Metal Snakes
Chapter 3
Angelscars: Thanks for all the reviews, follows, and favs! I appreciate them! Hughes is doing the disclaimer this time.
Hughes: Angel does not own FMA or FMA Brotherhood. Neither does she own my beautiful wife and daughter! She only owns Claire. -Goes back to talking about Gracia and Elysia-
I watched as the train rode past beautiful mountains and lakes which shined from the morning sun. Ed was calmly sleeping next to me, cuddle up in a little ball. Al was humming a song while I was looking out the window. We would be on the desert tracks soon, so the scenery would be getting boring. No one would want to look at desert dunes for three-and-a-half hours. I decided to read the information the military had on this fake priest.
His name was Father Cornelio and he was in his late sixties. Looking at his picture I could already tell he was a big, bald, idiot. He was smiling a stupid looking smile and his eyes looked like he forced them shut. I feel sorry for the people who believe this guy.
"Claire! Don't move! Ed's on your shoulder!" Al whispered to me as I tried to move away from the window. It was getting warm over there and I didn't want to start sweating.
Ed's head was now on my shoulder and I could feel the warmth of his breath. He had his eyes shut peacefully and showed no signs of moving anytime soon. I could feel the blush on my cheeks, and I quickly turned my head away from Al.
"Claire!" Al yelled as Ed fell to the ground. He hit it with a large thud and I could hear a soft grumble from him.
"I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP HERE! THANKS FOR MAKING ME FALL OF THE SEAT!" Ed yelled at me.
"YOU WERE ON MY SHOULDER! IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE!" I yelled back. Ed sighed before grabbing the information from the table.
"This dude looks like a big, fat idiot. I can't believe he's actually a priest. Don't you agree, Al?" Ed said, ignoring my presence completely. I gritted my teeth. Seriously, that's your payback? That's the dumbest payback ever.
"Your payback stinks shorty. Couldn't you at least do something better than just ignoring me?" I asked Ed. He flinched when I said the shorty part, which made me smirk.
"WHO YOU CALLING SHORTY? IF I WAS SHORT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW!" Ed yelled. I laughed.
"That's better." I said, dodging Ed's punch. Al sighed and muttered something under his breath. He probably thinks Ed and me are idiots.
"Do you think he has a Philosophers Stone? It kind of sounds like he does." I said. Ed nodded. This would be harder than we thought.
As Ed, Al and me stepped off the train, sunlight streamed through the station's windows and hit my eyes. My eyes flickered closed before opening up again. Man, this town is warm. I looked at Ed and saw that he was sweating.
"Ed, are you okay? Your sweating already. Do you need some-" I was cut off by Ed falling on me. We landed on the ground and hit our heads against the concrete. My necklace slipped off and slid under a bench. A girl who looked like she was my age that had brown hair and pink bangs then picked it up. She put it in her bag and walked away. Ugh, that was my necklace...
"Al, can you get your midget of a brother off me? His auto mail makes him heavy. I don't want to hurt him anymore than he already is." I said to Al, who laughed before picking him up. I glared at him. He whimpered before pulling Ed off me. That's better. As for Ed, he needs some water.
"Come on Al, we need to find some water. Ed needs it badly. He's passed from dehydration. When's the last time Ed drank something?" I asked.
"About 10 hours ago. It's hot here too. We can get dehydrated easily here. We should buy some bottles so we can carry some water with us." Al replied. I nodded.
When we exited the station, we were in a small part of town. There were people hanging up laundry and children playing games. Up ahead, you could see a large, tower like building.
"That building up there is probably where Father Cornelio is. It looks like some temple or church." Al said.
"We're looking for water right now, not Father Cornelio!" I replied, as Al tried to go to the temple while Ed was still in his arms. Ed had now gotten paler and was starting to breathe heavily. There's got to be water somewhere.
"I see it! There's a stand that sells drinks over there!" Al yelled. We ran over to the stand and sat down on the dusty, stools.
"My brother needs water. Can you give us some?" Al asked, pointing to Ed.
"What are you guys, street performers? You don't look like your from around here." The man at the counter said, filling a cup with water. I flinched.
"No, we're alchemists. I'm the Blood Alchemist and the person next to me is the Fullmetal Alchemist. I said. The people hardly paid any attention to me. Instead the crowded around Al. I sighed and dumped some water on Ed's head.
His eyes flickered open and then he looked at me, pissed. His face was now back to normal and he wasn't sweating.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR? YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DUMP THAT WATER ALL OVER ME!" Ed yelled. I rolled my eyes before asking the man at the counter for some lemonade. Ed was hitting people because he was just called short and Al was just laughing at him.
"Shut up Al! This isn't funny!" Ed said, stomping over to us. Al just kept laughing.
"Alright Al, you're going to get it!" Ed teased.
Al stood up, but then the radio fell off the counter. It smashed into about a million pieces. Ed grinned. What a show-off.
"Al's going to fix it, you idiot! Don't be such a show-off!" I said, shoving Ed in the side.
"Yeah, brother! It's my mistake." Al agreed. Al drew a transmutation circle around the radio and pressed his armor hands on it. The circle lit up and suddenly, the radio was fixed.
"That's alchemy. I'm not as good as Ed and Claire are though..." Al said sadly.
"Your better than me Al. Even though I'm a State Alchemist, you're way better. Ed just won't let you be a State Alchemist." I said, smiling.
"Well, it's not my fault that I don't want him to do it for a reason. I don't want him to get hurt." Ed said, looking down at the ground.
"Hello Rose! Do you want the same things as usual?" The clerk said. It was her. The girl who stole my necklace...
She was carrying a bag filled with different items. There was food, bottles, jewelry and flowers. Did she buy that stuff or did she steal it? The clerk was giving her more food and bottles, and she didn't pay for anything. Is she the mayor or something?
"Thank you! I'll be sure to tell Leto to pray for you!" She said, heading for the temple.
"So these people actually believe in that bald priest's teachings? I can't believe they would trust someone so stupid!" Ed whispered to Al and me.
"Let's follow her to the temple. We might be able to get some more information about this guy from her." Al said. Ed and me nodded.
"We'll be going now I guess. Thanks for the drinks!" I waved goodbye to the clerk and tugged Ed's arm along with me.
"Let go..." Ed mumbled. I shook my head.
"This is what you get for making me pay after you punched me fifty times!" I teased. Al laughed. Ed groaned. This would be fun, I thought. Little did we know about the three people who were watching us.
"Let's go."
A/N: Next chapter the bald priest will suddenly appeared and create chaos with his awesomeness. (NOT!) Like always, review, follow and fav! If you do one of them, you get a baby animal of your choice, if you do all of them, you get three baby animals of your choice! Xiao Mei included! Sorry for short chap, but I had tons of New Year parties to go to.