Nevermore Sister
Slipping Away
Skye opened her eyes from her slumber. She was graced with no dream that time, allowing her to get a good night's sleep. She was grateful, but slightly upset since she had to work. At least she didn't have to walk wall the way to the shop. She was also the one scheduled to open today. Well, at least it was a little convenient.
She got up from the bench and stretched, listening to her bones crack and pop back into place. She wasn't used to the hardness of a bench. She washed up a little from the basin of water that was kept in the back room where they would break for lunch. She slipped into some stored clothes she kept in one of the cupboards so she didn't have to wear the smelly ones from the night before.
She walked up to the front and went through the door. Her boss was at the counter, tending to some customers. He was deep in an argument with a boy she couldn't see. Since she was still waking up, she didn't notice the large suit of armor waiting outside the shop in front of the window. She blinked a few times and realized that the one she couldn't see was actually Fullmetal.
She turned on her heel to head back into the back room before she was spotted.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Skye ran out the back door in a hurry, not wanting to be caught by the boy. She ran down the alley to the front of the shop, but her path was blocked by the suit of armor. Edward was right behind her, catching up quickly. Skye was smarter than that. She turned to her right and ran up the side of the wall and jumped over Al easily and took off down the street towards the forest.
"Damn it!" Ed cried. "C'mon Al!"
Skye ran into the market place where groups of people stopped on the side of the road and watched the commotion. Some of them recognized Skye as being Darren and tried to stop Ed and Al from getting to them, giving Skye the advantage. Ed wasn't going to have that. He clapped his hands together and threw them to the ground. The blue light traveled across the ground and surrounded Skye, stopping her. The light rose up around her and formed a cage of solid rock trapping her.
She turned to look at Ed who was watching her from the other side of the cage. Her eyes bore into his with a look of hardness. She remained emotionless as Ed's hands opened and closed at his sides. Further back, she could see Al trying to hold off the public who were trying to help her. She closed her eyes and dropped her head slightly. She knew that the game of cat and mouse was over. She couldn't run from her siblings anymore.
"You finally caught me Edward," she said. "I commend you. I wasn't expecting this day for a long while."
"Yeah, well don't let it go to your head." There was silence around the area for a while.
"You going to let me out?" Ed looked at her like she was crazy. She got the hint.
"Well, guess I have to let myself out then."
As quick as lightning, she moved her hands over her forearms and threw them to the ground. The rocks crumpled and blew all over the place, causing Ed to recoil from getting dust in his eyes. As the dust settled, Ed looked where Skye should have been but found nothing there.
He closed his hands into fists, his automail screeching with protest from the strength and his flesh hand cracking. He was shaking furiously from head to toe. Al was at the ready to lock his brother away again if need be.
Ed looked at the ground where Skye was standing. There were footprints in the dirt. The rain made the ground wet enough so that footprints could be made. He stared after them immediately and ran towards the forest, Al right behind him.
A/N: OMFG! I should have updated this a week ago! Sorry! Short, I know. I had writer's block so. The next chapter will be a little longer and we will have "the talk". ThePatheticWriter knows what I'm saying. Until then, l8er.