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Chapter 10: Maribel Revolt Part 1

Edward Elric was in his private car on his way to Hiessgart. He had continued to read and re read the files on the status of events in Neuruvia and in Ishbal. Over the last two years Central had begun rebuilding the Ishbalan Nation. They started with Lior which in one of the Homunculi's ditch attempts at making the philosophers stone Leveled the city. Rumors had it that scar was murdered in that city just before it was leveled but the Military (Meaning Edward, Roy, and Riza) knew differently. Scar had lived and was still fighting the power of the State. More rumors were going around of Revolts in Southern Amestris Edward tossed those to the back of his mind. He sat back and closed his eyes as the train was making its final approach to Maribel.

Maribel was in an uproar the state was at war with the citizens of Maribel. The train station was the first thing to fall to the rebels which had begun to call themselves "The Scarred." The village for the last few days had been at war with gun shots and alchemic lights flashing through the bowels of the little village. All around Military workers and Revolutionists fell to the fighting. On a hill a ways to the north of the Train station stood a small battalion of soldiers. At their lead was a very large man. His body was well built and in the shadows of the trees upon the hill all could be seen of his face were his glowing red eyes. He raised his arm in the air and a tattoo could be seen on his right arm. "When that train gets here attack it, and Find any Military personnel on board and hold them hostage."

The soldiers about twenty five of them were wearing all black. They were all armed with a Katana, 2 nine millimeters, 3 gas grenades, a blow torch, and gas masks. They all went to the side of the Hill waiting for the train to get in range. After a few moments the train began to slow to a stop the tracks had been sabotaged to make them have to slow down upon arrival to Maribel. They then began to run down the hill to begin their attack.

Edward Elric was sitting with his eyes closed in the middle of the train right between the two food cars. He always liked being this close to the food because with him being a Major in the army could get the waitresses to bring him all the food that he wanted since it was all put on the militaries tab. Ed began to laugh "God I need to be put an Ambassador missions more often!" Then the train jerked. Edward jumped up and began to look around. Then he heard screaming from the front and the back of the train. He looked at both of the doors and he saw both of the doors being ate through at with blow torches.

A few moments passed and 4 men walked into the room. They looked around and found nothing. Two of them stood in the middle of the room talking over walkie-talkies to the front and back of the train stating that everything was clear, but then they were wrong. From right above them a teenage boy of about 18 jumped down upon them. "Looking for me!" He fell on top of one of the guys and hit him in the eye with his automail arm. He then did a back flip from the top of his shoulders kicking the other one to the ground. The two fell into each other and crumpled to the floor. Edward landed and stood in a fighting stance staring down the other two goons on the other side of the room. The two looked at each other then back at Edward.

"They didn't say Fullmetal was going to be on this train call the boss things are getting interesting." The shorter of the two guys pulled out a walkie-talkie while the taller one pulled out a Katana. "Well Fullmetal prepare to meet your maker!" He ran forward wielding his katana. Ed stood there for a moment watching his enemy approach him. In the last split seconds before the blade was to strike Ed he jumped and did a front flip spiral over the head of his opponent while doing so transmuted his arm into a sword. He landed with a thud behind the enemy. "You'll have to be faster than that." Edward then darted forward into the back of his opponent leaving a wide cut in the back of his shirt. He then jumped as he turned to hit him and landed on his head kicking him to the ground. He landed and kicked him into the pile with the rest of the junk heap. Edward walked over to the other one. "So are you going to come quietly or will I have to do to you what I did to your little friends."

The fourth soldier looked scared but then the order came through, "Fullmetal Is mine leave the train immediately." The soldier nodded and pulled out a gas grenade and threw it to the ground and a thick white veil of smoke erupted from it like a bomb. Ed fell to the ground unconscious, as the train was being abandoned by the soldiers. After a few moments some state workers arrived to the train and got the civilians and Edward off the train and back to their headquarters inside the southwestern State Headquarters. When he was brought to the hospital room in the building a very large muscular man entered the room and towered over Elric's bed. "Major he needs his rest I'll call for you when he is feeling well." The tall man nodded and left the room.

Edward then awoke hours later as the sun was setting. He jerked up from the bed finding himself to be in hospital clothing. He wasn't hooked up to anything but he was being watched. There was a nurse in the room attending to some of the other victims of the train and of the warzone outside. "Miss I want to see the head officer of this Sector." The nurse turned around and nodded. She went to the door and opened it, and to Ed's surprise Alex Louis Armstrong was the man to walk through the door.

"Edward" He ran over to him and embraced him while crying. "I'm so relieved that you are alive, what power what strength your masculinity at such a young age is astounding you've gone through some things that full grown alchemists have never gone through."

Edward glared. "Who you calling little!" Ed looked at him and then composed himself for the major. "So major what's the situation? Who were those attackers, and why the hell am I not in Hiessgart right now?" Major turned and pulled out his clothes from a closet. He handed them to Ed.

"Put these on and I'll take you to the briefing room." Ed took them gratefully and quickly dressed himself. Edward straightened his black trench coat and placed his state alchemist's pocket watch back in his pocket. The two walked out of the hospital ward and turned to head to the briefing room. "Edward the situation is getting worse here. Some Ishbalans have come to Maribel and gotten the citizens in an uproar. They attacked the city hall and took over half of the village. They are trying to throw off our government. The Ishbalan radicalists are still mad at us for what happened many years ago in the first Ishbal massacre."

Ed looks at the map that was laid out in front of him. He looked at it and saw something that he didn't see very often. In the trees was a clue to who it was. Some trees were cut out in the shape of a special transmutation circle. "The Grand Arcanum" Edward looks at it and stares it down. "Major Scar is here."

Armstrong immediately looks at him in awe. "Scar but Scar was killed in Lior." Edward turns to him.

"No Scar was not killed he escaped and now he's continuing his rampage against the State. I do not know but we must stop him." Ed stares down at the map and he comes up with a plan. " I've got it!"