Myra stood in the desert plains. The air was humid, but thankfully a cool breeze blew by every once in a while.
A sigh of relief escaped her lips as her eyes set upon Liore. She momentarily halted her walking to take in the sight. The wind blew gently through her golden blonde hair as she recalled the events of the past few days. She didn't expect that everyone would end up separated like this. And she didn't expect to be hunted down by the homunculi like this either. Maybe she should've been more wary from the start.
~Several days earlier~
"Why is this place so BIG?!" Ed shouted out a large window, frustration clear in his tone.
"It's gonna take weeks to search every one of these buildings." Al said after he finished inspecting a random part of the room they were in, becoming weary just by the thought of searching every building for Scar and the girl.
"There has to be some easier way to do this." Myra said, standing in the middle of the room, mentally going through their options while feeling just as tired and frustrated as her brothers.
"It'd make things a hell of a lot easier if Scar and that girl just came to us." An annoyed look plastered itself onto Ed's face.
Suddenly, a tiny voice from far away caught the siblings' attention as they heard it call, "Alphonse! Alphonse!"
Their heads snapped up to face the direction of the girl running towards them calling Al's name.
"Don't tell me—"
"It can't be..."
"No way!"
"I can't believe it's you!" May Chang shouted excitedly as she tackled Al in a hug, causing him to fall to the ground.
"She did come to us." Ed deadpanned, causing Myra to sweat drop at his comment.
Just as May began to question Al on what he is doing here, Myra's head snapped to the side. She could've sworn she had just seen something in the corner of her eye a moment ago.
Ed's yelling, however, drew the girl's attention back to the three just in time to hear May swoon saying, "Oh no, now both brothers have fallen in love with me!" Myra sweat dropped once again until the sound of Winry's voice coming from Al's armour could be heard.
Al let the poor girl out of his armour, apologizing, as she landed on one knee, "I kept bumping my head." she groaned, rubbing her head.
"Excuse me! Who is this woman, Al?!" May shouted, obviously jumping to false conclusions.
Myra watched in slight amusement until May suddenly turned to her, "And Alphonse, who is this woman?! She's too old for you!"
"No, no that's totally not it!" Al said quickly.
"I'm just his older sister." Myra reassured the girl, waving her hands in front of her.
May glanced at Al who nodded in confirmation before turning back to Myra. "Ohhh then why didn't you just say so!" May said before turning back to face Winry, "But that still doesn't explain this girl!"
Myra then noticed someone else entering the room.
"May, you shouldn't go wondering off like that." he scolded. "Wait, the Elric brothers are here?!" the man exclaimed upon seeing the two said brothers.
"Who are you?" Ed questioned him suspiciously.
"Oh right, my face is different. It's Dr. Marcoh!" The man introduced himself.
"Dr. Marcoh?!" The boys exclaimed.
Another man appeared behind Marcoh, seemingly having a nonchalant expression until laying eyes on two certain brothers. "The Elric brothers?!" he cried.
"And who are you?" Ed suddenly deadpanned.
"Don't act like you've forgotten Yoki!" Yoki boasted about himself. He kept blabbering as Ed and Al couldn't recall ever meeting him, telling his life story about what happened after he met Ed and Al.
Ed easily dismissed him as Myra turned to Marcoh. "So, Dr. Marcoh... was it?"
"Yes," he responded. "And I don't believe we've met."
"Right, I'm Myra Elric." she introduced herself.
"Wait, did you say 'Elric'?"
"Yes, I'm Ed and Al's older sister." she smiled politely at him.
"Well it's nice to meet you." he said.
"Likewise." Myra nodded.
In the next few moments everyone present in the room gathered and Ed stepped forward. "I've learned a lot since we met," he spoke, everyone now either standing or sitting in a circle, "like what it takes to make a Philosopher's Stone. I know there's something wrong with this country and rotten with it's alchemy. We've decided to look into the possibility of Eastern Alchemy and we figured that she could help." Ed gestured towards May.
"You're on the right path. But you're not the first to put all of these pieces together." Marcoh said, taking a book out of the inside of his jacket. "This book is a collection of research and theories. It's written in code, but we believe this book contains all of the answers we need."
"If we can decipher what's in there, then Al, Myra and I can—"
"Perhaps. I think so. But they'll be impossible to translate without the assistance of Scar."
"Well what do we need him for?!" Ed's anger rose at the mention of Scar.
"If we need help from Scar, then that book must be written in Ishvalan, right?" Myra guessed.
Marcoh nodded, "Yes, that's correct."
For a few seconds, it was silent, but the sound of an explosion caught everyone's attention. Marcoh moved to the window to get a better view of what was going on.
"That was the building that Scar is in!" he told the group.
Everyone stood up. "Look, everyone just needs to stay put and hide out in here. Myra, Al and I will find out what's going on." Ed declared. And with that, the three exited the room and headed to where Scar is.
"Well, looks like we got here just in time." Myra said nonchalantly as the three entered the room where Scar was currently fighting two chimeras who almost had him beat.
"Didn't these three run off somewhere?" One chimera spoke.
"Sister, Brother, his voice." Al pointed out. "I think these are Kimblee's men."
"They are?" Ed seemed skeptical at first.
"Yeah, I think you're right." Myra said after taking a closer look at them.
The chimera began to speak again but Myra didn't get to hear what they said before Ed and Al started lashing out on them saying, "Talking monsters!"
She stared in slight amusement, knowing that they were just messing around. "Okay..." she said to herself before advancing towards one of the chimeras, leaving the other one for Ed and Al.
She didn't bother using alchemy, choosing to use close combat instead. Myra dodged the acidic 'saliva' the chimera tried to spit at her without allowing a single drop to touch her skin or clothes. When she got close enough to the chimera she swept his feet out from under him. He tried to attack her, but it seemed like all of his attacks would merely strike air.
The chimera suddenly felt a pain shoot up from the back of his neck. His body felt limb and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Myra stood behind him after hitting the back of his neck.
Myra looked over just in time to see Al put the other chimera in a similar unconscious state.
For a short moment, everything was quiet. Until a blue light reflected off the walls and the familiar crackling sound drew Myra's attention to Scar.
"You just had to go and free yourself. You really think your gonna get away?" Ed scoffed.
"Give up, Scar! It's time to pay for what you've done!" Al told him.
"I will kill you if you try to stop me." Scar threatened.
"Go ahead and try." Myra shot back, taking a step forward so she was a little closer to him, her eyes narrowed.
She was about to take another step towards Scar, but stopped herself. Side glancing to her left. This time she saw it. Myra saw something in the corner of her eye again and she knew it was there.
The commotion happening several feet in front of her brought Myra back to the current situation as she realized that Ed and Al had just charged at Scar, the three about to engage in another fight.
"Shit!" Myra muttered under her breath as she clapped her hands together.
"Don't hurt them!" An urgent voice came from the doorway. Everyone turned their heads to see Winry. Seeing her caused Scar to stutter mid-attack, giving Ed and Al the chance they needed to catch him off guard and punch him into a wall. Al used his alchemy to attach Scar's right arm to the wall so he couldn't escape as Ed began to lecture Winry. Myra returned her hands to her side.
"What are you doing here, you idiot?!" Ed yelled.
Winry didn't respond. Instead, she tried to step forward, but was stopped when Major Miles put a hand on her shoulder, him appearing on the scene with two other men from Briggs.
He ordered his men to tie up both of the unconscious chimeras before he approached Scar. As he did so, Myra put a hand on both Ed and Al's shoulders as she walked past.
"I'm going to make sure no more of Kimblee's men are around." She told them, gesturing to the two chimeras that were now tied up to a column. The two hesitated before nodding their heads.
Myra exited the same doorway Winry and Miles had just walked through moments ago, trusting her brothers to take care of Winry and the matter at hand.
She walked down the hallway, not allowing her feet to echo with each step she took. She swiftly turned down a small corridor, grabbing someone by their cloak and pushing them up against the wall.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here?!" Myra whisper shouted, the faint voices of Ed and Miles echoing throughout the halls.
"I think the better question is; what are you doing?" The girl Myra had pushed against the wall narrowed her eyes as Myra slowly loosened her grip before letting go completely.
"What do you mean, Ava?" Myra also narrowed her eyes as the girl in front of her reached up to pull down her grey hood, revealing her short red locks and chocolate brown eyes.
"Rave—"
"We're not the Cloaked Alchemists anymore." Myra cut her off bluntly, her arms crossed.
"Myra," Ava began, "The group just disbanded and the first thing you do is find and travel around with your brothers?! I mean, what—!"
"And what are you doing?" Myra cut her off, not wanting to hear her scolding. "You coming here to talk to me could be very dangerous. Not just for us or my brothers, but everyone else here." Myra took a breath to calm herself, "Look, I know it was stupid to search for my brothers and maybe I've been a little too carefree... but, I've missed them for so long and I just didn't want to be apart from them any longer. Not when I finally got some of my freedom back! I also have the promise I made to Drew..." Her voice grew quieter.
"My, I understand, I really do." A sympathetic look found it's way onto Ava's features as she put a comforting hand on Myra's shoulder. "Your brothers are your only family left and you want to protect them at all costs. They're important to you, but this could put you in a lot of danger as well."
Myra took a breath before sighing, "I know. But I can't just sit by and watch them suffer. If there's something I can do, I want to do it."
It was Ava's turn to sigh. "You're so stubborn, My."
"So did you risk your life coming here just so you could yell at me?" Myra asked, a slight teasing tone in her voice. Ava smirked, but it soon faded as her expression turned serious.
"I came to warn you." she said.
"Warn me?"
"Out of the three of us, you're the one who is in the most danger right now." her face solemn.
"Bradley? No wait, the homunculi Father." Myra guessed, mirroring Ava's serious expression.
Ava nodded her head, "They captured us for a reason, and we survived. But you're the only one who was forced to do human transmutation. They're keeping you alive for a reason, My, your brothers too. It's only a matter of time. You could end up dead. Just, whatever you do..." Ava paused, "be careful."
"I promise." Myra's face softened. "But it is me we're talking about." She said jokingly.
"I know, I know." Ava waved her hand dismissively with a small smile on her face. "You, I trust. It's them I don't." She scowled slightly on 'them', referring to the homunculi.
"And I won't be alone." Myra stared off in the direction her brothers and the others were. "I didn't want them involved in the homunculi's plans but," Myra paused, turning to look back at her former comrade and friend. "They are now and there was nothing I could've done to prevent it... They're stronger than they look though." Myra smiled slightly, looking off to the side.
After a moment of silence, Ava sighed, "You didn't tell them yet, did you?"
Myra's face held a guilty expression. "They've been through enough."
"They're going to find out eventually."
"I know... just, not yet."
"It's your call. And I know that you're trying to do what's best for them, but wouldn't it benefit them more if you told them ahead of time... or, I hate to say it, but history might repeat itself."
After a moment of thought, Myra spoke, "You're right. I've been putting it off. I'll tell them when I get the chance."
Ava gave a half smile before saying, "I think my time is running short. I need to leave and get back to Ash—Oscar," she quickly corrected herself, "before I get caught or someone suspects you for being gone too long." she said, walking further down the corridor. "Make sure you take care of yourself."
"Thank you, Ava. I'll do my best... You gonna be ok?"
"You underestimate a former Cloaked Alchemist." Ava winked before she disappeared from sight.
"I really hope we get to see each other again." Myra whispered, smiling slightly to herself before turning to head back the way she came.