I own nothing. Last Chapter before the timeskip and then the fights in central. Each character or duo will get a chapter for only their fight.
Derick
Ed met us later and informed us of what Kimblee had assigned him.
First he had to find Scar the man who had aided Ed Al Kevyn and Alistair against father.
Second we had to find Dr. Marcoh who was likely with Scar.
Third carve a bloody crest into Briggs.
After the third assignment Alistair whistled and looked at the ceiling.
We had Intel on where scar was so that was easy but we were trying to buy time to think about how to get out of the third.
We spent the rest of the day in Rai's room. I kept catching up on sleep and thinking while I was awake. Alistair spent the day sleeping in the chair. Rai was tinkering with some kind of automail.
Near dusk Kimblee and Ed came in to get us. We left the base in a procession of cars. Elsye had snuck into the same car as a group of Briggs soldiers.
Winry also insisted on coming with us. Ed argued but lost miserably.
When we arrived at our destination I saw an abandoned city that stretched for a few miles in every direction.
"So we know that Scar is somewhere in here?" I asked.
"That's correct. All you need to do is find him ill take care of the rest." Kimblee said.
With that said Alistair and I jumped into the roads below and split up in different directions. We already knew scars location using Soul Perception. But we were making it seem like we had no idea.
We regrouped outside the building that Scar and two other people were in. Rai and the Elric's arrived a few minutes later with Elsye and Winry.
We went in the building cautiously. I walked into the room Scar was in calmly and he turned when he heard me.
"Scar were not here to fight." I said.
"Who are you?" He said.
"An ally. One that you could desperately use." I said.
In the back of the room a small girl and an old man with black hair emerged from the shadows.
"Scar Yoki will be back soon with the map." The old man said.
"We don't have much time. A state alchemist known as Kimblee is here looking for you." I said.
Scar looked up quickly at that information.
"Solf J. Kimblee, The Crimson Alchemist?" Marcoh said.
"Yeah he has orders to kill both of you." I said.
The others came into the room.
"You can either accept our help or escape and still be hunted. Your choice Scar." Ed said.
"There is no choice here. I will accept yo-" He stopped as a loud crash echoed from the next building.
"Someone help me!" A guy screamed.
We all ran outside and a short man with a pointy mustache ran out holding a rolled up map.
Behind him were two humanoid figures. But one was to fat to be human and the other walked on its knuckles and feet with spikes sticking out of its back.
"Fullmetal alchemist stand aside and we'll take Scar to Mr. Kimblee." The fat one said.
Ed smiled and he and Al attacked the figures.
"Ahhh horrible monsters are here to kill us." They yelled as they attacked.
"No stop we're Kimblee's men!" The spiky creature said.
"Now they're trying to trick us." Ed yelled.
After a few minutes of messing around we ended up tying up the two.
"Scar you need to get out of here. If Kimblee finds us then were all dead." Ed said.
"Wait take us with you!" The two guys said from where they were tied up.
"Why should we?" I asked.
"Kimblee doesn't tolerate failure. He'll kill us if he finds us here like this." The spiky guy said.
I had to admit these two weren't bad guys. They were only following orders and now they were going to die if we didn't take them.
"Fine you go with Scars group." I said.
"Are you nuts? They were just trying to kill us!" Ed yelled.
"Because they don't know what's going to happen if Kimblee completes all his assignments." I said.
Ed and Al explained the whole thing about father and the homunculi. The two guys and Scar sat silently until they finished.
"My people were massacred to create a philosophers stone?" Scar said.
"Yes I'm sorry Scar." Ed said.
The two guys just started cursing the military, father and Kimblee.
"Please take us with you we'll help!" They said.
We split up before Kimblee found us and the groups were as such.
Ed, Al, Rai and myself.
Scar, Dr. Marcoh, Mei Chang, Yoki, Alistair, Elsye, Winry and the two guys.
Alistair only went because Elsye couldn't stay within the reach of the military. Scars group went into the mines using the map that Yoki had found.
When we reached the temporary base Kimblee immediately asked us where the rest of our friends were.
Ed made some excuse of them making a camp in an abandoned house. But I could tell Kimblee didn't buy it.
The next morning Kimblee had the four of us tag along with him. We were going into the mines to see if Scar had hidden down there.
When we were in the mine Kimblee turned around.
"I know you met with Scar. Now be a good boy and tell me where he is." Kimblee said.
"Not a chance!" Ed yelled.
I changed into a scythe and Rai caught me. Kimblee just laughed.
"As if you'll get past these two." He said motioning to his guards.
One flexed and his shirt ripped off revealing a very hairy frame that was very well muscled. The other changed into a lion with human legs.
Rai leaped forward and used the side of my blade to whack the lion in the head. He fell to the ground in a heap and the monkey guy grabbed Rai and threw her against the wall of the mine.
She landed with sickening crack and she slumped on the ground.
Ed and Al attacked the monkey guy but he was to strong for Ed to hurt and to fast for Al to hit.
Kimblee sighed and held up his hands and the area we were in started to fall apart in a series of explosions.
"Al!" I yelled changing back.
I threw Rai to him then ran over and threw him to the top of the mine shaft. I prayed that they made it back before the floor opened up and swallowed the bodyguards Ed and I.
Alphonse
I sat up on the top of the mine shaft. Derick had thrown me up here along with Rai while he and Ed fell deeper into the mine.
I ran over to the edge and looked down. The dust thinned once the cold air entered the mine and all I could see was the hole that Brother and the others had fallen into.
Rai was lying in the snow a few feet from where I had landed. Her breathing was shallow and the wrappings around her chest were ripped up letting me see the yellow bruising she had received from Sloth and the bodyguard.
I picked her up and ran to the building where Major Miles and the doctors were.
As I ran I saw the wind picking up and it was snowing harder. By the time I reached the building it was a raging blizzard.
I ran into the building and started yelling for the doctor. She came out and dropped her coffee. She took Rai into the next room and began checking for any signs of life threatening injuries.
I sat outside begging Miles to send out a search party.
"I'm sorry but we can't! This blizzard would freeze anyone before they made if ten steps." He said.
"But I need you to do something else for me." He said raising my attention.
"A new general has been put in charge of Briggs. If the other group tries to go there for supplies the soldiers won't be able to help them." He told me.
"No one here can travel through this blizzard. And I've already found their likely destination after leaving the mines." He said pointing to the map on the table.
"There is a small town set up by the Ishvalan refugees here past the mountains. If I'm right they'll head there after leaving the tunnel network." He said.
"I'll go if you promise to send a search party." I said.
"I will."
I left the building with a copy of the map and started out.
Derick
I was lying under a pile of concrete and wood when I woke up. I slowly pushed them off me and got up. My left arm was still functioning and none of the plates were missing so that was good.
My legs were fine but my right arm hurt horribly so I assumed it was broken. I wandered around through the rubble looking for Ed.
I found him with a long metal rod sticking out of his side. The bodyguards were unconscious under some rubble to the left of Ed.
Since I couldn't remove the rod without Ed bleeding to death I sat down and waited.
After a few minutes a glinting object caught my eye. I walked over and picked it up. It was a red ball about the size of a marble.
I thought about all the stuff that Ed and Al had said about philosopher stones. They were red. Check. They were usually small. Check. And they were made of human souls.
I used soul perception and saw dozens of souls trapped in that little ball. All of them were crying to be free or for help.
A tear rolled down my face. It made me sick that people would use these for violence and destruction. If they used souls to create them then they should at least use them for creation or healing.
I tucked the stone into my pocket as the two bodyguards stirred behind me. I turned and walked over to them.
"Help us." They groaned.
I placed my hand on the monkey guy's face. I let him see the stone through soul perception.
"What the... What the hell is that?!" He yelled.
"This is what Kimblee used to make his alchemy so powerful." I said.
I showed the lion guy the same thing and he was speechless.
"Are those people?" The monkey guy asked.
"Yes people turned into a source of power. Do you still think Kimblee is right?" I asked.
"He threw us aside and now you say that he's using people's lives to make himself stronger? Of course I don't!" He said.
"If I let you out are you going to attack me?" I asked.
"No." He said.
I used my leg to cut up the bigger pieces of debris I top of them. As they were getting up Ed groaned from where he was laying.
"Ed can you get up?" I asked.
"Break the pole." He said.
I broke it off so that half a foot was left sticking out.
"I'm going to heal myself but I need you to yank this out of my stomach." He said.
"Wait I have a philosophers stone! Can't you use that?" I asked.
He shook his head.
"Al and I vowed never to use human lives to get our bodies back. I'm not going to use it to heal myself." He said.
"Ok then." I grasped the pole and waited for him to say it.
"Now!" He said.
I pulled it out and he clapped then placed his hands on the wound. There was a bright flash then I saw Ed sitting against a piece of concrete with the wound shut.
He tried to get up mumbling something about finding Kimblee.
The monkey guy and I grabbed his shoulders and held him up before he passed out.
"He still needs a doctor to make sure something isn't broken." I said.
"Well if we have gone against Kimblee then we're enemies of the military. I guess we can help an injured kid find a doctor." He said.
"Thanks. Now let's find a way out of here." I said.
He lifted Ed onto his back and the three of us walked into the mines together.
Alistair
We were walking in the darkness of the mine with only a torch held by Scar to show which way we were going.
I was getting really bored of just walking through tunnels that looked the same everywhere we went. Yoki kept saying that we were really close but I wasn't listening anymore.
After another hour of walking we reached a solid metal door. I got to excited and kicked the door of its hinges sending it flying into the snow.
The wind and snow flew into the tunnel and a wave of cold blew over me.
"Give us a warning next time!" Elsye said punching me.
We walked out of the tunnel and I looked around.
"Are you sure were in the right spot? There's nothing here." I asked Yoki.
"There should be a small town over there." Yoki said pointing off at one of the mountains.
I looked really hard and I could make out a faint column of smoke steadily rising from behind a hill.
"Alright let's go!" I said starting forward.
Almost immediately I tripped. I got up and looked for whatever had tripped me. It was a... Foot?
"Al?" Winry asked.
We dug him up and he looked around surprised.
"How did you find me?" He asked.
"I tripped over you. Why are you here?" I asked.
"The General from central has been assigned to Briggs. We can't go back there."
"Okay then were are Ed Derick and Rai going?" I asked.
"Derick and Ed were caught in a collapsing mineshaft while fighting Kimblee. Derick threw Rai and I out before we got dragged in to. She had been hurt." He said quickly.
"It will take more than that to kill Derick and I'm sure Ed is fine. Rai hasn't been known to central so she's fine to." I said to myself.
"It doesn't matter. We need to get to that village before another blizzard sets in." Scar said.
"Yeah." I agreed.
We had been walking for maybe ten minutes when Al fell over in the snow.
"Al?" Winry asked shaking him.
"Alphonse-sama!" May yelled.
Scar pointed at some clouds moving our way.
"We have to move him before that gets here." I said.
We disassembled Al and gave everyone a piece to carry.
I alternated with Scar carrying his chest piece. We reached the hill overlooking the village about half an hour later. Everyone set down their pieces and we sat for a minute catching our breath.
"Uhhh, what the- why am I in pieces!?" Al yelled.
"You passed out or something and you were too heavy to lift in one piece so we split you up." I said.
"Oh sorry."
"Al has that ever happened before?" Winry asked.
"Yeah once when I was looking for you guys." He said as we sat down putting him back together.
He explained the idea he had gotten from Barry the Chopper about Souls being repelled by a body that wasn't theirs.
"So you could actually die anytime?" I asked.
"Yeah there's no telling when my soul will be rejected." He said.
Once he was back together we all walked down into the village. They were mostly refugees from Ishval. I noticed how kind and happy they were compared to Scar who was depressing and angry.
We helped around the town doing chores and stuff like helping the sick if you were Dr. Marcoh.
"Hey where's your friend?" I asked the fat Chimera.
"He said he was going to get something from the other side of town."
"Okay." I went back to work on fixing a broken beam in a house.
We slept in actual beds that night so I felt so relaxed the next morning.
"Hey Alistair! Come here." Marcoh called me over.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"I want your help with a personal favor." He said.
"Sure."
"Go with Alphonse and may to the hill outside town and wait for me there." He said.
"Okay." I left and followed the duo as they were leaving town.
We walked up to an old shack and sat down.
"So what are we doing?" I asked.
"Dr. Marcoh is luring a homunculus here so he can settle a score." Al said.
"Who?" I asked curious.
"Envy."
I immediately tensed up. Envy was the Homunculus who could have told me how to get Elsye out of Central before she absorbed Lust.
He was the most annoying opponent I had ever faced and he and I had a score of our own.
We sat waiting for a while with the other fighters from our group drifting in occasionally.
Eventually Zanpano showed up with Envy. Elsye and I were hiding behind the shack and Al and May were inside watching through a small hole in the wall.
"Dr. Marcoh it's so good to see you again!" Envy said laughing.
"I can't say the same Envy." Doc said.
"Now you'll be coming with me as soon as I take care of Scar."
"I don't think so."
I leaped out with Elsye in her weapon form. Zanpano and Jerso were in their animal forms. Scar was standing next to Marcoh.
Envy started walking towards us then the ground exploded at his feet.
"What the hell!?" He yelled as he got back up.
"This entire area is rigged with traps specifically designed to go off when a homunculus stands on them!" Marcoh said.
Truthfully it was just May using long range alchemy. But Envy didn't need to know that.
"Well in that case..." Envy said as he grew to his full lizard form.
May used up almost every circle attacking him. He regenerated and Scar and I attacked.
Scar placed his hand on Envy and used his destructive power on the homunculus. I sliced Envy in half and his head and front legs flailed around.
"Enough!" He yelled.
Before anyone could react his tongue shot out and wrapped around Marcoh.
"All I have to do us squeeze. Stand down." Envy said to us.
"Fair enough Envy. I'll go with you willingly if you let my research staff go free." Marcoh said.
"Oh to bad your staff were already used in a philosopher's stone." Envy said laughing.
Marcoh looked shocked for a second then tears rolled down his face.
"You know Envy I spent most of my life researching the philosophers stone. And when you learn how to create something you also learn how to destroy it!" Marcoh yelled placing his hands on Envy's tongue.
Electricity arced into Envy's mouth and he dropped Marcoh as he reeled backwards.
He shrunk until he was in his standard spiky haired form then fell over and turned into dust.
All that was left was a green slug half the size of my foot.
"So that's what you really look like? Now I just feel sorry for you." I said.
"Don't you dare look down on me!" He squeaked.
"Don't let him bite you!" Lust yelled.
"Why?"
"That's how he gets a body. He's a parasite."
I poked him with a stick and Marcoh found a jar. We put him inside and poked a few holes in the lid.
"Ha ha look I caught a bug!" I said shaking the jar.
"I hate you." Envy said inside.
I gave the jar to May for safekeeping and we walked back into town.
"We have to leave or the Military will come here." Scar said to the leader of the village.
"Thank you for everything you have done." The leader said bowing.
We left heading south towards the eastern area of Amestris. There was a road so we weren't trudging through snow at least.
We came to an intersection with a signpost pointing straight saying Lior and another saying Youswell.
"May where did you arrive in this country?" Scar asked.
"Youswell. Why?" She said running around with Envy's jar on her head.
"Go back home to Xing you can get Youswell by following this road." He said.
"But why you nee-" she said.
"Do you want to go back to your Clan and tell them you failed because you were to busy helping another country?!" Scar said.
Tears formed in May's eyes as she tried to look angry.
"That thing in the jar is the closest thing to immortality that we've found. You might be able to discover the secret from studying him." Scar said.
Envy started laughing in his jar.
"Ha ha ha ha like I'd tell you!" He laughed.
I took the jar from May and looked at him.
"I'd tell her if I were you." I said glaring at him.
"Why?" He said looking at me mockingly.
I smiled and shook the jar watching as he bounced around.
"So what it's not like you are hurting me!" He said between bounces.
I smiled even wider and chucked the jar into the distance. I ran after it and caught it right before it hit the ground.
"Scared yet?" I asked.
He was panting and stuck to the side of the container.
"N-n-n-o-o-o!" He said.
"Really? I can do worse you know."
"Okay I'll tell her just don't throw me again!" He begged.
"Alright." I jogged back to the others.
"What was that about?" Winry asked.
"Just convincing our little friend here to talk." I said handing the jar back to May.
"Thank you all." May said bowing to the group of us.
She headed down the road towards Youswell. Once she was out of sight the rest of us went down the road to Lior.
Derick
Ed and I were shopping for food while Darius and Heinkel waited for us at the Doctor's house.
We were on our way back to the house right now and as we were approaching the house a car pulled up and three men in military uniforms got out and went in.
"Well that can't be good." I said grabbing another loaf if from the bag I was carrying.
"Nope." Ed said finishing an apple.
"Shouldn't we go help?" I asked.
"Eh they'll be fine. We'll help when we get there." He said.
We kept walking and arrived at the house acting like we had no idea what was going on.
Two guards were in the hall leading up to the room the four of us had been sharing.
"Now where is the Fullmetal alchemist?" I heard someone ask.
"Who?" Darius said from the room.
Ed and I knocked out the two guys in the hall then he punched through the wall and knocked the guy out.
"Thanks for the save kid. I didn't want to have to hurt him." Darius said.
"Whatever lets go." Ed said.
"Stop!" Somebody yelled down the hall.
We turned to look and one of the guards we had knocked out was getting back up.
"I won't ask again stand down and release those two boys." He said.
Darius and Heinkel grabbed us and pointed guns at our heads.
"Don't come any closer or the kids get it." Darius said.
The soldier lowered his gun and ran outside. The doctor and his wife looked at us.
"Sorry about the wall." Ed said apologizing.
He handed half the money that Darius had gotten from the bank earlier.
"This should cover all expenses. Lets go guys." He said heading out the door.
We followed and walked right into a squad of soldiers.
"I think he found backup." I said.
I turned my arm into a long scythe and pushed them all to the side without cutting them.
We took one of their cars and took off.
"They're gaining on us." I told Darius as I looked out the back window.
"I know kid!" He yelled.
"Take the next right and make a u-turn right after you turn!" Ed yelled clapping his hands.
"Sure!"
We took a hard right and Ed put his hands on the car. It changed and warped until it was completely unrecognizable.
The soldiers tore past us still looking for the car.
"Okay that was close." Darius said releasing a breath.
"Yeah. Now change the car to something else." Heinkel said.
"Why? This look is totally badass!" Ed said from the backseat.
"And totally sticks out like a sore thumb." I told him.
"Fine." He changed it to civilian car and we drove out of town heading south.
Envy
"Can you stop bouncing me around?!" I yelled as the little girl hopped around.
"Sorry but I'm excited to get home!" She said.
"Are you sure you can leave them? What if they all die because you weren't here?" I asked.
She stopped and looked at me.
"Are you sure you want to make me mad? I could hold your jar over a fire." She said grinning evilly.
I shut up and looked at the distance.
We arrived in Youswell a few hours later and a bunch of the townspeople greeted her offering food and rooms.
"Are you sure you can leave them to die?" I asked simply.
Tears welled up in her eyes and she ran off toward the road to central.
"I'll be back everyone!" She yelled.
Or I'll get a new stone and you'll all die.
Elsye
After May left everyone stopped talking and we were all very unhappy. I spent some time talking to Lust but she didn't have much to say so that didn't last very long.
We kept walking and I noticed it was getting very warm very quickly. I took off my coat along with everyone else and we left them in a pile along the road.
When the town of Lior came into sight we sped up a little until we were running so that we could find some shade.
Al led the way through the town to a small open air coffee shop with a girl serving out bowls of soup to a line of sweaty men.
"Rose!" Al yelled.
"Alphonse!" She said waving.
She poured the rest of the soup and then came over to us.
"Hi Al! Where's Ed?" She said looking at the group of us.
"He's off somewhere el-" He stopped as a familiar man walked.
"Father!?" Al yelled.
I was about to say the same thing when Lust yelled "Hohenheim?!"
"Your my vintage armor!" He said pointing at Al.
After a few minutes of explaining Hohenheim sat us all down and explained his whole story of how he became a human philosopher's stone.
Lust listened very intently and when he finished she was quivering with Anger.
"That's not the way Father told the seven of us! He always said that you knew what was going to happen and that the king understood that his people would die!" She said tears running down my face.
Zanpano and Jerso followed Scar and dragged Yoki away to go help Lior rebuild.
Alistair was looking at a big golden statue that had fallen onto a house.
"Do you want me to move that?" He asked Rose.
"Sure if you can." She said.
He walked over grabbed the pedestal at its feet and lifted it over his head.
"Where do you want it?" He asked not showing any strain at all.
Rose's eyes just about popped out.
"Uhh over by the ruins of the church." She said.
He nodded and began walking around making sure he didn't hit any buildings.
"Uh what should I do?" Winry asked.
"Go relax your not used to having to walk this much your legs are about to give out." I said.
Rose smiled and dragged Winry to her house chatting up a storm.
That left Hohenheim Alphonse and I.
"So tell me... How is it that a homunculus has come to help save this country?" Hohenheim asked me.
Lust and I explained the story of what had happened to us and everything since them.
"So you know what their planning?" He asked.
"Yes the thing." I said.
"What do you mean?! You didn't tell us what they're planning!" Al yelled.
"Alphonse Elric. You and your brother have more than enough pressure as it is. If I told you what my Brothers and Father were planning you would have been overwhelmed." Lust said like a mother talking to a child.
"But... I wouldn't... Your right." Al said.
"We have six months Hohenheim." Lust said holding up six fingers.
"Five months until the promised day." He said.
"Al get a phone and call Izumi. We have to tell her about this." I said.
He never ran so fast in his life.
Mike
Maison was ordering us around while he tried to manage customers. Izumi had left after receiving a strange phone call. So now Maison was in charge of the shop.
Izumi had left us a strict training regiment and a study course for me. In six months we were to group up in Central until then blend in and don't draw attention.
I had already sent a letter to Angela so she knew as well. For now I was learning how to cut meat properly and memorizing prices.
"Quarter pound of ground beef Michael!" Maison called from the counter.
"On it!" I yelled back already grabbing a package from the freezer.
We were going to get stronger and I was going to make Wrath pay!
Angela
After Mike sent his letter Emily and I began training on a daily basis. And now we were the de facto police of Rush valley.
Lan Fan's recovery was going well and she joined us occasionally.
I was sharing some secrets of modern technology with Mr. Garfield so his business was doing better than ever.
I was currently beating up a group of Automail heavy weights. The biggest stood about eight feet tall and his arms were built to stop a car without trying.
He threw a punch at me and I countered with my own. His punch stopped dead. He looked at me and I saw fear in his eyes.
"Chameleon mine." I said smiling.
A small lizard popped up on his arm and rapidly changed colors.
When it hit red it blew up along with his arm.
I grabbed his other hand and threw him into a nearby building.
Emily leaped out of nowhere and kicked the others in the face knocking them unconscious.
We detached their Automail and waited for the actual police to arrive.
This may not be the best training but it was helping others so I was content to keep it that way.
Raigina, Briggs
I was lying on a cot in my room when Miles came in with a black envelope.
"It's for you we couldn't open it." He said.
I took it and saw that it was made of black blood. Only openable by three people in this world.
I held out my hand and the blood melted into it.
This is what the letter said:
Rai,
Ed's fine and so am I. We are traveling around the country meet us in six months near central for the final fight with the homunculi. Tell miles that the east has agreed to work with the north to overthrow Bradley. I miss you.
Derick
"Miles be ready to ship out in six months. And burn this." I said giving him the letter.
I got up and inspected my injuries after he left. The bruises were almost gone but my ribs needed a few weeks to heal.
I sat down at the workbench that Miles had had the soldiers bring to my room. We had a system in place that hid my room from the General from Central.
Every day one of the soldiers would bring me food and water while I worked on new mechanical ideas for Briggs.
After a few weeks when I was healed and my face wasn't remembered by the General I could go out of my room to train and inspect some of the designs I had given the engineers.
So far I had given them an assault rifle design so they were content for the moment.
I lay down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. My room was sparsely decorated and almost solid metal. The bed was soft so I usually sat down to think there.
Six months. That seemed like a long time but I knew it would fly by quicker than I could imagine.
I had to get training right away.
Kevyn
"Are you sure you saw Ling attack Bradley?" I asked Fuu.
"Yes I'm sure but I've lost his trail now because the huge Chi beneath us is distorting the energy flow." He said.
"Well I can't find him because Father's soul is blocking my soul perception." I said.
Fuu sighed and sat down on the edge of the building we were on.
"We were supposed to protect him but now I have lost both my charge and my granddaughter." He said.
"You haven't lost anything. Ling is still alive and Lan Fan is training to become stronger." I said patting him on the back.
"Kevyn if anything ever happens to me promise that you'll protect them please." He said.
"Fuu nothing is going to happen to you." I said.
"Please I'm an old man I know I'm not going to live forever." He said.
"Alright. But that doesn't mean you can give up. If you give up on living then I won't honor that promise." I said.
"Fair enough." He said getting up.
"Any movement Riza?" I asked as the door behind me opened.
"Ling attacked the Fuhrer yelling about Wrath Destroying his possessions." She said.
"Then Greed remembered his old life." I said.
"Yes and Kayla made it to Resembol safely." She said.
"Thank you. We haven't noticed anything that you haven't reported." I said.
"One more thing. A message from your friends. Six months then Father will make his move. Meet at Kanama Slum on..." She listed off a time and date and I nodded confirmation.
Now I had a deadline to improve my skills so I had motivation to start training.
Derick
"Ed there's no one here." I said.
He kicked one of the walls of the decrepit shack and cursed.
"I was sure Al would be here!" He yelled.
He was about to start yelling again when someone walked into the darkness of the shack.
"Ffffffooooooooooooooddddddddd..." The figure said.
"Ling?" Ed asked when he saw the persons face.
"Oh hi Ed do you have any food?" He asked.
"Yep it's ling." Ed said.
We split our remaining food among the four of us and a few minutes later Ling was up and about.
"Ling how are you here?" Ed asked.
"Greed remembered his old friends and life and it threw him into shock so I took over." Ling said.
"So you're in control now?" I asked.
"Ye-" he grabbed his face and a vein on his forehead popped out.
"Ling!" Ed yelled.
"Is Lan Fan safe?" Ling asked.
"Yeah Fuu took her away so she should be fine." Ed said.
"Thank goodness." He said then his body calmed and he straightened up.
"Damn prince." He said.
"Are you Greed?" I asked.
"Yeah why?" He asked.
"I've been wanting to test your ultimate shield." I said grinning with Madness.
"Really." He said.
His hand turned gray and clawed and he lunged at me.
He looked surprised when his hand stopped as he hit me.
"My turn." I said.
I turned my arm into a scythe and slashed him in half.
"Your shield isn't very good compared to mine." I said.
"Whatever." He said as he regenerated.
"Wait Greed!" Ed said as greed turned to go.
"Why don't you join up with us if you have nowhere to go?" Ed asked.
Greed looked surprised and glanced at him.
"No way the only way I'd join with you is if you worked for me." He said.
He left the building and Ed ran after him.
"Fine ill work for you." He said.
"Really?"
"Yeah I already swallowed my pride when I worked for the military so working for you won't be any different." Ed said.
"And you get these three." He said pointing at us.
"Hey!" Darius and Heinkel said.
"You can't just make that decision!" They yelled.
"And I'm going on my own for a while." I said.
"I'll see you at Kanama the day before the Promised day." I said walking into the woods.
Now was the time for me to train. Now I could get stronger and protect my friends.
Everyone
We will get Stronger!