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Laboratory 4 wasn't as talked about as the others. It was nestled in a warehouse district in Central City. No one really knew what happened in there. Supposedly, it was going to be shut down with Laboratory 5, but it never happened. An alchemist – state alchemist – managed to convince his higher ups that keeping the lab open would be worthwhile. That he was working on some amazing project that would guarantee the strength of the Amestrian military… and let him keep the title of the Tuning Alchemist. Seraphy Royce was extremely excited. Everyone in Central Command thought that he was going to fail his recertification because of some stupid memory loss. They thought that he changed from his kind, weak demeanor to something much darker. Be thou for the people. Well, the people would thank him later when they dominated the surrounding nations. This weapon he found was amazing, to say the least. Encased within a strange material was a figure of a man. The man in the crystal-like substance must have been incredible powerful, for whenever Royce came within five feet of it, he was pushed backwards by an invisible barrier.
"It's right through here, sirs." Royce said, opening the door and stepping aside for his guests. His guests were all higher ranking officers than he. Officers who Royce thought would be interested in power and would support his grand plan. Hakuro, Mustang, Archer, and a few others. He continued to lead them through the dimly lit hallway to a locked metal door. Royce grinned at the officers before fishing a small key from one of the pockets of his uniform, "Wouldn't want anybody stealing my ideas, now would I?" As he opened the door, a green glow highlighted the officers' faces. "What is it, Royce?" Hakuro asked, a greedy glint already entering his eyes. Royce didn't answer, choosing to walk them further into the room.
A large green crystal floated in the middle of the room. A shadow of a human could (barely) be seen in it. Mustang wanted to believe it was a man, but the shadow of long hair threw him off. In the background, he could hear Major Royce talking about the crystal, about how they could not only use the human inside it, but also the crystal for upgrading weapons. Mustang moved forward, reaching out a gloved hand to touch the strange, floating crystal. Just before he touched it, a wave of energy erupted from it. Dust and pieces of cement rose from the ground as it moved throughout the room, causing the military men to fall over and machinery to spark. "This is the power I spoke of! With this, we can destroy our enemies once and for all," cried Royce, "Are you with me?" He didn't really have to ask, for the look in the officers' eyes was a mix of greed, excitement, and acceptance as they picked themselves up off of the ground. The exception was Mustang, who was still staring at where the crystal had been floating. No one else seemed to be paying attention, and he couldn't fathom what could possibly make his fellow officers ignore this.
The crystal had shrunk in size, centering on the man's hand. It slowly took the shake of a glowing sword that appeared to be in the Xingese style. However, there were a few differences that set it apart from that style. The teen (Mustang wouldn't call him a man any longer) also had several characteristics that were reminiscent of the Xingese people. The teen's skin was paler than it should be. His hair was a dark navy blue (rather out of place when compared to the usual black hair and eyes that was common of Xing) and as he woke up, his eyes were cobalt. Those eyes scanned the room identifying the men in matching clothing, who now had turned their attention to him.
Kanda Yuu was not happy. Well, he was never actually happy (at least not that he would admit). Right now, he was in a rare state of confusion. There were a group of men in matching uniformed (military, most likely) staring at him like the Moyashi stared at his dinner. Speaking of the Moyashi, where was he?
As Kanda scanned the room, it became abundantly clear that he was the only exorcist there. His attention returned to the group of men in front of him. There was one with brown hair that was attempting to speak to him, "-are you?" Kanda replied to the half question with an annoyed "Che."
His grip tightened on Mugen and he took a step towards the group, who was standing in front of the metal door. Almost immediately, three men drew small guns and pointed them at the exorcist. The Japanese teen was aware of another behind him (who had looked to be of Japanese descent as well). "You are to come with us for questioning." Stated the brown-haired man, holding a pair of handcuffs in the air. Before he could register the hiss of a sword being unsheathed, the brown-haired man was flat on his back. The rest of the officers joined him shortly. Kanda stood at the door, turning the handle when he heard a snap and felt heat on his back. Thankfully, his reflexes made him dodge the line of… flame? He turned to look at the man who had caused it. It was the Japanese-looking one, who had his fingers in a snapping position and was staring intensely at the teen. Kanda narrowed his eyes, before dodging another bolt of fire and disappearing out the door.
He never should've gone outside. The buildings were huge and looked like of combination of English and German architecture, but they were abandoned. Kanda had noticed light bulbs in the ceiling as he navigated the halls of the building. Last time he checked (which was never, but Baka Usagi always ranted about new things in the world), they were just starting to be sold commercially. Lightbulbs were definitely too expensive to light an entire building! As if that wasn't enough, there were those weird horseless carriages, cars, if he remembered correctly. There was work being done on them, but it would be years before anyone could use them for day to day use… that's what Baka Usagi said anyways. Cars were supposed to be able to travel faster than horses and maybe as fast as trains. They only needed roads, instead of railroad tracks. Seeing all of this was making Kanda more confused than when he woke up.
As he made his way down the street, Kanda's thoughts fell to his comrades. They had been exterminating a huge horde of akuma (a normal day, really). Moyashi and Baka Usagi had been about two miles to the east with a little over half of it, while he and Lenalee focused on the rest. Miranda ran interference in the middle, keeping everyone in fighting condition with her Innocence. There was a large number of both level ones and level twos, with several level threes hiding. Everything was going as well as it could. When Miranda's energy ran out, Kanda and Lenalee wouldn't be in bad shape. A few scratches and bruises, but nothing terrible. That shouldn't be for a while, thankfully. Static echoed from Kanda's golem, who fluttered right next to his ear. It took a moment, but Baka Usagi's (annoying) voice over, surprisingly serious. "Kanda, have your injuries come back?" Lenalee looked over at him curiously as she exploded another akuma. "No, why?"
"Ours did." Lavi sounded like he was hurting, come to think of it. Lenalee was about to reply through the golem, but she was silenced by a hiss of pain. Bruises were slowly appearing on her legs, accompanied by cuts. Kanda twitched as he was hit by his injuries, as well. Sure, he had a healing factor, but all of the pain coming back at once hurt, damn it. "Miranda's probably out of energy." Lenalee said, rubbing her side where she had gotten hit. However, that theory quickly backfired as their injuries disappeared as well… along with their Innocence. "The hell?" Kanda cursed, looking for Mugen. Lenalee dropped to her feet, stumbling as her Innocence disappeared as well. Slowly, two separated green glows surrounded them. "Kanda! Lenalee!" Lavi's voice came over the golem once again, "Are you guys alright? Our Innocence vanis-" he was cut off abruptly and silence fell over the clearing.
"All of the Akuma are gone."
Lenalee's voice shattered the quiet. Although the two exorcists had defeated almost all of the akuma, there still had been some lurking about. The green glow began to solidify into a gel-like substance. Lenalee spoke again, "This is like on the boat to Japan… Our Innocence isn't gone, it's trying to protect us." She glanced at Kanda, whose eyes widened when he saw her eyes slowly closing. He began to feel the drowsiness that she must have been feeling and everything went dark.
"Colonel Mustang, sir! What happened?"
"It doesn't matter right now. Get ready to send a search party out. You are looking for a seventeen or eighteen year old man of Xingese descent. He carries a black blade, wears a black and red coat, and has dark blue hair and eyes. He was last seen in the Southern Warehouse District."
"Isn't that near Labora-"
"Recall Fullmetal from the field and get ready to go."
"Yes, sir."
Kanda slouched against a building, staying out of the light. Every now and then he would see a group of four or five men in those blue uniforms running past. However, his thoughts were on the Japanese man that had thrown fire at him. Those gloves could be Innocence, which makes the man an accommodator. That really wasn't his biggest problem right now. He had to find the other exorcists before someone else does. After all, the damn Moyashi would probably believe what anyone said. Kanda gritted his teeth in frustration before slinking back into the shadows of the alleyway. His first order of business was finding a change of clothes. The exorcist uniform was far too obvious, even if the military men from earlier hadn't clearly seen it.
"Brother! Colonel Mustang is on the phone!"
"What does Colonel Bastard want now?"
That's a wrap, folks!
Let me know what you think! I don't really have any set schedule for this story, so... yeah.
Oh! Seraphy Royce is a character from one of the FMA video games, so he's actually legit. I played with the description that the FMA wiki gave me, so take that as you will.
