Oh my god people, I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so sorry for leaving you guys on a cliff hanger. I would like to apologize formally for the latest chapter ever. IM REALLY SORRY *throws pocket watches everywhere* I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THESE TO ALL OF YOU FOR STAYING WITH ME THREW THIS UNINTENTIONAL HIATUS! I seriously was going to update the weekend after the last chapter, but then I had a lot of family problems (that may or may not had left me sobbing into my pillow) and homework, and school, and then loosing my muse to write, then A WHOLE BLOCKAGE OF WRITERS BLOCK! So I'm really sorry. This past month had been shit to me to sum it up. But I'm back now, ON OCTOBER 3 NO LESS (I dressed up as Ed for school)! Now I'm back in the computer screen and not hoping to leave anytime soon. To make it up to you guys, I'm making this chapter longer then the rest, and putting Al's POV in, really sorry guys. NOW! Enough talking (really sorry guys) lets get on with the story! And now I hand myself over to Addie for punishment.
Addie: OHH, Queen-Chan, you're in a mess of trouble*evil glare*
Queen: WELP!
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(Other Addison)
"God damnit, Ed," I grumbled, then smiled slightly, "Always making me clean up you're messes, you idiot." I pressed the transmutation circle on my arm for the twin daggers, they transmuted out of the ground, not the best material, but it would do. Turning on the holo-leg, as I liked to call it, I hopped over the crater the daggers had caused and charged at Sloth, "Ed, get up out of that shocked state you are in and move you moron!" I yelled right as I was about to reach Sloth. I knew that stabbing her with a dagger would do nothing, but I didn't care, if it could get Ed up and running again then I'd do it. He was too much of an dumbass to do it himself.
I ran the dagger into Sloth's abdomen, the dagger went in easily, but she water whipped me back, causing me to fly straight into Ed. The hit caused the air to escape my lungs and the holo-leg to flicker off. Somewhere in the commotion the daggers had flown out of my hands, going god knows where.
I heard a pained grunt from under me, and I realized (embarrassedly) that I was laying on top of Ed. "Sorry," I gasped out and rolled off him, I felt my cheeks go up in flames. Oh lord how many times had I imagined myself in that position? Obviously too much.
Still gasping I looked over at Sloth, she had solidified into the shape of Trisha again. Worriedly I looked over at Ed, he didn't seem to be freezing up again, he was standing up, a determined look in his eyes. "You know, you're appearance has been bothering me for awhile now," he was looking Sloth in the eyes, "You were the thing we created that night. Our burden and our sin to share!" with that, he ran at her, changing his automail into the sword thing. As Ed was about to run the automail through her, she liquefied and few back a few feet. When she solidified again her hair was a darker shade of brown, almost black, and wearing a black dress and elbow length black gloves. On her right chest was a Ouroboros tattoo, "So, you're one of them?" Ed asked, but before she could answer, he charged at her again. almost nicking her, but she liquefied before he could do anything.
I tried desperately to activate the holo-leg again, but nothing happened. Then I noticed with horror, that I couldn't feel anything in the stump, or my one full leg, or pretty much anything below my waist. I held back a sob, no not now, Addie and I still had things to do with our legs! Addie needs to help Ed and Al! She couldn't do that without at least one of her legs!
I heard a crash and I looked up to see that Ed had smashed Sloth with a wall of crisscrossing pillars. That wouldn't kill her, homunculi were tougher than that. He walked over to me, panting slightly, but still as lively as ever. He was walking over, almost triumphantly but all to soon he realized my condition, then he started running.
Your turn now, I feel bad for leaving you in this shit storm.
It's ok, you don't need to handle it, just let me back in control, ok? I could hear the fake happiness in her thought.
Ok.
(Al)
I'm scared.
I don't want to become a bomb.
I still have to find the philosopher stone and get brothers body back!
And make sure Addie becomes a alchemist.
Scar had done something to my body, I don't know what it was, but when he was talking to Lust he had mentioned turning me into a philosophers stone. But that couldn't be possible, right? But then again, his arm was an incomplete philosopher's stone, so maybe it wasn't that far fetched.
After years of searching for a way to get my body back, I was going to die by becoming a bomb. I couldn't die like this though! Most of the time I was the reason that brother and Addie didn't rip each other's heads off. God knows what would happen if I'd left! Ed and Addie would explode! Someone had to be the sticky stuff that held everyone's heads on, and if I leave then no one would do that. I couldn't just leave like this.
I still had stuff to do. Like eat Winry's apple pie, make sure Ed and Addie finally get together, and sleep. I couldn't do that if I was dead.
There has to be a way out of this, right?
(Addie)
Getting back inside your body felt like someone poured ice water on your head, except the feeling only went to my waist this time. I was paralyzed. I'd know for a while that it would happen eventually, but no amount of mental preparing could stop the empty feeling of not having my legs. Before I had always had the option to walk again by using automail, but now that was impossible. My nerves were completely jacked up, nothing could bring them back.
I hadn't noticed Ed had been yelling my name for a minute while I took in the truth. "It's gone," I whispered looking at the ground, fighting back tears.
Ed was kneeling besides me, shaking my shoulder slightly. "What's wrong, Addie?" he asked. I felt tears brimming in my eyes but I wouldn't cry, no, not in front of Ed.
I pushed him away from me, "I'm paralyzed ok!" I yelled. I will not cry, "I freaking useless ok! You don't have to teach me alchemy anymore and you can just leave me at some train station if you want," I will not cry.
"Addie-" he started.
"DON'T 'ADDIE' ME! Ok, I understand if you don't want to teach me alchemy ok, don't be nice to me if you don't mean it!" I blinked back the tears as I buried my face in one of my elbows, using the other arm to keep me up.
"Addie, you're no different now. If you're going to let being paralyzed keep you from learning alchemy then you don't deserve to learn it. But I know you, you didn't let being down one leg keep you from learning alchemy, then being down two shouldn't be any different. The Addie I know wouldn't let this beat her," Ed had moved in front of me. His eyes were burning with a fire that I liked more then I cared to admit.
"You would seriously keep a paralyzed apprentice?" I asked, not believing what he was saying. But then again, this was Ed, the king of idiots.
"Defiantly, besides, what would Al and I do without you?" he asked, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips.
I sighed and smiled in relief, I was planning on learning alchemy, paralyzed or not, "Oh you know Bean Sprout, crash and burn. You two are too dim-witted for your own good. Now the real problem is getting me off this floor."
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Queen: *has a piece of steak on her eye and bloody tissue up her nose* During that whole last scene I kept hearing Al whispering "Noowww... KISSS!" Not even kidding. AL SHIPS EDDIE HARDER THEN YOU!
Al: EDDIE 5EVA! OTPPPPPPPP
Ed and Addie: *runs away in horror.*
Al: QUEEN-CHAN DOES NOT OWN FMA IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM! AND IF SHE DID YOU WOULDNT WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHE WOULD DO!
Steak: IMAGINATION OF THE DAY! Kimblee being a TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLL and actually not making a Al-bomb, just putting black sand on him or something.
