A/N: Watchmen/Full Metal Alchemist Crossover. I did this for the ficlet challenge, using some dramatic piano music from FMA as my muse. If you'll review I'll love you forever.
Red Perfection
Adrian watched breathlessly as the bulldozers scraped the last of the wreckage off of his New York office. It had been months since the "creature" dropped on the city. He chuckled; if only they new.
The "creature bomb" as he liked to think of it was an elaborate hoax. He knew that leaving a few Watchmen alive would cover his true activities and ambitions.
The construction crew finished and withdrew, per his orders. He stood and pressed the remote control, opening massive doors. "Open sesame," he muttered, and laughed quietly. He hadn't felt quite himself since being disconnected from this place, but that was about to change.
Entering the large underground room, he turned on the emergency lights. The result of his passion and efforts glowed in the middle of the room, violently and gorgeously red. The deaths had all been worth it; he gazed in quiet adoration at a perfect philosopher's stone.