(Disclaimer: The Fullmetal Alchemist Characters belong solely toHiromu Arakawa and any other Fullmetal Alchemist makers I don't know about, but Patricia Kansas and the other unknown characters I am writing about belong to me. If this disclaimer is wrong, then please do not sue me.)
KChanDreams: I got a review and I admit that I am pretty peeved. The description paragraph of Patricia was only put there because some people in my life have complained that I lack detail of people in my stories. I wouldn't have put it in there, but I wanted to prove them wrong. Some of the men just respect Patricia as a role model like how I like to look up to manga artists. The main men like Patricia in a romantic way and some like her like a little sister or best friend. Edward doesn't give long exagerations for when he is called short sometimes and it is hard to think of things equivalent to shortness. Patricia does have some flaws and that will be revealed later on in the story. The secret of her alchemy will be revealed too later on. The japanese was there because it sounded nice to me. Her mom is not a homunculous because this is following the manga line not the anime line. I chose a cat armor because I like cats and I didn't want a huge armor walking around. A cat is also more unexpected. The cat is not related to her. I'm still studying about alchemy and this is a FANFIC, so don't complain about passwords. It was meant to make it different. Patricia wasn't meant to be like Edward. Sorry for it being rushed in the plot line as well. Finally I didn't want her too be too deep because she is orginally from another story of mine, which I will not name. Ok, got that off my chest. Thanks anyway for the review and if you have anymore complains then please tell me. Oh I forgot to mention, Patricia is supposed to be a hateful character to some readers. Well, enjoy this new chapter and I will try to improve.
Chapter 7: No Way
Edward followed Patricia in her lab uncomfortably. He never expected that someone from a different time could use Alchemy like him and be able to use forbidden Alchemy without paying a price. Edward in truth felt jealous, but he didn't want Patricia to know.
Patricia stopped in her tracks with Edward. She pointed at a huge machine with a satellite on top and said, "That's the Storm System. You can look at it, but it might not be completely accurate yet. I need to fix a few bugs in it." Edward nodded and approached the machine. He looked at the screen and saw radar that had a line rotating in a clockwise position with green and red behind it.
"Am I really in the past?" Edward whispered to himself as he looked at the advanced machine.
"Did you say something?" asked Patricia as she picked up a wrench from a table. Edward shook his head. He then looked at Patricia and asked, "How do I read this?"
"The red indicates the heat intensity and the green indicates the moisture level. When there is more red, that means a hot day. When there is more green, that means rain is approaching. When the colors are balanced that means a relatively mild weather. In your case, you should look for more green every time you check the machine," explained Patricia. Edward nodded and examined the sensor.
"The colors are balanced, so the weather should be normal temperature," said Edward. Patricia gave a nod.
"The green in the radar may also have traces of yellow in some days. I haven't found a meaning for that yet," said Patricia.
"Is the yellow coloring the bug you were talking about?" asked Edward. Patricia nodded.
"I just need to get a clear meaning for it and I also want to make the machine print out weather reports, so other people can know the weather too."
Edward smirked and said, "You really like to build, don't you?" Patricia nodded as she began to fix a device on a table.
"Building machines makes me feel happy," said Patricia. She placed her wrench done and pressed the button on the device she was fixing. The device unraveled changing into the shape of a mechanical crow. It gave out a caw and flew to a perch across the room. Edward stared at the machine in amazement.
Patricia smirked and said, "You don't need to know alchemy to build machines."
Edward was going to say something to Patricia, but he suddenly heard footsteps approaching.
"Is someone else besides Neko in here?" asked Edward. Patricia listened to the steps and smiled.
"It must be Envy," said Patricia softly. Edward's eyes widen.
"Envy? He's here too?" asked Edward in disbelief. Patricia looked at Edward confusingly.
"You know Envy too?" asked Patricia. Edward nodded. Patricia smiled brightly and said, "Isn't Envy adorable?" Edward grew pale.
"Adorable?" asked Edward nervously. Patricia nodded.
"Patricia, are you here?"
Patricia and Edward turned around and saw a small boy, who looked like a ten-year-old, with short green hair in black clothing approaching them.
"Envy," said Patricia happily. The small boy, known as Envy, waved at her with a bright smile on. Edward stared at Envy with his mouth wide open.
"That's Envy, no way?!" exclaimed Edward. When Envy reached Patricia, Patricia and Envy looked at Edward confusingly.
"Is something wrong?" asked Patricia. Edward pointed at Envy and screamed, "That can't be Envy! The Envy I know doesn't look like a little boy and Envy's smile is more sinister looking." Patricia blinked in confusion, while Envy stared at Edward.
Envy looked back at Patricia and pointed at Edward.
"Who is this Shorty?" asked Envy. Edward glared at him and screamed, "I am not short and you don't have the right to say that when we are the same size!" Envy chuckled and said, "He admits that he's short." Edward growled thinking that the Envy from his time and the current Envy were almost identical.
Patricia giggled and held a hand at Edward.
"Envy, I want you to meet Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist number two. He's my new partner," introduced Patricia. Envy was silent for a while. He suddenly gasped in surprise and screamed, "He's your new partner?!" Patricia nodded.
Envy looked at Edward. He examined Edward up and down and shook his head. He hugged Patricia around her waist and glared at Edward.
"I won't hand over Patricia to the likes of you," said Envy in a threatening tone. Edward stared at Envy and looked at Patricia.
"You sure are popular with a Homunculus," said Edward. Patricia sighed and placed a hand on top of Envy's head.
"Envy and I are just close friends," said Patricia. Envy twitched. Edward noticed this and smirked.
"Did the little Homunculus hate being called a FRIEND?" teased Edward. Envy glared daggers at Edward. He released Patricia turning away from Edward. He looked at Patricia seriously and said, "I just came here today to pick up one of your new inventions for one of the Alchemists." Patricia nodded.
Patricia held her arm up and made a whistling sound that sounded like a bird call. The crow robot she fixed gave out a call and flew to Patricia. It landed on her extended arm. Patricia lowered the mechanical bird to Envy and said, "Bring this to Eagle Eye." Envy nodded and held his arm to the mechanical bird allowing it to transfer to his arm.
When the bird was on, he walked away from Patricia. He glared back at Edward as if warning him to keep away from Patricia.
When Envy was gone, Edward looked at Patricia and asked, "So you have Homunculus working in the base?" Patricia nodded and said, "They do odd jobs here, but some decided to stay underground. I catch them doing mischief sometimes."
"So you know all the Homunculus?" asked Edward. Patricia nodded again.
"All seven of them, but some of them can get pretty annoying," said Patricia as she began to show a sour looking face. Edward began to wonder which Homunculus she was thinking about to make that kind of face.
Edward gave out a sigh and said, "Seeing that Envy made me realize that the Homunculus here are completely different from the ones I know of."
"How so?"
"Well for one thing, Envy always changes his shape because of his vain nature, but your Envy doesn't do that and I know for a fact that the Envy I know would never befriend a human," explained Edward.
Patricia smirked and said, "Your Envy sure is different. I bet the other Homunculus here wouldn't match the personalities of the ones you know of." Edward nodded in agreement.
"How were the Homunculus in your time made?" asked Patricia curiously. Edward thought awhile and said, "I'm not quite sure." Edward looked at Patricia and asked, "How were the Homunculus made here?" Patricia sighed.
"I remember Wrath telling me that they were made by a woman, who wanted to be rid of all her sins. She did forbidden Alchemy to make them and died as the price. Now the Homunculus are cursed to wander the earth forever."
Edward thought awhile wondering if the Homunculus in his time were made the same way.
"That's kind of weird," admitted Edward. Patricia smirked and said, "It is weird, but I'm glad they are here because they help with our work and they are sometimes fun to talk too." Edward nodded wishing that the murderous Homunculus in his time were the same.
Edward suddenly realized something and asked, "How did Envy get in here anyway? I thought the Alchemy circle on your lab door would only let you in."
"Envy got in through another door to my lab. He just needed to use a card that has special alchemy attributes on it to open the door. The card would only react if a Homunculus like Envy is holding it."
Edward sighed and said, "You have crazy alchemy." Patricia chuckled. She looked at the clock and said, "We should get to bed." Edward nodded as he began to follow Patricia to their room in her lab.
Patricia looked back at Edward and said, "You can sleep in my room in the mean time, but you have to sleep on the sofa."
"Wait a minute, shouldn't I get the bed because I'm the guest."
"No. A girl like me needs a soft bed and it is MY room."
"You're not being a good hostess."
"Don't care. You're short, so the sofa is perfect for you."
"Don't call me short you stupid tomboy!"
"Who are you calling a stupid Tomboy?!"
"You, stupid!"
"I have invented all the military equipment in this base, so you have no right to call me stupid. Just for that, you sleep on the floor."
"No way!"
Edward's voice radiated throughout the lab causing Neko, who was lying against a plane wing, to sigh.
"Maybe he isn't so great."