Chapter 3: Monster:
I hear laughing. I moved my head to the left, & saw a large, brown creature standing with it's back to me, cradling something.
I smelled something. My nose wrinkled at the stench. It was horrible. It smelled like something dead and rotting. I instinctivly placed my right hand over my nose & mouth to block the smell.
Wait.
My right hand. It was flesh and bone. That...wasn't right. Wasn't it suppossed to be different? The same with my left leg.
I can't remember very well. My mind is hazy.
Maybe if I could just sleep for a...
"Hello Edward."
I froze. My hand dropped from my face, like it no longer functioned.
That voice.
I turned my head to the creature once more. I saw it had a human face and torso, though the face was upside-down.
"I'm glad to see your awake. Nina is very sick. I'd like you to fix her for me.", the creature said.
Nina...Nina...
That name was familiar...and painful.
Blood was splattered all over the alley wall. I cried. I repeatedly clapped my hands & slammed them onto the remains of the body. No...two bodies.
A girl with long, brown, braided pigtails...and a big, blonde dog.
A creature with long brown hair sprouting from the length of it's blonde, fur-covered spine.
I punched a man's face, his lip breaking open, spilling a bit of blood.
"You don't really think you're any different from me, do you Ed?"
"Brother! You'll kill him!"
"No..Big...Brother."
"This guy used his own wife Al!!"
"An easy process when you use people, RIGHT!?"
"Careful, you'll just do to her what you did to your mother."
My eyes went wide.
Mother.
I heard voices. All melding together. All of them were so painful.
"A ring of flowers would be nice. Your father...always...used to make them for me."
Mom's last smile.
"We're going to bring her back."
We were determined.
"BROTHER!!!!!"
"The Truth was inside there! EVERYTHING WAS IN THERE!!!"
"Just give him back...HE'S MY BROTHER!!!!!!!"
We failed
"What about mom?"
"It wasn't human."
We made a monster.
"Brother, I could never...I COULD NEVER HATE YOU!!"
Al.
"Because you won't. None of you will, so all this time I've cried for you both."
Winry.
"It's a circle to help your wish."
Nina.
"So you're hiding in disguises now!?"
Izumi.
"Do you hate me for all that's happened?"
I was scared.
"That's enough, Dante!"
The Philosoper's Stone.
"That is how the damned are born. That is a homunculus!"
Wrath.
"Nicely done...sweetheart."
Sloth.
"Will you make me a human?"
Lust.
"Edward, I love you."
Rose.
"Give Al...my regards."
Dad.
"Needless to say I didn't like being replaced."
Envy.
"But I want something more!"
Noah.
"I will give you a moment to pray."
Scar.
"Goodbye, FullMetal."
Roy.
"Just don't forget me."
...Alfons.
"BROTHER, NO!! I JUST GOT YOU BACK! YOU CAN'T GO YET!!"
I clenched my eyes shut. I screamed.
The memories were too painful!
All that blood...death...pain...Al.
Our journey.
I collapsed into the tank I was in.
I was tired.
My energy was drained.
My head ached.
"Edward? Are you alright?", the creature questioned.
Tucker. The bastard.
"I'll need you to be well to help Nina.", he stated.
That's right. Tucker was nuts. He thought that soulless doll was Nina.
He looked at the remains of the doll now.
It was rotting.
Black-like organs called flies to feed on it. There was a hole in it's stomach where the skin around it was tinted green. It's blue colored eyes were festering like the rest of it's body.
The doll was merely a pile of rotting meat. There was hardly anything left to make it look remotely human.
"That's not Nina. She's dead.", I replied.
"Nonsense. She's right here. Come on dear, try to say hello to Edward.", he said as he moved the doll a bit.
The doll did nothing.
"She's just very sick, Ed. I need your help.", he said.
I shook my head.
"Edward. One should really listen to their creator.", he stated.
That caught me off guard. Their what? Tucker was definately out of his box if he thought he created me.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Tucker smiled.
"Take a look at your left arm, Ed. You'll see what I mean then."
What? What was on my left arm?
I looked...and my mind shut down.
A red tattoo.
Right on my shoulder.
Of a serpent devouring it's own tail.
The Orobourus.
The symbol for a...homunculus.
Everything went black.