I Do Not Own Fullmetal Alchemist
"Who the heck is he?" Ed yelled.
"I'm Desert."
"I thought you weren't allowed to show your faces."
Desert started walking in a circle around Ed, Orianne and Fox.
"This is different. Now step aside little man."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MIDGET?" Ed let his Napoleonic Complex get the better of him and took Desert's bait.
Orianne pushed Fox toward a tree.
"Stay up there," she instructed.
Fox nodded. Orianne brought out her other gun as Ed was thrown onto his back. He skimmed the ground for several feet before stopping. Desert started coming after her. She threw a few rounds at him. He darted back into the cover of the trees. Ed got back up and looked around, still angry.
"Where's that weasel? I'll teach him not to mess with me!"
Orianne closed her eyes, feeling the subtle vibrations of the earth. She opened her eyes again, alarmed.
"Get down!"
She jumped over to Ed and pushed him to the ground. Modified kunai zipped right over their heads. The kunai embedded themselves in a tree. Ed and Orianne's noses were an inch apart. Ed stared up at Orianne's eyes, frozen.
Suddenly Desert wolf whistled. He laughed as they bolt back onto their feet.
"Fancying my sister, huh? Too bad for you."
"You're still terrible with your accuracy," Orianne ignored Desert's comment. "On top of that I felt your intention."
Desert countered, "Like I can't interpret your intention? We grew up together."
"I'm not finished with you!" Ed broke in. "Come over here and fight me!"
Desert gave Ed a bored look.
"My fight is with my sister. Not you."
Ed growled and hit the ground with his palms. A tendril of dirt grew out of the ground and Ed tried capturing Desert in it. Desert smartly jumped out of the way of the dirt, using the dirt's volume to his advantage. Orianne switched her guns into knuckle knives and ran up the side of Ed's creation. While the tendril of dirt thrashed about Orianne slashed at Desert.
On the moving tendril Orianne and Desert tried battling. Ed attempted to aid Orianne. Desert jumped from a higher point of the tendril and had two short swords aimed at hitting Orianne in the heart. The tendril bucked Orianne off, propelling her toward her brother.
With her right knuckle knife she blocked Desert's swords and with her left hand slashed across his front. He grunted and fell to the base of Ed's dirt tendril. Ed returned the tendril back to regular dirt. Orianne stood over Desert. Desert clutched his stomach.
She had made a six inch cut across his stomach. It wasn't deep. His dark clothes got darker around his injury.
"This brings back old memories, doesn't it Desert?"
Desert panted. "Then you know that I'm going to win. What's going to happen to you when I win? You'll be dead!"
Desert plunged three spikes into Orianne's leg. She gasped and fell down. Orianne switched one of her knuckle knives back into a gun and shot at Desert. The bullet went through his side and out through his back. He howled and retreated back to hide in the trees.
"Orianne!"
Ed ran to Orianne, yanking out her spikes. She cringed as Ed applied pressure to her wound. Orianne's right pant leg was soaking up her blood.
"He poisoned you."
Orianne shook her head.
"That's not his style. These spikes aren't used to poison victims."
Fox watched her siblings fighting. When she looked over from where she was she saw Al and his empty armor. A weak laughed came from the empty armor.
"Could you get me down?"
Fox nodded excitedly. Like a monkey, she swung herself over to Al. She clung to his leg as she tried to untie him. Down below Orianne and Ed stood back to back, ready for Desert. Ed had his automail arm up and ready.
Almost undetectable, Desert ran out of the shadows and tried stabbing Ed. Ed blocked him with his automail and pushed Desert away. Desert skidded on his feet, putting his hand down to balance himself. He had a smug look on his face.
"Not even you, alchemist, can defeat me."
Al's scream layered with Fox's excited squeal grew loud fast. There was a loud metallic crash. Orianne and Ed blinked once and found Desert pinned down by Al and Fox beaming happily on top of them. Desert started screaming. It was more like a muffled yell.
"Look what I did!" Fox exclaimed.