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Many things had gone through Greed's mind at that moment, he just saw his own brother kill his younger one, only to get his abilities and strength. But that was the least of his problems. If anything, he was glad that the 'big fat slob' was gone, he never liked him. The major thing that was on his mind was one thing. 'Wrath'. He was being held back by his crew and had to wait to get his revenge, but he also had to recover from what happened. He didn't like to talk about what happened on that day, he never did. But that didn't matter, what did was his revenge. And his revenge only.
And it still did, as he was walking through the deep green woods, crickets chirping and frogs croaking making their own type of music which was annoying to him. He made up his mind, and he couldn't just turn back...well actually, he could. But he didn't. So he kept on treading through the forest, he felt the cool breeze hit him softly. The continuing sounds of the night and the coolness of the breeze made him feel sleepy, which that rarely happened. Greed came to a halt and turned his head towards an oak tree, then walked to it, his posture was more lazy that before. He yawned and sat down, leaning against the tree. He was satisfied with how this turned out, but he didn't feel like he felt with other situations, he just felt...
Okay.
He stared at a random bush, feeling the weight of sleepiness slowly forcing them down. As time went by, it became more stronger and he blinked a couple times. His eyelids slowly closed, and soon he was falling into a deep sleep.
"You can't keep running away, you know." Ling's voice echoed in his mind, more than it should've.
"Ugh, shut up kid, trying to sleep over here." He opened one of his eyes in his demon form, and the realization hit him, so he opened the other one. "...Ling?" He looked from side to side, no sight of the boy who looked identical to him. They shared a mind together, so why wasn't he with him? He couldn't have just disappeared. "Ling! Quit screwing with me!" He called out. Then it faded to black, pitch, darkness, he could've called it many things.
"Ling...?" He mumbled, then it hit him. When he was walking to Central, when he was doing all of those things...where was Ling??
He turned around, confused. And honestly not knowing what to do. "Ling, where are you?!" His voice, showing the emotion of worrying. He closed his eyes, maybe it was a hallucination. When he opened them, he couldn't really comprehend what was going on.
He was standing alone, in a green grassy field, as far as he could see. The pure blue cloudless sky had went on for eternity as if he was on a planet that was just grass, it seemed. He was amazed, and his mouth was slightly open in awe. "What the hell..." He turned around and his eyes met dark grey, almost black eyes. Ling was standing in front of him, with his shifty eyes and poker face, as usual.
"Ling!" Greed walked up to him, slightly mad. "Ling, where the hell are we?" Ling was silent. Showed no signs of acknowledgement that Greed was standing in front of him. "Hey! Answer me when I'm talking to you!" Nothing. Like he was deaf and blind at the same time, now he was more pissed than before.
"You damn brat, hello?!" He put his hand up against his face to smack him, but he hit air. "...Wha?" His hand went straight through his head, as if he was a ghost. Ling's entire being faded away, and he was no more. "Ling!" He stared at the place he was standing at. Confused, he shouted at any possible person that was there. "ANYBODY?!" His voice echoed. He was at a loss, he had no clue what to do. Not even his avarice was giving any helpful hints.
He felt something hit his face, something very small and almost not noticeable. He felt something luke warm trail down his cheek and hit the grass, and raised his hand to touch his face. He removed it and stared at his hand.
"Blood?" The crimson fluid stained his skin. He felt another droplet fall on his sleeve. He turned his head towards the sky and more drops fell from the sky, falling on the grass, blood was on his clothes and face. It started to rain blood. He could've swore a drop fell in his mouth as he was staring agape. He wanted to run, he wanted to get out, he was covered in blood. Now it was pouring down rain. What was he feeling at this moment? It was something he'd never felt in a very long time...Fear.
"...Wake up..." He whispered. "Wake up! Come on!" He felt his knees give in and he fell to his knees, gripping his hair, as if he was trying to rip it out.
"Wake up!!" He yelled again. His breaths became uneven. "WAKE UP!!"
Greed's body shot up, eyes wide open. Sweating bullets, and panting. It took a few moments to gather his composure, and his eyes focused on the 3 people looking inside his tent with a worried look on their faces. Ling didn't say anything, but his expression showed it all.
"Greed, hey, are you okay?" Ed asked. Heinkel and Darius were giving him the same look Ling was giving him. His panting became more slower, and he put a hand up to his forehead. His mind was in a daze, and he couldn't think straight. His crew was waiting for a response, but despite not being able to think straight, he could make out small things. "I'm fine..." He mumbled. "I just...need to..get some fresh air."
He wiped the sweat off his forehead and crawled out of the tent, while the others moved their bodies to let him through. He was barefooted and his dark green long coat was off, yet he didn't remember taking it off. He didn't even remember going to sleep. All he could remember was flashbacks of what occurred in the dream.
Which he was too stubborn to call it a Nightmare.
He stumbled towards a tree, and leaned against it. Trying to calm himself down, he took in deep breaths, which somewhat helped. "Greed. What was that?" Ling asked him from inside his mind. "It was nothing, Ling. Just..forget about it."
"Forget about it my ass." Ling's aggressive behavior slightly startled him. "You do know I saw everything, right? " Greed swallowed and sighed. "So instead of saying anything, you just watched me get drenched in blood. Such a great prince you are." He rolled his eyes. "That wasn't me, I wasn't in your dream. It was a dream version of me, so don't jump to conclusions." He said. "But like I said, Greed. I saw all of it. But I have one question, when did Gluttony get eaten by Pride? That-...That never happened. And even if it happened in your dream, I don't remember it happening."
"That's because it didn't." He said. "But if I'm right...not yet, it hasn't." He slid his hands into his pockets. "Are you saying that you have dreams that can tell the future?" Ling crossed his arms. "What? No!" He groaned. He turned around and faced the tree, and without hesitation he grabbed it and hit his head against it, letting out another groan. As this was happening, Ed was watching him basically talk to himself.
"You think he's gonna be okay?"
"Well it sure looked like he was having one hell of a nightmare, even for a Homunculus like him." Heinkel sat down near the burnt out fire. "Hey, you have that pocket watch thing, what time is it?" Ed reached in his pockets and took out his silver pocket watch for State Alchemists and flipped it open. "..3:27" Just as he said that, Greed came back to the small camp.
"...What the hell are you guys standing around for? If ya wanna go to sleep, go ahead. I'm staying out here...keeping watch."
"Right..." Darius could see right through him, they all could. Darius yawned and walked towards his tent. "'Night." He crawled inside it. Heinkel did the same, and as Ed was about to go into his, he looked back at Greed. "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good." He flashed his signature smirk, yet it was questionable. "Alright." Ed waved. "G'night, Greed." He went into his tent. Greed's smirk disappeared and he tilted his head towards the sky that was still dark. It was clear to Ling that he was paranoid that blood would come down from the sky, even though that was practically impossible. But then again, the word impossible never stopped Greed, with anything.
"Are you okay?"
"Stop asking me that, it's annoying." He rolled his eyes. "Well, are you?"
"For the last time, yes!" Greed took in a deep breath and let it out.
"I'm okay."