Chapter 3: Truth's Revealed

They where in Al's apartment in front of the wide courtyard where the Super Robot resided. Noa would be staying with them for a while to hide from the men who where searching for her throughout the city of Munich still.

"Its really okay that I stay here?" Noa asked Alphonse who was eating a plate of sausage and eggs.

"Their still looking for you." Al said. "There's no choice." He took another bite. "In a way, I'm kind of glad. Chiro's never really taken an interest in a girl."

"Really?"

"I'm not trying to say he's some kind of anti-social person, but he just never seems to get close to anybody, not emotionally. Except for the monkeys. Especially the silver one."

Noa looked out to the courtyard and saw the silver, fully robotic monkey floating with its eyes closed and legs crossed. He was meditating. "His name is Antauri right?" She asked. From her viewing of his mind earlier Antauri was a sort of father figure to Chiro. He greatly respected, loved and admired the monkey as a father. And his heart literally broke when he sacrificed himself to destroy the Skeleton King for the first time.

"I think so." Alphonse said. "Anyway, Chiro's usually to busy telling stories about some other world."

"You mean, his home?" Noa asked.

"That's what he'd say." Alphonse chuckled. "Well I'm off. I can't believe we have our own factory now." He grabbed his coat and coughed again as he walked out the door.

Noa worried about that cough. It wasn't normal. She then went to check on Chiro who was in the Super Robot. She had been amazed when she was given a tour. Then again Shugazoom was the most advanced city on the planet. It was the reason they had flying cars now. She let the doors slide open outwards and saw Chiro still sleeping.

"Winry." He said in his sleep. "Listen, about Al."

She hmmed in thought. She saw a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes who was an engineer of some kind that he associated with that name. And a suit of armor that he associated with Al. Could he be dreaming about his home?

"Alphonse already left?" Chiro asked as he was adjusting his fake leg while Gibson oversaw him doing it as he usually did.

"Yes. He said he had his own factory now. Do you need any help?" Noa asked the young hero.

"Its been five years. I'm used to 'em by now." Chiro told the psychic.

She saw him move his toes on his fake leg. "You can move them that much?" She said in amazement.

"Yeah. The simple stuff." Chiro said as Gibson left to get the skin for his arm. "My arm and leg are gone but my brain's still sending out signals to move 'em." He moved his fake hand. "These machines take those signals, and amplify them." He grinned and moved his fake hand to his neck sheepishly. "To be honest, I don't really know how they work. My dad's the one who made the first models and Gibson recreated them. He had a blast."

"Where is your father?" Noa asked.

"Don't know. He just walked out one day and never came back." Chiro said with a hint of feeling rbetrayed in his voice. "But its okay. Cause shortly after he left I found the Super Robot and met the Monkey Team. After the war with the Skeleton King we moved here to Germany and I became friends with Alphonse when we studied rocketry together with Dr. Roberts. "

They where walking down the stairs of the Super Robot. Unknown to Chiro the team was watching him via a security camera.

"Armor." Noa said.

"What did she say?" Gibson asked.

"I think she said "armor." Otto said in confusion.

"What?" Chiro asked Noa.

"I saw a suit of armor walking beside you." Noa said. "And you looking up at a smiling face. That must have been your mother."

"Woah." Sprx said. "Think she's really a psychic?"

"Those men weren't after her for no reason Sprx." Antauri said wisely. "There are many who'd kill to have the power to see into human hearts. Especially with all that's going on in German politics right now."

"A suit of armor walking beside me." They saw Chiro smile.

"That was real?" Nova asked in shock.

"Preposterous." Gibson scoffed. "Armor can't walk on its own."

"In his stories-"

"Their fairy tales!" Gibson insisted.

"I've never told anyone here about that." They heard Chiro say. "Not even Alphonse or the Monkey Team."

This revalation stunned every monkey. Even Gibson.

"Impossible." Gibson said in shock.

"Please." Noa said. "Tell me about this other world. What's it like there?"

"Same as this one pretty much." Chiro said. "The names for things are a little different. And the places aren't the same. But I've seen a whole lot of familiar faces. Especially here in Munich.

"But if that world's your home, what are you doing here?" Noa asked.

"In the world where I'm from my little brother was killed. Trying to bring him back, I was sent here. I guess that's the price I had to pay." Chiro said as he closed his eyes.

The Monkey Team couldn't believe it. Their leader wasn't even from this world.

"The price he had to pay? Is he talking about Alchemy again?" Sprx asked.

"Human Transmutation." Antauri said in realization. "The Philosopher's Stone. All of his stories where truths he was telling us about his past."

"So he and his brother tried to bring back their dead mother." Nova said sadly. "That's so sad."

"So who knows, what is and isn't science. Maybe this whole world's just a dream. Or maybe its the hell I've been sentenced to for trying the Forbidden again."

Gibson turned off the camera in that hallway as it was only used by Chiro most of the time. He couldn't believe it. Those "fairy tales" of their leaders where true stories!

Antauri finally understood. He probably went into the Super Robot thinking he could get himself back to his saw Chiro and Noa leave the Robot and went about their daily tasks. And when they where done, they followed Chiro's trail.

To Be Continued...

Now the Team knows more about their leaders past than ever!

I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Envy's in it!

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