Alright peeps, here is the chapter three. Hope you enjoy!
I'm using the military abbreviations and acronyms of the Marine Corps.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING. Only the name I came up with.
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Chapter 3: That Which Is Lost
We see MSgt. Kain Fuery is kneeling and picking up some kind a material from the ground when Lust comes up and stands in front of him saying…
"Good luck soldier, hope you find your man." she says as she turns around and leaves a blushing Fuery behind.
"Brother, what do you think is going to happen to Doctor Marcoh? Are you worried?" Al asked Edward with a worried tone.
"The Furhur said he was going to protect him. There's not much we can do, unless we want to start a new war." Ed responded, to his younger sibling.
"Central Library?" Al questioned as he looked at the little piece of paper in Ed's hand. It read, 'National central library, 1st branch.'
"He was a fugitive. He must have found a way to hide his note right under the military's nose." Ed replied in an amused kind of voice.
"The second part… what do you think that means?" Al asked as he pointed to the bottom half of the paper. It read, 'The genuine truth behind truths. Tim Marcoh.'
"You got me, but keep it a secret. From the Col. and the rest of the State." Ed tells Alphonse.
"You think that's a good idea?" Al asked him.
"I don't know if we can trust them anymore." Ed says as looks up from the ground.
"Leaving so soon sir?" Col. Mustang says to the Furhur as he salutes.
"Funny how things work. Now that Scars showed up in the east, all the Bureaucrats are suddenly very interested in their duties back in Central." the Furhur replies, as he collects all of his belongings.
"Can you choose my punishment first." Mustang asks as he looks toward the leader of the military. The Furhur looks up from what he was doing and looks at Mustang.
"Punishment?" he questions.
"I've known where the Crystal Alchemist has been. I've never informed the State." Mustang answers.
"Job well done, Colonel." the Furhur tells him.
"Sir?" Mustang questions very confused.
"I've been meaning to put the good doctor in a secure area." the Furhur answers the confused Colonel. Mustang went to say more but the Furhur cut him off.
"That will be all. I will continue to rely on you, Colonel." the Furhur says as he puts his hand on Mustang's shoulder. The Furhur goes back to his desk and looks out the window, as Mustang stands at the door saluting him.
"Have a safe journey." he tells him, then he turns after a couple of seconds and walks out the door closing it on the way out. Once he's out the door 1st Lt. Hawkeye is coming out of another door. They start talking for about a minute when they hear Al scream lightly.
In another room
"Creation follows destruction. I'll fix him up nice and pretty." Armstrong says as he's flexing in the spot light, that, pretty much came out of nowhere. As Hughes, Havoc, Breda, Falman, and Fuery were sitting in the background looking on at the scene.
"Uh… that's ok." Al says as he backed himself up in the corner on the self he and Ed were currently sitting on.
"Connecting a soul to armor is no easy task, only FullMetal can fix Al now… Go ahead ask him." Mustang tells Armstrong, as he and Hawkeye enter the room.
"That's right… It's my burden… but before I can do that, I got to get my other arm back." Ed said while looking down.
"Well that is an interesting fix, isn't it. I mean if the great Edward can't use his alchemy." Riza says, looking like she's thinking.
"He's just a useless teen with a grumpy-ass attitude." Havoc adds.
"Anyway, I'll have to take some leave and go back to my mechanic. You know the one, don't you." Ed tells Mustang.
"Sure, Ed, how could I forget? I saw you in her house, unconscious, with that same stump of an arm you have now. Bawling in your sleep. It hurts, I'm ganna pee my pants. So tough." Mustang attacks.
"So, where you are you going to go once your fixed?" Hughes asked after the silence was getting to be to much.
"Central. I've got something to look up in the library there." Ed replies looking up at Hughes.
"That's a heck of a trip, your going to need some protection… I would volunteer, but since the Furhur is going back to Central and I'm part of his escort. I can't go." Hughes replies. Then Havoc and the other three men say that they wouldn't be any good against a killer that uses alchemy. Hawkeye also can't go, because she needs to take care of Mustang, who also can't go, because he's in charge of the Eastern HQ. Armstrong finally agreed to take them back to there hometown.
"We don't need an escort!" Ed replies with a tick mark behind his head.
"Oh, really, Ed, and what if Scar shows up. You can't perform any alchemy." Hawkeye tells him.
"Well, you can't exactly carry your hobbled brother to safety." Havoc replies as well.
"Children should listen to adults." Armstrong says as he gets in Edward's face.
"You can't call us children. Al, why don't you stick up for ourselves." Ed says as he looks towards his brother.
"That's the first time I've been treated like a kid, since I've been in this armor." Al replies with tears running down his face.
"Thank you!" Ed just looks at him, like if he had gone crazy.
"The train leaves soon, Edward Elric. We better get pack…" Armstrong tells him, but is cut off by Mustang.
"Hold on, someone else should go, just in case." Mustang tells him.
"Lt. Hawkeye."
"Sir." she responds as she salutes her superior officer.
"Call in, Wolf." Mustang tells her with a smirk on his face, as she leaves to find this 'Wolf' person.
"Who's that?" Ed and Fuery reply, but no one seemed to answer. After about a moment Hawkeye came back with someone behind her.
"Sir." Hawkeye says as she gets the Colonel's attention. Everyone looks towards the open door.
"Sir, you called." replied a new face, as they stepped into the room. She was wearing white shoes, dark blue jeans, a navy blue shirt, and a black zip up sweater with blue tribal markings trimmed with white going down both of the arms, and the inside of the hood was also blue. Everyone also noticed that she was wearing black gloves, the right was fingerless. Her eyes were something all on their own, they were a sharp and striking (_e/c_). And (_h/l_) (_h/c_) hair, with the pocket watch chain, which was longer then normal, and had a smaller chain attached was hanging on the right side. From the belt hold to the back pocket.
"Lt. Col. (_l/n_) I have an assignment for you." Mustang tells you, as you nod in respond.
"You and Armstrong are to escort FullMetal and his brother to get repairs." he tells you, as he points towards the two.
"Sir." you reply.
"Hey (_y/n_), what's up?" Hughes asks you, as he waves.
"The usual, just glad I'm not going to be couped up." you replied as you looked around the room and nodding to everyone.
You made your way towards the Elrics, to introduce yourself. But Mustang beat you to it.
"Edward Elric, The FullMetal Alchemist, meet (_y/n_) (_l/n_), The Shadow Lightning Alchemist…" you look and salute him, as a memory hit you. 'I know I've heard that name before.' you thought.
"Hope you don't mind the left handed salute, sir." Ed says as he salutes you.
"No prob." you reply, smiling at him and his brother.
"…And the guy sitting next to him, is his younger brother Alphonse Elric." you go over to shake his left hand. You noticed that he was missing his right arm. 'I know I've heard that name as well, too.'
"H-hello. You can call me Al." Alphonse says he moves his left hand to shake yours.
"Hey!" you say, as you reach him and take his metal hand.
"And you can call me Ed." he says as he gets your attention again.
"Hey boys, (_y/n_)'s one of or the only female alchemist the State has. Just like you Ed, she became a State Alchemist at a young age. The only difference, she was 13. So, be nice." Hughes says, with a knowing smile. One that only a high-ranking official in the Investigations Division would have.
"Pay no mind to him, he's just randomly showing off that big brain of his." you tell Ed and Al, as they look shocked at you.
"Besides Hughes…" you say, now looking at'em "You still owe me a picture of Elicia." you say through narrowed eyes. You caught him off guard, he was starting to leave the room.
"I left something undone…I gatta go, see you later." Hughes says, as he runs out the room.
"Grr… Anyways, when do we leave?" you asked out loud.
"We should go pack now. The train will leave very soon." Armstrong replies as he makes his way out the door.
"(_y/n_)…" Roy calls to you as everyone in the room leaves, except Riza. Armstrong came back in to get Al, making them and Edward the last to leave the room. Edward heard the last comments between you and Mustang.
"Yeah?" you answered as you turned to face them, Riza now standing next to Roy.
"Be careful, alright." Roy told you.
"Don't worry dad, I will…" then you looked toward Riza and nod "…Mom." with that you saluted them and make your way toward the door, Ed now gone from the door, and you went toward your room to get what you would need for the trip.
Train, In the cargo car
"And this is the first time I've been treated like luggage." Al said as he sits in a crate surrounded by sheep.
Train, In the passenger car
"Spacious." Ed exclaims, as he's up against the window.
You just give a sheepish smile toward Ed as he looked out the window. Armstrong was sitting next to him with his arms crossed. There was a knock on the window, it was Hughes, saluting. There was also a little boy next to him selling something.
"Newspaper. I got tea, too." the little boy tell Hughes. He just waves off the kid.
"Hey, I got a message from Roy" he said.
"You mean the Colonel?" Ed replies. Hughes just goes on.
"Don't die under my command. Your enough of a pain without the paperwork." he says, in a mocking voice.
"And for you to take care. That's it." he says looking at you then to Ed again.
"Tell him fine… there's no way I'm dying before you do. You morally bankrupt Colonel, with a god complex." Ed tells Hughes as you laughed slightly.
"Tell him to take this gorilla escort off my hands." he adds, "No offence Lt. Col."
"No prob. And call me (_y/n_)." you reply.
"All right, easy." Hughes replies, as Ed looked depressed.
"Look, Ed, I don't know what Marcoh said to upset you, but I have some info that you might find useful. Three years ago we found the remains of a young girl turned into a chimera. I'm sure you remember." Hughes tells Ed as he looks a little stressed.
"Huh? Nina." Ed remembers.
"The way she was torn apart. Turns out, it's identical to the way Scar kills." Hughes goes on, as Edward fully remembered.
'WHAT!? Nina was turned into a chimera? And killed?' you looked like you just saw a ghost, but none of the guys noticed. You came to meet Nina, once. Sweet and adorable little girl.
"Thanks, Hughes… That does help. Now I can take him on." Edward replies in a low voice.
"I'll see you in Central. I'll apply for permission to brows through the first branch without restrictions." Hughes finishes as he salutes the three of you.
"Don't mind the left-handed salute." Ed says as the little boy drops his things and runs off somewhere in the train station. To tell Scar of what he heard.
Somewhere else
Marcoh is questioned by Lust on what he knows about the Philosopher's Stone. While Gluttony holds a maid in his grasp, the top of her head in his mouth.
Back with you
"So, Ed, where are we headed?" you asked, since: 1. you didn't know where you were going, and 2. it was a little too quite for your liking.
"We're headed to Resembool. My mechanic lives there." Ed replies as he looks at you. He noticed that you looked a little pale and your eyes widened slightly..
"You ok?" Ed asked, as the Maj. also looked at you.
"Yeah, I'm ok…" you replied as you put on a smile.
'Oh shit. The one place I would like to forget.' you say as you looked out the window.
"…So, who's your mechanic?" you ask.
"Winry Rockbell. She's probably going to kill me." Ed replies, still looking at you.
'She's probably going to kill me too, and blame herself for what happened to me.' you thought as you continued looking out the window. Unaware that Ed was looking at you.
'She looks normal, but her eyes show that she's hurt. Why?' Ed thought as his gaze was still on you.
You could practically feel Ed's eyes on you. You turned your head towards Ed and made eye contact. It took him a second to realize that the both of you were making eye contact. When his mind registered this, he blushed and looked out the window again.
'Yeah right, he wouldn't like a creature like me.' you thought as you looked out the window again.
Of course, none of this didn't go unnoticed by the Major. 'Hmm.'
With Ed, as he made his way to the cargo area
'Oh man, I can't believe she caught me.' Ed thinks as he continued to make his way to where Alphonse was. His heart beating rapidly and blushing a bit.
'What's wrong with me? I don't even know her… and yet… it feels like I've know her from somewhere. Her name is so familiar, and her eyes…. wait, wait, wait I gotta stop thinking.'
In the cargo car
"I've had enough of that blow-hard, Al. He just went on and on, and the whole time he's bragging about his illustrious family background. I'd rather try my luck here with the sheep." Ed says as he walks into the car with all the sheep.
"Hey, Al?" Ed asks, but there's no response what-so-ever. He keeps diving in and out of in-between the sheep, looking for his younger brother. Until it clicks that Alphonse is no longer in there car, let-alone in the train.
"Major problem. They mistook Al, for somebody else's cargo." says getting back to you and the Maj. as he grabs his red coat and looks out the window.
"Well turn around at the next station." Armstrong says, looking up from his book. You look up from your position, you were just starting to fall asleep.
"I can't wait that long." Ed replies putting his right foot on the window sill and getting ready to jump out the window. Armstrong tells him as he grabs his left pant leg and it rips. You see that his leg is automail.
"Yes you can."
"Get off my back." Ed yells to him.
"It is important that you calm down, Edward Elric." he replies as he continues to hold Ed's leg.
Once they were where Al was dropped off, you three found out that Al's armor was no longer there. You guys didn't know that some kid had come and taken Al to some fight, but they never made it.
Ed had run off to look for Al, but a little girl found him and knocked him out. The little girl's grandfather found him. He apologized for what happened and he started talking to Ed about alchemy and war.
Ed finally found Al on his way out of the old man's house. He was sitting by the remains of the kids bike. On there way back, they meet up with you and the Major.
"Major." Ed says to him as he turns around to look at what took all of Al's weight from the cart he was pulling.
"I was worried about you." Armstrong tells him, but you come up to him and correct him.
"We, were worried about you." you said moving from behind Armstrong.
"It's all my fault." Al puts in.
"What's the matter?" Armstrong asks.
"Sorry Major… About earlier... What I said. And… sorry, Lt. Col." Ed says looking depressed.
Armstrong looked surprised at Ed's apology. In the distance you four heard the train whistle.
"That's our train. If we don't catch it, we'll have to wait until noon tomorrow! Come on!" Armstrong says as he picks up Ed and places him on his shoulder.
"What are you doing?" Ed asks from his seat on the Major's right shoulder, Al was on the left.
"It's time to sprint." he replies fixing the boys on his shoulders.
"What about the Lt. Col.?" Al asks.
"Don't worry about me Al, I can keep up, no prob." you say with a smirk on your face.
"This method of short distant sprinting has been passed down the Armstrong generations." the Maj. says as he and you start sprinting towards the train station. Edward and Alphonse complaining along the way. Something about Ed going to be sick and you moving towards the Major's left side. And Al… well, he said he was going to break, with the way the Maj. was running.
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Key : this is the abbreviations I'll be using. I don't know if these r the 1's they use. Col. - ColonelLt. Col. - Lieutenant Colonel Maj. - Major
MSgt.- Master Sergeant
1st Lt. -First Lieutenant