Fullmetal X
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews! Also: Please R&R! (If you've read my other Fanfic, Kaya, the Fire Arrow Alchemist, this is a completely different style that that)
Disclaimer: I forgot to tell you that I don't own either FMA, or Xmen Evolution. If I did, I would be a millionaire and make Ed taller, Hughes alive, and Xmen Evolution would be still around… ahem, I hope cartoon network is listening
Chapter 3: Mutants, Alchemists, and Humans, OH MY!
The gang went to dorms and slept pretty well for being sucked out of their own dimension. The girls got to go to sleep in the girl dorms, while the boys piled into their own room, since there were so many of them, and that Al would get some privacy. Since they had been there, he was close to being exposed twice by curious kids wondering who was under the armor, and had tried opening him up. After that, he decided to keep to himself for awhile.
At about seven o' clock a school bell sounding thing rang from out of nowhere for the FMA crew. They had no idea it meant it was time for breakfast, so they slowly grumbled and paused at the sight of their foreign pajamas. They all grumbled something around the lines of Crap… I was hoping this was a nightmare… Well, they put on the strange outfits they had used yesterday and went downstairs.
The breakfast table was doubled up in laughter at the sight of the foreigners all grumpy and sleepy. Ed had plopped down in a chair and started to eat at a startling pace, all in a stupor like he was used to doing this all the time. Logan decided the ignoring approach would work well today… however… it was quite disturbing at the rate this little twerp was eating after what he ate yesterday. After the initial shock, he went back to eating, with only one eye on him.
When everyone was done eating, the kids were leaving to go to their classes. However, Xavier and the rest of the adults were still sitting there, including Jean and Scott. They motioned for the FMA crew to stay behind with them. Now that they were awake, Winry was now glaring at Ed with severe dislike. Ed decided to wait to tell her about his arm, but didn't tell her soon enough, because she knew that something was wrong with it. Actually she could tell you exactly what happened to it, but that takes too long to explain to non automail makers.
"I hope you all slept well last night, considering that you don't know where you are," Xavier stated. Roy knew this was just breaking the ice, but he wanted to get to the point quick,
"What are mutants? I thought that they were the same as alchemists, but apparently it isn't so, because there were little kids asking us last night what that meant and about a hundred thousand different questions,"
"Kitty, and Amara, could you please tell them what mutants are?" Xavier asked, two girls hesitantly came in blushing ferociously at being caught peeking in on the conversation,
"Well, mutants are beings whose DNA has been mutated and gives them special abilities," Kitty answered,
"What the hell is DNA? I've never heard of it before! Plus, what do you mean by special abilities?" Ed blurted.
"DNA stands for deoxy ribo nucleic acid, it means your genes, or traits," Amara replied, hoping to get a few points of extra credit in biology,
"We say special abilities because that's what they are, special. But most humans believe that we are monsters, because of the appearance of others. Take Nightcrawler for example, a light hearted teen who had been hated as a boy because of his demonic appearance. He is able to teleport from place to place, which is how you got here; we've deduced that much to your arrival," the FMA team weren't very convinced though, "thank you Kitty and Amara for your help, please promise me you won't peek in on us because of our guests again," They blushed and started to leave. Kitty went through the door, while Amara glared in jealousy and opened the door to leave. (if you can't tell, they were spying on Roy) "Now that they are gone, I want you to explain your alchemy to me. We've already seen it in action, and we also know about alchemy, but it's nothing like yours. So I am curious how it works."
"You mean you want to be an apprentice?" Edward asked curiously,
"No, please explain your alchemy to us. The last time alchemy was seriously used to my knowledge dates back to the medieval days, when people looked for ways of transforming cheap metals into gold and to create elixirs of immortality," Xavier explained,
"We use transmutation circles to transmute one thing to another through the law of equivalent exchange. If you don't follow the law, well, there's blood to pay; literally…" Ed went silent and grabbed his arm,
"Where we live, we are able to transmute things into gold, but it's illegal to do so. For years we've been trying to make a philosopher's stone, but to no avail have we been able to make it," Roy explained, "It's also forbidden to do human transmutation, except for the philosopher's stone, but there's a main ingredient to it that not many people are willing to give up, isn't that right boys?"
"WE ALREADY LEARNED OUR LESSON THE HARD WAY, DIDN'T WE COLONEL?"
"Chill out squirt, what's so bad about learning a lesson the hard way?"
"WHO DID YOU CALL A SHORTY THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO ACTUALLY BE SEEN!"
"I didn't say that, I'm a pure example of being short, and I really couldn't give a damn about it. But what's in a philosopher's stone to be so valuable?" Logan asked,
"Human lives have to be sacrificed to make it, and I almost made one…"
"Why would you be so hard pressed for something so evil?" Logan was quite alarmed,
"I did a wrong, and the only way to fix it would be using the philosopher's stone. Two of the three people that were brought with us are what you would call homunculi, they are dolls that are implanted with thoughts and ideas to work off of. They want the philosopher's stone to become alive…"
"What did you do wrong?" Logan was pushing his luck,
"Let's not pursue that, sir…" Riza knew what had happened, and Ed didn't need to be reminded about it. However, Ed looked so ticked off he didn't care what everyone else thought, and poor Al would have to reveal himself. He then started,
"He has a right to find out, we are his guests… Well, it started when our mom died, we tried to ignore the law of equivalent trade and tried to bring our mom back to life. It backfired and I lost a leg, while Al was gone…" Scott was about to contradict him because of the fact that Al was sitting right next to him and that he was walking on two legs, but Al decided to step in,
"So brother sacrificed his arm to put me in this armor," he opened his armor to show no one was in it. The adults looked shocked and Logan even went to look inside the armor just to make sure they weren't pulling his leg about this one,"
"It's empty all right… No wonder I couldn't smell you,"
"Right…" Havoc looked at Logan like a loser.
"You an alchemist too?" Logan took a big whiff off him to smell cigarettes and a desperate cologne,
"Hell no, I just work for the Colonel. By the way, you need to get me a raise Colonel for all of this," eyeing Logan in half worry and half dislike,
"Armstrong, Ed, and I are state alchemists, but Al can also do alchemy too, but doesn't get paid to do it," said Roy matter-of-factly, "Riza, Hughes, and Havoc work at the central HQ with me,"
"Don't get cocky, sir, I watch over you so you don't overdo yourself," Riza spat,
"Anyhow, we wanted to study the effects of Kurt's teleportation on you. Would it be ok if we put some tests on you to see that, and the possible side effects of alchemy? We'd like to see the side effects… see if it's a mutation or something around those lines,"
"It's a deal if you can get me some wrenches and supplies to work on Ed's goddamn arm that he banged up to fulfill his pathetic pride," Winry grumbled,
"Hey!" Ed shouted at Winry's unfair comment, "Well if she is, then I am!"
The rest had agreed to the testing and started towards the basement to where the testing was taking place…
Author's Comment: Sorry for taking so long to post this! I was having some writer's block on this story and I have to take turns writing between this and my other Fanfic. I also want your guy's permission to add a very weird twist to the ending of this story, which might be not too far from the future… But the team still has to prove their worth to the Xmen AND have to beat up the Acolytes/Brotherhood!
Comments are always wanted!