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Chapter 2


The celebration wasn't all that complicated as they thought it would be. Hu Li did put some of his souse but Roa made sure no one ate it.

Ai Fang did go in and out of the bathroom every 10min and when Martel went to check it out, she saw that the princess was getting pieces of a gun for her assassin. As it turned out, he wasn't much as Martel knocked him out.

As for Meng Dai he wanted to poison May, but Dorochet sniffed him out.


"Phew finally made it," a figure said as he stood on a hill looking down on Central City.

"Man this place is huge!" he said in awe.

But as soon as he heard voices in the distance he disappeared into the forest. Unfortunately, one of the people coming managed to see a shadow with bloody eyes run in the woods.


"Sir, did you call for me?" Riza Hawkeye asked as she entered the office.

"Oh yea, I got a mission for you. There've been reports from farmers at the west hill side that they saw a demon. Now, it can be some mambo jumbo, but I don't want anything happening." Roy Mustang explained.

"You think it's another Homunculus?" she asked.

"Maybe… We don't know if there are any more of them. Or maybe it's another stray Chimera. Maybe it's an outlaw Alchemist. Either way, we can't let what happened almost 2 years ago happen again."

"Understood sir," she gave him a salute and left the room.

"I really hope it's nothing… Otherwise we'll have a lot more trouble…" he thought as the woman left.


"So that was all there was today?" the snake chimera asked.

It was after the party was over and everyone has left.

"Yes, but it was easy. They must have stopped since the announcement of master Ling being the next emperor," Lan Fan explained.

"So, what now?" man's best friend asked.

"Take a break," came a man's voice.

All four turned to see Ling and Bido at the entrance.

"You have been working so hard, you deserve it. You can go anywhere you'd like," he added and smiled.

"Really? But don't you need us here?" the large chimera asked.

"No, since I'll be going with my father to some place. It is 'special' and only the Emperor of Xing knows or will know where it is," he explained seeing how they all wanted a break.

"Well… if you're sure… There's a place where… we'd like to go… been thinking about it for some time," the katana user said as the other two nodded.

"But the thing is… It's in the center of the southern region of Amestris…" the female said.

"Well… I don't see why not. I mean… It's your wish; no one is forcing you… But be careful," the to-be emperor said.

"Yea we know… Just stay out of sight. Thanks Ling," the white-haired one said.

"Good, now get packing. Lan Fan, if you wish and if they allow you, you can join them."

"Thank you but no. I have to keep everything here in check, since you and the lord will be out of Xing," he said.

"I see… Well do not take it too hard," he added and looked at the grandfather clock in the room.

"Apologies but I must be on my way. I shall see you all when I get back," he said, waved goodbye and left the room.

"Well I guess you better get ready," the black-haired female said looking at her co-workers.

"Yea, see ya when we get back."

"See you all," Bido said and waved his hand, but was quickly grabbed by Martel as she dragged him along.

"You're coming to," she said and smirked.

"What? Why? Where? Who?" the lizard chimera quickly asked, as he was dragged around the corner.

"We'll tell you on the train," Roa said.


"You are the ones who claimed to have seen this 'demon'?" Riza asked as she looked at the man in front of her.

"Yes. The most notable things were his red eyes. I also heard metal clashing to he might have worn something from metal," he answered.

"I see," she said and wrote it down in her notebook. "And where did it go?"

"Down the forest, that way," he said and pointed at the woods.

"Thank you for your help. The military will take it from here," the sniper said and put her book away.

"Red eyes, metal armor, escaping in the woods when he/she saw humans… It's no Homunculus… But what then?" the blond asked herself as she walked into the woods.

"I know you're somewhere here. Show yourself and I might not harm you," she said into the darkness.

"Ha ha ha… If you think I'd give myself up just like that," came a male's voice but in the next second something brushed against Riza's hand.

When she looked to her left, she saw a pair of bloody eyes. Instinct took her as she wanted to jump away but was too slow.


"Father? Where are we going?" Ling asked as he and the emperor got ready.

"A place… of life and… death," he said.

"But… Will you be alright? Is this journey not long?"

"I shall… be fine… As long as no… sand storms come…" he said and got on the camel.

"If you say so…" the prince said and followed suit.


"Oi wake the slaves! We're gettn' somethn' we need here," yelled a man at his crew as the ship stopped.

"Hey you! Old man," another one said and kicked a man, waking him.

"You'll be gettn' the material."

"W-Where are we…" the woken man asked.

"Amestris," the pirate said and smirked.


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