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Al's fist collided with the guardian's mask, knocking him to the ground. He got up and looked towards Al and Bella.
"Why you-" he started as he got up. He charged towards Al, blade in hand, and swung at him. Al dodged his attack.
"Why won't you two stay still and let me chop you up!" he said, spinning around and swung at Bella. Bella quickly dodge it in time, but just barely. The guardian kept on swinging his butcher blade at her more often than Al, since Al was a metal suit of armor, that made Bella an easy target. She dodged most of them, but the ones she didn't she just got cut a little. Bella backed up, but unfortunately for her, she had backed up into a wall. He pulled out another knife and was about to pierce her with it when Al grabbed him and spun him around, knocking his helmet off. It crashed to the ground with a thud.
"You ass, you made my head fall off." The guardian's voice said. Al and Bella stared in disbelief.
"You're body is-" Al stuttered
"Heh, heh. There was a little incident." The guardian said as he bent down to pick up his helmet. "Lemme tell you kiddies a little story." Great, more useless boring crap. Bella thought, but decided to pay attention, for fear she might get ambushed if she didn't.
"Once upon a time, in Central City, there was a butcher named Barry. Barry loved to chop up meat more than anything in the world. But one day, when Barry got tired of just cutting up cows and pigs…." He paused for a moment. "He found something new to chop up. People" he continued. "and so he went out night after night in search of fresh meat." He said this happily, making Al and Bella shudder. "Eventually Barry was caught, but not before he had slaughtered 23 VICTIMS! For terrorizing the poor people of Central City, Barry was sent straight to the gallows and everyone lived happily ever after." He chuckled. "At least that's the version everyone knows. But there's more to the story…." He continued. "Y'see, Barry didn't wind up in the gallows like he was supposed to. Instead some people spared his life on the condition that he guard a certain location, but first they took away his old meat sack and trapped his soul inside a metal body." He laughed insanely. "That's right! He's standing in front of you two right now. I'm Barry the Chopper!" Al and Bella stared at him confused.
"Who?" they both asked.
"I'm from a small village back east so I don't know anything about famous murders in Central" Al said.
"Yeah, and I lived in Ishbala." Bella said "I did live in Central for a year, but the name Barry the Chopper doesn't ring a bell." Barry was disappointed.
"What!" he said, "Fine, you may not have heard of me, but aren't you a little surprised about my body? You don't see a living suit of armor everyday." Bella and Alphonse stared at him with basically no expression at all. He got a little annoyed.
"Can't you at least say 'WAAGHH!' or 'AIEEE' or 'HOW DO YOU DO THAT!' C'mon! Throw me a frickin bone you kids!" he shouted. Al pulled off his helmet.
"We got the same case right here for ya." Bella said as she tapped her knuckles on the armor, causing it to clang. Barry stared in shock.
"Huh, another inmate from death row?" he asked.
"No! I'm not a criminal!" Al shouted. (Bella: I AM! Me: Former, dumby…… Bella: not anymore! Me: What! Bella: yeah I jacked Ed's pin number and silver watch and took a couple hundred dollars out of his account. Me: you're evil…….. Bella: - I know! Me: Whatcha spend it on? Bella: RAMEN! Me: anime fall Typical Bella…….. Bella: - I love Ramen!) Al placed his helmet back on his armor.
"When my original body disintegrated, my older brother transmuted my soul into this armor." He said. Barry chuckled.
"Heh, heh, Do you really trust your big brother?" he asked.
"Of course I do. He risked his life to transmute my soul." Al responded. Barry chuckled again. He was starting to make Bella suspicious. What is he up to? She thought.
"My, my, isn't brotherly love beautiful? Even if that love ain't real!" Al stared at him confused.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Well, what if your personality and memories were just fabricated by your 'big brother'?" Barry asked.
"That- that's impossible!" Al said.
"Think about it! What proof do you have that this person you claim to be ever existed! Where's your meat!" Barry asked, taunting him. Al stumbled with his words.
"What about you!" he asked. Suddenly a military guard came out from behind the corridor, armed with a gun. He pointed the gun towards Al, Bella and Barry.
"You there, Don't move!" he shouted. "This place is off limits!" Barry swung his blade back and sliced half of the military guard's head off. His body fell backwards with a heavy thud and his blood was smeared everywhere. Barry laughed.
"What about me you ask? That's easy!" he responded, "Love to chop up the flesh of living people! I love to kill so much I don't know what to do!" he shouted. "I KILL THEREFORE I AM! THAT'S ALL THE PROOF I NEED TO KNOW THAT I EXIST!"
"Al, don't believe him!" Bella shouted, "Ed would never do that! He would never lie to you!"
"Oh, almost forgot you where there Little Missy" Barry said turning towards Bella. "Since your buddy's armor, you're the only flesh I have to chop up!" he said as he charged towards Bella. Bella wanted to move, but she was paralyzed in fear. C'mon legs! Move Damnit! She heard a clang, and looked up to see Al had gotten in front of her.
"Bella! Run!" Al yelled. Bella shook her head fiercely. "Bella, go! Now!" he yelled at her. "I can't get hurt and you can, so leave!" Bella, finally exhausted, saw her chance and left Al alone to kick Barry's ass. She ran around the building to the other side. She looked back just in time to see Al throw his fist into Barry's cheek. (or where it would be if he had one.) Suddenly her face hit something solid.
She looked up to see that she had just ran into a green haired man's abs.
"Envy?" she said. The man just smiled. She glared up at him and stepped back. "Why are you here?" she said slowly.
"Just thought I'd stop by and see my favorite Ishbalan," he said menacingly. Bella's eyes flashed dangerously.
"Don't you dare," she started.
"Don't worry about it, I'm not gonna say anything about it," he said. She glared at him still. He suddenly leaned down and was about to kiss her when she leapt away.
"Envy, I don't know if you've realized this, BUT WE AREN'T TOGETHER ANYMORE!" she yelled at him.
"Oh, really I hadn't noticed. 'Cuz see, I still have the last words you said to me ringing in my ears," he said, charmingly. Bella rolled her eyes.
"You know, that line would've made any OTHER girl just jump right into bed with you, but guess what? I'M NOT LIKE EVERY OTHER $#ING GIRL, YOU BASTARD!" Bella shrieked. He didn't even flinch.
"Oh, right you're just like every other Ishbal girl," he responded quietly. Her eyes widened and she looked even more outraged.
"You $#ing bastard! Why are you here? Have you been stalking me or something?" she screamed. He rolled his eyes and grabbed her around the waist.
"Get away from me!" Bella turned and started back towards Al and Barry, who seemed to be losing rather badly. She started to walk when Envy grabbed her and slammed her against the wall. Hard.
"Don't you walk away from me, you little bitch!" he said, suddenly fierce. (Mood Swings much) She glared at him, though her side hurt really badly and she could feel a gash in the side of her head starting to bleed. Envy pushed her up harder against the wall.
"Bitch," she gasped. The pain in her side worsened as she was talking. Envy's eyes flashed with anger. He pulled her away from the wall. She thought he was going to let her go, but he only slammed her back against the wall harder. The pain in her head was becoming unbearable and she struggled for breath. His grip on her arms tightened and she couldn't take any more of it. Her world began to spin and she let herself fall into unconsciousness.
Meanwhile
"They'll never make it here in time" Slicer said to Rei and Ed. Rei smirked as she turned her attention towards Slicer.
"You think so, huh?" She smirked again. "AL! BELLA! NOW!" she shouted. Slicer turned around to see no one there.
"What! When did they-" He started, but noticed it was a trick. As he turned around, he saw Rei and Ed charging at him. Rei jumped up and with her four foot sword she knocked the helmet off the armor and it fell to the ground with a clank. The rest of the armor fell to the ground as well and she wiped some blood from her mouth. She bent down and picked up the helmet.
"What's the matter? You still haven't destroyed my blood rune." He said.
"There's something we need to ask you." She said calmly. "Tell us everything you know about the Philosopher's Stone."
"Never" Ed smirked at this.
"Cut it with the tough guy act" he said walking towards Rei. "You're hardly in the position to argue loser." He smirked, but stopped when Slicer started laughing.
"I haven't lost yet….." Rei and Ed looked at him confused, but they suddenly went wide eyed when they heard clanking of metal. Before Ed knew it, Rei was lying on the ground and her side was bleeding.
"REI!" he shouted. He turned around and just barely dodged the swing of the blade. Although, he did get hit in the side and he clutched his wound with his right arm.
"HOW CAN IT BE!" He shouted.
"No one said there could only be one soul for one suit of armor?" The body said as it walked closer towards Ed. Rei got up slightly and look towards Ed. With as much strength as she could gather, she got up, clutching her wound on her side. While Ed and the Slicer brothers were chit chatting, she limped over towards the body. As she clapped her hands, she saw Ed cough out blood as he was attacked in the stomach. She touched her hands on the armor and destroyed it. The remaining two pieces fell to the ground.
"AH! DAMN YOU, YOU LITTLE BRATS!" the body shouted. Ed slouched down on the nearby wall and sat down.
"Good work Angel!" he said, smiling through his pain. (That sounds dirty for some reason……)
"Hmm. You two are pretty amazing. This time you really won." The helmet said.
"And this time you better tell us everything you know." Ed said.
"That I cannot do," replied the helmet, "Just hurry up and destroy us and leave this place"
"We're aren't murders" Rei said quietly.
"Hmph, how naïve. How can you call us humans with bodies like these?" the helmet asked. "I didn't tell you to kill us but to destroy us!" Rei looked at him slightly annoyed.
"If we were to do that, and not accept you guys as humans, then that would be saying we don't consider my brother as a human either." Ed said. "My younger brother is human, and so are you guys. We're not going to kill you." Suddenly the helmet and body part of the armor started laughing.
"How ironic! From the time we could tell right from wrong, we brothers stole, destroyed and killed. We were labeled as outcasts and savages and thus lived. To be treated like human beings for the first time ever, after throwing away our bodies rather than our hearts." He broke out into laughter again. Rei and Ed gave him puzzled looks.
"So, you said you wanted to know about the Philosopher's Stone." The helmet started.
"Brother, no! We'll be punished!" the body shouted.
"It doesn't matter. We'll be punished anyways for not disposing of the intruders. And we've already died once, it's a little too late to be afraid." The helmet replied. "I'm giving you two a farewell gift. I'll tell you everything!" A rare smile formed across Rei's face until she felt her leg give out on her.
"Ah no!" she pleaded as she fell back to the ground. (poor Rei)
"Ah! Angel!" Ed shouted. He tried to get up, but was in too much pain to.
"I'm ok Ed." Rei replied.
"No you aren't!" he shouted.
"It's nothing, seriously" she said, trying to convince him she was alright, even though she was very far from alright. "continue…" she said, gesturing towards the helmet.
"Well, I told you, I don't know much about alchemy. I know nothing of the Philosopher's Stone." The helmet replied
"What! Then what's the point in talking!" Ed shouted.
"I may not know anything about the stone, but I do know about the ones who created it."
"Who are they?" Rei asked.
"They are-" the helmet started but he was suddenly pierced through his blood rune.
"That was too close," Said a woman's voice. "You mustn't blab too much 48"
"Oh my, what's the Fullmetal Runt doing here?" asked another voice. Rei and Ed looked up at three (yes 3) figures. One was a tall lady with nice curves wearing a dress, and a slender man with long green hair. The green-haired man was carrying the last figure, who appeared unconscious. Rei and Ed stared in disbelief. Because the third figure, that the green-haired man was carrying, was Bella.
END OF CHAPTER 11!
...i had forgotten about Ember's...ah...exclamation at the end...:sweatdrop: oh well...
oh yeah, so that's the end of Volume 3 of With These Broken Wings! (and, in FMA, the same)
but when they (finally) get to the end of vol. 6...if it's before vol. 7 comes out (which is this month), then u'll have to wait! hahaha!...that didn't make sense...so i'll say it like this: if they...well, catch up to the "production", aka translation of the FMA manga, then you'll have to wait until the next volume comes out...not that they'll ever catch up...
one last thing:
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