Disclaimer: I do not own Edo (sigh), Alo (a bigger sigh) or their little universe. However my Mystery Man is my creation. Steal him and you will be tracked by my army of radioactive panzer Beanie Babies of DoOm!
Note: Since Finals are just around the corner shudder my work on this story will be slowing down, but it will kick up again. For those of you who "vaguely" know me coughreviewerscough, find the easter egg and you will get a free glomp. But be warned, they are very hard to find so don't expect to find them easy or even not at all… (insert maniacal laughter here)
(clears throat) Eh heh, well lets get on with the show, shall we?
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Ch.2 So Close, Now So Far Away
"Congratulations dog, you now have a new master."
"EDWARD! What have you done with him!" Halfway down the aisle, there stood the tiny man (half a foot shorter than Ed) who wore a black cloak that covered his figure. He didn't respond for a minute but then exploded laughing.
"You jerk!" Al dashed to the man and grabbed the scruff of his cloak, "Tell me what happened to Ed or I'll-"
"You foolish runt skrich runt skrich runt…"
"Huh?" Al tore the cloak off the figure. "No way…" he gasped
Underneath the cloak was a plain wooden chair that had a small device lying on the seat. "…runt skrich runt…"
He picked up the tape recorder and quickly pressed the stop button to stop the inaccurate ranting of the machine and began to examine the gadget. This was a trap? That was specifically made for Nii-san?... Without putting much thought into it, he slipped the recorder in his chalk pouch.
Through the bookcases, his eye quickly caught the motion of a man running out of the library. It must be him!
A few moments of (accidentally) running over books and an angry librarian later
Al ran out of the library, and saw the man was getting mounted on a horse while slinging an unconscious Ed behind the saddle. "Get Edward off the horse!"
The man turned around to observe Al. His robe was the same type of clothing that was back at the library. All Al could see was his mouth which now curled to a smirk. "Ah, so you're the younger brother of Edward Elric. My, my, you do like to wear armor. However, I can't have let you have the Fullmetal Alchemist back just yet. You'll merely get in the way." As he spoke he reached into a secret pocket in his robe and took out a square piece of cardboard and showed it to Al. It had the drawing of a complex transmutation circle. Before Al could do anything, the circle shone in a brownish-yellow color and alchemic electricity surged through the air and the ground.
A massive gust of wind began to blow from the man's direction and buffeted Al. All matter of dirt, sand, dirt, and uprooted plants added to the abuse. Al tried to if he could see the man through the tempest but what he saw was an oak tree flying at him. "Eeep!" Given only a few seconds to react, he braced himself for the blow. But the tree was too much for the suit of armor. He was sent flying several yards from the impact, but a few seconds later, the winds subsided.
Al groaned as he tried to push the tree off of him. It didn't budge from his efforts. Thinking fast, he took out some chalk and drew a transmutation circle on the wood and it turned into thousands of pieces of paper, which floated everywhere from the wind. Al ran out of the cloud to find out that the man and Ed were gone. Al was alone now.
He clenched his fist and started to shake, "I...I can't believe he's gone. What am I going to do?"
What else is there to do? A voice in his head sounded, Chase the man and save nii-san.
"I know that! But where do I start looking for him?" Al asked himself, flustered.
Remember those detective stories, that you and nii-san read when you were little? And how they used the clues were left behind and they used their resources to track down the bad guy?...What are you going to do now?
Al closed his eyes and clenched his hands tighter, "I will get nii-san back, no matter what happens." When he opened them, he saw the cardboard square lying on the ground in front of him. He picked it up and examined the transmutation circle. "I've never seen this type of circle in any of the books Ed and I read…" he muttered. He turned the card around and there was a name inked in on the back of the cardboard. It read:
"The Neo Alchemist"
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