Disclaimer: …. Maybe I can kidnap Ed?
Edward's body was out of his control, his soul in a dark void the chimera had created. He struggled to keep conscious, what was this thing? He kept on wondering, it felt powerful…much more powerful than the truth…even when it ripped his limps away. The control that it had wasn't just of the body, but the full metal felt, it struck his very core. His alchemy.
But how could it even happen? He given it up…for Al's aging body. Even in this state where he lacked the control, he felt the burning sensation of alchemy at his fingertips. Except this time the burn was so intense, he felt like he touched the sun. Somehow, this power was not only limited to the being that took his body. He never felt such power…or warmth.
The chimera hissed at the mortals that dare to cross its path. The circle, it was destroyed by those fools. It needed blood then, blood from the pure, tears from the weak. It sees a mother and child, the mother with her warm gaze upon her young daughter, unknowingly of the eyes of death upon it, it snatched up the child.
"Mommy!"
"Elicia, Edward what are you doing? Put her down."
Within seconds the second tragedy of her life happened. Edward produced a knife from pure air and took her baby's life. She couldn't, she couldn't believe it. This was Ed, the boy that she and her husband took under their wings when they had little left. She met his eyes, cold, dark, and the color of spilled blood. Her cry of anguish echoed in the street. She was just taking little Elicia to the supermarket because they ran out of milk, and her baby wanted pancakes for dinner.
It let out a hiss like a viper…its true form was finally free. Edward's body began changing; his eyes more snake like than cat like now, hands longer with talons. His golden features, the iris of his eye turned into a diluted grey, his golden mane was entwined with emerald and crystal like substance. His face, no longer of a young boy, but of something terrible, losing the childishness, his bones became sharper, more defined while at the same time, his teeth became a kind f dark silver. Marks, transmutation marks appeared all over its body. It licked its lips, now things were going to get interesting.
A woman's shrieks were heard.
"Mustang, what is the meaning of this?" General Hakuro demanded, who always showed up just to make Mustang miserable, but now was really not the time.
"We believe that there may be another experiment loose sir."
"And civilians are allowed to get involved Mustang?"
"Izumi Curtis is not an ordinary civilian, she have skills that we need to solve this case."
"That puny woman? She's better off in the kitchen." Hakuro just signed his death sentence…as Izumi given him a well deserved punch…which took him out of the building, before throwing up.
Although Mustang couldn't see, he felt the change in the air, and the crash confirm his suspicions… now he had to pay the general's hospital bills, great…couldn't she just slap him or something and not take down half the building…
They're research was getting nowhere…but another case was brought to their attention. The death of Elicia and Gracia Hughes, their body was nearly unidentifiable when they were found last night, if not for the remaining dental work. Mustang never felt so much anger before, his body was on fire. He wanted to burn whoever did the unspeakable deed. If his eyes weren't blind, they show rage, a primitive kind of rage…not much different from when Ed though Al was gone forever in order to give his arm back to survive the final battle.
"Sir, we have a witness." The chain smoker declared.
"Bring him in."
The man looked to be in his thirties and in clothing that was ragged and torn.
"Speak." Mustang commanded.
"…I saw the lady and kid just walkin by, I was doing the usual, collectin tins for a few cenz. They went in'to an alley, a boy took the little'in. He ad eyes and hair like the sun. Got a knife from nowhere I'd tell ya, kill the young one….the moth'r was sobbing her poor heart out. But then the boy turned into a freak, a monster, looked like something created by the devil. Lucky that I ran away by that time."
By the time the homeless man had finished, both Mustang and Izumi only had one person on their mind.
"Edward"
The man was released, but their hearts were heavier than ever…so the thing had already transformed Ed, it's going to try to reach its full penitential.
They needed to act, and act fast….even if it meant Edward's death. Mustang in his twenty something years, had never been afraid, but now he fears for the boy, his sanity, his future, his life all uncertain now…
Author's note: Sorry for the long wait, but here it is. And if you're wondering how the chimera's true form is revealed, it feeds on sorrow. Ed's been completely taken over by now and Mustang still haven't got a plan… so review! ^.^