Full Metal Alchemist: A land divided in three
Chapter 1: Full Metals mission
Disclaimer: I don't own Full Metal Alchemist, i am receiving no money on this, purely fun here.
A/N: First chapter here! Well if anyone likes this story I'll continue it, doubt that will happen though. This is alternate Universe, humunculi are not around...well with the exception of Lust who will be a good guy...consider the rest dead i guess.
Romance: Ed/Winry, Ed/Sciezska (First one ever that i know of!) possible others as well
Summary: The Military is split between Mustang and Archer leaving the Government in a weakened state. Taking advantage of the situation a mysterious alchemist has gathered support in the scared public. The let the war begin!
He moved with an inhuman grace, moving through the battlefield with the blade extension transmuted on his arm. craters filled the war zone as shells impacted with earth throwing pieces of dirt high above the soldiers of both sides. Just narrowly escaping a bullet while it grazed his AutoMail arm the alchemist dashed forward ducking before another shot could take an attempt on his life and quickly slashing through the poor fighters skin, his clothes narrowly avoiding stains from the spurt of blood.
He had no time to feel guilt over such an action as 3 soldiers in red uniforms stopped and drew there rifles towards him. Ed grinned as they were bowled over by a suit of armor there shots going up into the air in surprise "Thanks al!"
Clapping his hands together he pressed them to the earth drawing a large thick tablet of stone which preventing a volley of gunfire heading his way. He held still behind his protection, the stone chipping off the ends easily. He could see the soldiers he fought alongside, wearing there uniforms charge forward into battle. Taking a quick peak around the corner he grinned placing his hands against the ground after another quick clap.
He listened when screams echoed in his ears and left his cover to see his enemy's impaled by stone spikes brought up from the ground, the victims blood running down the hard stone. He charged forward once again, his red jacket swaying behind him. He watched a comrade fall in front of him, a bullet in his head. Approaching one of his many enemy's he rolled off to the left to avoid his nameless opponents attempt to smack him with his gun and quickly sliced through his throat ending his misery quickly with spilt blood.
"Come and get me!" he charged off to the right to avoid the fire that hit the ground harmlessly behind him but soon changed directions and charged forward sliding under his opponent, his smaller size did come in handy..even if he would never admit it. Just as the shocked man turned he was slain by a quick stab to the heart.
He moved through there ranks with well trained agility, the many uniformed faces falling in a pool of there own blood in there resistance. The Full metal alchemist finally spotted the enemy general and smirked slightly "Well there you are"
The general scowled at him "Full metal, you should have joined Archer instead of the fool flame alchemist. But of course your a loyal little dog aren't you shorty?"
"Who are you calling a pest that can barely avoid being squashed under someones shoe!" Grunting the man moved his hand to show Ed the transmutation circle drawn into it "I never said that you tiny punk, get your hearing checked" Placing it on the ground he slowly drew it up, and along with it a giant war hammer "I'm going to enjoy crushing you!"
"Well you can try!" rushing forward he narrowly avoided a powerful swing of the hammer just barely moving off to the right as it impacted with the ground leaving a large indent. 'Quick for a muscle head' before he could counter the brute already was in a second swing.
Defending with his metal arm he heard a loud crack meaning some damage had been done to his arm in the impact. Leaping back he flexed his arm knowing he would have to get it repaired eventually, but for now it was fine "Looks like your toy hand isn't as effective as i was told kid!"
The man smirked with unclaimed victory, attempting once again to eliminate the full metal alchemist under his large hammer. Quickly Ed brought up a tablet of stone and like earlier it rose from the ground with a blue glow just in time for the large hammer to smash through.
Seeing a glimpse of a red coat in the dust of stone that was shot up the general smirked suddenly "Got you! Wait...what the hell!" As he drew his weapon back all that was there was the red coat hanging on the end "Hey big guy! Up here!" Looking up quickly the last thing he saw was the grinning teens face before a spear landed in his heart, the alchemist prodigy pushing off the corpse before it hit the ground, sliding along the dirt ground to avoid falling.
Picking his jacket up he pulled it back on while watching the enemy's full retreat with the fall of there so called commander. "Hey Ed!" Blinking he turned his golden eyes to see Kain Fury smiling as he ran up panting "Wow quite a battle you guys got in to..."
Looking around at the field of death and debris he nodded "Yeah i guess you could say that, so what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in central with mustang?" Nodding slightly the kind sergeant caught his breath for a moment "Mustang sent me to tell you to return to central, he has a new mission for you"
Al approached slowly, afraid he was interrupting only to find his brother grumbling "Hey brother what's wrong?" His child like voice caught Ed's attention. "Huh? Oh Al...Mustang is calling us back..AGAIN! I wish he could make up his dam mind on what he wants us to do!"
"Brother, it's alright...a-at least we get out of fighting for awhile..." Ed's look quickly changed to a more depressed feel "I'm...sorry Al...you shouldn't be involved in this..."
Shaking his metal head quickly Al brought his fists up in protest "No! I told you before i wasn't leaving you to fight alone, i know you don't like this anymore then me brother!" Smiling weakly Ed slowly nodded "Right...thanks al...well come on we shouldn't keep the colonel waiting, he can't seem to accomplish anything without us in charge of his plans!"
If the younger brother could smile through his metal body he would have, but instead simply followed Ed while he walked alongside fury.
They took the train in central even though fury recommended against it seeing as if Archer was tipped off about there traveling the train would surly be attacked, but even with the danger they insisted on taking the boring ride. Fury reluctantly came with them still wishing they had chosen the military car.
Al watched his brothers bored stare out the window, 'Probably thinking about all the people he had killed in the war as he usually does'. He knew Ed disliked the things he had to do and because of that Al could never hate him, if it was his brothers choice he knew he would avoid bloodshed.
Hating the silence Fury looked over at ed for a moment "Hey you two have been doing really good lately...even if Mustang won't say it he appreciates your support..."
Just slightly adjusting the gaze of his eyes he continued to rest his head on the cold AutoMail arm he wore, since he knew it wouldn't get tired. "Yeah well he's the only one that actually wants to do something good with this damned place...who else would i go to...Archer and his corrupt officers? If i wasn't fighting i would end up hunted down anyway"
"I guess that's true..." Sighing slightly Kain was overjoyed when the train pulled into central station after the long ride with Doom and Gloom. "I have some things to take care of in the city I'll see you later" leaving the station fury gave a wave back at them.
Waving in return Ed smiled slightly his hands getting stuffed in his pockets "Been awhile since we have been back in central hasn't it?" Hearing the clank of metal he turned his head to the side to watch his brother come up beside him. "Yea...with all the fighting going on i really have missed it"
Smirking ed opened up his brothers chest plate and stuffed his bag inside it "Brother what are you doing!" Grinning he closed the plate "What? I was sick of carrying it...you got plenty of room!"
"I can't believe your turning me into your suitcase!" Ed had been listening to al's ranting through half of central "Relax will you! I need to keep my strength up" When his younger brother finally stopped complaining they walked in silence to the Military HQ, both ignoring the awkward glances Al got along the way, after all they were used to it by now.
"Stop! This is for Military Personnel...oh Full metal!" Shaking his head slightly the alchemist simply walked past the guards 'tighter security lately i guess...i remember when you could practically just walk in without so much as a glance'
When he opened the door to Roy's office he simply took a seat "Hey Colonel Mustard, wait where's Riza?" Twitching slightly the flame alchemist looked up from his papers "For the last time it's mustang! And riza's part of the reason i called you back to central Full Metal"
"What are you talking about? Did something happen to Riza?" Groaning slightly Roy turned in his chair to look out the window "You could say that, she was with a small unit of soldiers traveling east. Someone who was able to escape the battle came directly here and reported her and several other soldiers were taken prisoner. Here is the list of the captives"
Looking over the list for a moment he came across a name he recognized "Sciezska? That's the name of the mousy girl...the one with the photographic memory" Nodding slowly Mustang turned back around looking towards Ed "Yes that's correct, strangely enough Archer isn't responsible. Some new alchemist has started a rebellion."
"Are you serious? Not only to we have to fight Archer but now we have to fight civilians to!" Sighing Mustang gave him another nod "Unfortunately yes...if...you don't want to do this i understand Ed, i won't make you..."
Looking back at his younger brother he smiled weakly at the small nod he received "Alright...what's the Mission Mustard" Groaning in frustration Roy was dieing to ignite the short teen on fire and watch him burn "I want you to gather a team of your choice, whether it be military or civilian and rescue as many of those on that list i gave you that you can"
'He isn't restricting me to just military men?' "Wait so i can choose anyone? Why are you granting me so much freedom on this mission?"
"It's simple really Ed, i don't want you to make a team in preparation of a war, this is a rescue mission not an assault. There may be certain skills you need in your team that the Military can not supply you with. The base is in the far east, and it may be a long trip since the train tracks leading that way were destroyed by the civilians. First you have to gather your team, and then you must walk"
"Walk? By the time we get there everyone will probably die from old age!" Groaning ed stood from his seat pushing back the golden braid of hair. "Fine, i guess i might as well get started then." He refused to respond to Mustangs Farewell as he handed him a letter declaring his ability to claim any Military member for his team and walked straight out of the Military headquarters.
"Hey brother? Who are we going to take with us...?" Sighing slightly he headed for the train station again "Not really sure on exactly everyone but i have a few ideas. First we are heading for the western lines to get are first two"
It was another quiet train ride resting in the uncomfortable seats. As expected it was almost empty seeing as few wanted to travel these days with the constant battles going on, it was to easy to get caught up in one.
When the train pulled into a small town in the west Edward smiled slightly stepping off along with Al. "Well let's get started" nodding to his brother the two walked slowly through the entrenched town "Wow no wonder theres a rebellion, were using towns as bases now!"
Being escorted into a tent that seemed to have been quickly set up he met the commander of the towns forces, a stern looking man ready to do whatever it took to win the war "What can i help you with Mr. Elric, i'm sure nothing in this town is of your interest"
Crossing his arms the young alchemist couldn't help but grin "Were taking two of your soldiers off your hands, Sergeant Denny Brosh and Lieutenant Maria Ross"
He could already see the anger building in the commander through his eyes "By who's authority? you have no right to just come in here and ask me to hand over two of my officers" Sighing slightly Ed pulled out the letter he had been handed earlier that day and handed it over "Now will you be more cooperative?
Reading over the document several times he finally sighed in defeat "You!" the soldier who had originally escorted them visibly stiffened in fear "Y-yes sir!" Handing the letter back over to the alchemist the commander took a seat behind his small desk "Go call Mr. Brosh and Ms. Ross to my tent immediately" as soon as he had finished the soldier shuffled out of the tent.
"Hey Maria why do you think the commander wants to see us this time?" Sighing slightly Lieutenant Ross shook her head "How would i know?I swear if this is about another one of your mistakes-" She found herself unable to finish her sentence when she pushed aside the fabric containing the commanders office, spotting the golden head of hair.
"Hey why did you stop...Oh ed! It's been awhile! What on earth are you doing here though?" Pushing past Maria the laid back Sergeant grinned shaking the hand of the pipsqueak.
"Well i came to get you two actually, i thought both of you perfect for a little team i'm putting together" It was Maria's turn to push past her partner, stepping in front of ed "Team? what team?" Chuckling he looked over to see Denny now talking with Al after being shoved aside "Just a little one, for a rescue mission actually. If you guys want to come i would love to have you, it's been worked out with the commander...right?"
The commander grunted his protest but said nothing. "Well...sure we'll go won't we Denny?" At his eager nod she gave Ed a salute "We are at your command Mr. Elric"
Rubbing the back of his head he chuckled "No need for that...really no formalities needed. But we really need to get going, think you guys can pack and meet us at the train station?" He watched as almost immediately Maria dragged her teammate away to pack.
"Hey brother? who else did you have in mind to help out?" The Elric brothers walked slowly to the train station as ed went over a few of the people he had in mind, which included Winry even if he didn't want to get her in danger.
When the first two members of Ed's little tour group arrived packed and no longer dressed in military uniform they boarded the train and left for there next stop. Resembool.
A/N: Soooo?