Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Homunculi gone wrong? ❯ chapter 10 ( Chapter 12 )
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By: TejinaShinsen 
Anime/Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Occult / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.12.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 171 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Occult / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.12.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 171 | Status: Completed
Chapter 10
Ritsuko groaned slightly starting to wake. She was thrown into a waiting van, her head hitting the wall hard, stunning her again.
"Nemda’s office. We’ll pick up Jordan and get the other two to come to us."
A gunshot made Ritsuko glance up. /Havoc.../ She thought as she saw the blonde man. She struggled only to have two men pin her down. "No!" She screamed feeling chains clamp around her wrists and ankles forcing her to stay on the floor.
"No!" Ritsuko’s frightened scream tore through the air.
"Behave cunt, or I’ll use the darts on you to shut you up." Jan growled making Ritsuko fall silent, looking up with fear filled eyes.
Edward yelped as Envy wrapped a hand around the boy’s neck.
Al couldn’t get a hit in to free his brother with how envy was holding him.
"It’s was nice playing with you again Tin man, but me an’ the runt have a little date." Envy smiled as the older brother slipped into darkness caused by the lack of air. "Thank you so much for calling him for me though." With that Envy darted for the window with Edward, jumping to the ground below.
Hughes carried Mitsuko to the bathroom setting her on the toilet so he could clean her up. The little girl’s grip weakened a little as Falmon and Fury entered. Brenda entered a little later, having had stumbled around for his boots.
"Sorry we’re late; they were a little per..." Falmon paused seeing the little girl was bleeding.
"She’ll be fine; it looks worse than it really is." Hughes finished up and held the nine-year-old in his arms. She clung to him hiding her face a little. "Colonel Mustang took Hawkeye and Havoc with him to go after Ritsuko. Davies took her."
"I’ll go get the van ready. I'm guessing Colonel Mustang will want to leave as soon as he and the others get back?"
Hughes nodded. "I haven’t heard the brothers in a few minutes..."
The yell from the other suite made Mitsuko look up. Falmon and Fury went to check on the brothers letting Hughes calm Mitsuko down.
As he neared the door Falmon drew his sidearm.
Roy saw the van and snapped his fingers. Flames seemed to jump from his hands towards the driver’s side of Jan’s van. The driver tried to correct as the tires blew. The car tipped over.
A scream from inside made him fight a grimace. /Ritsuko, I’m sorry.../ He thought hoping the girl wasn’t hurt. "Hawkeye, Havoc."
Riza Hawkeye nodded as she went to one side of the tipped van.
Jean Havoc took the other side, readying his shotgun. /Don’t let her be hurt. / Havoc thought as he moved closer to the van.
Jan shook her head clearing it a second before she stuck Ritsuko with one of the tranquilizer darts, making the woman slump over. She smiled slightly seeing the woman hanging against the floor by her wrists and ankles, making her arch her back painfully. She heard noise outside the van and pulled herself under the seat slipping another dart into her hand. /Must be Mustang. / She thought smiling. /He’s not getting away this time. / She stuffed a rag in the woman’s mouth to shut her up if she woke.
Roy moved to the door, pulling himself up onto the side of the van, being careful to stay out of sight. He grimaced seeing that he had killed the driver. /A small loss compared to what could have happened. / He thought seeing the others were unconscious. He looked at Ritsuko, seeing blood start to well where the cuffs hung her. "Shit," He whispered seeing the dart in her neck. /Jan’s here. / He thought motioning to his officers to stay back as he dropped down next to Ritsuko.
"Sir." Riza started for him, stopping when she saw he was okay. She stayed nearby just in case.
/She’s not making any sound. / Havoc panicked a little. From where he crouched he could see Ritsuko handing there and sighed slightly when he saw Roy check her pulse. The colonel gave him a thumb’s up, showing that the woman was still alive.
Ritsuko shifted slightly wincing slightly as she felt the needle still in her neck. Mustang pulled it out carefully. He looked at the cuffs. /Alchemic. / He noted reaching into his pocket for his chalk. "Are you okay Miss Yashiro?" He asked.
/Get a little closer Flame.../ Jan thought not daring to move a muscle.
She gave a small nod trying to spit out the gag. Roy kept it in her mouth to keep her from biting her tongue when he released her.
Jan lashed out, jamming the dart deep into his thigh. Roy stumbled back in pain.
"Fuck!" Roy growled. "Hawkeye, keep your gun ready."
"They can’t see me." Jan giggled low. "I can see two pretty blondes though. Guess you couldn’t get me out of your head could you Mustang." She purred.
"Sir! Colonel!" Riza called. "What happened?"
"She stuck me with a dart." He looked at Ritsuko, who was struggling to get free. "Yashiro, hang on... we’ll get you out of here okay."
Jan stayed out of sight. "Bet she couldn’t hit me anyway. Not without you and the bitch in the way." She giggled a little. "Besides, hurt me, and you won’t get the antidote to what I gave her. Though I remember you liked it when I used it on you back in the war."
"Stay... there... Wait until she shows herself." Roy groaned trying to stay focused. His vision started to fade.
Havoc watched, waiting. /Riza’s the better shot. / He thought wishing he could get the small woman out of the van.
Hawkeye took a shot seeing Jan’s shoulder.
Ritsuko gave a small whimper as a bullet tore through the wall just barely missing her. She glanced over at Roy, seeing he was out cold. /No. I have to get out of here... you promised not to let them touch me anymore.../ She thought struggling more.
"You came out of that a little quicker than I thought." Jan hissed holding her wounded arm.
Mitsuko whimpered curling up in a small ball. "I... I didn’t want sissy to go with them." She whispered softly.
Maes Hughes glanced at her while Fury and Falmon prepared to leave. Al had run off on his own to find his brother.
"Roy’s doing his best to get her back." Hughes went to pick her up again hoping to calm her down. She clung to him, clearly trying to fight breaking down completely. "You’re being such a big brave girl." He said calmly hoping to cheer her up.
"I am a big girl though. I’m nine." She looked down a little. "That’s old enough not to be wanted at the orphanage." She bit her lip. "It’s why they hired me. I... I couldn’t stay at that awful place." She hid her face in his shoulder. "I don’t want the only one that’s cared about me to leave me." She rambled on more.
Maes listened to the girl talk. /When this is over, I’ll make sure she and her sister get a good home. / He thought patting her back gently, trying to calm her. "They just didn’t want to get to know you. People like that aren’t the kind of people you want to take care of you." He smiled. "They don’t want to see how wonderful you are. And I promise, I won’t leave you okay? What kind of Father would I be if I let all the cute young girls get into trouble? And Roy’ll bring back your sister." He smiled at her. "Then the two of you can meet my little Elyssia." He grinned brightly as he shoved a picture of his daughter in her face.
"We have to leave though don’t we?" She asked as she looked at the picture. "We’ll be going closer to Central though won’t we? Sister will be safe there right?"
"Central may be the safest for the two of you. Even with Scar around. Though considering your talents... He might not try to hurt you. I wouldn’t let him anyway."
"Scar?" Mitsuko looked up from the picture.
Envy walked into the fortress office, dumping his blonde package to the floor.
Jordan looked at the man. "Where’s my wife?"
Nemda sputtered. "Even better, where are the sisters? I have a bone to pick with the little one. She ruined the last batch of attack chimeras." The portly man scowled.
"Jan went after Yashiro’s daughter. So I have a feeling she may have gotten into trouble." Envy didn’t sound worried.
Nemda picked up the phone talking to a subordinate. "Go get them. Yes I’m sure of it, bring them all in. And if you see my secretary, bring her in too. I have a feeling she knew about this."
Envy watched as one of Nemda’s men picked up Edward taking him to a cell.
"All of your men will have access to the ‘Toy’ later then." Jordan said with a small smirk as he leaned against the wall. "I think she’ll like that it’s been a while since we last brought her here."
Nemda laughed at the idea. "We at least enjoyed it."
Neither man had noticed that the shape shifter had left the room.
Havoc yelped as darts flew at him and Riza, clearly missing them. Behind him was the sound of a car, making him turn ready to fire if it was trouble. Falmon and fury climbed out.
Riza returned the darts with a few rounds, purposely going high, so as to not hit Ritsuko or Roy.
Ritsuko hissed through the gag as the sounds of the shots echoed around her, amplified by the car.
/Damnit, she’s going to be terrified by the time we get her out of there. / Havoc thought biting back a comment to Riza, knowing she wouldn’t risk hurting Roy.
"Careful, you might hit your precious Colonel." Jan laughed. /Damnit, I’m a sitting duck in here, and I can’t even hit them.../
/What I wouldn’t do to just take the damned van out. / Riza thought scowling as Falmon and Havoc talked briefly. Havoc moved closer to the van, staying out of sight of anyone inside while Falmon took his position.
Ritsuko struggled with the chains again, trying to get free.
When Havoc was in position he fired, praying he didn’t hit Roy or Ritsuko.
/Roy! / Ritsuko’s mind screamed as the bullet grazed her arm digging into Jan’s other arm, making the woman drop the dart she held with a yell of pain.
"Got her." Havoc scrambled up to the top of the vehicle, checking on the two Han had been hiding behind.
Jan lunged at him, only to be thrown back.
Ritsuko heard someone drop sown near her and turned her head trying to see who it was. She tugged weakly at the chains holding her.
"Hang on Ritsuko. We’re going to get you out of here in a moment." He glared at Jan coldly.
The blond woman scowled kicking at him. Her kick missed, and her knee hit Ritsuko in the stomach, making her grunt painfully into the gag.
/Shit, there’s no room in here/ He thought trying to find a way to pin the wounded woman. She screamed out as he touched the two gunshot wounds.
Havoc held her still with one hand, reaching back to pull the gag out of Ritsuko’s mouth.
"Ribbon in hair..." Ritsuko said once she had caught her breath. "Use it to bind her wrists." She tossed her head so that he could get to the silk ribbon.
Havoc nodded using the ribbon to bind Jan’s wrists together. Jan struggled against him, stopping when he pressed his fingers to one of her wounds. "Lucky I don’t kill you for hurting her." He growled not liking the fact the woman was still hanging painfully in the van. "Hawkeye, Falmon, I could use some help here."
Jan spit into Ritsuko’s face. "The bitch isn’t worth love or kindness."
Havoc slammed her against the wall. He caught Ritsuko cringe the best she could.
"Jean?" It was Riza, looking down at him.
"We need to get her down. I don’t want this one out of our sight though."
"Hand her up." Falmon said calmly. "I’ll watch her."
Jean nodded. They got Roy out next. Havoc knelt carefully before Ritsuko, wiping Jan’s spit and her tears from Ritsuko's face. "Just hang on a little longer okay?"
She gave a weak nod closing her eyes. Havoc crouched making her look at him. "I’m sorry." He whispered kissing her brow. "You’re okay right? I know you’re sore, but I want to make sure they didn’t touch you."
"They didn’t.." She said calmly biting her lip. "Havoc; don’t worry about me... I’m used to them treating me like this." She didn’t look into his eyes; afraid his eyes would show anger.
/That bitch is lucky I didn’t kill her. / Jean thought as Hawkeye shot the chain holding the woman’s legs.
Ritsuko fell with a scream of pain as all her weight was now put on her wrists.
Havoc lifted her tryign to ease it, cursing inward as he realized he hadn’t been paying attention. Ritsuko put her face on his shoulder biting her lip. "Sh.. Its okay, we’ll get you back to Mitsuko and get out of here." He calmed her.
Malory Trias pulled into the shadows; her hand in her pocket as soldiers passed her hiding place. The Diamond Alchemist leaned against the wall. /Damn you playboy Mustang.../ She rolled her eyes a little. /I was so close to finding out who Nemda was working with this time and you had to come rolling in./ She looked up at the sky.
The evening sun was just starting to dip into the horrizon telling her she’d have an easier time hiding soon. /Well better find my idiot brother in law. Glacier would have my head if I let him get killed for his stupidity. / The busty woman slipped into the shadows more, making her way through the town heading for the inn, figuring that was where he would be.
Malory had been sent from Central a few months ago to keep an eye on Nemda, by Haruko, who had been uneasy with Gran and the Fuhrer releasing him in the first place. They had made up a story about her going on vacation leave, so that no one would get suspicious about her trip or disappearance. /And now I have to deal with the Davies’ and Jan’s the worst. An Alchemist who didn’t take the test. So no one knows her true abilities.../ She paused, watching five men in uniform entering the inn.
Hughes started to pack up the few things he had unpacked for the night. Glancing over he saw Mitsuko sitting on the other bed, huddled in his jacket looking really small and scared. He set aside his nightshirt and went to her. "Don’t worry Princess. Everyone will be okay." He smiled kneeling on the floor so he was face to face with her.
She looked up startled. "I.. I’m not worried." She said, even though her quivering voice betrayed her.
/She’s trying to be brave. / He thought noting her stiff posture. "Hey, you don’t have to act like one of us adults okay? I know you’re a brave girl. But even adults have to cry now and then." He said calmly. Mitsuko broke down wrapping her arms around the blue eyed man sobbing. He let her cry patting her back lightly. "It’s okay..."
Ritsuko groaned slightly starting to wake. She was thrown into a waiting van, her head hitting the wall hard, stunning her again.
"Nemda’s office. We’ll pick up Jordan and get the other two to come to us."
A gunshot made Ritsuko glance up. /Havoc.../ She thought as she saw the blonde man. She struggled only to have two men pin her down. "No!" She screamed feeling chains clamp around her wrists and ankles forcing her to stay on the floor.
"No!" Ritsuko’s frightened scream tore through the air.
"Behave cunt, or I’ll use the darts on you to shut you up." Jan growled making Ritsuko fall silent, looking up with fear filled eyes.
Edward yelped as Envy wrapped a hand around the boy’s neck.
Al couldn’t get a hit in to free his brother with how envy was holding him.
"It’s was nice playing with you again Tin man, but me an’ the runt have a little date." Envy smiled as the older brother slipped into darkness caused by the lack of air. "Thank you so much for calling him for me though." With that Envy darted for the window with Edward, jumping to the ground below.
Hughes carried Mitsuko to the bathroom setting her on the toilet so he could clean her up. The little girl’s grip weakened a little as Falmon and Fury entered. Brenda entered a little later, having had stumbled around for his boots.
"Sorry we’re late; they were a little per..." Falmon paused seeing the little girl was bleeding.
"She’ll be fine; it looks worse than it really is." Hughes finished up and held the nine-year-old in his arms. She clung to him hiding her face a little. "Colonel Mustang took Hawkeye and Havoc with him to go after Ritsuko. Davies took her."
"I’ll go get the van ready. I'm guessing Colonel Mustang will want to leave as soon as he and the others get back?"
Hughes nodded. "I haven’t heard the brothers in a few minutes..."
The yell from the other suite made Mitsuko look up. Falmon and Fury went to check on the brothers letting Hughes calm Mitsuko down.
As he neared the door Falmon drew his sidearm.
Roy saw the van and snapped his fingers. Flames seemed to jump from his hands towards the driver’s side of Jan’s van. The driver tried to correct as the tires blew. The car tipped over.
A scream from inside made him fight a grimace. /Ritsuko, I’m sorry.../ He thought hoping the girl wasn’t hurt. "Hawkeye, Havoc."
Riza Hawkeye nodded as she went to one side of the tipped van.
Jean Havoc took the other side, readying his shotgun. /Don’t let her be hurt. / Havoc thought as he moved closer to the van.
Jan shook her head clearing it a second before she stuck Ritsuko with one of the tranquilizer darts, making the woman slump over. She smiled slightly seeing the woman hanging against the floor by her wrists and ankles, making her arch her back painfully. She heard noise outside the van and pulled herself under the seat slipping another dart into her hand. /Must be Mustang. / She thought smiling. /He’s not getting away this time. / She stuffed a rag in the woman’s mouth to shut her up if she woke.
Roy moved to the door, pulling himself up onto the side of the van, being careful to stay out of sight. He grimaced seeing that he had killed the driver. /A small loss compared to what could have happened. / He thought seeing the others were unconscious. He looked at Ritsuko, seeing blood start to well where the cuffs hung her. "Shit," He whispered seeing the dart in her neck. /Jan’s here. / He thought motioning to his officers to stay back as he dropped down next to Ritsuko.
"Sir." Riza started for him, stopping when she saw he was okay. She stayed nearby just in case.
/She’s not making any sound. / Havoc panicked a little. From where he crouched he could see Ritsuko handing there and sighed slightly when he saw Roy check her pulse. The colonel gave him a thumb’s up, showing that the woman was still alive.
Ritsuko shifted slightly wincing slightly as she felt the needle still in her neck. Mustang pulled it out carefully. He looked at the cuffs. /Alchemic. / He noted reaching into his pocket for his chalk. "Are you okay Miss Yashiro?" He asked.
/Get a little closer Flame.../ Jan thought not daring to move a muscle.
She gave a small nod trying to spit out the gag. Roy kept it in her mouth to keep her from biting her tongue when he released her.
Jan lashed out, jamming the dart deep into his thigh. Roy stumbled back in pain.
"Fuck!" Roy growled. "Hawkeye, keep your gun ready."
"They can’t see me." Jan giggled low. "I can see two pretty blondes though. Guess you couldn’t get me out of your head could you Mustang." She purred.
"Sir! Colonel!" Riza called. "What happened?"
"She stuck me with a dart." He looked at Ritsuko, who was struggling to get free. "Yashiro, hang on... we’ll get you out of here okay."
Jan stayed out of sight. "Bet she couldn’t hit me anyway. Not without you and the bitch in the way." She giggled a little. "Besides, hurt me, and you won’t get the antidote to what I gave her. Though I remember you liked it when I used it on you back in the war."
"Stay... there... Wait until she shows herself." Roy groaned trying to stay focused. His vision started to fade.
Havoc watched, waiting. /Riza’s the better shot. / He thought wishing he could get the small woman out of the van.
Hawkeye took a shot seeing Jan’s shoulder.
Ritsuko gave a small whimper as a bullet tore through the wall just barely missing her. She glanced over at Roy, seeing he was out cold. /No. I have to get out of here... you promised not to let them touch me anymore.../ She thought struggling more.
"You came out of that a little quicker than I thought." Jan hissed holding her wounded arm.
Mitsuko whimpered curling up in a small ball. "I... I didn’t want sissy to go with them." She whispered softly.
Maes Hughes glanced at her while Fury and Falmon prepared to leave. Al had run off on his own to find his brother.
"Roy’s doing his best to get her back." Hughes went to pick her up again hoping to calm her down. She clung to him, clearly trying to fight breaking down completely. "You’re being such a big brave girl." He said calmly hoping to cheer her up.
"I am a big girl though. I’m nine." She looked down a little. "That’s old enough not to be wanted at the orphanage." She bit her lip. "It’s why they hired me. I... I couldn’t stay at that awful place." She hid her face in his shoulder. "I don’t want the only one that’s cared about me to leave me." She rambled on more.
Maes listened to the girl talk. /When this is over, I’ll make sure she and her sister get a good home. / He thought patting her back gently, trying to calm her. "They just didn’t want to get to know you. People like that aren’t the kind of people you want to take care of you." He smiled. "They don’t want to see how wonderful you are. And I promise, I won’t leave you okay? What kind of Father would I be if I let all the cute young girls get into trouble? And Roy’ll bring back your sister." He smiled at her. "Then the two of you can meet my little Elyssia." He grinned brightly as he shoved a picture of his daughter in her face.
"We have to leave though don’t we?" She asked as she looked at the picture. "We’ll be going closer to Central though won’t we? Sister will be safe there right?"
"Central may be the safest for the two of you. Even with Scar around. Though considering your talents... He might not try to hurt you. I wouldn’t let him anyway."
"Scar?" Mitsuko looked up from the picture.
Envy walked into the fortress office, dumping his blonde package to the floor.
Jordan looked at the man. "Where’s my wife?"
Nemda sputtered. "Even better, where are the sisters? I have a bone to pick with the little one. She ruined the last batch of attack chimeras." The portly man scowled.
"Jan went after Yashiro’s daughter. So I have a feeling she may have gotten into trouble." Envy didn’t sound worried.
Nemda picked up the phone talking to a subordinate. "Go get them. Yes I’m sure of it, bring them all in. And if you see my secretary, bring her in too. I have a feeling she knew about this."
Envy watched as one of Nemda’s men picked up Edward taking him to a cell.
"All of your men will have access to the ‘Toy’ later then." Jordan said with a small smirk as he leaned against the wall. "I think she’ll like that it’s been a while since we last brought her here."
Nemda laughed at the idea. "We at least enjoyed it."
Neither man had noticed that the shape shifter had left the room.
Havoc yelped as darts flew at him and Riza, clearly missing them. Behind him was the sound of a car, making him turn ready to fire if it was trouble. Falmon and fury climbed out.
Riza returned the darts with a few rounds, purposely going high, so as to not hit Ritsuko or Roy.
Ritsuko hissed through the gag as the sounds of the shots echoed around her, amplified by the car.
/Damnit, she’s going to be terrified by the time we get her out of there. / Havoc thought biting back a comment to Riza, knowing she wouldn’t risk hurting Roy.
"Careful, you might hit your precious Colonel." Jan laughed. /Damnit, I’m a sitting duck in here, and I can’t even hit them.../
/What I wouldn’t do to just take the damned van out. / Riza thought scowling as Falmon and Havoc talked briefly. Havoc moved closer to the van, staying out of sight of anyone inside while Falmon took his position.
Ritsuko struggled with the chains again, trying to get free.
When Havoc was in position he fired, praying he didn’t hit Roy or Ritsuko.
/Roy! / Ritsuko’s mind screamed as the bullet grazed her arm digging into Jan’s other arm, making the woman drop the dart she held with a yell of pain.
"Got her." Havoc scrambled up to the top of the vehicle, checking on the two Han had been hiding behind.
Jan lunged at him, only to be thrown back.
Ritsuko heard someone drop sown near her and turned her head trying to see who it was. She tugged weakly at the chains holding her.
"Hang on Ritsuko. We’re going to get you out of here in a moment." He glared at Jan coldly.
The blond woman scowled kicking at him. Her kick missed, and her knee hit Ritsuko in the stomach, making her grunt painfully into the gag.
/Shit, there’s no room in here/ He thought trying to find a way to pin the wounded woman. She screamed out as he touched the two gunshot wounds.
Havoc held her still with one hand, reaching back to pull the gag out of Ritsuko’s mouth.
"Ribbon in hair..." Ritsuko said once she had caught her breath. "Use it to bind her wrists." She tossed her head so that he could get to the silk ribbon.
Havoc nodded using the ribbon to bind Jan’s wrists together. Jan struggled against him, stopping when he pressed his fingers to one of her wounds. "Lucky I don’t kill you for hurting her." He growled not liking the fact the woman was still hanging painfully in the van. "Hawkeye, Falmon, I could use some help here."
Jan spit into Ritsuko’s face. "The bitch isn’t worth love or kindness."
Havoc slammed her against the wall. He caught Ritsuko cringe the best she could.
"Jean?" It was Riza, looking down at him.
"We need to get her down. I don’t want this one out of our sight though."
"Hand her up." Falmon said calmly. "I’ll watch her."
Jean nodded. They got Roy out next. Havoc knelt carefully before Ritsuko, wiping Jan’s spit and her tears from Ritsuko's face. "Just hang on a little longer okay?"
She gave a weak nod closing her eyes. Havoc crouched making her look at him. "I’m sorry." He whispered kissing her brow. "You’re okay right? I know you’re sore, but I want to make sure they didn’t touch you."
"They didn’t.." She said calmly biting her lip. "Havoc; don’t worry about me... I’m used to them treating me like this." She didn’t look into his eyes; afraid his eyes would show anger.
/That bitch is lucky I didn’t kill her. / Jean thought as Hawkeye shot the chain holding the woman’s legs.
Ritsuko fell with a scream of pain as all her weight was now put on her wrists.
Havoc lifted her tryign to ease it, cursing inward as he realized he hadn’t been paying attention. Ritsuko put her face on his shoulder biting her lip. "Sh.. Its okay, we’ll get you back to Mitsuko and get out of here." He calmed her.
Malory Trias pulled into the shadows; her hand in her pocket as soldiers passed her hiding place. The Diamond Alchemist leaned against the wall. /Damn you playboy Mustang.../ She rolled her eyes a little. /I was so close to finding out who Nemda was working with this time and you had to come rolling in./ She looked up at the sky.
The evening sun was just starting to dip into the horrizon telling her she’d have an easier time hiding soon. /Well better find my idiot brother in law. Glacier would have my head if I let him get killed for his stupidity. / The busty woman slipped into the shadows more, making her way through the town heading for the inn, figuring that was where he would be.
Malory had been sent from Central a few months ago to keep an eye on Nemda, by Haruko, who had been uneasy with Gran and the Fuhrer releasing him in the first place. They had made up a story about her going on vacation leave, so that no one would get suspicious about her trip or disappearance. /And now I have to deal with the Davies’ and Jan’s the worst. An Alchemist who didn’t take the test. So no one knows her true abilities.../ She paused, watching five men in uniform entering the inn.
Hughes started to pack up the few things he had unpacked for the night. Glancing over he saw Mitsuko sitting on the other bed, huddled in his jacket looking really small and scared. He set aside his nightshirt and went to her. "Don’t worry Princess. Everyone will be okay." He smiled kneeling on the floor so he was face to face with her.
She looked up startled. "I.. I’m not worried." She said, even though her quivering voice betrayed her.
/She’s trying to be brave. / He thought noting her stiff posture. "Hey, you don’t have to act like one of us adults okay? I know you’re a brave girl. But even adults have to cry now and then." He said calmly. Mitsuko broke down wrapping her arms around the blue eyed man sobbing. He let her cry patting her back lightly. "It’s okay..."