Full Digi Alchemist
Chapter 3
"So Davis, what did you think of the Fuhrer?" The ever-happy Maes Hughes smiled as he walked beside the 8-year-old child, looking around for a few seconds before continuing, "I bet he looked scary didn't he?".
"Lieutenant Colonel!" Lt. Hawkeye exclaimed, looking shocked.
Davis however nodded at the slightly shaggy man.
"See, I was right" Hughes said happily.
"Honestly, you're making a bad impression on him" Riza shook her head "Come on Davis, I bet you're hungry".
Davis nodded happily.
After a quick detour back to the office they were stationed at, Riza Hawkeye, Maes Hughes, Davis and Black Hayate entered the cafeteria for some lunch.
"Take whatever you like Davis" The blond women indicated over to the tables lined with food "I need to go and find some people, don't worry, Black Hayate will stay with you" She noticed the panicked look on his face when she said she would be leaving him.
"Now where are they?" Lt. Col. Hughes said to himself as he scanned the dining hall "They're usually here by now".
"The full metal brothers?" Hawkeye inquired.
"Yeh" Responded Hughes "Ed's usually here stuffing his face around this ti-"
The sound of the doors being pushed opened halted Maes' response.
A blond teenager with a red coat had entered the room, his pony tailed hair bouncing on his back as he made a mad dash to the dining tables. Another man had entered right after the blond. He however was dressed completely in an ancient looking suit of armour, not even bothering to take his helmet off. Judging by the size, Davis had assumed the suit to contain the only man he had met so far that was big enough to wear such a thing, Major Armstrong.
"Speak of the devil, I'll be off then" Hughes smiled, walking off to show the closet bystander a picture of his daughter.
The blond woman watched for a few seconds as the blond teen and the armoured figure sat down, the blond stuffing his face and the armoured man polishing his arm plates.
"Edward?" Lt. Hawkeye said as she approached the blond teen.
"Mmm?" The boy known as Edward pulled his head out of his bowl of rice "Oh, Lieutenant, what brings you here?"
"It's nice to see you again Ms. Hawkeye," The voice from the armour said.
"It's nice to see you too Alphonse" The blond woman said warmly "There is someone here I'm sure you'd find interesting to meet Edward".
"Really?" Edward raised his head once again, this time a piece of meat still dangling from his mouth, he swallowed "Sure, my exams not till tomorrow so-"
But Edward didn't a chance to finish as he watched the woman he was talking to pull out one of her pistols and fired three shots to her left without even looking.
"Davis sweetie" She smiled as she faced the direction of her smoking gun barrel "Please don't feed Hayate scraps".
From halfway across the room near the east wall, Davis and the puppy had frozen in terror as the bullet holes, one above Davis' head, one above Hayate's and one exactly where the piece of food Davis had offered Black Hayate was, still smoked a thin waver of smoke.
"Such a scary women" Ed thought to himself.
"That is Davis" She turned back to the full metal brother as she holstered her gun "You'll come to find how much alike you and he are".
About 20 minutes later, Ed and his brother left the dining room, Ed's stomach quite content as he walked while his younger brother trailed behind.
"Did she say anything else?" The younger of the brother's inquired.
"Not a thing Al" The blond teen replied "All she said was to meet her in her office when we were done in the dining room".
"I wonder why she said you and the boy were alike," Alphonse Elric said.
"I noticed he was missing his right arm, maybe that's it" Edward responded.
"You don't he lost his arm the same way you did?" Al asked his brother, his voice growing concerned.
Edward stopped in his tracks.
"No, that can't be possible" Edward said, his voice growing serious "He's way too young, even with all our training, it was considered a miracle it even worked when we tried it".
And with that, the two brothers made their way to Lt. Hawkeye's office.
"Yo, Ed, how's it going?" 2nd Lt. Havoc greeted the blond boy.
"Hey everybody" The elder Elric said as his younger brother settled for waving at them.
"Davis" Riza bent down to the child next to her "This is the full metal alchemist, Edward Elric".
Davis' gaze, like everyone else that had been introduced to the blond teen, settled on the suit of armour behind him.
"No no Davis" Hawkeye said, pointing and the red jacketed male "That's Edward"
Davis gazed at the alchemical genius for a few seconds before returning his eyes back to his caretaker with a look that said 'Are you sure?'.
"Yes, that's him, he's the older brother of the two" The blond lieutenant informed the child.
Davis looked at Edward again, and then turned back to his guardian, holding out his thumb and index finger and moved them closer together. Catching this, Ed descended on the boy.
"Who are you calling a super short bean whose shortness is a terrible burden?" Edward yelled as his brother held him back from throttling the child.
"Brother please, he didn't say that much" Alphonse had a real hard time keeping his thrashing brother in his grip "Or anything for that matter".
"Yeh" Edward agreed, calming down "What's up with that?"
Lt. Hawkeye looked at the one armed child with sadness in her expression "He became mute, after…after attempting a human transmutation".
This time, the full metal alchemist was too quick for his brother. In a flash of alchemical light, coils erupted from the floor and held Davis against the wall. Davis was thrashing for dear life as Edward slowly walked up towards the terrified boy.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Edward growled, "Toying with human life like it was a play thing, you're against all my work, my attempts, everything I stand for".
No one moved, not even the boy's guardian, though her hand did rest on her gun. With a clap of his hands, the coils were removed and Ed stalked out of the room.
"Brother" Al called to his sibling before turning back to the rest of the room "I'm sorry everyone, I've never seen him like that before" And with that, he followed his brother.
"Geez, Ed flipped out" 2nd Lt. Breda pointed out "Look at the kid, Ed scared the shit out of him".
The female lieutenant held the child in her arms, who was shivering and on the verge of tears "He was terrified, but I don't think it was Ed".
"Huh?" Kain Fuery was confused "What do you mean?"
"It was the alchemy," Riza explained, looking at the fear in the boy's eyes "When he saw the light, that's what he was terrified of".
"A boy with such easy access to incredibly strong alchemy, afraid of it" Officer Falman said "This could be a serious problem for the boy, lest he overcomes his phobia".
"Only time will tell" Havoc said, lighting another one of his cigarettes.
Night had fallen over Central City, and in the government building all had gone to their respective homes, save a few. Upon the fuhrer's orders, Davis was to be kept at the office for further testing. Riza Hawkeye, as well as the full metal brothers stayed in the on site barracks as well, seeing how someone needed to watch over Davis, and someone's alchemical exams were being held tomorrow.
Waking up around 2 in the morning, Davis wandered around the empty corridors of the massive building that lay at the heart of the city. It was dead quiet as the one-armed child strolled around. Suddenly, heavy, metal laden footsteps could be heard. Trying to hide himself in the crook of a doorframe, Davis peeked out to see whom the footsteps belonged to.
"Oh, Davis right?" Alphonse Elric said as he saw the boy with a certain ease "What are you doing up late?"
Davis stayed in the crook of the doorframe, only looking at the large figure in front of him.
"Oh, of course" Alphonse said lightly "Sorry, I forgot".
Davis nodded at probably the closest person to his age in the entire building.
"As for me, well, I don't sleep" Alphonse gripped his helmet "Here, I'll show you why".
Davis watched in a mix of horror and interest as the large figure removed the iron head guard, revealing nothing more than an empty suit of armour.
"Sorry if I scared you" Alphonse placed his head back on "This is my body now, until me and Ed find a way to bring my old one back" The sentient suit of armour explained "You see, this is what happened when brother and I tried to do the same thing you did, though why you only lost an arm is beyond me, you didn't happen to have someone with you did you?"
Davis nodded at Alphonse, leaving the doorframe and taking a few steps to properly face the possessed armour.
"Did you have a brother, a sister maybe?" Alphonse asked.
Upon hearing the word 'sister' Davis nodded again.
"Did…was she taken into the gate?" Alphonse could only remember what Ed had told him after their own attempt at bringing someone back.
Davis nodded a solemn nod.
"I'm sorry" Alphonse apologised "Please don't be afraid of brother for what he did to you, it's just that seeing the same thing that happened to him happen to another person is tearing him up inside, we're trying to fix our stupid mistakes by trying to find something that will return our bodies back to us".
Alphonse got no response from the troubled child.
"But hey, I bet you can a lot of fun with the powers you have now" The older boy tried to say something that would try to cheer the younger one up.
Though on Davis, it had the opposite effect. The spiky headed boy backed away from the much larger one.
"Wait, you…you're afraid of it aren't you?" The hollow armour asked, earning a small nod "You think something bad will happen every time you use it, seeing as how that was your first attempt at alchemy".
Davis was astonished at how the suit of armour so easy read him without him even saying a word. He felt like this was a person that shared his problems.
"Here, watch this" Alphonse bent down and started scribbling on the wooden floorboards.
Pressing on the scribbles, painful images filled Davis' head as he watched the energy surge briefly. The child backed away, covering his eyes and ears. As he felt a large, heavy hand shake him, the steely face of the person he was talking to as he opened his eyes greeted Davis. Looking down at the outstretched hand, Davis saw a small, wooden replica at himself, aside from the size and material, it looked exactly the same as Davis did.
"Heh" Alphonse said in a light tone "I've always liked making toys, brother calls me a baby for it, but I can make some really good ones".
Davis stared at the wooden replica as it was handed to him.
"Would you like to try? I promise nothing will happen if you do" Alphonse offered.
After about a minute of stillness, Davis nodded slightly.
"Alright" And with that, Al began chalking in a new sigil on the floor "Okay, just try and imagine what you want the toy to look like, and press down on the seal".
Imagining what he wanted the toy to be, Davis slowly lowered his hand, almost as if he was afraid that it would snap and bit his hand off. Shutting his eyes, Davis slammed his hand the remainder of the way down. The light produced could be seen even with his eyes scrunched shut. Opening them slowly, Davis looked down at the small, wooden face of his sister. Though the legs were still halfway in the floorboards, the top half was perfect.
"Not a bad first start" Alphonse exclaimed happily, clapping his hands "Is she your sister?"
"J..J..Ju" Davis stuttered, making Alphonse freeze in surprise "Jun".
"Her name's Jun is it?" Alphonse asked slowly, hoping to not upset the boy.
Davis nodded at his new friend.
"She's very pretty" Alphonse said "And she looks happy, she looks very much like you".
"A..ag..again" Davis managed to say "I..want..to..to tr..to try again".
"Sure" Alphonse said as he drew up another alchemical sigil "Whatever you want little buddy".
"Well, what do you know" Edward said from around the corner, his face illuminated every time Davis produced another toy Jun "Guess the best person to communicate with a child, is another child".
"It's amazing" Riza Hawkeye said softly as she peeked around the corner "Two problems in one fell swoop, I guess I asked for the wrong brother".
"Yeh, sorry for going mental on the kid" The blond male apologized "I guess I over reacted".
"It's understandable Edward" Riza looked down at the much shorter teen "You should go back to bed, your exam is tomorrow".
"Yeh" Ed agreed, stretching his arms out and yawning, "I need to be prepared to kick old flame boy's ass".
"Watch your tongue full metal," The blond woman warned as she turned down the corridor "He's still your superior, as am I".
"All right, night lieutenant" The blond teen yawned as he walked off in the opposite way.
"Who knows kid?" Ed thought to himself as he got ready for bed "You might just become a worthy sparring partner, granted you grow up a little first".
Yay, another chapter up in record time. I guess what I said about the reviews really did make a difference, so thankyou to those who did review. The next chapter should be up quite soon as well, but as always; I still expect some reviews from you all. Also, if anyone's reading the manga you'll be familiar with the kind of ending I'm going to put on the full metal future, but the full digi one will be something entirely new and different (One more thing, I saw how many people have been visiting my story, apparently over 230 have visited it, amazing seeing how The Digi-Slayer got about 518 in it's entirety). Till next time – Wolvie.
