Sorry, I've been on holiday and this has just been sitting here, not doing anything much... damn story. It refused to write itself for me, even when I asked nicely.
I was on holiday last week. In Scotland! There isn't much to do in Scotland. The nearest supermarket was an hour away in the car, and it was tiny!
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Chapter8
We're so gonna die
(Alice POV)
"But we were bored!" I moaned loudly. Ed gave me a death glare that would make even a dalek quiver in its casing.
"I. Don't. Care." He was so angry, he was hissing it instead of shouting. "You stole that money and you will pay it back. One way or another."
...omigod... HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE US GO INTO PROSTITUTION, WAS HE?
I glanced at Momo and saw she was rather pale.
You know, if you hadn't found that money, you wouldn't be in this mess.
Shut up... I thought I killed you.
You can't kill me, stupid. I'm your conscience.
God damn it.
"You're not gonna make us go into prostitution, are you?" Said a rather pale Momo. Has she got morning sickness? Even though it's the middle of the night?
OMIGOD! SHE'S PREGNANT! Oh... wait. She just said what I thought. Is she a mind reader to my psychic? But I'm not psychic so that doesn't work. But anyway. Um. Back to the matter at hand.
Edward was looking confused and Al was standing in the shadows. Me and Momo were sitting on the end of the bed. Emotions? Well, I'll just say that I'm glad there was a table in the way of his twitching hands and my bare throat.
"What?" Eddie said. Oooh. Nice one. Might call him Eddie from now on.
Good job Momo, get him confused. Make him forget his wanting to kill me.
Eeeer. I mean us.
He looked at us, as if contemplating something. I kept glancing at Momo. She was growing ever paler and I was getting concerned (I know. Me? Concerned? Is the world ending or something?).
"I suppose I-" He began, but I, being the oh-so-concerned friend that I am, interrupted him.
"Shush boy. Hey." I nudged up closer to her and poked her in the arm, careful to be well away from her breath. If it was just a bug, I wasn't taking any chances. "Are you okay? You don't look too good."
Then she went green. Up she went into the bathroom and I just covered my ears. "Tap me or something when she's stopped retching."
It was a rather interesting shade of green that she went. What would you call that colour? Jade? Emerald? Mouldy? Or even – dare I say it – bogey?
What was wrong with her though? She was ill, but why. Food poisoning? But from what? Or maybe it was just nerves. I sometimes feel ill when I feel guilty, or when I feel like I've forgotten something, but it has never made me actually sick before.
I glanced at Al, and smiled. He was so sweet and cute. I then frowned. He was the one who betrayed us. Goddamn tin can.
I then looked at Ed and my frown became bigger. He was the reason I started watching the damn show. My friend told me that I reminded her of someone from this anime called 'FullMetal Alchemist'. This was before I was interested in anime and manga. But she told me that I acted exactly like him, in the way that I was hot-tempered and small.
I then glared at her and gave her a dead arm. But that's not the point. The point is, the first series of FMA, was the second anime I ever watched all the way through, after H2O footprints in the sand.
And yeah, I'll admit it, Ed was my first anime crush. I still think he's okay, but I've gone off him a bit now. My current anime crushes are Fai from Tsubasa Chronicles, Hatsuharu and Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket and Kaoru Hitachiin from Ouran High School Host Club.
...If I told Momo that Ed was my first crush, I'd probably live to regret it... if the aforementioned boy didn't kill me first.
I really want a hug. Like, really, really want a hug. I glanced between Ed and Al. Al would be uncomfortable with all the pointy bits. Ed would hurt me. Meh.
"GET OFF OF ME YOU LITTLE FREAK!" Ed was pushing me away like there was no tomorrow. I clung on.
Hey! I wasn't nicknamed 'The Leech' for no reason, ya 'know!
Goddamnit boy, you're making this really difficult. I've gone two days without a hug. INDULGE ME!
Momo came out of the bathroom, wiping away water from her mouth and smiled weakly with amusement, at the sight of Al and Ed trying to break my grip on Edward. I let go when I saw her and hugged her gently, not wanting her to throw up on me. Hugs are my drugs.
Heh, that rhymed.
She wrapped her arms around me and I looked up at Ed and Al over her shoulder. They looked confused as hell. I buried me head into her shoulder and smiled. I've always loved hugs.
"Are you alright, Momo?" I heard Al's tinny voice behind me and stiffened. He had moved so he could face Momo and look at her to make sure she wasn't going to throw up again. I lifted my head up and saw Ed still fuming. I quickly let go of my Canadian friend and moved my back so it wasn't in front of anyone.
Yeah, I love hugs, but I hate people behind me even more. I'm afraid they're gonna stab me or something.
I'm paranoid like hell.
"I'm fine. Just all that running must have shaken me up a bit." Ed huffed and crossed his arms.
"Mustang wants to see you two tomorrow." The way he said it was so fierce, I could tell he wasn't finished yelling at us. But luckily, Momo wasn't feeling up to being yelled at, and Ed was a softie at heart.
"What for?" I asked. Maybe it came out a bit too cheekily cos Ed sent me a death glare that sent me as pale as Momo.
It was funny seeing it sent at other people in the anime, but when it's being sent at you...in real life...
It's rather scary.
"I haven't got a fucking clue. You've got to be there for 6." My stomach dropped. I can barely be awake for 8, never mind up, dressed, and ready for 6!
I glared at him, at all he stood for. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Al lead Momo to the bed whilst me and Ed were having this confrontation. This made me wonder.
Where'd Bryant go?
"I highly doubt we have to be at Mustang's office for six Edward. That's just you being a twat at us for borrowing some money." I regretted saying that. Ed's eyes flashed.
"You did not borrow it! YOU FUCKING STOLE IT!"
"WELL MAYB-" I began.
"Shh!" hissed Al, interrupting me. I began again, quieter.
"Well maybe if you had given us something to do, instead of waltzing off, I wouldn't have! And besides, what's a couple of pennies going to do? It's hardly going to burn a hole in your pocket, 'Mr I'm-a-State-Alchemist-and-I-get-paid-loads-of-money'."
His hands twitched again and I launched out of the way before he could batter me to the ground. I saw Al speaking to Momo and smiled. Seeing friends vulnerable (aka ill or sad) brings out my nicer side so I can comfort them and see what I can do to help, so I placed my hands on my hips and spoke again before the blonde could fly at me again.
"Look, I'm sorry. None of this is Momo's fault. I practically forced her to come with me, cos I'm too scared of looking like a loner. I'd pay you back right now, except, the only money I have is English currency and you don't use that here." I tried to make my tone as apologetic as I could. He just glared at me for a moment more, before turning around and heading for the door.
"Come on Al. Let's go." Al followed Edward out of the room. I sighed out of relief. I really thought he was going to kill me. And that would just be a terrible loss to the world. I looked towards Momo who was now asleep on the bed.
I growled.
If she hadn't have been ill, then it would have been my night for the bed!
RAWR BITCHES! That means I'll have to sleep on the sofa again! I ran my hands through my hair in frustration.
My hair felt really horrible. I need a shower. I looked at the time and saw it was half past 12.
Not too late for a shower then...
(3rd person POV)
"So you found them then?"
"No. It was Al who found them. Turns out they'd been to a nightclub. Edward wasn't too happy with them." There was a sigh from the other end of the phone.
"Will you be going with them to the meeting tomorrow?"
"No." There was a pause. "What's up with Alphonse and that armour?" There was an even longer pause.
"You're not being paid to ask questions to me. Only answer them." The man in the phone booth frowned.
"I'm not being paid at all. I'm doing this all out of the goodness of my heart." There was another pause.
"Do you want to be paid?" The man laughed.
"No, no! We're friends after all."
"hmm."
"Are you saying that we're not friends? I'm hurt." He could hear muffled chuckling on the other side. The man smiled. "So are you gonna answer me about Al's fashion sense?"
Beeeeeep
"He fucking hung up on me!"
(Momo POV)
I woke up feeling better than ever!
Well maybe not better than ever, but certainly better than last night. I heard someone rummaging around and turned over to see Alice looking through a drawer.
"Isn't that what got us into trouble last night?" I asked. She looked at me, her expression just about dead. She yawned and went back to looking through the drawer.
"Looking for brush and a bobble. I saw some bobbles yesterday. Can't remember where I put the brush." She yawned again and I sat up.
"Bobble?" She closed her eyes and banged her head on the edge of the drawer. With her eyes still closed, she made whirling motions with her hands.
"What do you call it?" She muttered. "Hair tie!" She brought her head back up and began rummaging through another drawer. Her hair was a mess. It stuck up in some places and was immensely wavy to the point of mad scientist hair.
It was a good luck on her.
I noticed her wrist. She already had a hair tie on her wrist.
"You've already got one."
"I need two." She held up two fingers and nodded before yawning again. "Found 'em." She brought out a pack of hair ties and stuck one of them on her other wrist. She closed the drawer and turned to look at me.
"You look better." She stated.
"I feel better." I replied. She grunted in response.
"Good. Move over." I budged up and she collapsed on the bed. She curled up, stuck her thumb in her mouth and closed her eyes. I frowned.
How tired was she? I was up feeling refreshed and ready to greet the new day and she was trying to go back to sleep. And she was already dressed! Lazy cow.
"You're so lazy, you know that, right?"
"Hm." Was the oh-so-intelligent response I got from her. I huffed and got out of the bed.
"Antisocial person." Do you know what she did? She SMILED!
"It's been said before." She said around her thumb. I shook my head and began to get dressed. I pondered as I was dressing.
Roy Mustang wanted to see us. I know that much...
Maybe it's because I somehow 'managed' to get past all the soldiers on patrol without anyone noticing me.
Yeah, cos that would be soo easy for me, wouldn't it? What with me being loud and unable to be sneaky in anyway possible.
There was a knock on the door. I looked at the clock and saw it was heading on to 8. Figuring that it was only Ed, I yelled at him to come in. The door opened and a young girl wearing a brown military uniform walked in. She saw me and saluted.
"Um...hi?" She brought her hand back down and I saw Alice sit up out of the corner of my eye.
"I've been ordered to escort you two to Colonel Mustang's office." I looked at Alice and she looked at me. Confusion evident in her eyes.
"How old are you?" I asked her.
"I'm 13 years old miss." I saw Alice sit up straighter. I was shocked too. When I said she was young, I thought she was about 17. Aly got up out of bed and walked towards the girl. She was a good few inches taller than Aly.
I was still stood there in shock.
"Stop being taller than me, damnit." Alice muttered and brought her hand up to hit the girl. In a move that was too fast for me to see (that girl is ninja fast) Alice had her hand being held behind her back in what looked like a very painful position, painful enough that it had Aly stooped over going
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow..." repeatedly.
I liked this girl already.
"You are to come with me now and without fuss." She released Alice and she stumbled away from the mystery girl clutching her elbow. I laughed.
"Yeah, let us just finish getting ready." I said cheerily. I went into the bathroom to put some make-up on. I skipped back out to see Alice, now with braids, glaring at the girl. I nodded at her and she stalked out of the room, obviously intending for us to follow her.
And follow her we did. I took the chance to take a good look at her. Her hair was cropped to just under her ears. It spiked at the ends and was the darkest black. Blacker than even Roy's hair. She wore glasses, but from behind, I couldn't tell what colour her eyes were. She walked how she stood.
Ramrod straight. It was quite disconcerting actually. She was 13 and taller than me! I suppose I should be used to it, but its just not fair!
Stupid people with their stupid tall genes.
She'd obviously been in the military for a long time, but she was so young. I mean, younger than Elric. I didn't think the military took people that young in, unless they were exceptional.
Although, she did have ninja fast skills. As Alice had felt.
"So, why'd you join the military?" I asked. She turned around to glare at me. I flinched.
"That's the first question you ask? Not 'what's your name?'" I shivered.
"What's your name?" Alice asked. There was a sigh.
"Number P-290. AKA Beatrice. To answer your question," She looked at me pointedly "I joined the military because I had no choice. It was either be looked after and join the military or starve to death on the street."
Wait what?
"What?" I asked.
"I'm an orphan in a military run orphanage. That's why my uniform is brown instead of blue." I nodded, as if I had understood it, but I hadn't. Mostly because I didn't know that there was a military run orphanage.
"I think I actually get it." Alice said, in her oh-so-posh British accent. She then promptly tripped up and landed flat on her face. Her voice came muffled from the floor. "Nope, it's gone again." She stood up and brushed herself down as I was literally rolling on the floor laughing. Beatrice stood looking at her, the stoic look never leaving her face.
She hadn't even cracked a smile! SHE'S NOT HUMAN! No person who doesn't laugh at another's pain is not human at all!
It took a while for me to stop laughing, but when they started leaving me, I sobered up and jogged after them to keep up.
Why didn't Ed take us? Where did he go yesterday? SO MANY QUESTIONS! MY MIND WILL EXPLODE!
It took us a while to get to Mustang's office, but got there we did. Beatrice knocked on the door and we waited for a reply.
"Enter." And so we entered. Beatrice did her salutey thingy and left. Mustang was sat in his chair facing the window. Hawkeye stood beside him facing us. She was giving me a dead eye, powerful enough for me to see daggers flying at me...
Is that because the second thing I ever did here was glomp Mustang? I think Hawkeye's got it in for me... I looked around the room and saw the others. Breda, Fury, Havoc. All there, staring at me and Alice as we waited, silently, for Mustang to STOP BEING SO DRAMATIC AND FUCKING TALK TO US!
He turned around on his fancy swivel chair slowly.
"Hiya!" said Aly, skipping up to the desk and around it. She held out her hand to Riza. "My name's Alice and I think what you do is awesome!" Riza hesitantly took Alice's hand and shook it. Alice then pulled her into a hug and let go quickly. "You're amazing... Just saying." I watched, bemused as she skipped back to me. I felt my mouth hanging open.
She just... did... what? Did that even happen? Around us erupted into chaos as the three lads that weren't Mustang began shouting in surprise.
"DID SHE JUST DO THAT?"
"SERIOUSLY?"
"SHE JUST HUGGED RIZA!" I looked back at Roy as he regarded us coolly. I get the impression he doesn't like us. He brought his hand up, silencing them. He didn't look away from us and when I looked at Alice, I saw she was looking anywhere but Roy. He then smiled and opened his mouth to speak.
"Sit." Then he gestured to the two seats in front of his desk.
I gulped. That was the kind of smile Alice did when she was furious.
We're so gonna die. We're so gonna die. We're so gonna die. We're so gonna die.
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Kzaen: The thing about showing the Elric's Doctor Who... it won't work. Owari! It's because they don't have TV and Momo has no idea what DW is, and the only thing of Doctor Who Alice has on her phone is some of the OST. xD Good idea though :)
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