An: inspired by moonrise by kalirush ( s/7896894/1/Moonrise) I guess I'm making a habit of writing fanfics of fanfics. After reading her fic where alchemists are sorcerers bound to demons, an Al is a werewolf, I thought... how would homunculi fit into this 'verse? And chimera?

Disclaimer: I don't own what ... Kalirush doesn't own.

"C'mon, Al. Not much further." Ed beckoned to his brother.

"Brother," complained Al, "I don't feel so good. I feel like I'm about to change." Ed stopped dead in his tracks,
"What do you mean?!" When he thought about it, his own wolf was restless as well. "It can't be, the moon is new! I bet it`s a sorcerous leak of their experiment in lab 5"

Today, Edward was all about stealth. Guardian Mustang had dodged all his queries about what happens inside that lab, and he had reason to believe it had something to do with a cure for lycanthrope. He wouldn't put it past the bastard to keep it from him; without the need to hide Al's condition from the guardians, he wouldn't be tied to his duty to the emperor.

Protect-Serve-Obey

Well, there were binding spells placed upon all guardians to prevent treachery, but with a strong will he could suppress them.

Serve-Obey!

Yeah, yeah. He thought, I'll play the obedient soldier until I fix Al. then Mustang better watch out - or his face will cave in from the force of my fist!

Al was visibly shaking, now that they had scaled the perimiter fence.
"C'mon, Al, you can do it." Al smiled bravely at his brother`s encouragement, his eyes rolling to the back of his head as he fainted into the yard. Ed leapt after him, finding a form that was half wolf and half boy slumped on the ground.

"Al?!"
"Nnnng, brother... It hurts to move." The creature whined. Ed silently picked Al up and carried him to a shadowed corner.
"Do you think you'll be alright here while I go check out the lab?" He asked worriedly. Al offered a brave smile,
"I can hide if anyone comes close, don't worry about me."

Numbers 48 and 66 watched the brothers' progress on a scrying screen.
"there are two of us, and two of them." 48 reasoned. I will take the one sneaking inside, you can have the little puppy hiding outside.
66 licked his half-canine chops.
"Don't kill him unless guardian Tucker says so," 49 reminded his excitable companion.
"Ohhh, I plan to drag the fun out as long as I can," 66 assured him.