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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 24, 2009 20:14:16 GMT -5
The female's footsteps halted while she paused. She looked around curiously, as an odd feeling washed over her. "Mustang's always telling me not to walk home alone at night.. But I'm starting to think maybe I should've listened to that this time.." The words escaped her lips before Alexandria gave herself time to think them through.
She started walking again, and shook her head. "No.. I can't believe I even SAID that.. I'm more than capable of taking care of myself.."
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 24, 2009 20:25:57 GMT -5
The figure heard the girl and held his breath, trying to make sure not to be spotted. As he peered out from around the corner, he saw she was heading his way. Though he was injured, he moved as quickly as he could and hid behind a trash can in the dark alley. However, he had accidentally knocked against it and the loud crashing noise it made echoed throughout the street. The figure bit his lip, repeating over and over in his head, 'She doesn't see me, she doesn't see me...'
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 24, 2009 20:32:45 GMT -5
Alex stopped right in front of the ally, except she wasn't quite facing it yet. A loud sigh escaped her lips before she suddenly started speaking. "You know.. normally I would just walk by.. I don't normally spend my time worried about some kid messing around in an ally... It's none of my business..."
Her hand wandered down, pulling one of her guns out then, pointing in the direction of the ally without facing it still.
"But that smell of blood is what's bothering me. It reeks, so come out already, it's no use pretending you don't exist and trying to hide from me."
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 24, 2009 20:54:38 GMT -5
The figure held his breath and then placed an open palm on the ground. As his hand began to glow, he broke a piece of stone into dust and the cover of the dust combined with the blinding light helped shield him from Alex's eyes. He leapt up the wall of the building, grabbing onto the windowsill and pulling himself onto the roof. As he dashed across the roof, he leapt onto other buildingtops and disappeared.
Shortly after the figure had disappeared, Sam wobbled down the road with a streak of dried blood under her lip. Blood was dripping from her side and sweat trickled down her face. She wandered to the area where Alex was and collapsed onto the ground, hoping she'd see. If she could play it off like she had been attacked by Takai, hopefully it would distract Alex from where the figure she saw before had gone.
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 19:05:44 GMT -5
The female coughed hysterically lowing her gun as her other hand went to cover her mouth so she wouldn't inhale too much of the dust. Her eyes were closed, until the feeling of light beating against her eyelids had receded.
"Damn it-" Her curse was halted when she turned herself, her gun still clutched tightly in her other hand. Alexandria noticed Sam then, and it only took a few moments for her to reach other female's side. She crouched down. "Starlight...?"
She was fully crouched, the gun set to the side. "Hey... you okay?"
((DOES IT LOOK LIKE SHE'S OKAY? Dork.))
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 31, 2009 19:15:44 GMT -5
Sam winced and looked up at the girl, rolling onto her right side. "Lt. Matthews," she said, as though she was surprised to see her. Her eyelids drooped heavily over her eyes and she held both of her hands at a wound on the left side of her body. There was blood running between her fingers and down her hands. "I'll be fine..." she choked out in a quiet voice. She tried to pull herself up off of the ground slowly. "Really, don't worry--" her words were cut off by pained moans as she leaned back down onto the cold concrete road.
'I hope I'm a believable actress...' she thought to herself, trying not to ham it up too much.
(I hope those acting classes paid off, LOL--*Shot.*)
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 19:25:14 GMT -5
She seemed (key word) to believe the act, and lifted the female up slightly, helping her into a sitting position. "Central HQ's only a few minutes from here.. I could go get help.. But I'm afraid to leave you here alone. Man.. you look like crap.. who did this to you?"
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 31, 2009 19:34:15 GMT -5
Sam pushed herself up, regardless of the pain, and cringed. "I didn't see... I heard a noise, like someone being attacked, and I went to check it out. Next thing I knew, I was down. I tried to tail 'im, but he disappeared."
"That won't be necessary," she said with a small smile. "I'll be fine..." She turned to look at her bag that was lying a few feet from her grasp on the ground. "My bag..." she groaned. "I have bandages in there."
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 19:40:34 GMT -5
"It's strange... I know I got a good view of that person just now.. and he looked pretty wounded too.. almost like he wouldn't be capable of doing damage like this.." She reached over for the bag, pulling it over.
'And also.. their wounds... look similar...' Alexandria Matthews thought with a frown, but otherwise remained silent. 'Looks like another late night at the office.... I think.. I'll want to look into this guy more...'
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 31, 2009 19:45:05 GMT -5
Sam reached into the bag, pulling the bandages out. They were already stained with dried blood, and looked like they had been used many times before. As she began to unravel the bandages, she looked weakly at Alex. "Are you sure... it was the same person? It could've been someone else..." With shaky hands, she lifted her jacket away from the wound and began to wrap the bandages around herself.
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 19:47:33 GMT -5
"Of course I do. I have Photographic memory, remember? I remember EXACTLY What the guy looked like!"
There was a long pause, and Alexiandria didn't say anything for a while, and when she finally spoke, it was quiet.
"Well.. uhm... he had.... uh.... hands...."
Epic fail.
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 31, 2009 19:53:32 GMT -5
(xDDDDD ROFL!!!!)
Sam looked at Alex with a rather flat expression and sweatdropped. She chuckled slightly, arching her brow. Finally tying off the bandages, she pushed herself (unsteadily) onto her feet. She leaned against the nearest lampost, using it as a crutch to keep her on her feet. "Well regardless of all that, would you mind not mentioning this to Ed tomorrow...?" After taking a short pause, she continued, "I'd rather him not freak out or worry about it... he's a little headstrong and he might start jumping into things."
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 19:58:19 GMT -5
She collected her gun, sliding it through her fingers in a twirl while she placed it back in its holster. "I guess so. But I suppose you wont' mind if I report this to Mustang? He needs to know another attack has happened at least.."
There was a mumble, and she scratched the back of her head, "No matter how annoying he is... either way.. No sweat.. I wont' mention it to the shrimp. Like I talk to him willingly most of the time anyway."
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Mar 31, 2009 20:05:49 GMT -5
Sam sighed. "Yeah, I guess you'd have to tell Mustang."
She smiled. "Thanks. I'm gonna head to my inn, before anything else happens. I'll see you and Ed at the library in the morning...?"
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Mar 31, 2009 20:43:51 GMT -5
There was a soft snore that resonated through the library, it grew louder occasionally but then receded into nothing. Instead of looking up stuff like the good girl Alexandria was ((Yeah right, sure)), she was asleep on one of the tables. Her head rested in her arms, and her eyes remained closed.
Yes, she was working quite hard.. At sleeping. Which she called her self-proclaimed duty. And she was quite good at it too.
((Edward next round xD))
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