Heh, I think that most of you readers have something of a love/hate thing for this story: You are intrigued by the story, but hate it that the main character is Ed, since he's a zombie. Hehehe...Oh well, continue loving and hating it at the same time if you wish, just review! Heh.
Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist. I pretty much don't own any characters at all, except for Katie in one of my other stories, hehe. I'm not very good at making up characters. Maybe I'll figure it out someday. Heh.
There was nothing Roy could do as he felt his body being taken over by the foreign spirit. For the first time in a long time, he felt helpless, completely at the mercy of one who had once been under him. He suddenly wished that he hadn't teased Edward about his height so much when he was alive. People always told him that the things you do will come back to haunt you, but he hadn't thought that that would happen literally.
(Roy,) said Edward telepathically, since he was in the same body, after all, (You do not need to fear me so much. I am the same Edward Elric you always knew. The only difference is that I've crossed over, so some of my perceptions about life and existence differ.)
(But what are you going to do with me?) Roy thought back.
(I simply need an adequate body to accomplish my mission, and your name and rank will be quite useful to me.)
Roy jumped. Edward was going to use his body in order to pretend to be him? What was he going to do?
(We had better get my body taken care of, before anyone else sees it,) said Edward. (Either you could get up ad take care of it, or I can take control of you and take care of it myself. It's your choice.)
Roy knew that Edward was serious about taking control of him. Heck, he had been serious the whole time he'd been here. He wished the Edward would show more human-like emotions than he had thus far. It might make him seem less spooky.
Roy stood up, grabbed a blanket, and wrapped the body in it, so that no one would be able to tell who, or what, it was. It would be better for him to do this himself than to let Edward take control of him. He hated the thought of losing control of his own body. It really gave him the creeps.
He managed to slip out of the building with the body without too much question. After carefully placing the body in his car, he drove out of town, and found a vacant patch of land where he could bury it. He knew that he wasn't actually legally allowed to bury a body there, but there was no way that Edward was going to allow him to waste all that time getting his body back to Rizenbul when the very thing he had come to stop was to occur tomorrow. Roy would just have to come back here later, dig up the body, and return it to Rizenbul, and somehow come up with a good explanation of how the body had managed to come up missing in the first place. Somehow, he just didn't think that the whole zombie story would go over too well.
Later, back at his dorm, Roy was busy studying, and cramming all sort of information into his head at a rather fast pace. He had thought he knew all about alchemy and physics, and other scientific concepts, until he started reading these advanced books. They were pretty heady, and he so badly wanted to take a break from them, perhaps even go to bed, but Edward wouldn't let him. Tomorrow was a very important day, and Ed insisted that he brush up on his knowledge as much as he could.
"But, Edward," said Roy aloud, while rubbing his eyes, "Don't forget that I'm still mortal. I can't take the strain."
(You can take the strain for one night, even being mortal,) said Edward.
"Are you going to let me get any sleep at all?" asked Roy, yawning for the third time since the conversation began.
(Maybe, and maybe not,) said Edward, (The weaker you are, the easier you are to control. I'll need full control of your body tomorrow.)
"Then why must I do all this study?" asked Roy.
(Chances are good that I'll need your help,) Edward admitted.
"If that's so, could I at least have a few hours of sleep?" asked Roy.
Edward finally consented to let Roy have a bit of sleep that night. Edward hadn't been mortal for some time, so it was hard to remember the demands of a mortal body at times.
Roy's eyes flew open the next morning way before he was ready to get up. Edward was pushing him really hard, and he hoped that he wouldn't have to put up with this for very long.
Edward had taken control of the body, since Roy was too tired to do anything about it. So, after getting dressed and ready for the day, Edward about to walk out the door when Roy said, "Wait, you have to at least let me eat."
Edward sighed. "You know, Roy, your mortal body is really going to slow me down." Notwithstanding, he went and grabbed a piece of fruit and started eating it on the way out the door. Edward still remembered how to eat, after all, but he didn't personally feel the need to. Maybe staying in his dead body would've been easier, even though it was falling apart.
Edward soon reached the lab where the experiment was to be performed. Al and several scientists were there, as well as the man Roy had been talking to the previous day. That man gave Roy a nervous glance, and then continued on with what he was doing.
"Now, we will start the transmutation process," said the man. Al raised his hands over the table that held the elements with a transmutation circle, when Ed in Roy's body marched up and began pushing people out of the way.
"No, you won't," said Edward. "I cannot allow this experiment to continue."
"But, sir," said one of the scientists, "We've been planning this for months."
"Just the same, it is too dangerous. I cannot permit it."
The group leader look Mustang in the eye and said, "I had the feeling that this would happen after what occurred yesterday, so I took the liberty of getting orders from a higher officer."
The man showed a signed document to Mustang, with orders to perform the experiment. There was nothing that Roy could do about it.
(Surely, you're not going to give up that quickly?) said Edward, (I'm disappointed in you, Roy. You're grown soft since I've seen you last.)
(There's nothing I can do,) said Roy.
(Look through my eyes for a moment, and tell me what you see.)
Roy felt himself being taken over completely, and his vision began to blur. He shook his head to try and clear it, but it didn't help. Finally, the blurriness went away on it own, and he could see clearly, much clearer than ever before.
Roy stared for a moment, when suddenly he realized that these "spirit eyes" as he decided to call them didn't appear to be bound by time. He was seeing the future through his eyes.
He watched as Alphonse transmuted the elements into this highly explosive substance. It appeared he'd succeeded, when it suddenly exploded and killed everyone in the building. The explosion didn't stay in the building, but continued spreading throughout the city, gaining momentum as it went. He saw children screaming as their bodies were disintegrated by the force of this terrifying power. He saw women running and trying to hide with children in their arms. He saw entire buildings filled with terrified people crash to the ground.
He tried to close his eyes, to not see anything more, but these spirit eyes didn't require his eyes to be open. The horrifying images continued to play before him. The force of this weapon continued to gain momentum wherever it went, destroying everything and everyone in its path.
Finally, the smoke cleared, and he was able to see what was left of Central City…nothing. It was a barren desert wasteland. One couldn't even tell that a city had ever existed here.
(Please, Edward, don't make me see this anymore, it's too gruesome!)
Roy suddenly got his normal vision back, and he opened his eyes. He was still in the lab, and all the scientists were standing there, staring at him like they were wondering what had happened to him.
Roy didn't know what to do, but he couldn't just sand by and do nothing. Chances were good that Edward's spirit sight was quite accurate, and he wasn't just going to let that happen.
Roy suddenly felt his hand shoot up, and his fingers formed into a snapping position.
(Edward,) said Roy, (You can't just use fire alchemy through me. You don't know how!)
(I can at least try,) said Edward, (It's better than the alternative.)
(But you could burn all sorts of things up!) said Roy.
(Well, then would you care to do the alchemy for me? It has to be done, whether you do it or I do it, and you are indeed more familiar with fire alchemy than I am.)
Rou couldn't see any way out of this, so he snapped his fingers and burned up the raw elements on the table.
The scientists and members of the military that were present were furious…except for Alphonse, who was quite relieved.
"I wouldn't try anything rash against Roy, if I were you," said Edward, "I made him do that."
"You ARE Roy Mustang!" shouted one of the scientists.
"Are you sure?" said Edward, grabbing the guy's collar and staring deep into his eyes. The man started shaking. Edward indeed gave off a strange aura.
"Roy…Roy's been possessed," said the man, terrified.
"Indeed," Edward admitted, "I have possessed Roy. I'll leave him as soon as this whole idea of using Al's discovery as a weapon is put out of your minds."
Al jumped at the mention of his name. Most people just called him Alphonse or Major Elric, not Al.
The leader of the group started shaking and again looked around for an exit. Edward smirked. "I'm not going to let you escape so easily this time, seeing that you've caused so much trouble for Roy."
The man backed away from Roy as quickly as he could. The man knew that if this being knew about that incident yesterday, he must've been that zombie.
Al looked at Roy, and asked, "Who are you?"
"Really, Al," said Edward, "Just because I'm in a different body, you don't recognize me?"
Just then, Ed felt a spear being poked into Mustang's back. "Hold it right there, and don't move," came a voice from behind him.
Edward smirked, clapped Roy's hands together, and then turned around and touched the spear, causing it to fall apart in the man's hands.
Everyone present gasped. After a moment of silence, Al finally spoke up and said, "You're…my brother…Edward Elric."
That's it for today, now review!
