Okie...this sucks..my dad literally took away my laptop. So i didn't have enough time to get this written until now. Sucks, doesn't it. But I got it back, cuz my dad finally got his own laptop to use. But the thing is, now that Parent Teacher Conferences are over, he's restricting my computer time down (EVEN MORE)...
Chapter 2
Ed stood up and walked toward everyone at the doorway. He glared angrily at Hughes, who was being the smiling maniac he was. If he ever became an alchemist, he should be known as the Smile Alchemist. The alchemist who'll put a smile on your day, every time! But Ed doubted that it would ever happen.
"Erm..I need to go to the bathroom for a little bit, before we go!" Ed said quickly. He had an idea. And he knew this would work. Hughes gave him a sidewards glance and told him not to take all day.
Ed ran inside, deep in Mustang's house and looked for the bathroom. He then remembered this was Mustang's home and that he had no clue where the bathroom was. Apparently Mustang was thinking the same thing.
"First one on the left," He said, dully, pointing out the door in the hallway of his house.
"Oh, thanks." Ed smiled and walked in. Grinning he grabbed the toilet paper and began unrolling it all.
Ed unrolled the toilet paper and began wrapping himself up. He slowly did his legs first and then move onto his arms. It was a pain to do it, since he had to make it loose enough for him to walk and move, but he got it eventually. Sadly, it took 20 minutes, which made it look as if he was constipated or something. Hughes seemed to notice that it was taking awhile.
"Ooh, Edward! I hope you're not trying to make it look as if you're constipated so you don't have to go!" Hughes called from outside the bathroom. Ed froze for a few seconds and continued to wrap himself up.
"Ugh...Uhhh..." He moaned as he tried to wrap his final arm. At first he tried using his mouth to wrap it..But that didn't work. He finally decided to use his already-wrapped-arm to finish it off.
Hughes, from the outside, heard the moans from the bathroom and really thought Ed was hurt or something.
"Ed!" Hughes yelled and quickly slammed the door open. Edward, upon suddenly being walked in on, sat down on the toilet and yelled at Hughes.
"CAN'T I GET SOME PEACE IN HERE?"
"AAH! MY PRECIOUS EYES!" Hughes yelled as he quickly turned away and slammed the door shut. Ed didn't even understand it. He didn't even have his pants down. And why the hell would a guy sit on the toilet? Ed rolled his eyes, impatiently and looked at himself in the mirror. He actually stared at himself and thought he'd done a really good job, considering the amount of time he had. He finally took a deep breath and opened the door outside.
Hughes was sitting on the couch Ed was sitting on earlier and was covering his face with his hands. Roy and Al were still outside on the front steps, just staring out into space. Hughes was mumbling something about his eyes being damaged for life, but Ed rolled his eyes again and said he was ready.
Hughes looked up at him and stared with his eyes wide open.
"You look odd," he said plainly.
"You shouldn't talk," He began to walk toward the door. When he was walking, Roy turned around and stared at Ed. Al looked too. He was scared of his brother. He'd have nightmares of this day, if he ever could dream again.
"Let's go," Ed walked out the front door and nearly gagged. The smell ad gotten worse from before and Hughes stood behind him.
"Oh it can't be that ba-" Hughes nearly choked himself as he stepped outside. Roy was crinkling his nose, greatly and stared at the two. Elysia, who was outside the entire time, was walking around. Apparently she had gotten used to the stench. Al, who couldn't smell, stared at Ed, Roy, and Hughes and plainly wished he had a camera with him. Hughes and Ed choking, and Roy crinkling his nose so much. It was really a site to see.
"DEEP BREATHS!" Hughes instructed as he had fallen to the ground, after being taken by surprise. Ed was leaning on the side of the building, clutching his chest. The instructions were plain and simple. But were easier said than done.
After spending 10 minutes on the front steps, they finally were good enough to head out. But..Everyone was avoiding them. They all gave awkward glances at the 5 people walking out.
Ed who looked like he had just risen up from the dead, was walking in an odd way. He could barely bend his knees, so he looked like a real mummy. Elysia and Maes who were gangsters were walking around happily and jumpy. They were acting nothing like they should've been. Al who was dressed up as nothing, was still getting weird looks. Even on Halloween, it wasn't normal to be walking around in a giant suit of armor. Roy, who seemed to look like the only sane one from a distance, was walking normally. Well, sort of. He was still wearing his military uniform. But. You could really say it was a 'Kodak moment'.
They reached the first house and they all walked up the steps. There was an elderly lady sitting on the porch and held a box of candy in her lap. You could say she was sleeping. But by the way Ed and Roy were looking at her, it seemed as if she was dead. They were able to confirm she was alive when she opened her eyes suddenly and started to speak.
"TUM PAGUL BANDURS HAY!" She screamed at them, after seeing them all. Roy covered his ears, in shock. Elysia had her eyes open and felt as if she'd moved inches by just the noise. Al fell over. Ed could've sworn he'd have minor brain damage for awhile. Hughes merely flinched.
The old woman then held up the candy and it was looking as if she was offering it to them. Totally scared, they all took a piece, and wondered what she'd do if they declined her offer. She smiled at them happily, and waved them goodbye as they all left. Then se went back to 'sleep'.
"I swear that lady was mental," Ed said as he rubbed his ears in pain.
"I don't doubt you," Roy replied.
"Me neither," Al concluded.
"Maybe she wasn't. Maybe she was just scared." Elysia said. She then got a couple of angry glances thrown at her. Then she added, "Or maybe she was mental!" she said, as she backed away from those three.
"I still wonder what she said," Ed said, scratching the back of his head.
"Judging by the way she acted after she said it, I bet she said something along the lines of "I love you" or something," Hughes said, sighing and began to walk up the front steps of the next house.
"Yeah sure. She was probably like : I LOVE YOU ALL! HERE HAVE SOME CANDY!" Ed yelled in an impression, which just gave more awkward glances from everyone on the street. Ed groaned, after noticing how much the street had gotten quieter.
"Freak," Roy whispered so low that no one heard him except Edward. Ed threw a punch at Mustang, but Mustang ducked in time and kicked Ed in the shins, resulting in Ed being knocked into Al and falling inside of him.
"AAH!" Al screamed as he felt Edward being pushed inside of him. Ed tried to get himself untangled from himself, but before he knew it it had become dark. Ed blinked, trying to realize what happened. When he remembered he was inside of Al, and figured out that someone had shut him up inside of him.
"Mustang, you bastard, let me out of here!" Ed yelled while pounding on the door, heavily. He knew he'd leave dents inside of there, but he wanted out.
"I'm sorry, did you say something? That isn't how you talk to the future Fuhrer," Roy crossed him arms and grinned happily. He walked up the steps after Hughes and turned back around to face Al. "Don't you even think about opening that," Mustang said with a death glare on his face. Al who was about to open up, stood up straight in fear and saluted to Mustang. "Yes sir!" Ed from the inside gave an angry punch against the hard and heavy metal.
"Al you idiot! You don't even work for him!" Ed yelled. He tried to move around in his brothers armor, but it was quite squished in there. 'If I were normal sized, I probably wouldn't be able to move an inch,' Ed thought as he tried to get his arm out from a uncomfortable position. 'It might be good to be short, sometimes.' He thought. But right after that he banged his head against the heavy metal and screamed. "IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE SMALL!"
Mustang turned around again and stared in Al's direction. "Now, shrimp, you shouldn't say that. There are lots of good things of being a shrimp," Roy shrugged and turned around again. He rang the doorbell and stepped back to let Elysia through.
The door opened to suddenly, Roy and Maes nearly fell back on each other. Elysia acted as if nothing had happened and plainly stood there.
"Happy Halloween!" he said happily. She stood with a smile on her face and held up her bag of candy. Maes and Roy cowered behind her, in shock. The person standing in the doorway wasn't something you saw everyday, not even on Halloween.
The woman in the doorway brushed her hair out of her face and stared down at the two men and child. Her eyes rested on Hughes's face. 'You have to be kidding,' she then turned her way toward Mustang who was crouching next to Hughes. Mustang was cowering in fear for the very reason that his 1st lieutenant was standing in the doorway.
"Do I even dare ask?" she muttered under her breath as she suddenly realized what Hughes and Elysia were dressed up as. She sighed and crouched down to meet Elysia.
"Hi, Elysia!" she said smiling, as she got down face-to-face with her.
"Hi!" Elysia smiled as she realized who it was. "I remember who you are because Mr. Mustang always talks about you!"
Roy opened his eyes wide and scurried over to Al and then crouched behind him. 'No no no no no no no no...' he thought as he hoped that Elysia wouldn't say what she was about to say.
"Oh he does, does he?" she said, eyeing Roy as he ran for cover behind Alphonse Elric. "So what does he say?"
"He always talks about you as the scary woman who always makes him do is work!" Elysia blurted out without realizing what she was saying. Riza's eye twitched but showed no other signs of movement.
"You wanna know what Daddy says about you?" Elysia said happily, jumping up and down like a bunny rabbit. She seemed pretty excited to let this thing out.
At that moment Hughes jumped and clasped his right hand around Elysia's mouth. "We really should get going!" He said jumpily, as he guided Elysia away from Riza's house. He stopped at the sudden feeling of something cold on the back of his neck. He shivered in fear and knew exactly what it was.
"Let go of her," Riza growled as she held up her revolver against Hughes neck. "Now go on Elysia; what does your father say about me?"
"Oh he says that you and Mr. Mustang should hurry up," she said smiling as she turned around and faced Riza's face. She was blank. And then her expression changed completely.
"YOU SAID WHAT?" She yelled as she aimed her revolver at Hughes's leg to keep him from running.
"She's lying!" Hughes yelled as he ran away from Riza as fast as he could.
Bang!
Riza shot in Hughes's direction but missed him by inches. 'Darn,' she thought as she aimed for another shot, except Al was in the way. Hughes and Mustang were cowering behind Al and Al turned around to face the two grown men. He picked them up by the collar of their shirts and threw them toward Riza.
"HOW COULD YOU?" Hughes scrambled to get to his feet but the Hawkeye's gun missed by inches from his leg. He fell to the ground again, completely shocked. 'Damn, she's serious about shooting me!' Hughes tried to get to his feet again but it only resulted in another gunshot.
Roy sat down in shock, wondering what would happen to him. 'Maybe if I'm quiet enough I can slip out and away from here,' He slowly started inching away from Hawkeye but she took aim quickly and shot right in front of Roy.
"You're not going anywhere either..." she said in an evil tone, as he mind was set on killing the two men.
"Oh merciful Lord! Please save us from this foul beast whom she calls herself a human!" Maes yelled out into the night sky, with his hands raised out in front of him.
Roy turned his head toward him and gave a completely blank stare. "What the hell was that?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"It was a prayer, you idiot!" Hughes grinned happily and looked in Hawkeye's direction.
Her eyes were giving him a blank zombie-like stare and he gun was down at her side, from complete shock. 'That total wierdo,' she thought as her mind got back into focus and pulled her gun up from her side.
"Why do I bother?" she moaned as she put her hand up to her forehead. It was giving an ache that she hadn't realized for awhile. 'I must forget everything around me when I can cause pain to those two idiots,' she groaned of the headache she'd gotten while everything around her was chaotic. "I'm going back inside," she turned around and trudged up into her house, leaving a dazed looking Roy and Maes sitting on their knees.
"Did...I just see..what I think I saw?" Roy whispered to Maes as he stared in utter shock at where Hawkeye was standing minutes ago.
"THE LORD HAS ANSWERED US!" Hughes yelled up into the night sky again, holding up his arms and delight.
"Yes, I'm so grateful, I think I'm gonna become a preacher!" Roy yelled into the night sky in sheer sarcasm. 'Wow, I hope Hughes is just being the idiot he is' Roy thought as he stood up and brushed off dirt from his pants.
"What the hell is happening out there!" Edward screamed from inside of Al's armor. Pounding broke out again from the inside of Alphonse and everyone stared in Al's direction.
"Let him out, Al." Maes said calmly scratching the top of his forehead. He frowned at how evil Roy could get with Ed.
"No, don't do that! The shorty's fine where he is!" Roy argued back at Maes with a serious expression sewn on his face.
"THAT'S IT!" Ed screamed out from inside the armor. A loud clap emitted from where Edward was and a large flash of light came out from his direction.
"Brother!" Al yelled back at his brother, who pretty much just destroyed his body. But the only response Al got back from Edward was another loud clap, where he turned his automail arm into a large sword.
"Come and say that to my face, moron!" Holding up a fist, Ed screamed in Roy's direction and shook his fist threateningly at the Flame Alchemist. Whipping out his silky white gloves, Roy smirked and held up his fingers, ready to snap.
"Bring it on, Fullmetal Pipsqueak!"
Ed thrust himself forward and ran toward the Roy, who was holding up his fingers. But his feet suddenly stopped moving, because apparently someone was holding him up in the air.
Despite the large hole from Al's suit of armor (the one Ed broke out from), Al picked up his brother and held him up in the air. Roy on the other hand felt a large blow to the side of his chin where Maes had punched him to prevent him from using alchemy.
"What the" Roy was cut off from the fact that Maes had punched him in the same place again.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Roy yelled out angrily at his best friend. The pain from his jaw was now even worse than before.
"Please contain yourself in front of the children," Maes smiled happily and pointed toward Elysia, who was still in front of Hawkeye's house, staring at the scene before her.
"YOU'RE THE ON WHO SHOULD CONTAIN YOURSELF!" Roy yelled back, remembering that Maes was the one who punched him. "Watch where you're jabbing your fist at!" Roy twitched in pain from the area of contact.
"But if you hadn't started with Edward, we wouldn't have to do this!" Maes broke out into a grin again and kinda made Roy feel like he was some sort of Kindergarten student. He rolled his eyes and rubbed his face.
"Let's go," Roy muttered and started walking away, off from Hawkeye's home. He took his hand off his face and crossed his arms in anger. 'If Hughes hadn't dragged me here, there wouldn't be any problems,' he thought as he walked past Alphonse and Edward.
Upon realizing the fight was over Al let go of Edward, who had an evil glare of death on his face. Anyone could tell he was planning out how to kill the Colonel. He shook his head and walked off after Roy.
"Uhm, Brother?" Al cocked his down onto his side and called after his brother, hoping to remind him that he still needed to fix him. The reply he got was as clueless as Ed could be.
"Huh? What is it?" Ed turned around and stared at Alphone with a blank look. He scratched his head and smiled. 'Oh, whoops...' Ed walked back toward his brother and clapped his hands together, in order to perform his alchemy, and he placed his hands on his brother's armor. The armor renewed itself and Ed patted Al.
"There we go. Sorry about that," Ed smiled and turned back down to where Roy was. Al walked on after his brother, and last to come and follow was Maes and Elysia.
"So where to, now?" Roy turned his way toward Maes and hoped their destination would be 'home'.
"I don't know..." Maes scratched his chin and looked down the street. "Let's go to all these houses and maybe some more!" His voice was spirited and he turned around to face Roy, Al, and Edward, to find them on the ground. They had fallen from the shock of Maes's answer and pretended to be unconscious, hoping that this would change his mind.
"Oh stop being spoil sports!" He began to drag them all toward the next house, and Roy jumped up from the pain of the friction between himself and the ground. He kicked the concrete ground and glared angrily at Maes, who was leading Elysia up the next house, after letting go of Al and Edward. Edward cursed under his breath and yawned, hoping that maybe he and Al could somehow ditch everyone else and go rest. But Roy was giving an uneasy look toward him and he could see Maes looking uncertainly at them all.
It was certainly going to be a hellish night.