Chapter 6
Into the Sun
Point of View: Electra
The next morning, I slipped onto the roof. The second I stepped outside I fet the rush of the wind on my face. I hadn't been outside in months, but I was coming out, leaving the dark solitude in which I had thrived. I felt like the earth were testing me, to see if I still had it, but I had to show everyone, that I still had it!
Once I was safely on the roof, I pulled my leg up to my face while standing up. This was not easily accomplished by many other people. My friends used to say that I was 'as bendy as a rubber band but twice as stretchy.' I loved it, my nickname was rubber girl for a while, but most just simply called me, 'E'.
The sun began to rise in the east, as night became day, my peaceful stretching became quick, difficult acrobatics. My body stretched into familiar shapes that felt good, this was what I lived for, to be turning in mid air. This was my specialty, acrobats. It was like therapy to my soul, but I wasn't alone…
Ed, Al, Riza, Maes, Jean, Roy, and some other random people were watching me. I gave them a nervous greeting with my hands and launched into the most difficult flip of all: the quadruple back flip with a half twist into a double front flip. True, I could do harder things, but this was the hardest thing that was ever taught in any school, only a few could even accomplish it successfully.
When I landed, a stabbing pain went through my ankle. I dropped to my knees and clutched it. I bent over it and began massaging it with my hands. It was from when I had broken it in an 'accident,' and it didn't heal right. Had I hurt it again, or was it just hurting?
When I looked up again, everyone was standing over me. They all had an expression on their face that was one of worry.
"Are you OK E?" asked Maes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied. I stumbled back onto my feet, but kept the weigt off of the bad ankle. I knew what I was in for this time.
"Electra Vasqílez! You know perfectly well that you're not supposed to do extreme aerial flips like that!" Mustang yelled at me, "We can't afford to lose an alchemist of your strength!"
I flashed an innocent smile and lowered my head. My hair fell into my eyes, I pushed it behind my ears and retorted, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it!" I said it with the famous 'Electra Glare' which I hadn't used in a while.
Everyone burst out laughing, so I got picked up and flipped upside down again. This made everyone laugh even harder. Why does this always happen to me? Why can't somebody else get flipped upside down? I mean come on, Ed is much more insubordinate than I am!
"Just like old times!" said Maes when everyone calmed down, "I couldn't tell you how many times that's happened to her."
I could feel the tension break and everyone settle down. The pain in my ankle was gone, so to prove my point, I did a quadruple aerial back flip. There was no pain on the landing that time, probably because it was a simple movement. Even so, this was one of the happiest moments of my life.
"Alright, let's go back downstairs before we get in trouble," I said, and we all made it downstairs, laughing as we went. I felt at home, unlike the night before, and the night before that, and any other night when I was in the military. Things were going back to normal.
But would it last?