The smell hit me as I drift back into conciseness. I gag and roll away from the source, which was a dumpster. What the heck do people throw away here! Murdered skunks! I groan and slowly get up into a sitting position. Stretching my arms over my head, I wake myself up from an awful nights sleep. Yeah, I only got a couple of hours of sleep. I kept reliving that moment over and over in my head. I never meant to kill anyone! There's no excuse for what I did. But I have to keep it to myself cause if Ed and Al find out, they might think I'm a full out murderer. And I'm not! I'm determined to get this under control. And I'm determined to find them.
Since Mustang is still in Central but is being transferred to East City soon, doesn't that mean they're are here too? The only chance I have of finding them is to go to Central HQ…But I was scared to death. If you know me, I never, ever get in trouble. That's only because my parents would kill me twenty times over if they found out. So I have no experience of breaking into a building and obtaining information.
Wait, what if I go to the National Library? I could ask around if they've seen them. Maybe find out where they're staying. Yeah, awesome idea. Just one problem…Where the hell is it!I sigh angrily as I walk in a random direction, hoping to luckily stumble up on it.
No such luck. I've been walking around for an hour or two, and I still haven't found the stupid place. So I have to resort to my last option. Asking directions. Hate talking to people… I look around for someone that doesn't look at me like they were going to rape me. So I go up to an older lady who was sitting on a bench in a park. She looks about fifty or sixty, with short graying hair and a pastel floral dress.
"Um, excuse me?" I stand in front of her with my hands stuffed into my pockets while rubbing my thumb over my watch. She looks up with a pleasant smile and warm blue eyes.
"Yes?" Her voice slightly cracks.
"Could you possibly direct me to the National Library?" I ask as politely as possible while wearing a false smile.
"Sure, just go down Patterson Avenue west and you'll come across it." She says, pointing to the mentioned street.
"Thanks!" I exclaim, hurrying over to the avenue. I could hear he call a 'you're welcome' behind me. Waving back to her, I turn onto said street. I walk for about twenty minutes and then I see the large white building. The National library! Yes! Now maybe I could get some progress.
I wasn't getting anywhere! Nobody has seen them. Now what am I suppose to do? I really, really didn't want to break into HQ. That would be suicide! But that's probably the only option that I have. Ok, I'll ask one more person then I'm heading to HQ. I see a girl reading a book at one of the long tables, so I walk over to her. She couldn't be older than seven or eight; wearing a pink outfit.
"Hey," I say, getting her attention. Her big green eyes look up to me, "Have you possibly seen the FullMetal Alchemist lately?" She nods her head dynamically.
"Un-huh! When I was walking here I saw them head into Central headquarters!" she exclaims.
"When?" I say a little too loudly, attracting people's attention. Some even shush me, glaring. I shrink back slightly, lowering my voice to a whisper. "When?"
"A couple of minutes ago." I groan loudly, giving her a thank you, and head towards the door. So its official, I have to go to HQ. Ugh! How am I supposed to get in? And it if I did manage to find a way in, what was I going to say to them?! I hung my head at the thought, knowing whatever I say to them would sound stupid and crazy.
"Hey guys, I have weird shard fragments inside me that vaporizes people! Could you help me figure out what it is and tell me how to control it? Thanks! Oh, and I borrowed some money from you!"
Yeah, that'll go over well. But maybe I could obscure the truth from them…
"Hey! I heard about a stone that could get you're bodies back! And I might have an idea where it is. But you should probably research it before you go looking for it!"
That might work, but there's one problem…I can't say that they could get their bodies back. It's like a secret to them and other important people that are helping them out. They could get suspicious and ask me how I got that knowledge. Then I'll have to lie again, and I suck at lying!
I stop in my tracks. Now this problem is just arising in my mind! I don't know where HQ is! I'm just walking aimlessly around the city!
"Stupid, stupid…" I mutter as I slap myself a couple of times. Feeling people's gaze on me, I quickly turn onto another street; embarrassment coating my cheeks. Wait, I could've found a map in the library! STUPID! I really need to think things through before I start walking randomly in a city that I don't know.
But luck was on my side! In the near distance, I saw a huge, white building. It practically cast shadows over the whole city! And my best guess is that is HQ.
"Yes!" I smile under my breath, walking faster towards the building. Now I'm getting somewhere!
Once I got a block or two from the building, I sit on one of the benches that on the side of the street. Now what?! I'm at HQ and I don't know what I'm going to do! I can't just waltz in there! Maybe I could jump through a window? Its very cliché, but it could work. Yeah… then I could hide in the janitor's closet or something until nightfall when everybody's gone home. Then I can find all the information I need! I stand up abruptly; I have to do this while I still have the courage! I got this!
I march up the steps, determined to get in. I know what I'm going to do. But getting in is the difficult part. I make it to the top, taking the building in. It almost reminds me of Greece, with pillars that had horizontal davit lines on it. And near the freakin humongous doors were two guards. I think I could've gotten past them, but I freaked out; jumping behind a bush. Give me a break. I've never done this before. But I was good at sneaking around like a super ninja. I make my way to the back of the building, making sure the guards didn't see me. I look over a bush to see if there was anyone out back. Just so happens to be a training exercise out there, complete with a working out course. Good thing they were mostly focused on the soldiers and not the girl sneaking around.
Behind me, I found an open window that lead to an empty room. Luck was on my side once again and I climb into the room. It's mostly filled boxes with a desk and chairs also holding the boxes. Peering out the door to see if anyone was coming; I walk into the hallway. Ok, all I need to do now is to find a janitors closet and then I'm set. I sneak around for a bit, evading soldiers by sneaking into the shadows, until I finally find a closet. It was harder than it looks. I was just about to slip in when…
"Hey!" I look to my left to see a group of soldiers pointing their guns at me. Now I could've made up a story for why I was walking around in here. But I did something really stupid.
I ran away in the opposite direction.
"Hold it!" they yell, perusing me. Stupid! Baka! Whatever, now I'm running from the military like a criminal. Like I could've been more suspicious, I just had to run away. I turn a corner, and guess who I just had to run into. We both fall, and I sit there frozen to the spot. Luck was not on my side.
"Ow…" Mustang mutters as he looks down on me.
"Crap!" I breathe as I scramble to my feet and bolt past him before he knew what was happening. Crap! Now Mustang is probably going to blow me up or something! I'm just glad that I've been playing soccer for the past eight years. I zip down the halls and even down a stairway. Sirens start going off all throughout the building. Great. Maybe I have to jump out the window or something. But I was on the fifth floor! Jumping would be suicide! Lost in my thoughts, something grabs my arm. I look back to see a soldier who has finally caught up to me. Fear grips my heart. I'm dead!
That's when the hallway literally blows up. I flew in the air and hit the ground, rolling for a few feet. My vision blurs, ears ringing, and I see the black sparks flashing around. Trying to process what had just happened, I barely notice the soldiers dragging me across the floor.
I'm caught.
Ha! I figured out what was wrong with my account! HAHA! :D So those who don't know i posted this chapter this morning and it was acting up. So this is like take two of reposting this. I'm really happy that it's working now :)
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