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Chapter two

The Train was packed to the brim with travelers, Mary Elric didn't even know the reason why the had so many people traveling to West City now. Her father Edward sat without a care in the world, reading a newspaper he looked at ease.

Mary on the other hand had just survived an encounter with someone she had never thought was possible before. Though he did say he wasn't a rebel, but she didn't think he had the skills to take down an alchemist like herself.

They were in the town to negotiate but that ended up broken and fighting erupted across the town. Though her father had managed to convince the remaining rebels to throw down their arms, in return none of them would be charged with being traitors.

"Just who controlled that uprising?" Mary mumbled to herself, "this area had no violence entail a month ago."

"You should be thankful that you're still breathing Mary, and I should be scared because your mother's going to have my head soon."

She couldn't help but flinch, Mary's mother was scarier when she got mad. She didn't know how her elder brother Jack could handle always working with her on automail. But then again, he had the same damn attitude as their mother.

When the train finally arrived, they went straight for the military branch there. General Igor the new appointed general of the western forces was at his desk like usual. He was a fat bald man who's glory days as being a soldier were over. The last time he was in combat was the coup that happened in 1917.

"Edward do you have my report?"

Her father nodded and tossed a heavy envelope on the table, "I'm glad I was of help. Now if you excuse me I'm going to rest, and tomorrow were heading home."

"Of course, and one other thing though Edward. It seems that two suspicious individuals bordered your train we made sure the search wasn't publicly seen but my agents didn't find them. If you see anyone that doesn't seem to really fit in I wouldn't mind if you gave me a call."

"Sure thing."

Back at the hotel Mary got a well-deserved shower. After they both ended up at a restaurant, but Mary didn't really have an appetite. She had only been in a battlefield one other time a year prior, she didn't like it and still didn't.

"You alright?"

"Yeah I'm…" her words went dead when she spotted a person outside. The person who was with the sword wielder who had nearly killed her.

She bolted to her feet sending her chair flying to the ground. "What the hell," Edward shouted, "Mary what's—,"

"He's here father!"

The other costumers looked at the pair with raised eyes. Edward followed his daughter out and they ran down the street chasing the girl who seemed to be alone. She went into an alley and they followed but Mary knew it was a bad idea right when she entered.

She spun around only to find the man before with a pistol in hand. His face was covered in a bandana and his reddish eyes nearly glowed into the night. "Don't move or else I kill you both. Now tell me why are you chasing us?"

"You're a spy for Creta aren't you," Mary stated, "you need to surrender before you get yourself killed."

Edward began to go for his revolver he kept near his hip, he froze though. The man took a few steps closer his pistol trained on her father. His eyes were nearly dead, Mary could tell that he had killed enough people to consider killing a simple habit.

"I won't lie to you two, so all tell you I'm not a spy. I'm in the Creta special forces…well used to be in the special forces now I'm a traitor. The girl you are seeing is called D545, an experiment that escaped from a laboratory."

"If your telling the truth why are you here?" Edward asked.

"D545 wants not to be used as a killing machine and myself well that's my business so to speak."

Sweat dripped from Mary's chin, she began to inch her gloves out from her pocket. They both hand a transmutation circle on the palm without them she would have to draw one and there was no time for that.

"I have a feeling I shouldn't be trusting someone from Creta."

He shrugged, "believe what you want either way your going to die if you try anything."

"Slive that's just go!"

The man seemed stunned for a moment and Edward made his move. Before the man could get a shot off he elbowed Slive in the nose and with a crunch the young man went down. Mary ducked as she placed a glove on her right hand.

The girl who had made the opening for Edward to move attacked her with a kick. She no longer looked human though, with a narrow fox like face and ears along with claws and fur anyone would know she was a chimera.

She struck out at the chimera who stumbled back and was only able to keep on her feet by pure instincts. Mary got the second glove on and slammed her palms on the stone. She trapped the chimera in a cage made of stone, next she trapped Slive with stone wraps across his torso.

Edward removed the bandana, he gasped and stumbled back. "What the hell! Who are you?"

"I'm Slive, I was born 1913 in Amestris and moved to Creta at eight years old. I joined the army and rose in the ranks entail I got into the special forces. Know that I told you please release the girl, I doubt she would hold up in the military prison. Getting raped by guards doesn't sound pleasant don't you think?"

He was talking so fast that Mary couldn't really keep up. Her father sighed and holstered his revolver and snatched up the pistol that was now on the ground. "Alright first tell me why you're here?"

"To head back to my hometown to get my birth certificate and find out who I am."

"Father, I'll go get the police."

"Don't, not yet!"

Mary snorted, "the bastard almost killed me he killed Amestris soldiers and his own comrades. We can't let him off the hook he needs to be put in prison no excuse can keep him from that."

Edward ignored her, "do you know who I am?"

"No?"

"I'm Edward Elric, and right know I'm curious on why you very similar looking to a person I knew once."

"And who was this person?"

"King Bradley."