You know, exams really suck…
Sorry again for the extremely long wait, but I'm revising for exams and thought I'd take a break and write. Cheers for my reviews they made me feel good
I apologise but this chapter will be a bit short
Taking over me
Chapter 5-the first encounter
Ed dismissed every confused thought from his mind and decided to join in with the chase for his little brother. He suddenly noticed how happy and healthy he felt. He noticed how much energy he had. When before he had entered the basement, he had felt weak and beaten. He rushed over to Riza and Glacier and in a matter of minutes had pinned Al down and was scrubbing the inside of his armour since he was small enough to fit inside.
Al lay on his front with his head detached, Riza carefully cleaning every crevice in the armoured design of his helmet while Glacier cleaned the outside of his body. Ed stood on all fours half in and half out of the huge chest cavity, occasionally backing out to dunk the scrubbing brush he was using into a bucket of soapy water. He was careful to make sure the blood seal didn't get wet at all. When Al was clean he reattached his head and sat up letting his armour dry in the sun. Ed sat next to him watching as Roy, Fury, Havoc and Armstrong messed around in the lake.
"Did you find anything new in Dad's books?" Ed jumped at Al's voice.
"No, not really, same old alchemy." Ed smiled briefly looking up at his brother.
"That's a shame, you wanna fight?"
"Yeah, okay." they got up and headed to the area behind the bushes they used to battle. Ed stretched himself out so he was loose and flexible while Al made sure he was attached properly and to avoid any armour flying should it come off. When their little ritual was finished they began to fight, catching the attention of the men in the lake. They all climbed out to dry off and watch the battle.
Ed's frustration was becoming apparent as once again his younger brother was besting every attack he dealt. The men on he sidelines jeered as Ed went flying away from his brother. He landed on his back and growled as he felt the numbing pain spread across his shoulder blades. He slowly pushed himself up onto his elbows and looked towards where his brother was standing ready for another assault. He stood up slowly wincing as he stretched his back. He steadied himself then ran at his brother with as much speed as he could muster. He launched into the air and delivered a devastating kick to Al's breastplate, or he would have liked to. Just like the time before he was swung around by his leg and released at a high velocity away from his brother.
This isn't going to plan…
Ed got up again growling in frustration. He suddenly felt angry. He didn't know why, he had lost to Al many times but he felt almost hatred at the fact that this little boy could defeat him. Granted the little boy was encased in a giant suit of armour with amazing strength and durability but still, he was a child no less. Anger erupted in Ed's chest. Without even realising he was doing it, as if he wasn't in control of his body anymore, he began to run at Al with speed he didn't know his short legs could reach. He ran towards his brother and jumped again. This time, Ed was too fast for Al's reactions. He reached a hand out to catch Ed's leg but he was no where near fast enough to actually catch hold onto it. His hand was half way there as he felt his helmet dislodge from his body.
"That's more like it Edward!" Havoc yelled. Al picked his helmet up and secured it back onto his body he turned ready to face his brother again but just as he began to pivot on the ball of his foot, he heard a clap. If he had a heart it would have been racing. He felt two hands placed to his back and cried out as he felt the cackle of an alchemic reaction course through his armour.
Back at the house, Glacier and Riza were just cleaning up the teacups used by Falmann, Breda, Hughes and Winry when a loud explosion disturbed the peaceful conversations. They all glanced at each other before getting up and rushing outdoors towards the lake.
"E-Edward…" Armstrong said weakly as Ed stood over the fragments of his brother's armour. Al hadn't been destroyed but he had been badly damaged. His helmet and a majority of his breastplate was still intact as well as his left arm and shoulder. His left leg was still attached and whole whereas the right side of his body was in shards scattered around on the floor beside him.
"You cannot defeat me, and the next time you try, I won't leave so much of you behind." Ed growled out, his voice low and layered, as though more than one person were trying to speak out of Ed's mouth but forcing Ed to speak the same words. His eyes were completely black, no white or gold shining through.
"B-brother!" Al cried. Winry and the others rounded the bushes to see the frightening display of the many pieces of Al covering the ground.
"Ed, Al, what happened?" Winry asked looking around with wide eyes.
Ed blinked a few times, the blackness clearing and his original gold coming through. He looked around and gasped seeing Al scattered all over the floor. He put his hands to his mouth and stepped back. He went to speak, lowering his hands a little but couldn't find anything to say. He turned and fled, away from the horrible sight that he caused.
No. He hadn't caused it. Someone else had. Someone inside of him. He could feel a weight in his chest and knew that there was something there. Someone. He knew he hadn't done that. Knew that when he had felt that anger, it was someone else's anger at being beaten by a child. How the person knew it was a child, he didn't know. He needed to get his head sorted, this was crazy! Someone inside of him? What was he thinking?
Ed stopped when he couldn't run anymore. He leant his back against a tree a slid down to the floor gasping for air.
What is the matter with me? What did I do to Al?
"What you should have done a long time ago."
Ed yelled and scrambled away from the tree, whirling around to find the speaker.
"Who are you? Where are you?"
"Right here." Ed felt that sensation again, the feeling that he wasn't in control anymore. Ed felt his arm lift up and felt as he tapped his right temple with his right hand. The sensation left and his arm dropped back to his side.
"Get out of my head!" Ed yelled placing his hands either side of his head and closing his eyes tight.
"And why would I do that?" Ed didn't respond, he just opened his eyes and tried to calm his breathing which has increased and coming out in sharp gasps.
I've had too much sun that's all, I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy!
"No, quite right, you're not crazy. But you are what I need." Ed didn't know what to do. What could he do? There was a voice inside his head, talking to him and occasionally taking over his body and controlling his movements! There wasn't much he could do.
"I-what do you want with me? Why do you need me?" Ed decided to reason with the voice. Act like an adult and maybe the voice will go away, like when a child has an imaginary friend but then when the child grows up, they go and disappear along with the childlike innocence.
"I want my freedom, and in order to do that I need you to carry out some preparations. I can't do them on my own; you saw what was left of me down in the basement."
"That was you?"
"Yes. Now what I need is for you to do as you're told, can you promise me that you will do everything I say?"
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"I can not prove my trust to you with out my body."
"Then I guess I cant trust you."
"Grant me my freedom and you will be greatly rewarded." Ed thought this through.
"How so?" the voice paused here.
"Well, what do you want?"
"I want to regain the bodies me and my brother were born with, I owe him that."
"Fine, I can do that-"
"And I want you to get out of my head as soon as possible, what do I have to do?"
"You came around quick."
"I know what I want and I'll do anything to obtain it-"
"Edward?" Ed whirled around to see Roy standing behind him. He was about to speak when Roy took hold of the lapels of his jacket and lifted him right off the ground, slamming his back up against the tree. Ed cried out in pain as Roy began to hiss at him. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Roy, let him go!" Riza cried out, coming over the hill and rushing towards them. Roy did as he was told and stepped back as Ed fell to the ground.
"You blew up Al, your own little brother!"
"I didn't mean to-"
"Oh sure-"
"Roy, let him speak."
"I didn't want to do it, I couldn't control myself-"
"Don't tell him I'm here!"
"Speak!" Roy ordered and Ed jumped, he hadn't realised he had fallen silent when the voice spoke to him again.
"I…I just didn't think. I wasn't myself."
"Edward, I think you should come with us, apologise to Al and I think you had better fix him." Ed nodded, feeling hot tears prickle at the back of his eyes. He followed Riza and a fuming Roy back to where the incident had happened. Everybody fell silent as Ed walked over to his brother.
"Al, I'm sorry, I didn't man to do this to you." Al remained silent. "I'll fix you now okay?" Still nothing. Ed looked at all the shards of his brother lying on the ground neatly next to him. It appeared the others had found them all. He wanted to turn and run again, could feel his heart beat increase as he took in the devastating effect of what he had done. He clapped his hands and put them to the biggest remaining part of his brothers breastplate. The alchemic reaction was over in seconds and when Al saw that he was repaired, he got up without a word and headed up to house.
"Al! I'm sorry!" but Al just ignored him and carried on walking. Ed could feel anger inside him again. The thing housed inside of him getting angered by its host being ignored. He could feel it willing him to go after his brother but he just screamed no and ran in the other direction, out of earshot of the others and way away from anyone to blow apart. Al may have just been metal but the others were flesh and blood and bone. A lot harder to repair.
Yeah I know, it made absolutely no sense but meh WTF? I'll update some point in the near future but I have exams so, they come first I'm afraid. Please review
