Fullmetal59; alright so the first chapter seems to have gone alright! let's hope i can keep it going!

Your Overprotective Automail Touch

Chapter 2: Murderer

Central; Train Station

Scar didn't even have the chance to move before Ed clapped his hands and transmuted his automail into a blade. Scar narrowed his eyes and quickly dodged the attack and grabbed onto Ed's arm. Crimson began to glow.

"Brother!" Al yelled as he pushed Ed out of harm's way. Scar violently glared at Alphonse.

"You alchemists are all sinners. I shall cleanse you and send you to our creator!" Scar placed his hand on the side of Al's armor. Instantly, the metal shattered, leaving a hole at his torso. Ed clenched his teeth and swung his blade at his opponent, managing to graze his shoulder.

"So what exactly do you consider yourself then Scar? You don't only kill State Alchemists. What happens to the ones caught in the crossfire? You kill them too, don't you?" Edward stared at a shocked and helpless Winry. Before he stepped up once again, a snap was heard in the distance. Flames soon followed. Ed instinctively ran to Winry and covered her from the fire. When he turned around Scar was nowhere to be found.

"Fullmetal, you are an idiot for not waiting to arrive with back up," Roy's familiar voice said. Ed became upset and violently grasped Winry's wrist with his automail.

"Who knows what would have happened if I showed up as late as you guys!" Edward shouted as a fire burned behind his eyes. Winry ignored the pain as long as she could, but it became too much to hold in.

"Ed, you're hurting me…" she said in an attempt to whisper. He didn't notice and continued to squeeze her skin. She flinched at the increasing pain before once again trying to get his attention,

"Ed, let go!"

His eyes widened as he immediately freed her wrist. Reticence fell over the entire station.

Central; Ed and Al's Room

After repairing his brother's armor, Ed and Winry wound up in Central Headquarters to relax from the earlier event. Al had decided to do some research on his own in the library. Ed sighed and kept his gaze away from Winry. She shifted her feet a little.

"Um, Ed?"

Unexpectedly, Ed turned around hastily, caught sight of the bruise on her wrist, and said in a frantic tone, "I'm sorry I hurt you Winry." She looked at her wound and playfully said,

"Don't worry about it! I wasn't going to talk about that." Her tone changed almost instantly. "I wanted to ask you something."

"What?"

Scar's voice echoed through her mind. "There is no good reason for becoming a murderer."

"Have you…have you ever killed anyone, Edward?" The question caught him by surprise. He turned his eyes away from her. Images of his brother, Nina, and the countless other people he had not been able to save flashed through his mind.

"I might as well have," he stated. "I guess my position in the military suits me just fine." He walked over to the small window in his room and stared at the setting sun. Winry walked over him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"You're not a bad person Ed. Your heart has good intentions. You try your best," she said with a warm smile.

It seems so ironic to me, that an angel like her could hang around a sinner like me, he thought to himself.

The phone rang and interrupted their moment together. Ed walked over and answered.

"Hello?"

"Is this the Fullmetal Alchemist?" asked a man on the other line.

"Who's asking?" Ed asked annoyed.

"Colonel Mustang needs to see you in his office, sir."

"I'll be right there," he mumbled as he hung up. Winry looked to him confused.

"What was that all about?"

"Well it looks like we have to head up to Mustang's office," he said, reluctantly.

"He needs me too?" She asked.

"No, but I'm sure as hell not going to let you stay here by yourself."

I've failed so many people in such a short time, but I will not fail you. I won't let anything happen. And there's no way I'm going to let you out of my sights.