Chapter 8: "We'll be taking the sword now!"

At the outskirts of the city, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, Thorn, Rose, Bumble, Booker Dewitt, and Elizabeth finally reached the city of Hulganer. Elizabeth, Thorn, and Phoney Bone are in Bumble's hands while the rest are walking on the ground. "Finally, we reached a town. The town of Hulganer."

"Hulganer?" Phoney Bone screamed with complain. "That filthy cesspool of crime and poverty? Not to mention POVERTY!? Pretty sure that after what happened at New Athena and the Front Stone Wall, it's gonna be more poverty and more filth.

"Quit complaining." Fone told him. "It's not like when you actually TRIED to climb the wall."

The girls and Bumble chuckled and Phoney turns and sees them whistling. after Phoney turns, the girls and Bumble continued to chuckle. "When there's a town, there's people, and when there's people, Star maybe there too." Fone said.

"Wow, Fone. That information is very useful when you're a dimwit." Phoney sarcastically spoke. "how about telling us more of that information like when there's a restaurant, there's food and when there's a library, there's endless quiet boredom!"

"wanna punch him, or should I?" Booker asked Fone.

"Enough with the talking!" Bumble said before he threw the girls and phoney into the air and transformed into his vehicular mode, catching the girls and Phoney into the seats. The girls laughed but Phoney got more upset. "Why you stupid good-for-nothing rust bucket!" Phoney yelled at Bumble. "If you ever do that again, i'll have you toed!"

The rest of the group joined in and Bumble drove away to the city.

Viral walks up to his hotel room with the sword on his back. Not knowing, two dark figures follow him in quick reflexes on the roof tops. Viral goes inside and the figures jump on top of the roof and crawling on the walls to eavesdrop on Virals call on the phone.

" We have the sword and the boy." Viral spoke to the phone. "what do you want us to do with him."

The figures peaked through the window to get a better view. "Very good sir. we'll get that done right away." Viral said again before calling someone else.

"Karai, this is Viral. I recieved our next set of orders." Viral started to talk to Karai. "The master said that the boy is a threat as much as the sword alive. Get rid of him for good. I'll handle the sword."

After hearing that, The figures then break through the window, much to Virals surprise. The figures reveal themselves to be two Ninja Turtle with weapons. One is wearing blue and carries two katana sword and the other red with two sai. "We'll be taking the sword now!" The blue one spoke to him. Viral then grabs his butcher knife sword and attacks them. Viral clashed his sword with the blue's katana blades and then they fight with their swords with great speed and accuracy. meanwhile red takes the sword and then kicks Viral at the back. Blue then uppercuts Viral in the face, sending him crashing to the ceiling and falling to the ground. The turtles leave him defeated and the Viral himself grabs his phone. "Karai!" Viral said with pain. "This is …. Viral …. we are …. under attack….. i repeat ….. they have the sword ….and we are …. under attack." Viral then slips into unconsciousness, leaving Karai to say his name repeatedly. "Viral? yo, partner! hello?"

Sometime after, Karai comes in the room where Star, Edward and Alphonse are kept prisoner. "Hello, kid." Karai greeted Star coldly. "enjoying your company?"

"You could say that." Star answered.

"I got some news about your sword." She continued. "it was taken by some thieves while Viral was on the way to the base, so it could be anywhere in the city by now."

Star the jumps and is up in Karai's face stewing in anger and fear. "You idiots lost something that might save our lives! This year is the year when the new king will come to take his throne and cast you villains away to the deepest corners of your darkest prisons.

"keep spewing your fairytales, kid. It's not gonna save your life. My master has ordered me to kill you. you're too dangerous to be kept alive."

The Elric brothers are surprised by the words that she said to Star, but Star was not. instead he gave Karai a look of seriousness and fortitude. and with a sound of courage, he said to her the words that she might never forget. "Even if you kill me, you will never understand us heroes."

"I dont need to understand them, kid." Karai answered. "i only need to know how to defeat them."

"well you might as well give up because you will never defeat them." Star glared his fighting spirit in his eyes at her. "he will come, you can be sure of that."

While they are not looking, Edward used his alchemy to turn cuffs into steel knuckles, and then jumped and punched the living daylights out of the ninjas that stand beside Karai. Then he makes his way towards Karai, but she blocks the punch with her knife. then suddenly, Al breaks his chains and stands, cutting Stars chains and tackling Karai. "Com'on!" Edward said as they escape. Al gets up and follows, leaving Karai on the ground unconscious.

the three make their to escape the building. they went through the halls and into what looks like an old abandoned theater. the chairs in the audience look old and torn, and the atmosphere in the theater looks ancient and gray. the stage also becomes infected with time's ever-lasting continuing effect on it. "Wow. This place is dead." Edward said.

"The exits not far. we'll make it out of here." Star said to them.

suddenly, A shot came out of nowhere and then hit Al in the head, shooting his helmet off and falling to the ground. "AL!" Edward cries out his name.

"Nice shot." Dogpound and Xever came out of the dark with another member of their group, Gasback.

"I keep working as long as you keep paying me that goods."

The ninjas then attacked by Xever's command on the three, but then flash of purple and orange attacked them in thin air. After the ninjas fell down, the flashes revealed as two more ninja turtles. "Glad we came just in time!" The purple spoke.

"yeah, just in time to partay ninja style!" The orange said after.

You saved us. thanks alot!" Al spoke without his head.

The purple and orange turned and look to see the headless Al and shrieked with fear as well as the bad guys. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"That's impossible!" Gasback said. "I shot him in the head."

"That one perk of suffering from the consequences when you practice Human Alchemy.

"Wait!" Gasback begins to question. "So that means your. . ."

"No way!" the purple said.

"awesome." the orange also said with excitement.

"Of course he is." Xever answered Gasback. "He is the Fullmetal Alchemist!"

"Enough with the gawing and talking!" Edward said before using his alchemy to create a blade in his metallic right hand. "Let's fight!"

Thus the battle begins.

End of Volume 2