I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. But Storm Front is my OC
The Storm Front Alchemist
Chapter: 4 Chimeras Cry: Storm Front V.S Sewing-Life.
John, Ed, Al, Hughes and Roy were all sitting in the back of the limo that was taking them back to Central. "Hey Ed you said you lived with Tucker right?" asked John.
"Yeah why? Do you know him?" asked Ed in return.
"Yeah, I lived with him a little bit before I passed my alchemy exam. Also I had to baby sit his daughter when he was working late. I don't think I have ever met a man who loved his daughter more, well except you major." John finished chuckling to himself.
"O come on John I can't be that bad." stated Hughes.
"Really?" asked John. "Tell me now how many cameras do you have right now?"
Hughes replied. "Only four." John sighed and replied.
"Well at least you're cutting back. But tell me do any have any film left?"
"Nope all out." said Hughes.
"Are all the pictures of Elycia?" asked John.
"Yeah why?" responded Hughes.
"Never mind I have made my point." said John. It was at this point that Mustang and John started laughing heartily and spent the rest of the ride making fun of Hughes.
The car pulled up in front of the Tucker Manor. The door opened andEd, Al and John stepped out into the pouring rain. They walked up to the door and Ed unlocked it. Ed opened the door and everybody walked inside.
"Mr. Tucker I'm home." called Ed. "Nina? Alexander? Where could everybody be?"
"I don't know brother." said Al. Suddenly they heard a loud noise in the basement followed by an anguished howl.
"Come on." said John as he transmuted his lance and ran toward the basement stairs.
They ran down the stairs and were shocked by what they saw. Row after row of cages containing monstrosities that can't even be described howling in the pain of their very existence. They ran quickly through this room fighting the urge to be sick. They found themselves in a back room in the basement. It was in there that they found Shou Tucker leaning over what appeared to be a large white dog with a long brown mane.
"Ahh boys you are just in time. I have just finished the last touches on it." said Tucker. "Go on now don't be scared this is Edward your friend."
"Ed-Ward friend." said the chimera haltingly.
"Wow amazing Mr. Tucker." said Al.
"I must say I am impressed." said John. Ed was silently looking the chimera over.
"Let me ask you something Tucker. Do you always humans to make your chimeras?" snapped Ed. Tucker stirred at the comment but responded.
"I have no idea what you are talking about Ed."
"You know damn well what I'm talking about. The last time you made a talking chimera was when your wife disappeared. Now this one shows up and Nina is nowhere to be found." screamed Ed. John's face went white and he looked at the chimera
It can't be? thought John. But the truth was plain to see.
"How could you do this Tucker? I respected you and you commit this atrocity." said John his voice breaking.
"That's what I hate about you child prodigies you're so damn perceptive." said Tucker. Tucker then begins to laugh uncontrollably.
"You bastard how could you do this she is your daughter." screamed Ed. Ed then grabbed Tucker and begins punching him vigorously.
"Brother. Stop you're killing him." Cried Al.
"It's what he deserves." Snapped Ed and John at the same time. Ed raised his hand to strike again but stopped when something tugged at his sleeve. He turned to see Nina holding his sleeve in her mouth.
"It's okay Nina I'll stop." said Ed softly. Tucker seeing this momentary distraction kicked Ed as hard as he could in his right leg. This caused Ed to reel in pain. Then Tucker got up and ran out the door. John ran after him and shouted back to Ed.
"Stay with Nina I'll find him." John ran up the stair and into the rain soaked alley behind the house.
"Tucker where are you." shouted John. "Come out and fight." Suddenly John heard a low chuckle. John turned around and saw Tucker standing there.
"Now John do you really want to fight Me." said Tucker with a grin. "I am a lot stronger than I look." With that Tucker reached into his pocket and pulled out two vials of what appeared to be blood. Tucker then mixed the vials together and with a flash of alchemic light threw it at John. John simply stepped out of the way and heard the vial shatter behind him.
"Is that all you got Tucker." Snapped John. Tucker laughed.
"Why don't you look behind you." said Tucker. John looked behind him. His eyes widened in shock.
"Holy shit." swore John. Behind John were six wolf sized chimeras. They had the heads and bodies of large rabid rats but the legs, claws and tails of scorpions.
"Beautiful are they not and they'll only obey their master. Now my creations attack." screamed Tucker. The chimeras charged John. He managed in time to transmute the air around him to jump high into the air and bring his electrified lance down onto one of the abominations killing it.
One down five to go. Thought John. Then John felt an excruciating pain in his left leg. He looked down to see one of the chimera's claws in his leg and another chimeraclosing in on his right.
"Time to put you two on ice." shouted John. John slammed the butt of his lance onto the ground transmuting the rain water around him to ice and freezing the chimeras solid. He then shattered them both with his lance.
Three left now where are they. Thought John franticly. John then heard piercing shrieks from above. John looked up to see two chimeras jumping from atop the building at him.
"Let's go for a spin you freaks." said John. John then created a torrent of wind around himself with the force of an F5 tornado. Needless to say the two chimeras were torn apart by the force of the wind.
One left. thought John. John suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side and looked to see the last chimera's stinger lodged in him.
"Die you bastard." screamed John. He then stabbed and killed the last chimera.
John got up and just stared at Tucker.
"Now for you." screamed John. Tucker tried to run but John caught up to him. "How do you want to die?" asked John. "Slow and painful, I suck all the air from your lungs or my favorite quick and even more painful, I freeze every last drop of liquid in your body and don't worry about the cold it will be warm where you're going." John finished his rant the tip of his lance against Tucker's throat. Tucker started laughing.
"Tell me John how do you feel?" asked Tucker.
"What the hell are you. O God." John's lance fell from his grip and he grabbed his stomach in pain dropped to his knees and vomited.
"Ahh yes. The venom should be kicking in now but don't worry John it won't kill you just make you sick for awhile. But while you are in this condition let's try an experiment." said Tucker. Tucker then pulled five more vials of blood from his pocket and mixed them together.
"Yes this ought to do nicely but let's add some human blood to the mix."
Tucker then picked John up by the scruff of his shirt and added several drops of John's blood from his bleeding side. Tucker then threw John away. Tucker then took from his pocket a red gem.
It can't be. thought ?John. I must be sicker than I thought.
Tucker touched the gem to the vial and it gave off an eerie light. The vial shattered its contents spilling to the ground but was once liquid was now a gelatinous sludge pulsating, moving and growing.
John was horrified by what he saw. The mass just kept getting bigger it changed from red to greenish black and began to take shape. First limbs grew from the mass then a head and finally a face. There standing in front of John was a chimera so well formed one could think it was natural. The chimera was a full seven feet tall and weighed close to three hundred pounds all of it muscle. Its arms were long and powerful ending in large clawed hands. Also it had a powerful tail almost as long as it was tall. Its face while though beastly was oddly human and that's when John saw its most unnerving feature. Its eyes. Other than the slits for pupils the chimera's eyes matched the same sky blue that were John's eyes.
"Kill him." screamed Tucker. The chimera's cry was gut wrenching as it roared spikes that were folded against its body raised along its back tail and arms. The chimera lunged at John. John tried to move but was too weak from the poison. The chimera grabbed John by his neck and held him up against a wall. The chimera did nothing for a while.
Just get it over with. thought John.
"Quit wasting time kill him." roared Tucker. But the chimera still did nothing.
"Kill him now! Obey me I am your master." But then the chimera did something Tucker did not expect.
"No. I master." The chimera said in a deep voice. The chimera then slammed his tail into Tucker knocking him unconscious. John could not believe what he heard.
Did that thing talk? thought John. Then the chimera turned its head and looked straight into John's eyes.
"Die." The chimera said menacingly.
So this is how it must end. thought John. Suddenly a voice cried out.
"Let him go you crime against God."
There was a flash of light and the chimera howled in pain. John hit the ground and noticed that the chimera's arm was still gripped around his neck but the arm wasn't attached to the chimera. It had been blown off at the elbow.John looked up he couldn't even see out of his left eye any more. What he saw he would remember forever. The chimera running away holding the stump of his right arm and a man with sunglasses and a cross shaped scar on his face and glowing symbols on his right hand. Then everything went dark.
Well that wraps up this chapter. But many questions still need answered. What will become of this new enemy? Why was John so affected by Tucker's actions? And will Al ever get more than two lines of dialogue per chapter?
Next time John's past comes back to haunt him and the truth about his automail is revealed. And what's this John and Hawkeye hugging? Does Roy have competition for Riza's heart? Find out in Chapter:5 Aftermath and Goodbyes.