FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: PART VI
The State Alchemists
"Pinako, I want to be a state alchemist..."
"ARE YOU NUTS, EDWARD! Do you even realize what State Alchemists ARE!"
"YES, Pinako, our teacher told us all about them! They work with the military, and those special watches they carry AMPLIFY their powers ten-fold!"
"Funny how they forgot to tell you about what the do BEHIND the SCENES!"
"What do you mean?"
"Haven't you heard? They're like the military's attack dogs, called in without any prior notice to risk their lives in the war. Over 200 of em died in the Ishbalan war alone. Two of them were my own sons!"
This worried Winry a bit, and she started to cry, obviously because she didn't want to lose anyone else at this point.
"Pinako, I don't plan on being an attack dog any more than you think I do. I have my own purposes."
"Oh? And what would that be?"
Pinako stepped back a bit, not believing what she could hear.
"The PHILOSOPHER's STONE! You're wasting your life looking for THAT fairy tale?"
"It's NOT a fairy tale! I heard it was used in the Ishbalan war, and the power it contains would be enough to..."
"To bring back your mother?"
"No, we don't care about bringing back mom...we just want to bring ourselves back...back to our normal bodies."
I looked over towards Al, who was back to sitting in the corner...I had to find that philosopher's stone. After everything we went through...it was my responsibility now to make things right, and I didn't plan on screwing it up this time. I turned back to Pinako, now SURE of what I planned on doing.
"Well, kid, if that's what you're gonna do, then I can't stop you, lord knows no one can...but how are you going to accomplish anything with 2 stumps for an arm and leg?"
"Actually, Pinako, that where you come in...I need you to build automail for me. I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life sitting around letting my brother take care of me!"
"Automail? I can do that...but you DO realize that this method is going to be extremely painful, right? This is no ordinary booster shot."
I looked at her and nodded. I didn't care how much pain there was. I was going to make everything right again, no matter what.
"Okay then...WINRY! Can you go and get the tools? We're about to perform an emergency automail attachment surgery!"
Winry nodded and ran off.
And that was that. Soon I was going to have an arm and a leg, even of not real, and as soon as that was finished...ON TO CENTRAL!
END PART VI