Tucker awoke with a start. But then he laid back down, for he'd been having these nightmares, these memories of Edward Elric at least once a week since it had happened. This is why he drank. This is why he did the drugs. But some memories, even the most powerfully mixed amphetamines in the world just can not erase.
The next morning at about 8:00 a.m., Nina and Tucker both woke up in the same time. Tucker rolled over and looked at Nina; she rolled over and looked away. She felt disgusting for having been conned into sleeping with this bastard.
Tucker said to her, "Don't be that way. I know you wish you hadn't done this, Nina, but think about it this way. It's for Ishvalia. If you got pregnant last night, then our great race will rise again. You want that, right?"
Nina thought to herself. I don't know any other Ishvalians, I never have.. Should I feel a loyalty to a race I don't know? But.. My mom and dad, wherever and whoever they are, they'd be so proud if I brought back a race and gave them grandchildren. Even if I slept with a meth dealer to do it. But then again... If I give birth, it might not be a normal child. He might figure out my secret... Oh well.
"I mean.. Alright, I want that. It's for the better. Give me a pregnancy test." Tucker tossed her a little tube. It had two lights on it; one green, one red. She put it between her legs and into her lady parts, and squatted down upon it to make it go as deep as possible.
You see, the Ishvarlians have a very fast breeding cycle. This is why their utopia was able to flourish so much. The gestation period of an Ishvalian is only a day.
After about thirty seconds, the tube started to beep. Nina removed the tube and saw that the red light with a frowny face was lit up. She stared at it speechless and handed it to Tucker.
Tucker looked it and said, "Wonderful! A frowny face! That means you're pregnant! Quickly, we have to get to the doctor before your water breaks." Nina just stood there speechless. I'm having a baby, she thought. A baby.
Nina silently and wordlessly followed Tucker into his car. They knew that there could be complications, because they were both Ishvalian and it was an Alchemist child, so they couldn't just drive to the nearest hospital. They had to drive to one that was further away, the Northwestern Alchemist's Hospital. Nina's water started to break. "Hurry, Nina, into the Northwestern Alchemist's Hospital!" Tucker said, as he grabbed her by the hand and led her inside. "I'm having a baby! An Alchemist's baby! I need somebody here now!"
A tall thin man with a long thin face walked up to them. He had dark grey hair and round glasses and a doctor's outfit. "A baby? Well, I suppose I can help you. I'm Doctor Alexander FullMetal, M.D. and certified bioalchemist. Please, come into my office," he said. They all quickly went into Dr. FullMetal's operating room. Nina laid down in a blue bed and she was quickly stripped of all her clothing.
Dr. Alexander FullMetal took a look at her lady parts and said, "Hmm. Yes, your pupils are dilating alright. No doubt to me, you're having a baby. I can't quite see it, though. Push a bit harder and I'll reach in and try to pull it out."
"Are you sure that's the best idea?" Tucker asked.
"Excuse me, SIR, but I'm the Bioalchemist here so you'd be wise to shut your mouth," FullMetal snapped.
"That'll hurt, though..." Nina was squeamish.
"Nah," FullMetal said, "You'll be fine. Here, take some of this." He tossed her a needle full of nitro oxide and told her to inject it into her arm. She did so and immediately felt a cloud of calmness enveloping her mind and her body and she was calm. She felt no pain and began to push the baby out. Alexander FullMetal reached his arm into her lady parts and felt around until he felt a head. "Hmm... This baby's head feels weird. A bit cold," he mused as he grabbed it and began to pull. "It's a rather large baby." But still he grabbed and pulled. As he pulled, Nina pushed and the baby tried to come out, until soon it sprung forth from her.
But it was no Ishvalian. Indeed, it didn't appear to be human at all... Indeed, it appeared almost to be a robot. It was made entirely of metal. It had one large spike protruding from its forehead and its eyes glowed. It was very large. It looked like a suit of armor. Everyone stood there, stunned and speechless.
"What, erm... What is your name?" Dr. Alexander FullMetal inquired.
"My name is Alphonse," Alphonse the robot answered.
"My god.." Tucker said, stunned. "If she gave birth to this monster, then clearly... You realize what this means, right, FullMetal?"
"I do..." FullMetal said, stunned. "A CHIMERA!" he shouted, and pointed the accusatory finger both literally and physically at Nina.
"No! Please!" Nina said. "It's not my fault, I can explain! The radiation from the meteor blast.. I was but a baby, my insides were weak, and it changed my normal human Ishvali DNA into Chimera DNA. I can't help it, please don't hurt me..."
But they had no choice. If she was a Chimera, then they had to destroy her and the new baby. Dr. FullMetal fired tranquilizer darts at both Nina and Alphonse. They both passed out immediately. "Alright, Tucker, I know this is going to be hard for you to do, to harm your newborn child and your love, but I need you to help me. Can you help me?"
"Oh, of course, sir, I don't give a shit about either of them. What do you need me to do?" asked Tucker. FullMetal got a wheelbarrow out of the closet and asked Tucker to help lift Alphonse into it.
"First, we need to dispose of the baby before it can infect any others. We shold take this thing into a lake. It's made of metal so it'll just rust out and disintergate into nothing, but he looks heavy. Can you help me do that?" asked FullMetal. Tucker helped lift Alphonse into the wheelbarrow, and together they brought him outside to the lake in front of the hospital. He rusted and disentegrated quickly, for his newborn baby metal was weak. "Now, we need to dispose of this girl. If she is a Chimera then she must be stopped. It's not going to be pretty, I warn you..."
"It's fine, I'll do anything to stop the whore," Tucker said. "What do we need to do?"
"Well, Chimera are like planarians, they can regenerate quite easily if not disposed of properly. So what we have to do is set her aflame. But we can't do it with just normal fire... it has to be an Alchemist's Blaze," FullMetal explained.
"But that's one of the hardest works of Alchemy known to man, and a bioalchemist can't do it... I think I can if you need me to, though. I'll try, at least," Tucker said. He walked over to Nina's body. He focused all his mind and energy as powerfully as he could, looked at her, closed his eyes, and thought of nothing else. He held his hands over her, and said:
"Hoc male peruigil in oratione de vita conclusio est exitus et finis overwhelmingly tristus ... patheticus aegro misero historia, ut est omnium!"
Within a few seconds, Nina's body burst into flames. Blue, green, red, yellow flames. Flames of all different colors. Her body slowly burnt, as this poor, innocent teenage girl, who had done nothing but ventured to Starbucks, was dying. Slowly only the skeleton remained, and it too was burned away. Just like that, all traces of Nina were removed from the world, as if she had never been there at all. The Throes of Passion had thrown her to Hell.
It was a depressing sight.
I wish I had not seen it.
The end?
