Hey all! THANKS FOR YOUR REVIEWS GUYS! hey make me so happy! And sorry for the long, LONG wait, but I've also been putting up with my DeviantArt account. Just go to my bio to see it! PLEASE GO SEE IT! I'd really love it if you guys do, you'll also get a peek at Kaida... Anyway, here's the next chapter! Oh and you know I don't own anything FMA, I've resulted in begging for and extra $25 to add to my money to pay for tickets to the OTAKON CONVENTION! which i also don't own...
Snakes of the Element 47 Ag: Chapter 8: Last Burglary
By pure-thornless-rose
Walking out in the middle of town…
"Are you sure you want to wear that thief's hat?" Al inquired Kaida and secretly whispered: "He might have lice…"
"Oh this ol' thing?" Kaida took the hat off her head. "It's fine I washed it out and everything! I like it too anyway…"
It was only yesterday when Kaida lost to Ed in their match. They had been doing a bit of planning and writing a few reports about the town's status and took the rest of the day in leisure, after the match.
"Alright here's the plan…" Ed began quietly to the other two. "We definitely need to go catch that thief, interrogate, and report everything to Mustang."
"Then it's off to the next town!" Al whispered back.
"That's true and all…" Kaida began, putting the hat on her head with a tilt. "But where will we find him? The jewelry store?" Kaida pointed to the same jewelry store as they passed it by. They paused and looked at each other, then at the store's entrance. Nothing. "Nah…" They shrugged and began walking again. "No one's stupid enough to rob the same place in one week! He'd have to be too crazy, too stupid, or too good!"
Suddenly, CRASH! They heard the sound of loudly breaking glass and turned completely around. The store's windows were suddenly broken and there laid the same man in trench with only the dark sunglasses left to cover his face.
"So he's either too crazy, too stupid, or too good…" Al murmured.
He scurried up and began running. The familiar trio before him caught his eye and he ran towards then past them, grabbing his hat off of Kaida's head.
"Hey!"
"Thanks for the hat, brat." He laughed and slipped the hat onto his head, continuing to run away. "I was waiting to get this back! Haha! This is great, see ya!"
"That's it, I've had enough…" Kaida glowered and took off. "Let's go get him!"
"Right!" The brothers agreed and followed her immediately.
People either moved out of their way or were pushed over and aside if they didn't see them coming. The thief was speeding ahead of them and Kaida was close to being on his tail as Al and Ed raced along behind her. They could hear the man still laughing maniacally. "Ha-hah! You three can't catch me! I'm too fast!" Then he jumped up onto the roof of a car and to the top of a truck, then onto the roof of a building. He paused. "Now, I have a place to get to—which is anywhere away from you three!"
"Oh no you don't," Ed said and followed him to the rooftop. "Not again at least!" Al and Kaida followed and the man panicked, taking off once again.
"Jeez, you guys are persistent!" He yelled behind him. "Leave me alone okay? All I want is all the true gold and silver before they're all replaced!"
"Replaced…" The three murmured together. They were all running and jumping from one roof to the next. They followed the thief until he jumped down into an alley. He cursed to himself. The idiot, what kind of an experienced thief jumps down into a dead end of an alley? "So he's too stupid then…" Al concluded.
In Ms. Hameilo's residence…"OOF!" Al dumped the thief onto a pillow on the floor, which still hurt. "Hey! What's the big idea?" He was tied up and Kaida had already taken his hat back from him. Then Kaida shut the curtains and Ed shined a bright lamp over him. It was one of those old-fashioned interrogation scenes! Which kind of made the thief uneasy, even Al. Ed began, beaming the light at his face.
"Who are you and why are you stealing jewelry?"
The man sighed exasperatingly. "I'm Craig Aldegar, I steal 'cause that's what I do…" His reply was matter-of-factly and blunt yet true. "Now let me go! And I want my hat back too!"
"Ah! So you're the man in charge of transmuting gold in that building!" Ed said accusingly.
"What? No… You're talking about my brother, Caleb Aldegar—he and I planned on selling jewelry he transmuted for the missing ones I stole."
"So you steal so he can sell and both of you get something out of it?"
"Yes! It's a brilliant plan we concocted! Don't you think?"
"Okay, so tell us something else," Kaida began. The man pouted. "Why are you telling this to us?"
"Eh… Honestly I don't know…"
"He really is too stupid…" Al whispered to Ed, as he took notes of everything that was said. Suddenly the door of their room burst open and a tall, shady looking man was standing there. His presence wasn't very inviting and he openly expressed a scowl. If there were any background music, it would sound deep and low with a slow tempo like duu-dunndoooooom… hehehh… Everyone looked at him with a scowl except for Craig, the thief—until Ms. Hameilo appeared with a broom.
"What in the world are you doing in my home young man?" She scolded at him and began hitting him with the broom repeatedly. "Get out! Out I say! Out!"
WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!
"Ow! Hey lady! You're ruining my evil entrance! OW!" He yelled back, losing his patience. The others were staring blankly at the scene and Ed dropped the lamp. "Dammit! Give me that!"
Then he took the broom from the elderly lady and broke it in half, tossing it to the side. Ms. Hameilo glared and left, they could hear the sound of cabinets opening and shutting in another room. "Ahem… Where was I?" The man at the door said. "Oh yes! Brother, you're too much of an open book, now let's go!"
"Caleb! Brother, what took you long!"
"So you're the one transmuting the gold!" Ed stood up and accused him.
"The powerful client of Mr. Hameilo…" Kaida murmured.
"So I see you've found that out… Hmm, you know too much, I'll have to rid of you before you tell the State."
"Sorry about that, pal. But you have two State Alchemists here so there's no need to tell them again." Ed grinned.
"I took photos and notes too, Ed!" Al informed them, which he did, secretly. Even I, the author of this fic didn't know until now…!
"Great… Let's make this quick shall we? I'm a busy man!" Then he pulled two hidden guns out from his jacket and pointed at them. "Move out of the way if you don't want to be shot, brother!" Then he went trigger-happy on them and shot like a maniac while Craig wormed his way under the window. The clang of bullets to metal rang throughout the room and gun smoke filled the air. Al had automatically shielded Kaida and Ed jumped right behind them. He wriggled his way out of the ropes and opened the window, calling back to Caleb for an escape. But as he was about to step out, a warning was shot at the wall next to him; he looked back.
"Stop right there, young man!" Everyone was gawking in awe as they stared at the old woman behind the barrel of a military issue rifle. "Stick your hands up! You two are under arrest for the transmutation and marketing of gold, and robbery! --Good job kids, I knew you'd do well…!"
"M-Ms. Ham-meilo?" Kaida stammered. "You're a military officer?"
"In a way, yes… I usually work under cover so I can't really tell you right now… dearie." She smiled warmly as if nothing had happened, still aiming the gun directly at the two surrounded men.
Aw, well I guess no one probably saw that one coming... And sorry if it ended like this... I thought it was a bit corny but oh well... anyway... PLEASE REVIEW and come back for the next chapter! And visit my deviantart account! the link's in my bio!
Oh and for Brandy Weaver, erm, The Paper Wolf... heh... Having that happen would be fun! ButI kinda don't know about that, I mean I've already had plans for Kaida... I've also already thought of leaving this fic as just and action adventure fic. But I have, however, thought, "What if this was a part romance? Who would she fall for... Ed or Al?" XD and then I couldn't choose cause I happened to know what happens in the end of the series (although I haven't seen it.. heh...) and I put thought into that and I've planned this fic far into it's last chapters too. I also wanted this to run in line with the actual series, but in it's own way.
So... if you'd like, I could start a different fic! XD It's kinda up to you, but if I start another one anyway, I'll be glad to work with ya! You're such a nice person for reading ALL that and liking it too! Thankies :D