Then the whole building shook.
"What was that quake?" I heard Ed say.
"I don't know," said the head. "But this building has bombs set up inside it to destroy any and all evidence. We don't know if those will be triggered because of that shock."
"I haven't learned anything new..."
"I'll keep my promise. You came to search for the secret of the philosophers stone, correct? I don't know everything about it, but I can lead you to its entrance." Ed picked up the head.
"But what about your little brother? We can't just leave him here." The rest of the armor waved its hand in the air. I got the shock of my life. Its scared me out of my skin. They both must have a blood seal then...
"Don't worry about it," said the body. "Just finish me off already."
"I already said I wouldn't kill anyone!" The body laughed.
"You said that we're human right? Then let me hear...how am I supposed to live with this body?"
"Well, um..." he held the head out. The body (which I forgot to mention was just a torso) hopped away on its hands.
"Don't connect us! You want us to remain guards of this building, alone...with this empty body that doesn't age?"
"You don't have to keep doing that!"
"So you want us to go outside? Does the outside world allow guys like us to roam around freely?"
"Wait. My little brother has a body similar to yours. I'm looking for the philosophers stone, do I can return him to normal. If I find it..."
"If we return to our normal bodies we'll just be executed. Do you understand now? Even if we become human again, we're only going to be killed. Or are you saying that you'll let us, serial murderers, go free?"
"But..."
"Treat us like humans? The words seem very noble...but do you understand how cruel it is to treat us like humans when we can only live in this form?" He put his hand to his blood seal.
"Idiot! What are you trying to do?!" He ran, dropping the head.
"Keep quiet and watch," said the head.
"What are you talking about? He's your little brother!"
"He was happy you called him human. Thats why he can't go back to being number 48. Thats the only thing he can do as human."
"Thats not true!" Ed flew backwards because he was trying to get the bodys hand away from the seal and slipped or something.
"Brother, I'm going ahead," said the body.
"Okay," replied the head.
"No!" Ed shouted as he wiped his own blood seal away. The part where the blood seal was smashed and the rest of it just flopped. After a while, Ed left with the head. I quietly followed, still unnoticied. We walked down a long hall and after a while there was a growling sound coming from the shadows. Chimeras ran out and began to attack. Ed defeated most of them but then one was about to get him. There was a loud screeching sound and suddenly all the chimeras stopped. Then out of the shadows emerged a chimera who created the chimeras. It revealed to be Shou Tucker. Out of shock, or out of anger, sadness, or emotional distress, I fainted.
I woke up in a strange room. Damn Ed must have heard me hit the ground and brought me with him. I blew my cover. Wait? What cover? Anyways, I clenched my fists to stop myself brutally attacking the former alchemist. I listened to them talk and after a while tucker revealed a room where they had been trying to make philosophers stones or something. Ed wasn't aware I was awake.