Nevermore Sister

Alcoholic Escape

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Damn! What the hell is he doing here? How the fuck did he find me?

She didn't wait around to find out. She quietly grabbed her cap and placed it on her head, making sure her hair was concealed in it. Going over to the window, she opened it and slipped out into the back alley. She then power walked to get as far away as possible from the creep at her front door and as close as possible to the city tavern.

Envy somehow found out where she was. Shr really needed a drink now. How he found her, she may not know, but the reality factor was that he found her. She really needed that damned drink. Lucky for her, the tavern was only a few streets away from her apartment.

Once the door was in sight, she sighed in relief. She walked up to it and opened it, just as the dark cloudy sky outside began to drop the forcasted rain. She walked through the maze of tables up to her favorite spot at the counter. She sat down and placed her head on her folded arms and exhaled loudly when the bartender came up to her. She smiled weakly at him before dropping her head down.

"Rough day?" Bernie asked.

"You have no fucking idea," she answered. "The damn bastard gave me a five minute notice for a pick up I started not three minutes before. I hate using alchemy at work. Takes the joy out of doing things the real way."

"I hear ya," he said while wiping a glass. He leaned down close to her ear, the outgoing twinkle in his eyes going serious. He whispered something in her ear. Her head shot up when he was done and she looked at him.

"What did you say?" she asked. He gave her a look that she recognized as not saying much. But only enough to throw someone off the scent.

Skye groaned and slammed her head on the counter, gaining a few eyes. Bernie took that as the universal sign to give her the strongest stuff he had in stock. He silently poured her a small glass of a dark amber liquid and placed it on the counter next to her hand. She picked it up before it touched the table and downed it like lemonade, placed the glass on the table and slammed her head against the surface again.

"Keep doing that and you'll owe me a new counter."

"Not if I manage to bash my head in beforehand."

Bernie chuckled and poured her another glass of the stuff, knowing that she would have to reach about eight of them before she was affected in any way by the hard liquor. Skye picked up her head enough to put the glass to her lips, but she just closed her eyes and rested her face against the cool glass.

The door opened with a bang that was drowned by the thunder outside. Bernie only shook his head and went to wash some more glasses. Skye didn't care who it was that was there. She kept her eyes shut.

"Damn it! I hate the rain. Win's gonna kill me."

"What about me?"

"Sorry."

Skye knew those voices. They were the same ones from the shop earlier. She snapped her eyes open and turned her head enough to see the short blonde boy and that hunk of armor walking her way. She kept her eyes on them as they sat down at the counter next to her. Ed sat a seat away, with the armor on the other side.

She watched as Bernie placed a glass of coke on the counter in front of Ed and something else in front of the armor. Ed looked out of the corner of his eye towards her and grinned. She only rolled her eyed and downed her glass. She held it out and Bernie refilled it.

"We're not it the shop anymore," Ed stated. "You can't kick me out."

"No," she answered before downing that glass. "But I can still kick your ass."

"Listen!" Ed said, standing. "I'm sick and tired of your bullshit attitude! I want some answers and I want them now. Make this easy so I won't have to hurt you."

"I don't talk to State Alchemists," she said. "They're nothing but puppets and they snoop in things that don't concern them. Much like what you're doing. I don't recommend you getting into a fight with me, Pooch. I'm better than any State Alchemist."

"Do you even know who I am?" Ed asked, getting ready to transmutate his blade.

"No," she said simply, downing the recently filled glass.

"I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist! Youngest State Alchemist in the country!"

Skye's eyes went wide with sudden realization. She turned her head to the blond and stared. Her breath caught in her throat and her skin paled a little.

"Th-th-the Full M-m-metal Al-alchemist?" she stammered.

"Yeah. Edward Elric."

Skye threw Bernie a look and he seemed to get the idea. He groaned in fake pain and fell to he floor. Ed and Al turned their attention to the fallen man. As soon as that happened, Skye bolted from her seat and ripped through the room to the doors. Ed recovered from the trick and yelled out in frustration. He soon followed her to the door and outside into the rain.

The chase was on!

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A/N: Another one bites the dust! I hope it was better than the previous about the length.

Fullmetal Inuyasha of Konoha: Was this a little better? You also win the cookie. (Hands you cookie)

The Pathetic Writer: I hoped you liked this one too. You get the cookie as well! (Hands you cookie)

Read and Review people. new challenge: How many drinks did Skye have? Get this correct and I'll give you a danish.