This story is supposed to take place after the Full Metal Alchemist movie The Conqueror of Shamballa.
PS I do not own Full Metal Alchemist or any of it's characters.
"We're going to break down the gate together," Alphonse smiled. There would be time for catching up later.
"Alright," Edward replied. He couldn't wait for this whole ordeal to be over so that he could finally spend time with his brother. "It's not going to be easy though."
"That's okay," Al responded happily. He would be happy for as long as it was that he was still by his older brother's side.
Edward tried to stand, but his fake leg gave out beneath him as soon as he put any pressure on it. "Damnit," he sighed as he fell back to the ground.
"What's wrong brother?" Al asked with his voice cracking like it always did when he was worried.
"Winry always makes the best," Edward sighed as he pulled his fake arm up to show Alphonse that he couldn't move it, "but they only work in that world. In this one, it's just a whole lot of metal."
"Oh," Al frowned. "Well how are we going to close the gate?"
"I don't know," Edward sighed. This was going to be much harder now that he couldn't move.
"Wait!" Al gasped suddenly.
"What?" Edward looked around, fully expecting for someone to be attacking them.
"Is that a rocket?" Al asked pointing to one of the test dummies that the other Al had made. Apparently he had brought them with him to prove his skills.
"You know what a rocket is?" Edward asked.
Al nodded even as he stood and walked towards the things. "I've never really seen one in person," he said, "but while I was looking for you, I did a lot of research and there were a few things in some libraries that I found that had plans for this kind of thing. None of the information actually worked out, but I thought it was still possible. Can we use this to break the gate?"
"That depends on how you plan to use it," Edward responded. He was already feeling proud of his younger brother for knowing so much and coming to a conclusion that not even he had thought of.
"If we aim it correctly," Alphonse looked up at the gate, "and we are able to hit one point in the gate, that point should break and the gate would be incomplete. It wouldn't be able to open again."
"Alright then," Edward said. "Bring the thing here."
Alphonse smiled and picked the thing up. It wasn't very heavy so he didn't struggle with it at all. "Here you go brother," he said as he placed the thing right in front of Edward.
"You're going to have to help me Alphonse," Ed said. "It takes more than one hand to start this thing."
"Ok," Al agreed as he took a seat next to his brother. "Just tell me what to do."
And Edward did. They set it up so that the rocket was aimed to the exact point that they were hoping it would destroy, the door, and Alphonse lit the rocket with Edward's instructions. The rocket flew to the gate and Edward was actually surprised when it actually exploded at its target. The door crumbled and was sucked into the portal along with the rest of the gate that had fallen as soon as the door was no longer there to support it.
"Can we go home now brother?" Alphonse asked. He wasn't surprised that it was so easy to say that because he had always only considered his home as a place right next to his brother. No matter where they are, no matter what they're doing, he is home with his brother.
"Yea," Edward smiled. "Yea, we can go home."
Alphonse gave the biggest grin that Edward had seen in years. Not even Alphonse Heindrich could match his little brother's expressions and quirks. He didn't even realize how much he missed them until he saw his little brother again, but now he was happy that he was never going to have to be deprived of them again. At least not if he had anything to say about it.
"Well then let's go," Alphonse said, already reaching forward to help Edward to his feet.
"Let me help," Noah came forward immediately. She had done enough bad things and now she was hoping to do something right. Her wish wasn't granted, however, when Alphonse turned to her and let out an ear-piercing scream.
"Alphonse!" Edward gasped. "What's wrong?" He only had to place his arm comfortingly on his brother's shoulder before he got a whole lapful of a completely terrified younger brother with a young face buried in his chest and surprisingly strong arms wrapped around his middle. This used to happen to him all the time when Alphonse had nightmares and he would have to coax whatever had frightened the boy out of him before he would calm down. "It's just Noah," he tried to say. "Doesn't she look a lot like Rose?" Alphonse shook his head slightly to tell Edward that that wasn't what had frightened him so Edward looked back at Noah to try to find something that would. She looked just like Rose to Edward, except for the hair, and there was nothing that really screamed that she was a bad person. Edward continued to look at her until he finally realized that the only anomaly on her was the blood stain that she had gotten from holding Heindrich's body right at the perfect height for it to be the first thing that Alphonse saw when looking at the woman.
"Is it the blood?" Edward asked silently.
Alphonse slowly nodded his head and buried himself deeper into his big brother's embrace and Edward tightened his hold.
Noah, realizing that her skirt was what had frightened Alphonse, immediately curled in on herself so that the bloodstain was tucked between her knees and her chest. Then she thrust her hands, which also had some trace of the blood on them, between her legs as well. "Edward," she said quietly so as not to scare Alphonse. When Edward looked up, she nodded towards Heindrich's dead body. It was behind Alphonse and she wanted to make sure that Edward wouldn't accidently force Alphonse to look at it. "Hey," she said as she turned her sights back to Alphonse. "Look. It's all gone now."
Alphonse shook his head. He didn't trust anyone except for his brother in these times when his fear overcame his body. Edward was the only one who would be able to get him to calm down.
"It's really not there anymore," Edward assured him as he ran his fingers through Alphonse's hair. It still took a moment, but Alphonse did eventually turn to face Noah. She smiled kindly at him, but she did not move because any movement could possibly loosen her skirt and make the bloody part slip out.
"Hi," Noah said kindly. "My name's Noah. It's nice to meet you."
Alphonse stared at her for a long moment before he finally nodded and said, "My name's Alphonse."
"I know," Noah said. "You're brother's told me a lot about you. He's always talking about you."
"Really?" Alphonse asked as he looked up at his older brother.
"Of course Al," Edward answered. "I missed you so much."
Al smiled and buried himself back into Edward's chest, but he didn't mind. He was just happy to have his brother back by his side.
Hey guys. sorry that the destruction of the gate was so quick, but that isn't what the story is really going to be about. I promise that none of the really important points are going to be quick like that.
Otherwise, I hope you enjoy this story. I would love any comments, questions, or requests that any of you come up with. Flames are greatly appreciated as well.
Thanks again for reading.
