I made a filler episode to explain somethings :Ed's missing arm.
A few days later in Izumi's other house, a butchery that the muscular she was with owns, in a town called Dublith. It is early in the moring and the kid is scarfing down some food that Kelly made him from the muscular man's meat. Izumi is simply staring at him kindly like a mother does with her child. Tanua is out again jumping over roofs thinking.
Who were those strange people?
Doesnt matter I'm just gonna kill you anyway!
We came for that kid
Envy, Wrath?
And they had the same birthmark as me, but I thought people in this dimension didnt know how to clone humans.
He sees the sun is going down and turns around. He jumps from building to building and gets back to the house. He drops down in front of the window and looks inside to see the boy jumping on the bed when it is clearly late. He opens the window and the boy sees him and smiles. "Brother!"
"Hey shouldn't you be sleeping?" he says shutting the window
"But I'm not tired!" he says jumping off the bed and running across the room.
"Well that makes two of us, but your a kid so you should sleep." he says walking over to the boy who jumps over him with amazing agility.
"Make me!" he says playfully, Tanua in a playful mood gets a huge grin and says "Fine I will!"
And the games begin as Tanua and the boys chase each other around the room jumping on the bed and bouncing off the walls. The two are laughing as they do this when the roof of there room suddenly shines blue. The boy quickly jumps up and hangs from the curtains with his feet and Tanua jumps above the frame of the door. The boy is still giggling but Tanua hushs him with a shh even though that had been really fun. The light fades leaving a hole in the roof and Ed jumps from the hole and lands on the ground.
"Brother we shouldnt be here." Al says
"Dont worry Al I'll fix it later." Ed says
"Hi you want to play with us?" the boy says happily which slightly startles Ed "Everyone is dead so I was getting bored but then brother came and we have been playing."
"Brother?" Ed says slightly confused
"Up here." Tanua waves from above the door.
"There not dead, their sleeping." Ed turns around
Al drops from the upstairs room and looks around as Tanua jumps down and says "Looks were having a sleepover."
"So what do you guys want to play." the boy asks dropping from the curtains and running between them straight to Tanua who eyes slightly grow red as he gets down on all fours and charges at the item as well. The boy however beats him to it and grabs a squealing mouse. Tanua slides across the room and hits the wall. "I win I win brother!"
"Yah I guess I wasnt built to catch mice." he says getting up smiling while Ed is slightly confused at Tanua's childness.
"You were playing with this werent you?" he says holding up the mouse to Ed.
Ed and Al remembering the island and Al says "They were watching us the whole time."
"Well actually I came about three days before you guys did and this little guy was already here." Tanua says ruffling the kids black hair as the boy smiles and squeezes the mouse causing it to cry in pain.
"Hey let it go!" Ed says walking over to the boy
"Why? All it does is eat their food." Tanua says still in kid mode grabbing the boy and throwing him on his back.
"You shouldnt play with a animal's life!" Ed says trying to grab him
"That coming from a alchemist?" Tanua said still grinning as he dodged his attempt to grab him and jumped on the bed.
"Play Play lets play!" the kid screams as the two jump all over the room
"Quiet your gonna wake everyone up!" Ed says trying to keep his cool. Ed claps his hands and presses on the ground suddenly a noose like rope comes from the bed and grabs the boy's leg pulling him off Tanua's back.
"What!" before Tanua can react a small box made out of wood comes up and traps him on the floor.
"Hey let me out dang it!" he yells banging on the box
The boy falls on the bed and drops the mouse and it escapes.
"Wow wow!" he says excited looking at the rope attached to his leg.
"You can do that too right?" Ed asks
"Hey let me out of here now!" Tanua says with a tone of panic in his voice
"Brother maybe you should let that guy out." Al says staring at the box which is being shaken by the teens attempts to free himself
"Not now, I want him to answer my question." Ed says pointing at the child.
"No." the boy shakes his head
"Dont lie!" Ed says "I saw you transmute that rock to your hand on that island and your clothes were made out of alchemy too."
"Brother thats not a nice way of asking." Al says
"You saw it to Al." Ed says
By now the boy had a worried look on his face like he thought was in trouble and he started to pull the ropes trying to get free.
"Whats wrong untie it with alchemy?" Ed says with a tone of confusion
"Take it off, Take it off!" the boy panics as starts freak out
"Brother he has nothing to do with those people." Al says trying to plead with his brother
"What people, just get me out! It reminds me to much of the lab!" Tanua panics as the box starts to glow red
"Al I remember his face from somwhere." Ed says ignoring Tanua's pleads
"Take it off, Take it off!" the boy struggles "Brother help me!"
Crack! A piece of the box breaks off and whizzs into the roof and a ray of red light shines through, Ed who is finally paying attention to Tanua who has stopped yelling. While there looking at the box which is chipping off a blue ray of light shines from where the boy was and they look back and to their horror see that the boy has fused himself with the bed in a attempt to free himself, the bed is standing up, it is twisted and at the top his body is normal. "Waaaaaah!!!!" he is crying as another piece of the box breaks off, this one is even bigger as a glowing red arm breaks free.
"Brother what did you do?!" Al asks looking up at the boy and at the box
"I didnt do anything!" Ed yells freaked out
Suddenly the door bursts open and a very angry Izumi and a worried Sakura walk in with the muscular man. Ed and Al are terrfied by her appearance.
"I CANT SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE NOISE!" she yells kicking them into a wall
"Ah Tanua!" Sakura yells running over to the box while Izumi looks up at the boy. She is suprised as he crys struggling around.
"Sensai we didnt do this!" Al explains
Izumi walks over to the boy and says "I know, I never taught you nonsense alchemy like this." she says
"Put me down, Put me down!" he cries
"Stop crying!" Izumi yells which immiediatly shuts the boy up
Her expression goes from stern to kind as she says "Its okay, just relax, can you remember your original form?" she asks, the boy nods.
"Just remember your original form." she says grabbing his hand "Slowly, Slowly." the boy begans to turn back to normal as the bed seperates itself from him. The boy begins crying again once he s free and grabs onto her waist and buries his head.
"STUPID APRENTICES WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO WITH THIS CHILD!" she yells at them as she wraps a blanket around the boy
"Sorry sensai! We thougt he was with the people who were chasing us." Ed explains while bowing
"Who is chasing you?" Izumi asks
"They call themselves..the Homunculus." he says, Izumi gets a even sterner face and is about to say somthing when she is cut off.
"Groooooogh!" a disturbing roar emenates from inside the box as the arm rips off another piece of wood.
"Oh no he's lost control!" Sakura screams stepping back
"What do you mean!" Ed asks
"No time, get to the other side of the house quickly!" Sakura yells opening the door so everyone can run out.
"Wait what about brother?!" the boy screams
Sakura looks at him and says "Im sorry." the group go into the maser bedroom and wait. CRASH! BOOM! SCREECH! "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!" the bedroom shakes as they hear a roar that echos through the city. Sakura puts her head to the door and listens.
"I think its safe." she says opening the door. The group look around the house but nothing seems destroyed. Then they get to the childs room and open the door.
"Oh my-" Izumi looks and sees that the floor, walls, and anything else that was in the room has been oblterated and they can see out into the street were there is a overturned car, broken hydrants, fire on buildings, and a trail of destruction leading into the town.
Meanwhile inside a random house Envy is on the phone with a woman and has a huge smile on his face.
" I still a have a few things for you to acomplish, like their teacher in a town called Dublith she probably knows where the boy is, try there."
"But what am I supposed to do if Greed or the Elric brothers show up?" Envy asks
"Nothing, they still havent had their chance to make a Philophosers stone."
"You may be the youngest of us but you make orders like your all grown up." Envy smirks
"Of course I would like the boys to make a Philophosers stone but I dont want them knowing about the Ishball incident."
"Okay." he says hanging up.
Izumi walks down stairs after talking with Ed and Al and grabs some pills. Her over muscular husband walks over to her and asks "Where are you going?"
"Just to check on somthing, stay here and make sure that Ed and Al dont get near the boy." Izumi says
"Can I go with you Izumi?" Sakura asks
"I'm not sure." Izumi says
"If it has to do with that boy then I'm going." Sakura says with a stern face "Besides I dont want to be here when Kelly learns that Tanua went berserk last night."
Izumi smiles and says "Fine come on."
Later
"WHAT do you mean that he went berserker last night!" Kelly yells in rage at the Elrics. The Elrics are trembling as she has fire as hair and has a forked tongue.The house is now repaired thanks to alchemy but there is still destruction outside.
"He must have been under extreme stress to be forced into berserker mode." Sam says walking into the living room with Kelly, Ed, and Al.
"What is berserker mode?" Al asks
"A fail safe for clones, when a clone is about to die or is under strong emotional stress they go crazy and lose control of their bodies and kill anything that moves." Sam explains "Its their deadliest attack."
"Do you think he is alright." Ed asks feeling responsible for his dissapearance
"Well if he was about to die then it would kill him, but since this apparently was set off by emotional trauma I think he'll just be exhausted." Sam says
"That's good." Al says as Ed goes and grabs a phone. He takes the phone and uses alchemy to fuse it to the ground.
Meanwhile under them Winry is with the boy when a phone drops from the ceiling. "Winry can you hear me?" Ed asks from upstairs
"Yes." she answers
"How is the kid?" Ed asks
"He's just scared, but you know whats weird is his arm and leg. They dont seem right like they dont belong their. On the arm their is a big scar." Winry says
Upstairs Ed has a astonished look on his face. "Brother do you think."
"What is it Ed?" Kelly asks
"What do you mean Al?" Ed says almost knowing what he is going to say
"Remember when you said you saw his face in the gate." Al says
Suddenly the roof of the room Winry is in, is destroyed as Ed falls from the room and lands on the ground.
"What the?" the musculer man bursts into the room but is quickly trapped in a cage of wood.
"Wait Ed, didnt Izumi say not to get near him" Winry pleads
"Yes thats why this will only take a minute." he says pushing her out of the way.
He walks up to the boy and pins him to the wall.
"Why, why. It was supposed to be equivelent exchange. My left leg for my mothers body, my right arm for Al's soul. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EQUIVALEN EXCHANGE!" he yells grabbing the boy by the collor of his shirt. He rips of the shirt revealing a gash scar on his right arm. He grabs the boys arm and says "Do you know where this gash is from?"
The boy terrified simply shakes his head. "Its the scar from the fox bite." Ed says looking it over
Aaaaah! A younger Ed screams as he is bitten by a female fox
Brother! a younger Al in his human body screams
"THIS IS MY ARM!" Ed yells. The boy breaks free of Ed's grip and runs to the window and uses alchemy to break it open. He jumps out and runs away as fast as he can. The muscular man frees himself and runs into the room as Ed jumps out the window and chases the boy.
"Ed no!" he yells
"What if its true?" Al asks "What if the boys arm and leg really are Ed's?"
Meanwhile Izumi and Sakura is back at the island and is at the place where the boy met Tanua. She looks towards the stones and sees a trail leading from the stones into the forest. She has a sad look on her face "Cough!" she coughs up some blood. As she gets on her knees. "Izumi are you okay!" Sakura yells grabbing her and helping her stand up.
Next chapter, Sam and the military, Tanua and the Ishballens, and Wrath and the Homunculus.
