Knowing More Than You Should
Summary: A loss of a dear friend brings many in deep regret. The ability to know what will come next fails when the remaining of the outsiders have successfully changed the events that would have traditionally happened; for better or for worse. It's every man for himself now, and all of the steaks are high. -This Fic May Contain Spoilers-
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA.
Rating for this chapter: T…because I said so.
Episode: The current Episode(s) for this chapter are…somewhere between 35-40
Chapter 20
It was about midnight…when a loud clanking noise awoken Selene from her slumber. "Psst, get up!" Winry whispered, flashing a small light on Selene.
How they got in there, she didn't know. Or how they were going to get her out. But the point was, they were going to get her out. Remembering something from Amy's notes, Selene got up, and stepped in front of the locked bars. "Move back. I think I know how I can get out of here easier."
Why hadn't she thought of this earlier? She also didn't know. But, Winry and Shezka backed up a couple steps, watching Selene while she clapped her hands and then gripped the bars. A blue alchemic glow blinded them for a moment, and next, a nice little archway had been reassembled in the metal, making a pathway for Selene.
"Let's go!" she said to the dumbfounded girls watching. At the entrance, there was one guard that was supposed to be keeping watch…but he was asleep. Thus, how Winry and Shezka had managed to slip by. Around four hours later was when the first train left, they taking it and heading to Risembool.
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By the next day or two, Archer was rounding up his subordinates…mainly, Kimblee Armstrong, and Tucker, to go on the mission to Loire. The Fuhrer already had a base set up X miles from the city. This didn't give Kimblee time to ponder on what had happened to Amy, and he ended up taking Kira along with him, she blending in with all of Tucker's other chimera being shipped there.
Mustang had successfully been accepted on the mission, and let the rest of Central HQ worry about the girl in holding that had escaped.
Ed and Al in that time had spoken with the man from Ishbal…the exile. He told them everything they needed to know, and soon they were on their way to Ishbal.
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To Amy's knowledge…in some way, the chimera were working with Lust. She didn't seem to be on anyone's orders; from the account Gluttony was no where around her when she came to 'visit' them in their little hideout. A creaky old building on the outskirts of a city. Marta had disappeared today, leaving Dorochet to keep guard on Amy.
'What could they possibly be planning that would involve me and Ed?' she thought. Amy almost reached into her pocket for her notes…but stopped when she remembered she had given them all to Selene. 'It has to be something with the Stone…but how could I be of use?'
It seemed everyday, the group would move out. And headed to a place Amy didn't know. But by the looks, was East. After the third day, she had figured for the most part what was going to happen…They were headed to Loire, where the Philosopher's Stone was supposed to be made by Scar. Now that she remember right.
Being a hostage was simple as long as she remained silent, but her mind was wracking the entire time.
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Ed and Al had found themselves at the base a few miles from Loire…this happened after Marta said she had to leave. Ed could see right away what was going to take place, which caused him to ask Archer's permission to go to Loire.
After accepting and leaving Al behind as collateral, Archer made an order to send Kimblee into Loire with Tucker's chimera. His brilliant plot to 'be the hero of the mission.' Kimblee wanted to go anyway. There had been enemy chimera sightings heading into Loire with a hostage…he could guess Amy.
Amy, who was in Loire when Edward arrived, watched the plan take action. Marta and Dorochet stood clear of Scar and watched him work…persuading Rose with his plan was just step one. Lust made appearances every now and then; but the fun started stirring when Kimblee arrived with a pack of vicious chimera.
He let the chimera take care of his mission more than he did…he was more bent on finding Amy while going through with this task. Marta and Dorochet met with him, killing of any beasts that got in their way before making it to him, weapons ready.
"What have you done with Amy?" he demanded, dodging all of their attacks and tempting to blow them to pieces.
"Oh her? We killed her off awhile ago…" Marta hissed, knowing this would stir him up even more.
Which, it did. He nearly blowing a whole building up in rage with trying to kill them. Scar made the scene now, fighting with Kimblee from here. (PS, Marta and Dorochet are not dead)
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Ed had been given the task to get Loire's people out safely from a secret passageway underneath the city. But this caused problems for him…because Sloth and Wrath were there. Wrath was now, apparently evil and on the homunculus side. But Sloth, he realized…was the homunculus they had created…
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Kira had sought out Al…and somehow convinced him to get to Loire. This is where Amy met them. Kira, coming directly to her on the outskirts of the city.
"Al!" she called out, actually glad to know he was here. Al recognized her from the Devil's Nest…the girl that had known Selene. "What are you doing here?" he asked, but it was quickly interrupted the explosion of a building covered the three on ash and dust.
Kimblee and Scar were fighting head on, destroying the remaining buildings in the city with their exploding arms.
Al ran ahead to try and stop them, or something…while Amy and Kira were still recovering from the sudden explosion near them. The chimera and Lust stood idly by, not wanting to get blown to bits by one of the two.
"Hey! Stop!" Al shouted, catching both of the men's attentions for a moment. But Scar saw this as a distraction, and threw his right arm, into Kimblee's gut. His left arm had been dismantled by Kimblee, and was now completely blown off, blood coming out of the now one armed man.
Scar stepped away, to catch his breath and maybe his sanity, the pain was too great for one to handle for very long.
Kimblee though, was not dead, and had decided, 'I'm close to death, I might as well go down swinging.' At this, the injured Kimblee crawled around Al's leg, turning him into a bomb before Scar could come over to stop him.
The Ishbalian grabbed Kimblee up by the neck with his right arm, after Kimblee had made Al into a very slow ticking time bomb…"Prepare to die…"
"Stop!"
The shout echoed through the scene…everybody looking over to see Amy there, nearly in tears at the view of Kimblee in near death. "Please, don't kill him!"
Scar tightened his grip on the man's neck. "Do you realize who this is and what he's done? He's a murderer and a sinner, and deserves more than death." Scar said.
Al stood by…and fell on the ground as his armor turned black and into the bomb material. Slowly, and surely. Kimblee placed his hands on Scar's arm choking him. Amy was alive. That's what mattered. "I can de-bomb the kid if you let me go…" he offered, his mind at ease now.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Lust said, jumping down by the group. She held her nails in a threatening fashion, towards Scar and Kimblee. Amy stood by her, as to agree or be on her side. "Yes. Besides Kimblee de-bombing Al, another way to save him is if we change his metal body into another substance." she added.
"In other words, the Philosopher's Stone." Lust finished.