run, i'm a natural disaster
03: Hope
His little gang is going quite well, Greed reflects (a fuzzy snapshot of the Devil's Nest appears before flickering away). The chimeras are obedient, used to following orders, and strong. They are most importantly, loyal, but not too loyal (a dog loyal to its master, a servant loyal to her lord) and that's enough for him. He has the bratty blonde alchemist as well, something he hadn't hoped for. A genius, a prodigy with alchemy that all they need to do is clap and what they want would happen, with combat experience and loyalty that was earned, not bought; voluntarily attached themselves to him. And due to a mistake in the early days, he had become she. Not something he was exactly expecting, but not something he minded (Nor do I, smirks Ling in the back of his mind).
Greed lets himself think on the future, his own little goals. He wants everything, and even though he knows deep down that it's impossible, that even that wouldn't fill up the hole inside his chest, he can't help but keep dreaming; keep wanting. He wants to get revenge on Wrath, and Father, for taking what is his. He wants to become Emperor of Xing- a country far bigger than Amestris, and all he would have to do is kill thirteen people and he could rule over it and have almost everything he desires (Ling grins at the back of his mind, polishing his sword and he can tell that he's laughing at him, but in an oddly friendly way). He wants to keep his rag-tag team, though he doesn't know how to say it without being a complete sap.
He knows (and Ling likes to remind him), that Ed's first concern is always her brother, fuck everyone else. They have a weird co-dependent thing going on, as in, Ed keeps Al healthy and Al keeps her sane, and she can't (won't) let him go until she has him back in his proper body. Darius and Heinkel, the snarky old men, are going to end up on a laboratory slap or dead, or something; and Greed won't have that. He knows that they'll stick with him, at least for now, because currently it's their best option. He's realistic, if another option that's better comes along, they'll take it.
Greed laughs, because he still holds onto the thought that Lion and Gorilla Man will stick with him through thick and thin, and Ed will fix Al, and then continue with on the road with him. Silently, he's glad that Ling can't leave him.
A.N.: Because Greed and feels go together like fish-fingers and custard.
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Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
-Tom
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