Something smooth was on her. She was aware of that much.
Opening her eyes, she faintly saw Hiss curled up on her side.
Remembering what'd happened, she sat up suddenly, Hiss quickly coiling up on her arm to keep from being dumped off. But Greed and the other Homunculus were gone.
"No..." she said softly, tears forming in her eyes. "No no no no no..."
A scent wavered down to her.
Those two from the Lab!
She got up and followed it. It was their fault, she was sure of it!
But they weren't in the Nest!
What she did find were the dead bodies of her fellow Chimera. Her hands were on the sides of her head and tears were flowing down her cheeks.
She should've been able to protect Greed. Then he could've stopped this massacre!
Still following the scent, she discovered they were getting on another train. This time, before she herself got on, she found the exact car they were in. Hiss wrapped himself around her and the pipe she clung to. This time, she didn't fall asleep.
She got off at the same time as them and followed them.
It was easy enough to blend in in the crowded streets of Rush Valley. She just tucked her tail in and fluffed her hair up she that her ears were hidden. Hiss draped himself across her shoulders so her looked like a scarf. She attracted few to no stares.
The Elrics were in front of an auto-mail shop when she caught up. They were in a conversation with a blonde girl. Suddenly she was pummeling one with a wrench. Kyurem flinched a little at that. She wasn't a fan of the brothers, but that looked like it hurt badly!
Now they were just walking idly. She still tailed them.
"I think we have a follower." said Edward, the one that she and Greed had faced together.
Squeaking, she ducked behind a wall and started to run. But she already heard them behind her!
"Gotcha!"
Ouch! "No!" she yelled, stopping and twisting around, trying to reclaim her tail from Alphonse.
Hiss reared up, hissing menacingly. She finally just ripped his hand off, freeing herself.
"No ya don't!"
A large stone wall rose up in front of her. She hissed, turning to face them.
"Woah, there! We don't wanna fight you!"
Huh?
"We just wanna know why you're following us, and why you were in Lab Five!"
Again, huh?
"No." she said sternly.
"So you learned to talk?" asked Alphonse.
"No..." she said, a little crestfallen.
"That's just your first word."
"Kyuuuu..." she growled.
But she had no choice other than to follow them.
But eventually, they found something else of interest. A collapsed young man.
For some reason... She was drawn to him, felt as though she should be loyal to him!
And then she found out why.
Ling Yao. That was his name. He was from Xing. And he was searching for immortality!
Like Greed!
She sidled up to him. "K-kyu!" she purred, butting her head up against him.
"A Chimera, huh? How so? You look normal to me." he said as his body-guards went chasing after the Elrics.
"Ky-k-k..." Slowly, making sure no one was watching but Ling, she pulled out her tail and let her ears stick out.
"Ooh, that's impressive! I like that, I do!"
Blushing, she smiled.
Suddenly, twin explosions shook the ground. "Oh well, better go see what's going on." Ling sighed, getting up. She followed after him, easily able to keep up. "Oh, so you're tagging along?" he asked.
"Kyu!" she said in determination.
She followed him. He was her new master. She wouldn't let it end up like Greed. She wouldn't let him die. She wouldn't let him be hurt.
They followed the Elrics and the girl who'd blugeoned Edward, Winry, to Central. When they arrived, Ling wandered away from Lan Fan and Fu, his protectoers. She followed him, but when the police showed up, she ran, as ordered.
She watched as Ling was dragged off to prison. Unable to do anything, she found Lab Five.
It was collapsed, ruined, totally destroyed.
But that wouldn't stop her...
She quickly found a place to wriggle in through and get to the more underground portions of the lab. Upon doing so, she scented the air. All stale. No one there.
Her feet made small tip-tup noises on the dusty floors as she walked through the halls. She saw something that sparked her interest.
A filing cabinet.
One of the files she could see was labeled 'Project Kyurem.'
That was her.
Project Kyurem.
She went in and opened the file. A thick wad of papers greeted her.
Taking them out, she started to read. There was a lot there.
Including...
She...?
She wasn't...?
She wasn't a cat-Chimera?
Well, that'd explain a few things!
But what was a displacer beast? How could she change into one? How was it an uncontrollable thing?
Confused, she looked for the file with the information on the displacer beast. Finding it, she opened it. There was only one thing in there. A photo.
It was of a vicious looking cat. But it was huge! It was black, had short fur, white markings on it's face, green eyes, six legs, a long, whip-like tail, and tentacles comng out of it's back. It was snarling, and long white fangs could be seen.
But her eyes were brown...
Probably her human part.
But this was what she was? It was scary... Meaning she was scary...
She'd been mixed with a baby version of this. Now, she was sixteen. It would be an adult. She was a monster...