Sand: Chapter three, and i have some new ... assistants.
Mikaila: Sand owns nothing ... 'cept for me .. the plot .. and my alchemy
Edward: A least we hope she owns that.
Alphonse: But if you wish to sue her all you will get is pocket lint, three month old candy, and what looks like an airport store receipt.
Sand: On with the story!
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Pinako stared in disbelief at the two teenagers standing on her porch. They both looked tired, hungry, dirty and a little ragged. Edward came up behind her in the doorway, his eyes widened. Mikaila half-hid herself behind Alphonse, she wasn't sure what Edward would do or say.
"Alphonse?" Edward asked, staring at his little brother.
"Hey, Brother." Al answered, Ed and Pinako stood aside to let them in.
"You can't be Al. He's dead. Who are you? Envy? No, no Envy went beyond the gate, I saw him. So who are you?" Edward asked.
"It is me, Brother." Al said, knowing his brother was about to flip, he stepped in front of Mikaila, her hand curled into the back of his t-shirt.
"No you're not!" Ed roared, finally losing his temper, he clapped his hand, and transmuted his automail into a blade. Al shoved Mikaila out of the way as he dodged his brothers' attack.
"Edward!" Winry cried, as Al dodged again, Mikaila watched with wide eyes as Edward continued to attack Alphonse. Soon Al was backed up in a corner with no where to dodge to. Ed prepared to attack again.
"Nooo!!" Mikaila shrieked, throwing herself in the way of the attack. Her eyes widened as the blade entered her stomach. She looked down at it for a moment, before looking up at Alphonse.
"Al .. phonse." She murmured, collapsing to the ground.
"Brother, how could you!!" Al cried, dropping to his knees next to her, she was weakly trying to clap her hands. Edward stared in horror at the two of them.
"He-Help m-me. B-before I b-b-bleed o-out." She whispered, he took her hands and clapped them together for her. She let her hands drop down onto her stomach, there was a flash of light and the wound healed before everyone's eyes.
Carefully, Alphonse helped her to her feet. She leaned against him heavily. Everyone was staring at her in surprise, Al wrapped an arm around her waist to keep her up. She whimpered lightly as exhaustion hit her once more.
"Ho-how did you do that?" Winry asked her.
"My .. My alchemy .. i can .. i can bypass the laws of Equivalent Exchange. Without consequences." Mikaila replied, Edward, Mustang, and the other military personnel stared at her in surprise.
"Peterson, that's you're last name isn't it?" Edward asked her, she nodded lightly. Edward opened his mouth to bombard her with questions. He was interrupted by Pinako tapping her cane against the floor.
"That's enough, Edward. She needs rest, then she needs to eat." Pinako said.
"First though, Grandma I think she needs a shower and some new clothes." Winry said, Mikaila smiled at her gratefully.
"I'll take her up there Al, you can have you're turn when she's done." Winry said, Mikaila shot Al a nervous look, he smiled at her reassuringly and she let Winry wrap an arm around her waist and half-carry her upstairs.
"She's asleep, I let her borrow some of my clothes. You can go take a shower now, Al." Winry said, when she came back downstairs a few minutes later.
"Ok, thank you, Winry. Is it ok if i crash too?" He asked, she smiled at him and nodded.
"Go ahead, I'm going to examine your borthers' automail." She said, Ed winced.
"Torture me you mean." He muttered, she glared at him and Al laughed and headed upstairs. When he walked into the bedroom he and Ed usually used he smiled seeing Mikaila sound asleep. He wasn't sure what it was about her, but he just felt drawn to her. He reached down and brushed her short, choppy black hair out of her face. She murmured in her sleep and turned her head to face him, he chuckled lightly and plopped down on the other bed. He stared up at the ceiling for a few minutes, wondering if his brother would be willing to help the girl that had brought him back.
"Well, no matter what Brother decides, I'mgoing to help her!" He murmured to himself, before drifting off to sleep. When Mikaila woke up a few hours later, the first thing she noticed was that the sunlight in the room was fading, the second thing she noticed was soft snores coming from her left. She looked over and saw Alphonse sleeping on his stomach on one of the other beds in the room. Quietly she climbed to her feet and stood by his bed, looking down at him. Then she turned and went to the window, she saw that the sun was getting ready to set. She heard the door open and she spun around. Edward was standing in the doorway looking at her.
"Oh, i wasn't expecting either of you to be up." He said, staring at her.
"I just woke up." She explained quietly.
"Oh, Winry sent me up here to get the two of you for dinner." Ed told her, she nodded lightly.
"Then ... it'll be time for explanation." Ed said, Mikaila gulped.
"Brother, don't scare her." Al ordered as he sat up rubbing his eyes. The three headed back downstairs and into the kitchen/dining room area. Somehow, everyone managed to fit.
"Why did you bring Al back? Not that I'm complaining, I just want to know what your motives are." Ed said once dinner was over, Mikaila quirked an eyebrow lightly at his word choice.
"Jeez, Brother, you make it sound as if she's planning to kill us all." Al said rolling his eyes, he half-smiled at Mikaila and she blushed faintly.
"My .. Aunt, before she was killed, she told me that there's a great evil coming, a ... a group, i suppose you can say. She said that she and my uncle were dying, they'd be after me. My Uncle said that I should go to the FullMetal Alchemist and his brother for help. My Aunt told me that one of the people in this ... group .. has an Alchemy that's the opposite of ours. Instead of saving souls from the Gate, this person forces, rather painfully, a persons' soul into and through the Gate." Mikaila explained. Everyone was quiet, lost in their own thoughts.
"Why me and Al?" Edward finally asked.
"You have a reputation of being a Hero of the People, despite being a State Alchemist." Mikaila replied.
"What do you think, Brother?" Al asked, he was used to his brother immeadiately snapping to a decision without thinking.
"We don't know much about this group. Or much about you." Ed said to Mikaila, she hung her head, not sure what she could tell him to help him decide.
"But you did bring my brother back to me. I owe you for that." Ed said, Al grinned, knowing that meant Ed would help her. Mikaila gave him a confused look, he smiled at her gently.
"He's going to help." Al explained.
"Oh!" Mikaila said, her eyes wide, then she smiled at Ed gratefully.
"Thank you." She told him, he smirked.
"Don't say thank you just yet." Havoc said from his spot next to the window, everyone looked over at him.
"We have company." He said.
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Sand: Ugh! My chapters are short! I know! I'm sorry!! This is what i get for not writing in so long!
Mikaila: Please read and review
Ed: Maybe she's write more if you do.
Al: We Hope.