So, sorry for the delay. Thanks for sticking around for the fourth chapter.
Wrath looked at the buildings aligned on the sides of the road. He could tell he was more in the housing district then in the public places, where he figured he needed to be, so he kept right along. A few cars passed by next to him, but he didn't pay them any more attention then they would be paying him. Since it was getting dark, he could see some light popping on in the houses near him, though the street itself had very few streetlights.
Wrath had no way to be sure which direction would lead him into the thicker part of town, so he had to at least take a couple more rash decisions. In the corner of his eye, he saw an all too familiar flash of light. "Alchemy," he said as he ran toward it. He didn't know why he should care, there were tons of alchemists all over the world, but it reminded him of Ed, Al, and of his real mommy, Izumi.
The slight clink sound his auto mail made alerted the alchemist to his presence and they looked straight him. It was a younger man, probably in his mid-twenties, but Wrath wasn't the best judge of the ages of humans. For a moment, they just stood there, looking at each other. "What did you make?" Wrath asked, curious.
"Interested in alchemy, eh kid?" the guy asked in return, "I live in this building," he said as he gestured to the one behind him, "I thought I had a leak in my pipes, so I fixed it." Wrath walked closer and touched the transmutation circle. It was simple enough, but Wrath had never needed them, so he didn't know what any of the symbols inside meant. "Want me to give you a lesson, I don't have anything else planned for the day?" the man asked.
"No, I can't do it," obviously he couldn't explain to a complete stranger that he was soulless and it was impossible. He tried to keep a level expression, though inside, it hurt him. It was the most painful reminder that he wasn't human anymore and he didn't even have Ed's limbs to give him any hope that he might be one one day.
"Oh, you think because of your arm, right? I'm pretty sure that auto mail works just as well as a regular arm," the guy looked at him for a second, "Not it? Well, I guess it's just something you have to be born with."
'Yeah and I wasn't even born' Wrath thought.
"You know, this is a pretty small town and I've never seen you before, is your family just visiting?"
"No, I'm alone," Wrath said.
"Really? What are you, like seven, eight?"
"Something like that," Wrath answered. He wasn't sure why he hadn't already left. It just felt like he was safer around an alchemist and this guy in particular, he seemed so calm.
"Well, this building, it's a school house, it has a couple extra rooms if you wanted to stay in one while you're here," he offered, "and if you want, I could show you some more alchemy. My name's Ron by the way, the children usually call me Mr. Porter though." Wrath was caught off guard. He hadn't expected anything like this to happen. He tried to think things through this time. There was no reason not to accept the offer, he needed somewhere to stay and even if this guy was crazy, it wasn't like he had any chance of killing him, alchemy or not.
"Ok," he said simply. The man started walking towards the front and Wrath followed him. Ron opened the main door and showed him to one of the side rooms. It was simple enough and the man pulled on something on the wall, which proved to be a roll-away bed.
"Here you go, just come and go all you want, my office is down the hall, so if you need me, that's where I'll be," with that, the man left, leaving a still stunned Wrath behind.
A/N: I don't know, I hope this all doesn't seem too random, I am going somewhere with this. I think the story might end on 6 or 7, just for everyone's general info.