Me: Chapter TEN! I'm so excited!
Kaylee: Wow!
Hillary: Why am I here?
Me: Grabs Hillary and Kaylee smiling at them both Keria-Chan, meet Hikaru-Chan. Hikaru-Chan, meet Keria-Chan!
Kaylee: Shakes Hillary's hand Hello, you must be Hillary!
Hillary: Smiles Yep, and you must be Kaylee!
Me: Any ways… Guys… What should happen in this chapter? Authoress and friends go into a huddle … Alright! Sounds fun!
That Which is Lost
Chapter Ten: Rena Resigns!
Rena sighed and looked down at herself.
"Is something wrong?" Roy asked, Rena shook her head.
"No, I'm just thinking…" Rena said and smiled. "I need some maternity clothes…" Rena said giggling.
"Oh, hey… Speaking of being parents, Roy… If you even DARE go Hughes on us, I swear to Ishvara that I'll beat the crap out of you so hard you'll regret ever being born…" Keria said and Roy smiled.
"Oh, hey Keria! Guess what! Rena's Four months pregnant! And that's my baby right there!" Roy said pointing to Rena's middle. He then thought for a moment. "Nope, I can't go Hughes… it's too hard…" Roy said with a pout Edward shook his head.
"Well Colonel… It looks like you're going to have your hands full soon." Edward teased and Roy grinned.
"Oh, and who says that soon you might not be? Who knows…." Roy said in a mysterious tone. Rena giggled.
"Roy, quit teasing the Elrics… and my sister…" Rena giggled and Roy hugged her.
"Yes, Rea…" Roy pouted and Rena smiled before she sighed.
"Well, tomorrow I'll have to resign… I'm not going to work with the baby on the way…" Rena said sighing again. Roy smiled.
"Good…" He said with a grin. "I would murder you myself if you were dragged off to a war and got yourself and the baby killed." Roy joked and Rena nudged him in the ribs.
"Gee, that makes me feel loads better, love…" Rena said sarcastically. Roy smiled.
"All in a days work, Rea, all in a days work…" Roy said and he hugged her.
Later the next day, Rena went to the Central City HQ, and as luck would have it… A certain killer of state alchemists was standing by the door. Rena, however, didn't see the said psychotic killer until he stepped in front of her.
"Rena, Rena LeFey… The Life Alchemist…" Scar said and removed his sunglasses. "An Ishvarlan who betrayed her own people…" He said and Rena cringed.
"How do you know me?" Rena demanded to know as his hand shot toward her.
"All my people know of you… Your sister shall be my next victim…" Scar said as he lunged for Rena again. Rena barely dodged.
"Please, I intend to no longer be an Alchemist." Rena said moving aside again. She put the envelope she had been carrying with her containing her resignation papers as she attempted to block his hand again. The envelope was knocked from her hand and she was knocked harshly backward.
"As atonement, I shall punish you in the name of god…" Scar said as he approached her. Out of what seemed like nowhere, a spike emerged from the ground and rushed toward Scar. Keria then appeared next to Rena.
"What's going on?" Rena asked and Keria glared at Scar.
"That's Scar, I'm surprised you didn't recognize him by his scar on his fat forehead." Keria said angrily. "SCAR, WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING HER?! I'M AN ALCHEMIST OF THE MILITARY, RENA IS NO LONGER ANY PART OF THE MILITARY!" Keria shouted and Scar glared back, his blood colored eyes boring into Keria's crimson ones. "Rena… Get out of here… NOW!" Keria said rushing toward Scar. Scar dodged Keria easily and caught Rena by the neck slamming her into the front of the Military HQ. "LET HER GO!" Keria said loudly as his right hand went to Rena's forehead. Keria alchemized a spear from the ground then rushed Scar again, causing him to release Rena. Scar did a back flip to put some distance between him and Keria before he glared.
"Since I will not be able to kill your sister first, I suppose I will have to kill you first… Fullmoon Alchemist." Scar said.
"That… Voice… I know you from somewhere…" Keria said muttering to herself. Scar cracked his right knuckles loudly and rushed toward Keria, catching her off guard. Keria screamed as she was slammed into a building across the street. (1)
"Of course you know my voice…" Scar hissed in her ear, "My wife was the one who gave birth to you two sins against god…" Scar said and Keria's eyes widened and she gazed at him with fear.
"F-F-Father?" She asked her only response was his hand on her forehead.
"Die, Full Moon Alchemist…" He said with a sneer. Keria closed her eyes anticipating the pain of her head exploding, but instead the shot of a gun was heard. Scar dropped Keria and turned to the sound seeing Roy pulling on a pair of white gloves.
"Well, well… Looks like it's not raining this time…" (2) Roy said sarcastically, but before he could say or do more, Keria clapped her hands then stood.
"You're no father of mine…" Keria said coldly and quietly before she looked him in the eyes, "What kind of man abandons his children…" Keria then rushed forward with a scream of anger and rested her hand on his heart. In a split second nothing happened then it looked as if Scar was a human balloon before his chest exploded with a shower of blood, soaking Keria with its crimson wetness. Keria withdrew her hand and stared at the blood on it.
"Keria!" Rena shouted going to her sister, "Keria! Keria!" Rena said noticing her sister wasn't responding. Keria looked to Rena with a look of horror.
"I… I… I killed him…" Keria said before she let out an ear splitting scream.
"I'll get her inside…" Roy told Rena before he picked Keria up and beckoned Rena to follow with a nod of his head. Rena obeyed silently, picking up her resignation papers and following Roy inside.
Roy lead them to his office where he sat Keria in his chair and looked her in the eyes.
"What happened?" He demanded to know. Keria whimpered looking like she was about to cry.
"He abandoned us… Rea was only three… She wouldn't remember… There's no way I could forget that voice… I killed him… I killed that bastard… I killed our father…" Keria said looking down at her hands, "I'm as bad as he is…" She said a disgusted look on her face. Rena gasped, she had never heard Keria speak of their father, she knew Keria had known about their father, but never had she heard of him.
"What are you saying…" Rena asked kneeling by her sister as best her pregnant belly would allow. Keria shot Rena a disgusted look.
"Just as I said, that murdering bastard who has murdered countless friends of ours who were Alchemists, WAS OUR FUCKING FATHER!" Keria yelled looking close to hysterics, "AND I FUCKING KILLED HIM IN COLD BLOOD!" Keria shouted starting to hyperventilate. Rena stood and did the only thing she could think of, she embraced her sister and buried her face in her sister's chest.
"Keria… Remember what happened at the Island… When you caught me… I realized then and there that we would do anything for each other… We're not just sisters… We're best friends… All that matters is that he tried to kill us… It was self defense, Keria…" Rena then looked to Keria with tears in her eyes, "You killed him because you had to sis… Don't beat yourself up over it… You've been protecting me since day one… Thank you for, yet again, saving my life…" Keria then blinked looking more unshaken she then hugged her sister close.
"What would I do without you Rena…" Keria asked.
"Donno Keria… Most likely we'd both be dead…" Rena said smiling sadly. Roy then cleared his throat.
"If you two are done… I suggest you two go and change… You're both covered in blood…" Roy said with a smirk knowing both girls would get over this event together.
Me: O.o… that took a while…
Kaylee: grabs Kate by collar and shakes I BETTER BE GETTING MINTYNESS FOR THIS!!!
Hillary: Now now… pulls Kaylee off of authoress Let's be docile!
Me: -.- Do I HAVE TO?
Hillary: Yes…
Kaylee: But I want my minty…
Me: hands Kaylee a tub of minty choco madness ice cream here… Now don't let Pyro have none…
Kaylee: YAY!!!
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(1) There was originally a line about a doughnut shop in Dublith here… but I was too lazy to make it fit… sue me...
(2) The first time Roy meets Scar he can't use his alchemy because of the rain… hehe…