Knowing More Than You Should
Summary: Al is now the Stone! How will this affect the others around who desire the mythical object? What's with the weird group of heroes? Different species collide and it's hell for the Elric's now. As for Selene and Amy, thoughts of going back to their original world are thin as a new life has taken over, and how would they get there anyway? -This Fic May Contain Spoilers-
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA.
Rating for this chapter: T for violence and language.
Episode: The current Episode(s) for this chapter are…42 and 43
Chapter 21
Note: Just a quick note before you go on to read the chapter. If you haven't seen all the way up to this episode…or are completely lost, here is a summary of all you missed/haven't seen:
Epi 42: Basically, in the last episode, Kimblee was hugging Al's leg so he could turn him into a bomb before Kimblee died. This is a result of when Archer sent Kimblee into Loire with Tucker's chimera so the people of Loire would revolt; giving the state a reason to charge in and attack. Now in this episode, continued from the last. Kimblee died and Al is slowing turning into a bomb (Note that he is turning black. When his armor completely gets black…KA-BOOM) And Lust mentions to Scar…'The only way to save him is if you turn him into another substance…' So scar thinks on that for a moment, and decides to make Alphonse into the stone! He throws Kimblee's dead body off a roof so the statesmen, who were stalking the city, can see. Next, 7,000 soldiers were rushing into Loire. Once Scar activates the transmutation circle, by falling over dead on it, Ed is out there, and watching a red light take over the city. To keep himself, and the few frightened soldiers next to him from being sacrifices for the stone, he puts up a barrier of some kind.
Epi 43: Next thing you know…Loire had vanished. There weren't even crumbled buildings left standing…everything was gone. Just open desert for a few miles. All of those soldiers, dead. Ed runs in to search and finds Al buried under some sand. Alphonse is now the stone… And next they are fleeing, back to Risembool. (Because Ed needs a certain...object) The Fuhrer orders Mustang to capture them, but the sexy flame alchemist wanted to go after Ed anyway. (Because he can't live something down.) The episode ends with Mustang trapping Ed and Al in some rocks and letting out a few confessions.
There was a quick moment of silence and thinking. Scar dropped Kimblee on the ground, everybody in a shock state.
"What? Make me the stone?" Alphonse implied, unable to move since…you know, his armor was becoming closer and closer to a 'sploding bomb with every second.
"Do it or I'll kill you, how about that?" Lust threatened, still holding her nails out.
Scar hesitated…it crossed his mind several times to hurry. "I need to get the soldiers in the city." he finally said, glaring down at Kimblee.
"Leave it to me." Amy interrupted, stepping in front of Lust and coming to her knees next to Kimblee. Blood soaked his clothing, he weakly lay on the ground, a hopeful smirk on his face. The pain was unbearable, yet, he's hold it out for her. The girl worked fast, ripping off some of the bottom edges of the white tank top she was wearing; removing his blue state jacket, and then transmuting his red shirt he had on and the torn clothing into one thick bandage wrap around his stomach. "That should stop the blood." she commented, sitting him up so he rested against her side. Next, she transmuted the jacket and some rubble into a human-dummy, wiping the blood on her hands over it.
"Use this as bait. The soldiers stalking the city will take it for good enough." At that she threw the dressed dummy over to Scar, everybody watching, still a little dramatized.
The Ishbalian took it, and headed for what had to be done. "We need to get out of here, or we'll be killed in the transmutation." Amy called to everyone else…Marta, Dorochet, Lust and Kimblee.
"What about me? Hey, wait!" Al called, but the rest of them had already started leaving. "Don't try to move Al! You'll make it worse." With that, the group headed out the opposite side of the city, Kimblee's arm slung over Amy as support when he walked. Kira ran ahead a few feet in a turn, barking and hissing for them to hurry.
Ed had come out by now, running over to the soldiers grouped for an attack on Loire. A lot of the men had started running in the city on the sight of Scar throwing a 'dead state alchemist' over the roof of a building. "Hey! Stop!" the blonde alchemist called, wondering 'What the hell are those idiots doing?'
"Stand by Full Metal. Let us take care of the work." Archer ordered sternly.
"No! Re-call the men, the city's empty!" With that, a bright light emerged from the core of the rubble town, and quickly spreading out and capturing any hint of matter in its path. Shouts were heard from inside…and then silence. The man that were far enough began to flee, but the red alchemic glow got them too.
"You idiots!" Ed shouted, clapping his hands and making a brilliant blue barrier on the ground around the few soldiers surrounding him.
Amy did the same with the people surrounding her, but on the opposite side of the city. She was surprised she had accomplished it, since their lives were on the line if she failed to put it up.
The after math was simple; nothing was left. Just bare, flat, desert ground. Not so much as a pebble left over.
Ed, just as dumbfounded as the soldiers, run into the bare plain to find any trace…seeing a small sand mound he started digging at it, just to have Al jump out and scare the crap out of him.
"Brother!"
Ed fell back screaming, then jumped up again. "What the hell are you doing out here? What just happened?" Before the brother could even answer, Amy and Kira were making their way over to them. "Ed! Al!"
Al cautiously stepped away from them all. "Don't come any closer! Kimblee turned m into a bomb and I'm going to explode!"
Amy finally came next to Ed, he still wondering, 'What the hell?' "No, your not. Remember what I said, you've made into another substance now…And a lot of people will be after you."
Ed was staring wide eyed at them both. "Al, open your chest plate…" he said cautiously. The younger brother did, and a bright red glowing, thing was inside.
"Don't get to close. An alchemist touching the stone will result in an unwanted alchemic reaction." she added. Ed became suddenly angry, stomping closer to Amy. "How do you know so much?" he yelled. Mixed emotions on this were getting to him, who was this girl?
"You guys really should head out of here. And we'll come with you, seeing as we have no other place to go." Marta said, now catching up with Amy. Dorochet was following, supporting Kimblee. Even Lust had bothered to walk over. The odd group started at one another…all of them were enemies in some way, yet, they had to flee together, all from the same thing. The State.
"Then lets go." Ed said, starting to run a certain direction. Al followed, Marta, Kira and Dorochet close behind…though Dorochet with Kimblee was slow. Lust hesitated to go, knowing she'd be punished if she let them get away, but she had already betraying her master, going back would be like walking into a trap she knows was set.
"You coming?" Amy asked, they being in private for a moment. "You might as well. Dante won't exactly welcome you back with welcoming arms. Your fate is worse off with them than if you stick with us."
Lust narrowed her eyes a bit, taking steps in the desired direction. She was right…and if she was already betraying the fellow homunculus, why stop now?
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Back in Risembool, Selene, Winry and Shezka had all settled down in the Rockbell home. The other two girls kept complaining about a stalker guy following them, but Selene wondered if THIS was the guy Amy had written about…Father Elric.
When the doorbell rang, Winry and Shezka went crazy and hid…but when Pinako answered the door, the old woman dropped her pipe and backed up to let the man in.
"Girls, meet Ed and Al's father." she said finally. Selene jumped up right away. 'I knew it! It's Hohenhiem!' she thought excitingly, rushing over to the man. A little fan girl had arisen somewhere inside her, making her shake the man's hand furiously while ranting on.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Hohenhiem, Mr. Elric, sir! See, I'm an alchemist and I've heard of your work; and I'm going to marry your son Edward some day!" she hushed with a small squeak, that last part slipped out. The man was giving her a blank look, but then smiled warmly and patted her a on the head. "And a fine wife you'll make." he added with a small chuckle.
That was an…odd moment. But it soon passed as Hohenhiem headed out again, this time to the graveyard the small town of Risenbool held. Winry headed up the next morning, Selene going with her. The red haired girl was intrigued with Risembool; growing up in the city and never really visiting places like this except for in books, was a real different experience; so she treasure every moment.
Ed's father was dozing off next to one of the tombstones…closer you could see it was that of Trisha Elric. He kept mistaking Winry for her mother, which he realized his mistake when he saw the gravestone of a Sarah Rockbell.
"How sad we are…" the old man started, a sigh of depression in his voice.
"You can't sum this up with one word, it's a lot more than just sad." Winry objected. "When I was little, I'd imagine the people that killed my parents as demons…but now I know the man who did it, and I respect him somehow." she sighed, her voice shaky. "I feel lost, I don't know how to make sense of all of this anymore…"
"There's no good reason. We're all lost, and that's why we're sad."
After then there was a long pause, both girls pondering in the wisdom of the moment.
Later on that day, Lt. Ross and Sg. Brosh made a scene at the Rockbell house, scaring Shezka out of her book worming mind. Later on, they had revealed to the three girls that Ed, Al, and number of others were up on an urgent capture list…and were to be killed if that's what it took.
Hohenhiem explained that if the brothers were heading back to Risembool…they would go along the river cutting through the mountain to get back, coming through the valley instead of train.
"So, we should go look for them, to make sure they're alright!" Selene said worriedly with eagerness. Winry nodded, going out to her garage and coming back out with a bike-looking thing. "We can go on this!" she said. Shezka nodded mindlessly, while Selene had doubtful thoughts. "I think I'll go by foot, thanks. That way we can cover more ground."
By the same afternoon, the girls split up, Selene going one way, Winry and Shezka another. The girl on foot had an interesting time…paranoid about the military and other creatures in the valley all while admiring nature and looking for the brothers. It wasn't till nearly an hour later when she found anything, it just so happening to be Ed.
She moved through a more thicker part of trees, carefully stepping around rocks. Nothing happened until she stepped on a small twig, it making a sharp cracking noise under her weight. Next thing the girl knew, a pair of 2 long, black nails had pinned her to the tree behind her by the sleeves of her shirt.
Selene held back her scream, letting out a small squeaking sound before seeing Lust glaring at her. "Hey, what are you doing? Let go of her!" came Ed's voice. Lust retracted her nails, backing off as the blonde alchemist came forward.
I copied the HohenhiemxWinry scene straight from the episode…I thought it was a really emotional/dramatical scene, and I liked it! So I put it in here…
Relationship POV
So, these of the different Points of Views from the people who have a relationship in some way. Good or Bad.
EdxSelene
Edward: The first meeting was VERY rocky. (Flashback: cute girl falling from the ceiling and acting suspicious) But after that, Ed just got attached. (One, she's attractive, two, she's into alchemy) And after that, just lets his feelings run with her.
Selene: Liking Ed is sorta a neutral thing when you're a fan and meet him. But from the point in Rush Valley…that's when the relationship and feelings really sparked. So, Selene always liked Edward, but when she sees he also has feelings for her, she loves him unconditionally.
WinryxBrandon
Winry: Winry and Brandon's little ordeal starts as a high school relationship thing. Boy likes girl, girl like boy, both are shy. Before his death, she could sorta tell, with the girls sixth sense, that he liked her. (Spoiler for the upcoming story ending: There's still an Alter!Brandon to fall in love with…)
Brandon: He's a FMA fan from another world, admiring Lust, Riza, and Winry for their looks…and body. Coming into Amestris he realized 'Wow. I have no chance with any of them except for Winry.' So his mind sorta focuses on her after coming to that conclusion.
AmyxEnvy
Envy: Envy's POV to Amy I would say… as the writer, started out as a suspicious being. Then, being the evil mind he is, wanted 'fun' before killing her off.
Amy: Before meeting the actual Envy, any Palm Tree fan would be excited to meet the sin. But Envy's personality reflected differently than a love sap like Ed or Roy may appear as. So, Amy hates the bastard now that she knows what he's like and capable of.
AmyxKimblee
Kimblee: I see Kimblee's relation to Amy starting out as enemy thing…Kimblee saw her as an easy target to torture while his stay in the Devil's Nest dump. Then it slowly progressed, as he doesn't want to blow her up as his first thought to cross his mind as it usually would be. Now, it's, 'I hope she's ok,' and 'Damn that bastard if they hurt her, I'll kill them!' So it's not the totally love sick deal, more a general, 'I care about this person to X extent.'
Amy: For Amy, I would need to say, falling for Kimblee was just an accident. As in, she wasn't planning to end up with him, it just happened. Again, the Devil's Nest was their first spark, and after they get a hotel room together, she turns easy on him and lets him do things to her, as sort of a relief from what Envy did to her.
PS: Roy and Riza will have relations! But since the story does not focus on them, it won't be all detailed taking up half a chapter like the other's will.