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Misery was shocked when she hoped into the dining room window of the Bradley estate to find Wrath fighting with Greed and Greed spewing some nonsense.
"... What's going on, Misery?!" Yumi's voice said in her head.
"Now not the time, Yumi." Misery snapped but gasped suddenly, grabbing her chest and digging her nails into her skin as Yumi's thoughts hit her brain wildly and flashbacks flew through her mind. Flashbacks of Greed, Chimera's, the Ishval revolution, these weren't Misery's memories at all! They were Yumi's.
Failure concentrating
Body/motor responses hesitating
Soul/ego shaking
Blur between daydreams and awakening
Loss of control and perpetual
Sense that luck and light are fading
No more ruminating
Shake the strife off your life or keep on waiting
That's my situation
Can't escape 'cause to run is degradation
No expectations
Still I fight to bite temptation
Got to be brave as I unenclave
Find the prize is my fixation, I'm
Still holding onto my pride, Oh
Is this the shine of a wine-toasted victory
Or is it just a sad bitter sigh of defeat?
I'll take it either way.
If fate is just a play
I'm tying the strings up starting today
Sound the chime, golden time
Steal perfection in its prime
Take your place, poker face
Ready for the race I will choose to refuse the illusion
And shatter the nightmare
Faking tame, pressure game
Win or lose it's all the same
Pay the fine, border line
Hapless to divine
If there's any how many and when
Will these games find an ender?
What's the last thing I want to surrender?
Misery fell to her knees, her purple eyes wide with fury. "What, the fuck, is, happening?!" She gasped out in between breaths.
Yumi glanced around her to find herself back in that first room with the deep blue colored carpet, no doors no windows, just the blue carpet and black roof and walls. She noticed a bright light at the top, probably on the roof she thought, and somehow managed to float up to it and look through it hesitantly.
Her eyes widened as she saw what looked like Ling fighting Wrath. She couldn't hear what they were saying but she could see that Ling was losing. "No! Not Ling too!" She gasped out, her jaw clenching in fury. She watched as Ling ran towards the window but she didn't care. She was a homunculus. And damn god, she was going to kill Wrath.
She dove straight into the bright light.
Misery fell to the ground on her side next to where Wrath had dropped two of the four swords he was using. She started to thrash around, one hand on either side of her head as she fought against the determined human inside her head. "Stop..." She growled out and flipped onto her stomach, her nails digging into the floor before her thrashing and cries of pain stopped.
She slowly moved her legs so that she was stood on her knees. She picked up both of the swords in front of her and in one swift movement threw one straight at Wrath's head. He caught with ease before he slowly turned around to face her.
"Misery, what is the meaning of this?" He growled out. She grinned widely and slowly placed one foot on the ground, her arm rested on the leg as she twirled the other sword in her hand before she slowly rose completely to her feet, her heels digging into the floor.
"It's Yumi." She growled as she spun around and flicked some hair out of her face, raising her head to glare him dead in the eye. Her deep blue eyes holding a dangerous look in them, as if they were challenging his purple ones.
"I see. So Misery let you out?" Yumi laughed a cold emotionless laugh.
"She didn't exactly have much choice in the matter." She frowned at him. "But I didn't crawl out to chat with you. I forced my way out to finally get my revenge!" She snapped before she rushed forward. Her eyes widened as he immediately stabbed her in the shoulder causing a cry of pain to escape her mouth. She gritted her teeth and quickly jumped back several paces. She ripped the sword out of her shoulder and darted quickly away, dodging his attacks as best as she could. She dropped to the ground only to get stabbed in the eye by Wrath's sword.
She ripped the sword out and rolled to the side out of the way only for something to pin her to the wall. It didn't take her long to realize it was Wrath's sword's, pinning her to the wall. She slowly let her shoulders relax, knowing Misery would take the opportunity. She could feel her wounds heal and grinen, immediately lifting her head and shoving Misery back down.
She pressed her fingers against the wall causing a loud explosion to sound throughout the room. Smoke filled the air, followed closely by the earth shaking. She hissed in pain as the giant fists snapped the swords in half. She ripped her hands out from what was left of the swords and cradled them to her body carefully as she burst out through the broken window, landing lightly in a tree.
She ran. Down the streets through central, knowing she wasn't safe. Gluttony could be hiding anywhere. Envy could be any of the people she passed. Pride could be in every shadow. Wrath could be on his way right now. And Sloth could be under her feet. Right under the very ground she ran on.
Without thinking she darted onto the train docks, breathing heavily. She narrowed her eyes as she saw a letter lying on the floor with her name written on it. She opened it up and started to read in her head.
"Dear Misery/Yumi.
I know this is probably Misery who is reading this.
But I was just wondering if you could get Yumi to read this and write us back.
Hey Yumi.
How's life as a Homunculus?
Listen...Don't come up North.
There's a lot going down, besides!
We're leaving the North tomorrow.
So is General Armstrong.
Kimblee was up here.
Please don't come up here just to get him.
We'll be coming to Central next.
I hope you get control of your body again soon.
:)
~Ed & Al.
Ps. Your old boss and mentor, General Armstrong.
She is fucking scary!
If you do come up here and we're still here locked up unconscious in a cell...
PLEASE DON'T LET HER KILL US!" Yumi smiled brightly before she quickly got to work on a reply.
"Hey there, Pipsqueak..." She murmured to herself as she wrote.
Despite her best efforts she couldn't control Misery long enough for her to completely regenerate her wounds. She gritted her teeth and coughed up blood as she slowly made her way up hill towards the abandoned house Gluttony had eaten part of. "At least...nobody will bother me up here." She gritted her teeth together in agony as she fell to her knees and coughed up more blood before she scrambled to her feet and burst into the pitch black house.
She finally made herself over to a wall and fell down on her side breathing heavily. "Yumi!?" She narrowed her eyes and she struggled to look up, her vision blurry but sure enough she sould still easily make out Ed's form as he waved somebody over.
"Hey, Kid, You're gonna die if you keep this up."
"I don't fucking care." She whispered.
"Well you should! Look, I won't take control of your body for good. I'll let you have it back again, but your wounds need regeneration. And your soul is in some pretty bad shape, too." Yumi's eyes widened. She would've argued more, but she just didn't have the strength.
"This... Better not be...a fucking...trick...Misery..." Yumi wheezed out before she allowed her shoulders to droop and her eyes to flutter close.
Suddenly her eyelids flew open and instead of her deep blue eyes, now a pair of bright purple eyes glared back at them. "It's about time the kid's strength wore out." She said as she stood up and stretched. "Not letting me regenerate these wounds actually causes me a homunculus some pain after a while." Re electricity crackled all over her body.
"Misery, give her that body back!" Ed yelled as he hit her repeatedly in the head with a stick.
"Will you stop-"
"Give it back, Give it back, Give it back, Give it back, Give it back, Give it back, Give it back," Ed ordered repeatedly as he kept on hitting her.
"Will you stop that!" She snapped. "Look. It's not just the outside wounds that need healing. Her soul is in some pretty rough shape." Misery said.
"...What do you mean?" She sighed.
"Look. Ever since I too control of her body her thoughts have been filled with Greed, and Ling, and You and your brother, and ishval, and the military. Plus, seeing who she thinks is Ling, the one person who reminds her of Greed, nearly dying by Wrath's hand terrified her to such a degree that she needs to just cool her tits." Misery explained.
"Why does she have to be so stubborn?" Greed suddenly questioned from the doorframe.
"How am I supposed to know! She was your little girlfriend, Greed!" Misery snapped irritably causing him to chuckle.
"Oh well. We'll just have to wait for her to wake up and then-"
"She doesn't remember." Everybody turned to her. "That Greed is alive again and in Ling's body. She doesn't remember."
"What!?" Ed shouted.
"For some reason, she subconsciously wanted to forget it or something so she doesn't remember seeing Ling become a Homunculus." She explained.
"Well why don't we just tell her then?" Darius suggested causing Ed, Misery, and Greed to glare at him like he was crazy.
"Are you crazy!?" They all shouted in unison.
"She nearly broke my face when he died!" Ed exclaimed.
"She loves to hold a grudge." Suddenly His eyes closed and Ling grinned widely. "Not to mention the fact that Greed promised her he wouldn't die and the died." He said cheerfully.
"Plus," They all turned to look at Misery. "She's a homunculus now." They all gulped.
"Okay, it's settled. I'm gonna hide away inside my brain while she beats Greed to a bloody pulp." Ling decided abruptly.
No matter how many times we're reborn
I want to meet you here again
I'll hold your hand so we're not separated
We talked until the sun came up in the morning
We held hands until the sun went down in the evening
Let's spend tomorrow and the next day like this too
Shadows and light
Now I wonder
What do you carry in your heart
And what world did you live in?
You can't find warmth alone
Looking at the town with lonely eyes
When I met you
I learned for the first time
Just how much strength love gives you
No matter how many times we're reborn
I want to meet you here again
I'll hold your hand so we're not separated
I can't sleep alone, because I can't dream
On starless nights, I'll keep shining on you
And take you to a place where no anxiety can reach you
I can go anywhere if I'm with you
Even roads that I couldn't walk alone
With you I can walk them, humming as I go
As long as you're here, I'm happy.
I know, I'm progressing through it really quickly, BUT it will all be made clear, later on! Just read, read, read.
Review, Review, Review?
~The Goddess of Darkness.