Fullmetal Alchemist
INVADERS OF GALLIA
Episode 24
THE INVASION OF LANSEAL Part 2
Bomb vs Blast
Opening Theme: Asu e no Kizuna (Valkyria Chronicles)
"Come on, come on, dudes!" Lotte shouted angrily, "this is our only rehearsal before we do this thing for real."
"Man, how much rehearsal do I really need to get shot at a tank and blow up?" Ed sighed.
"As many as it takes me to learn to be the tank that blows up," Al whined.
"Hey, if I have to practice being myself then you're not getting out of this," Vine declared. Squad G had gathered in the Lanseal indoor drill facility to stage their play in front of a small audience of Welkin and Alicia Gunther, Karen, and Lara.
"Oh man, I'm so nervous," Cosette declared, "if I mess up, the real Alicia is out there watching."
"Don't worry about it, dude! Just do what the script says and you'll be fine!" Lotte declared.
"Speaking of the script, I've never seen it even once," Vine declared.
"Right, that's just because I only finished it last night!" Lotte replied pointing at a table where the scripts were located.
"You're kidding. Our only rehearsal and this is the first time any of us are seeing the script?" Ed whined picking up the script and looking at the cover, "Operation Cloudburst… not the most creative title… a play written by Lotte Netzel."
"Your last name is Netzel?" Al declared.
"Sounds like Pretzel… ah man that reminds me, I haven't eaten since breakfast," Avan sighed.
"Considering it's not even noon yet, I don't think that's a very big deal," Ed declared, "and are you saying you didn't even know one of your squad mate's last name."
"Huh? No, I knew what it was, I just thought it made me hungry," Avan declared.
"You say that, like you need a reason to be hungry," Zeri declared shaking his head.
"Tank treads should be seen and not heard, Zeri," Avan replied.
"Actually, tank treads make a lot of noise Avan," Vine declared shaking his head, "I'd be worried if I didn't hear one."
"Alright, dudes, let's get our butts in gear! You can read the script during our first playthrough."
"Yeah, whatever," Vine declared grabbing a canteen of water, "so, what's first?" he asked before taking a drink.
"I still wanna know how I got voted to be Largo Potter!" Rene whined, causing Vine to spray Ed with water.
"WHAT! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Vine roared with laughter.
"Thanks, I really needed that," Ed said angrily wiping his face, "what's so funny?"
"Rene… is old man Largo! Oh, that's just rich! Ahahahaha, oh, I'm sorry. You caught me off guard. I just don't see it. See Largo's this big, muscular, grouchy looking old man… Rene on the other hand is a small, scrawny, fairly happy looking young girl. I thought this class needed to have their heads examined, but now, I know it. I'm not sure I wanna know who's playing Isara."
"Uh, I am sir," a Darcsen girl, Magari, replied.
"Oh, hey Magari. Okay, I like that choice," Vine declared.
"Alright, you can figure out who's playing who as we go, come on dudes, let's get a move on, we're burning daylight here!" Lotte shouted.
….
After another half hour of clowning around, Lotte's screams finally annoyed Vine into ordering the rehearsal to begin. Vine sat on the side of the stage, watching as Coleen began to narrate the play.
"And so our story begins as Gallia's brave hero, the courageous nature lover Welkin Gunther has been given the nigh impossible order of recapturing the Vasel Bridge for Gallian forces. Faced with unrest in his squad, Welkin Gunther has made an impossible claim that he can retake the bridge in only 72 hours," Colleen said as the action on stage began.
"Seventy-two? Weird, I'm pretty sure it was only 48," Vine sighed, "I'm getting a bad feeling."
"Uhhh so… yeah, in seventy-two hours, Vass… Vessel? Vessel Bridge?" Avan stuttered
"Vasel, sir," Cosette sighed hanging her head in dismay.
"Yeah, that one," Avan replied, "anyway, uhhh, we're going to cross the river here. There's… Mittle?"
"Mistlereed," Cosette growled.
"Man, I've seen train wrecks that were less messy than this," Vine sighed.
"Whatever, some plant growing over there. That means it's shallow, so we can drive Edel… uhh."
"Edelweiss!" now Cosette was screaming with frustration.
"Man, what's with all these complicated names?" Avan sighed, "anyway, we can drive the tank through the river here."
"So, how's a tank supposed to go underwater, boss?" Rene sighed, still obviously depressed at her role.
"Um, I've coated the Edelweiss' exterior with water resistant material. It should last long enough for us to move through the river," Magari replied.
"This is suicide, dude!" Lotte declared, "you're gonna get us all killed."
"That's your cue, Vine!" Vario shouted rather loudly.
"Subtle as a freight train, Vario," Vine sighed as he walked on stage.
"Everyone at attention," Rene ordered, "the Colonel is here!"
"Colonel?" Vine repeated… "uhhhhh, where?" he asked looking behind him, "there weren't any colonels at this meeting… hey wait, you mean me?"
"Dude, that's not part of the script!" Lotte shouted angrily.
"Yeah, and me being a colonel isn't part of history at this point. I was only a Corporal."
"Oh, details! It's more exciting if there's a colonel in it," Lotte replied.
"Uhhh… if you say so… anyway… uh," Vine groaned opening his script, "I approve completely of Lt. Gunther's brilliant plan and I personally guarantee that it will… like heck, there's no way I'd say this."
"Well, if Colonel Vine personally guarantees its success then I guess it'll work dudes!" Lotte shouted.
"Okay… definitely not how that conversation would have gone… you're Rosie right? As in Bridgette Stark, Rosie?" Vine replied.
"What's the problem dude?" Lotte protested.
"Alright, first of all… I personally guarantee it will work? In what weird, alternate world of ponies and unicorns do I sound like that. You're a loony. This plan is completely insane, which is probably why I like it. That sounds more like me. Second, even if I was some kind of big shot, fancy pants, general who said things like 'I personally guarantee its success', the Rosie I know would have replied with something more along the lines of 'well if the stinky dark hair thinks it'll work, we're really gonna die' to which I would have replied, 'the only person I smell, Rosie is you. Keep talkin' and you'll be takin a bath in the river.' She would have retorted with something along the lines of 'go ahead and try, buddy boy' and then… I would have thrown her in the river," Vine revealed.
"Huh… that's actually about how I envisioned that conversation going," Alicia declared, "ahhh."
"Hmm… Hey Welks, what's up with Licia?" Vine called down.
"Heh, sorry. The baby just kicked… our little girls due any day now," Alicia revealed.
"Huh…. Heh, I did notice you were getting a little rounder, Licia. I thought maybe you'd been sampling too much of your own bread."
"Ooooo, you may have been promoted, but you haven't changed one bit since the day you're acting out right now," Alicia declared.
"Okay, so maybe I messed up a little," Lotte declared, "we'll worry about that later, now let's move on."
"Right, it's time to ford the river!" Avan declared walking over to Raymond and Zeri along with Magari. Avan stepped up and stood on Zeri's back while Magari hopped up and sat on Raymond.
"Ow, how come you get the light one and I've gotta be under him?" Zeri moaned.
"I'm sorry," Raymond replied timidly.
"Alright Edel-tank! Into the river!" Avan ordered as Zeri and Raymond crawled slowly towards the edge of the stage.
"And so… the great Welkin Gunther began his trek across the Vasel River. Suddenly, when he was about halfway through, he noticed a rare breed of… fish?" Coleen narrated, her voice showing confusion as she read the last word.
"Ahh, that can't be good," Vine sighed.
"Look, the rare Speckled Salmon! I have to catch one of them for my studies! Quick, Isara! After them!" Avan shouted.
"Uhhh, yes sir," Magari replied as the 'tank' crawled off stage.
"Okay, I'm pretty sure we made Isara drive the tank so Welkin couldn't do just that," Vine declared.
"Oh no," Cosette said suddenly.
"What's up?" Vine asked looking over at Cosette who was looking at the script.
"I'm sorry, Colonel, but I suddenly have this overwhelming urge… to bake! Uhhh… I must bake 3 dozen loaves of bread before the battle ends!" Cosette shouted running off stage in the opposite direction of Avan.
"Bake…?" Vine repeated obviously confused and looking at the script.
"So… determined to bake her bread… Alicia Melchiott abandoned her squad and walked all the way home… to Bruhl," Coleen sighed.
"I don't like this play," Alicia sighed.
"Ah come on, what am I supposed to do now?" Vine wondered looking at his next line, "I just thought of the most wonderful Alkahestrical… Alkahestrical? Whatever… the most wonderful Alkahestrical equation. I must abandon this battle to… write it down. What the heck? I've never written down an Alkahestrical equation… heck, I don't think I've ever written down an Alchemical equation. Isn't Alkahestry from Xing? I'm an Alchemist, not an Alkahestris!"
"Well Largo, I guess it's up to us now!" Lotte declared as Rene looked at the script.
"I'm sorry, Rosie, but I appear to be having… uhhh… uh oh… uhhhhh," Rene stuttered suddenly beginning to sweat profusely.
"What's wrong, Largo?" Lotte asked.
"I'm having… a little problem with my anti-tank lance," Rene almost sobbed as Edward, who'd been sitting quietly on the side suddenly tensed.
"And he's off," Vine sighed.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A PUNY LITTLE PIPSQUEAK! I HATE THIS PLAY! YOU JUST COULDN'T PASS UP THE CHANCE, COULD YOU!"
"Uh… well… I guess that with the commanding officers of Squad 7 out of commission… the job of recapturing Vasel Bridge… fell entirely too…" Coleen sighed.
"Alright, I've watched this long enough!" Annisette roared angrily, "this is complete lunacy! We all know Lotte wrote this script to give the spotlight to her role."
"Ah, come on dude! I just spiced it up a little bit. That's entertainment. You're just upset because Edy didn't play a big role in the battle so you don't get any lines."
"And it goes from bad to worse," Vine sighed.
"AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, DEARIE! HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY SISTER EDY LIKE THAT!" Annisette roared.
"ENNNOOOUUUGGGHHHH!" Vine roared shooting a loud blast at the roof and causing the entire room to fall silent.
"Good thinking, Vine," Welkin declared, "but did you forget you're on an indoor stage?"
"Whoops," Vine sighed as a stage light crashed to the stage inches away from him.
"Alright, I wanna go home now," Avan sighed as he, Zeri, Raymond, and Magari walked back on stage.
"Agreed… violently agreed," Zeri declared.
"Alright, I'm rewriting the script," Vine declared.
"That's… probably a good idea," Lotte sighed, obviously depressed at her failure.
….
And so, the days past and the day of the Feast of All Spirits… finally arrived. The feast day found Vine, Ed, and Al hanging around the Squad G flower garden, finalizing plans for Squad G's performance as Ali, Sarah, and Lara watered the flowers.
"Now we've got 3 little girls taking care of Class G's project," Al declared as he watched the Valkyrur and the two Darcsen girls giggle happily as they watered the plants.
"Man, why do I still have to be an anti-tank shell?" Ed sighed, "can't we just… I dunno… use a real shell?"
"You want them to shoot your brother with a real Anti-tank lance? You're not a very caring big brother, are you," Vine teased at the comment.
"Guess I didn't think about that," Ed sighed, "we could use a real tank."
"Yeah, I'm sure Mustang'll be thrilled if we blow up a real army tank," Vine replied, "just be grateful I took out that short crack," Vine replied.
"Fine," Ed sighed in defeat.
"There you guys are! Come on, you're gonna miss the festival!" Avan shouted as he and Cosette ran over to join the 3 alchemists.
"Guess that's our cue. Hey, you three ready?" Vine called to the three girls.
"Yeah!" Sarah called.
"Let's go! Let's go!" Lara shouted enthusiastically, "come on Ali!"
"Okay," Aliasse replied, "I'll come too!"
"Yeah, you'll have lots of fun Ali," Cosette declared, "come on you three, let's get going!" she shouted as the 4 girls ran towards the main gate where the festival was being held.
"Man, I hate the feast," Vine sighed.
"What? Why?" Al asked.
"I dunno… maybe it's because I'm not a very good gift giver… or it could be that I never have anyone who gives me anything… you know, I really don't know. Marberry Shore certainly didn't help things any," Vine replied.
"Marberry Shore… that's where you lost Isara, isn't it? That happened on the feast day?" Ed asked.
"Sure did," Vine replied, "well, anyway, let's get going. Everyone else'll be waiting for us."
….
Vine didn't realize just how literal a statement 'everyone' was until he arrived at the festival grounds.
"Vine, darling! Where've you been. We were worried you weren't going to show up!" Edy Nelson called happily as Vine, Ed, Al, and Avan arrived.
"Hey Edy… what're you doing here?" Vine asked.
"I heard my dear Annisette is in a play, and that she's playing me! How could I miss something like that, darling?"
"Heh, I guess you couldn't," Vine replied.
"Oh, and hello again, Edward, Alphonse… uhhh… is it Evan or Avan?" Edy asked.
"Avan. I'm your sister's class chair," Avan replied sounding depressed.
"Of course, darling."
"Hey, Raging Blast! Long time no see!" a loud voice called behind them. The heroes turned to see a tall, muscular man and a dainty, dark haired woman approaching them.
"Hey, Largo!" Vine shouted walking over to the man and bumping his forearm against Largo's, "Ed, Al, you met this big guy at Bruhl. Avan, this is Largo Potter. Better known as Old Man Largo. He may be old, but don't let that fool ya, he's still just about the best anti-tank man I've ever seen."
"Still callin' me 'Old Man'? Man, I was hopin' you'd a quit by now," Largo revealed scratching his head.
"Captain Varrot, ma'am," Vine said turning his attention to the woman and saluting, "wait… that's not right… Captain Potter, ma'am!"
"It's been a long time, Vine, but I'm not a Captain anymore. I've retired from military service. Please, just call me Eleanor now," Eleanor Potter replied.
"Okay… sooo… not that I'm not thrilled to see you guys, but what're you doing here?"
"Boss man called us. He said you were writin' a great play about us and that we had to come and see it," Largo replied.
"Great play… right… he was talking about our play, right?" Ed asked.
"Great comedy maybe," Vine declared.
"Well it better be great," a familiar, woman's voice declared from behind Largo, "I postponed a show in Randgriz today so that I could be here."
"Hey, it's Rosie," Al said happily.
"Hey guys," Rosie said smiling, "don't mind me. I'm just here to see Vine freeze up at a show that isn't mine so I have a chance to enjoy it."
"Well, you haven't changed, much, have you," one final man declared approaching the group. He was a rough looking Darcsen man with a bandana tied over his head.
"Zaka," Vine said, "you too, huh?"
"Zaka?" Al shouted excitedly.
"You heard of this guy, Al?" Ed asked.
"Of course. He's the genius who designed the Enigma box. It's a little 3d jigsaw puzzle with over a hundred possible shapes," Al replied.
"I found one-hundred and ten myself, but Zaka here swears there're 115," Vine replied.
"I'm guessing it's safe to assume you still haven't found the other 5," Zaka declared.
"Oh, I found 5 more ways to put it together… just none without using Alchemy."
"Vine, hey, it's almost show time, we'd better head to the stage," Avan declared.
"Ah crap, hey, where're Welks and Licia?" Vine wondered.
"Over here Vine," Welkin shouted. He and Alicia were standing near some festival booths with a cute young girl with curly ponytails hanging down in front of her shoulders.
"Hey, she was in Bruhl too, wasn't she?" Al asked looking at the new girl.
"Oh yeah… uhhh… Susie, right?" Ed asked pointing at the girl.
"Yep, I'm Susie Evans. It's nice to see you again," Susie replied politely.
"Susie lives in Bruhl, in fact, she's the friend Alicia was visiting when the attack occurred. Fortunately, Susie was on her way back from visiting Edy when the attack occurred," Welkin revealed.
"I wanted to come and see the play you guys are doing. I hope that's alright," Susie declared.
"Sure… the more the merrier," Vine sighed. There're even more people I know here then there were at that concert. I'm toast.
….
"Okay, we got 10 minutes, so… who wants to hit the donut stand?" Avan asked.
"Are you kidding?" Ed moaned, "we've already hit the sandwich stand, the drink stand, and the cotton candy stand. How much food do you need?"
"How much more food can you carry?" Vine wondered looking at the massive pile of foot in Avan's arms.
"Couple of donuts and I'll be good to go," Avan declared, "gotta get ready for the play. Gotta have enough fuel to play Welkin."
"Well for my sake, I think you need to ban him from eating anything else before the performance," Zeri declared as he joined the group, "if he gains anymore weight, the Edelweiss is going on strike."
"Vine… I wanna complain," Rene shouted as she and Magari joined the team, "I really think you should have me and Reiner trade parts. He's a lot better suited for Largo Potter then I am."
"Huh, hey Vine, did this little girl just say she's playing me?" Largo asked.
"Okay, before you start throwing punches, this was not my idea," Vine declared defensively.
"Wait… you're… oh no," Rene gasped tensing up.
"Uhh, so is this the real Largo Potter then?" Magari asked.
"In the flesh kiddo," Largo replied.
"Uhhh… I'm a really big fan… Mr. Potter," Rene said tensely, "I… uhhh… really hope I can be as good an anti-tank soldier as you are one day."
"Well, I'm flattered kid. Still doesn't mean I'm thrilled to be havin' a little carrot top play me," Largo replied.
"Yeah… I'd hope not," Rene replied laughing gently.
"Heh, this just keeps getting more and more entertaining," Vine declared looking around the festival grounds. A familiar girl with long pink hair caught his attention near the Popsicle stand.
"Hey… isn't that Julianna?" Ed asked as he spotted the same girl.
"I think so," Vine replied.
"Hey! Julianna!" Avan shouted causing her to turn around. She was holding two orange popsicles in her hand.
"Hardins, Fullmetal, Colonel," she said surprisingly respectfully. Then she spotted Zeri. "Uhhh. Ummm… Ze… Zer…"
"Aren't those two supposedly 'getting close'?" Vine whispered to Ed.
"That's the rumor anyway. Every time I've seen them though, they've just been talking about some book. I still don't think I've ever actually heard Julianna use Zeri's name," Ed whispered back, "when she does address him, she still calls him 'Darcsen'."
"I think that's about to change," Al whispered as Julianna almost seemed to be struggling as only a couple more Ze and Zers escaped her mouth.
"Is something wrong, Julianna?" Zeri asked.
"Ze… Xenophobia in the 20th Century Gallian foreign policy model! Thoughts?" Julianna finally basically screamed.
"Are you kidding?" Ed and Vine sighed simultaneously.
"Xeno what now?" Avan asked.
"It's an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers," Al declared.
"How do you even know that, and what's it got to do with anything?" Avan asked.
"Well, it is a good word to describe the feelings of a lot of people towards Darcsens… including Jules when we first met her," Vine replied.
"Hmm?" Zeri replied though he seemed more intrigued then confused, "that's a good thought, it certainly played a role. Traditionally, Gallia has been seen as a melting pot of different racial backgrounds. After the war with the Empire, I had expected a thawing in racial relations, but as things are now…" he continued. As soon as he'd said that, Julianna's expression from one of shy embarrassment to one of shame.
"Oh boy," Vine sighed.
"Uhhh… hey Jules, your popsicles are melting," Avan said getting him a punch in the face from not one but two metal hands as both Ed and Al attempted to shut him up. They were, however, too late.
"Ohhh… uhhh!" Julianna cried in alarm, "Hardins, you have them, I'm leaving!" she shouted forcing the popsicles into Avan's hands and storming away.
"Wow, he took them without dropping anything else he was carrying," Ed realized.
"Gotta hand it to this kid," Zaka sighed, "he's pretty coordinated when it comes to food."
"Julianna! Wait!" Cosette pleaded.
"Did I say something wrong? I was hoping to hear her opinion," Zeri declared.
"Zeri, my Darcsen brother," Vine sighed, "I'm ashamed. I think you're the only one who doesn't realize what just happened."
"Mm, this popsicle is the best!" Avan shouted happily, his face already covered in the orange residue of one popsicle as he prepared to devour the second."
"Well… him and Popsicle boy here," Zaka replied.
"Oh, you are both hopeless!" Cosette screamed, "I'm going after her. You all wait here!"
"You'd better hurry, Cosette. We're on stage in 5," Zeri declared.
"Just enough time to perform a flanking operation on the donut stand," Avan declared happily.
"Still hungry kid? You really are a bottomless pit," Zaka sighed.
"I deal with this every day," Zeri sighed in reply.
"Hey, did you guys say Julianna? As in Julianna Everheart, daughter of the Everheart family. Wow, what's gotten into her?" Rosie asked.
"No kiddin. From what I'd heard, the Everhearts are as anti-Darcsen as the Gassenarls. I'd expect that little princess to be worse than Rosie here used to be," Largo replied.
"You couldn't pass that up, could ya, Largo," Rosie replied, sounding frustrated.
"Whatever," Vine sighed, "let's… go." He said suddenly looking up at the sky. "Hey, you guys hear something?"
"I don't hear something," Ed replied looking up at the sky as well, "I see something!" Sure enough, a large blimp had suddenly come into view over the horizon!
"What the heck… is that thing?" Rosie asked.
"I'm gettin' a bad feeling, guys," Vine revealed. Within minutes, the airship had invaded Lanseal airspace… and was on a collision course for the school bell tower!"
"Everyone get down!" Ed shouted as the blimp slammed into the tall tower, causing the top of it to fall to the ground. Several cadets were nearby the falling rubble, but were waved from harm as a portion of the schools wall suddenly shot out and stopped the rubble.
"All students, fall back!" Major Armstrong ordered pulling his gloved fist from the wall. High above, the blimp began to drop dozens of V2s onto the Lanseal grounds. No sooner had the first batch touched down then they were all obliterated by bursts of flame!
"All students! Report directly to your briefing rooms!" Colonel Mustang ordered.
"Vine, give us weapons, we're in," Rosie ordered.
"Right, Avan, take Zaka, Rosie, Edy, and the Potters with you and get them suited up. Join us when you're ready," Vine ordered.
"Got it," Avan replied as the rest of the team headed for Squad G's briefing room.
"So they're bringing the fight to us, huh?" Ed declared transmuting his automail blade.
"Guess so. Welkin, Susie I'm counting on you to get Licia, Ali, and my sisters somewhere safe," Vine ordered.
"Let me help, Vine," Karen pleaded.
"You are helping, Karen. If they run into any trouble, it'll be up to you to keep them safe," Vine declared, "Ed, Al, let's go join Mustang and Armstrong."
"Right behind you," Ed declared as the three alchemists ran to join the fight.
"Come on, let's go!" Welkin ordered.
"AHHH!" Alicia cried suddenly, dropping to her knees.
"Alicia! What's wrong!" Welkin shouted.
"Ahhh… I think… she's coming!" Alicia cried.
"She! Oh no, you don't mean the baby!" Susie cried.
"Oh no… now what?"
"Sarah, go get my brother! Hurry!" Karen ordered, "we'll move Alicia over near the flower garden where we'll hopefully be safe. Hurry!"
"Okay!" Sarah cried taking off after Vine.
"Hang in there Alicia," Susie pleaded, "Welkin, help me."
"Got it," Welkin replied as he and Susie lifted Alicia up into the air and carried the suffering woman towards the garden followed by Karen and Lara. Noone had noticed that Aliasse… had suddenly disappeared.
….
You're not going any farther!" Vine roared as he blasted another V2, killing it.
"No auras! They don't have a power source!" Ed shouted.
"Not surprised. They couldn't bring in a vehicle on that airship! Lucky us. This'll almost be too easy!" Vine shouted. He almost immediately wished he hadn't as another dozen V2s dropped onto the roof… led by Dirk Gassenarl.
"Ah not him again," Ed shouted, "just what we needed!"
"Vine!" Sarah shouted running over to Vine and grabbing his leg, pulling him back the direction she had come, "hurry! It's Alicia! She's having her baby!"
"WHAT! Now! Ahh crap, that's bad timing!" Vine shouted.
"Go on, we'll handle things here!" Ed shouted.
"Alright, I'll be back as soon as I can," Vine declared picking up Sarah and taking off.
"They're by the garden! Hurry!" Sarah pleaded.
….
"Hand on, Alicia," Susie pleaded.
"This is bad," Karen declared, "of all the times, she had to pick now."
"What do you need me to do?" Welkin asked.
"Hold her hand," Karen declared, "I know what to do, but it's gonna get a little messy."
"Someone's coming!" Lara screamed as a man began to approach them from the side. The problem was that it was the wrong side to be Vine. The man had long black hair which covered the left side of his face while the right side of his face was covered with scars. His body was mostly covered by a brown cloak, except for two metal gauntlets which extended out from underneath it. A transmutation circle was drawn on either circle.
"No way… you're supposed to be locked up!" Welkin declared standing up and facing the man, "how're you…"
"Welkin!" Zaka's voice called as he ran up and joined them, pointing a sub machine gun at the encroaching man. He had a rifle on his back which he tossed to Welkin, "who's this guy?"
"Darcsen dog! Be gone!" the man shouted charging at Zaka and Welkin!
"Watch out! He's dangerous!" Welkin shouted as the man's gauntlet transmuted into a blade which he slashed at Zaka with, knocking the machine gun flying into the air.
"Die!" he shouted stabbing for Zaka, only to be driven away by a flash of red light.
"I'd ask how you're not in prison, but to be honest, I don't care. The Bomb Alchemist, I heard the reports, but I see you're an even bigger fool then they made you look," Vine declared walking in front of Zaka and Welkin, "you think Darcsens are dogs, do you, well isn't that just the most creative of lines. I've got a favorite line of my own when someone calls me that. Wanna hear it? Too bad, cause I'm gonna say it anyway. If I'm a dog, then that makes you dog food." Vine declared pulling his Blast Alchemy gloves tight and facing the Bomb Alchemist.
Ending Theme: Ray of Light (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
"You're pathetic, not even worth my time, foolish alchemist of Amestris!"
"Big talk from someone who's about to have a hole in his head."
"Wahhhh!"
"It's done. You've got a healthy baby girl."
"Good, now, back to the fight."
"Good luck, Vine. Isara's wishing you luck too. Both of them."
"Right, now I can't lose."
Next Time: THE INVASION OF LANSEAL Part 3 The True Project Valhalla!
"If it will allow me to protect my friends and Lanseal… then I'll take any risk."