Prolouge-

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(BOOM!!!)

A loud explosion had just finished inflicting damage to a building, a battle was going on. a battle that seemed that it would end the war for good. To the soilders who were there, figured that it must've been hours in the feild of battle. Cries of agony can be heard, men opposing one another. Machine guns were fired simmotatiously at their enemy. these warriors were destined to fight and die, at the hands of their enemy. it was the city of Rubenia, the only city in which was a dust bowl. the heat was scortching hot. it was also the place where this one battle would decide the end the war. it would also decide on who's victorious, and who would fall. after long hours no side showed any sign of stopping. both sides gave out their hardest to survive. but finaly, the Haugenberg army was able to pull the curtains, after penetrating their last deffenses, the lubainian army started to retreat to the middle of the city. sad to say, the poor citty suffered massive damage. it was reduced to rubble and dust. homes, buildings, stores anything that once laid there.....was now gone. victory was in the hands of the Haugensberg army, all they had to do was corner their enemy. Something was not right however, lubainians were known to fight and never surrender. if death was their time in need then they would honor their gods with their lives. But why would they surrender so easily? do they have something instore for the Haugenberg army? it seemed that the army didnt care, victory was blinding their judgement in which left them vulnerable.

but, while the invasion was ongoing, a lone figure was trying to desperately escape his enemies. his persuers were well trained in hunting down their pray. they were more of bounty hunters, willing to do anything and everything in order to recieve payment for their duties. Even for first class bounty hunters, they seemed to have a bit trouble taking down the enemy. What they didnt know, was that this prey was much more determine to take his foes down. his will to live is enormously high. for his hand to hand combat skills, and tactics were enough to help him survive. he was the one and only, the first ever youngest state alchemist in the world. The fullmetal alchemist, Edward Elric. Hero of the people ed, Ed dodged every shot they gave him, from bullets to blast. from melee attacks to heavy attacks. they all seemed farfetched to him, with the aid of his alchemy, he had a far more of a chance to survive. he was finaly able to take down two of his pursuers. but the last one, and strongest was still in large. he looked quite like a brute, he held a flamethrower with two gas chambers on his back. with a bit of a gas mask, he wore armor in his chest, deltoids, thighs, and legs as well as his forearms. Edward had a tough time taking him down, not to mention evading his attacks. he had to avoid flameshots, flame blasters and exploding manites that were more of mines. this was possibly the toughest foe edward had ever encoutered. he was losing his breath, his stamina was wearing down, but that was the least of his worries. he had uncovered a devastating plot from the lubainian army, before it was to late, he had to go inform his superiors. it explained why the lubainian army was retreating. He mentaly scolded himself, "Dammit!! i have to go and warn the army before its too late", ...(in between pants) "augh.....al........i have to find you. before its too late.......but.....aahh!! dammit, this guy is getting in my way!!! i have to outsmart him some how.....but how?!"

suddenly the wall behind him broke apart, the flame brute was now behind him. "ah crap!" was ed's only response..."Fullmetal Alchemist edward elric......your death is immanent" the flame brute spoke in a tone of echoes. "prepare to be terminated" at that comment, the brute shot its flames at edward. with quick agilitly and fast thinking, ed was able to get out of harms way. he knew he couldnt win against this brute without a plan, but the chances of a plan he got, were futile. his enemy didnt let him breath not for a sec. edward went inside a building that use to be a butcher factory. as he neard the door, he shoved it open making him fall the floor. he quickly got up and closed the door behind him. he transmuted a lock so that the door would hopefully remain shut. afterward he ran to hide. the flame bounty hunter inspected the iron door. with his judgement he swiftly took out an item in which he placed it at the door. without worry he standardly walked out of the way. the sound of the item suddenly turned high pitch at least until it sounded out two beebs. (BOOM!!) the door had exploded, the blast must've been powerfull if it detonated and blew up an iron door. as the smoke cleared, the lone bounty hunter walked in with caution. knowing that edward, his prey, was not an easy target. as all laid silent, from outside can be heard the sound of gunshots, and bombs going out. the sound of the chains were heard rustling back and forward from the wind. as the smell of cut bone filled the air. the bounty hunter was in full alert, as he pointed his flameshot in every direction he thought was neccesary. all of a sudden the machines from the factory turned on. the machines began to operate as instructed. chains, rails anything that was a moving part began to fill the air with noise. Edward knew that this method would be a great use in tricking his enemy.

In a bit of surprise, a crane was swung at the lone hunter. it impacted with him, in turn another crane fell, followed by two more. this angered the the brute, as he fired his flames on every direction he pointed out. he shot everywhere, on anything and everything. his anger was taking the best of him. finaly out of the darkness edward engaged contact with the brute as his automail arm was transmuted into a blade. as they met eye to eye, they both started to struggle into one and another. edward swung at his foe, but his blade was not doing any damage. the armor the brute wore was ten times stronger than automail. all it left was dents and scratches. as the sounds of the factory filled the void of the biulding. the brute kicked edward in his chest which send him backwards in impact. he aimed his flameshot towards him, but being quick, ed transmuted a wall to stop the incoming flames. as ed made a run for it, the flaming brute took aim and began to shoot. even from the distance, ed could feel the overwhelming heat. just the thought of it made him fear the terrible power of that flame. suddenly the burning heat of the flames made the vaulves of the building activate the water mechanism. in which sprickled water all over the building. some of the meterials of the building were caught on fire, the water helped put them out. in exchange, it led out black smoke. it completely covered the building, smog was everywhere. the brute took no chances, and kept on firing on the most suspected areas he thought ed would be coming in from. until a figure caught his eye, at the very sight he aimed and shot. the figure was caught on fire. he got him, he had succeded in burining ed alive. "HA!!.......FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, EDWARD ELRIC TERMINATED! how does it feel edward? to burn alive in a million degrees, having that excruciating pain al-......." the brute thought for a momment, if he'd succeeded in burning edward....then why wasn't he screaming.

something was wrong. as the fire cleard out a bit, the first glance that the brute saw was a fugure that was transmuted to look like ed. From behind, edward let out his cry of battle. "HYAAAAA!!" the brute was caught by surprise. "WHAT!!!" as he turned, edwards blade impacted on his armor. ed quickly grabbed hold of his flameshot. the brute did the same. the two opponents struggled once again, edward quickly lifted his flameshot upwards, so that the barrel of the flamethrower was aiming up. the brute out of annoyance shot throw the open air, which triggerd more vaulves to open. the brute seemed more powerfull, but ed's automail was giving him the strength he needed to oppose this threat. edward was losing balance and strength, in so the brute slowly brought down his weapon so that he can aim it at ed. edward, now leaning backward was starting to panic. the barrel of the weapon was getting close to his face. he could tell the satisfaction of his enemy just by the tone of his grunts. he wanted to see edwards face burn to a million degrees. of course the fullmetal alchemist wasn't going to let that happen. as he strategically grabbed the barrel and bent it with the strenght of his automail. "HUH!!" was the brutes only reaction. "what, not satisfied......you cant do anything without your precious gun. CAN YOU!!!" out of anger the brute dropped his weapon, and grabbed edward by his throat with one hand. in surprise edward panicked. "you havent won yet fullmetal, my flame might be my primary weapon, but it doesent mean that i cant kill you with my bare hands"

as edward struggled to get away, the brute tossed him to his right. ed fell face first and bounced to his back. as he regain conscious, he notice that the brute pulled out another barrel from his back, and inserted it to his weapon. this time, the barrel increased the capacity and range of the flamethrower. he fired his flames at ed, he quickly got away. but not quick enough, as his black jacket caught minor fire. even if it was a little it still burned as if he were in volcano. he quickly put it out. but the aftershock of its impact left edward in a bit of shock. he could feel heat immit throught that spot. he inspected his wound, clearly he could see what he can feel. edward suffered a severe burn, part of his abodement was red, and a bit of blood spots came out. he was gonna be fine, but he was lucky that he didnt get worst. otherwise, he'd be in hell. the wound was the least of his worries. as the brute came at him with raging blows. the water from the vaulves didnt seem to slow down his flames, since it was to hot for even the water to penetrate the heat. edward ran while holding his left side of his abdoment, until he tripped and fell to the floor. this fatal mistake was the end of his life. as his enemy neard to put the finishing touches. of course edward had a few trick up his sleeve, as he surprised the brute when he ran straight toward him. it seemed that his flameshot was a long ranged weapon thanks to the barrel that he installed. it would only be as usefull if he was in a long distance. but with his quick thinking, ed scrammed to go face to face with him, as fullmetal laid a punch to his face with his automail arm.

the impact left the brute a bit dizzy, having to take such a blow from a mechanical arm. as the brute slowly regained conscious, he noticed that something was wrong, he couldnt see. the goggles from his mask were completley darkened. he couldnt see. "AAAHH! what did you do!!" the mad brute asked. "hmp.......its funny when you toy with your prey, but its not funny when the prey toys with you....isn't it." edward replied. "ack! you runt! you blinded me....but how!?" edward explained "when i punched you" "what!....." the brute yelled "when i punched you.....i transmuted your lenses into solid objects. every thing thats connected to your face.....is completely weilded to your armor....so you cant even take of your helmet. without your eyes you cant see, and if you cant see then you cant fight....." this angered the brute...."why you.....i'll show you, i'll show you that i can kill you even with my eyes closed!!" ed replied "dont be stupid....its over, and you know it. so give up....and nobody dies." the brute gave out a small laugh "oh no no nooo......someone will die.....and it'll be YOU!!!" all of a sudden, the rampaging enemy shot on all directions, obsessed in getting back at ed. " if thats the way you want it.........then thats the way you'll get it!" after he finished his sentenced edward clapped both of his hands together and tapped the floor. he transmuted together the brutes steel boots on to the floor, making them one. now his enemy was stuck, he couldnt move from his position. "damn you fullmetal!! AAAAAAGGGGHH!!!" he shot out at all places, not knowing that ed was charging from behind. as he reached his enemy, he took one of the brutes flares from his belt, and jumped on top of his shoulders. at that very chance, edward pulled out all of his gas lines and leaped to safety. the bounty hunter knew what was coming....and so it was his turn to panic and fear for his life. "AAAAHHHHH!! NO MY GAS LINES, I CANT PUT THEM....I CANT PUT THEM BACK! OH GOD SOMEONE HELP ME!!! NOOO NOOOO!!! the fullmetal alchemist ran to safety, as he lit the flare......"maybe this time......you should know when to stop" ed commented. he threw the flare towards where the flame brute was, just by hearing it hit the floor he knew his death was unavoidable.

"So cruel.......the ambissions of man" edward stated. at that last comment, edward ran towards a window and jumped. as he broke the glass with his body, a fatal scream was heard. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHGHH!!!!!" (BOOOOOOMMM!!!) particles and glass from the building flew of. along with edward falling toward a truck full of Haugensberg soldiers. as he crashed landed, he noticed that ten or fifthteen men were staring at him with surprise. "its him........its HIM!!! we found him!!" one of them spoke. "hi guys......how are you. =)" he said in a sarcastic tone. before he knew it, the soldiers pointed their guns at him. "can we talk first?" ed asked. "Edward Elric...you are under arrest for assulting army personell, desobeying orders and leaving the premieses without notifacation." "wait!! take me to command post, i have to tell them! there making a big mistake! hurry."

the soldiers had edward in handcuffs. and after five minutes, they arrived at command post. they led ed toward the general. finaly they met eye to eye. the general had short hair, that was faded and well trimmed. yet the top was brown, but his sides were greyish. along with his suit, he wore his meddals of honor, showing how great and how many battles he won for the millitary. but that wasn't the point. edward had to deliver his message. "ah, the fullmetal alchemist.......i see that the millitary was finaly able to capture you." ed spoke "geez and i never thought i'd be this famouse, that you'd even had me in handcuffs so that i wouldnt leave you guys. you must really like me." the general replied... "hmp....your very funny fullmetal, but.....i'm afraid, that you'll have to stand trail. for the crimes you've committed." Ed spoke in his deffense "Crimes!!! what crimes...all i did was violate some stupid rules regarding my superiors. Ah thats not even the point!, i have an important message to give you!!" "well, by all means, do tell........speak!" Ed gave out his message "......(sighs) i know why the lubainian army is retreating." the general spoke interupting his sentece. "WELL of course we know, we have this battle won...all that we must do is infiltrate the last of their defensess which is in fact the middle of the city i-" "NO NOO!! dont do it......thats what they want you to do! you dont understand what they're planning. they're trying to create a philosopher stone!! by using them selves and the haugensberg army!!" the general didnt believe edward, not once. victory was blinding his judgement, all he wanted was another meddal for his victory. "nonsence, we have this battle won, the war will be over just by my one order, and you expect us to pull back in the sight of victory. i'm afraid not mr. Elric." edward tried to make him understand "no, please trust me! th-" the general spoke out of anger "TRUST you!! ha! why should we. we trusted that you wouldnt try anything funny. but yet again you disobeyd orders, from your superior officers" "but but you dont understand you have to get them out of there!! before they could transmute whats left oh this army, besides MY BROTHER is in there!!! you have to pu-" at that very momment the general gave out his loudest yell. "ENOUGH!!! i dont want to hear non of this nonsence anymore! besides mr. elric, i'm releaving you from state alchemist." ed was surprised at what he said, "what?......."

"you didnt really lose your limbs in the civil war, you comitted the taboo. human transmutation, isnt that right." fullmetal was stunned, he figured it out. "I- I dont know what y-" " hmp.....lying yet again are we. i know for a chance that your brother has an empty suit of armor. and that mustang was in on it with you wasnt he. once i report this to Haugensberg, i'd have all of you turned in. you would be discharged as a state alchemist, and senteced you into years in state prison. mustang will join you for being an accomplice. and your brother will be hauled away for expeirmentation." after hearing this, edward shrugged out of anger. "Damn you!! you bastard," the general responded "hehe my my fullmetal, you cant take the penalty." his only response was "i've already paid the ultimate price........" the general spoke "you havent seen anything yet.....take him away, lock em up. we are going to victory." ed quickly yelled, "NO! dont do it, your all gonna die!! its a trap! its a trap!!....why wont you listen to me?!" "dont listen to him my proud soldiers" he said, "lets win our fair country another war!!" with that, the men cheered and ran to their trucks to go and invade the enemy. not knowing what dangers was ahead.

"NO! you have to listen to me! you cant go back there! your all gonna die!" ed shouted, he was taken to his cell and was tossed in. he quickly ran towards the bars of his cell. "Dammit!! we have to get out of here! were in a middle of a transmutation." "shut up!!" shouted a guard, "we have no interest in those who are not loyal to their fellow bretheren." edward responded, "bretheren huh, would a bretheren allow there own brothers to walk into a trap!!.....huh!!" the guard answered his quistion, "bretheren are those who would fight and die for their country and including their people. they serve their government till death parts them. they are not cowards who are easily scared by a mere fairy tale of a philosopher stone being created. NOW shut up and stay in your cell, generals orders!" at that the guard left, A few minutes Edward was sitting still at his cell by the command post, the gaurds had tied his hads in the opposite direction. his paws were facing outwards so that we wouldnt be able to transmute. he was trapped, his warning didnt reach the general as he intended. but what was more on his mind was al. he was out there, where the soldiers were gonna be sacrificed for the philosopher stone. he needed to get out fast, or otherwise he was gonna be apart of the transmutation, he was quickly trying to figure out a plan to escape his imprisonment. at the momment of his thoughts, he heard a noise. he could of swore that he heard someone grunt. then he noticed that the guards were knocked of conscious when they fell in the room, and thats where he saw luitenant Havoc coming in, along with Riza Hawkeye. "Luitenant havoc, hawkeye!" ed shouted in hope. "edward, are you alright?" asked Riza, "yeah, i'm fine, but i'm worried about al." stating the obvious, "come on, lets get you out of there." finished Riza. "heh about time you showed up!" ed's ignorace got to him.

once edward was freed from his cell, thanks to havoc and hawkeye, he ran up to meet up face to face with mustang. "Fullmetal, great to see that your alive and not dead." spoke mustang, "smart remarks already." said ed sarcasticly. "you just love annoying me with your damn lectures." "well is that a way of saying thanks to someone who helped free you." ed remembered the conversation he had with the general, "colonel........general bradshaw knows." mustang was confused, "knows what?" ed spoke, "the human transmutation...." mustang gasped at what he heard, he knew the penilty he and ed would get for being an accomplice. "the general, said that he was gonna report us in" ed said, "but how did he know........how did he find out!?" mustang wanted to know how the general knew. "beats me" mustang was speechless, he broke the silence, "the penelty for this is extrodanary high, you'd be sent to state prison for this, and i'd join you for being an accomplice in keeping your secret and not enforming my superiors." Edward spoke, ".......yeah, i guess, but before that. i want to get my brother to the way he is." Riza stepped it to the conversation, and what will you do now? the general knows about you." "i dont know......how he realized about my past is still a mystery....if i-"BAM!! the conversation was interupted when they heard an explosion coming from the city. ed quickly knew what was gonna happen. "oh no," "what is it fullmetal" mustang spoke, "its the philosopher stone, its being created, dammit i warned those fools, (gasp) uh no....AL!!!" ed was starting to run toward the city to find al, but mustang ended up grabbing him and pulling him away from sight. "dont fullmetal, you'll end up like the rest of em!!" "but he's my brother!! ALLL!!" mustang had to snap em out of it, "we have to get out of here now!" ed looked at mustang straight at his face, "NOW!!" yelled mustang. finaly he was able to convice ed to evacuate the city, "quick into the truck" ordered riza, "Breda hurry up, drive!!" as everyone boarded the truck, Breda stepped on the gas. the beam orginating from the middle of the city quickly widen in numbers. "its coming in close!!" Fallman shouted out. "we need to get at least out of range from the transmutation" asked ed, the beam was coming closer and closer, "Breda, step on it now!!" shouted havoc. "oh yeah like its gonna go any faster, if you didnt noticed this is a fricking truck. its going as fast as it can!" scolded Breda. the truck was already going as fast as it could, the rubble from the building made it harder for the truck to come across. "oh man, if i make it out, i'm gonna start a family soon i promise, no more fooling around with women!" poor Havoc, all this time in his life he spended trying to get with girls. "dont start talking like that havoc, theres plenty of women out there waiting for you!!" Riza yelled through the were almost out of the city, just a bit more. "keep going were almost out!!" ed couldn't afford death, if he died then who would save al and return him to his proper body. finaly after driving through rubbled concrete and destroyed buildings they were able to escape the range of the transmutation, but until the truck hit a mine that was planted on the hidden sand. as the mine detonated, the trucked flipped across and bounced up and down, until it stopped. parts of the truck were destroyed, the tent it had placed on was completely ripped. half the truck was destroyed, finaly, ed regained conscious. time seemed to go slow for him yet everything was mute. all he could hear was the sound of his own breathing, and the noise a heart moniter would make. he noticed that he was laying on his back, he saw mustang half knocked out, putting his concern for Hawkeye, as he drifted his eyes elsewhere, he noticed that breda was dead. but fallman and havoc were knocked off conscious. but he wasnt sure if they're were dead.

as edward used his arms to support himself he gentely got up and walked out of the wreckage, in a stage of being dizzy. he didnt notice that he was completely injured from his left arm. but.......he did noticed that one of the bars that kept the tents supported, had impaled him in his upperleft corner of his chest, nearly at the heart. he was lucky, if it had struck him in his heart, he would surely have died instantly. Edward placed his hands on the small bar, and slowly took it out. as he pulled it out, he yelled out in pain (DX), but no matter how loud he was, he couldnt hear himself....just his breathing. the pain was terrible, but that was the least of his worries. He noticed that the beam from the philosopher stone was getting closer, he figured that this was far enough from the transmutation circle. And so, he clapped boths of his hands together in a dazed, and placed them on the floor. in which he transmuted a barrier, mustang was just coming out with Hawkeye on his shoulders, and then he noticed ed performing a transmutation. when he completed in transmuting the barrier to protect what was left of his freinds, he slowly got up and tried his best to stay standing. but in vein, he was already losing to much blood. All he could hear, was the sound of his own breathing getting faster and faster, and the heart monitor beeping faster and faster. as edward struggled to breath he fell to the floor onto his knees. He looked around, everything was dizzy, eveything was slow. All that he had in his mind was the thought of death. beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beeb beebbeebbeebbeebeebeebeeb as his climaz was coming he fell to the floor side ways, still hearing the beeping from the heart monitor. in the verge of death edward could hear the cries of the innocent people that were being sacrificed along with the soldiers, then he heard al's voice....."brother........" beebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeeb he didnt want to die yet. he wanted to get al to his normal body. his climax was near now, the black spot from his pupil grew wider, as edward stared with his eyes still open, waiting to accept his death...edward........was dying. beebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebebeebebeebebeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

mustangs voice echoed through his ears, "edward!! EDWARD!!!" the heart monitor...............had stopped.............................