Chapter 4
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – NCIS
Genre: Humor, Crime, Drama, Romance, Family, Adventure, Friendship
Pairing: none at the moment.
Warning: sometimes OOC, Grammatical Error, Structure, Un-Beta-ed.
This fanfic muse comes after reads NCIS x FMA fanfics, as well as certain HP x FMA fanfics with 'Mystery Man' as the title. Therefore, I shall write:
Desclaimer: NCIS, FMA nor most of the ideas are mine. But somehow, I'll manage to pull my own style n twist here….I hope.
======================================Memory lane=======================================
"WHAT?" was what he heard as he tried to bandaged his arm, tried because it was quite hard to bandaged your right upper arm with left hand.
Ed sighed heavily. "You know how Truth works," he grumbled, clearly not happy with this. "Hell, he didn't even let me get some little details either….," he said, fingers tangled with bandages, "Tch…anyone can help me?" he said finally, defeated by the bandages.
"Let me," Izumi bend down and start to help him with it.
Ed thanked his teacher.
"So, will you come back, niisan?" asked Al worriedly.
Ed opened his mouth, aware that everyone in the vicinity held their breath to hear his answer, "I…I don't really know…I just wish…damn it, I just wish to be here with you guys," he said finally, he touched his bandaged arm dejectedly.
Everyone eyed the young man in pity, some with worry.
"If…if you're not come back…then I'll find a way to bring you back!" Al said, determined to have his brother with him.
"No."
"What?" Al stared at his brother in shock.
"No, Al…."
"WHY?" Al yelled at him, Hoenheim held him sternly so he wont harm himself accidentally.
Hoenheim frowned a little. "Ed, we can-"
"No," Ed said firmly, he put both his hand on his lap. Everyone gawked at him in horror, except Mustang. "I have good two feet. I'll find my own way out…. It's not worth it," he said softly. "Beside, don't you guys know me already?"
At this most of them chuckled weakly, indeed they knew who Edward Elric was; the most stubborn Alchemist ever, not to mention he wont give up without fighting. Al a bit downcast, but he had to trust his brother, so he nodded, "Allright…I trust you niisan…" he gave Ed his famous smile.
Ed grinned at him, then smiled weakly when he start to feel the pull of the Truth's door. "It's time…" then, an Eye opened under him.
"Fullmetal!"
Ed blinked, he glanced at Roy, "What is it Flameass?"
"You better get back and give me back my 540 cnez!" he said sternly.
Ed grinned at him, "Then get your ass on top!" he said loudly.
Roy smirked, "Then again, I might jinxed you with a job full of paperwork on the other side!" he chirped merrily.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" he shouted back at him.
Everyone chuckled, amused by their banter.
As hands start to pull one Edward Elric away from his friends and family, Hoenheim smiled at him. "Goodbye, Ed."
"Take care, Edward," Hawkeye said firmly.
Havoc, Falman, Breda, Fuery, Armstorng and his sister as well as the rest of the soldiers waved at him.
"Brat, you better kick some ass out there, you're one of Brigg's, remember that!" was what the Lady General barked at him.
Ed grinned ruefully. "Oh, I will madam General!"
"Niisan…you better back…," Al said. Izumi nodded at those statements.
Ed didn't answer his little brother, but hi gave him a small smile, "Al, take care of Winry for me?"
Al nodded.
"And Fullmetal!" Roy shouted again. "You Better GROW some inches," he said, grinned mischievously.
"WHO DO YOU CALL SO SMALL THAT CAN'T BE SEEN WITHOUT MICROSCOPE?" was what they heard right before the figure of one Edward Elric disappeared into the Gate of Truth.
=================================End Memory lane=========================================
"So in other words, you've been in hiding ever since?" Palmer asked the golden haired man who was currently residing Ducky's chair with cup of tea on his hand.
"Short of, it's not because I'm afraid of them, it just that…," Ed drawled, finding the right term for this one, "Their way of 'getting information' aint that nice you know."
"Edward here do not wish to get his…'handsome' face marred," Ducky said with a sarcastic tone on the handsome part, hands still busy with the third victims of the case.
Palmer chuckled at that, Ed scowled slightly, "I am handsome, Duck," he said begrudgingly.
"No you are not," said Ducky, he eyed the man for a while, "You are Pretty."
Ed choked on his tea, he coughed a little, "What?"
"Isn't he, Mr. Palmer?"
Palmer blinked owlishly, "Huh?" catch Edward's glint then Ducky's mischievous one, "Before I answer that, I have to apologies to sir Edward-."
"Ed, call me Ed, Palmer."
"Ed, here, that even though you can kick me in the ass and prank me for the rest of my life, I'm still much more afraid of Dr. Mallard, so…I'm agreeing with him. Ed, You're pretty," Palmer said.
"You're much more afraid of him than me?" Ed spluttered.
Ducky was grinning ruefully.
"Ed, seriously, you may be that old, pardon my rudeness," Palmer said, then he pointed at Ducky, "But Dr. Mallard is that, a Doctor, who good with his hand and scalpel. So…, since I'm sane enough, I will not, in my life, anger a Doctor with a scalpel who is befriending with a Queen of Forensic like Abby. I'm afraid my body will not be found."
Ducky laughed at that, Ed scowled at his lost. "You see, Edward, I'm much more…powerful…than you," Ducky said, as he checked for another internal damage that possibly done, "In other way, mind you. But still, no body died on their doctors hand, do you?" he have that mischievous glint on his eyes again, "As you must be remember what happened in Nepal when we take our holiday ten years ago…."
"Please…stop, that was something that I wish not to repeat or remember," Ed said sternly, face turned a bit pale.
"What happened?" Jimmy asked.
"You don't want to know," was Ed's short reply, he sipped his tea again. It was horrible and he was never felt so utterly stupid in his long live.
Ducky laughed again, "Oh, if only you were there, Mr. Palmer, you will get a one bloody good laughs."
Ed groaned. He was going to reply at Ducky claim, but the autopsy door opened.
"Whaddya get, Duck?" asked the new comer, Gibbs.
"Insightful memories," was Ducky's instant reply.
Gibbs raised his eyebrow at him then at Palmer, who shrugged and giggling silently, and then rest on a sulking Edward. "The Case, Duck," he said sternly.
"Ah! The case!" Ducky said, moving to the Major body, "Yes, the case…come here, Jethro…there's something that I need to share with you."
"It's quite insightful too, Gibbs," Ed piped in.
Gibbs rolled his eyes, ignoring the fact that Ed was there. "What is it Duck?"
"This," he pointed at Major's inside and then the liver, hearts, lungs, stomach, etc. "What do you see?"
Gibbs raised his eyebrows, "…."
"He is no Doctor, Doc," Ed chirped.
Again, Gibbs glared at him.
"Ah, right," Ducky said, realized that he made a mistake asking Gibbs that one. "They are swollen Gibbs. And his insides…there're bruised, some are post-mortem. If my suspicion correct, the major was poisoned, poisoned by something that can damage human's inside, badly, that even after their dead, the poison still damage the body from inside out. My Best guess he was overdosed."
"The puncture on the lungs, were they because of that?"
"No, as I told you, it was coming from a long Needle. And apparently it was frozen before used."
Gibbs nodded in acknowledgement. "So, anyone know what kind of poison the killer used?"
"We won't know until Abby inform us the result," Jimmy joined the conversation.
Not too long, Gibbs' cell ringing. "Yeah Abbs?" silence, "I'll be there."
"We take it that she got the result?" Ducky asked him.
"Elric, you go with me," Gibbs said, ignoring Ducky's question, but gave him an approval through his eyes.
"Now you're bossing me around, aren't you," Ed replied with mock-anger, he stand up from his seat and put down his tea, "I'll see you around, Ducky, Jimmy."
"Bye Ed," Jimmy replied, waving a little.
"Do visit me sometime, Edward?" Ducky invite him.
"I'll put it in my plan-list, Duck," he chirped behind Gibbs.
Once they get in the lift, Gibbs pushed the button and the lift turned off (or was it in a pause?). "I met Garry indeed. 12 years ago. Isn't he was the suspect from your case?"
"He was," Ed replied calmly.
"And you let him get too close to you and base?"
"I will take the responsibility if ever gone wrong."
"He was reading some of your report."
"Of course he was, I told him to, in case I can't cover them all-"
"Not the case that just happen, Ed," Gibbs cut him, Ed blinked at him, "But 20 years ago."
Ed took a deep breath. He closed his eyes, and then released his breath calmly. He opened his eyes. He gave the man in front of him one, hard, stare.
"…You knew."
Ed ignored his claim and pushed the button again. The lift came to live and start worked again.
Gibbs stared at his mentor's mentor back, "What are you planning, Edward?"
Ed smiled a little, "All will be well, Jethro."
TBC
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