The Winged Alchemist

Chapter 4: Dark Angel

Walking quickly down the now dark streets of Central, Ed contemplated about what he had just witnessed. How is this possible? I cant have wings, those things are not even real, they cant be! I must have ate something, maybe I'm tired and just need to sleep. He stopped walking and looked behind him and all over to see that there was nobody walking the streets this late at night. He then looked ahead of him and began to speak the words in his mind. After all, he had to prove if they were real.

After reciting the seemingly spell, he held his breath. Nothing happened. He thought a moment and gave a sigh. He started to walk again when he felt the familiar sensation from his mid-back. He looked over his shoulder and jumped. What the! This cant be real, this is impossible! Of all things! I must be losing it. He looked ahead of him and closed his eyes, hoping his hallucination would pass. He then opened them back up and saw they were gone.

Giving a heavy sigh, he started to quickly walk to Central. Seeing the building, he started to run, and before he knew it, he was right inside the building inside of his dorm. As he caught his breath, he wondered how he got there so fast. Before he could fully cooperate from the running, a loud voice filled the room. "Edward, where have you been, I have been looking all over the place for you!" He turned to see Winry staring at him with anger. Uh-oh

Winry stared at him and waited for him to reply. She watched as he turned to face her and she suddenly felt a warm tingly feeling fill her body. She then found herself gazing into his eye. She then noticed something different about them. They were somehow glowing it seemed. His golden eyes were brighter and more alive than she had ever remembered. She found herself getting deeper and deeper into them when his voice brought her back to reality. "Winry, are you alright?" She looked at him and nodded, then remembered why she was there in the first place. "Where were you?" Ed looked down at his feet and then back up at her. "Out."

Winry was about to ask where and why when Colonel Mustang appeared at the door. "Full metal, in my office now!" He then walked out with a startled look on his face. "Guess I should go see what he wants." Ed too then walked out of the room.

Knocking on the door, Ed entered the office of Roy. He then walked to the front of his desk and bowed slightly. "What do you want?" Roy turned his chair around to face him. He folded his hands together and shut his eyes. His brow then slightly twitched. "There have been rumors about you, Ed." Edward stared at him with confusion. "Your point being?" "Dammit Edward, I want the truth, what the hell attacked you last week!" His face was turning red in frustration and his right hand flinched, as if wanting to snap.

Ed looked at him, his own agitated attitude showing thru. Roy looked at him and punched his desk. Ed looked down at the paper that was underneath his fist. He gasped. The picture was monstrous. "So you finally noticed what I have been trying to show you." He took his hands off of his desk and started rubbing his temples. "What the hell is that, Elric?"

He looked at Mustang with a mix of confusion and anger. "How the hell should I know?" "Because this damn thing is what attacked you!" Roy now stood at his desk and leaned forward, coming closer to Ed's face. Ed backed away, slightly startled by this new wave of intense aggression. Roy looked at him and his face softened. He had realized his attitude and slowly sat down. "You can go, but take this with you." Ed took the paper out of his hand and ran out into the hall. He then slid down to his knees and stared at the creature.

The creature in the picture looked like a demon to him. He didn't know why, but his gut kept telling him that that thing was a demon. It was large, about seven feet tall, had long yellow nails, and had menacing teeth. It was black with a slight slick shine to its skin and its eyes were blood red, and full of hatred and the lust to kill. He then saw two small horns growing just above the brow on its head. "What a hellish looking thing." He wondered aloud.

"I heard him yelling, is everything alright?" Winry walked up behind him, making him jump. Peering over his shoulder at the picture she gasped. "W-what is that thing?" "I'm not sure, but I think I know how I can find out." Edward then started to walk towards the exit of the building, Winry at his heels. "Where are you going?" Winry changed her stride to match his speed. "To the alley I was attacked in." She stopped walking and blinked. He turned and looked at her. "What?" Ed looked into her eyes. She shook her head. "Ed, you can't go back to that alley, it collapsed right after the military had pulled you out of there." He then blinked himself. "Wha?" She then did something that made his stomach do a back flip. She grabbed his hand and slowly pulled him back towards the dorms.

Edward obeyed the move she was making and walked along her side, staring at his hand that was enclosed in hers. Winry led him to the dorm and stopped. She opened the door and pulled him inside. She then shut the door and sat down in a chair. "Sit down Ed." He immediately obeyed her and sat in the chair next to her, staring at the floor.

She placed her hand under his chin and lifted his head up to stare her in the eyes. "Please try to remember what fully happened, I know you can." "Winry, I don't- "She put her finger to his lips, making him blush furiously. "Just think hard. Concentrate." Ed leaned back in his chair and relaxed his body and mind. He remembered his teacher telling him to always relax before going back to a place he had been. It was part of his training. Shutting his eyes, Ed concentrated on the night he was in the alley. Suddenly a flashback seemed to hit him and he jumped.

Walking down the alley, Edward looked around, feeling something watching him. He turned around and saw nothing behind him and shrugged off the feeling. He continued to walk down it when he heard footsteps. He turned around again, not expecting to see a monster standing in front of him. He automatically turned back around and started to run to the end of the alley. Clapping his hands together, he formed his blade on his automail and faced his attacker.

He gasped at its features and ducked as it launched at him, making him hit the ground. He jumped back up and moved yet again, away from another attack. The demon was quick and swift, which for him was a bad thing. Ed moved in to strike and hit the beast in the ribs, barely making a cut thru its thick black skin. He then felt himself thrown against the back alley wall. Hearing something crack, he moaned from the new pain in his ribs. He then forced himself to move in time to see the demon attack the spot he was just at.

As the demon turned around and swiped its claws at him, he did a back flip out of the way, but the monster than did something he did not intend for it to do. Ed suddenly felt a searing pain across his ribs. He yelped in pain as another loud crack filled the air. He then looked up to see his attacker growing out its nails, and then it seemed to build something up in its mouth. He gasped. The demon had grown out its teeth, but not only that, venom was dripping from the two front fangs. It then moved forward. To late to move, the hellish creature dug its teeth into his torso and he could feel the poison being injected into his blood stream. He let out a loud scream and tried to get the demon to let go, but it held on, as if waiting for him to die, when Ed struck its head with his blade, hitting the eyes, leaving it blind and wailing.

As he lay there, breathing heavy from the pain, he watched the monstrosity disappear in the night's crispy air, leaving him alone to die…

"No!" Ed jumped up out of his chair, startled from the incident. He huffed as he looked to see Winry staring at him wide eyed. Se then wrapped her arms around him and hugged him gently. He gave in and slowly returned it, laying his head on her shoulder. She stroked his hair and then lightly kissed his head. "Just tell me when you're ready; you don't have to right now."

Ed lay in bed that night, thinking about what he had witnessed in his flashback. He winced at the thought of demon venom coursing thru his veins… wait a minute. He sat up in bed and got up. Putting on his boots and coat, he snuck by the sleeping Winry and went to the Central library. Once he was inside, he went to the far back to the old section of books. He looked at the bindings under D and then something caught his eye. Ed looked at the book, called Demons and Angels, and picked it up. Thumbing thru it, he found a passage that made his jaw drop.

Those who are attacked by a demon and bitten by it, shall become half demon due to the venom running through the blood stream. If the wound is too deep, the person shall suffer a most horrid and painful death. Others who are saved by an angel (very rare and unheard of to happen) shall become half angel along with the demon blood coursing through them, thus known as Dark angels, or the chosen ones to dwell upon the earth until the mission set to them is complete.

I hoped you liked this chapter! Sorry for taking so long to update, been a hard time. Too much homework, grrr! Anyway, please review and tell me what you think! Thanks : )