Chapter 9
Reunion
i do not own FMA *anime teardrop* anyway i hope you enjoy this chapter. i have the next few chapters ready so the more reviews i get the faster i will update. :) it's equivelnt exchange. i thank all my faithful readers who have kept interest this long i hope you enjoy it. and if you happen to notice April becomeing Mary sue please mention it maybe i can save her from the evil world of Mary sueness. anyway please R&R.
(April's view) I was running for a long time before I finally decided it was safe enough to stop. After I took a while to catch my breath I realized I was in rush valley. Which made me wonder where I had been when I was kidnapped. There is no way I ran all the way from somewhere around central to rush valley. Was there something I was missing? Did the homunculi have more than one base? I just looked up when I saw a figure in yellow dash across the street. It couldn't be. I gathered what strength I had left and ran after him.
"Ling!" I bellowed just before my breath caught in my throat and I fell forward headfirst tumbling to the ground. My lungs felt like they were going to explode and I laid on the cold ground for a few seconds as my thoughts raced. I was starving, I didn't remember the last time I ate, and I ran who knows how far to get here. My eyelids felt heavy. After all that I've been through I was going to die here, from something so simple. I saw two figures in dark outfits run past me and I heard footsteps approach me ridiculously fast. I could see the hem of a yellow coat beside me.
"Lan Fan, Fu run over to that restaurant and get food and water." I heard a male voice say urgently. He crouched down to get a better look at me. He muttered, "Armstrong sketched her pretty well." Within a minute Lan Fan and Fu were back with supplies and after a while I was back on my feet. I swaggered unbalanced a little lightheaded from almost blacking out.
"Are you okay, miss?" Fu asked I nodded I didn't trust myself to talk. They might have saved my life but, I was still dizzy and uneasy.
"Are you April?" Ling asked, I turned to face him and nodded. "Ed and Al have been searching for you." He confided.
"Where are they?" I croaked, but I swayed I managed to stop myself from falling by leaning against the wall of a building.
"They are in central we, were told to be on the lookout if we see you and bring you back." They bought me tickets for a train to central and we boarded. Fu was stationed on the roof for a while keeping watch over the prince. I sat alone on a beach we had taken the very last car because it was empty. Ling sat alone a couple rows ahead of me on the opposite side of the car, while Lan fan sat a few benches directly ahead of me. Most of the ride was spent staring out the window. I was conflicted what was I to do? What if I ran into Breeze and Amanda again? I can't fight her no matter what. I became aware of someone standing over me, I looked up and saw Ling.
"May I sit here?" he asked just to be polite, which I found hard to believe. I moved closer to the window to make room and he sat down.
"Ed and Al were wondering what happened, they only had a few guesses but I want to know what really happened." I looked at him the subject made me feel depressed.
"It's complicated," I muttered trying to get him to drop the topic, "Breeze is like my past friends and Amanda is a bit confused but I refuse to believe this. Sure we had our ups and downs but nothing like this."
"What happened?"
"I don't feel like explaining it more than once…can you please wait until we get to central?"
"I was never the kind to wait, but sure…Ed mentioned something about a show he said Al over heard you and your friends talking about something." It felt like he stabbed me with his sword, my friends? Were they really friends? "I want to know if it's true, do you really know what's going to happen?" I hesitated before I answered,
"It's true I know what will happen but I don't know how much it applies now. Breeze no doubt told them everything and they may or may not find a new plan. But yes I have a good idea what will happen." There was a moment of silence and I felt dread for how I would reply to his next question.
"So you know the key to immortality?" I nodded my head, "what is it?"
"…I'm sorry Ling, I can't tell you. If I tell you, it may change the story line even more and if so, I might not have any clue what will happen…at least this way I can be a secret weapon of some sort." He didn't say anything he looked at me irritated and walked back to his seat. I leaned against the wall depressed again. It felt like forever before the train reached central, but it did, and I followed Ling to where I was to meet Ed and Al. When Ed and Al came into view, my mood lightened as they ran to me a mixture of relief and concern on their faces.
"Are you alright?" Ed asked
"Where's Breeze?" Al asked me. I didn't respond I began to shiver and tremble, I didn't want to explain.
"Something happened, Breeze won't be coming back." The gaze they gave me pressed for details and I said. "Can this wait until we're someplace safe?" they nodded and we headed to HQ. When we finally reached HQ, we all sat in Mustangs office. (Ed, Al, Ling, Fu, Lan Fan, Mustang, and Hawkeye)
"What happened?" where the first words out of Mustangs mouth. I felt that I had denied them information long enough and explained everything. There was a long moment of silence after I finished but Al broke it by saying,
"I'm so sorry." I took a deep breath after I had explained it; it felt like my mind was cleared of a fog, like a weight was lifted from my chest. It wasn't ** me anymore. I remembered a few of my past betrayals and thought this is the biggest, but it's no different. Relating the two different things seemed to calm me and made it easier on me to deal with. I took on a blank unreadable expression and looked at them.
"Thank you Al." I realized Ed was angry infuriated by the news.
"How could they?" he muttered under his breath.
"Are you alright?" Hawkeye asked, "did you tell the homunculi anything?"
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking. No I didn't tell them anything." We all looked out the window it was getting late and we decided to go home for the night. I was to go with Ed and Al and stay at a hotel, but as we were leaving Mustang pulled me away. His onyx eyes staring deeply and intently into mine as if he was searching for something in my lifeless, expressionless emerald green eyes and he asked,
"I understand you won't want to look this far but what are you planning to do next time you see Breeze?" it felt like a lightning bolt hit me screaming Idiot and I had no answer. "You can't just ignore this, Breeze is an enemy now, we have to take her down."
"…I won't fight her." I stated flatly. He glared at me but I glared back, our eyes never breaking contact.
"You need to fight her, it's the only way she'll stop." He pressed, but I stood my ground.
"No." I said again.
"If you don't have the guts to fight her, I will." My eyes widened in horror at the thought of Mustang flaming Breeze.
"NO!" I screamed a note of pleading in my voice.
"Then you better fight her. If I ever see you refuse to fight I will take matters into my own hands." He turned and walked away leaving me to followed Ed and Al. I pondered my resolve for a while, I didn't want to fight Breeze, but if I didn't Mustang might kill her… for Breeze's sake I would have to except her challenge. The next day came, the sun was shining and I woke up refreshed. After Ed and I had breakfast we went outside.
"What do we do now?" I asked
"You should know better than I, you saw the show can't you just use that knowledge to take us to the homunculi?" I gave him a (if looks could kill) look and he backed off. We walked down the street but Ling blocked our path. He looked at Ed and said,
"It's time" Ed and Al nodded and I stared confused. Al looked at me and explained,
"Go and stay at the hotel, we will be back to pick you up later." They ran away before I could protest. I screamed after them.,
"Wait, what's going on!" But they were gone. I glanced back at the hotel, but instead ran after the three of them. When they find out they are going to kill me.