A/N: sorry for all the delays on stories, I was studying for finals, and lose track for my train of thought in writing the stories. Since I forgot to in the first chapter, or any of my stories for that matter, then I should do it now. I own nothing, even the ideas in the stories, those go to other stories and my friends and mom. That should about do it. Anyway on with the story. Also R+R.
Waking up surrounded by people with guns is never good, but when you don't know where you are, it's even worse. She looked around for Skulduggery and she saw an unconscious teen lying next to her wearing Skulduggery's suit and hat. His hair was almost gold in color and if he opened his eyes she would have expected them to be a cobalt blue. She looked back to the people around her and raised her arms in a sign of surrender. All the guns were lowered and some were put away. A blond woman walked forward and crouched down in front of Valkyrie and looked her over for weapons. When none were visible she spoke, "Who are you and who is your companion?"
There was a rustle of fabric and both looked over to see the boy in Skulduggery's clothes get up. His eyes weren't blue, as Valkyrie expected, but a molten gold, the same color as his hair. The woman seemed taken aback at the person and most of the men around them stood at attention and saluted. The woman in front of them rose and ran to the building they were in front of. The boy walked over to Valkyrie and helped her up. "Valkyrie, are you okay? What did truth show you? Did he take anything from you?" the voice was unmistakably that of her partner but it didn't have the usual glide, it was as if he was really worried about her.
"I'm fine Skulduggery. That is you right? What happened?"
"Yes it's me, and Truth gave me back my body back along with another branch of magic I lost a long time ago."
"Why are they all saluting you?"
"What?" and then he noticed the small troop of people around them with guns, all saluting him. Just then the crowd parted and the blond woman returned with a tall dark haired man and another teen with gold hair, but his eyes were a silver instead of the gold of Skulduggery's. Skulduggery looked as if he had seen a ghost, or the family that was killed by Serpine all those years ago. Skulduggery stepped forward but then sank into a position, as if he were planing to fight. At seeing this Valkyrie did so as well.
"Niisan?" The boy with the silver eyes ran forward, but was stopped by the blond woman. "No, Al, we can't sure he's not Envy in disguise." the dark haired man said.
At the mention of the boys man Skulduggery straightened from the fighting position to stand at his full height of six feet. The man looked surprised at skulduggery's height and then promptly passed out against the woman. Skulduggery raised an eyebrow and smiled at the scene. And then the smile faltered, and he almost passed out al well. He had just realized where he was. He was back home. He was back in Amestris. He was in central. Valkyrie went over to him and helped him stay up. "You okay?" she asked, surprised by Skulduggery's reaction.
"Yes, thank you." he said a little shakily. He then called over to the three, well the two who were still standing. "Lieutenant Hawkeye? Is that you, and the Colonel?" with this he began to walk toward her. The whole troop raised there guns at him, stopping his approach.
The blond visibly jumped at the sound of her name and turned toward Skulduggery and Val. She gave the unconscious colonel to the boy and walked toward the two motioning for the battalion to lower there guns. All did and she removed a small hand gun from her side holster. "Would you please remove your jacket and shirt. I need to check something" she said pointing the gun at him. Not menacingly but in a way of warning.
Skulduggery seemed to know what she wanted and began to unbutton the jacket of his suit. After removing it he gave it to Valkyrie, which she held without argument, as if knowing how important this was. Also, there was the fact that she was wondering what was going on. He then removed the white shirt he was wearing to reveal a tone chest and abs and a multitude of scars. What everyone stared at though was his right arm. Or at east what used to be his arm. Instead there was a mechanical arm, gleaming in the light. Hawkeye put her gun away and hugged him. Both Skulduggery and Val were surprised by this. Skulduggery recovered first and hugged her back quickly, then extracted himself from the embrace and walked toward the silver eyed boy from earlier. "Alphonse, how long have I been gone?" Skulduggery asked when he reached the boys side.
"Three years, Niisan." the boy said, starting to cry. He grabbing on to Skulduggery like he would disappear, fearing he would.