All is Fair in Love and War
Part Four
"What do you want?" Edward asked.
"What do I want? You of course, I want you to work for me. With your alchemy we could do so many great things together." The man said like he was giving a speech to an audience.
"And why should I accept such a generous offer?" Edward said with sarcasm in his tone of voice.
"Why? Well because it would do you a world of good, I don't take you as a man that wants to spend his entire life in the boring old military; you need to live on the wild side for a change." The man said, taking note to the sarcasm in Edward's voice.
"I'm just fine in the boring military; you'd be surprised how much fun I actually get there." Edward said, glancing at Hawkeye.
"So you're refusing my generous offer?" The man said gritting his teeth.
"I don't believe that offer was generous, and if I wanted to drop the military for a life of crime, I certainly wouldn't go to some pathetic street gang such as you and you friends, if you want to call them that. And yes I am refusing you offer."
"I'll give you another chance to think about it and reconsider."
"I don't need to think about it, I like my life just the way it is."
"You'll regret that." The man said, got up from where he sat and walked toward Edward, his jacket falling to the floor, Edward saw the man's arm was nothing but a giant gun.
"You turned your arm into a weapon?"
"You like it? The military wouldn't allow me to have it that's why I went rogue, and that's why you should do the same, they'll just control you and hold you down, forget them."
"I don't need you to tell me what to do." Edward got ready for the attack that was bound to happen; he raised his auto-mail arm which still had the transmuted sword on it.
"Do you really want to fight me? You can't beat me boy."
"Want to bet?"
"You asked for it." The man yelled swinging at Edward with the arm, Edward easily dodged it. Hawkeye moved to the side, so as to let Edward take care of the man.
"Can you handle him Ed?"
"Piece of cake." Edward replied back, swinging is auto-mail arm at the man, which he blocked with his gunned arm. Edward kept hitting the arm, making him take faltering steps back.
The man stumbled and fell to his back, but he wasn't out yet, he aimed his arm at Edward and fired. Edward dodged behind a seat, while the bullets ran through it.
"What's the matter boy? Can't handle a little gun fire?" The man was surprised when ropes shot up from the train's floor, like they were alive; they wrapped around him and held his arm high in the air.
"God damn-it." The man cursed. The man had one more trick up his sleeve; he pulled a knife from his pocket with his free hand. He cut the rope holding his gun arm, when it was free; he fired everywhere, and almost hitting Hawkeye not noticing where Edward had gone. Edward had gotten behind him. Edward clapped his hands together and put them on the man's gun arm, the arm glowed a bright blue, and the head of the gun was melded together, now inoperable. Edward clapped his hands again and fixed the ropes that had been cut; making sure the man could not move any part of his upper body, and taking away the knife that the man still tried to move around and cut anything with.
"I can't beat you? You're pathetic."
"Ed are you alright?" Hawkeye said coming out of her hiding place.
Edward smiled, obviously very happy, "Told you he would be a piece of cake." Ed walked away from the man that was cursing on the floor, and over to Riza. "I am too good."
This made Hawkeye laugh.
"We better get this train moving again, I'll go see what I can do."
"Okay I'll stay here, and watch this guy." Edward said as he sat down.
Hawkeye left through the opposite door.
"Your going to turn me over to the military, aren't you?"
"No better place for scum like you. It's incredible how you actually thought I would join your little group of thugs." Edward said, sitting back and relaxing his body against the seat, waiting for Hawkeye to return.