"The Fullmetal Titan"
By cdc100
Summary: Edward Elric is a new resident at Jump City. When the city is in danger, the Teen Titans must turn to the Fullmetal Alchemist for help.
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation.
Chapter Six
"The Fullmetal Alchemist"
The Titans, the H.I.V.E. and Brother Blood looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a person of short stature with white gloves and a red cloak over an all-black uniform.
"Let me ask you a question, Brother Blood," said the voice.
"Identify yourself! Tell us who you are!"
"Titans, be cautious," said Robin. The Titans stood from where they were, and assumed their offensive stances. They were ready to attack anybody who came near them.
"Us 'scientists' have a code: 'Be thou for the people.' With that code in mind, are you really stupid enough to believe that we would help you in creating a WMD?"
"You insolent little runt!" exclaimed Blood. Blood readied his sonic cannon, and made to fire a blast at the stranger.
"Al! Now!" commanded the stranger.
Just then, Blood's right arm was knocked sideways by an armored arm, and the cannon blast went through the wall of the academy.
Blood looked up to see Alphonse's helmetless body standing behind Blood. However, this is not what shocked them. He wasn't only missing his helmet, but also his head.
"What the-?!" Cyborg began.
"Whoa…" said Raven.
"Dude! You don't have a body! How are you talking to us?!"
Blood knocked Al aside, where the Titans were standing. Al turned toward the new arrival.
"Brother! Why'd you take so long?!" demanded Alphonse's headless body. "They could've been killed! And he could've destroyed my blood seal!"
"Sorry, Al! I got held up!"
"Wait a sec, Al," said Cyborg. "This is your brother?"
"Yes, he is."
Brother Blood didn't wait for the stranger to say anything else.
"Mammoth! Crush him!"
Mammoth ran toward the stranger and made to pile drive him, but the stranger lifted his left leg and jump-kicked him. Mammoth was knocked back by the force, which astounded everyone, since the stranger couldn't be any taller than five feet. Mammoth quickly got back up and made to swipe him with his arm, but the stranger stuck out his right arm, which made a clanging noise against Mammoth's throbbing wrist.
"What's the matter?" asked the stranger. "To hard to break?"
Just then, the stranger clapped his hands and placed them on the ground. Before the Titans' eyes, part of the floor began to reform itself into a long metal pole. At the end of the pole was a small blade adorned with batwing-like additions. He twirled the spear in his hand, and ran at Mammoth. Mammoth made to attack the stranger again, but the stranger lunged his spear at Mammoth's approaching limb, causing the great brute to withdraw his arm. But Mammoth found an opening, and made to use it to his advantage. The stranger dodged Mammoth's attack and jabbed the spear into his torso. Mammoth wailed in pain, and the stranger withdrew the spear and ran to the center of the room.
"I'm going to give you one chance, Blood!" he exclaimed.
The Titans could now make out the face and golden eyes of Edward Elric.
"Stop all of this right now! You have no right to destroy Jump City, much less drag the science of alchemy into it!"
Al and the Titans ran to join him. Al placed his head back on his shoulders.
"What's going on here?" asked Robin.
"Who are you?!" cried Blood.
"Depends. My friends call me 'Ed,' or 'Edward.' My superiors call me by my surname, 'Elric.'"
Blood grew wide-eyed at this statement.
"You're Edward Elric?! I thought that he-"
"No. He's my brother, Alphonse."
"But how could you have such an intimidating nickname when you're so scrawny?" asked Seemore.
The boy had a look of absolute hostility on his face. He ran forward and kicked Seemore to the other side of the academy.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MOUSY LITTLE PIPSQUEAK?!"
"I didn't say that!" exclaimed Seemore, as he inflated his one eye to catch himself.
"Get them!" exclaimed Brother Blood.
All the members of the H.I.V.E. rushed the group with the intent of attacking the Titans and their new comrades. Robin was attacked once again by Red X, Beast Boy by Billy Numerous, Raven by Kyd Wykkyd, Cyborg by Brother Blood, and Starfire was attacked by Seemore again. Al and Ed were attacked by Gizmo, who was attacking him with the spider-like leg extensions from his backpack. Every time the two boys managed to inflict damage on him, he deployed a swarm of small, xenothium-powered robots that repaired what damage was done. He would then make to attack again.
Starfire managed to KO Seemore, and flew toward the Elric brothers, who were having a hard time with Gizmo's legs. Ed was pinned down by one leg, while Alphonse was trying to free himself from another.
"Brother! If he presses down any harder, he could puncture my blood seal!"
"Don't-worry-Al!" Ed clapped his hands, and pressed one to the leg that was holding him down. The leg was stuck to the hard metal floor.
"What the hairball?!" asked Gizmo. "You crud-muncher! You'll pay for that!"
The stuck leg didn't stop Gizmo. He flexed one gigantic leg, and was about to bring it down on top of Ed, who acted quickly, doing the same hand motion and slapping them on the floor once again. Only this time, a pillar rose out of the floor and shot him into the air. Ed jumped off the pillar, clapping his hands again, and seemingly making a long sharp blade reveal itself from up his sleeve. He moved his hand in a swishing motion, severing the legs off of the boy genius's backpack, and dropping the twerp to the floor. Al was ready, with a strange circle pattern chalked on the floor. He clapped his hands and placed them on Gizmo's backpack. Electricity crackled, and the metal on his backpack merged with the floor, binding his arms together, and leaving his legs free so that he could only kick in futility. He had been shackled to the floor!
"No fair!" exclaimed the bald kid.
"In my experience, people like you never play fair," said Al, putting his chalk into a pouch in his armor.
"Come on, Al. We've got to help the Titans," said Ed.
"Right!" answered Al.
Back where the Titans and the H.I.V.E. had been fighting, the Titans finally incapacitated all of them, with the exception of Red X and Brother Blood. Brother Blood attacked with a blast from his cannon, which threw the Titans back against the wall. He made to fire a blast that would finish them off when Ed returned.
"Oh, no you don't!" exclaimed the boy.
He clapped his hands again, and the blade on his arm reformed itself into a wide shield, which deflected the blast, but also tore open the boy's sleeve, revealing a full-steel prosthetic attachment.
"I don't think I'll let you kill anybody today, Blood," said Ed.
Blood was surprised at Ed's hidden limb. Now he knew why this child had such a reputation.
"A mechanical arm… so that's what it means."
Ed clapped his hands yet again, reverting his arm back to normal.
"'The Fullmetal Alchemist!'"
Ed did the same hand motion he had been doing, and Blood found that the blade in his sleeve was actually a plate on his forearm. Ed slashed at Blood, but every time he did so, Brother Blood would block it with one of his xenothium-powered arms. Just as he was going to attack again, Ed was attacked with an X-shaped throwing star. He looked behind him to find Red X standing there, ready to attack. However, this short look was just what Brother Blood needed.
Blood's eyes, real and mechanical, began to glow a violent red, as did Ed's.
"You are now under my control…" said Blood. He was actually smiling.
Ed blinked, and his eyes returned to normal.
"You wish!" he turned his whole body, and slashed at the masked thief behind him. A trickle of blood began to fall from Red X's suit.
"Not bad…" said Red X, kneeling to the ground.
Ed had floored Red X, but he wasn't out of the woods yet. Blood began using his mechanically enhanced strength to his advantage. He punched at Ed, who had a hard time doing more than defending against the madman.
"Come on!" exclaimed Al, trying to rouse the other Titans.
Robin groaned in pain. He rubbed his head.
"What happened?" he asked as the other Titans began to open their eyes.
"My brother's fighting Blood," said Al. "Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah," said Cyborg. "Your brother's quite the fighter, Al."
"Maybe so, but even the Fullmetal Alchemist has his limits. We have to help him. You guys have more experience fighting Blood, and my brother can't take him on his own."
Just as Al said this, two of the other H.I.V.E. members, Billy Numerous and Kyd Wykkyd, began to attack them again.
"You go help Ed," said Raven. "We'll take care of these guys."
"Yeah," said Beast Boy. "Besides, I don't know how well I'd hold up against Blood."
Beast Boy transformed into a tyrannosaurus rex and stomped toward the multiplying southerner. Raven, meanwhile, flew toward Kyd Wykkyd and was attempting to floor him again.
Just as Ed blocked another of Blood's attacks, Robin came overhead with his staff and slashed it over Blood's head, causing the headmaster unbelievable pain.
"Thanks," said Ed. "I wasn't getting the chance to do more than protect myself."
"No problem," said Robin. "Titans, go!"
Starfire hurled her starbolts at Blood, and Cyborg charged his seismic cannon, ready to fire. Ed finally found an opening… and seized it. He slashed a large hole in Brother Blood's shoulder, and clapped his hands. He then slapped his hands onto Brother Blood, sending electrical currents through his body. Blood howled in pain, and when the electricity stopped, hot red steam leaked out of the hole in his shoulder.
"What did you do to me, Elric?" asked Blood.
"I transmuted the xenothium in your armor to its gaseous form. Soon, the xenothium will run out, and you'll barely be able to hobble."
Blood growled in frustration. He then smiled at the Titans, as though he had finally understood the punch line of some sick joke.
"You haven't defeated me, Titans!"
He threw a smoke ball on the ground, and the Titans could hear the sound of clacking footsteps running away from the scene.
"Damn!" said Ed, his vision obscured by the cloud of smoke.
"I've got it," said Raven.
She conjured up a ball of black energy and trapped the smoke inside. She then moved it to the ceiling, where it dispersed.
"Nice move," said Ed.
He ran toward a hallway on the side of the room. He sniffed the air.
"Quick, this way!" he said, gesturing for them to follow.
He ran down the hall after the deranged teacher, with Al following and the Titans not far behind. They finally arrived at the refinery, and found Blood firing up a giant robot armed with drills and lasers. It was probably used for excavating xenothium. Once the robot had started, its engine began to growl loudly and its eyes began to glow red. It fired a laser at the Titans.
"Titans, separate!" exclaimed Robin. "Ed, can you do the same thing to this robot that you did to Gizmo?"
"Yeah! We'd just need to stand him still!"
"You heard him, Titans! Distract him!"
The two girls flew around the head of Blood's robot. Beast Boy turned into a Parrot and joined them, squawking, "You can't touch me!"
Blood flailed the robotic arms at the girls and their shape shifting companion, swatting at them like flies. However, the leak in his armor was starting to take effect, and he lost control of his left arm. He tried to move forward, but found that he couldn't. He looked down, and found that Ed and Al had transmuted the floor and the robot's legs together. He was trapped now. Ed jumped toward the cockpit of the robot. Blood tried to clap the robot's hands in order to squish Ed, but that wouldn't fly. Ed clapped his hands, landed on the robot's arms, and transmuted them together into a melted metal glob.
Blood growled.
"Damn you, Titans… and you, Elric Brothers. You and your alchemy…"
"How does the old saying go? 'You mess with the bull, you get the horns.'"
"If it wasn't for you annoying pests, self-respecting villains like me would be leading the world into an age of freedom!"
"You're insane, Brother Blood. You actually think that by excavating this xenothium and destroying Jump City you can achieve your goals. Everybody I've met who tried to use alchemy for something like this claimed that it was for a 'good cause.' The only reason they did it was because they could! And now, I've got another person trying to use alchemy to end civilization! There are so many asses I have to kick now!"
"Oh, no, Fullmetal. I disagree with you. I think that our goals are just as achievable as a one hundred on a twenty-word spelling test. I'll prove it to you!"
"What are you doing?!" asked Ed, as Blood jumped down from the machine, grabbing the xenothium bomb he had been carrying.
The Titans didn't dare move for fear that Blood would use the bomb.
"You know, your 'science' is odd and foreign to me and my students. However, that hasn't stopped me or my students from learning it. With my psychic powers of photographic memory and my knowledge of mechanics, a few circles and triangles were easy enough for me and my students to understand…"
"What are you doing, Blood? What are you planning?" asked Ed.
Blood began pulling drawers out of the walls, revealing hundreds of dead men, who were most likely xenothium miners.
"I'm going to transmute a weapon worthy of world domination… an army of undead cyborgs… you and the Titans won't stand a chance!"
Ed gasped.
"Don't do it! That's human transmutation! Listen! If you try to transmute a human body, I guarantee you, you won't like the results! There isn't even a guarantee that you'll be around to like them!"
"Now I see why alchemy didn't advance in this world. You sorcerers have no spine!"
He clapped his hands together, and pressed them on one of the dead bodies.
"BLOOD! NO!!!" exclaimed Ed.
A flash of light emitted from the spot where the dead bodies had been, and Blood disappeared. But before he vanished, Ed could faintly hear a bloodcurdling scream.
"Damn…" said Ed. He clenched his fist and walked to the spot where Blood had been.
"He's gone…"
To Be Continued…