Hey, finally, an update! Yeah! Thanks to Major-RR-Ed-Pride (I think her name is) for the idea of this chapter! You rock! W00t!
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Edward pushed open the door of the Gate, and in a blinding flash of light, it was gone. The little group of SG-1 and the people of Rizenbul found themselves standing inside a small office with a very puzzled, black-haired man looking up at them.
"Wh-What the heck?" said Roy Mustang, very confused, "Who are you people?"
"We're the ones who warned you about the invaders," said Colonel O'Neill.
"Then what are you doing in here? How did you get in here, for that matter?" said Roy Mustang.
"I let them in, Colonel," said Edward, suddenly flashing brilliantly in front of him.
Roy jumped back in fright. "F-Fullmetal?" he said, cautiously.
"Yes," said Edward, a little bit impatient, "It's me, Colonel, believe it or not."
"Wh-What happened to you?"
"Never mind that," said Edward, "We have a job to do that's very important, and we've got to do it fast. There's no time to explain." With that, he grabbed Roy's arm and dragged him over to where the little group was standing.
Edward clapped his hands together and stretched them upward as he had done before. The Gate suddenly appeared again. "What the heck is going on?" said Colonel Mustang.
"We'll explain it to you on the way," said Edward. With that, the Gate opened up and swallowed them all up inside it.
On the way through the Gate, before they got around to explaining things to Colonel Mustang, Edward mentioned to Sg1 that he was going to try and connect to their Stargate so that it would be more convenient for them rather than just being plopped wherever the Gate left them.
"But if we don't send the signal to open the iris," said Carter, "Then we'll all be killed as soon as we reach our Stargate."
"I think I can handle that," said Edward. "Just trust me about that." He felt for the energy signature of the Stargate and redirected their course. Poor Roy hadn't a clue what any of them were talking about, and he was scared to death. Of course he wouldn't admit it though. He wouldn't ever want anyone to know he was scared.
"Incoming wormhole," came a voice over the loudspeaker at the SGC. General Hammond came down to the observation deck to try and investigate.
"Is there is any signal?"
"No, sir, we aren't getting any signal."
"Close the iris," said General Hammond. They proceeded to do so.
Everyone at the SGC just stared and waited, and waited, and waited. They wondered what would happen. Who was trying to come through? No one was due back for some time. Well, except for SG-1, but he didn't know if they'd ever be able to get back, though he would certainly try to get them back, somehow.
Just then, a blue ball of light emerged from the iris covering the Stargate. It stopped and stood motionless, and by some unseen force, seemed to reconfigure the networks and open the iris.
"Quick, close the iris!" commanded Hammond.
"Our systems have been overridden, sir!" shouted the technician back.
Everyone just stood and waited helplessly. What was going to happen? Suddenly, SG-1 and several other unknown people came tumbling through the Stargate. General Hammond was shocked. "Get a medical team down there immediately!"
He rushed down to the Gateroom. "Glad to see you made it safely back, SG-1," said Hammond, "But who are these people?"
"General," said Colonel O'Neill, "There is a bigger issue afoot than we had previously supposed. These individuals have come back with us to help us try and solve the issue."
"Very well," said Hammond, "We will discuss it with them shortly. Debriefing will be in half an hour. Be there."
"Yes, sir," said Colonel O'Neill.
Colonel O'Neill started to leave, but as he left the room, he glanced around to make sure that everyone was there.
"Where did Al go?" asked Colonel O'Neill, "Didn't he make it through the Gate?"
"I've been here the whole time!" said a voice from behind him.
Colonel O'Neill spun around and saw a boy that was even shorter than Ed. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "…Al?"
The boy flailed his arms a bit as he shouted, "Of course it's me! Who did you think it…" Then suddenly catching sight of his arm, he said, "Brother, I'm back in my normal body!"
Edward chuckled. "Yes, I know, Al. I found your body while we were traveling through the Gate, and I gave it back to you."
"What the heck? What are you talking about?" said Colonel O'Neill.
Edward sighed and then looked at him. "You see, Colonel," he said, "My arm and leg weren't the only things lost in that transmutation we had performed while trying to resurrect our mother. Al had lost his entire body. In order to save him, I had to bind his soul to that suit of armor that you saw him in, and he's been living that way for years, as just an empty suit of armor."
"You bound a soul?" said Samantha Carter, "How do you bind a soul?"
Edward shrugged. "I don't know, I just did it. I was pretty desperate. I didn't want to lose my brother, and so I just somehow found a way."
"That's quite impressive," said Daniel. "I'm glad you were able to get him back his 'normal' body though. It can't be that easy living as a suit of armor."
Al chuckled and said, "No, it's not."
Soon after they had all had their medical checkups and their debriefing session, Al came running up to Daniel and said, "Can I help you in your research any, Dr. Jackson? I know alchemy, after all, and…I don't know…maybe I can help in some way."
Daniel put his hand to his chin and then said, "Maybe…I don't really know what you could come up with…but you never know. Your alchemy knowledge could possibly come in handy in the research. Sure, come and study with me."
He took Al into the warehouse where he kept all his artifacts. "Now be really careful in here, and make sure not to break anything, okay?" Al nodded his understanding started casually glancing around at the various artifacts.
"What's this?" he said. Daniel proceeded to explain what each particular artifact was and what it represented. Al was quite enthralled by the whole thing. He began wandering around the warehouse by himself, looking at things, and trying to figure out what they meant.
He found an interesting looking urn, and he picked it up to examine it. Just then, Daniel sneezed, which startled Al, and caused him to drop it. "What's going on over there? Is everything okay?" called Daniel.
"Everything's fine," said Al. He didn't want Daniel to know that he had just dropped a valuable artifact, so he quickly drew a transmutation circle on the floor and put the urn back together alchemically.
He then carefully picked it up and placed it back on the shelf. Hopefully, no one would notice what he'd accidentally done.
They continued studying for awhile until Daniel decided that that was enough for one day, so he and Al went out of the study area to find where everyone else was.
As soon as Daniel found out where everyone else was, Al said that he was going to go and find out what his brother was doing, so he said goodbye to Daniel, and then he took off. Daniel waved, and went to socialize with his buddies.
The next thing anyone knew, Al had bust into the observation deck, and demanded, "Open the Stargate, NOW!"
Everyone stared at him, blankly. What the heck?
"I said NOW!" said Al, "Don't force me to use my alchemy against you!"
"You know, this isn't a very good time to be joking around, Al," said Ed, who happened to be in the room at that time.
"This is no joke, Brother," said Al, having a very derogatory sounding tone when he said the word "Brother". Edward shuddered when he heard that. What was with his brother?
"If you don't open the gate right now, I'm going to use force, and it's not going to be pretty," demanded Al. No one moved. They didn't dare. They didn't know what was going on.
Al suddenly clapped his hands together and slapped them on a nearby desk, sending a flurry of blue sparks along the length of the desk and exploding everything in its path. Ed leapt up. "Al, what are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Al didn't respond. He continued performing these explosive transmutations, trying to get what he wanted. Ed had no choice but to try and fight his brother. Man, what had gotten into him? Ed was going to have to try and knock some sense into him.
Now, what should he do? He was non-material, after all, so he was kind of limited in his options. He finally decided on shooting a small blast of energy at him just to catch him off guard and perhaps knock a little sense into him.
He formed a ball of energy in the same way that the Sylph had when it had tried to kill him, but it was much smaller, so it wouldn't harm Al in any way, though it might cause a little pain. He thrust it at Al.
When it hit Al, he staggered back a few steps, wobbled, and then looked up at Ed. "You would attack your own flesh and blood, Brother?" He used that same derogatory tone on the word "Brother" as he had before. "Very well, then I shall do the same."
Ed panicked. He saw the look in his brother's eyes, and it wasn't good. Something really was wrong with Al, and he didn't know what. He had never ever seen Al this way before. This was actually frightening. This was VERY frightening! What could he do?
Before Al could make a move, however, several of the other people in the room had managed to jump him and knock him to the floor. They cuffed his arms and his legs, and carried him to sick bay to be examined.
Ed was crying, as best as he could cry, being just a mass of alchemical energy. "What just happened? What's wrong with my brother? Why would he be acting that way?"
"Has he ever shown any signs of hostility or aggression such as this before?" asked the doctor.
"No, never, not once!" said Ed, "He's always been so…gentle."
The doctor sighed and walked away, shaking her head. Ed could tell that she was trying not to talk in front of him, but he still overheard her saying, "This is bad, bad, very bad."
What was happening to his little brother? What were they not telling him? He was determined to find out.
Anyone know what's going on yet? Heh heh heh...If you liked it, please review! Yeah! I'll update sooner if I get a good amount of reviews!
