Chapter 9: The Warning

Ed woke up in his room, his head throbbing. He sat up and rubbed his head, then as if a jolt surged through his body, he remembered Envy! He had to get out and warn Dayna that Envy was coming to kill her; He must have been out for a long time, because he could see the sun setting and remembered that that night Envy was going to make his move. He got up and ran for the door, which turned out to be locked. He clapped his hands together and placed them on the door, causing it to fall apart. He ran, not bothering to see if Lust or the others were around.

He was just about to head for the tunnels when he saw a door on the way, he noticed it a while ago, but never went inside. He had overheard Father say that inside the room were things that could destroy them all. He slipped inside and emerged a minute later, putting something into his pocket and continued to head for the tunnels. He ran into one of the tunnels and escaped to the outside. Without wasting anytime, he looked at a nearby clock in a shop and saw that he still had time to warn her. Ed ran as fast as he could to the Military HQ.

'Please let me get there in time'

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Dayna was in her office putting away some papers, as she was getting ready to leave when she heard a bang at her window. She turned around to see Ed there with a fearful look on his face.

"Ed? What are you doing here?"

He climbed into the room, trying to catch his breath from all the running.

"It's…Envy…he's"
"What is it Ed?"
"You can't go home tonight, stay away and find another place that will be safe"
"What are you talking about?"
"Envy. He found out about us. He followed me last night and saw us together. He knows that you've been helping me get my memory back and he's coming tonight to kill you, so I'm begging you to try and lay low and I'll take care of him"
"What!? You can't take him on all on your own. He'll kill you! I don't want to lose you again!"
"I can do alchemy and he can't remember? I'll use that to stop him. Please, do as I say and find someplace safe"

Dayna nodded and kissed Ed on the cheek before he jumped out of the window. She dropped her stuff and ran towards the lounge where she knew everyone would be before they left for home.

"Riza? Are you there?"
Riza opened the door to see Dayna there, out of breath with a worried look on her face.
"What is it?"
"Ed just came to me. He said that Envy found out about us and said that he was coming to kill me. Ed said that he's going to take care of him, but I know that he's going to get hurt."
"You're coming home with me tonight. I'll round up everyone else and we'll guard you tonight"
"I don't want bodyguards"
"Dayna, I'm asking you as your guardian and friend….please do as I say"

Dayna looked in her eyes and saw the worry in them, she couldn't turn down Riza's offer.

"All right, fine"