Chapter 7

Old Enemies

Point of View: Ed

Two days after the incident on the roof, Electra and I were out on some problem or other. Somehow she had gotten me to come with her, probably because we had figured out that neither of us needed a transmutation circle. Some had started to call us 'The Twins.' Probably because we were both pretty short, even though Electra was taller, even without the stilettos, and we shared the same attitude, irritable.

We were walking to wherever we were going, and all of the sudden, there was an explosion. I was grabbed and handcuffed to a wall, unable to do alchemy because of my position. Electra was too quick for him. There was smoke everywhere, but she seemed to already know who it was.

It was the Crimson Alchemist, back from the dead, (again). He smirked at Electra, and she returned the attitude by sending icicles at him. These two obviously didn't like each other too much. She probably had a very good reason for it too.

"We meet again Icy," he said coolly, "maybe we're evenly matched this time?"

"Whatever, I'm just interested in kicking your ass!" yelled Electra, she pulled out her silver sais and spun them around her fingers.

"Ouch," he replied to her threat, "I'm soooo scared!"

"You will be!" Electra threw one of her many knives at him. It almost hit him, but I don't think she actually meant to hit him.

The fight became a rage of explosions, flying knives, and icicles, even though it was the middle of summer. That was when I figured out that her specialty with alchemy was ice, even though she was the Moon Alchemist.

"Losing your luster Icy?" he asked.

"Don't call me Icy! I'm not your girlfriend!" Electra screamed. She sent more icicles flying, and then the fight got intense. I thought I was impressive, but Electra was even more impressive, she didn't even need any water to make ice.

Meanwhile I was still trying to get off the wall, and I had no idea where Al was at the moment. I didn't even try yelling at Electra to let me down, she was busy.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw flames, then more ice, and another explosion. Mustang was here, but how did he get here so fast? Had he been watching out for Electra the whole time, or did he just happen to be around?

"You weren't thinking about having all the fun without me, were you E?" he asked Electra.

"Maybe," replied Electra, she had to jump to dodge more explosions, she landed using a triple front flip.

"Don't show off Icy!" yelled the Crimson Alchemist.

"I wasn't!" Electra yelled back.

The fighting paused momentarily, and Electra just stared that cold dark stare. For the first time, I noticed the odd bright amber flecks in her otherwise green eyes. They seemed to glow brighter the angrier she got. The Crimson Alchemist just stared back at her, but with a different, more admiring look.

Did something go on between them that I didn't know about?