Chapter 17 six months YAY Breeze is finally good! It's about time. I do not own FMA I only own my OC's. I can't wait to finish watching FMA it comes on new once a week and it feels like it's taking forever all well last week was awesome. Anyway please R&R. hope you enjoy….hey look comic relief that's odd for my stories.
'What happened?' I thought, my mind still groggy from sleep. I looked around unable to see anything other than colored blobs. After a moment my vision cleared and I saw I was sitting alone in a small empty room. There was literally nothing there the room was small and white with no furniture or anything. I stood up and noticed my hands weren't bound, nor were my feet. I yawned and stretched, unable to stop the impulse. Then I reached for the door…locked of course.
"I wonder why she hasn't awakened yet." A voice asked from outside. I couldn't recognize it, but it was female. Then a male voice answered.
"I don't know did you unlock the door?" then another deeper male voice answered.
"Of course I did," the doorknob jiggled but didn't open. "Oops my bad," I heard the lock click.
"Idiot," someone else answered. How many people were there? The door opened and I saw Greed/Ling.
"Not my fault if I hadn't locked the door the other homunculi would have gotten in…oh look she's awake."
"Um…" I said confused as I walked out the door, to see Ed, Breeze, Mustang, Amanda, two of the chimeras and Hawkeye, all of them holding cups of something to drink. I looked around and saw we were in a storage house somewhere.
"April!" Amanda yelled ecstatic and ran over to hug me. I realized Breeze was sitting alone on a large create Mustang kept flashing her distrustful looks. My head was pounding and I wondered how long I had been out. "Are you alright? Does anything hurt?"
"No," I lied. I didn't want her to worry. I walked over and sat beside Breeze trying to pinpoint the time in the story; it must have been within the six months they skipped, anything could happen now. "What happened? Why are you all here?" I asked a bit confused.
"I burned Envy to a crisp." Mustang said and took a sip of whatever it was he was drinking. We all looked over at him and he said. "Toast doesn't begin to describe what he is now." I smiled at the thought. He was gone…but frowned at the fact I missed the fight. I never actually saw the episode but I went on you tube and looked it up because I couldn't wait.
"When he came back, you where gone so he came and got me, then ran into Ed who apparently joined Greed/Ling and we came to save you." Amanda said.
"Stop calling me Greed/Ling, my name is Greed."
"yea whatever Greed/Ling." I said like we didn't care…oh, wait. We didn't care. He was Greed/Ling like that and forever will be Greed/Ling like that. He gave me a look meant to kill but I smiled back telling him it doesn't work on me.
"Then they came, you blacked out and we retreated back here." Breeze finished, "The homunculi pursued us and that's why we locked you in there, it was our only means to keep a barrier between them and you…I guess Greed/Ling forgot to unlock it when they backed off. Oh, and we ran into Hawkeye while passing the message of promise day."
"Looks like I missed a lot." I sighed. Amanda sat down on an empty storage box and Greed/Ling on another empty box everyone was avoiding Breeze and I felt really bad for her. I walked over every step sent a small wave of pain through me, and I sat beside her everyone watching her as if she was going to pull a knife. Amanda's eyes sharpened at me and she said sharply.
"Get up." I stood without question ready to defend my friend. Amanda stood and looked at me while I walked to her. "Lair," she mumbled. "You're limping." Busted. Okay, so the effects of my last fight left a couple bruises and left me in a pretty banged up state but I have 6 months to heal. Then she noticed a crusty spot on my arm. "roll up your sleeve." She .
I was hoping she wouldn't notice where Bradley's sword sliced me…then again I wasn't exactly sure how deep it really was maybe a small inspection would help. Everyone seemed interested now. I rolled up my sleeve wincing a little as the shirt tugged at the blood and bits crumbled. It was not pretty. The cut was deeper then I had thought. It wasn't deadly but it wasn't healthy either. of all people it had to be Amanda to notice. She was the oldest between Breeze, she, and I and she tended to act like our older sister sometimes our mother even. I guess that's good in a way considering Breeze and I didn't get along with our real parents…or our fake parents or whatever they are now.
Breeze constantly compared her mom to Dante and if I said that's mean she would say to Dante. She was so easily upset by her mom and I only hear stories about things that make it worse. As for my relationship with my parents…it was weird. I don't hate them the way Breeze hates her mom but we just don't talk. Call it a teenage stereotype but I am the youngest and no matter how well I do in school I always seem to be in my older brother and sister's shadow…or however they are really related to me. They treat me like I'm a failure or a catastrophe waiting to happen. When my sister comes over with her baby I get yelled at for going anywhere near the cute little guy he's only one. Its days like that I call Breeze or Amanda and leave and go to the park. I really need to clear all that up when I get home.
The point is Amanda treats us like little sisters Breeze even sometimes looked to me as a little sister. Once I accidentally broke a glass at Breeze's house and when I tried to clean it up they both started telling me things like no don't touch it you'll get hurt and began treating me like a little kid. In one sense it offended me but in another it was nice that they worried for me something my real/fake family never does. That sounds like an emo depressed teenager doesn't it? That is the exact reason I hate myself for thinking those things.
"April, why didn't you say anything?" Amanda scolded. I rubbed the back of my neck with my good arm and replied,
"With everything going on it must have slipped my mind." She stared at me for a long moment not really believing me but couldn't blame me for not talking about it. She sighed and walked over to a nearby box. I began to follow her but she told me.
"Sit down and hold on I will take care of it." Breeze slid off her box and motioned for me to sit down on a small nearby box then began to help Amanda search the box. I noticed on the side of the box was a first aid symbol. They pulled out cloth, bandages, Dr. Tape, the normal stuff. I'm not afraid of the doctors...but then they pulled out something that made my blood run cold. Peroxide. I got to my feet.
"Oh no." I protested, stepping away. "Get that away from me."
"Sit down, April." Amanda commanded sternly. I shook my head stepping farther back. Greed/ling watched as if I was a comedy show and Mustang took a sip of his drink Ed merely smirked.
"We said sit down," Breeze said.
"Not likely." I replied. And took a few more steps away. Breeze turned to me with a look that could kill and said one last time,
"Sit down before I make you." I shook my head hating the peroxide I was willing to do anything else. She lunged at me but I dashed to the other side of the room…or should I say stumbling to the other side of the room. She managed to grab my good arm and I began kicking and scratching I threw her off and went hid behind Ed.
"Ed help," I said simply practically pulling him off the create he was sitting on.
"You're on your own kid; I go through this enough with Winry."
"Jerk." I mumbled. Then I felt a hand on the back of my neck. It lifted me up and threw me towards Amanda and Breeze. I looked back and glared at Greed/Ling. He shrugged and said,
"Should have called me Greed." Breeze smiled triumphantly.
"No," I told her, she tackled me and we struggled punching and kicking yelling back and forth about how I should but I won't. Then a gunshot rang through the room the bullet hit the ground a couple inches from my head and we all froze. Hawkeye stood there with her gun smoking and she gave us an evil glare.
"April, stop acting so childish it is important that we clean the wound before it gets infected." Breeze and I both stood at attention hoping to avoid her shooting again. Amanda smiled and walked over like nothing happened and prepared the different cloths. Breeze gently put a hand on my shoulder to lead me to the chair but I didn't move. She pressed harder and again and I stumbled back into the chair where Breeze held me down until Amanda walked over with the peroxide.
Amanda began to dress and bandage the wound and when she began to put on the peroxide, I began muttering.
"This is against my will, against my will," then the peroxide hit and I yelled. "THIS IS TOTALLY AGAINST MY WILL!" Breeze laughed at my Rune Soldier reference (AN/it's a good anime I recommend it.) but soon enough it was over. I rolled my arm no longer crusted with blood. But it burned furiously. My movement of it was limited because of the bandages.
"It's getting late." Hawkeye observed, "I must be going before Bradley notices that I left." she walked to the door.
"Bye," everyone said at once in a chorus of voices. I sat down on a create and sighed. Great a 6 month wait yup, don't I just love waiting, and this wait was going to be the death of me.
Most of the six months were spent relaying messages and plans about promise day. Finding out exactly how much Breeze told the homunculi and of course Mustang and Ed telling us it's too dangerous we need to be escorted and if we can stay at the latest safe house, most of the time they left us (Breeze, Amanda and I) at the safe house which changed frequently. That changed when we tried to sneak out. They left us at the storage house and we got board and decided to go through the boxes. And upon finding some fireworks we kind of sort of kind of slightly mostly on purpose and rigged said fireworks...then said safe house went boom... So after that Mustang dumped us on Ed and Greed/Ling and we became part of that little group and went to Risembool and hid out at the Rockbell house. Whiney wasn't there only Pinako so it worked quite well but whenever Ed left with the chimera's to do whatever Greed/Ling would have to stay behind and watch us to make sure we didn't repeat last time. Eventually he ended up being lucky to be a homunculus because Breeze, Amanda and I got our hands on Winery's wrenches and tried to escape to the river…he managed to use his full shield to hold us back until Ed came back to help. Of course some of the time was spent trying to convince everyone Breeze was really good now. I seemed to be the only one to trust her at first but eventually they learned. Then I noticed the six dread full long boring months were almost at an end. No more waiting. And then I remembered what happens when Ed is caught at the Rockbell house, this I have to see. I noticed the door open and close and footsteps approach Whinny's room.
"EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!" a girl screamed. Two men approached and pointed guns at Ed who was sitting in the corner. Then the two chimeras we had been traveling with came up behind the two guys and pointed guns at them. Then dog den ran up and bit them and greed/Ling picked up the dog and stared at it as if he had never seen a dog before. "GET OUT!" Whiney yelled throwing wrenches at everyone except Ed and the dog who had refuge in her room. Amanda, Breeze, and I were hidden out of sight of her watching the whole thing giggling. Whiney turned to Ed and asked. "What are you doing in my room?"
"I just wanted a quite place to eat my sandwich honest!" he cried out begging her not to attack him. She calmed down.
"Whiney is that you? You didn't tell me you were going to be gone so long when you left." Pinako asked as she stepped inside and pulled off her scarf.
"Hi Gran," Whiney greeted then turned back to Ed. "Ed you have to hurry. Al may still be at the train station if you hurry you might be able to get there before he leaves." Ed didn't move and I remembered what happened to Al it made me feel sad. Amanda Breeze and I walked up and Breeze asked me.
"Should we tell them about Al?" I shook my head.
"I really don't think we should spoil the show if something weird happens then we will tell them. If we don't disturb anything then everything will turn out normal right?" Breeze nodded. Ed came out of the room and said to us, Greed/Ling and the chimeras.
"It's almost promise day It's time to go." I nodded determined. And we headed off to I forget east city I believe. Were we were going to have the Pride fight. They just didn't know that yet. Before we left I ran to Trisha's grave.