Chapter 2: Reactions

"Shit...return him. He's...my little brother... whether it's my leg... Or both my arms! I can even give you my heart...so please...RETURN HIM TO ME! HE'S MY ONLY BROTHER!"

Lola opened her eyes when she heard the yelling, but was forced to close them again from the bright blue-ish light that assaulted her. It almost looked like electricity, and had that same feeling in the air, but not quite. Lola knew it was something else, but her mind felt like it was crammed full of shit. Like when she was studying for finals week back when she was still in school.

"What the fucking... shit... balls?" Lola started to curse, before noticing how off her voice sounded.

Her throat felt fine, but it sounded like someone else was talking. Even though Lola could feel her jaw vibrate from the sound, her voice box doing its thing. It still didn't sound like her voice.

"What..." Lola tried again, getting off the ground now that the light from before was calmed down.

For some reason, Lola wasn't in the hospitable like she hoped, or even in her spacesuit floating around in space like she feared. Insead she was sitting butt naked in a shallow tub, like the kind you might wash a dog with. The room, basement, was dark but Lola could see the outline of a small child over a suit of armor.

With lots of blood.

"What the hell is going on?" Lola yelled, noticing in the back of her mind her voice was still weird but her emergency training was kicking in.

"M-mom?" A voice said, echoing slightly like it was coming from within the suit.

Lola didn't waste time answering, but walked over to the boy. He had half his leg gone, but at least it was wrapped up. There was blood seeping through, but Lola was more worried about the pool of blood that was forming under the boy. It was clear it wasn't from the leg.

"Shit." Lola cursed as she picked up the boy and saw he was completely missing one of his arms.

It was like some axe murder came in and decided to take an arm and a leg from the kid. Except, Lola was pretty sure the cut was too clean for an axe. Lola would have thought it was removed with a laser from how straight it was if it wasn't for the fact it wasn't cauterized.

"B-brother?!" The amount of anguish in the voice was enough to draw Lola attention away from the boy who was literally bleeding.

Towering over her was the armor, now standing up. The helmet was off so Lola could clearly see no one was in there as the voice spoke again.

"Is he okay? M-mom, is big bro..."

"Get me some clothes. Something I can wear. Then you are going to call 911." Lola said as she tore the boy's shirt off, using that to wrap up his shoulder the best that she could.

"911? What's that?"

"Is there a hospital near by?"

"There's the Rockbell, they're doctors... don't you remember that mom?"

"I'm not you mom. And please do what I asked, I rather not have you brother bleed out in my arms."

Lola stayed focused as clanks filled the room, noting the the boy was mumbling and was hot to the touch. There wasn't much Lola could do, so hopefully the Rockbell weren't too far away.

Rockbell? Why doesn't that name seem familiar...

"Here Mo- Ma'am." The armor said, handing her a red robe that Lola put on before lifting up the boy.

"Shit, I'm really out of shape. Okay big guy, where's your car."

"We don't have one. But the Rockbells are just down the street." The armor said, pointing to the door.

"You better hope it is close." Lola mumbled as she walked.

The boy really wasn't that heavy, but Lola felt weaker than normal. Everything felt off, but Lola had way more important things to deal with. Everything else will just have to take a backseat.

Lola kicked the door open, and climbed the stairs up. She heard the clanking sounds from the armor, and when the big guy caught up Lola saw he now had a helmet.

"It's that house Mo- Ma'am."

"They have their light on. That's good." Lola said, noticing how it looks like she was in some outdated farmlands.

"Should I carry brother? I could run..."

"No. I don't want to disturb him too much. Ideally we should have waited until the ambulance came, but apparently you don't have that here." Lola said, slightly out of breath.

"Sorry, but I don't know what that is."

Of course you don't. Shit, it's like i'm in another world or something... Lola then recalled what that God-thing said about not being her God-thing.

"That fucking asswip jibed me!" Lola relized.

Sure i'm alive, but what's even the point if i'm not in my universe!

"W-what?"

"Sorry, not you. Just thinking out loud." Lola reinsured the armor, grateful they were almost down the hill.

"O-Oh."

There was a few blissful moments of silence where Lola was just concentrating on her breathing, before the living suit of armor jogged in front of her to knock on the door.

"Pinako! Winry! Open up! Big Bro is hurt real bad!" The armor cried as he pounded the door.

A dog started barking, and Lola was on the porch when the wooden door open to reveal a short old women.

"Okay, okay, What's the..." Lola walked up, noticing the women open mouth gasped at her.

"The boy is missing a arm and a leg. The big guy here told me a doctor lives here?"

"Trisha... what did you boys do?" The old women asked in a hushed tone before shaking her head.

"We can talk later. Bring him in."

Lola pushed passed them and carried the boy into a back room that had a clean table that looked like it did come from a hospital. There was no heart monitor, but Lola did see some bottles of painkillers and other doctoring equipment.

Lola may be a doctor, but it sure in hell wasn't the medical type.

"You can seat. This will take a while. Winry! You're on assistant duey."

"Y-Yes."

Lola turned to see a girl not much older then the boy walk in, nervous at first but more confident once the older women gave her jobs to do. Lola sat down, watching with a morbid curiosity as the two worked on making the boy stable. After some time, the Armor guy joined her, choosing to seat on the ground.

Probably because the chairs set up were too small for the big guy.

"A-are you really not mom?" The armor asked.

"Nope. Lola Rockwell. Nice to meet you." She said without taking her head out of her hand.

"Oh, I'm Alphonse but everyone calls me Al. And that's my brother Edward. Thank you so much for helping him. I was really scared."

"Ya..." Lola said, unable to shake how familiar those names sounded.

Edward was common name, but Alphonse? The only Alphonse Lola knows is the Mango. Then when Lola thinks of a living suit of armor named Al who has a big brother named Edward (Ed) that lost an arm and half his leg...well. That sounded a lot like a comic Lola read when she was in middle school. Back when she was still stuck in foster care and had to rely on the library for entertainment.

No, that is silly. Even if according to multiverse theory there could be a universe that by coincident had real life people like the characters from that story, that doesn't explain how alchemy would work. The laws of physics would still exist! But wasn't Neil ranting about what an universe be like if the speed of light was less...

"Fuck."

"Miss. Lola?"

"I'm fine. I was just thinking... Hey what is your guy's last name?"

"Elric."

"Right. And what year is it?"

"Um, 1910?"

"Great. Where are we right now?"

"Resembool... Lola are you-"

"The country?"

"Amestris, why-"

"Okay. Ed's stable, and now I want to you who you are and why you look like Trisha." The old women (Pinako, Winry's fucking grandma) interrupted, giving Lola a stern look.

"Pretty sure you were listening in."

"I want more than a name lassy."

"Oh, do you want my social security number? How about my bank number?" Lola asked in a mocking tone that she knew wasn't going to help anyone.

"Stop the sass. Where are you from and why are you here."

"That might be a problem to explain. I going to need you to disband your disbelief for a few moment or no one here is going to be getting any info out of me."

"Fine. Make it good." Pinako said, crossing her arms.

"I'm still figuring this out of myself, but not even a day ago I was in a spaceship, about 54 million Km away, and the date was December 14, 2038." Lola said, smiling widely at Pinako and Winry's look of disbelief.

"What? But that's impossible!" Winry claimed, and Lola held a finger out.

"I'm going to stop you right there. I'm not done with my story. Now, stuff happened and I was dead or about to die. Then I was waking up in their basement, in the middle of something that looked like a cult's sacrifice circle-"

"It's Alchemy." Al said, wilting into the corner of the room when Pinako turned to look at him.

"Okay, whatever. I woke up, to these two, and that is all I know." Lola concluded.

"That is quite the story."

"Granny! You don't believe her do you?" Winry cried out, and Lola can't believe they are being so loud with the patient still in the room.

"If she wanted to lie, she would have told a story that was more believable. Now Al, I think it is time for your side of the story." Pinako said, and the metal boy sighed loudly.

"I'm sorry. Brother and I thought it would work, w-we thought we could bring her back."

Lola awkwardly listened to Al story, inwardly screaming since everything the boy said only confirmed the crazy idea of this being the 'Fullmetal Alchemist' universe. On the outside, Lola had a resting bitch face that only confirmed to everyone who knew Trisha that this women with them now isn't her.

"So, you tried bring you mom back. You lost your body, Ed lost his arm and leg, and Lola here got brought back from the future instead of Trisha."

"Yes." Al said, and Lola was impressed by how sad he could make a suit of armor look.

"Now i'm not going to lecture you two, because I have a feeling you already know what you did was wrong. Not only have you harm yourself, but you drag someone who wasn't involved to begin with into this mess. At least you are alive, so think about that and we'll talk more in the morning."

"But Granny the sun is already up."

"You know what I meant. Come with me Lola. I have some old clothes we could get you into. Then you sleep in the guest room." Pinako said, pulling Lola up out of her seat.

"Thanks. You know, I wasn't really expecting you to believe my story."

"In my old age, I find that truth is usually stranger than fiction." Pinako said and Lola snorted.

"You can say that again. I keep hoping that this is all just some, coma dream from my oxygen deprived brain."

"I'm afraid that's not the case lassy."

Pinako lead Lola through the house, opening up a room that clearly hasn't been used in a while.

"The clothes in the drawers are clean. Washroom is right next door."

"Thanks. I owe you one." Lola said as she looked over the room, closing the door behind her.

Finally alone, Lola closed her eyes and took a shaky breath.

This is so messed up.

It was weird enough being on solid ground after months in low to no gravity. Then when this is another universe where the laws of physics are different? Lola always wanted to go on an adventure, but not like this.

Promising herself to unpack all these thoughts after she got some rest, Lola walked over to the dresser Pianko pointed out to before. It was wooden with carving of flowers on the sides. A cute thing that wasn't anything like the DIY ones she was use to back home. Opening one of the drawers reviled a few neatly folding button up shirts, along with some long shirts and other outfits that were probably dated even for 1910.

"Still better than looking like a flasher." Lola mumbled as she pulled some of the shirts out and found some slacks that would fit with a belt.

Placing that on top for later, Lola let the robe slip off her shoulder as she started putting one of the shirts on, only to stop with one arm in the sleeve. There on the back of the door was a mirror angled so that Lola could see herself. Except instead of the short Asian descent young women with some punk-ass hair, there was some white chick with long brown hair.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Lola yelled as she walked closer, annoyed that her reflection did the same.

Sure Lola recalled everyone thinking that she was the Elric mom, but she didn't think that her body would change. That 24 years of life would be gone and replace just like that.

"Lola? Are you alright in there?" Pinako asked, knocking on the door.

"Nope. This can't be happening. Time travel? Okay, I can deal with that. Magical science bullshit? At least I like fiction story. But now i'm a body snatcher? Nope. Nonono." Lola ranted, not even noticing as Pinako opened the door and shut it again.

"So this isn't your body. I was wondering about that."

"MY TATTS ARE FUCKING GONE!" Lola yelled as she griped her hair that even felt wrong.

Pinako waited patiently for Lola to calm down, taking a long drag from her smoke, before speaking again.

"Feel better now?"

"A little. Sorry about that." Lola said, finally putting the shirt on all the way so she could sleep this off.

"Don't worry. This has been stressful for everyone. Just try and get some rest." Pinako said, before leaving.

Lola sat on the bed, making a squeaking sound from the springs, before looking out the window. The sun was low in the sky, but it was long past sunrise. Now that it was light out, Lola could clearly see the countryside. The last and only time Lola saw something like that was when she was leaving Earth.

Lola rubbed her eyes in frustration, before lying backwards onto the bed. She then fell asleep without even bothering to get under the covers, completely unaware of what the rest of the day would bring.

A/N: This chapter was originally part of the first chapter, but I liked where I ended it so I broke it up. That is also why this chapter is out now. Normally my stories are updated about once a month, but if I get a lot of review that might change ;)

But seriously, thank you everyone who favorited and followed this story. I wasn't sure how well this type of fanfic would go over in the FMA fandom since I normally only read HP/FMA crossovers. Also I would like to give a special thanks to lizyeh2000, IsraAl'Attia-Theron, gothgirl124, and the guest who left a review on the first chapter. Hopefully this chapter answered your question Guest.

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