Chapter 4- Running Away

It was Scar.

The Six foot man was towering over both of us, with his red eyes a blaze, and tattooed arm showing for the whole world to see. "GET DOWN!" I yelled, tackling Vic to the right of me, avoiding Scar's vicious alchemy attack with the tattooed arm. The floor paid for the damages I could have gotten to me or Vic, and the crowd started to go into panic, running for the exit. I got up, and pulled Vic up too. Scar ran up to me before I could register him there and roundhouse kicked my leg, sending me to the ground. Before he could do anything else, he stopped and turned his head.

I turned my head running down the aisle. Someone in the crowd that was in an Amestris Military uniform came up and had what looked like a gun (that was probably fake) in their hand, aiming at Scar. Vic pulled me up, and I heard Vic whisper "Oh no..." Scar jumped in front of them, and the girl in the uniform's eyes widened in fear, so she turned and started to flee. But before she could, Scar reached out and tried to grab her head.

Before he could deconstruct her brain into millions of pieces, I yelled "WATCH OUT!" and clapped my hands quickly out of desperation to save a life, putting them to the ground, making a wooden fist come up in a blaze of blue electricity and got it to punch Scar away a distance from her, letting her escape out the doors. Vic's mouth went to the ground, and I said "Come on!" pulling him out a door at the back of the stage.

Not caring about the trio I came in with, nor anyone else but Vic and my safety, I ran out the door and went down the hallway. I never get a break do I? I thought as we ran. When turning for a stair case, Vic pulled my right arm, dragging me into what looked like an elevator, ripping a little of my cloak in the process, and showing a glint of automail through the rip.

He clicked a button on the side of the door, and the doors closed. The motion of movement that was bringing us down a floor made me sigh in relief. Vic looked and saw the part of my automail showing through. His eyes widened, and he looked at me up and down. "Are you, are you really…Ed? I mean, this isn't a prank by Travis or Caitlin, or any of the other voice actors on the cast, is it? You did alchemy back there, you look just like him, a-and you have automail…" he trailed off, looking at my automail once again.

I hesitantly nodded slightly, wanting to get past how I got here and focus on the present. "Well, let me break this down in a nutshell for you. I was fighting Scar in Amestris when a flash of light came and I ended up here. I met a sibling duo and I decided to follow them to this convention. I met their cousin, and then I met you. I guess that Scar came here too with me. Happy with that explanation? Alphonse isn't here either, so take that off your list of questions while you're at it. We have to find somewhere safe, do you have a hotel or anything that we can stay at? I can produce some gold so I can buy a room."

Vic looked like he was going to say something, but then looked at me once again in awe. "I just can't believe what's happening right now; you being here and everything." I rolled my eyes and waved my hand at him, saying "yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, do you have a hotel?" I said. "I have a hotel that I was planning to stay for one more day, so we can go there. We just have to make it out of the Con first" Vic said.

The doors opened in the elevator, and we came to a hallway with people in it here or there. I followed Vic, and walked down the hallway, with only one person in overalls, gloves, a red shirt, mustache, and a red hat with a 'M' on it, saying "Nice Fullmetal cosplay" while we were passing by. I put my hand over the rip to hide the automail after the quote from the person. We turned to the right, and went down another empty hallway.

Silence was kept between us, knowing that we were both in danger. At the end of the hallway, Vic opened the doors into the giant room that we came into the con at the entrance. Hundreds of fans of what-not were everywhere, but they were all going towards or out the doors to the outside.

Though there were people in the same uniform walking around with guns, with the word 'Police' on their backs. I decided to go and talk to a police officer, and keep my confusion act up. "Hey, what happened here?" I said, walking up to a round police man with a burly grey mustache.

"Hm? Oh, well a guy cosplaying attempted to kill innocent people at a Fullmetal Alchemist panel and this guy named Vic Mignogna, whoever that is. We are trying to get everyone outside and out of the property of the convention until further notices. Where are you parents' kid? Don't you know that kids younger than 13 can't be at the con alone?"

I frowned. "Hey, I am 15! And anything about my parents is none of your business!" I said forcefully at him. "Well then pipsqueak, show me your badge with the age on it to prove you aren't lying!" He said, grabbing my right arm.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO MINATURE THAT WHEN I EAT SHRIMP COCKTAIL PEOPLE CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND THE FRIGGIN SHRIMP, YOU JERK!? I AM FIFTEEN, DAMN IT!" I yelled at the guy, forcefully getting my arm away from his grip.

"That's it shorty! You're going-"

"Ed!" Vic yelled, cutting off our argument and coming in between the police and me.

"Sorry sir, he came with me, I was a friend of his parents and of Ed himself. He is like a son to me, the boy. He came along with me here to the con, so now can you please let go of him?" My eyes widened, but I didn't dare say anything to show that Vic was lying. The police man looked down at me. "Is this true kid?" He asked.

I nodded quickly; pulling back my arm and standing next to Vic, while covering my rip in my cloak which has become larger, showing more automail from the police grabbing me.

Vic gently put his hand on my shoulder. "Come on Ed let's go before you get into some serious trouble again. And before Scar comes back," He said, muttering the last part that only I could hear. We turned, and went towards the doors. Going past a crowd, we made it out finally, and we started to walk away from the building.

"Hey, it's Vic Mignogna!" Someone yelled when we were just out of the doors. "Oh yeah, that is him!"

"Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap…" I heard Vic say before we were overwhelmed with fans of every age.

MWAHAHAHA! Cliffhanger! :D The next chapter will be on Saturday. As you can see, I update around every four days. Also, that was Mario that commented on Ed's cosplay in the hallway.

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~Azorria