I'm back~ XD I'm still catching up with the manga. Lust died! No way! D': I'm only on chapter 45, so she died a while back. Lust died... Man. And I feel so bad for Havoc. I hope they find Marco and fix Havoc's legs... Aside from my random prattle, let's get on with the story, shall we?
Disclaimer: I don not own Fullmetal Alchemist, only Jonathan and Alexandria (Allie).
Chapter 1: Hijack Part1
Edward wasn't too pleased about getting thrown back into Amestris with no warning. He and Al had had to sneak out of whatever room they were in, grimacing at the corpses of three men, all with their brains spilling out of their head, and ran down a corridor with no one in it. They, surprisingly, got outside. Now the two were trying to think of a good excuse to explain to anyone who might even barely remembered them why they were back. Couldn't be too careful since they had no idea which town they were in. Nothing was coming to mind.
It wasn't like anyone would recognize them in the first place. Al's hair was short in the back, long fringe in the front. He was nineteen and taller than Ed by two or three inches. He had a sweet innocent feeling about him, and it was reflected in his face. Ed had allowed his hair to grow, keeping it back in a simple ponytail. He was only about 5'6", which he had come to very shaky terms with two years before. Unfortunately, Al had to watch what he said because Ed chose the worst times to explode about his height.
Alphonse had led Ed to a street out of the small country town. They had no idea where they were, but Ed was guessing somewhere near the north because of the chill. Trees lined the dirt road all the way to the horizon. They hadn't gotten very far when they saw a group of about six men, all of them wearing black and a ski mask, formed a half circle in front of two others. It was two travelers, both dressed similarly.
The girl had long black hair tied back, her bangs framing her face. She was wearing a black coat that reached her ankles. Underneath that was a black t-shirt and black pants. The right leg was cut off and resembled shorts. Ed caught a glint of silver running from her belt to her pocket. She was wearing white gloves.
The male next to her was much taller than she was and a blond, but was dressed almost the same. The only difference was that his coat was shorter and went just past his knees. It had pockets too. He was wearing white pants and a black shirt. He was wearing a leather belt with two chains hanging from it. He had a briefcase in one hand.
"Come on, we just want to get to the train station," said the boy. He rubbed the back of his head. "Really. We're going to be late for our train."
"Really, Jon, we've said that how many times?" sighed the girl. She glared at the guys. "We don't have any money on us."
"Lies!" spat the man in the middle.
"Oh, Allie, I think they want a fight," Jon said.
"Great," Allie groaned. "We might miss our train."
"Let's hurry- Shit!" Jon lunged at the man closest to him. That one had a gun and was fumbling with the holster. Jon grabbed the back of the guy's head and kneed him in the gut. Allie got in a straight punch at someone who lunged at her.
"Watch out!" Al yelled. Another guy had snuck up on Allie from behind. "Brother, we have to help them!"
"Geez, we've been back for ten minutes and we already get in trouble," Ed muttered. He clapped his hands together and transmuted a spear. The light of the transmutation alerted the eight fighting. While the men in black froze, Allie and Jon took one quick look like the transmutation was nothing. Jon knocked out the guy he was fighting with. The one holding Allie got his senses back the quickest and lifted her up by her shirt.
"Crap!" Allie said. "Let me go!"
Ed rammed into the guy, making him drop Allie. There were only five people left to fight, and four of them were fighting. Out of the corner of his eye, Al saw the last man holding a gun.
"Careful!" Allie said, clapping her hands together- an action that shocked the brothers- and slammed her hands to the ground. An earthen fist erupted from underneath the man and sent him flying. "That'll take care of him for a while."
"You can use alchemy without a circle?" Ed asked.
"No," Allie answered, showing him the palms of her gloves. There were two transmutation circles drawn on them, both standing for earth transmutation. She jumped and kicked the one she was fighting in the temple. He crashed to the floor. Ed side-stepped the man attacking him and grabbed his outstretched arm. With the result of years of practice, he flipped the guy over. Jon elbowed the leader in the face then swung his hand back around and broke the leader's nose. Al trapped his attacker in a cage.
Jon brushed off his pants and smiled at the Elrics. "Hey, thanks for helping us out," he said. "Where are you guys from?"
"Resembool," Ed automatically answered.
"Resembool, huh?" Jonathan shrugged. "That's a small town, isn't it? Here."
He rummaged around in his pocket before pulling out crumpled bills. "Take that as thanks. You guys look a bit lost. Get to where you need to, all right?"
"Jon, the train's coming!" Allie said urgently.
"Alright, alright! Give me a sec," Jon laughed. He grinned at them again. "I get the feeling we'll meet again. See ya later!"
Allie impatiently grabbed his arm and took off running towards the train station the brothers had just passed. Ed was staring after them, mouth wide open. He was still trying to comprehend what was going on.
"Wait! We never got your names!" Al called.
"If you go to Central, look up McIntera!" The two ran into the train station. For a few seconds, neither Ed nor Al said anything. Then they took a look at the amount of money that Jon had handed Ed.
"HOW CAN HE AFFORD TO GIVE US THIS KIND OF MONEY?!"
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The Elrics bought train tickets to Central and ran onto the train just seconds before it left the station. They were headed towards Central because they were going to see none other than the Flame Alchemist, Roy Mustang (and Ed really didn't want to). Both of them agreed they needed to find out how long they had been gone and what had happened since then. And with the amount of money that Jon had given them, they could easily buy several train tickets to go wherever they needed to go. They were going to visit Resembool after going to Central to see Pinako and Winry. After that, they had no clue.
All the other train cars they went to were partially full. Ed ignored all of the odd stares and headed for the next car, the second-to-last. He opened the door and took a seat close to it. Al sat opposite from him.
"Aren't they the McInteras, Brother?" Al asked quietly, pointing to the only other people in the car.
"So what? They could be heading towards some other stop," Ed said, but he turned anyway. Al was right. Jon and Allie were in a seat closer to the middle of the car. Allie was asleep. Jon was staring out the window, resting his chin on one hand. Ed was determined to get some answers.
"Hey, you," he said. Jon looked up and at Ed.
"Oh, hey, it's the blond from earlier!"
"My name isn't 'the blond from earlier', it's Edward Elric!"
Jon's mouth dropped open. "The Fullmetal Alchemist? Nice to meet you!"
"Yeah, well, I'm not the Fullmetal Alchemist anymore," Ed muttered. Jon stood up, making sure he didn't wake up Allie, and moved to sit behind Ed. He didn't hear what Ed had just said.
"I didn't get to properly introduce myself," Jon said. "I'm Jonathan McIntera."
"I'm Alphonse Elric," Al said.
"What year is it?" Ed asked Jon.
"1925."
"WHAT?" Ed quickly calculated how long it had been since he and Al and left Amestris. Four years had passed in Amestris. "How old are you?"
"Nineteen."
"I'm nineteen," Al said. Jon grinned.
"Nice."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Ed said. "Al, there's probably the whole time issue."
"Oh, yeah." Al had forgotten about that.
"What time issue? Aren't you guys from Resembool?" Jon looked horribly confused.
"It's a long story," Ed said, rubbing his temples. "I don't see the point of telling you."
"Really, shorty?"
Ed twitched. "I'm not short! Stand up!"
Jon grinned and stood up. Ed sulked because Jon was about Al's height. Al laughed.
"Dammit! I'm twenty!" Ed muttered.
"You haven't been around in a while, Ed," Jon said.
"Huh?"
"No one's heard from the Fullmetal Alchemist in four years."
"Yeah, well… He's dead," Ed said.
"You gave up state qualification?"
"Yeah."
"Whoa. Don't we wish we could do that…" Jon's voice trailed off.
"You're a state alchemist?"
"No."
"Then what the hell are you talking about?"
"Something." Jon brushed it off and changed the conversation. They continued to talk even as the train stopped and let more people on. Allie still hadn't woken up to any of the bumps. That was, until the most recent stop at a larger city along the way to Central. The train car was humming with hushed conversations until s group of four men burst into the train compartment. Everyone paused. Ed frowned.
Not again, he thought.
"Everyone, don't move! We're hijacking this train!" said the bulkiest man in the group. "Make your way to the back of the car!" Ed, Al, and Jon were the last ones to move. They passed Allie, still asleep.
"Aren't you going to wake her up?" Al asked.
"Just watch," Jon whispered. "Allie's been awake for about ten minutes now."
One of the men poked Allie. "What do we do about this one? She isn't waking up."
"We'll let the boss handle her later," said the bulky man. Ed swore quietly. It was at a time like this he wished he had automail again. When the men's back was turned, Allie stood up and joined Ed.
"You can use alchemy, right?" she whispered. "Help me take out these guys. You too." She nodded at Al.
"Why are you dragging us into this?" Ed demanded. She gave him a 'do-you-really-need-to-ask' stare. "We're just travelers-"
"Just help me," she said simply. "Right… Now!"
"Wha-?" He was left behind as Allie and Jonathan jumped forward. Behind Ed, Al groaned, but helped anyway. Ed clapped his hands and grabbed the gun of one of the four men. The end turned into a little trumpet. Jon smirked and jumped, snapping out a kick that everyone in the train heard when it made contact with the man.
"Don't break his neck!" Allie scolded, using alchemy herself to transmute the gun she had wrestled from the one she had jumped into a scrap of metal. She ducked under his arm and palmed him in the kidney. He howled in pain. Al stepped to the side of the one rushing him and stuck his foot out. The guy tripped over it and landed on the aisle. He touched a hand to the seat and metal bindings wrapped around the man. Ed and Allie were doing the same. Jon just alchemized the man's watch and gun.
"That was easy," Ed commented.
"Something tells me these guys aren't professionals," said Al. The other passengers were panicking.
"What if someone heard the fight?"
"You're going to kill us!"
"Maybe you're with them!"
Jon held up his hand and waited for them to quiet down. "I promise you we're not with them. We're going to make sure this train gets back into the right hands. We'll reach Central with no damages. Trust me."
Allie opened a window and looked up at the top. She had a mischievous look on her face.
"You're not planning to climb on top of the train, are you?" Ed said.
"No, I'm planning to jump out, idiot!" Allie said sarcastically. "Of course I'm going to climb up."
"Let me come with you."
"I can do it myself."
"You're a kid."
"I'm seventeen!"
"I wouldn't have known with how short you are," Ed said, ready to antagonize the girl until she let him go with her. He wasn't exactly a stranger to climbing out of the train. He was rewarded when Allie twitched.
"Brother!" Al said, exasperated. How typical of Ed.
"Fine. I'm going first, though," Allie said, carefully climbing out the window and onto the roof.
"Al, stay here with Jonathan and watch for any more of those thugs," Ed said before following her. The two left behind exchanged a look.
"Who wants to go investigate the rest of the train?"
This chapter reached seven pages on word... That's a new record for me! The most I've ever written for any chapter, my own story or fanfic, was six pages! I'm so happy!!! Plus, the Harry Potter movie is coming out soon!!! Yay! I'm so excited about that! Ravenclaw FTW!
