Chapter 13

Deadly Assassin Vengeance

Point of View: Ed

The next morning, Electra was no where to be found. Another mystery had planted itself right on me. I went out to find her, partly because Mustang couldn't so I did instead. I didn't find Electra, but I found something else.

I felt a dagger pierce my back; itwas almost as painful as having automailattatched. The person who threw it had thrown it with such force that it knocked me over. I looked over my shoulder at my attacker.I saw a woman, who looked kind of like Electrawas standingin front of me. She had one dagger in her hand, the other, was in my back. I reached behind myselfand pulled it out. Blood soaked my shirt and I dropped the dagger. I had left Al to keep on the lookout for Electra, in case she came back to headquarters. I was alone, and I wasn't in good condition.

"We finally meet Edward Elric, I'm Vengeance!" she sent the other dagger flying at me, but Irolledout of the way, just in time. The dagger -which is actually called a sai- was lodged deeply in the ground. Vengeance spat her disgust with a snarl that could scare away a pack of man-eating dogs.

She was a homunculus, one I had never seen before. Was she the equivalent of Electra? How was Electra alive? There were so many things I couldn't figure out, and the pain in my back was numbing my mind.

Vengeance leapt at me, "pathetic little shrimp huh?" she challenged. I rolled over and glared at her, and she glared right back with a look that could freeze water in July.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT YOU BITCH!" I screamed at her, but it didn't faze her. Her glare faded, but she just continued with that dark, evil smile of hers. She was not unlike Lust, but she was different too.

"Later!" she snorted, and she ran down an allyway. I don't think saying that she ran was right, it was more of sprinting, but she seemed to float on the ground like water.

Ihad beenabout to transmute my metal arm, but Vengeance was gone. She had fled, leaving me in a puddle of my own blood. I struggled to my feet and followed her. I didn't find anyone. I stood there for a long time, probably about fifteen minutes, but it felt like fifteen years.

"Brother!" Al yelled as he ran up to me, "Electra came back! She- What happened to you!" Al picked me up and started speeding to headquarters. Everything fuzzed out and I fell into sleep. The last thing I remember was someone saying, "he's in critical condition, I don't know if he will live. He has a huge wound in his back, he's lost too much blood." Then everything went dark.

I dreamt a horrible dream, while I was in what I was later find out was a medically induced coma. It seemed to be a peice of what would happen if no one did anything about Vengeance, Kimbley and the bitter rivalry that was going on between them. Electra went suicidal and threw herself out of an open window. Roy Mustang had gone insane and was being hunted down. Vengeance had gained complete power over the world. I don't remember much more than that, but what I do remember is that it was horrible.

Would this dream become a reality if Electra killed herself?