Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Demonic Misadventure ❯ Gina ( Chapter 4 )

Zeal: *curses like mad and kicks PC*

 

Envy: *hoarsely* What's wrong with you?

 

Miranda: We could ask you the same thing.

 

Envy: *takes a shitload of potions to help against lost voices* *gargles on one of them before spitting it out*

 

Aku: *blinks*

 

Naji: …Humans are weird…

 

Envy: *ignores Naji* I had a damn match with Greed.

 

Zeal: …say what?

 

Envy: I. Had. A…

 

Zeal: I HEARD WHAT YA SAID!!! *CLUNK*

 

Envy: ITAI!!! @_@

 

Aku: …If ya heard `im, why'd ya ask `gain? YIPE!! *ducks under frying pan*

 

Zeal: >.< Bugger off the lot of ya!! I'm in a bad mood arrite?!?! *stalks off*

 

Miranda: …

 

Envy: …

 

Aku: …

 

Naji: … NOW I see why you should never piss her off…

 

Solo: Well that happens when your internet crashes on ya…

 

Miranda: Zug-zug.

 

Envy: ???

 

Miranda: Ah, never mind.

 

Solo: Think we can start without her for now?

 

Aku: Hmmm… *tapping the side of her head* Think, think, think… think! …… Who wans ta get `er?

 

Naji: HELL NO!!

 

Envy: NO, NO, NO!!!!!

 

Solo: Sweet god, NO!!!

 

All four: *look at Miranda*

 

Miranda: …?? *looks around curiously* …What?

 

Aku: Yous gonna get `er! ^^

 

Miranda: >< Why is it always me?!

 

Naji: You're her sister.

 

Miranda: … Well, I'm honored. *sigh* Fine, I'll get her. But you have to start on the story alreadys… ack! Arready… er I mean… GAH!! You get the point. *walks off*

 

Solo: Girls are touchy…

 

Envy: I'll say…

 

Naji: Hmm… glad I never was one…

 

Aku: Yes you weres.

 

Miranda: GET THE HELL IN!!!!

 

All four: YAAAH!!! *rush through the portal*

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4: Gina

 

With shaking hands, Envy reached out and plucked the book from the ground, flicking through the pages again, this time starting at the back. From there, there were multiple shots of Aku and her father as well, who was a perfect replica of how Envy had looked before he died. Well… safe the glasses… but then again, he never made it past 18.

 

Suddenly the book was yanked from his hands. “HEY!! I was reading that!!”

 

Solo just shut the book and walked back to the bookcase, placing it back where Envy'd gotten it from. “…You shouldn't be poking around in another's past.”

 

“So that was Aku! Wasn't it?” Envy asked with a slight grin.

 

“…No. That was Gina Elric.”

 

Envy felt like his eyes were about to bug out of his skull at that. For good reason, the guy already bore a strong resemblance to him, so he shouldn't have been surprised that the man's last name had been Elric. “El… ric…?” he asked meekly.

 

Solo just nodded, before he headed for the kitchen. “I'm gonna see if I can fix something from whatever's left over. Ya want anything?”

 

As much as he wanted to shout that he wanted answers, his stomach decided that now was the time for some heavy-duty protest. “Err… uh sure. Anything's fine, as long as it's edible.”

 

The brunette chuckled a bit. “I'll try, but I can't make any promises.”

 

Envy groaned and mumbled as he laid back on the couch: “Great… amateur cook…”

 

“You're free to take over if you wish.”

 

“Uh… no, I'm fine here.”

 

“Yeah, that's what I thought.”

 

 

 

The meal was fairly edible, though not very filling. As expected, there hadn't been too much in the fridge or in the cupboards that could provide them something to eat without them getting deadly ill. There was still some cheese left that the rats hadn't gotten to yet, so Solo had fixed up some sandwiches with cheese and ham. Most of the meat had been raided before that time, though.

 

Gulping down the last bite of his sandwich, Envy looked over to Aku. She was still sleeping, and for the first time, he seemed to realize just how skinny she was. In fact, if he looked closely, he could see her ribs from under the bandages. Frowning, he asked: “How much does she weigh?”

 

“I'd say around 50 pounds.”

 

“Wha?!!? What has she been eating!?”

 

“Nothing.” Upon a look of surprise, Solo continued. “She doesn't eat humans, and Demons… well, they just don't taste too well. And they give ya gas.”

 

Envy looked at him oddly, but Solo offered no explanation on that one. Rolling up his sleeve, revealing a watch of some kind, he looked at it for a moment. “New Moon,” he said. “We better stick around here before heading for Dante's…”

 

Spotting an opening, Envy looked up. “Just answer me one thing; who the bloody hell is Dante?!”

 

Solo looked up silently, before biting down on the remainder of his sandwich. He obviously wasn't as fast as Envy. “Dante is a Demon Hunter, much like myself, but he's got a bit more experience in the game.” Solo smirked slightly. “And a bit more of a smartass.”

 

Envy blinked, and was about to ask something else, when Solo put the remaining piece of sandwich in his mouth and walked over to Aku. With practiced ease, he scooped up the small Demon from the recliner, and because Solo was naturally tall, she only seemed all the more smaller. Solo turned to Envy and said: “Mwa shoul' mead ta med too. `s Getwin' wate.”

 

Blinking in surprise, Envy looked at him oddly, but Solo just rolled his eyes and walked off toward one of the backrooms. Envy watched him go, before deciding to take a bit of a nap. Lying down on the couch, he put his hands behind his head and shut his eyes.

 

 

 

“Papa! Papa!! Wake uuuuuuuup!!” a familiar voice called out, and he nearly choked when something landed harshly on his chest. Looking up wearily, he looked at the blur of activity sitting on his chest. Feeling his mouth twitch in a small smile against his mind's consent.

 

“Ginny… you know better than to shout like that,” he heard himself saying as he reached for where the table was. Picking up something from it and placing it on his face, he blinked as the world came back into focus.

 

Looking up, the first thing he saw was a mouthful of teeth, with a hole in the right upperside. Sitting there, was a girl in a red nightgown, with lightly dark skin and smooth black hair, chin-length and dark gold eyes.

 

“But papa, ya promised ya'd play wit' mes!” she chirped.

 

“I know, sweetie…” he said, before looking at his watch and letting out a groan. “But not at 5 in the morning, okay?”

 

The small girl pouted sadly, looking at him with eyes that threatened to start crying the second he said something she didn't like. Flinching a little, he reached out and ran a hand through her hair. “Okay, okay, sweetie… I'm up anyway, so let's go.”

 

“YAY!!” the girl chirped happily, jumping off and waiting in excitement as he got off, bouncing up and down like she'd just downed ten cups of coffee. He couldn't help but smile, but as he looked up, the girl was gone.

 

He blinked, looking around, before he found himself looking at a gorgeous woman, holding a child in her arms, smiling so warmly it couldn't possibly be real. And suddenly there was a burning pain in his back and he found himself screaming and choking on blood. The world was knocked out of focus… and then darkness.

 

 

 

Envy screamed and shot up straight on the couch. Looking around for a moment, he sighed when he recognized the surroundings.

 

Click clunk kachunk

 

With a yelp, he turned around, and spotted Solo, loading a semiautomatic. Blowing something away from the barrel, he set it aside bringing up another and sliding a cartridge in the gun.

 

Click clunk kachunk

 

The brunette seemed to be engrossed in working on the guns, so when Envy stood up and headed in the direction of the kitchen, he didn't notice. Stepping into the small room, he took a moment to study it. Like the rest of the house, it spelled “cozy”.

 

The table and chairs were mahogany and steel, thus the reason why they hadn't withered yet. The tiles were marble, and even though they were cracked here and there, you could still walk on your bare feet without getting a shard in your foot, having you jump around on one foot in pain. Several of the cupboards were missing their doors, or they were hanging on by one screw. The dishes and cutlery were still all there, so the place hadn't been robbed (unless they were new).

 

Envy however, went straight for his goal; the fridge.

 

He pulled open the door, looked inside, closed the door and leaned back against it with his arms crossed. “Great… empty.”

 

He sighed heavily, and leaned his head back so he was looking at the ceiling. And the bottom of a piece of paper lying on top of the fridge. For a moment, Envy wondered whether to take it or not, before reaching up and plucking it from the top of the fridge.

 

Looking at it, revealed it to be a letter of some kind, though the paper was yellowed and aged.

 

 

 

“Dear Rose,

 

 

 

I know you're probably wondering where we are, and I wish I could answer, but I can't. Not now, at least. All I can tell you is that you shouldn't stay up waiting for your husband to come back. Izumi tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen. The Demons killed him in front of the statue of Maria. I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I know it's probably hard with Gina, and if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask either Al or me.

 

 

 

Signed: Edward Elric”

 

 

 

For a minute or two, all Envy could do was stare, when there was the sound of something crashing to the floor in the next room, followed by a loud curse from Solo. Envy yelped, and instinctively shoved the piece of paper in a hidden pocket in his shorts, before he headed over to the living room.

 

“What happened?” Envy asked, watching as Solo had put his finger in his mouth.

 

Removing it, the brunette hissed: “I freakin' cut my hand, alright?!” while showing his now badly bleeding hand. Envy didn't respond, watching as Solo reached down and grabbed something from the ground. As he stood again, he spun the thin katana around, before slipping it into a sheath on his right hip. Looking closer, he noticed that he had another sheath on the left side.

 

“Two guns and two swords? Let's talk “overkill” okay?” Envy retorted sarcastically.

 

“Let's talk self-defense here!” Solo shot back. “Trust me, there're Demons you do not want close to you. They'll rip you to shreds inside-out.”

 

“Ouch.”

 

Plucking his two guns from the ground, Solo shook his bangs out of his eyes, before sheathing the two items. Envy took another moment to look around, before he decided to ask: “So where's the family who lived here anyway?”

 

“Dead.”

 

Envy waited a bit after Solo's rather blunt answer, before he spoke up. “How?”

 

“Demons.”

 

“Quite the talker ain't ya?”

 

“Nope.”

 

“Yeah, that's what I thought.”

 

Just as Envy said that…

 

WHUMP!!!

 

“YAAH!!”

 

“MOOOORRRRRNIIIIIN'!!!!”

 

Solo started laughing at seeing Envy facedown on the ground with one very energetic little Demon on his back, grinning like there was no tomorrow. The Homonculus pushed himself up a bit, grumbling something like “Esh… not even Wrath was so damn annoying…”

 

Aku hopped off of Envy's back, allowing the guy to get up. “So where's we goin' taday?”

 

“Well, we are going to see Dante. However, you should stay out of sight.”

 

“Oy!? Why??” Aku whined, attempting to persuade Solo into letting her come along.

 

“Not gonna work on me, girl. Dante's not gonna like seeing a Demon come into his store. Especially after just fixing it…”

 

Envy blinked oddly, but decided not to comment. At least not now.

 

Aku sighed heavily, before she murmured: “Okie… I'll's stay here then.”

 

Solo nodded. “Good. At least we're clear on that now…”

 

 

 

“You sure it's a good idea to leave her like that?” Envy asked as he followed Solo through the torn down streets. `Because if she's really my kid… she's probably gonna follow whether we like it or not.'

 

“She'll be fine,” Solo said simply, keeping one of his guns out, just in case.

 

They'd been underway for almost half an hour now, and at the moment, there didn't seem to be an end to the constant destruction. So far, they hadn't had any encounters with any of the Demons, but neither was about to test their luck. They didn't talk too loudly, not wanting to attract any unwanted attention to themselves.

 

Thinking for a bit, Envy asked something that had been bothering him. “Hey, ever heard of the name `Hohenheim'?”

 

Solo looked at Envy for a minute. “Not that I know of,” he finally said, turning back to the road.

 

“… What about `Ed' and `Al'?”

 

“Nope.”

 

Envy looked at Solo with a slight glare. “You know, for some reason, I don't believe you.”

 

“That's your problem.”

 

Envy was about to open his yap -- when the ground below their feet disappeared and they fell, both screaming in surprise.

 

 

 

-OWARI

 

 

 

Aku: YAY!! ^^

 

Envy: --;; Damn… she's way too excited.

 

Miranda: Yeah. I wonder where she gets it from…

 

Envy: HEY!!

 

Miranda: I didn't say nothin'.

 

Envy: -.-

 

Zeal: *sigh* Well, that's the next chapter. Next up would be Mr. White-haired-smartass.

 

Envy: “White-haired”? What the fuck?!

 

Zeal: Outta here… *walks off*

 

Aku: Neeeee??

 

Naji: Damn… she's still in a bad mood, ain't she?

 

Miranda: Nope. She's fine.

 

Envy: Really?

 

Miranda: No.

 

Envy: You wouldn't say. -.-

 

Aku: …Whos's up for ice-cweam!? ^-^

 

Miranda: I AM!!! ^^

 

Solo: Sure, why not?

 

Naji: No thank you. Too sweet for my tastes.

 

Envy: -.- Sure…

 

Aku: YAY!! ^^