Poisoned Candy:

Simone’s Notes:

Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places adultery takes place only when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband. In most cases, in western countries, only the married party is said to have committed adultery, and if both parties are married, but not to each other, then they both commit separate acts of adultery. In other countries, both parties to the adultery are considered guilty, while in others again only the woman is able to commit adultery and to be considered guilty. Adultery is also referred to as extramarital sex, philandary or infidelity but does not include fornication. The term "adultery" for many people carries a moral or religious association, while the term "extramarital sex" is morally or judgmentally neutral. The interaction between laws on adultery with those on rape has and does pose particular problems in societies which are especially sensitive to sexual relations by a married woman, such as some Muslim countries. The difference between the offenses is that adultery is voluntary, while rape is not. If a woman claims that she has been raped, and the offense cannot be proved, then a conclusion that the sexual relations were voluntary may be drawn, and the consequences of adultery may result. In those circumstances, the woman victim would tend not to report a rape against her.

That evening, Syd, Ella, and Leon took Mustang, Barrett, and Hughes down to an abandoned laboratory. After hearing the woman’s message, Syd decided it was time to bring out the big guns. And since the military knew about the mission already, he decided to let them into this part as well. “Have no choice now,” he reasoned. “Might as well tell them about this one too.” Thus, the group being out in the abandoned airfields. Mustang was highly skeptical about this little trip.

“Why are we out here?” he asked in a snaky way.

“You’ll see in a moment!” Syd snapped back.

“Fine,” Mustang mumbled to himself.

“I thought so!” Syd replied.

“Easy guys!” Ella shouted at them. “Try to focus here!”

“Yes ma’am!” both men replied. The group then came to a steel door. Syd punched in a code and the door opened wide. Syd turned to his group.

“Mind your heads!” he ordered them. Then, he went inside. The crowd all followed after him. The deity let them all down the stairs. The wall began to close in some. Hughes had an uneasy feeling about this. The whole place was dark in here. Ella heard his thoughts and began softly chanting to herself. A soft hazy red glow formed at her fingers. The little light became the perfect source to walk with. Hughes began to feel better some. But he still had his doubts about being in this lab.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Hughes,” Leon said to him. “We aren’t trying to talk you. We’re on you’re side, remember?” Maes nodded quickly. He still wasn’t too certain. Syd led them all the way down to another tall narrow door. He punched in another code and the door opened wide.

“Mind your heads!” he said again. Then, he went through the doorway. The others followed behind closely. Syd led the group into a testing room. The place looked like a police line-up room. It even had a one-way mirror against the wall. The military looked all around the room.

“What kind of place is this?” Roy asked out loud. Syd didn’t answer at all. He just walked up to the screen and pressed the button. The lights on the other side lit up brightly. Mustang, Hughes, and Barrett were in heavy shock. A young-looking female was sitting on the ground on the other side slowly looking up at the glass. She looked about twenty-three years old. Her long pepper blonde hair was back into a ponytail and some fringe on the side. She was dressed up like a street-walker. Her skirt was a tight and deep dark blue. She also had on black fishnet stockings, a tight black halter top, a matching dark blue jean jacket, and black high-heeled boots. The woman looked at the glass completely. Her charming brown eyes were heated with anger. Her lovely face was so loving. The human men stared at her in shock. The deities weren’t surprised at all.

“Guys,” Leon said to the soldiers. “Meet our strongest weapon, Janine.” The men were still shocked at her. She looked like an ordinary woman trapped in this laboratory be these deities. This just seemed so inhuman. Syd just pushed the talk back at the control station.

“Hello Janine!” he said to the woman. She just glared at him coldly.

“How are you today?” the deity asked her. The woman just flipped him off. Syd turned to the crew.

“She’s not very happy at the moment,” he said.

“We can see that,” Travis said. “How long have you had her here?” Syd looked around quickly.

“Not here!” he said softly to them. Mustang looked at him lost.

“Why not?” he asked. Syd pointed to the other side. They all looked in silence.

“Oh,” Roy said.

“Exactly,” the deity replied. “Even though she can’t see us, she can still hear every word that we say.” Then, Ella turned off the microphone.

“There,” she said. “Problem solved!” Syd just looked at her annoyed.

“Show off!” he mumbled to her under his breath. His bird just shrugged at him lightly. Syd turned attention back to the soldiers.

“Janine,” he began. “Is a half-breed succubus.” Travis, Roy, and Maes all looked at him shocked. They all looked at the woman again in surprise.

“But she doesn’t look like one of them!” Hughes said.

“Neither do the fallen ones,” Ella pointed out.

“True,” Travis agreed. “I mean look at Lt. col. Elric.” They all went silent at that sentence. They all began to remember their friend that had fallen to the dark side. The military now had to fight against him. Edward might even have to be killed. Everyone hoped that it didn’t have to come down to this. But, it was now starting to look that way.

“Anyway,” Syd said changing the mood. “Janine is a half-breed. Her father seduced her mother the night before the fallen was locked away in Hell. The poor woman died in childbirth in a local village. We came along and picked her up. We all quarantined her from the rest of the living realm.”

“Okay,” Mustang said after he put all of the facts together. “But why is she your biggest weapon?”

“Ah,” Syd spoke up. “Her blood!” The men all looked at him confused. Syd noticed the looks on their faces. The deity smiled richly at them.

“Her blood is immune to the Red Jasmine virus,” he explained. “This virus has now gotten to the place that we need it to save us all from the fallen world.” The men were even more confused.

“Red Jasmine virus?” Hughes asked. Syd sighed annoyed. More explaining to be done. So, the deity broke down and told the men about the virus. The soldiers were still as confused as before. The deity sighed in annoyance again. “I knew they wouldn’t understand!” he thought. Ella looked at him with patience.

“Easy Syd,” she thought to them. “They understand, just give them a couple of minutes to sink it in.”

“But can she be trusted on the outside once you let her out?” Travis asked.

“We’ve taken away her taste for blood for many years now with thousands of drug cocktails,” Leon spoke up. “She won’t be able to taste it at all.”

Other the side, Janine tried to listen, but it was pointless. The talk two-way was cut off. The half-breed was seething with anger. They have isolated her in this lab prison. The woman used to be scared, lonely, and sad. Over time those feelings became anger. She just wanted to hurt and maybe kill the one called Syd.

Meanwhile tonight, Damon had his own troubles. He was with his Ginny in the back room of the juice bar. The glow of getting Manami her ring had long worn off. Now, he was back in misery again. Ginny wasn’t really helping tonight. It just wasn’t right. Ginny snuggled up close to him. The col. looked down at her in sorrow. His girl noticed his face.

“Baby,” she said. “What’s wrong?” Damon just sighed at her.

“Nothing,” he replied. “It’s just the anniversary of my sister’s death.” Ginny felt heavy pity for him.

“Aw,” she said. “What happened?” Damon looked away as he drew in a deep breath.

“It was years ago,” he explained. “Tanya and I were playing along the river bank near my old neighborhood. It was raining, but we didn’t care. We were just kids. Tanya and I were having fun until the rain got heavier. We didn’t pay attention when they said on the news a flood was coming. Tanya got really worried, so I suggested that we wait up a tree until the flood was over. *Fights back his tears* I made it up the tree, but Tanya wasn’t so lucky. I held out her hand for dear life. I tried to grab her other hand and pull her up, but I couldn’t reach her. Her hand just slipped from mine and Tanya fell into the rushing river below. They found her body nine days later. My mother forever blamed me for her death. I still have nightmares about it. It has haunted me ever since.” Damon finally broke down and cried. Ginny felt great pity for him.

“Aw, it’s okay,” she said to him softly. Then she lightly turned his face to her. His tear-filled eyes were really tugging at her heart. She lightly kissed him on the lips. Damon kissed her back out sorrow. Pretty soon, one thing led to another. Ginny ended up on all fours with the col. pounding into her hard. He knew that this part was coming. That’s what he called her for earlier in the day after all. But yet, it didn’t feel as good as the other times. Damon just felt numb all over. Something else was on his mind this time. It was his old “friend” guilt. “Why am I doing this?” he thought in misery. “I used Tanya to get sex. I feel so terrible.” But he had no choice but to keep going. Ginny was in the mood now. She was really enjoying herself now!

“Harder! Harder!” she cried out. “Oh Damon!!!” The col. complied to her out of misery. But pretty soon, the pleasure train was cut short. The couple was really into the ride when the door flew open wide. They both looked up quickly. Hunter was staring at them in completely shock. He had come back there to Ginny to tell her that he and Mikey were leaving because they had class tomorrow. The Irish boy really did not expect to find this scene at all! Ginny and Damon were looking back at him in complete shock. They clearly had no way to explain the position or scene they were in now. Hunter just dropped his drink in shock.

“What’s all of this then?!?” he finally managed to ask aloud. Ginny and Damon continued to stare at him in deep shock. This was only the beginning of the end of their romantic relationship.