4: A tribute to Ishbal

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POV of Laura Fang

As I pass by the bar where there's Alchemists laughing, they look at me as I march my way out.

"Hey Colonel Fang where are you going?" Hughes asks but I ignore him. Right now if I don't get away from people I swear I'm going to explode. I walk through the streets with the rain refusing to let up. Honestly I don't care, at least knowing that I'm getting drenched can take my mind off of Roy. I know he was doing what any other person would do if they knew if they told someone something that can hurt them they wouldn't. But still, Colonel Stone was the one who taught me how to become an the Illusion Alchemist and was there for me ever since I started the Program. I shake my head to stop the other hurricane of tears from coming.

"Well, looks like this is going to be a glorious day. I'll be able to kill two Alchemists today." I turn around and it's Scar. I narrow my eyes and face him.

"I have a bone to pick with you. And no it's not because I'm part of the State but you killed someone dear to me. And I'll make sure you'll regret it." I threat. He smirks

"Let's get to it then. And I have a question, where you the one Illusion Alchemist that started the destruction in Ishbal?" he questions, I don't reply because Ishbal is the worst thing I've ever done. I was sent there with the Crystal Alchemist and Roy when I was 18 and Roy was 21. I made a Physical Illusion to the people to think that we left so they'd be all within the city. That's when the others started their Alchemy to kill everyone inside.

"Yes." I confirm so then he replies

"Now I have someone to blame!" he charges at me with the red lightning thing crackling at his fist. I draw my swords and roll out-of-the-way. He misses so he comes back at me and I bounce around avoiding the Alchemy that he's using to blast people's brains out. He attempts to grab my uniform's tail coat, I stab my swords into the street and use it as a support to kick him away. He rolls but gets back on his feet, he slams his hands to the floor and the red Alchemy breaks up the street as it zips its way to me. I make clones of myself and use a Physical Illusion to make him think I was hit by the Alchemy. He goes over to where my supposedly injured self is and hovers over it. "I'll allow you to make a prayer." he says to nothing so I scream out as I'm about to slam my swords into him from behind

"Pray on this!" I dig one of them into his back, he howls and throws me off to the floor in front of him. He slams his foot on my chest causing the air to escape from my lungs; he lowers his head to mine.

"You're strong, but not strong enough," he's about to place his hand on my forehead when I place an Illusion Seal on him. He falls back as the light from the Seal dies shocked. I rise and he demands "What did you do to me?!" I wipe the corner of my mouth with my sleeve to get the blood away and answer

"I place a Seal on you, you're mine now." I'm about to activate it when he disappears and reappears behind me. I twist my back so he won't be able to grab my head but he manages to get his hand on my spine.

"I know you're secret Fang; I made this especially for you." he sends a blast through my spine causing me to scream. I feel my spine shatter and I drop to the ground. He stands in front of me so I brace myself when there's the sound of bullets. He flees so I look up and it's Hawkeye and Armstrong. Armstrong picks me up and says

"Colonel Fang, I'm glad we got to you in time. You shouldn't have ran off like that. Thank god that Hughes told Colonel Mustang you left; if not you could have died." I bury my head into his chest to subdue the throbbing in my back. Damn it! They get me back to my room and lay me face up, I'm terrified. Well here goes for my secret to be revealed.

"What happened?" I hear Mustang demand so the others explain what they saw so he looks at me. "Do you mind if we take a look at your spine?" I shake my head so they lift the back of my shirt up and they gasp.

"Colonel! How long did you have this Auto-Mail?!" Hawkeye asks so I reply

"Ever since the Ishbal Massacre."

"Get Ed here now." Mustang orders so someone leaves slamming the door behind them. I try to get up but I'm pushed back down. "No, you have some explaining to do. Everyone else leave." he orders, he sits down next to me and crosses his arms. "What happened in Ishbal that ended up with you with Auto-Mail?" he demands studying me with a "I'm waiting" across his face. I pull my hair out of my face and take a deep breath.

"It was when we were ending the Massacre. Remember how I was sent to get everyone to think we all left? Well I was leaving to be out of the attack range when it started. You and everyone else started the attack with me inside. The only reason why I survived without any physical damage was because I had the fake Philosopher's Stone that Marcoh whipped up. But after you all left, I dragged myself out of the rumble but my spine got busted up. Luckily Marcoh was looking for survivors so he found me. The ruble broke 2 of my back's discs and some other parts so he managed to do some Auto-Mail to give me a spine and be able to walk again. We knew we were on a time crunch because if I went missing you guys would start looking for me. So he operated on me; now here we are." I explain, I wince as one of my metallic vertebrae pokes me.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" he asks with sincerity in his voice.

"Because if she did, Marcoh would have been caught and she would have been exiled," We glance to the source of the voice and it's Ed and Al. "Now let me fix up your back. You might want to get some specialist to take a better look at that." he gives a temporary fix so I sit up.

"Well I will but I have things to do first." I swing my legs over the side of the bed and rise.

"Hey where you going?" Al asks, I put on Colonel Stone's old hat and glance at them

"I have some funerals to plan." And on that note I leave.