The Dark Alchemist Chapter 1: Gotham City
It was a dark night in Gotham City, and criminals are out committing crimes like they usually do. The Dark Knight rushes in his bat mobile, after Gotham's most notorious criminal, the Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime was driving his purple, almost black car down the street, laughing insanely as he nearly runs over the citizens of Gotham.
Joker noticed that Batman was right behind him, trying to catch up. "Come and get me, Bats!" he challenged, with a grin spreading across his face. He had his head out of the window for a moment. He laughed insanely like the homicidal maniac he was, as he stepped on the pedal to accelerate. Batman squinted his eyes behind his mask, and then hit the pedal to speed up faster. "Sir, be careful, there may be a lot more criminals out there tonight." Alfred warned.
"I'm well aware of that, Alfred. Robin and Batgirl should be out there stopping the other criminals." Batman said. "Yeah, but Master Bruce…" Alfred started. "Don't worry; I'm sure they're fine." Alfred sighed, and said, "Very well, sir."
"Alfred, if anything happens, you know what to do." Batman said. "Yes sir." Alfred replied, firmly. "And Alfred, I won't stop until Joker is caught." Alfred nodded, and replied, "I understand sir." Batman stepped on the pedal more to accelerate faster. The Joker cannot get away, the Dark Knight thought bitterly. I won't allow him to cause more trouble.
Joker turned to the left, near Arkham Asylum, and hit the brakes. He was whistling a cheerful tune of some random song, while waiting for someone who is madly in love with him. "Hiya Puddin'!" a young woman's voice called out to him, as she quickly raced out of the madhouse. Her name is Harley Quinn, and she's Joker's sidekick and girlfriend.
Harley was being pursued by the guards, and the alarm system was set off. The guards were shouting, and all the other criminals in their cells, were yelling and cheering for Harley's attempt to escape. "Hello Harls! Quick, get into the car! Batman is on his way after me!" Joker urged. "Okay Mr. J.!" Harley grinned, as she hopped into the passenger's side. Before the guards could reach them, the Clown Prince of Crime raced off in his purple car, cackling insanely as he drove off. Batman almost caught up to the mad couple, and he saw the purple car up ahead. The guards saw the Caped Crusader, and cheered for him, as he drove by. He didn't smile back at the guards. His eyes only locked on his targets ahead of him. I can't let those two get away, he thought. They have to go back into the Asylum, where they belong.
Chapter 2: Mission in Lior
In the Central Headquarters of Central City, Edward and Alphonse Elric were called to come to Colonel Mustang's office. As soon as the two young alchemists walked into his office, he was standing near the window, with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently for them. He turned around, after hearing them walk in, and smiled. "Hey, Full Metal."
Edward looked at him, and glared. "What do you want us for, Colonel?" Roy's smile faded, and he became serious. "So I see you still don't like me…" he sighed. "Well, you and your brother are here for a mission. I'm sending you two out to Lior, to investigate. There has been another case about Cornello, and his deception towards the people." Ed and Al both gasped, and then looked down at the floor.
"Why is there another case about that third rate fraud? We already defeated him and exposed his plans." Ed said. "I know, "Roy replied. "But that's just the first part of your previous mission. This time, it's different. He's back, and he's deceiving more of his people. This is not just my word for you two to go back there. It's from the Fuhrer himself. Besides, this could be another chance for you to get your bodies back."
Ed and Al beamed, as they looked up. "We really can?" Al asked. Roy nodded, with a slight smile. "Brother, this is our chance! We might be able to find the Philosopher's stone, and get our bodies back!" Ed grinned at his younger brother, and said, "Well, we better get going then." He turned to the Colonel, and asked in disgust, "You're not going to send someone with us, are you?" The Flame Alchemist crossed his arms, and smirked. "Well, now that you mentioned it, I am. As a matter of fact, Major Armstrong is going with you two."
Ed's mouth dropped wide open, and he was a bit annoyed. "Say what? No!" Roy closed his eyes and was still smirking. "He has to come with you two, again. He will escort you to the train station, and he has to keep you boys some company. Besides, Scar is out there, and so are the Homunculi."
"Yeah, so what? We can handle them ourselves! We don't need anyone's help or company!" Ed said, stubbornly. Roy opened his eyes, and walked closer to the Elric brothers. "You do need help. Major Armstrong is going to help you two. What if your auto mail arm gets broken again, and your brother's suit of armor gets broken again, too? You wouldn't want to go see Winry again, do you?"
"Fine… We'll have the Major tag along." Full Metal sighed, and crossed his arms. Man, the Major's going to be annoying, Ed thought, especially with him taking off his shirt, in front of us, and flexing his muscles. Dammit, I wish he didn't have to come! "Then it's settled… I'll inform the Major right now." Roy smiled, picking up the phone on his desk. After he called the Major, he told the Elrics to be careful, since the Homunculi and the Ishbalan Scar, are out there somewhere, probably lurking around in Central, or Lior.
Instantly, the door swung open, and in came Major Armstrong, with tears running down his cheeks. "Oh Edward Elric, I'm so sorry to hear about you and your brother! Such a tragic moment about you, losing your auto mail arm previously, and you Alphonse Elric, you lost part of your armor! Let me comfort you both!" Ed and Al's eyes widened, and they freaked out as Major Alex Louis Armstrong took his uniform off, and hugged them so tight, they freaked out even more!
They can both hear Roy Mustang chuckling to himself behind their backs, near his desk. Al thought: Why Colonel, why?" Ed was thinking: Mustang, you bastard! When I get back here in Central, I'll clobber you! Armstrong, the Strong Arm Alchemist let the Elric brothers go, and then when Mustang stopped chuckling to himself, the two looked at each other in the eyes, and nodded.
"Take care of these two, Major. I'm counting on you." The Colonel said. Armstrong nodded, and saluted him. "Yes sir!" The Colonel saluted him back, with a smile. Roy then motioned the Elric brothers and the Strong Arm Alchemist out to his office. They then left Central headquarters, and head off to the train station, to go to Lior.
As they boarded the train, they didn't realize that they were being closely followed. A mysterious woman, with long, wavy black hair, and an Ouroboros tattoo was following them, along with another woman with long red hair and red lipstick. Little do the three alchemists know they're being closely pursued carefully by two evil women. "Are those two kids the ones you're after?" the red haired woman asked, watching them. "Yes, they're the Elric brothers. The short one with blonde hair, is the Full Metal boy, and the one in the tall suit of armor, is his younger brother. Those two are young alchemists." The black haired woman said, smiling.
"Hmm… I don't know what or who alchemists are, but they do sound intriguing. Are they people who grow special kinds of plants?" The black haired woman raised an eyebrow when she looked at Red, and asked, "Well, no… Why would you think that?" Red smiled, and shrugged. "Ah, well, I'm just curious… Anyway, what's your name?" The black haired woman smiled and replied, "It's Lust… and you are?" "Pamela Isely. My friends call me Pam, Pammy, or Red, but my criminal name… is Poison Ivy."
End of Chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be up some other day.
