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So here I was, standing here with my blood spewing all over the place. It was bad enough that I didn't have enough blood than I should. Vampires are always supposed to have two times more blood than an average human and I definitely haven't been getting any lately. Just great. So, I really won't be able to fight with Bradley any longer...that means there's only one thing to do. I clutched my stomach as I vomited the same liquid substance protruding from my abdomen. I fell to my knees, dramatically mind you, and fell to the floor, slowly closing my eyes. I watched as he slowly started to walk away and smirked. Too easy. Playing Possum: Works like a charm. My throat felt dry like I haven't drank anything in months. I did my best to push off the ground and slowly follow him. It wouldn't be good if he caught up to Mel and Lan Fan...I need a distraction maybe. I tip toed past the alley way he just walked through and kept walking until I came across a manhole. An open manhole...did they escape into the sewers? They could at least make it less noticeable! I climbed down and, as gently as possible, lowered the lid back to it's original place. Cautiously, I climbed down the ladder and heard some soft voices a few yards away.
"M-Mel!" I managed to make out in a hoarse voice. Stupid voice, why can't you just work damn it?! You're making me sound freaking weak! The voices were dead silent.
"Kai?! Where are you?!"
"O...over here!" I limped towards her voice. When she came into view, her eyes were wide and her hair was a bit raggady, like she'd been running around. She rushed to my side in an instant.
"Holy Hell, Kai! What the Hell happened to you?!"
"Hell is an understatement." I groaned as she tenderly set me down. Lan Fan slowly walked over and knelt down on the other side of me.
"That wound is pretty deep. Here, let me take care of it." Lan Fan pulled a kit out of...I don't even know, but she worked as quickly as she could. It wasn't as fast but then again, she did only have...one arm...holy shit, she only has one arm!? What happened?!
"So..." I whispered as she worked on my lower half, "What now?" I asked, wondering where Ling was, probably running around shirtless telling by the look of Lan Fan's bandage.
"Master Ling will come back for us."
"Are you...sure?"
"Positive." She fiddled with the bandage, trying her best to tie it. Melonie sweat dropped and joined in, helping her. You know, sometimes she reminds me of Alphonse so much that it's not even funny. Except, she was a bit more dramatic than him. I sighed in relief as the pain slowly started to fade, but my vision started following the pain's lead and soon, everything was dark.
The next time I opened my eyes I saw...wood. A wooden ceiling of course. One question remained in my mind. Where in the hell was I now? The last time I checked, I was in the sewers being treated by Ling's bodyguard. I moaned a bit as the pain in my gut came back full force. I sat up gingerly and forced myself to stand up. As I walked over to the door, I could hear faint screams start to come from behind it. I also recognized a few familiar voices. After peeking through the halls to make sure everything was clear, I emerged from the dark room. I walked down a few halls and poked my head out, spotting a few friends instantly. There was Ling, Roy, and Edward. Alphonse was probably nearby somewhere too...yup, there he is. I thought as he emerged from another room.
"I wonder where Mel is..." I whispered to myself. Edward noticed my small movement and looked over.
"Kaiden! Your awake! Are you okay? Are you hurt? How do you feel?" He asked similar questions over and over as he ran over to me.
"Yes, I am indeed awake. I believe I'm okay, and my stomach does hurt a bit." I answered all of his questions. Looking past Edward, I could see Roy's famous smirk plastered onto his face.
"Oi, Lovebirds! I need to discuss something with you, come on!" Both Edward and I blushed but walked over anyways. I placed a hand on my hip.
"Who are you calling Lovebirds?!" Roy smirked.
"Do you see any other fools around here?"
"There's one right in front of me."
"Yeah, but I don't think you and I could even be Lovebirds."
"No. Way. In. Hell. Why do you even think-"
"Well, you have drank Fullmetal's blood before, haven't you?"
"What?! Where the hell did you ever hear that from?!"
"I have my resources." I placed my arms in the form of an X.
"Definitely not Lovebirds...wait, what is me drinking Edward's blood have anything to do with loving each other anyways? I've drank Ling's blood and you don't see me being all giggle giggle lovey dovey with him!"
"You drank Ling's blood?" both Edward and Roy asked at the same time. I felt my face start to heat up.
"Well, I hadn't really had any lately...and he was the one who offered...and...well..." I turned my back on them.
"So wait, are you two-timing Fullmetal?"
"WHAT?! NO WAY! I'M NOT LIKE YOU!"
"So you are dating him!" Alphonse pointed an accusing finger at me. The both of us lit up cherry red.
"N-n-n-n-n-no one ever said that!" I exclaimed, waving my hands around. I crossed my arms. "B-besides, I don't l-like short men." Everyone's jaw dropped, including Edward's. Oops...did I seriously say that out loud? It looked as if steam was coming out of Edward's ears.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A TINY LITTLE PIPSQUEAK?! I'M TALLER THAN YOU!"
"You sure about that, Brother? I'm sure you two are probably the same height actually." I smirked.
"Awe, did I upset the little chibi?" I knelt down and patted his head like he was a puppy. He looked ticked. I giggled. "I'm just kidding, Ed." I really needed to get serious though. At the moment, my blood is probably only filled like one third of the way, and if I wasn't careful, I could end up losing control of my blood lust and attack Ed. After all, whenever he's most angry is when the scent hits me full on. It's like his blood is truly boiling. Ignoring the previous conversation, we walked down a separate hallway and peered into a room, where a fat homunculus, known as Gluttony, was struggling to try and get free from the wire bounding him. Edward and Ling began to discuss a few things as Roy turned to face me.
"Are you alright?" Wow. I couldn't believe it. The famous Colonel Roy Mustang was worrying his pretty little heart over me.
"Well, Colonel Smirky, I'm doing just fine! Kinda...so, where's Mel?"
"Mel? You mean Melonie? Um, not sure. I think she went outside with Hawkeye to stand guard."
"That's unlikely of her..." both Ling and Edward started fighting over who deserved to use the homunculus. Roy joined in and all of their voices spinning around the hall was just making my head feel all fuzzy. "Jeez you all are so annoying, I'm outta here." I walked off, leaving them to fight amongst themselves.
It's not like the Philosopher's Stone actually mattered to me. After all, what was one immortal vampire going to do with a Philosopher's Stone? I don't need it for a country or injury or getting a body back. I casually walked outside and saw Melonie and Riza together, chatting among themselves. A Cheshire grin slowly carved it's way onto my face. I started to tip toe as lightly as possible. This was a sniper and a bad ass alchemist we were dealing here, I was surprised they didn't notice my presence. The air around them seemed so tense that even if a rabbit hopped out they'd pee themselves. This was going to be perfect. I grabbed their arms at the same time and screamed in their ears. That, was one bad idea. Melonie let out a high pitched squeaky scream and Hawkeye spun around so fast her hair fell down. A gun was pointed right between my eyes and I just couldn't hold in my laughter any longer and let it explode from within me. Their faces were just so priceless! Especially Mel's! That girl could scream! I laughed so hard my wound literally started to reopen and I had to force my giggles down to prevent further injury.
"You guys...should have seen the looks...on your faces!" I wheezed from laughing so hard.
"KAIDEN! YOU COULD'VE HAD A BULLET THROUGH YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW!" Melonie scolded but smiled a little. "Although, that was pretty freaking funny." she giggled.
"Yup! I scared the famous Hawk's Eye! Pretty intense stuff, huh?" Riza lowered her gun (Finally!) and kept watch over us two while Melonie filled me in on the details of what was going on while I was passed out.
"You should have seen the looks on Edward and the Colonel's face when we brought you in here all bloodied up! I swear their eyes were the size of tennis balls! Anyways, they were really worried, they're all probably relieved that you're okay now. Probably took a huge weight off their shoulders." Melonie looked around the woods. "I'm not exactly sure where we're at, but I know we've put a pretty good distance between us and East Central. Speaking of which, I really think the Colonel should go back before he gets into any more trouble with the Fuhrer. He's probably already suspecting him."
"Yeah, I know. Ah! Speaking of which! Bradley already thinks I'm dead so I should probably tell the others that! If he finds out that I'm alive, we'll probably have a lot more trouble on our hands and I would hate to bring everyone down you know...Mel?" I stopped talking as soon as I noticed her long stare. "What is it? Do I have something on my face?"
"Your eyes...they just look...violet now..."
"Yeah, I did lose a lot of blood. I should probably refill up soon." I sighed. "But where to..." Riza sent me a somewhat frightened look in my direction. I chuckled a bit to myself. "Now that I think about it, a homunculus' blood smells really good..." Mel gave me a strange look.
"Please Kai...I don't want to know what blood tastes like. I think it tastes like disgusting iron."
"Well you're not a vampire." I countered.
"True. Anyways, let's go tell the Colonel about your little problem with the Fuhrer, knowing him, he would probably be able to cover it up and say a citizen dragged you off to go bury you."
"Dragged me off? You know, you could put it in a much more nicer way." Melonie rolled her eyes.
"What do you want me to say? A kind stranger gently picked you up, dusted you off and cleaned you up and then buried you softly in the ground?" I laughed.
"That sounds much more nicer than the way you put it awhile ago!"
"Of course it did." we both approached the door and once my hand was on the doorknob I froze. There was a terrible aura in the air. One of pure hatred, with an intent to kill. What was it? What was happening in there? Was that the homunculus I was feeling anger from? Was it someone else? What was going on?! All my questions increased ten fold when the whole side of the cabin was wiped clean from the earth.
Dun Dun Dun! Okay, so I really do apologize for not updating! I actually had this chapter already written but it was on my laptop and, like my profile says, my laptop is broken. I THINK it might actually be getting fixed tomorrow but I can't be too sure! Anyways, I started watching FMA again (not FMAB) just to introduce it to one of my friends. Dude, I just noticed that Edward is MUCH more childish in that one than the manga version one. So the person I introduced it to was a guy and I swear he was going to start crying when he realized Nina was transmuted XD Hughes is his third favorite character so I can't wait to see how he reacts to his death!...am I sadistic for saying that? I don't think his death is a joke! D: I swear! Hughes is my second favorite character! Edward is my first (duh). Hope this is an okay explanation for you guys and I really am sorry about not uploading for like weeks :C I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I am looking forward to your reviews! Oh not only has the laptop been broken, but I've also been really busy with school. I should get some shut eye because tomorrow I have to wake up at 4 to get ready for Clinicals (volunteering in a nursing home, no school though, woot!) Anyways, onto your reviews (that I so deeply ADMIRE :3) to reply to!
Braemar: Yeah, sorry, I love putting cliffy's at the end of my stories and seeing all the readers get so angry about it XD it's just a hobby of mine ;)
Flyingmintbunny32: That really sucks, I hate it when that happens. Speaking of Hetalia I was actually thinking of making an FMA/Hetalia crossover once XD
XAka-kitsune-toriX: Yeah, school just loves block up all writers' schedules TT^TT
BlackRose54: Ohoho! So someone else loves her blood lust moments huh ;) I think I'll make sure to let her have more trolololol the chapter after this one should please Kaiden to no end (hint hint wink wink? Lol) and I totally understand with the whole thoughts about the vampire stories, I know the feeling really, and I'm glad you like it.
Sarah: I'm so glad you like it! I'm glad I inspired you! I'll be sure to check it out if you give me the name ;)