Began in the Devils Nest Ch.2

Far beyond Lost

Greed lowered the now unconscious form of the girl to the floor, "Well that's something you don't see everyday."
"Didn't take you long to take her down, Boss." Roa muttered aloud.
"That's because you boys seriously underestimated your opponent." Greed chuckled, "She's quite the firecracker!"
Ulchi pushed through the crowd, "Say, Boss? Mind if I have her now? After all, she did cause me more trouble than could have happened." He asked looking down at the girl.
Greed stood up straight looking down at the girl with his piercing purple eyes. She was a god awful mess, he noted, she was wearing a torn black and yellow jacket stained heavily with fresh blood, bullet marks were visible in her legs through the torn fabric here and there. Her dark brown hair obscured her blood smeared face. She came in like that and STILL had the energy to fight like that? Strong. He liked that.
Greed grinned and pocketed his right hand, rubbing his neck with the other, "No, Ulchi. This one isn't for grabs."
"But…Boss!!!" Ulchi barked stunned.
"You said she was a chimera, right?" Greed remarked peering over his glasses.
"Sure seemed that way, Boss… her eyes altered. I've never seen eyes like that before." Dorochet replied.
Greed bent back down and brushed the hair out of the girls face and opened her eye lid… from what he could see, they were normal brown eyes.
"Hmm… regardless, she put up quite a fight against well trained soldiers, and chimeras to boot. I'd say she'd make a good addition to the gang." He said taking his hand away and standing back up, "So better not to scar her before asking to join."
Ulchi grumbled, rubbing his arm, a perfect set of teeth marks visible. Greed raised his hand and swung it lazily in the air motioning everyone away, "Okay men… show's over, back to whatever it was you were doing."
Greed turned to head down the hall, stopping for only a moment to call over his shoulder, "Say, Roa? Why don't you and Dorochet take her downstairs? Patch her up, and see to it she gets on her feet."
"Uh….sure Boss…" Roa replied.
"Only men to patch her up? Greed, have you no sense of respect?" A woman named Martel said as she pushed passed the other men, Greed stared back at her one eyebrow raised, "She's more than likely unstable mentally and physically. And if she were to wake up and see a couple of men hovering over her… she may lash out again."
"She does have a point, Greed…" Dorochet commented flipping the girl over.
Greed snorted amusingly and shrugged, "You can help if you want, Martel, your call. Call me when she wakes up, I want to speak with her." Greed said as he vanished down the hall.
Roa picked up the girl gently and headed downstairs, Dorochet and Martel close behind.

~~

Elsewhere….

A fox sat under a bush stalking the rabbit that was just in running range… carefully it crept forward, climbing over a large brown log… I low rumble drew the attention of both animals. The log shifted and the earth suddenly stood up. The head of a massive reptile swung left and right, a loud growl erupted from its mouth. Both animals fled in terror.
Fafnir blinked and shook herself. She looked around, sunlight dappled through the trees… but something was very wrong… She could not sense Xochic. She could not feel her at all, her thoughts, her smell….nothing.
Fafnir stood up and bellowed, *Xochic? Where are you?? I can't feel you!*
No answer… Fafnir felt nervous, but not scared necessarily. Fafnir took a step forward, and grunted, her body ached from her injuries… no doubt there were bullets in her…
Xochic was not there… she couldn't remove the bullets herself… Fafnir continued forward, thinking carefully about what Xochic had always told her, {Remember Fafnir. Someday we might get separated. If we ever do, stay in chameleon and make yourself smaller so nobody will see you. Call me using our special call, I'll find you…}
Fafnir shook herself and vanished from anyone's view. She then set on shrinking. Sniffing the air she vaguely smelled the scent of civilization somewhere to the south… somewhere far south….
She began lumbering slowly in that direction… *Xochic… I'm coming…*

~~

Slowly, I opened my eyes and gazed up at the grey ceiling of what looked like a cellar... I noted my legs and hands were tied up.
I was now wide awake, I tried to sit up, I gasped in pain, "Well, look who finally decided to wake up!" a voice to my left called out.
I looked towards the source of the sound and tensed as I saw the man in what looked like a samurai outfit, sword sheathed. He sat cross legged with a pipe in his mouth, he removed it and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, he smiled at me.
Sitting next to him was the big guy in the blue military suit and white hair. He had a large metal hammer sitting next to him, and I do mean large… He too smiled at me, "You slept for quite a while, eight hours straight actually." He said, his voice was surprisingly soft.
Movement next to me made me jump and slide back, a tall woman with short blonde hair, a large green tattoo on her neck and arm, dressed in a black tank top, army pattern pants, military style boots, and a knife holster stepped closer to me.
"Don't worry; we won't hurt you," She said looking down at me, "As long as you behave yourself. I'm Martel. That's Roa, the big guy with the sledgehammer and Dorochet, the guy with a sword, some of my best friends and comrades." She said gesturing to the two men.
I remained silent as I watched them; Roa spoke to me next, "You put up quite a fight up there. You have spunk kid." I just looked away, I was tied up, had no idea where I was.
"Not very talkative are you?" Dorochet asked jumping down and walking over to me, "Do you at least have a name?" he asked, his arms crossed over his chest.
I just looked up at him for a few moments before looking away from him again, "Renagade…" I muttered shallowly.
"What?" Martel asked.
"They call me Renagade." I repeated a little louder.
"Who's "they"?" Roa asked as he stood up.
I refused to speak, what were they going to do to me? I wondered.
Dorochet swung around growling slightly in frustration, "Augh! She ain't gonna talk… I'm gonna go get Boss. She's up now. He'll get something out of her." He crossed the room and made his exit.
Boss? What's he like I wonder…

~~
I sat in silence glaring at the people around me, this felt close to how it felt back at the facility… people staring me down… waiting.
Suddenly the door swung open again and Dorochet stepped in moving to one side and motioning like a guard to the man who walked in.
I felt the hair on my body stand on end as the man approached me. His aura was….wrong…. So inhumanly wrong!!
He looked human enough, though. He was a tall well cut muscular man with dark spikey hair. He looked Caucasian, dressed entirely in dark clothes. Black jeans, a dark shirt with red marks on it, a black vest topped with white fur, a pair of dark circular glasses, and his arms were decorated with leather straps; he had a red dragon tattoo on his left hand.
A wide grin split his face, revealing jagged and perfectly lined teeth that would be at home with a shark, I could now see his eyes, purple and slited, the same man that had blindsided me.
"Glad to see you with the living again." He said as he sat back on his heels in front of me. I shrank back.
"Don't worry, I don't fight women, or harm them in this situation." He said with a chuckle.
"Says the guy who knocked me out…" I spat.
He shrugged, "Didn't give me a choice. You wrecked several of my possessions. But rest assured. You can trust me. I won't harm you." He said looking me in the eye. I shivered and looked away… What is with this guy?
"I do have a few questions for you though… mind if I ask?" he asked softly.
I stared at the floor, "I have a few for you as well…."
"Good. Then we can exchange quite the conversation. First…what's your name?" He said standing up.
"People call me Renagade." I said, "And I want you to untie me." He turned and looked at me with a skeptical grin, "And why would I do that, Renagade?" he asked.
"You said I could trust you, right? Untie me and I will trust you." I said trying to keep a level head.
"I don't feel much like fighting or chasing… how do I know you won't try either?" he asked smoothly.
"I won't. You have my word… I make a point to keep my word." I replied.
The man tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then shrugged and smiled, "Alright then, Doro… Let her go."
Dorochet stumbled, "But, Boss!"
The man looked at Dorochet, "Let her go Dorochet. I think she's smart enough to stay put."
Dorochet grabbed the key at his waist and knelt down and unfastened the padlock holding my limbs.
As soon as my binds fell away, I snapped my DNA and glared at Dorochet, "!! Ur… Boss?" Dorochet stepped back grabbing his sword.
I remained where I was, tense as physically possible, but I remained put…. I smelled something odd in the room… animals? The man looked at me and smirked, "well what do ya know? There is more to you than meets the eye!" he remarked as he met my eyes. I was too preoccupied trying to sniff out the source of that smell to hear that comment…. Liquor and cigarette smoke was the first scent I caught…. But I smelled….. A dog…. A cow…….and a….snake? I looked straight at Dorochet… he stared back at me… the smell of the dog was coming off of him.
My eyes widened as it dawned on me, "Hey….You guys are Anthropoids!!" I said leaning forward excitedly, "I thought the government killed them all off!! I'm…not alone?"
"Anthro-what? Who are you talking to?" Martel piped in.
"You guys! You're a snake, Roa is a cow, and Dorochet is a dog!" All three had a look of surprise on their face.
Greed stared at me and laughed, "You have an unusual vocabulary. But you are right about them. We call them chimeras. A cross between two different things, in this case human and the said animals. And you can't believe everything you hear… nothing is impossible." He said looking me in the eye. I shuddered again.
"But what are you?" I asked reluctantly, "I've never felt an aura like yours before…" I stared him down.
The man smiled widely, placing his left hand to his chest he replied, "I see you are very perceptive…By the way….The name's Greed. Greed the Avaricious. You could say I want everything this world has to offer. Money, Women, Power, Status and Sex. You name it, I WANT it……." he raised his left hand, "and I'm a Homunculus."  
"Greed……….? You're a…," I stared at him, "A wha-?" I blurted.
"A man made human," Dorochet replied, "a person that's not a person. You've never heard of them?"
Greed frowned in slight disappointment, "Way to steal my thunder!" Greed said to Dorochet, who rubbed his neck bashfully.
"So…you're a clone?" I asked.
Greed's turn to blurt, "A what?"
"A man made human. Not born in normal circumstances, a test tube kid?" I said calling off info from my knowledge.
Greed looked at his men, who just shrugged.
"I don't have any idea what you are going on about, But no. I am not human… not entirely anyway." He said swiveling around.
"How do you mean?" I asked.
"Very few differences between humans and homunculi. One, we don't have a heart. My core is a philosopher's stone."
I couldn't help but snort, Greed smirked, "Don't believe me?"
"The philosopher's stone is a myth, no one can….." I stopped as Greed held up his left hand; I didn't understand what he wanted… Roa raised his sledgehammer as swung it taking Greed's skull of in a shower of blood. His glasses clattered in the corner.
"Hey… why would you do that?!" I began my eyes wild as I jumped to my feet. My pain forgotten.
Suddenly I felt an odd energy, a more concentrated form of energy that had radiated off Greed… looking down I saw red electricity jumping all around Greed's decapitated neck… bone, muscle, and skin growing swiftly into the form of Greed's head.
I watched in both fear and amazement as Greed stood up straight, wiping blood off his face, "Two…" He continued unfazed, "We are virtually impossible to kill." He rubbed his neck, "always messy." He muttered.
I just stared, my mouth hanging open. I could feel my t-rex DNA screaming at me to kill the threat or run. He wasn't natural, I shrugged off those animalistic thoughts, "So….uh….you can't…age then?" I blurted tripping over my words.
"Not at all. I'm around the neighborhood of 200 years old. And still looking this sexy." He replied flexing his chest.
I stared at him…..he was… pretty attractive I thought as his muscles rippled…. I shook my head, 'He's not human!' I felt my sides ache, and I leaned forward as it grew more intense.
"Hey, you better sit back down….you lost a lot of blood." Roa said moving over to me, I started to shrink back, but I sensed no danger from him and allowed him to help set me down.
"Well, I've answered some of your questions. Now it's my turn. First. Where exactly did you come from?" Greed asked leaning against a box.
"He means who made you." Martel said, "What lab?"
"Facility 7. The Anthropid Lab." I replied.
"I've never heard of that place before." Dorochet said roughly.
"Neither have i…. you know, I told you my darkest secrets in full truth. It's not fair for you to lie to me in return." Greed said frowning darkly.
"I'm not lying!!" I said defensively.
"Oh? Then where is it located?" Dorochet asked bluntly.
"It's in Montana." I said firmly.
"Where the hell is that?" Greed said scowling.
"The U.S.A. of course….. Where am I?" I asked, "Give me a map and I'll show you."
All four looked at each other in irritation; Martel strode over to a box and yanked the lid off. After rummaging in it for a few moments, she came up with a map.
She laid it at my feet…. I stared at it blankly, "Uh… nice. This isn't a real world map." I said batting it closed.
Roa reopened it, "Yeah it is. See? Here we are in Amestris. Dublith, to be exact." He said pointing at a mark on the map.
"Didn't you get your world education in high school?" Martel asked rolling her eyes.
I grasped the map and glanced it over, "Yes I did… and this is NOT a world map!" I growled, "You don't need to make fun of me!" I growled, my face probably reddening as much as it was capable of.
All four of them stared at me confused. I must have looked like an idiot, "Where were you born?" Greed asked at length.
"Texas. In the United States of America. Facility 7 is about three states to the north. I wouldn't lie about something like that!!" I said getting a bit panicky.
"Look, Renagade. I'm a very busy guy, and I don't have time to…" Greed began sighing.
"I'M NOT LIEING!!" I screamed at him, I grabbed my head, thinking hard, "This isn't funny…." I muttered.
"Hm… lab crew must have screwed up her memory. A fail safe in case someone got out…." Dorochet commented.
"Well that doesn't make much sense… she literally flew out of thin air in the bar…" Roa said.
{Ever wanted to know what it's like inside of a black hole?} My eyes snapped open.
"Oh… no……………." I muttered. The voice echoed in my head again, and a wild idea sprang to life…
"What's up, Renagade?" Roa asked patting my back, "Remember something?"
"You…..said …… that was a world map…?" I said, my voice growing weaker.
"Yeah." Martel replied.
"I just came out of thin air?" I started shaking.
"Yeah….Are you ok?" Greed asked as he noted my shaking.
My mind was racing, my heartbeat picked up in almost a flat line. Images of my ordeal rushed into my head. The Facility, B, and the hoop…. It was a Black hole simulator…. It had worked.
"I…… am going to be sick….." I muttered, "This is insane!!! I'M LOST IN A F*CKING DEMENTIONAL PLANE!!!!" I shrilled jumping up, knocking over Martel and bolting for the door.
"HEY!!" Greed barked.
I was in too much panic to figure out how the door worked, and I knocked the door off its hinges, I sprinted down the hall, I could hear the four people not far behind me.
"STOP HER!!" Greed roared.
A guy with a scar and goggles jumped out at me as I stormed into the bar, knocking me down. A few more men quickly subdued me. I could taste my own blood in my mouth…
"Get off!! Get off!!!!" I screamed.
Greed stopped in front of me, "Calm down, or I'm going to have to knock you out again. Plus… you opened your wounds again. Keep struggling and you'll bleed out."
I remained tense as my heart thundered in my ears, hot tears burned my face, "This is a bad dream… none of this is real!! Fafnir… WAKE ME UP!!" I gasped sobbing.
"Oh it's real. And now I have to make sure you stay put for now. Roa. Take her back into the basement and keep her there till she settles down. She's no doubt a feral chimera. Get her straightened out will you?" Greed said strolling over to a couch in the corner, two girls waiting for him.
"Sure thing boss… Now come on… don't make this any harder on yourself… you'll be fine here. We'll help you." Roa said softly as he hoisted me up. I was too stunned and weak to fight anymore…………… Fafnir….. I couldn't feel her….. I had never been apart from her….. I felt so alone. Empty…
I felt a ray of hope as I recalled her jumping into the gate.
"Greed!" I called, Roa stopped as I called out. Greed looked over his shoulder at me.
"When I came in…….. Did anything else come through?" I asked my voice trembling.
Greed's brows furrowed, "Nope. Just a lot of trouble from you."
I hung my head, "Please… my partner was right behind me… please….we've never been separated."
Greed shrugged, "If I see any new chimeras I'll let em know. Hopefully whoever your partner is, I hope they are better behaved."
The men in the bar chuckled, and Roa continued down the hall…. I was far beyond lost…