Walking in Shadows, Seeing the Light

Author's Note: Yeah… not much to say about last chapter but that was really fun fun fun! T-I-double guh-ER!

Disclaimer: Nope… don't own it…still… hasn't changed

Summary: Past meets present the clash of a haunting past lingers overhead as the Elric brothers attempt to find peace. Can an angel who guards the gate help them discover the secrets of her past as well as theirs? EdxOC and AlxOC

…it's called double jeopardy… it means I can kill him anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances… because I already have…"
- Alphonse Elric

Chapter: Desire

Al walked up the street, pondering. Then something struck him. Literally. The tall young man crumpled to the ground in a heap of blonde and blue.

A while later as he came to his greenish eyes opened to a dimly lit room. Everything seemed upside down. The blonde sat up and looked around, his head throbbing His military jacket was missing and his belt was missing along with his gun and knife. He heard laughter from a corner of the room.

"Glad to see you've woken up." A pair of violet eyes opened in the corner. Al's eyes narrowed. Another one of them. She walked into the light and Al blinked. She was gorgeous. With long gleaming black hair to her waist, lightly tanned skin and a tight fitting floor length gown the homunculus was knock dead beautiful. Her bright, blood crimson lips went well with dark black outlined eyes. She reached out and ran her finger nails along his flesh. The Alchemist jumped and scooted away from her.

"Who are you… what do you want?" Al hissed. The doll smiled.

"My name is Desire. Good to see you know what I am." Her dangerous smile make the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The Alchemist pushed himself up to a standing position and he backed away from her, not wanting a confrontation.

"Then what do you want from me?" The young man asked warily, his hand slipping to the blade he kept tucked in the back of his pants.

"Everything." She said, four long blades slid from her hands and the evil gleam in her eyes darkened. This wasn't going to be a touch and go fight. Al didn't know what to do. He could either fight her or he could run and be killed by her. It was a very catch 22 situation. The Alchemist stood and pulled out the blade from behind him. The homunculus didn't look surprised… at all and that was disappointing. Despite that fact the blonde took an attack stance, hoping to keep from fighting the doll, knowing all too well that a homunculus couldn't be defeated by pure brute force.

"I'm not even going to mention the fact that you didn't bother taking the knife away from me, but it was a bad decision." He ran at her, slamming the blade squarely into her chest, into her Oroborus. She choked for a second then those deadly spikes of her forced their way into his shoulder, slamming him against the wall. Metal against metal the disgusting sound of flesh ripping from bone. A beat. The blonde's eyes scanned the room, looking desperately for any sign of his weapons. He soon gave up and clapped his hands together, kicking the humanoid doll off. His palms slammed against the ground and huge metallic spikes erupted and impaled the homunculus's body at all points.

'She's gotta give up at some point. I can't keep this up.' His brain mentioned. The female gave a ferocious growl and dove at him, making to stab him again. The Alchemist dive rolled to the side and his hand touched something metallic. He yanked his gun out from its holster and trained it on the woman. As he lifted it his arm suddenly twisted into excruciating pain. He wouldn't be able to use that form of weapon easily. She flew at him again, detaching herself from the wall. He dove backwards and slammed through the wall, crashing into a room that smelled oddly like rotting flesh. The young blonde turned around and gasped. Lining the walls and floor were dead human bodies. Billions of flies invaded the air as he took a step in. Maggots crawled across the rotting carcasses. He felt his stomach churn. In a short 19 years he had seen some pretty grotesque things but this took the cake. He clamped his jaw shut and swung around to face his opponent. She appeared at the top of the stairs and she dive at him, her blades forward. He lifted his arm and took her attack, swinging her around and landing a square kick in her stomach, sending her flying.

"Had enough yet Alchemist?" She hissed. Al's eyes narrowed.

"Doubt it." He ran at her again, his boot met her chin and she flew back and hit the wall again. The doll sat up as he clapped his hands and formed a long sword out of the ground. He took another attack stance and parried her attack again, knocking her to the ground. He could feel himself weakening. He took off, running up the stairs, dodged down a hallway and rested against the wall. The blonde tore a piece of his riding skirt and with much difficulty wrapped his shoulder tightly. He brushed his bangs from his face. Perspiration saturated his person, stinging the scratches and cuts littered across his form. He breathed deeply, taking in as much air as he could. A thought fluttered across his mind.

'Where is Maria?'

No idea… last time I checked she was at the office.

'They could have her.'

Shut up smart ass.

'Alright, alright… just trying to help.'

He ran down the hall, his head bobbing from side to side trying to see down each hall to keep from being ambushed. He kicked down a door at the end of the hall and found himself in an alleyway. He took off running again. He slowed as he found himself in front of the Central Headquarters.

'Where was I being held?' Was his first thought. As this thought occurred he caught a glimpse of Maria, right before she slammed into him.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" She shouted at him, "We've been looking all over for you, what happened? You were attacked." Al put his hand over her mouth.

"Can I answer the questions? Or are you just going to try and predict what I'm going to say?" Alphonse chuckled. That was so Maria, ask questions first don't bother getting answers.

"Here let me help you in." She helped him towards the military HQ.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH! THAT WAS AWESOME! WE FINLLY GET TO SEE ALPHONSE IN ACTION! MORE FROM MY HAIRBRAINED PLOT LATER!

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