Stuck in : Fullmetal Alchemist

Chapter 32 : The army of living dolls

Loneliness' POV

Ah, this feels so good! I smirk, putting my hands on my hips and looking at the persons in front of me. They're about fifteen. Against that, the Fullmetal pipsqueak won't last long! Suddenly, Envy appears next to me. I look at him, wondering what he is doing here. A grin draws on his lips as he sees my army.

-Good job Loneliness. You see, you've got an interesting skill!

I nod proudly.

-Thank you Envy. It'd be easy to defeat the Elric brothers with them, he cannot kill humans.

-True enough. That's smart of you.

-Aw, stop that, I know you don't even mean it!

-Pff! You're mean!

-Really? Too bad~ I shrug.

I chuckle a little before giving orders to my new living soldiers.

-We're going to fight against the state alchemist Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, and his brother Alphonse Elric. I don't give you any other order, just manage not to kill them, and bring them back to me, I say loudly for them to hear.

-Yes master! they all answer at the same time and I feel satisfied.

Envy laughs a bit, still looking at them.

-You really like that eh?

-I'd be lying if I say the opposite~

He laughs a little again and turns around to leave.

-Where do you go? Don't you stay to see my victory?

-Got something to do, see ya later~By the way, things might not be so easy y'know?~

-I know, but why do you remind me?

-Just like this!

And he disappears as quickly as he arrived. I shrug it off and lead my troops toward the meat shop. Discreetly, I make them stop not far from it and sneak under a window to spy them. Here, I can listen to everything they say, and this seems really interesting to prepare my attack. But as I look at them, someone I don't recognize is sitting with them. Black hair, onyx eyes, a coat and gloves. Who the damn hell is she? She's talking seriously with the Elric brothers and their master, frowning worryingly time to time. I try to catch their words.

-And you say your friend, Jane, was changed into a homunculus? she asks raising an eyebrow.

-Yeah...

-Daaaaaamn!! Why didn't I come in the fifth lab with you... she pouts.

-Well you said you were busy... Alphonse answers.

-Ah right, had stuffs to do! she smiles..

I frown. Who is she??? And why does she keep wearing that coat of her? For the elder Elric brother I can understand but her.... She turns serious again.

-That's a problem. That means we have now eight homunculi to defeat, instead of seven. Plus, you said her name is Loneliness.... A totally unknown skill....

-Yup. That's a problem.

-Well, if we at least can stop her a little, just enough for Jane to come back... I think it's one of the only ways we have.

-That's not idiot, indeed, but what if we cannot beat her skill and-

-We can do a lot of things with "if". The best thing for now is to rest and stop talking about it I think.

-Will you stay until we find a solution or will you go back to Central before?

-I don't plan on leaving now. I mean, don't we have a homunculus to defeat? she smiles.