If Edward was real, would it be illegal to be… 'involved' with him? I mean, like, then I could own the FMA series. Well maybe not own it, but come damn close…
Ok, maybe not. Leave me alone!
Held
By The Gomp
Al stuck his head out the train window, waving at me frantically. I waved back at him as the train sped away along the tracks. Soon, Al's figure disappeared from my view. He was gone and so was Winry, it was depressing in its own manner, their stay seemed too short. Goodbyes were always bitter sweet to me, I suppose since so many times a simple goodbye has ended up being permanent.
Winry had promised to try and get everyone to Dublis. Well, more like, she better get everyone to Dublis. I didn't trust having the Rockbell's and Al so close to the border. It just wouldn't be a smart thing to do. Which had reminded me, I was going to have to make a phone call to Izumi. Heh, heh, it was rude to invite people to someone else's house without getting permission first.
"Are you sure you don't want a ride?"
I looked over my shoulder. Elysia and Ms. Hughes stood together, both waited patiently for me to answer. "Thank you for the offer, but honestly, base isn't far from here. Besides, you would be going out of your way."
Ms. Hughes shook her head. "Nonsense, I have no problem taking a detour to drop you off. But, if you prefer to walk, then that's fine."
I gave her the best smile I could muster. "Ms. Hughes you have done more than enough for me in the past few days and I'm extremely grateful. But, walking is not a problem for me."
Ms. Hughes walked up to me, wrapped her arms tightly around my body. At first I hesitated, but I gave in and hugged her back, her warmth was comforting. "Edward, I am so happy I got to see you again. Please, stop by and visit. Elysia and I would love the company."
I looked over Ms. Hughes shoulder and saw Elysia give a small smile to show her agreement. A sorrowful sigh escaped my lips. Elysia was such a beautiful young girl. Only if Mr. Hughes had the chance to see her…
I pulled out of the hug first. I looked Ms. Hughes directly in the eye, and hoped she could see my sincerity. "I would love to visit you guys sometime." I paused for a moment, trying to find the right words. I leaned
over and whispered into Ms. Hughes ear. "Thank you, for everything."
Her smile spoke more then one could place put into words. "Edward, take care and be good."
I gave her a nod before I turned and made my leave.
"We have to do something, we can't just ignore this!"
Mustang sat calmly behind his desk, hands clasped in front of him. "Edward, do you understand that this country is about to head into war? We have no time to investigate this. Try and find Lieutenant Soto's killer,
that is an order."
What an idiot! I kicked Roy's desk from pure frustration. "Roy, has the military affected you that badly? He was a chimera, I can't ignore that fact!"
"Lieutenant Soto had been a good officer. What makes you think that he had any bad intentions? Ed, isn't it possible that he was just a failed or escaped experiment by the previous government? It's very possible he was simply trying to piece his life back together during these past few years. Just because he was different from you and I doesn't mean there was evil in him."
This was so uncharacteristic of Mustang. He had seen what happened with King Bradley, how could he tell me to ignore the fact that Enzo was a chimera?
"Roy, are you listening to yourself? Enzo couldn't have been an experiment from the old government; he wasn't in the military long enough! Besides, didn't King Bradley do a lot of good for this country? Yet, he still was a homunculus that, in the end, tried to kill us? Come on!" Roy sighed as he opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a manila folder. He slid it towards me.
"I have done a thorough background check on Lieutenant Soto. Ed, he's clean. There is nothing suspicious about him whatsoever, minus the fact that he was a chimera. King Bradley might have done much good for this country, but his records were still drenched in blood. And, you must remember, experiments weren't just done on military personnel, they were also done on abducted citizens." Roy flipped through the manila folder; he stopped at the page he had been looking for.
He turned the open folder towards me and pointed at what he wanted me to read. I pulled out my reading glasses to look at Enzo's personal records. It stated that six years ago Enzo went missing for a year.
I eyed Roy. "Are you trying to tell me you think Enzo was simply abducted during that time? Roy, your argument is farfetched."
"How so? Edward, you're not listening to me… if our country was in different circumstances I would allow you to investigate this situation. But, I see no reasonable cause for me to allow you to do research on Lieutenant Soto in the context of him being a chimera. I personally have contacted Miss. Colville, his biopsy reports will be withheld from the Parliament. Between the three of us, we are the only ones aware of Lieutenant Soto's… condition. I'm sorry Edward; right now I need you as a high ranking officer, not an investigator."
I stared at Roy with disbelief. Every time I thought of Enzo I remembered those looks he would give me. There was more to Enzo then what we had seen, there was something going on.
Roy closed the manila folder, and placed it back in his drawer. He sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "Edward please, you must try to understand the position I am in. Central Military Headquarters is losing
over 85 percent of its staff, I must think logically. Lieutenant Soto being a chimera has left me shocked, but, it is not my top priority at the moment. I need you Edward; I need a straight head on you as well."
Roy was in a tough situation, and I knew it.
But to me, I just didn't care.
There was something fishy going on.
I looked at my nice, pristine clean room. My dork of a brother had decided to go on a cleaning spree when I had locked him in my dorm the other day. I swear, that boy, he was an embarrassment to the Elric name.
I dropped the large amount of new paper work Roy had given me onto my bed. With almost everyone leaving the base, my paper load had increased by what seemed like a million times. I hated paper work, screw it.
I felt no remorse as I turned from the paper work and sat at my desk chair.
Those looks Enzo had shot me, at first I thought he could just be creepy guy at times, but if he was a chimera…there had to be more to it. But where should I start to figure things out?
I didn't need to look for Enzo's personal records; Roy had already had the pleasure of doing that for me. They were clean, but what about the year of leave? Did that year have any significance, or did Enzo just decide to runaway? Enzo would have been a late teen by then, teens were rebellious, sometimes they just liked to runaway. But then, when did he become a chimera?
Well it didn't matter; I knew I was going to have to take a different approach to do my search. Yup, I didn't care what Roy said, I was investigating this. With, or without, Roy's help, it didn't matter. I couldn't really be angry with Roy even though I desperately wanted to. Our country was heading into war and he didn't have time to look at cases without major cause, even though I personally would have considered that Enzo being a chimera would be something worthy to look into. But I didn't have the rank, Roy did.
Now where to start? Well, I suppose you start from the beginning. How did Enzo become a chimera? Or, rather, who turned Enzo into a chimera…
Did it have relations to the chimera at Rizenpool? I shook my head; there was something different about Enzo, he was too perfect, too human, to much like Martel…
He was even more perfect then Martel, then again, Martel was created during the Ishbal War. By the time someone got their hands on Enzo, it was possible that they had perfected their techniques.
I chewed on my lower lip. To create a chimera that perfect, you would need a power source. The best power source would be the Philosopher Stone.
The Philosopher Stone or…
Oh my god… why had I never thought of it before?
Red water.
I could have slapped myself, it was totally logical. The chimera from that night in Rizenpool, Enzo… they could have been created with red water. Ha, how could I not have thought of that before?
"Edward, you're the biggest idiot ever." I smirked at my own criticism.
Ok, so I was finally getting somewhere. We have red water...hmm…
I sat straight in my chair and began to look through the well organized papers that were in neat piles on my desk. Oh hell, Al had even placed all my papers in chronological order. Man, he was such a fruit cake at times.
I searched through the various reports and paper work until I found what I was looking for. It was a packet… well, for how thick it was it was more like a book. The packet contained all the justifiable reasons the Parliament used to ban alchemy. I pulled out my reading glasses and pushed them up my nose.
I knew what I was looking for was a long shot, but I had to try.
I flipped through the pages of the packet until my eyes stopped at a certain section. In big bold letters it stated: '5th Laboratory'.
Yup, the 5th Laboratory.
The 5th Laboratory use to harbor the most accessible amount of red water I had ever seen. Ok, let us say that by some small tiny chance that the chimera from Rizenpool hadn't been created in Xing; instead let's say it was created in Amestris. There was enough red water in the 5th Laboratory that any white lab-coat man would have a field day creating and experimenting with chimera. That chimera in Rizenpool wasn't done with normal alchemy, oh no. It was done without equivalent trade. And now with Enzo, everything was beginning to strike home.
A skimmed through the 5th Laboratory report and, oh look, there's my name. Tee, he he.
I sighed as I finished the section on the 5th Laboratory. Well shit, it didn't say a single thing of what happened to the red water. I mean, it had to have been transported to a new location. Right? It's not like if I went to the 5th lab at that very moment the water would just be chilling there.
Right?
…right…?
My boot crushed a piece of glass and created a loud echoing sound. It was eerie… dun, dun, dunnn.
I looked at the map in my hands with deep concentration. Heh, Mustang was going to be one pissed off man if he discovered the stolen map missing from his office. Ok, ok, why do I need a map you might be wondering? I know I had been in the 5th Laboratory before but, that was over four years ago while I was in a critical situation. And considering that the structure of the building partially collapsed, heh, I desperately needed a map as a guide.
Entering the building had been surprisingly easy. There was no more guard post. I had surveyed the area rather carefully, making sure there were no more hidden traps also, hey can't be too careful, and of course there were none. The only thing there was a nice sign that said 'Caution, Danger Zone Ahead. No Trespassing'. Yup, very direct.
Stupid military idiots, I mean, come on! That's just begging for people like me to enter.
I looked around the hallway; crumbles of the building structure were strewn all across the floor, nice. Gives the building a nice homely feel, right?
I used my nifty little flash light, which I had grabbed back at the base, as my only source of light. The building, this time, had no lights on, making it obvious that the building was really vacated this time. As I walked down the halls I made sure I was careful with every step. Honestly, you just don't know if there was still a hidden trap in this place. I mean, it's been years and the military had investigated the hell hole, but you just couldn't be too cautious. I didn't need another 20ft ball tumbling towards me again.
Half of the halls were dead ends from when they previously imploded on themselves, it was getting frustrating. I turned from the crumbled down hallway I had been staring at and took a turn to the left. If I was to cut right through that, then hopefully that would take me to where I wanted.
My steps were slow and cautious. There was no sound coming from inside the building except for a distant 'drip' sound, most likely from a damaged pipe. My flashlight left a narrow path in which I could see, I made sure to walk straight on that path.
I made a turn and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a set of ponderous doors at the end of the next hallway. Oh yea! I was rather familiar with those set of doors. I gave the hall a check, it seemed safe. So with large strides I walked right up to the doors. I forced one of the doors open, it squeaked in loud protest all the way.
The room was still the same as before, it had a pointed ceiling with many pillars lining up both sides of the room. I had fought the Slicer brothers in that room.
I gave a faint smile at the distant memories, but frowned when I recalled the younger brother committing suicide in the very room I was standing in. It was such a tragic story in its own way. I mean, once upon a time Al was just like those brothers…
"Al..." My voice rang out to the empty space. I shook my head to clear my thoughts, it was all past now. Yes, all in the past.
My feet padded loudly against the stone floor. I wrapped my red jacket closer around my body, it felt like the farther I walked into the depths of the building, the colder it was getting. I could faintly see the white mist of my own breath.
I opened the next set of doors that were across the room. The hallway beyond seemed even darker then the previous ones I had walked through. Great, just what I needed. The set of doors closed loudly behind me.
I placed the butt of the flash light in my mouth as I straightened out the map in my hands. I had on my reading glasses as I looked at the different turns and hallways I was going to need to take. Finally getting the proper direction in my head, I folded up the map and placed it under my arm and placed my glasses back in their case. I looked around the dark hallway; it seemed in better condition compared to all the others. Maybe luck was going to be on my side.
I ran my auto-mail fingers lightly against the side of the stone walls so they could work as a sort of guide as I walked through the various hallways. I followed the path of my flash light, making sure to keep my steps as quiet as possible.
Thump
I stopped for a moment, was it just me or did I hear something?
Thump
My body went suddenly stiff. The sound echoed throughout the hallways, oh shit. It sure as hell wasn't me that time.
Thump Thump
I couldn't tell where in the world the sound was coming from. It was too dark and I couldn't see a thing. The echoes resonated off the walls which threw off the direction the noise was being produced. I swallowed loud enough that I could hear.
I stood stiff, waiting for the noise to happen again. Goosebumps danced across my real arm, the hairs on the back of my neck standing up on edge.
But after standing there for awhile I found that there was no more sound, it stopped. "Shit." My words were spoken through clenched teeth. Maybe I had just been hearing things, it was very possible. I mean, considering how dark and creep the place was, it was very likely my mind was just playing tric--
A scream tore its way from my throat as something hit me hard from behind, my flashlight skittered across the floor, out of my reach.
HolymotherofgoodnesswhatthehellwasthethingitwashugeouchwhydoIhurtsomuchahhhthisisntright
I hit hard against the stone floor. I quickly grabbed onto my real shoulder, feeling a stingy sensation. I pulled my auto-mail hand away and I used my real fingers to feel the warm and sticky substance that was on it. I was bleeding. What the hell?
My heart stopped when I heard a snarl coming from somewhere nearby…. Oh shit.
Nails clattered loudly against the stone floor, something was headed right towards me. I couldn't see a damn thing. I did the only thing I could think to do; I threw my right arm in front of me. My arm was suddenly jerked; I could hear the sickening sound of teeth against metal. With my left leg, I kicked whatever the hell the thing was, hard in the head. A cry like no other escaped the creature's mouth as I heard it crash to the floor.
It was just too dark to see, I quickly looked behind me, my flash light was a good few feet away. I had to get it, I couldn't fight without it. I pushed my body with my arms towards the light, I was too scared to get up and stand, I couldn't tell where the creature was at. My left shoulder gave a loud protest as I used it to drag myself, but I ignored it.
My fingers were only a few inches away when I was suddenly jerked back, my left leg being yanked. I swallowed back a scream as my auto-mail pulled at the skin where it connected with the remains of my real leg.
I couldn't reach the flashlight. Shit! The thing behind me started to chew on my leg, I could hear the clatter of chomps, the creature wasn't going to be able to break my steel.
My clap rang out rather loud, echoing between the walls. A flash of blue light illuminated the room along with the creature…
Oh my… holy...
The creature's beady eyes stared at me; I could see my face being reflected back. It was a chimera… Its head the shape of a lion's, its body the size of a hyena. That was all I could see before the glow disappeared and the sharp point of my arm was fully transformed.
What the hell was going on?
The chimera jerked at my left leg again, I could hear its claws scraping against my auto-mail. I pulled my right arm back, thrusting it towards the creature with all my might. The creature gave a blood curdling scream as I felt my point sink into it. I had no clue where I hit the chimera at, but whatever I had done to it, it caused the chimera to let go of my leg. The chimera's shrilling scream lasted for what seemed like forever, but slowly the scream died away, leaving the empty hallow sound of silence.
I sat there frozen… did I kill it? I couldn't see…
I turned behind me, my flashlight still across the room. I cautiously pushed myself into a standing position, careful not to hurt my left shoulder any more than it already was. The cold air danced across my
wound, it lightly stung my wound causing me to flinch.
The room was still silent as I took my first step towards the flashlight. I listened carefully, there was nothing. I took another step, then another.
The flashlight was at my feet when I looked down at it.
Heavy weight thrust its way at me; I could feel claws scraping against my back. I gasped loudly as I fell heavily towards the floor. My human hand landed right over the handle of the flashlight. I turned the flashlight quickly towards the chimera, blinding it for a few seconds. The creature howled at me, angry that I would do such a thing.
I pulled my right arm back, with a quick thrust my sharp tip went right through the creature's head. We stared at each other for a few moments, neither of us moving. I looked into the creature's eyes, they were so…empty.
Empty and almost…lonely…
Slowly its eyes glazed over as blood began to run down its face. The chimera took on last shuttering breath before it fell to the ground, my blade slipping out.
I sat there frozen to the spot, I blinked a few times. Did that really just happen?
Those eyes…
I fell back against the floor, it suddenly being hard to breath. Why the hell was a chimera still in the building? Oh shit, Roy was going to kill me when he saw me...
Why on earth would I think about Roy in a time like this?
I sat myself up slightly, my shoulder yelled at me in protest. I picked up the flash light and looked at my wound. Three nice sized claw marks bleed freely down my shirt. The claw marks were going to leave some interesting scars.
I felt behind me, running my fingers along my back. The damage didn't seem very bad, only scratch's.
I clapped my hands and returned my auto-mail to normal. I grabbed the end of my jacket, tearing the fabric. I carefully wrapped the rag around my shoulder wound in a poor attempt to help stop the bleeding. I was going to need stitches, but, I wasn't going to die. Oh man did I hate needles.
I used my flash light to look at the dead chimera. It seemed that the first time I had cut it; I had cut into its right side. Blood was beginning to collect on the floor from the two wounds.
The chimera's eyes…
They were so… haunting, so empty…so lonely. I was actually beginning to feel bad for it. How long had the chimera been down here? The chimera must have been a left over from Tucker.
That's a long time to be alone. I couldn't believe the military never found it; the thing seemed hard to miss.
I stood up, my body feeling achy all over. I turned to just leave the whole building when a specific door caught my sight. I hadn't even realized it; I had made it to the room I was looking for. I looked back at the chimera, was there more of them?
A sigh left my mouth. I made it to the room I was looking for, didn't I? Why not just finish my damn investigation so I would never have to return again. Most likely that was the only chimera left. And besides, it would only take me a second just to check out the room.
I groaned as I stumbled towards the door, my left leg feeling stiff from all the pulling and yanking. My hand grasped onto the cold knob. This was all only going to take a second, just one look and then I could leave.
The door was unlocked as I pulled it open. I used my flashlight to peer into the room. My breath got caught into my throat as I gazed around the place. It was a lot more clean and neat then I would have expected. Tuckers lab seemed no different then the last time I had seen it. It seemed that the only difference was the freezing air and the lack of light.
I walked into the room, old memories dancing in my head, not very pleasurable memories at that. A surgical table sat in the center of the room, surrounding it was various other tools and sources Tucker had used to try and recreate…
Nina.
I closed my eyes hard, I didn't want to remember. Nina was so innocent and pure… what Tucker had done to her…
"Edward, just move forward, get to the room, and leave. It's simple." My words were strained, but I had to listen to myself. I took in a few deep breaths to help calm my thumping heart. I limped my way around the hefty sized table and towards the double wooden doors on the other side of the room.
Just one look then I could go. It was so simple.
I placed my flashlight back in my mouth as I grabbed both the handles of the doors. At the same time I pulled both the doors open.
A groan of disappointment fell from my lips. The red water was totally gone. I knew deep inside it would be like that, but one could still hope, right?
I flashed the light around the room without leaving the doorway. There was still a rather large hole in one of the walls that Scar had once created to save my life, but, other than that, the room was relatively clean. I
looked up at the ceiling; the array I had created was still engraved in it. I angled the light towards the floor; the same array was still there too.
Huh?
I blinked a few times. Wait… no… was I seeing things? The array wasn't the same... There was something off about it. Something wasn't right, but what? I squinted but I couldn't make out what exactly was different.
I took a step into the room, but nearly tripped over-
I flashed the light quickly towards my feet.
Shit.
The trip wire cut into my pants while I yanked it with my leg.
Hmm, wasn't that just convenient? You would have thought that I would have noticed something like that. Teaches me for not being more cautious.
I quickly threw myself away from the door as a big flash of light burst throughout the room. The pressure of the explosion hit me in one giant heat wave; it added more acceleration to my mid-air get away.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
The pressure caused my body to compact hard against something behind me. A shot of pain danced throughout my body.
My head smacked hard against what ever was behind me, causing my world to suddenly go black.
I peered into the kitchen through the crack of the door. I hid behind the rest of the wooden fixture.
"What do you mean I can't teach my child alchemy?"
My mother walked across the kitchen after turning off the sink, a now clean plate was held firmly in her hands. "Dear, you know how dangerous alchemy can be. I think one alchemist in the family is enough."
"Trisha, it's educational."
My mother looked at my father, an exasperated expression on her face. "I am not comfortable with our children doing alchemy." She sat down at the kitchen table across from my father. "You tell me so many dangerous stories about alchemists…maybe when he gets older, more mature. Then we can talk about it. Besides, I doubt he will even be able to understand the texts at such a young age, they're too complicated."
My fathers laugh was jolly. "Don't underestimate our child; I think Edward will make a great alchemist someday."
My mother giggled as she began to rub her abdomen. "Hmm, maybe this little one will make a great one too."
I smiled as I turned to leave, but the door suddenly creaked on me. Both my parents looked at me disapprovingly because of my spying on them.
My father then smirked. "Edward, come here."
I looked at my father cautiously, but he still beckoned for me to come with a smile on his face.
Daddy…
"Edward, how could you ruin your mother?"
Huh.. What did he mean? I looked towards where my mother was sitting. What was once my beautiful mother… was now nothing more than a failed attempt at human transmutation. My eyes opened wide.
"No."
"Edward, how could you allow me to die?"
"Dad?"
Blood began to poor from my father's chest as he stood from the seat at the table.
"…Daddy…"
"You killed me."
"No…"
"Edward, you killed both of us."
I fell to the floor. "No no no no"
I grabbed my head in a poor attempt to stop the throbbing.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO-"
"oooooooooooo"
I began to violently cough. Oh God, my chest felt like it was on fire. Why did I hurt so much, what the heck?
"Edward, are you alright?"
"Sir, his eyes are opening."
"I'm aware of that."
My eyes were refusing to focus. Fresh sterile air entered my mouth and nostrils as I tried to convince myself to breath, but I ended up with another set of violent coughs instead. It was too hard and painful to breath.
"Edward, can you hear me?"
"Sir, he inhaled too much smoke, its going to be hard for him to respond."
"What about a concussion? Does he have one?"
I felt my eyes being pulled at. I tried to see who was pulling at me, but I just couldn't focus. Everything was blurry, giant blobs of nothing. Where was I?
"Yes, we have to take him to the hospital right away."
"What the hell happened in there? Give me the report."
I tried to listen in, but my world was beginning to waver. I couldn't keep focus; it hurt too much to breath. I couldn't move.
Why couldn't I move?
I tried to force myself to sit up, but my attempts at movement were suddenly stopped by two very strong hands.
"Edward, stay still. You're in no condition to move."
I tried to force my voice to work, but only rasps of empty air came out. What was going on? What's wrong with me?
"Edward, stay calm. We're going to get you to the hospital and get you some help. You've been injured."
I didn't want to go to the hospital. Why was I going to the hospital? I tried to shake my head, but the moment I got my head to move to one side, major jolts of pain shot through me. Oh holy mother of canned beans, I thought my head was going to split in half.
"Edward, you have been hurt. We got to get you out of here. Stay calm."
"n…o…"
"Edward, stop trying to speak."
I blinked a few times; the blob over me was starting to take form. Dark hair, dark eyes, blue ugly stupid uniform.
"Ro…y…"
"Edward, will you listen to me for once? Calm down, we're going to put you into the ambulance now."
Roy's form quickly dispersed back into a blob. I tried to get focus again, but my reality was slowly slipping away. I couldn't keep grasp of it. It only took a few more moments before my world turned to a blissful white.
Authors note:
I sent the original form of this chapter to my critic and she was very honest with her opinion. SO! I rewrote it. And boy am I happier then ever that I rewrote it. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! Next chapter I am having major writers block with. Its half way done but I'm trying to make it a lot more interesting then it's turning out. Hopefully I can get it to you guys soon and make it a good one.
Ok, I don't know about you guys but I think the episodes that deal with the 5th Lab were totally awesome XD. I had to add the 5th Lab! So, this Chap is dedicated to the total awesomeness of the 5th Lab. And, of course, I blew it up to show it my gratitude.
Thank you to my wonderful Beta reader Han-chan, and thank you for my great critic Egypt. Both are doing an amazing job!
Questions you might have…
1. Why is Roy ignoring the chimera situation?
Well, think about it. Enzo has done absolutely nothing to harm them and there is a major war brewing. Roy is a professional and does have many responsibilities; he has to think what's best for the country, not his own personal interest. So, I'm sure people might have an issue that Roy ignored the situation, but … well… OK, it's my story. XP
2. Why is Ed so scared when he's fighting that chimera, usually he kicks major ass!
When Ed crawls on the floor he mentions he's too scared to stand, there is a very logically reason for this (no, Ed has not become a major pansy)! It's because Ed is in the dark and can't see a single thing. I don't know about you, but I would be scared shitless if I was in his position. Sooo that's why our little Ed got scared.
3. The scene with Ed's parents, in his dream.
That is actually a memory splashed with a nightmare. You might wonder why Trisha would not like Ed doing alchemy since in the series she got so excited when he did it. Well, in the series alchemy reminds her of her husband, I don't know if you could actually say she was absolutely thrilled her sons were doing it. I feel its very possible Trisha would have been wary of having her sons doing alchemy if Daddy hadn't left. I don't know, I just thought it would be ironic in away.
4. Gomp! Are you ever going to give Ed a break?
Hahaha, where would the fun be in that? Besides, Ed needs a little adventure, right?
SupremeHyren- Martel was totally awesome. I'm sad they killed her off. Thanks for the review!
Katratzi- Yup, that's the question that will need some answers to. Who created Enzo, and we can't forget the question of why Enzo was created. One can only wonder. Wahahaha! Thanks for the review!
Maria- I hope you liked this, I know I sort of tortured you with hints about it XP! Hope we can talk later online! Thanks for the review!
Kwala- Ed's love life I will make no comment on XP. But! I can tell you we will be heading into that stage of the fic in the next few chapters. Is Ed going to be thrown into war? Hmm... Lol sorry cant answer that. Will others be showing up? Finally, a question I can answer. Yup, some of the past characters will pop up here and there and I do have many surprises for people. I am still dreading the length of this fic; I don't want it too long. Wow, your comparing me to Stand up and Walk Forward. That fic had over 1000 reviews! Yes, I have heard of that fic but no I haven't fully read it. I know many people have spoken highly about it, some day I need to really sit down and read all of it. Thanks for the review!
Geraniums- Awe, thanks for the wonderful compliment. Yea, it did take some major skillz to create Enzo. Sooner or later in the fic everything about Enzo will be explained. Thanks for the great review!
Arci-san- Hello! Yay, I have another Spanish reader! Your review was very well written, your English seems fine. I was wondering if you could email me sometime. My email is squshymushy at yahoo dot com. I would really love it if I could talk to you! Thanks for the review and I'm happy you like Riza and Roy. RizaXRoy, a couple I believe you can't deny!
Lelann- Yup, a war is happening. Scary thing for Amestris, and scary for Ed since he's in the military. We will learn more about Enzo as the fic goes on. Thanks for the review!
MarshmellowDragon- Awe, don't cry! LOL! Ed taking a drugged vacation, that's brilliant. A very good idea indeed, hahaha, that would make a great fic. But no, no vacation for Ed in this one. Thanks for the great comments on the fic, I really appreciate it. Will more people die that we know? Well, that would be a spoiler if I told you. I can say yes there is still more death in the fic but I wont comment on if it's anyone we might know, sowwy! Thanks for the great review!
Sorceress-fox- Yup, Ed is a messy man. I wrote that in to show how much Al used to compliment Ed. I feel that Al kept his brother constantly in order throughout the series. And heck, geniuses must have their flaws. Thanks for the review!
Aharah Musici- Thanks for the corrections, I'll get right on it! Yea, Ed can be a jerk at times. He was never perfect in the series, rather stubborn and jerkish actually. And Klose, well, she was always a pretty weird girl. So, I wouldn't worry to much about it. Thanks for the review and the corrections! Much appreciation!
Koru Ro-ze- Hey! I have been enjoying your reviews! I'm curious though, who is your favorite couple for Ed? Lol, I am noticing that you hate Winry and Klose very much so and you like RoyXRiza, so I'm curious. I am so happy someone finally noticed my milk flaw! I made a comment at the end of that chapter. I had known for awhile that I wrote that but never changed it. I thank you for pointing out the Flamel. I learned not too long ago that that's what the thing on Ed's back is called but forgot to correct it in my fic. So, because of you I can finally correct it, thanks! Ed does have the power of alchemy so since he can change the particle format of items we will pretend that it's also possible for him to change pigment formation. Ed is a very powerful alchemist so I wouldn't be surprised if he could do something like that. Ed being all fatherly to Al, I am happy you like that, I thought would be the best relationship to give the two because of their age gap. Yes, I love naked Ed also. I had to add that part in, just because I had to. He would be one sexy mofo naked. And for Winry's cooking, I always noticed her in the kitchen near the end of the series. For some reason I kept thinking 'wow, since she compares cooking to machinery, her cooking must suck.' And also I personally am horrible at cooking so I thought it would be fun to write about it. Hmm, I hope I covered most of your reviews XD! You made many comments. Thank you so much for your great reviews! Very fun to read.
Han-chan- YAY! My 100th reviewer and also my fantastic beta reader! Much love and thanks for the review!
Wahoo! Most commented chapter to date!
YAY! 100 reviews! I am very excited that people are enjoying this fic! I am also very grateful to everyone who has reviewed so far. I absolutely love comments and all of you have been such great readers with such wonderful things to say. I really appreciate all the support!