FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST PART VIII
The Solo State Alchemist
"BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP….."
"I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to take that armor off and walk through this detector again…"
I stood behind Al at the train station, desperately hoping that we could get to the next train out to Central before it was too late. However, with Al's metal body, we weren't going anywhere anytime soon.
"Um, sir? I don't really think I should take this armor off…"
"Excuse me? Why not?"
"I…I don't really know how to explain this…"
We both knew of course that there was no way Al could take his body off. To do so would mean revealing his hollow self, meaning everyone would know that we tried human alchemy, which was forbidden.
I whispered to Al.
"C'mon, Al, let's just use alchemy to distract them and run!"
"But brother, isn't that a crime?"
"Who cares? There's no other way we're gonna get through here since…"
Suddenly, the phone at the man's desk ran, and he walked over and picked it up.
"Hello?... Oh, it's you….what?...Them? You're sure…. Ok, I will. Goodbye."
He hung up the phone, and then turned to us.
"Sorry for all the confusion, boys. I just got a call from someone higher up than me, saying there were two boys coming through that I was to allow to pass. He said one was in a suit of armor, and the other was his little brother."
"Uh….oh…" Al turned to me, but it was too late.
"LITTLE! WHO ARE YOU CALLING LITTLE? YOU THINK JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT AS TALL AS HIM THAT IT MEANS THAT I'M MINISCULE! HUH! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU NO GOOD PIECE OF SH-"
Before I could get any more out, Al grabbed me and dragged me through the detector, the line behind us staring at us, and the buzzer going off once again.
"You really need to control yourself, brother. You almost got us arrested."
I folded my arms across my chest, my suitcase being dragged with me.
"He deserved it… he shouldn't have called me short. And I'm no one's little brother."
Al sighed, and we headed off to catch the next train, hopefully to soon see Mustang again.
END OF PART VIII
Coming soon:
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST PART IX:
On to Central!
Trains, Dames, and Robbers who are pains! What are we gonna have to do now, Al! --