Sorry for the shortness and lateness of the chapter! Here's chapter 7 of To Be. Enjoy!
Illidan the Half Demon- Thank you so much for all of your reviews and continuing to read this story!
Midori woke up to sounds of chains clattering and felt something cold and heavy tightly wound around her arms. She cracked her eyes open just a little to see her surroundings. She was in some type of cell, chained to a wall with her arms spread wide apart giving her no advantage with alchemy. The only way light came into her little space was through the barred window on the door. The rest of the walls were solid concrete. She could feel the locator pulsing in her pocket. That was good. Michio could track her down. That was the whole plan. Yes, it was dangerous, but it was the only one they could think of. They couldn't investigate the case by asking around without seeming suspicious. Telling the whole town that one of them was a State Alchemist was out of the question. They would become prime targets. None of them were experts at that. Genji was always the one who asked around for information. Michio would turn the locator off so it stopped pulsing, telling Midori that he had pinpointed her location. Then, a clattering of boots disturbed her thinking. She immediately closed her eyes and slowed down her breathing. The clattered stopped in front of her cell door. She heard a key turning in the lock, and with a squeak, the door opened and two men came in. She couldn't help but wince at the sudden burst of light as it shone through her eyelids. So much for sleeping. She thought. The locater in her pocket stopped pulsing. Well, let's try the next best thing. She tried to look pitiful and meek. She hated doing that. She was in no way pitiful or meek, but that was not the case despite her pride. It didn't work on either one of the men. She soon gave that up too. It wasn't going to work anyway. She couldn't really look those ways unless it really was true, even if her life depended on it. One of the men undid her locks and she was practically dragged between the men. When they halted, Midori took a chance and looked forward, only for a second though. Then she resumed staring blankly at the floor. Her thoughts were in a whirlwind. What she had just seen confused her. She in an oddly large laboratory and with a huge circle drawn in the middle? She recognized it. This was no murder this was human transmutation! She struggled against her captor's grasp, but the burly men's grip was too strong. She struggled harder as she got closer and closer to the center of the circle, but they were in vain. She was held down as the two men locked her wrists and ankles in the open shackles to the floor. She grimaced; they were crusted in dried blood; no doubt belonging to the previous person here. She stopped her struggles when she heard a harsh whisper.
"You're a lovely specimen. Yes, you would be the most perfect project." He gloated at his "specimen". He seemed…happy. Midori's lips drew back. This man had fun in fiddling with life and then throwing them away uselessly like they were nothing. Something came into the room and handed a cage with something white inside it. She couldn't see what either one of the things were. They were too far away, at the edge of the room, for her to see. The cage was set down next to her. She now could see that was some sort of bird of prey. It was pale in comparison to the dark surroundings. Then, something else crept into the room, more like tomb, and signaled frantically to the man. It was mute. His face settled into a panicked expression. He signaled the thing back and it settled by his side, waiting.
The circle's lights quickly flared up as it was activated.
Thousands of needles stabbed through her skin, over and over again unbearably.
Her lip bled where her teeth had pierced through it.
Then, darkness mercifully overwhelmed her consciousness and took her away.
Again, sorry for the lateness and shortness of this chapter! Please please reivew!
-Dark Reborn