SCARLETT
She sighed, leaning back against the wall. At least she'd gotten Ed to shut up. Now maybe she could rest in peace...
Not a chance.
People came in, went out, came in, went out.
Finally, just when she thought she could take it no more, a few men came for Ed and Al. She stayed, content where she was. But Major Miles eventually came in. "Yes?" she asked, refraining from snapping.
"General Armstrong wants you to join the Elric Brothers." he said.
Sighing, she stood up. "Alright..."
She followed him to the brothers, then he quickly left. "So... What'd I miss?" she asked, sitting down.
"This country is the base for a Philosopher's Stone."
As if where she'd sat down was red-hot, she sprang back up. "What? No! That means... Goddamn fuckin' shit!"
"Scarlett, calm down. We're gonna stop them, alright?" Ed asked nervously.
Growling, she nestled herself down among some of the things scattered about the room. Curling up, she braided and unbraided her hair, unsure as to what they were waiting for.
Eventually, there was a small whisper, and then a small radio Ed, Al, Falman and Buccaneer were huddled around started spitting out noise.
There was the general's voice...
Wait...
Was that?
She scrambled over to them. She stared intently at the radio, waiting for the new speaker's name.
Raven... That bullshit bastard is here!
She snarled. "Shoulda known that pathetic excuse for a human would show up here!" she spat.
"You know General Raven?" asked Falman.
"He came to the lab often... To observe experiments and what-not... He's a bloody bastard, and I hope he dies a painful and agonizing death before he can ever achieve this immortality wish of his!"
"How would you like a legion of immortal soldiers?" the radio crackled in Raven's voice.
"Bloody idiot... Lemme go throttle him!"
"You're staying with us, Scarlett!" Ed hissed, grabbing her sleeve before she could run out of the dark little room.
Snarling, she turned and threw him into a wall.
Make a branch off of the tunnel...
The idea came out of nowhere. She stopped, contemplating it. Raven would most certainly order Armstrong to put Sloth back.
"That might work..." she said.
"What? What might work?"
"Nevermind."
Ed and Al then decided to go back to their cell. Edward whipped up some rope so it'd look convincing should they run into any of Raven's men.
Just as well that he did.
EDWARD
Scarlett was seething. He could understand why.
In the halls, they'd run into Zolf J. Kimblee, the Crimson Alchemist. The one who'd demolished most of Ishval.
It was reasonable for her to be upset.
As long as she didn't go about revealing herself...
Kimblee turned to Scarlett. She had her hood up and glasses on. "And this must be the boys' Ishvalan body-guard. The one that seems to side with the military." he said.
"Shut the eff up." Scarlett said, her voice hushed.
"Ooh, touchy." Kimblee smirked. Scarlett hissed, moving on as her tattoos flickered. "I thought Ishvalans were forbidden to know Alchemy?"
"I don't. It knows me."
A riddle?...
They followed after Scarlett, slower, but still watching her. Her tattoos were flaring as she turned a corner and stopped. They stopped to watch her.
She stared at the wall, seething. Her forehead was barely touching the wall. Taking a deep breath, she took a step back from it...
And started punching the wall rapidly, at light-speed. She was swearing and hissing, a tirade of bad language flowing from her mouth.
"Calm down, girl!" Buccaneer snapped.
She turned to him, holding up one fist. "You want somma this too?" she snapped back.
Receiving no answer, she went back to beating up the wall. He took a hesitant step towards her. "Scarlett, why don't you save that energy for later? I mean, Scar may pop up and we may need you to protect us from him!" he said weakly.
Scarlett stopped, turning to him. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared down at him, reminding him just how at her mercy he was all tied up. "Because you're right, I'll stop. But if you turn out to be dead wrong, I'll make that dead... Literal."
He nodded, feeling lucky she didn't pummel him.
SCARLETT
She'd well lost Edward and Alphonse.
They'd gone to the mining town of Boscool. Scar had been reported there.
Edward and Alphonse had lost the guard for her. Then she'd lost them. It was simple enough.
And she knew how to find Scar.
"I felt what he was feeling before. Now I understand. We have a link between our souls. That means through the link, I can find him."
She went up onto the roof of the building she was on. She put her hands together as if in prayer and touched her forehead to them.
An abandoned building...
A sudden voice...
Two of Kimblee's men...
Where were they?
There!
She was close!
She sprang off the roof and to the next. She repeated the process until she found the building. Spotting the exact spot where they were fighting, she threw herself off the roof and at the window.
SCAR
He was engaged with a couple of Chimera when something smashed through the wall, landing between him and them.
"I won't let you take him."
Yuuki stood there, facing the Chimera.
"Move it, body-guard!" snarled one of them.
Yuuki held out her right arm. The tattoos glowed and the large blade ripped out of her arm. The soldiers were apparently new to her abilities, as they started.
"I thought you were my enemy now." he said.
"Never. Would I say something like that?" Yuuki looked back at him, a grin on her face. "You're my best friend!"
His eyes widened.
"Now, hows about you two freaks leave this place now... Before I unleash all hell on you?" she suggested to the Chimera.
"Scarlett! Scar?"
The Fullmetal Alchemist was in the door.
"Be wise for you too leave too."
He stood up and moved to stand next to her. "You don't have to do this."
"Yes, I do. You've protected me my whole life. Time to return the favor now."
He looked at her from the corner of his eye. Her face was expressionless. But he knew what that meant.
She's torn between fighting for her life-long friend or for the new-found friends she found when she thought all hope was lost.
He was torn as to fight her or not as well. But he decided on the latter.
"Scarlett! What're you doing!" snarled Fullmetal.
"What I know in my heart to be right."
Scarlett now darted in and took out one of the Chimera. He slumped, unconscious, to the ground. "I fight for my friend and life-long guardian. I will not fight otherwise. I will fight to preserve life and to defend the innocent. I will not fight for any other cause."
The other Chimera fell, and she was left standing before the two boys.
"Scarlett, what ever happened to you being the one that would protect us from him, not him from us?" the younger brother asked.
"People change, Alphonse."
There was the stamping of feet.
Soldiers.
"We have to make it quick if we're to run." she said, looking at him. "If you have Al, I've got Ed."
"Alright."