Chapter 10: Companions in Chains
"If 당신 think I'll let 당신 hurt her-"
The mysterious suit of armor raised his butcher 칼, 나이프 above his skull; Ling's snarled face reflecting in the clean knife.
"Ling! Don't be stupid!" Hayden pushed Ling out of the line of 불, 화재 as the man swung his cleaver.
"No!" The prince watched in horror as the 칼, 나이프 swung in contact with her side; a spicing sound resonated through the tense air. Ling had attempted to battle him off with his own sword; but of course Hayden couldn't 제비, 삼키기 her pride and let anybody help her. Blood spurted from her hip where the blade was still lodged. Her murderer cackled venomously; but sounded confused as the 칼, 나이프 stayed stuck in her body. Hayden looked unphased 의해 the brutal pain she was going through.
"Why aren't 당신 screaming in terror?! That's what makes this fun!"
She wrapped her fingers gently around the handle of the knife; making it dissolve right through her hand like dust. Hayden's spotless cream 셔츠 was soaked in her own blood that spurted from her side.
"What..." Barry said; astonished.
Ling watched on in awe as his blonde companion's waist began to mend itself shut; her 셔츠 returning to its original pure color. "No matter. I'll take this one!" The metal man pulled another blade from his side and went after Ling. Being experienced with martial arts like he was; he quickly dodged the attack and was ready to return an attack of the same caliber.
"Let's go; Hayate. Back to Central Command." A certain blonde lieutenant was strolling her way back to her Colonel for a long and grueling trip to the North. Riza was never one to 질문 her commanding officer; but she really wasn't looking 앞으로 to freezing her 나귀, 엉덩이 off on a wild 거위, 거 위 chase in the North. Riza stopped in mid thought when her Shiba Inu 강아지 barked toward a dank alleyway. "What's wrong, Hayate?"
"No matter; I'll take this one!"
Riza turned just in time to see two teens gracefully fending of an opposing suit of armor wielding a cleaver. She snatched her pistol from the back of her military uniform and pulled the trigger faster than lightening. The bullet blazed through one side of his skull and out the other.
"Barry The Chopper; drop your weapon." A volcanic yet feminine voice erupted from a blonde gun wielding woman from the other end of the alleyway. Ling reluctantly placed his weapon back into its sheath; gripping Hayden's wrist once again. Hayden glanced down at his hand and shot him a quizzical look.
"Ling!" Hayden whispered harshly. "Where's Boston?!" The young lord's usually slitted eyes shot wide open; he searched the ground frantically, even picking up his feet to find the dog. "You 로스트 him?!" Hayden continued to scold him in a hushed whisper.
"I said drop your weapon." The woman bellowed strictly once again. Barry chuckled from inside his armor.
"You look soft as well, little la-AH!"
His 칼, 나이프 flew from his paws, flying a few feet behind him. Riza had shot his blade out of his 장갑 and was slowly creeping toward the group of three.
"Hands up!"
Ling and Hayden complied with the military woman; raising their hands above their confused heads.
"That's my Que.!" Barry bent down to pick up his blade; but was instead clotheslined 의해 the young prince. The sorry excuse for a mass murderer fell straight onto his skull.
"I don't think so."
"I'm going to take 당신 three in for questioning." Riza said with a rigid voice as she pulled out three sets of cuffs.
"Damn it, Al...the 다음 train doesn't leave for almost three days...probably because of what I did..." Edward stared upward at the train schedule; trying to calculate and 덮개, 랩 his head around all the time slots and ticket prices. Because of how large the city was; the entire station was clustered and bustling with people from all over Amestris. Pure Amestrians; dark eyes people from the East, light haired people from the west and south; and even bundled up people from the north. Edward scratched his hair as he wracked his messy straw head; scratching it with a gloved hand.
"Yeah, three days looks like the earliest we can find. The 다음 is ten days." Alphonse pointed a leather finger back up at the schedule. Edward groaned and turned away from the board in sheer frustration; stuffing his hands into his crimson jacket. "Brother...?"
Alphonse tapped his shorter brother on the shoulder. "Aren't those the troops from the North? From Holt? I thought they drove up there..." Edward's gold eyes snapped wide open as he watched the soldiers pile out of the locomotive, all bundle up in large coats.
"Al; we gotta get outta here...!"
Edward croaked as he grabbed onto Alphonse's arm and pulled. "If they see us they'll take us back to Central-wait..." Edward swallowed hard. "We're in Central. That's why the troops are here. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" The short blonde alchemist bolted for the exit of the station; pushing his way past strangers while Alphonse struggled a few feet behind. Ed swung the door open and jogged out into the damp air outside. "Al; we're in Central. The train must have cut directly through the west side of the city." Edward coughed lightly; probably from the oncoming cold weather. "Which means we can get to Rush Valley much faster from here..."
His train of thought was interrupted 의해 the sound of faint, distant barking. They both knew that sound, they knew it all too well. Sure enough; Boston came charging toward the two boys. Alphonse bent down and softly picked up the bulldog pup in his arms.
"Brother; Hayden is never without Boston..." Edward's brows raised to their fullest extent.
"Something must have happened."
"Pssst. Blonde chick-"
"Save your breath. I don't care for what 당신 have to say." Hayden; along with Ling and the infamous "Barry the Chopper" had beed drug into Central Command 의해 Riza Hawkeye, each handcuffed to one another.
"I was just saying, if there's anything I can do to make it up to 당신 for trying to cut 당신 in half, let me know."
Ling had been casting angry glares back toward Barry for a while now; this had gone unnoticed 의해 their companion in chains. Hayden couldn't help but think how odd his offer was; a murderer was willing to help her out?
"But why?" She asked from over her shoulder.
"Well, seeing as you're some sort of freak and apparently can't die; I figured 당신 could help me with spilling 더 많이 blood." Barry's soul grinned jovially from inside his container.
"Okay, I think I'll take 당신 up on that offer." Hayden spoke; her honeyed words spilling half heartedly out the corner of her rosy lips. Ling shot her an astonished look; which was answered 의해 a wink and a smirk.
"Perfect! You're a great little lady. I'm almost glad I couldn't cut 당신 up."
The 2nd lieutenant had pulled the team through the halls of the command center, and was earning various stares from multiple officers.
"Hey, Hawkeye. What do we have here?" A tall; broad shouldered man strolled to Riza's side with a half burnt cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Couple of ruffians who got into it with the infamous "Barry the Chopper"." Riza continued to 컨버스 with the man without even looking back at the three.
"That's great for you! A serial killer, congrats; lieutenant."
Hayden couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew she had seen the man before. The cigarette smell, the azure eyes, the blonde hair. How did she know this man?
"Will 당신 watch these three while I make sure Roy is in his office?"
The familiar man nodded as the group was brought to a halt outside a door. Their blonde associate had left the chains in the hands of the cigarette smoking man as she entered into a small conference room. Havoc had time to glaze over the victims of Riza's brutal 소총 assault. The killer, an illegal alien...and that girl. Jean tilted his head as he took a drag from his cancer stick, gazing at Hayden with a confused look painted on his face. How did he know this girl?
Suddenly, it hit them. Same time; same expression. Havoc's half finished cigarette fell from his lip as his mouth fell wide open. Hayden's eyes widened until her wine colored irises almost vanished into the whites of her eyes. The man who was going to the train and the girl from town square.
"Barry? Remember when 당신 asked me if there was anything 당신 could do for me? This is that time." Hayden stepped outward and swung Barry's metal body through a nearby window, Barry falling on the ground outside with Ling and Hayden falling out afterward with a grunt. They made a run for it while Havoc yelled after them.
"The girl with the Elric brothers! Hawkeye!"
"If 당신 think I'll let 당신 hurt her-"
The mysterious suit of armor raised his butcher 칼, 나이프 above his skull; Ling's snarled face reflecting in the clean knife.
"Ling! Don't be stupid!" Hayden pushed Ling out of the line of 불, 화재 as the man swung his cleaver.
"No!" The prince watched in horror as the 칼, 나이프 swung in contact with her side; a spicing sound resonated through the tense air. Ling had attempted to battle him off with his own sword; but of course Hayden couldn't 제비, 삼키기 her pride and let anybody help her. Blood spurted from her hip where the blade was still lodged. Her murderer cackled venomously; but sounded confused as the 칼, 나이프 stayed stuck in her body. Hayden looked unphased 의해 the brutal pain she was going through.
"Why aren't 당신 screaming in terror?! That's what makes this fun!"
She wrapped her fingers gently around the handle of the knife; making it dissolve right through her hand like dust. Hayden's spotless cream 셔츠 was soaked in her own blood that spurted from her side.
"What..." Barry said; astonished.
Ling watched on in awe as his blonde companion's waist began to mend itself shut; her 셔츠 returning to its original pure color. "No matter. I'll take this one!" The metal man pulled another blade from his side and went after Ling. Being experienced with martial arts like he was; he quickly dodged the attack and was ready to return an attack of the same caliber.
"Let's go; Hayate. Back to Central Command." A certain blonde lieutenant was strolling her way back to her Colonel for a long and grueling trip to the North. Riza was never one to 질문 her commanding officer; but she really wasn't looking 앞으로 to freezing her 나귀, 엉덩이 off on a wild 거위, 거 위 chase in the North. Riza stopped in mid thought when her Shiba Inu 강아지 barked toward a dank alleyway. "What's wrong, Hayate?"
"No matter; I'll take this one!"
Riza turned just in time to see two teens gracefully fending of an opposing suit of armor wielding a cleaver. She snatched her pistol from the back of her military uniform and pulled the trigger faster than lightening. The bullet blazed through one side of his skull and out the other.
"Barry The Chopper; drop your weapon." A volcanic yet feminine voice erupted from a blonde gun wielding woman from the other end of the alleyway. Ling reluctantly placed his weapon back into its sheath; gripping Hayden's wrist once again. Hayden glanced down at his hand and shot him a quizzical look.
"Ling!" Hayden whispered harshly. "Where's Boston?!" The young lord's usually slitted eyes shot wide open; he searched the ground frantically, even picking up his feet to find the dog. "You 로스트 him?!" Hayden continued to scold him in a hushed whisper.
"I said drop your weapon." The woman bellowed strictly once again. Barry chuckled from inside his armor.
"You look soft as well, little la-AH!"
His 칼, 나이프 flew from his paws, flying a few feet behind him. Riza had shot his blade out of his 장갑 and was slowly creeping toward the group of three.
"Hands up!"
Ling and Hayden complied with the military woman; raising their hands above their confused heads.
"That's my Que.!" Barry bent down to pick up his blade; but was instead clotheslined 의해 the young prince. The sorry excuse for a mass murderer fell straight onto his skull.
"I don't think so."
"I'm going to take 당신 three in for questioning." Riza said with a rigid voice as she pulled out three sets of cuffs.
"Damn it, Al...the 다음 train doesn't leave for almost three days...probably because of what I did..." Edward stared upward at the train schedule; trying to calculate and 덮개, 랩 his head around all the time slots and ticket prices. Because of how large the city was; the entire station was clustered and bustling with people from all over Amestris. Pure Amestrians; dark eyes people from the East, light haired people from the west and south; and even bundled up people from the north. Edward scratched his hair as he wracked his messy straw head; scratching it with a gloved hand.
"Yeah, three days looks like the earliest we can find. The 다음 is ten days." Alphonse pointed a leather finger back up at the schedule. Edward groaned and turned away from the board in sheer frustration; stuffing his hands into his crimson jacket. "Brother...?"
Alphonse tapped his shorter brother on the shoulder. "Aren't those the troops from the North? From Holt? I thought they drove up there..." Edward's gold eyes snapped wide open as he watched the soldiers pile out of the locomotive, all bundle up in large coats.
"Al; we gotta get outta here...!"
Edward croaked as he grabbed onto Alphonse's arm and pulled. "If they see us they'll take us back to Central-wait..." Edward swallowed hard. "We're in Central. That's why the troops are here. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" The short blonde alchemist bolted for the exit of the station; pushing his way past strangers while Alphonse struggled a few feet behind. Ed swung the door open and jogged out into the damp air outside. "Al; we're in Central. The train must have cut directly through the west side of the city." Edward coughed lightly; probably from the oncoming cold weather. "Which means we can get to Rush Valley much faster from here..."
His train of thought was interrupted 의해 the sound of faint, distant barking. They both knew that sound, they knew it all too well. Sure enough; Boston came charging toward the two boys. Alphonse bent down and softly picked up the bulldog pup in his arms.
"Brother; Hayden is never without Boston..." Edward's brows raised to their fullest extent.
"Something must have happened."
"Pssst. Blonde chick-"
"Save your breath. I don't care for what 당신 have to say." Hayden; along with Ling and the infamous "Barry the Chopper" had beed drug into Central Command 의해 Riza Hawkeye, each handcuffed to one another.
"I was just saying, if there's anything I can do to make it up to 당신 for trying to cut 당신 in half, let me know."
Ling had been casting angry glares back toward Barry for a while now; this had gone unnoticed 의해 their companion in chains. Hayden couldn't help but think how odd his offer was; a murderer was willing to help her out?
"But why?" She asked from over her shoulder.
"Well, seeing as you're some sort of freak and apparently can't die; I figured 당신 could help me with spilling 더 많이 blood." Barry's soul grinned jovially from inside his container.
"Okay, I think I'll take 당신 up on that offer." Hayden spoke; her honeyed words spilling half heartedly out the corner of her rosy lips. Ling shot her an astonished look; which was answered 의해 a wink and a smirk.
"Perfect! You're a great little lady. I'm almost glad I couldn't cut 당신 up."
The 2nd lieutenant had pulled the team through the halls of the command center, and was earning various stares from multiple officers.
"Hey, Hawkeye. What do we have here?" A tall; broad shouldered man strolled to Riza's side with a half burnt cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Couple of ruffians who got into it with the infamous "Barry the Chopper"." Riza continued to 컨버스 with the man without even looking back at the three.
"That's great for you! A serial killer, congrats; lieutenant."
Hayden couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew she had seen the man before. The cigarette smell, the azure eyes, the blonde hair. How did she know this man?
"Will 당신 watch these three while I make sure Roy is in his office?"
The familiar man nodded as the group was brought to a halt outside a door. Their blonde associate had left the chains in the hands of the cigarette smoking man as she entered into a small conference room. Havoc had time to glaze over the victims of Riza's brutal 소총 assault. The killer, an illegal alien...and that girl. Jean tilted his head as he took a drag from his cancer stick, gazing at Hayden with a confused look painted on his face. How did he know this girl?
Suddenly, it hit them. Same time; same expression. Havoc's half finished cigarette fell from his lip as his mouth fell wide open. Hayden's eyes widened until her wine colored irises almost vanished into the whites of her eyes. The man who was going to the train and the girl from town square.
"Barry? Remember when 당신 asked me if there was anything 당신 could do for me? This is that time." Hayden stepped outward and swung Barry's metal body through a nearby window, Barry falling on the ground outside with Ling and Hayden falling out afterward with a grunt. They made a run for it while Havoc yelled after them.
"The girl with the Elric brothers! Hawkeye!"