Chapter 10
Darkness. Heaviness. Pain. Where was he? Was he dead? Is this the other side of the gate?
"Wake up little alchemist." A voice said.
Ed opened his eyes but still saw nothing. He tried to speak but his mouth was gagged.
"Ah, you're awake, now I'm going to remove your blindfold, be a good boy and don't move."
As his blindfold was removed, he let his eyes adjust. When they did, he saw the man standing in front of him; Roger Weeks. Tall, brunette, thin, looming over him. Fuck.
"I saw you and your little military friends at my apartment, good thing I cleared out yesterday," he said smiling.
Ed tried to move his arms and legs but found he was bound, fuck fuck fuck.
"Don't try to move, they'll only get tighter," he said, moving across the room to the window.
Ed now fully saw the room. It was covered and stained in blood. There was an operating table of sorts and some tools in the middle of the room, several bookshelves, a desk, a bed, a small kitchen, bathroom, and transmutation circles everywhere.
"If you're wondering where you are, you are in the basement of my mothers old house, she's dead of course but the house still stands," he turned to face Ed. Ed could see a face full of anger.
"But you burned down your mothers house after you failed to bring her back to life."
He went on his knees in front of Ed, "I loved your mother, Trisha," he continued.
Ed was shocked. He knew he had to get the fuck out of here.
"She was the most beautiful being I had ever seen, that was...until I saw you."
Ed's eyes widened and he squirmed. He tried to speak against his gag but failed.
"Shhh. I saw you grow up a bit before I moved to central, then, on the day of the alchemy exam, I saw you again. I had no knowledge of Trisha's passing or of your transgressions, but I saw you. And your power. It was amazing. I was inspired."
He moved closer to Ed, "but then you beat me out for a position I had worked so hard for and you were only a child!"
He paused as grinned a sickening grin, "I knew I had to see you again, even though you had beaten me, I was obsessed. But you and Alphonse were always traveling," he continued.
He stood up again and went over to his desk and pulled out a book, flipping through it, "I kept track of you both though, when I could. I eventually made it back to Resembol and saw what had happened. My friends in the military are easy to gain information from, that is, if they're drunk. They told me how you had lost your bodies attempting human transmutation."
"After I found that out I got put into jail for a couple years, assault and such, but then the promised day came and you, in a way, saved me."
"You see, it was then I knew what I needed to do."
Roger walked over to Ed once again and moved a stray strand of Ed's hair back into place, "I knew I had to murder in order to get your attention, I knew they would put you on this case, you are the fullmetal alchemist after all."
"I did all of this so that when I met you I could show you this surprise!"
He went into the closet in the back and rolled something out, it was covered in drapes.
He knelt down, eye level with Ed, "you see, this is my most precious creation. Removing heads and other body parts from my victims made this possible for you my dear."
He removed the drapes and reveled the horrifying sight. It was a woman.. Or what looked like a woman. A Frankenstein. A mass of body parts put together by alchemy. She was formed to look like a certain woman though.
Trisha Elric.
Ed began to shake and close his eyes, repulsed by the sight. He groaned and began to softly cry.
"No no my love shhhh, I did all this for you, you see my form of alchemy is a mix of making a chimera and human transmutation. I bring people back to life by making them into dolls. Perfect dolls. And I take a victim, preferably a child, and transmute them into this with the other selected parts, all the while training them to speak in this form."
He laughs hysterically, "your mother is here, say something Trisha!"
The dolls head peaks up and smiles and empty smile, "hello Edward my son," the voice was sickeningly sweet and nothing like his mother.
Ed screamed and inched himself backward and the creature stepped forward trying to embrace him, "shhhh Ed, it's okay, mommy is here."
"I did this all for you because I love you Edward!" Roger said
Ed shook his head back and forth and began to hyperventilate, trying to get away. He began to feel hazy again and passed out.
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hey! chapter 10 for ya'll. there are 15 or 16 chapters I can't quite remember but yeah. I'm not getting much interaction, I assume it's because is kinda dead lol but if you could leave a review that would be amazing! I love reading them, I would totally be willing to reviewing your stories as well in exchange :)