run, i'm a natural disaster

8. Test

This is it, Greed thinks to himself, the perfect chance. He can kill Sloth and then take on Father, and become ruler of Amestris. He's moving before he really realises it, running towards Central with Ling in his mind, demanding to know where they're going and why the others weren't with them. Greed goes off on a spiel about how they'd slow him down, and how they don't need to be there; but truth be told he's already trying to distance himself from them. Ed had seen Al, and Hohenheim (-and wasn't it ironic that her Father was the twin of his? Maybe the universe was trying to tell him something.)- and she'd stayed behind to talk to them. (He tries hard not to think 'left him', because he was the one who did the leaving.)

Darius and Heinkel are-were mostly there because of Ed, though he thinks that maybe they'll come after him at some point (not for a while though, he is realistic). He thinks (knows) that Ling would've stayed as well, if he could. He has those mad ninja servants that called him "young lord" and did crazy awesome explosions and combat (Greed is always glad that he's got Ling at least, and that Ling literally can't leave him).

He hears the pounding of feet behind him, and then there is a blonde girl in a red coat and leather trousers, with two animal-faced muscle men behind her.

"Fuck, Greed. Would it kill you to wait up for us? Or even to tell us that you're leaving, damn it?"
"What the kid said."
"Yeah, you're lucky we like you."
"So what's the plan, o' fearless leader?" grins Ed, and damn, it's like the hole in his chest is almost filled.

"We're going to kill Sloth, overpower Father and take his throne, without killing Amestris or sacrificing you," Greed summarises, before starting to walk onwards, not waiting for them. He can overcome the lump in his throat (stupid fucking human emotions), as long as he isn't facing them, and he doesn't want to break down before them.

"Well, that works for me," Darius shrugs, moving after Greed and Heinkel follows, somewhere in his mind cursing loyalty to the Pride.

Ed looks back, at where her Father and her Brother are chatting, both managing to ignore the gender change for the moment.
They have their own plans. They don't need me. And I don't need them.
"Good luck, and see you later", she whispers, before turning to catch up with the group she'd stuck with since being branded a traitor.

She'd cast her lot in with Greed and Ling and Heinkel and Darius. Broken people had to stick together after all, and it was in her personal moral code to never abandon family.

A.N: Yay, they're a team! This totally should've happened [/isnotbiasedatall]

So, I've got two more to do, and then we're ONE TENTH of the way through! Isn't that exciting?! :D Expect two updates tomorrow, and then a bit of a rest from me. Getting these up is tiring...

You'll be glad to know that I've done the Mustang one! It's sorta, kinda funny. At least, I hope it is. My sense of humour is somewhat warped. *shrug*

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!

-Tom

{Thanks to Hyper V and Mini Hayden for reviewing - reviewers help me keep my inspiration going, as well as my motivation. Everyone says that, but no-one really understands how much they really mean, until you start getting them! Keep going, and this fic keeps going!}