With the relief of finally reaching a town in the desert plains, Myra let out a sigh. 'So this is Liore.' She thought, a half smile threatening to spread across her lips. 'I was too careless. Now I don't know where anyone is.'
There was a visible cut on her bottom lip and bruises could be seen on her face and arms. Though her clothing covered the majority of her injuries. Her red coat had now been transmuted back into a red cloak. It hung on her shoulders, moving slightly in the cool breeze.
Myra took a step forward, followed by another, trying to reach the town that never left her line of sight. She wiped her sweaty palms on her pants, only now realizing the exhaustion that swept over her. Her body was sore from the bruises she received from Envy and Gluttony a few days ago. A hospital was out of the question unless she wanted to wait around getting caught.
A rumour was heard that the Fullmetal Alchemist was missing. As much as that worried Myra, she had to keep telling herself that Ed is alright. That he'll be alright. She never wanted to separate from him, but with the fight with Envy and Gluttony and the explosion afterwards, not to mention how she's currently being pursued by the homunculi, they were driven to separate. As for Al, Myra could only hope that he was safe along with Winry and the others. It felt like forever since she's seen him, but their problems keep getting bigger.
~Flashback~
A punch was aimed for her head, Myra caught it and threw one of her own, only to have Envy catch hers as well.
Gluttony was on the ground several metres away, trying to recover after being the centre of an explosion Myra created by using dynamite and a litre of gasoline she found in one of the warehouses. Envy was swift enough not to get drenched in the oily liquid, much less getting blown up by the dynamite afterwards.
A kick was delivered to Myra's stomach, but she ignored the pain as she tried to sweep Envy off his feet. He jumped up and used his acrobatic-worthy reflexes to create some distance between them.
"Do your precious brothers even know why you've been acting the way you are?" Envy sneered.
Myra's silence answered his question.
"Oh, don't tell me you didn't tell them! That's rich! I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they find out!" Envy laughed.
"Shut up!" Myra clapped her hands and slammed them to the ground, creating a gaping hole around Envy, but he jumped several metres back to avoid falling.
"You don't have to worry about them right now. Today, we came for you." Myra didn't bother to respond. Instead, she used her alchemy to destroy the ground from underneath Envy, but that didn't work as he once again jumped to avoid getting caught. That, however, put Envy right where Myra wanted him to be, directly in front of her with Gluttony standing behind her.
Gluttony shot his tongue out, but when Myra jumped off to the side at the last second, it almost wrapped itself around Envy.
"Watch it! I don't want to get swallowed by you again!" As Envy yelled at a shameful looking Gluttony, Myra took the opportunity to send large amounts of concrete, in the shape of fists, hurling into the sides of their heads. Just as she was about to begin her next attack, an explosion from afar caught everyone's attention.
"Sounds like Kimblee's having his own fun." Envy mocked.
'Ed!' Myra thought, worry clouding her vision. Without thinking, she started heading in his direction, but was stopped by Gluttony appearing in front of her.
"Nope! You have to stay here with us!" He said in his child-like voice.
"That's right. We're not finished until we personally hand you over to Father!" Envy shouted as he advanced in another attack.
~End of flashback~
They kept leading her further and further away from Ed, Miles and the others. In the end, she was able to escape when her injuries got the best of her. It took a few days to get them off her trail, but it was only a matter of time before they found her again.
Myra put a hand on her left side. She winced as she remembered how Envy gave her the gash on her side, barely avoiding a more fatal blow. The gash was wrapped in cloth from her cloak, the blood threatening to seep through her shirt as it did the cloth.
It seemed like Myra had been walking for hours when only it must have been a few minutes since she first laid eyes upon Liore. She was almost there. She can make it.
One step.
'Me. Why did they come after me?'
Another step and her eyes seemed to droop.
'They tried to make us into human weapons. Now, they want me to be a sacrifice along with my brothers. Will I cause problems for them by using the freedom I was just given back? Is that why Father sent Envy and Gluttony after me? They know I only have until after the Promised day.'
With a hand still on her side, she took another step, but the exhaustion was too much and Myra soon blacked out.
