heinkel gathered their stuff, I saw Ed looking at a small piece of paper.
"What's that?" I asked, padding over and looking over his shoulder.
"It's the description of me that the soldiers had," He said, and I nodded in understanding.
"A red coat, braid… It's not very detailed," I observed.
"Yeah, luckily. I think I might stay with this look for now." Ed said, turning to me and tucking the paper in his pocket. I smiled.
"I think you look good with your hair down anyway." I said, teasingly twirling one of his blonde locks around my finger. He growled in response.
"FREEZE!" We heard a new voice yell. All of our gazes darted to the two new soldiers that aimed their guns at us, probably backup.
"I'll get you back for that later." Ed muttered in a low voice that only I could hear, and I struggled to keep a straight face.
"Don't move!" The soldiers said at the same time, and the chimera's looked at us.
"Kids, get away from them!" One of the soldiers yelled to us, and I bit my lip hard on a laugh.
Darius and Heinkel, realizing the opportunity, grabbed Ed and I and aimed their guns at our heads threateningly.
"Stay back or they're dead!" Heinkel called intimidatingly.
"Don't make us have to blow these kid's brains out!" Darius added. Once the soldiers lowered their guns, Heinkel carried me and Darius carried Ed as they raced out of the house.
"Let's get some wheels," Darius said, glancing at a nearby car. It was the soldier's car, and more soliders were crowded around it, but Heinkel quickly took care of them, shooting at the neighbor's roof causing an avalanche of snow to pour down on the poor unfortunate souls as we stole their car, racing down the street.
Ed looked back only to find that the other soldiers were already in close pursuit, gaining on us as we sped down the pavement.
Nothing frightened me more than being in a speeding car. Terrified, I clutched at the seat and shut my eyes tightly, praying that we'd survive and that it would end soon.
After about five minutes of Ed shouting at Darius, the driver, we took a sharp turn that almost threw me against the car door, with Ed barely catching me in time as we skidded to a halt not far from out turn.
In a flash of blue light, Ed had transformed the outer shell of the car into something a bit more exotic looking, but it was enough to let the soldiers pass by without realizing we were in it.
"And you doubted me," Ed said with a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, well, can you change it back into a normal car now?" Heinkel asked, slightly irritated.
"And why's that?" Ed asked as Darius started driving away. "I think this car looks cool as hell!"
"Lynette, can you change it back?" Darius asked, giving up on trying to get Ed to change it. I was currently making myself take deep breaths, trying to recover from the fear that had spiked my adrenaline through the roof.
"What if I don't want to?"
A few days had come and gone by the time we had arrived at the place I knew Ed was heading to, the place Al would most likely be.
"Where are we?" Darius asked, looking at the half-torn apart house.
"We used this as a hideout before." Ed said, looking at me.
"And you're positive that your brother is here?" Heinkel questioned, and Ed chuckled.
"I know Al better then he knows himself," Ed said confidently. "This is the only place he would be."
After checking the house, Darius whacked Ed in the head.
"There's nobody here!" He exclaimed exasperatedly, "Yeah, you really know your brother." Heinkel frowned.
"We busted our tails for hundreds of miles for an empty house?" He said, displeased. That's when I saw him sniff the air, suddenly catching something. He quickly retreated to a corner, whipping out his gun and aiming somewhere past where Darius and Ed were standing. That's when it struck me what part we were at.
Ling.
Darius and Ed backed into the darkness next to Heinkel, shutting off the oil lamp as they stared into the darkness, waiting for something to come.
I, on the other hand, ran out into the darkness and quickly caught sight of the approaching silhouette, holding my arms out as the person collapsed in them.
"LING~!" I squealed, excited to see him after all this time. I helped him up, wrapping his arm around my shoulders and leading him inside the house where both chimeras and Ed looked at me, dumbfounded.
"Lynette…. Isn't that Greed?" Ed's voice came as he walked out of the shadows, turning on the lamp and shining it on Ling.
Ling's stomach rumbled as his legs gave out on him. "So… Hungry…" Ling groaned softly, and Ed nodded, looking back at me.
"Yep, that's Ling."
HI GUYS! OMG I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN AN ASSHOLE AND NOT UPDATED FOR LIKE A FEW WEEKS OMG.
Yeah, I've been really distracted. School is done, and I aced all my finals, so YAYY! But here comes summer, the time where my parents force me to work when I'm not off at camp. Not only that, but out of the two main friends I still keep in touch with, one is going to China for the whole summer and the other is going to camp for a while. BLEH!
Anyway, how's the story? OMG I was blushing like a maniac when writing the romantic scene in here. It's a little more… *ahem* Intimate than anything I've ever written.
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