Author's Note
In all seriousness I don't own Sailor Moon or Fullmetal Alchemist, yet the concept is mine. Please don't take it without my consent… PLEASE…
Now we start the rescue mission. Good luck Roy and Raye!
Sailor Moon and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 10: Rescue Mission, Part I
Raye was certain she could sense a presence in the direction she had been headed. As they stood in the area, Roy sighed.
"There's no one here."
A strange noise filled their ears. The two looked around. It came again, as Raye and Roy both looked up, to see the strangest thing they could ever see. Above them was Winry and she was trapped in a spider's web!
"Guys! Quick! There's a spider behind you!" Winry screamed. Roy and Raye turned to see that indeed a giant spider was behind them. Roy took a step back, as Raye pulled out a charm.
"Evil spirit be gone!" she cried, tossing the charm at the spider. It screeched, and fell back.
"Roy, can you make flames appear?" Raye demanded. Roy was tracing something into the dirt.
"Working on it," he grunted at her. "Keep it busy."
"That charm won't hold long, and I doubt a second will work. Hurry," Raye replied, focusing in an attempt to keep the charm strong. Unfortunately, the charm wore off and the spider struggled to its feet. "Flame Alchemist!"
"Here we go!" Roy said, clapping his hands and putting them onto the transmutation circle. Flames rose around the spider, as it squealed. Several minutes later there was dust and ash where the spider and flames had once been. Winrey sighed as they let her down. They finished clearing her of webbing, as Roy remembered the chameleon routine. "Just for good measure, what's your nickname Winry?"
"Rufus," she replied. "How about you?
The two turned red almost immediately at the suggestion.
"Red Hot Mama," Raye said softly.
"Stickler."
"Okay," Winrey said softly. "I don't like this, but whatever works, right?"
"Right," Raye replied, sighing heavily. "If we had picked our own nicknames, someone would have easily solved them."
"So is the only thing you can do is use your charms?" Roy asked Raye, who shook her head.
"I can fight a little, but I'm not Jupiter. She's a fighter all her own."
They heard gunshots off in the distance.
"Gunshots?" Winry asked.
"What in the world?" Raye asked now, as the party quickly followed the origins of the noise, to find a blond woman who wore a uniform similar to Roy's, firing away at an oncoming demon!
"Roy!" Raye said sharply. "We have to help her."
The demon she fought was somewhere inbetween a man and a frog, leaning more towards the frog. Her bullets didn't seem to be doing any damage.
"Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Roy asked to the woman, who turned on a dime to the sound.
"Colonel? Colonel is that really you?" she demanded, her back turned as the demon dove at her.
"LOOK OUT!" Winry cried. Raye pulled out another charm.
"Evil spirit be gone!"
The charm flew at the demon, landing perfectly on its face, as it screeched in agony, doubling over and rolling on the ground.
"Try shooting it now!" Raye shouted, as the woman, Lieutenant Hawkeye, shot again, this time the demon instantly dying, turning to ash before her. She walked over to the group, putting her gun away.
"Sorry, but that thing was chasing me. I had gone out looking for you Colonel, but you were nowhere to be found. Where have you been for the past three days? It certainly hasn't been at headquarters, where you were summoned."
"It's a long story Riza," Roy replied, unintentionally using her first name.
"Excuse me Colonel, but we really must get back. If we don't, then you're sure to get into some serious trouble. I've run out of excuses for your absence," Lieutenant Hawkeye said sharply.
"How did you get here?" Raye demanded of her now. Lieutenant Hawkeye gave her a strange look.
"I don't have to explain myself to you."
"Answer her question Riza."
"Colonel!"
"Ms. Riza, it might help us out if you know how you got here," Winry added.
"You're Winry, right?" Lieutenant Hawkeye asked. "Why are you here with the Colonel?"
"Please answer the question, and then we'll explain what's happened," Roy said simply, as Lieutenant Hawkeye straightened herself.
"Yes sir!" she replied with a salute. "I was going out to look for you since you had been missing for three days sir. I had been traveling a city street when I believe I lost consciousness. Then I awoke here, and that monster was coming at me so I took out my gun and started firing."
"We're not in Central anymore Riza," Roy said finally.
"Is she an alchemist too?" Raye asked suspiciously. Roy nodded. "Great, she doesn't know how she got here, and—oh sweet mother of Mars."
"What?" Roy asked, looking around. Winrey also saw what Raye was looking at, and also gave a look of shock. Lieutenant Hawkeye frowned.
"What is it girls?" she asked, as Raye rose her hand to the web of vines that had mysteriously appeared in this empty zone. Upon closer inspection, the two noticed a small black cat, trapped and limp.
"A cat?" Roy asked. "Who would care about a cat?"
"Luna!" Raye screamed, running for the site.
"Stupid question," Roy told himself. The group followed Raye, as she tore through the vines to get the cat out. As soon as the feline was removed from the vine cage, Raye began trying to awaken it, crying its name.
"Luna! Luna! Wake up please! Come on Luna!" Raye cried.
"It's just a cat," Roy said, dismissing Luna entirely. If there was ever a moment Roy should have been grateful Raye didn't have her wand, that was it. She looked at him with such a fire in her eyes that Roy was almost positive she wanted to reach out and strangle him, but couldn't due to her honor code. The cat moved in her arms, as her attention was driven back immediately to Luna.
"She's waking up," Winry whispered. Luna came to, looking at the group, and mewed. Raye sighed.
"What's happened Luna?" Raye said, giving her a hint. The cat smiled, and then shivered as she pounced from Raye's grasp to the ground.
"It's terrible news I'm afraid," she started.
"IT'S TALKING!" Winrey squeaked.
"Demon cat!" Roy cried.
"Mother of God," Leiutenant Hawkeye, Riza, said in shock, as she reached for her pistol.
"Good grief Raye! You didn't tell them I spoke?" Luna demanded, as Raye sighed.
"I thought they could take it considering they talk to empty armor all the time," Raye replied.
"That's a person you know!" Winry pointed out.
"As am I," Luna replied, as the group sweatdropped. "On rare occasion mind you."
"We'll just pretend we didn't hear that," Winry whispered.
"And who are all of you? What's going on Raye?"
"I'll explain once you tell me how you ended up here."
"I was coming to the shrine to warn you about Trista."
Three of the four fell silent at this.
"What's happened to Trista?"
"She was working at her post when she sent a frantic call to the arcade about being kidnapped. I could hardly believe it, but I felt that I had to come tell you and the other girls immediately. So as I'm running up the stairs the vines came out of nowhere and grabbed me! I struggled as long as I could and then I was here with you."
"TRISTA IS GONE?" Raye cried, shocked.
"That means she's here too," Winry said. "I wonder who all is here since they're definitely going after anyone who is important to us. I wonder if they kidnapped Grandma and Ed's teacher."
Riza and Roy both sweatdropped at the suggestion.
"Only a moron would try that," Riza said softly.
"I doubt they'd dare bring that force of nature here," Roy added.
"If you say so," Winry said, not totally convinced.
"So Raye, who are they?"
"They come from another dimension. Apparently they believe in alchemy."
"Alchemy?" Luna asked, twitching at the mention of it.
"Luna?" Winry asked.
"Wow, for a moment there I thought you said they believed in alchemy," Luna said.
"But I did," Raye said, as Luna started to double over in laughter.
"ALCHEMY? AND THEY CALLED ME A DEMON CAT! OH THAT'S RICH!" Luna mewed. The group sweat dropped, as Raye stood.
"Okay, so we know that everyone is probably out there somewhere. Let's keep going," she announced, as Riza, Roy, and Winrey started to follow her. Luna finally stopped laughing.
"Don't leave me behind Raye!" she cried…