"Well first, we need to track down that bomb. A weapon like that shouldn't exist, no matter what world it's in…. Let's go."
Alphonse turned to his brother and nodded with a confident smile. He had a good feeling about their future here in this world, however strange and different it may be. As the brothers looked onto the distant road they traveled down, the younger brother reflected on all the differences between his world and this one. Then, he smiled awkwardly towards the drivers of the truck and noticed how many things were similar as well. Going into a reverie as the truck stumbled over rocks on the road, he remembered all the friends and loved ones he was leaving behind. The whole military for one; the Colonel, Lieutenant Hawkeye, Sheska, Havoc, Fury, Breda, Falman, Armstrong, Hughes and his family… and all the people in Dublith and Liore too. Rose and Teacher. Finally, he thought about the people he would miss the most; Granny and Winry. He regretted leaving them behind, especially Winry. She was the best friend and best family he had besides his brother. She must have been heartbroken when neither of them came back after the battle with that Eckhart woman that Edward spoke of. He felt bad for leaving her, but… he knew that no matter what, he was happier here, with his brother. No one could ever replace him. He spent two and a half years just looking for him, training hard with Teacher, and searching, just searching; hoping that one day, he and his brother would be reunited. Now that they were, he knew that no matter where they were, as long as Edward was there with him, that would be home. Suddenly, he remembered something when the truck hit another bump and snapped him out of his thoughts. Looking to his brother, he called out to him. "Hey brother, you still never told me. Now that I'm here and we have no need to find the Gate again, why are you still studying rocketry?"
"Because Al," replied Edward, "This world is different from ours. We need to have a job here, or at least some credentials so that we can have some money for food and housing. Rocketry is a pretty useful profession, even though it's not that popular. Besides Al…. we have a lead."
"A lead? What do you mean, brother? On the bomb?" asked Alphonse curiously. Edward nodded and looked him strait in the eye.
"Yes…. And after I talked to Lang before we left Munich, he mentioned an old friend of his who worked as a professor at the university in Tübingen… I think he might have some answers for us to the location of that bomb…"
"Lang did? Wow…you never told me this…and what does our lead on the bomb have to do with your rocketry?"
"You're not listening Al…the professor who is a friend of Lang's.. he's the professor of physics and mathematics. He has a big interest in rocketry and thanks to Lang's help, he put in a little word for me. I just have to keep my end of the bargain…and you can help me."
Laughing nervously, Alphonse sighed at his brother's recklessness and his quirk of acting before thinking. "Really now… and what's your side of the bargain?"
Rubbing the back of his head nervously, Edward tried to tell his brother their situation without getting him to freak out. "Well… I might have promised to make a demonstration to him and his students.." This was followed by a small laugh.
Laughing louder than his brother, Alphonse threw his arms behind his head with a grin on his face. "You never change brother, reckless as always…oh well, I guess we don't have a choice. We're going to Tübingen then?"
Edward nodded to him with a smile as they both turned their heads to watch the pasture as they drove by. It would be far, quite a few hours, before they reached Tübingen in this truck, and Al only hoped that Edward would be prepared for his demonstration in front of the students, who were all the same age as he was. And would this professor be as helpful as Lang made him out to be? Did he know where the bomb was, and what the holder was planning to do with it? Things were starting to get interesting for the brothers, and only more excitement was on the way. They had no idea of the adventure that was about to unfold on the path before them.