Alright! Here's the next installment to the story! Marine life… is crazy sometimes. It is, what it is. Oh! And I kinda combined three chapters into one. Those the weird title.

Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 8: The Soul of the Red Human

During Al's fight with 66, he found out that the "Pipsqueak Alchemist" was his brother. That's were 66 got the evil idea in his empty head of a way of defeating Alphonse, he was going confuse his younger opponents mind, because he knew that any other way wasn't going to work.

So right away he started feeding Al's mind with lies about his and Edward's brotherhood. Al didn't believe him at first, saying Ed was his brother and that he loved him. But 66 kept with his lies until Al started to believe him.

"A fraud?"

"That's right. Artificial affection." answered 66 with evil in his hollow voice.

"No! You're wrong. You don't know anything about us. He loves me, for real." Al replied a little scared.

"How do you know that he didn't tailor your memories and what not in order to suit him best." 66 continued.

"I'm Alphonse Elric!. I'm exactly the same as I was when I was a boy!" Al continued to counter, but 66 laughed in his confused face.

"What if you were designed so you wouldn't know the truth." he insisted on the poor mixed-up boy.

"No, that can't be." Al responded with clear uncertainty in his young voice. 66 only continued to ask him questions. Until it finally triggered a memory in Al's mind. The time when Ed was to worried about asking him a question.

While Al was standing there 66 took the opportunity to attack him while he was vulnerable. Rammed him straight into the wall behind him. When Al stopped him, he asked him about his own existence. But they where interrupted by Scar's appearance.

After a failed attack on Scar by 66, he started playing his mind like he did with Al, by making it seem that he know about the markings on his arm. He was only stalling for time in order to activate a hidden trigger for a bomb. It resulted in a massive explosion that took out part of the wall. But what nobody knew was that the resulting explosion released a Homunculus that was in another part of the laboratory.

As the side of the building was collapsing, Al threw himself over Scar in order to protect him. While Number 66 left threw the side as it was falling apart.

Meanwhile

Ed was still talking to both halves of Number 48. They were telling Edward that he should kill them, but then the younger of both halves decided to just end his own life. Edward tried desperately to stop him, but the younger broke the blood seal that kept him alive.

Ed got up from the ground and walked away from the remains with the older of the two in his hand. As Edward continued walking, both where suddenly attacked by a small group of chimeras. A minute went by before the master of the chimeras showed his face, and to Ed's surprise, it was Tucker. The former Sewing Life Alchemist, and at seeing his face the image of Nina and you went through his mind.

After exchanging words Tucker led Edward and 48 to the room that was surrounded by the red water. He then went on and told Edward that he would now be able to make a true Philosophers Stone. Finally, he convinced him by saying that no ordinary alchemist would be able pull off something of this importance.

"Yeah, but I'm no ordinary alchemist." Ed replied while looking at a pillar full of red water.

Then he was hard at work, moving things here and there fixing it so it would work. After he clapped his hands together and placed them on the ground. Both the ground and ceiling glowed and the pervious array changed to an octagon.

After awhile, you stopped to catch your breath once you made it to the supposed abandoned laboratory.

"Where the hell could they be?" you asked the air around you. You looked at the side part of the building to try to find a way in. Finding no easy way in, you decided to make your own entrance. Before your hands made contact with each other, the ground shook as an explosion was heard.

"What the…" you didn't waste anymore time as you place your hands on the wall. A small area glowed then the brick that was there turned to sand. You didn't waste any more time and began your search for the two brothers that had become your friends in a short amount of time.

You made it in the lab without any booby-traps going off. As you turned a corner Edward's scent caught your attention. You didn't like it because the scent was heavy. It was the small of his blood. You followed it to another corner, but only to jump back quickly. Three chimeras rounded that corner. All three, baring there saliva covered fangs at you.

"Well, Well. Lookey here boys."

"Huh?" The voice caught you off guard and you stopped to look around, a confused look on your face.

"Don't act stupid girl. I know you know what's going on." The green creature on the left replied.

"In that case, tell me where my friend went." You told it

"But where's the fun in that." It replied back, a grin on its ugly face.

"Agh! You males are all the same. But I really don't understand why you're even suggesting that if you know I can kill you easily." You said with narrowed eyes and baring your fangs at them.

"There's three of us and only one of you." The three of them walking towards you,. Claws at the ready.

"Ha, your not even a challenge for me." You put your hands together and started a transmutation. The tips of your fingers turning to claws, while you created a kodachi with the top of your automail. You took a defensive stance with the blade pointed outwards.

The three charged at you all at once, you easily dodged them and cut the gray dog-lion looking creature in its throat. It fell to the ground in a heap as you could hear it struggling for air. Then the brownish reddish thing came at you with its jaws wide open ready to bite your head off. But again you dodged it and your blade went right threw its mouth, piercing its brain.

"Just lucky, girl." The green lizard-cat looking chimera said. Its claw cutting your skin and sweater.

"No. that was lucky. I have skill. It comes from being fused with a wolf." You growled as your claws ripped its face, and your blade getting in its side, as you pinned it against the ground.

"I told you, you aren't even a challenge." You then pierced its heart with your kodachi.

Meanwhile Edward continued to work, as he was talking to the chimera form of Tucker, before they were interrupted by the Homunculi. They tried to force Ed into making the stone for them by showing him what remained from Al's form.

Both Elric's found out that they were being played by them as Lust started scratching the blood seal from 48's helmet. Not listening to Ed's pleas to leave him alone, she sharpened her finger in order to destroy the helmet.

She then went for Alphonse next.

Al was screaming at his older brother to stop, as he was moving to fix the ceiling of the room. He kneeled down before the circle on the ground, and clapped his hands.

"I promised that I would get your body back no matter what." he whispered, as he stared down at the array.

All the prisoners had a look of horror on their faces, as his hands inched closer to the array. His hands hovered just over the line, Al yelling at him to stop, as Envy told him to do it.

…

…

"Sorry Al… I just couldn't do it." Edward said as he moved his hands away. Envy was beyond pissed, as he made his way to the young alchemist. But before he got to beat him, the room began to collapse, forcing the glass to brake and the red water to spill everywhere.

"FullMetal Alchemist!" Scar called, "Take your brother and leave." he continued

"I don't need your help!" Ed exclaimed.

"Maybe not, but your younger brother needs you." Scar replied. Ed then turned around to see Al. He got up and began to move to his younger brother, but let out a pain filled yell as his foot landed on the red water.

"AGHHHHHH!" Ed let out as his body began to glow and his right arm turned into a spear and launched toward Lust.

"That's not good… even though it's unrefined, this much exposure to the stone material could turn the boy into a god." Lust said as she covered her eyes from the light. Ed's arm continued to transform, as spikes were being summoned and flying towards the three Homunculi, forcing them to flee.

"What the…" You arrived just before Armstrong, Ross, and Bloch, ready to go in. Putting your hands together, but Ross distracted you as they arrived.

"FullMetal, sir!" she yelled over the deafening noise, but you didn't wait, and moved to get Edward out of there. As your foot touched down on the water your body began to glow as well.

"AGHHH!" your whole body began to change, and as it happened the others could only cover their eyes from the blinding light. But when Ross tried to look she didn't know what to think, she didn't even know who or what she was looking at. Your body was taking on different forms; you would go from looking human to looking like a complete wolf on two legs, then back. Then changing again to looking like a cross between both human and wolf, and anything else.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" she yelled out, as your body was returning to normal.

You were trying to calm down, and after you did somewhat you started walking towards Edward. Your legs felt so heavy that you had to force your legs to move. You were being filled with energy, but being drained at the same time.

Once you reached him, you did the only thing you could think of. You took him into your arms and hugged him. It worked, the both of you calmed down and the glowing slowly faded from you before it faded from Ed, the noise slowly turning to silence.

As it died down you were faintly able to hear Ed whisper something about his mother and before you both collapsed, Bloch and the others were holding you up.

Armstrong took both Edward and then went to retrieve Alphonse. While Ross and Bloch were helping you walk as they each took your arms and put them around their shoulders and wrapping their other arm around you. You whispered out a "Thank you" right before you passed out.

While outside of the building there was a crowd of other soldiers clapping and cheering the three that helped get you and the Elric's out of the partially destroyed building. Getting you three to a vehicle, in order to take you back to the HQ hospital ward.

Key : Col. - Colonel

Lt. Col. - Lieutenant Colonel Lt. - Lieutenant

Maj. - Major

Sgt. - Sergeant