Part 4
*On the Train to Central*
I was rolling the remainder of my gloves around in my hands.
Ed and Al watched me.
"If there any way to fix them."
"Well, one is completely ruined, even if I could sew it back together. The blood stains have destroyed the array. It's useless now. The other one could still work but sewing Hydronet is extremely complicated. It took me years to perfect these gloves."
"Wait a minuet! Maybe I can help!"
I looked at Ed's smiling face, suddenly understanding what he meant.
"Oh, could please try?"
"No problem."
Ed lay the reminants of my left gloves on the floor.
He clapped his hands together and touched the fabric.
Blue Alchemy light flashed.
My glove was fully fixed.
"Thanks, Ed!"
I reached down to grabbed the glove.
Something flashed in front of my hand and the glove was gone.
I looked up to find Ling's female follower handing the glove to him.
I glared at that smirking face as Ed yelled at him.
"Give it back, Ling!"
"I'm afraid I can't. We can't have Kai giving me anymore trouble now can we."
I glared at him harder, angered by the fact that there was nothing I could do.
'Some one help me.'
I turned away and headed for the door to our train car.
"And where are you going, 小女神?"
I stopped as my back went rigid.
He just kept calling me 'little goddess'. It was really getting on my nerves.
I turned and glared at him.
"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm going for a walk."
"Then, I'll come with you."
"The hell you will."
"Why not?"
"You're the reason why I'm going for the walk. I need to get away from you, asshole."
The girl, LanFan, threw a kunai at me, as she had done every time I threw insults at Ling.
I threw my self into a Dragon Kick, kicking the kunai to my left.
I gave both Ling and LanFan one last glare before I turned and left the car.
I walked along through the cars trying some place quiet to clam myself. But I was constantly feeling eyes on me.
"What do you want, old man?"
Fu, Ling's other attendant was suddenly at my side.
"Master Ling asked me to keep an eye on you."
"The cat making sure the mouse doesn't come out of it's hole."
He stayed silent towards my bitter tone.
I started walking along, leaving him behind.
"Might I ask a question, Mistress Kai."
"Don't call me 'Mistress'. What is it?"
"Why won't you give Master Ling a chance?"
I froze, thinking about the question.
"If you would just show him a little respect, he would return it."
"Why should I give him a chance at respect when he won't give me a chance at life?"
I looked at Fu, waiting for answer.
He couldn't give me one.
I continued to walk through out the cars, without Fu.
…
We finally arrived at Central.
And Ling was missing.
While Fu and LanFan were worried and looking for him, Ed and I were relieved.
We walked around Central. When we got to the middle out town, we all split up. LanFan and Fu went looking for Ling, Ed and Al went to the military offices, Winry went to go visit the, so named, Hughes Family, and decided to look for some fabric shops. I was hoping that there might be some supplies that might help me make new gloves.
While I was walking around the shopping district, I came upon a huge crowd of people.
'What's going on?'
I pushed my way through the people and found the answer to my question.
2 military officers were standing over Ling's collapsed body.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"… Food…"
"Collasped by the side of the road, huh?"
"Where'd you come from? …. What's that? From Xing, you say?"
"Well you're a long way from home, alright."
"I'll need to see your entry Visa please."
Judging from the silence, I guessed that Ling didn't have an entry Visa.
I smirked and shook my head.
'So stupid.'
The military officers linked their arms through Ling's and started dragging him away, calling him an illegal alien.
Suddenly, Ling saw me.
"Wait a minute! That girl back there is my wife! I can't leave her behind."
The crowd and the military officers looked at me.
A smirk spread over Ling's face.
They dragged Ling back and one of the officers came up to me.
"Miss, I'm afraid were going to have to take you."
I pulled out a little booklet and handed it to the officer.
"Sir, I've got my visa right here. If you'd like to take a look at it, I think you'll find everything is in order."
He flipped though the booklet and handed it back to me.
"Looks fine to me but we're going to have to take you're husband in."
"Sir, he's not my husband."
Ling looked at me with skeptical eyes.
"Actually, I don't really even know him. All I know is that he's been following me, ever since I left Xing. I've tried to get away from him but he always finds me."
Tears started welling up in my eyes and Ling looked at me in shock.
"In fact, I think he's been stealing things from me. Clothes. Undergarments. I think he even took one of my gloves. Search his pockets."
The military officers search Ling's pockets and found my glove.
They handed it back to me.
"We'll get this pervert straightened out, Miss. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
I sniffled.
"Not at all officer. Thank you for catching the rogue."
They started dragging Ling away.
He was still looking at me in shock.
When, no one was looking, I gave him a cocky wave.
I turned around and walked away.
'Finally, I'm free.'
