The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Summary: Edward's gone. No one can find him. The Seven have also disappeared, including King Bradley. What is going on? And what does Mr. Tucker have to do with anything…?
Disclaimer: Do I own FMA? Think, people, think!! Use your head! What do you think? Of course I don't, you dimwits. How long did it take you to figure that out? Rawr…
A/N: Why? Why am I posting this pointless story? What is wrong with me? I should be working on BBW (Broken By War) right now, but I'm not. I just have so many ideas for this worthless story… I don't actually know how this story is going to end, I'm just letting it take it's own course. So…does anyone have a guess as to what Mr. Tucker is up to? I hope so…if not, you'll find out soon! If you don't know…well, that's sad. All you have to do is use that blob of pink mush that's sloshing around between your ears…that's what it's there for, isn't it? You'd have to ask someone else…I seem to have misplaced my own pink mush…or what was left of it. Wait, why are you reading my babbling?! Just skip down to the actual story!!
Chapter Three
Black Hayate's ears pricked forward and he stood stock still. He had heard something….a scream…
"Wait," said Hawkeye. "Do you see that?" She pointed off to her left. Everyone turned their heads to see where she was pointing. There seemed to be a soft white glow emanating from an old run down building. Hayate growled and pinned his ears back.
"Come with me," said Hawkeye. "We'll go check it out." As they wound their way towards the building, the light suddenly flashed brighter then died completely. Hayate whimpered. The scream he had heard before had risen in pitch almost to an unbearable level, and behind it all was the pain filled howl of a wolf.
"Lieutenant Hawkeye!" The blond woman turned around and saw Mustang running towards her, closely followed by Al, Hughes, and all of the others that were under Mustang's search command.
"Colonel, what—?"
"Fullmetal is gone. They took him," said Mustang, out of breath slightly.
" 'They'?" questioned Hawkeye. (???? Does Hawkeye know about the Homunculus?) Mustang shook his head and Al held up Ed's red cloak.
"Colonel, did you see that light over there?" she asked. Mustang looked up to where she was pointing and nodded.
"I figured you'd be coming to investigate so we came too," said the black haired man. "That light came from alchemy. I know it." Taking command of the entire group, Mustang led them all at a run towards the building that had been blazing with white light before but was now as dark as any of the others around them. When they reached the door, all was quiet. There was no one inside that they could see. Then a voice rolled out through one of the broken windows.
"Lust…? I'm hungry. Are they here yet?"
"Why yes, Gluttony. I believe they are. They should be standing just outside the door. Be a good host and invite our guests in. We wouldn't want to leave them out in the dark, now would we…?"
0oo0
Edward saw a flash of bright white and suddenly the searing pain stopped. As the light went out, he felt a dull ache spread through his body.
"Perfect…perfect…" mumbled Mr. Tucker. Ed could hear Envy laughing.
"That looks like one of the best you've ever made, Tucker," he said. "Now, can it speak?" Ed sat up and found that his hair had come loose from it's typical braid. As a few strands of it fell down over his shoulder he was shocked to notice that there were streaks of silvery-grey mingling with the gold.
"Edward…" whispered Tucker, bending down to look him in the face. "How do you feel?" Ed glared up at him.
"What did you do—to me, you…bastard?" he said. He found that there were gaps in his speech and his voice was rougher than normal. He didn't intend to pause between some of his words; it just happened that way.
'Ow ow ow…hurts. Why pain? Who you?' Ed gasped and clutched at the sides of his head. What was this? There was someone else…in his head? He tried to talk again and found he could only whimper and growl.
"Good…" said Tucker. "Both components are still there…he's all yours, Envy."
"Thanks. Lust should have what you want. Go ask her for it and I'll take our new pet for a walk."
"If you are going to put it on him, do it now…" Tucker whispered, opening the door and stepping outside. "While the wolf is awake, he will be easier to control…"
"I like your ears, kid," said Envy. Ed felt something twitch on the top of his head. What the hell…? He reached one hand up and felt, to his complete shock, that he had pointed ears on the top of his head! Then he looked around for the wolf as an answer was slowly dawning on him. But the wolf was no where to be seen. No way…no frikin' way… Then he felt something get slipped over his head and strapped under his arms. He looked down and realized that Envy had just put a harness on him. A harness! Well, I guess that answers my question. Ed thought, feeling his limbs quivering with anger. I've been turned into a chimera.
'bright light pain boy scream pain pain pain what happened? Can't move scared not hunter now prey scared run run run…' Ed winced. What was that voice?
'you hear me? Boy hears me boy confused boy scared boy hurt' Ed rubbed his head and suddenly felt the need to run away, fast. He just wanted to get out of there. He jumped to all fours and ran a few feet before he was jerked hard and landed on his back. He found himself staring up at Envy's face.
"You're not going anywhere," he said happily. "No matter how much you run, wolf, you'll stay."
'ow ow can move now not-man talking to me…? Why not talk to boy? Scary run hide run run not-man scary' Ed, to his complete surprise, snarled at Envy without meaning to.
"Be quiet," Envy snapped, slapping Ed across the face. Ed yelped and recoiled.
'mean not-man mean to boy mean to me…hits boy hits me…why? We are prey now but not-man no kill us…? confused hungry scared boy hurt scared of not-man…' It was then that Ed realized that it was the wolf talking. Somehow the wolf had retained some conciseness when they had been joined together. Maybe…if I can hear the wolf…I might be able to talk to him too, thought Ed.
'boy does hear me! Boy understand want to talk want to leave mad kill run' Ed tried to make sense of the jumble of seemingly random words that he heard inside his mind.
-Wolf?- He thought.-Envy is going to take us outside soon. Stay quiet until then. We can run from there.- (words with the little '-' around them are Ed 'speaking' to the wolf. I wanted it to be a little different than regular thought.)It was the weirdest thing he had ever done. How was he supposed to know how to talk to the wolf? And would the wolf really listen to him?
'boy say quiet wolf be quiet no run yet wait wait not-man taking us out wait to run boy says' Ed sighed in relief. The wolf understood! He didn't actually know if Envy was taking them outside or not, but he guessed that was what Envy had meant when he said they would be going for a 'walk'.
"Come on, doggy," said Envy tugging on the leather cord that was tied to the back of Ed's harness. "Let's go for a walk." Ed stumbled forward on all fours at first, but when Envy jerked on it again he stumbled to his feet. Pain exploded in the connection nerves of his automail leg and he fell right back over again.
'ow! Pain pain hurts can't stand can't walk why why why boy walks on hind legs like not-man fun fun fun much taller fun fun' Envy jerked the leash again and Ed rose to his feet, clenching his teeth against the pain. The Wolf's babbling wasn't helping either. It was like he was listening to a child first learning to talk.
Ed jumped suddenly as two loud cracks echoed through the door Tucker had left open. The wolf in his head yelped.
'ow ow fire bang loud fire bang killed mate run run hide get to den wait for fire bangs to leave' Then next thing Ed new, Tucker was running down the stairs, his hands over his head.
"It's the military," he gasped. "They've found us…not good. They'll take my creation away from me…come, Nina, we have to leave…" Tucker scooped up the lifeless doll from where she had been set on a pile of cloth, then turned and dashed out a side door that led to who knows where and slammed it behind him.
"Well, we can't have them seeing you, can we?" asked Envy. "Come here." He jerked Ed over to where Nina had been 'sitting' and pulled up one piece of cloth. It looked like an old jacket made of black cloth, worn by a much larger person than Ed. Envy looked at it for a moment, then threw it over Ed's shoulders. He fastened it around Ed's neck and pulled the tattered hood up over his new ears. Ed felt them twitch slightly with irritation. That's another thing I'll never get used to… Envy yanked the silver pocket watch from Ed's belt and threw it in a corner. Then after making sure it was hard to tell just who was hiding under the large jacket by smearing dirt all over Ed's face, Envy jerked him towards the door again. Ed stumbled after him, trying to calm the wolf in his mind.
'run run escape not-man tall now fire bangs loud why outside escape run run run run' -Will you be quiet?!- snapped Ed. The wolf stayed quiet. Envy stopped them and peered around a corner. Then he smirked and seemed to have made a sudden decision. He stepped out around the corner, dragging Ed with him.
"Hey Lust!" he called. Lust turned to look at him, a bullet falling out of her forehead.
"What?" she asked. Then she noticed the small figure in black that Envy was dragging behind him.
"I was wondering if you let me…test him," said Envy, dodging a bullet as if it were nothing. "You know, see what happens." Lust narrowed her purple eyes, then nodded. Envy turned and look at Ed.
"Hey wolf. I know you can hear me, so listen up."
'not-man talking to me again ears hurt loud fire bangs killed mate killed cubs boy won't understand kill them hurt them chase them for what they did'
"Those are guns," said Envy, pointing at the steel weapon that Hawkeye held in her hands. "They've killed wolves before, did you know that? I think you're smarter than most wolves so you should know that they could kill you with those." Envy laughed softly in satisfaction when he saw the primitive anger blossom in Ed's eyes. "You don't like them, do you? They're mean. They'll hurt you. Is that what you want?" Ed growled. The real Edward was starting to panic. He could not longer control his own body. The wolf in him was getting stronger. Then he felt the straps that were binding him to Envy's leash unfastened and removed. He was free. -Wolf? You can run now. We are free. We could get hurt here. Run!- There was no answer. To his horror he suddenly found himself crouched on all fours, his knees bent under him, his eyes surveying Mustang and the others. Then the wolf tapped unknowingly into Ed's mind and made his body clap his hands together, extending the blade from his automail hand.
"Nice plan, wolf. So Ed, how is it? Being controlled by someone else. It's not fun, is it?" Envy asked mockingly. Then he walked calmly up to stand beside Lust, distracting the soldiers from the black clad figure creeping up behind them.
Ed fought desperatly to throw off the wolf's control, but it was impossible. The wolf was set on revenge. I didn't know wolves could feel hate or desire revenge…he thought. When he found himself directly behind the group of soldiers, he felt the wolf's control slip a little. He crouched down, ready to spring on the nearest soldier, who happened to be Furey. Right beside him stood Alphonse. -Wolf! The tallest one! The one that smells like metal! Don't hurt him! Stay away from him!-
'Boy tells me not to hurt tall steel why why' Ed struggled for a moment to put his emotions into words the wolf would understand. -He's my…pack mate. He's my brother. Please don't hurt him.- The wolf growled and grudgingly agreed. Then he leapt at Furey, snarling.
"Al-phonse!" Ed gasped, barely able to get the words out through the wolf's control. "Al! Be-hind you! Move!" The suit of armor turned it's head slightly, then jerked Furey away by the back of his uniform. Ed skidded to a stop, turning to glare and the Master Sergent.
"Mus-tang!" Ed growled. "Get them-out-of-here!" He leapt at Furey again, slashing at him with the automail blade. Al caught him by the back of the tattered coat and threw him away from the rest of them. Hawkeye leveled her gun quickly, taking aim. When Ed landed again, the fastening around his neck came loose and the coat slid away. Hawkeye stopped, her finger only a hair away from the trigger. Ed growled at them.
"Brother?" asked Al. He stared in shock at his brother. His normally bright golden hair now had silver streaks in it. His eyes were a dark amber instead of deep yellow. But the most stunning feature of all were the silvery, pointed ears on the top of his head.
"I'm…sorry…" Ed panted. "I can't…control it. I—" He stopped suddenly. The wolf had taken away his speech. Instead, all that came out were short barks and low growl. Then he leapt at them, tears forming in his eyes. He wanted to shout at them what had happened but all he could do was utter a low howl. (funny picture, Edo howling. hehe)
"He's magnificent, isn't he?" Envy jeered. "He still needs some training, but he's the best so far." Mustang glared at Envy, then turned to Ed. He raised a hand and put two of his fingers against his thumb.
"NO!" shouted Al, jumping in front of Mustang. "Don't hurt him! He's my brother!"
"Not anymore, Alphonse," said Mustang. "He'll kill you. Now get out of the way."
"No!!" Mustang reached forward and shoved Al aside. Then he gasped. Ed was no where to be seen.
'don't kill brother boy says won't kill brother kill this one instead kill kill' Mustang felt a small pain in the back of his knee and he dropped down. Then he froze when he felt cold steel against his neck. Everyone froze.
"I'm…sorry…" Ed gasped again. "I'm…fighting him…he wants to…kill you…I'm stopping…him…everyone should get out…of here…before he takes control….again…" He groaned and fought to keep his automail where it was, pressed lightly against Mustang's neck. The wolf was fighting to press it deeper. "Al…! I need…you to do…something for…me." Al looked at his older brother, confusion filling his entire being.
"W-what?" he asked nervously.
"Hit me. Hard…enough to…knock me away…I can't…control him…hurry!"
"Oh no you don't!" shouted Envy, leaping forward to stop Al before he could approach Ed. "This will be his first kill. Don't spoil it. He'll need the practice. He won't be able to hold the wolf off much longer. Just you wait. He'll be standing over this Mustang guy's dead body in less than a minute. Oh, what a wonderful sight that will be."
0oo0
Bloody Sword Alchemist: So?? Are any of you shocked?? Hmmm?
Edward: That was really mean of you. I'm a damned Chimera now!
Bloody Sword Alchemist: But there is one good thing.
Edward: Oh yeah? What's that?
Bloody Sword Alchemist: Of all the animals I could have combined you with, I chose a wolf. Wolves are awesome. You should be grateful I didn't turn you into a…I don't know, a frog chimera? How lame would that be?
Edward: You're demented.
Mustang: Tucker seems to have a thing for canine x human chimeras, doesn't he?
Edward: Shut Up!!
Bloody Sword Alchemist: Yeah, shut up, Mustang!
Mustang: 0.0 all right, all right…
Bloody Sword Alchemist: Thank you. Anyway, I hope someone liked this chapter and won't kill me for writing it. I have found a few Ed-Chimera stories out there, but I wanted to write my own. And sorry if the wolf talk was a little confusing to understand. I figured that a wolf wouldn't really 'speak' or think or whatever it is in complete sentences so I just threw all it's thoughts together without many punctuation anywhere.
Edward: Why did Envy have to take my pocket watch anyway?
Bloody Sword Alchemist: What does that have to do with anything? He took it because you weren't under the Military's control anymore. You were under his.
Edward: WHAT?!
Bloody Sword Alchemist: You heard me, now shut up.
Crazy Fan Girl's Leader: AAAHH! That crazy author just told Ed to shut up!! What will we do?
Rest of Crazy Fan Girls: ATTACK!!
Bloody Sword Alchemist: What is wrong with you, you b-----s?!
CFG: (not listening) Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Bloody Sword Alchemist: … (claps hands together and makes a great big stone cage that holds all the crazy, foaming fan girls) That should work. So, please R&R. I say that every time, don't I? I don't think it makes much of a difference, but it might.