Hypnotized To Murder
Disclaimer: I Don't Own FMA In Any Way.
Rating: PG—PG-13 Due To Bad Language and Blood.
A/N: Thank you all for your reviews!
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Winry held back a gasp and brought her hand to her mouth in a nervous manner. Ed's eyes couldn't have widened any bigger.
I'm the sacrifice? Ed asked himself. He carefully shook his head and recollected his thoughts. "Of course…why didn't I realize it sooner?" Ed asked, somehow still sounding convincing. Not only did he ask Dante, with false sarcasm, he also asked himself.
How couldn't he have realized it sooner? It's the only reason Dante would want Ed to kill off his brother and friend; so that he would eagerly sacrifice himself knowing full well that he'd have nothing else to live for.
That's low! Ed thought angrily.
He heard Dante's steps towards him and forced himself to turn stern once more.
The woman placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled. Ed looked up at her from the corner of his eye.
"What a good little Alchemist you are" Dante complimented. Ed forced himself to ignore the 'little' in her comment.
"It's almost a shame I'll never be able to hypnotize you again" the onyx-haired Alchemist told him.
Ed took a deep breath and set it free. "Of course, Dante" he muttered.
"Good boy" Dante said, almost motherly, as she ran the hand that was on his shoulder through his gold hair and rubbed her cheek on his head.
Ed, obviously not used to the mother-like touch, went ahead and let his head fall on the woman's shoulder.
Dante rubbed his head one last time before pulling away finally. "Get ready, Edward; we'll be starting soon" she told him and walked away.
Ed shook his head and remembered the task at hand; killing Dante.
"We can start now if you like, Dante" Ed told the elder woman.
Dante smiled. "Good to hear" she said.
She heard the sound of his hands clapping and a transmutation taking place. Afterwards, she heard his boots against the ground. After three steps, she moved aside and let Ed run past her and stick his hand-blade through the trunk of a nearby tree.
Ed looked at his transmuted Automail apprehensively. How…how did she know? He asked himself nervously.
"I bet you're curious on how I knew you weren't really hypnotized, aren't you Edward?" Dante asked from behind.
Ed looked over his shoulder, back to the malicious Alchemist.
"It was quiet simple, actually" she began once more. "Your eyes" she explained. "They didn't have the same determined malevolence they had when I had originally hypnotized you" she told the confused teen.
Ed's eyes widened and he growled angrily.
"Though, I have to admit" Dante said. "You did a rather convincing job" she explained.
"Damn it!" Ed muttered.
"Curse all you want, Edward" the black-haired woman told him. "Nothing you say can pull you out of this predicament" she informed.
"Why Dante? Why can't you just give up?" Ed asked heatedly.
Dante walked up next to him and frowned. "Because" she commenced. "You don't deserve your happy ending! I, on the other hand, am worth for more than you and do deserve to live in this world" she said, almost as if it were true.
Ed's eyes grew angry and he snarled once more.
Winry, who was listening sadly nearby, was resisting the urge to go and attack this woman. How dare she even suggest that Ed was worthless!? In Winry's eyes, Ed was worth for more than anyone else she knew!
"So" Ed perked up suddenly. "What do you plan to do now? Considering I'm no longer under your control?" Ed asked, carefully trying to pull free from the tree his arm was stuck in.
"My plan will go on as intended…after all, I didn't expect you to really kill off your mechanic" Dante replied nonchalantly.
Ed's eyes widened in that moment; did Dante mean what he thought she meant?
The woman began walking in the direction of the tree Winry was hiding behind.
Winry, unsure of what was happening, tried to stay as hidden as possible. Soon, though, she felt a hand grab the back of her shirt and pull her away. She complained and struggled as Dante began pulling her back to Ed.
"Let me go!" Winry demanded. Dante obliged by, of course, pushing the young girl on the ground next to Ed.
"Winry" Ed whispered sadly.
The mechanic slowly leaned up on her elbows and looked up at her friend.
Dante laughed evily from behind. She then walked next to Winry and placed her foot down on the mechanic so she wouldn't stand.
"You wouldn't dare" Ed said angrily.
"But, Ed, of course I would" Dante said. "She's young, beautiful, and, let me not forget, extremely talented with the wrench" Dante said evily. "She's the perfect replacement body" she finished.
Ed's strength suddenly multiplied ten times his own and he yanked out his arm from the tree, afterwards facing Dante in his fighting stance. "When I said 'you wouldn't' I meant 'you won't'!" he said to the other Alchemist furiously.
Dante turned stern. "But, Edward, I thought you felt nothing but to be in my best interest" she told him mockingly.
"Sorry, Dante, your best interests are no longer my best interests! My only concern now is ending your life and continuing mine!" Ed retorted.
"Hmm…so be it…I guess you'll just have to fight for your freedom, though" Dante informed as she pulled away from Winry and stood in fighting stance.
Ed stayed firm. "Hand-to-hand combat, eh?" he asked, transmuting his arm back to normal and standing in fighting stance himself. "Winry, get outta the way" he ordered his friend.
Winry stayed still for a moment before nervously obliging and crawling off and sitting next to a tree.
Ed grinned mischievously and taunted Dante to come closer.
"Bring it on"
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A/N: WOOHOO! Anothercliffhanger!XD I'm such a little nasty ;) Anyway, for all my readers, I've updated REALLY fast so, return my favor to you and R&R, constructive criticism, no flames :) thanks!
By the way, anyone whose read my other story His Loss, Her Words, Their Adventure will recognize the idea of Dante wanting Winry as her new body :P don't kill me for using that idea again
-cower- Nonetheless, hope you enjoy:)