Free Falling

Chapter 35: Trying Not to Be A Burden

I held a hand over my mouth and tried to to throw up. Oh how the hell could I forget Gluttony had a sea of freaking blood in him? I'm so stupid!

Ed was gonna be pissed. My attempt to not throw up failed and everything that was in my stomach, was now in Gluttony's.

"Anna!" Eds voice rang out. Sounded close. I wiped my mouth and looked up. A faint light was in my eye sight.

"I'm over here Ed!" I called. Wow. I sounded like I was sick. And I had just been sick. I started walking towards the light and low and behold Ed was carrying it.

"You okay? You look pale." He told me. I nodded.

"Yeah. That probably because I emptied my stomach over there and I'm trying to pass out again." Ed gasped. "Would you please stop gasping?" I asked placing a hand on my hip and rubbing my face with the other.

"Oh yeah. You fainted after that snake chimera was killed by Fürer Bradley inside Al." I nodded.

"Martel." I told him. "Her name was Martel. Can we get out of this blood before I throw up again?" I asked. He nodded and handed me the torch. He clapped his hands and make a circle of iron.

"You got the iron from the blood right?" I asked gagging.

"Yeah. I just wish Al were here. I found this." He held up Al's arm. "Maybe I could communicate with him." He fell to his knees.

"Here we go..." I said wi the a sigh.

"AHHHHH! Summoning telepathic powers! Elric brother telepathy!" He yelled waving Al's arm like a moron.

"Ed it's not working." I said placing a hand on his shoulder. He sighed and dropped his brothers metal arm.

"I know." He said sadly. "But how are we gonna get put of here. We don't have any food or water." Oh no. "We could make water out of the blood." He suggested. My face turned green and I leaned over the edge of the iron wall around us and apperently I still had stuff in my stomach.

I slowly turned my head to look at Ed. My eyes were glowing red.

"Don't ever suggest that again." He rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Sorry." He said. I nodded.

"Just never again." I wiped my mouth. "I hate blood."

"Why is that again?" Ed asked. I glared at him.

"Why do you think?"

"Your parents?" He asked looking like he was getting ready to run. I nodded.

"Ding ding ding. We have a winner. Give the alchemist a prize." I said sarcastically. I clapped my hands and used the fire and other wood around to make more fire.

"You can do flame alchemy!?" Ed yelled. It echoed through the whole cave- er, stomach.

"Shut up. And yeah I guess I can." I stuck the torches into the cracks of the iron wall then clapped my hands again and moved the iron around the wooden sticks to keep the in place. "So what are we gonna do?" I asked leaning against the iron wall. Ed sweat dropped.

"You already know! Why ask me!?"

"Because you need to figure it out for yourself Ed. This is important for you to understand and do by yourself. I'm just here to steer you in the right direction." I explained.

"This is so stupid!" He yelled.

"Quit yelling!" I looked over my shoulder. Damn. Thanks Ed. I was hoping we could leave him here. Envy was sticking a finger in his ear and walking into the light more.

"Oh great." I muttered.

"What the hell are you doing here!?" Ed yelled pointing a gloved finger at him. How did his gloves stay intact?

"I tried to stop Gluttony from eating you. You are a valuable sacrifice." He said calmly pulling his finger out of his ear. Oh he is so nasty.

"Do you know if there's a way out if here?" Ed asked. Envy shook his head.

"No. Gluttony was an experiment to try and recreate the Gate. This is the unfinished product. The failure." He gestured around us. "And you are not supposed to be here." He pointed to me. "You were supposed to be in a coma for another week."

"What the hell is with everyone telling me shit like this!?" I yelled. "I barely remember that month! How the hell am I supposed to know I should still be in a coma!?"

"Because the plan was going perfectly." Envy muttered.

"What plan!?" I yelled. He growled. "Oh dear lord! Just follow me!" I told them as I started walking what I hoped was east. I looked at the large amount of rubble next to the iron wall. Okay. I wasn't gonna let Ed eat a shoe. The shoe was there pointing in a random direction. Okay.

The top of the rubble is pointing the opposite way we have to go so that way must be where the gate in here is.

I started walking and I heard the two guys following me. Oh god. The blood was warm and slick and it ran up and down my legs. Ewwwww! I was gonna faint. I can't though!

I threw up like, five more times and I was now on my sixth.

"Anna, you okay?" Ed asked. I was behind a large piece of rubble.

"I'm fine!" I called back. "I hate blood." I muttered again.

"Can we get going?" Envy asked annoyed. I came put from behind the rubble. Ed was holding my torch and I took it back from him gently.

"You try being in your worst fear right now." I told him.

"Your worst fear is being in a stomach?" He asked.

"No stupid. Blood. I can't stand the sight of it." I started walking again with them trailing behind me. We kept walking. Walking and walking. Ed said he was getting hungry. I told him to suck it up. Then we finally found the door.

"Woah." Ed said automatically.

"Yeah whatever. Just open it." I told him.

"I don't know how to!"

"Well I can't. It's your turn to be helpful." I looked at Envy. "Be a bastard I'm gonna kill you until you stay dead like Lust." I threatened him.

"As if you could-" I cut him off by throwing a couple kunai's into his head and neck. His head snapped back and he feel into the blood. I was gonna throw up again.

"That wasn't too hard." I said calmly.

"You little brat!" He yelled standing up and yanking the kunai from his head and neck at the same time.

"I got it!" Ed yelled as the door creaked open.

"Thank you Lord." I said walking next to Ed.

"You do realize I don't believe in God right?" Ed asked. I nodded.

"Neither do I. I'm talking about the underworld lord." I said before grabbing Ed's arm and running into the light of the door; Envy following behind us.

Thank the Lord, I was out of that sea of blood. I named it Bloody Sea. Yes I actually named it.

But I me and Ed were separated. He called out for me but we couldn't get to each other again.

I was thrown into a bright white room. Oh great...

"Nicole Brown." A voice said slowly. I looked up.

The sickening outline of Truth sat before me. Shit.