I have returned! Well, yea. I'm sure you all missed me lots. Uhuh… yup… I'm sure of it. Hehe. Anyway, here's the next chapter of my exciting and dementedly funny fic…
Disclaimer: Full Metal Alchemist is not mine so don't sue me unless you want my two rats. Or… you can have my brother… :) lol
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In the night, Roy had rolled over onto Edward. Edward had screamed and threw him out.
He looked up at the sky. It was beautiful.
"Don't get stars like this back at home." Havoc commented and took another puff of his
cigarette.
"I thought smoking was bad for you." Roy said.
Havoc smiled and sat down on the hood of the car.
"And I care why?"
Roy laughed.
"Just like you…"
Roy climbed onto the top of the car and stretched out.
"Hey Colonel…"
"Hmm?"
"Is it really all that safe to be out here?"
Roy shook his head.
"Probably not… but don't worry… we're safe as long as Full Metal is here."
"Eh? I thought it was us protecting him…"
Roy laughed.
"As if… we'd never last a minute against the Red Claw."
Havoc laughed.
"Some protectors we are."
Roy laughed.
"Indeed."
After a few moments of silence Havoc piped up again.
"So what exactly happened between you and the Red Claw?"
Roy froze.
"I know it's none of my business… but I've heard things… I've heard you were one of them…"
Roy sighed.
"For a year…"
Havoc shook his head and closed his eyes.
Roy sat up.
"I left as soon as I could. You have to understand… I was paying off a debt…"
"What debt?"
"I killed his daughter…"
Suddenly, Ed emerged from his tent and rubbed his eyes. He started walking away,
completely slouched over and started mumbling something
about dancing polar bears.
Roy laughed.
"Strange boy that one is." Havoc said and took another puff of his cigarette.
"Yea…" Roy whispered.
"Yes he is."
"Hey little one! Where you off to?" Roy called after Ed.
Ed put up his middle finger without turning around and said,
"You're not my mother and I can go potty all by myself you ugly giraffe…"
"What the hell?" Havoc raised an eyebrow.
Roy smiled.
"Strange indeed."
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Ed walked up to the edge of the forest, unzipped his pants and started doing his business. It
was very dark and the forest chirped with life. He
wasn't afraid of the forest. He had grown up next to one… he had to live in one for a long
time too. He remembered the time he and Al had
been forced to live on that island. He smiled.
"Izumi… Al…"
He whispered into the darkness.
"What the hell?" He suddenly.
"Isn't it kind of wrong to think about them while going pee?"
He quickly zipped up his fly and stormed off. He suddenly felt as if something were
watching him. He turned around.
The forest life had silenced and his heart raced. The car and the tents weren't too far away.
He could run for them… or he could protect them
and run into the forest. Suddenly, his mind was made up for him as he was dragged into the
forest by something large and black. She
whispered in a low voice and said,
"Finally…
"Finally I've come to meet you…"
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All Ed remembered were a few strange sounds. Like screeching. Then gunshots. Then more
screeching. He opened his eyes. It was bright. He
was unusually warm. He could tell he was moving somehow. But he didn't know how. He
wasn't moving his legs. He hurt too much. He blinked a
few times. It was still blurry. He figured out he was being held up. Like he was on
someone's back. He breathed in. It smelled like fire and after- shave.
"Colonel…" he whispered.
Suddenly, there was a sick feeling in his stomach and he hit Roy. Roy dropped him and Ed
lay flat on his back. He tried remembering what
had happened. And then some of it came back. The smell. The smell of something dead…
something that shouldn't be allowed to walk. He
closed his eyes and he saw it. The thing that had taken him into the forest.
He threw up.
He then teared up a bit.
"What the hell was that thing?"
"Human." Roy responded.
Riza covered her mouth as tears tickled the sides of her eyes. Havoc remained silent and
Hughes leaned down in front of Edward. He handed
him a tissue and patted his back.
"You alright little soldier?" He asked him.
"Now's not exactly the best time to call him that." Roy said, harshly.
Ed coughed and teared up some more.
"That wasn't human." Ed whispered.
"It looked like a Homunculus."
Roy shook his head.
"I looked for a way not to believe it to. It's hard to believe what they turn those people
into."
Ed choked and threw up some more.
He closed his eyes and remembered her face. How sad it had been. Then, he remembered
her words.
"Save us…"
He then thought a bit.
"Why do they want me?" He asked.
"We don't know."
Roy lied. He didn't have to heart to tell him they wanted to turn him into that. He also
knew that if he told him that that
thing had once been an Alchemist, he would figure it out. So he ignored the truth. He
thought about what had happened. He had shot her out of pure pity. He knew what
happened there. He knew what they had done to her. But he didn't want Ed to know. He
would protect Ed's innocence no matter what. He then thought for a moment.
"Did she say if the others knew where we were?" Roy asked.
"She told me specifically that only she had been following us."
He closed his eyes and tried to remember more but he just choked up and started slightly
crying again.
When Ed was a bit more composed he got up and started stumbling to the forest ahead of
them.
"The cabin is that way, right?" He asked, wearily. Roy nodded his head.
He then began walking ahead of them, by himself.
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"Its not so bad, right?" Hughes asked.
"No Hughes, its worse."
"How so?"
"I think I've figured out why they want Full Metal."
"Why?"
Hughes questioned, a bit curious now. Roy watched ahead of him and Hughes at the
staggering Ed. He was completely slouched over and was
slowly slouching more with each step he took. Roy sighed and closed his eyes.
"They don't want to use him at all."
He paused and a single tear fell from his eyes.
"He's the only one that could ever do it..."
He smiled and Hughes stared.
"They want to stop him from freeing the Alchemists."
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Breda sat at the train station, his fingers entwined. He tapped his feet and stared at the sky.
The sun beat down on him and he perspired. He
then remembered the events of the day before and shivered.
"I hope the Colonel and Full Metal are fairing well…"
Suddenly, he heard a train whistle and stood up straight. "Finally!"
The train slowly pulled in and he whistled a happy tune. "Let's see… her name was…
Windel Reebell… no… What was it?"
He scratched his head and stomped his foot trying to remember. "Shit…"
He then saw her. She looked just like she did in the picture. He quickly ran up to her.
He put his hand behind his head. "Are you the girl in this picture?" He showed it to her and
she stared at it.
She then pulled out a wrench and yelled, "STALKER!" Suddenly, Den jumped out of the
train and started chasing after him.
"NO! I HATE DOGS!" Breda yelled and ran off.
"GO DEN!" She yelled and waved her wrench in the air.
"Ahh! I hate dogs! Get away from me stupid mutt!"
Den then jumped forward and grabbed Breda by the seat of his pants.
"Ouch!"
"That's it Den, keep that stalker running!"
"Woof!"
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I'm so mean. I just had to pick on poor Breda. Hehe. Well, I guess the story it kind of coming together, is it not? I'm starting to the think the title may have not been the best choice, but no sense in changing it now. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.