Metallic Hearts -FullMetal Alchemist- Episode Seven: Night Of The Chimera's Cry

You and Ed stood infront of Roy Mustangs desk. He quickly rummaged through his desk and pulled out two silver watches.

Roy: "Here, take it." He threw the watches across the room. They flew clear over your heads. Before they could slam into the wall and shatter your eyes turned white and the watches stopped in midair and floated back to the two of you. Ed sighed and looked at the Lion imprint.

Ed: "Isn't there a more dramatic way to give this to me?"

Roy: "Congratulation, you're now officially a dog of the military. Lieutenant Havoc, guide them out."

Havoc: "Sir!"

Alexander, Al, and Nina all sat in the yard awaiting your return. Shou Tucker stared down at them from the window.

Tucker: "Nina..."

Night Of The Chimera's Cry

You and Ed sat in a car that was taking you back to the Tucker Estate. Ed had his elbow on the window and was staring out of it with an angry look on his face.

Havoc: "Come on, don't look like that, Boss. The Lieutenant Colonel is on a tricky case right now."

You: "Case?"

Havoc: "A serial murderer that only kills woman." You let out a disgusted breath and Ed seemed to inch closer to you.

Ed: "Isn't that the police's job?"

Havoc:" Letting a murder get away under the militaries nose will give us a bad reputation."

Ed: "He's planning to get a promotion again." The car was slammed to a halt, Ed and yourself almost falling on the floor.

You: "What the hell?"

Havoc: "It is true that the Colonel will do whatever it takes to get a promotion ... but we would not follow him if that is the only he did."

You: "What's that supposed to mean?"

Havoc: "You'll find out soon enough." He started up the car and drove you the rest of the way home in silence.

At the Tucker Estate

Ed: "Tadah!" Ed held up his watch for all to see.

Al: "Ed, is that the real thing?" Alexander ran up to Ed and grabbed onto the watch, and ran away with it.

Ed: "Hey! Wait! Wait up! Give it back! Give it back! That's an important..!"

Havoc: "He's being toyed with again." When Tucker walked out Havoc took the cigaratte out of his mouth and saluted. Tucker nodded as you stepped out of the car and watched Ed chase Alexander around the yard.

Ed: "Please give it back! Give it back!"

Tucker: "They are the talk of the day."

Ed: "Come on!"

Havoc: "No one expected a couple of 12 year olds to pass the Qualification Exam."

You: "That just shows how arrogant people can be."

Tucker: "Geniuses do exist. Now let's celebrate Ed and Lita's success in the exams with a feast tonight." He clapped his hands together and smiled.

Nina: "Yeah!"

Ed: "Really?"

Tucker: "Yes. Would you care to join us?"

Havoc: "I still have work to do..."

Tucker: "Is that so?"

Havoc: "Oh, Mr. Tucker. I have a message form the Lieutenant Colonel. It's almost time for Assembly Day. He is looking forward to it."

Tucker: "Yes, I am aware of that."

The Feast

You: "Assessment? For being a State Alchemist?"

Tucker: "Yes. If I don't report my research every year and get assessed, they will take away my title."

Al: "That sounds like trouble." Tucker chuckled nervously.

Tucker: "I didn't get a positive assessment last year, so this year it's do or die."

Nina: "Do your best daddy!" You smiled over at Nina.

Al: "Are you going to make another Chimera that can understand human words?"

Ed: "Please show it to us once you complete it."

Tucker: "Yes, I promise. Once I complete it, I will show it to you three.

Later That Night

You and Al were sitting on opposite sides of the bed reading and Ed was sitting on at the desk when the door opened.

Nina: "A letter? Who are you writing to?" Ed pushed his chest over the letter and had a bit of a blush on his face.

Ed: "That's none of your buisness!"

Al: "Brother, you're writing to Winry, aren't you?"

Ed: "I'm only giving her a report." He slammed his fist on the table so hard all of the papers flew into the air and landed on the desk again. "I was able to become a State Alchemist. How do you like that!" He stood up in a totally arrogant stance.

Nina: "Is Winry your girlfriend, Brother?" Smoke shot from Ed's head at that question.

Al: "Well..."

Ed: "No! No! No! No! No! No!"

Nina: "I'm going to write a letter too. To my mom." Nina grabbed her paper and crayons and layed down on the floor and began to draw.

You: "Nina, is your mom in a far-away place now?"

Nina: "Yes. She said that dad was a good-for-nothing, so she got fed up with him and went back to her home. I hope my mom sends a reply." You stood up and sat next to Nina and ran your fingers through her hair.

Break

Nina had fallen asleep after she had finished her drawing. Tucker walked in and picked up Nina. You picked up Nina's picture and handed it to Tucker.

You: "Here."

Tucker: "My wife couldn't bear being poor so she left. It happened shortly before I became a State Alchemist. If they take away my title I'll go back to the way I used to be. I must pass the assessment if I am to safe my lifestyle."

Nina: "Do your best on your studies."

Next Morning

Alexander jumped onto your bed and began to lick your face. You stood up and the covers fell off your body. You didn't have time to change out of your black and red lingerie.

You: "Okay, you want to take a walk right?" You stepped into a pair of black furry boots and walked behind Alexander. You walked by the dining room and in the corner of your eye you say a chared peice of paper in the ash tray. You opened it and it was the picture Nina had drawn last night. As soon as you could you went to the library with Ed and you told him the whole story.

You: "This isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for informtion about the talking Chimera that was created by Shou Tucker three years ago."

Library Worker: "Hey Sciezka (Shez-ka), do you know anything?" A girl with short dark brown and green eyes behind glasses with an arm full of books stopped walking.

Sciezka: "Shou Tucker's report is classified."

You: "Look into it more carefully. I'm not a normal person." you unzipped the top of your jacket abit to show your offcial pocket watch."

Sciezka: "That's not what I meant. You need Brigadier General Basque (Ba-sk) Gran's permission." She fell over because of the wieght of the books.

Ed: "Brigadier General Gran?"

Library Worker: "You don't know the Iron Blood Alchemist? He was the first to suggest using Alchemy for military purposes. Since you need his premission, it must be a big military secret."

Ed: "A military secret?" You both sighed and walked out of the library.

Soldier: "Please wait! The first branch of the library is for State Alchemists only." A soldier in a black uniform was standing infront of a man with spikey white hair and was wearing sunglasses. There was a big X shaped scar on his face.

"You need premission from the military..."

: "But I was told that I could only find the information here." He pushed the soldier aside and continued to walk up the steps.

Soldier: "Wait!" You reached back and grabbed the mans arm.

: "What?"

You: "I'm sorry, but it's a rule, you know?" He jerked you but you pulled back and the sleeve of his shirt ripped off. You gasped as your eyes ran over the black markings that ran up his arm. He swiped the sleeve from your hand ran away.

Soldier: "Hey! Stop!" The soldier chased after him. The man ran into in alley.

: "Brother...I don't understand... Why did you brand me with such a thing...? This brand of Alchemy. The Alchemy we despice."

At Maes Hughes' house

Hughes: "Here, Elysia. This is Ed and Lita."

Gracia: "Honey, please listen to their story." She walked over and took Elysia from his arms.

Hughes: "Now, it was about Tucker's Chimera?"

Ed: "Yes. You're from the investigation department. We thought you might know something."

Hughes: "Just ask him in person."

You: "He looked kinda stressed with the assessment coming up and all."

Hughes: "I don't know much about it. Tucker created the first Chimera in the world that could understand and speak human words."

You: "Are you sure?"

Hughes: "The Chimera definatley said one thing...'Give me death.' After that it didn't eat anything and died."

Ed: "Why would Tucker think to make something like that?"

Hughes: "I don't know. But there was someone in the military who thought it would be useful."

You: "What about Tuckers wife?"

Hughes: "You mean the one that died before he came to Central?" Your head shot up at this statement, the phone rang and Hughes answered it. "Yes, this is Hughes. The seriel murderer!"

Break

Kid: "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Riza was leaning over the kid who had his hands on a covered picture.

Roy: "That makes the fifth... Hasn't the Investagations Department found any clues?"

Hughes: "Don't blame me." Riza picked him up and the kid ripped the cloth off the figure. A woman covered in blood with many deep gashes laid on the floor. Flashbacks of Trisha flashed through your eyes and you collapsed ontop of Ed.

Roy: "Hey, what's wrong?"

Hughes: "Pick them up!"

Soldiers: "Sir!"

Break

Ed's eyes shot up and he loked all over the room but calmed down when he saw you laying in a a bed right next to his. Tucker was sitting in a chair that was in the middle of the two beds.

Tucker: "I heard you saw something very horrible."

Ed: "I'm okay now..."

Tucker: "You have been calling for your mother and apologizing to her. I've thought of the possibility after seeing your bodies." Ed looked over at you and sighed. "Your mother, huh? That must have been tough. What you three did was an unforgivable thing. But I understand your feelings."

Al: "Who are you people?" Ed got up got dressed and walked down the stairs. A bald man with a black mustache stood next to two officers with guns in their hands.

: "I don't know what Mustang told you, but I, Basque Gran, am in charge of Shou Tuckers work."

Ed: "The Brigidiar General? So that's you?"

Basque: "The Sweing Life Alchemists research is one of the militaries top secrets. This is not a place a stranger can roam freely." Ed walked up the stairs and walked over to your bed. He shook you gently and you opened your eyes.

You: "Ed?"

Ed: "We have to leave."

You: "Why?"

Ed: "Remember the Brigidiar General?"

You: "Basque Gran?"

Ed: "Yes? He has told us we can no longer stay here."

Later that day

You, Ed and Al stood infront of the Tucker Estate, your suitcases were at your side.

Nina: "Where are you three going?"

Al: "We'll be coming back to with you soon."

Nina: "Really?"

AL: "Yes?"

Ed and you: "Yeah."

Nina: "Promise." Tucker and Basque stood in the window watching you three leave.

Basque: "Are you mad? Those kids showed a technique of transmuting something without the use of Transmutation Circles. And the Furher had complimentary words for them. Because of that, that upsart Mustang is getting some points."

Tucker: "I am sorry if they upset you."

Basque: "I was able to trick them last year, but if you do not produce any results this year, I will be in trouble as well since I am your supporter."

Tucker: "But."

Basque: "Do you want to give the title Sewing Life Alchemist to those kids and return to your former life. The lifestyle of wandering from city to city with a hungry stomach. You're at the end of the road here. The assessment will be done the day after tomorrow. Tucker sat by the fireplace.

Nina: "Dad? Are you hurt somewhere?" Tucker stood up and hugged Nina.

Tucker: "I'm at the end of the road here, Nina."

Night

Two guards stood infront of the gates to the Tucker Estate. There was a load clap, the next thing they knew they were tied up behind a book, a window open.

Al: "What will you do if they take away your Qualification for doing this?"

Ed: "If there is nothing here, then I'll be happy. If that's the case." You walked down the stairs into the basement. You noticed alot of animals that seemed mutated were trapped in cages.

Tucker: "Over here. Come in." You looked around and saw Transmutation Circles all over the cieling and walls. "Look." He stepped aside and what was infront of him was beautiful in your eyes. It was a white dog with a long red mane. "A complete Chimera that can speak human words. Listen, this is Edward."

Chimera: "Edward."

Tucker: "Yes, good job."

Chimera: "Good... job...?"

Al: "Amazing. It's really speaking."

Tucker: "I made it just in time for the assessment. Now I won't have to worry about the research funds. You walked up to the Chimera, they had always fasinated you. You got down to it's level, it sniffed your faces then grabbed the chain of your watch with it's teeth.

Chimera: "Lita." You pet it.

Ed: "It's okay..."

Al: "Brother?"

Ed: "Tucker?"

Tucker: "Yes?"

Ed: "When was the last time you transmuted a Chimera that could speak human words?"

Tucker: "I told you, about two years."

Ed: "And when did your wife leave?"

Tucker: "Two years ago."

Ed: "Do the letters still reach your wife, even now?"

Tucker: "What are you trying to get at?" You stood up.

You: "Where did Alexander and Nina gone?"

Tucker: "I do not like kids like you that have good perseption." Ed ran up and grabbed onto Tucker's collar.

Ed: "You heard it! That's how it is."

Al: "He used his own wife...?"

You: "And this time used his daughter and his dog to transmute a Chimera. Using a human is easier, isn't it?"

Ed: "Say something."

Tucjer: "Why are you mad? As seen in medical science, mankind has evolved through countless numbers of experiments on humans. If you are a scientist..."

Ed: "Cut the crap!"

You: "I'm not going to let you rationalize this you monster. That was your own family. Damn it! You've been toing with peoples lives."

Tucker: "Human lifes? Yes, human life, eh? His arm and leg, Al's body, your apperance? Those were result of toying with human life, right?" Ed puched him in the face and reached back.

Al: "Why, Mr. Tucker? I thought that you only had to pass the assessment to protect your lifetyle with Nina."

Tucker: "I had no reason to create that Chimera. I just experimented because the possibitly was there. A Chimera that can speak the human language. I just wanted to create one."

Ed: "You bastard."

Tucker: "Even though you knew it was taboo, you couldn't stop yourself from experimenting with Human Transmutation. You and I are the same."

Ed: "No!"

Tucker: "Scientists. No, humans have a limitless desire to use their knowledge in real life. The desire to see what you can do with the powers you are given. The desire to know the secrets of the world. And to experiment with them. That is the true nature of Alchemy." He was punched in the face again but this time by you.

You: "We... Alchemy is... We don't..."

Ed: "No!" Ed began to puch him repeatedly.

Al: "Brother! He's going to die." The back Ed's jacket was grabbed by the Chimera.

Chimera: "Brother..."

Ed: "This may hurt at first but bear with it."

You: "Ed. Are you going to retransmute her? You can't do that!"

Tucker: "My Chimera was transmuted perfectly. No one can return it to normal. Becareful not to let the same thing that happenned to your mother happen to it."

Nina: "Let's play." She had walked over to you and nudged your hand.

You: "Nina." Basque Gran and his men walked in.

Basque: "What is the meaning of this, Edward Elric."

Ed: "He used his own daughter to..."

Basque: "We will let the council deside what to do with the Chimera and Shou Tucker. Do not speak of what happened here."

You: "Wait! You guys knew what Tucker was doing, didn't you? And now you are trying to get rid of the evidance!" You rant was cut short by a huge blow to your stomach by Basque. You fell to the ground hard and he lifted up his metal fist. It glowed violet and it turned back into a normal hand.

Basque: "Move out!"

Soldiers: "Sir!" They stepped around you and followed him. Ed leaned down and tried to help you out.

You: "Damn it, I'm not letting you take her." Your eyes glew clear and the ground was lfited up from under the car, it flipped on it's side and the back doors were opened. The Chimera jumped out of the back and looked around.

Ed: "Nina!" The Chimera looked at him then ran in the oppisite direction. You all ran after the Chimera

With the man

The white haired man looked up and saw the Chimera walking towards him. When he touched the Chimera the markings on his arms glew red.

Man: "You are...something human and beast combined. Why do I know such a thing? Pitiful. God. The great God that created everything. Please welcome this scarred soul with open arms." His arm began to glow red.

With You

You and the Elric Brothers ran into the alley. You looked into the alley and gasped. A marking in blood that looked like a Chimera was on the wall of the alley.

Ed: "Nina." Scar was walking down the street his left hand on his right arm.

Man: "God, I understand why my brother gave me this cursed arm. It is to use the same devilish arts that the Alchemist who disobey God use... to destroy them."

Al: "It looks like she was dicomposed using Alchemy. But who? But even if we tried..."

Ed: "I'm sorry, Nina. I'm sorry." The rain began to fall but it couldn't hide the fact that you were both crying. You wrapped your arms around Ed's shoulders and you laid your forehead on the other sholder. You both stood there, letting your sorrrow pour out for Nina.