Chapter 11 – Al's Guilt
(A bit back in time with Al)
Al sat impatiently in the small apartment that he shared with his brother. Al liked the place he now called home, sure it was smaller than their previous home but it comfortably fit Al and Edward in.
He stood up and paced near the only door that led out of their home.
"Nii-chan…" Al stared at the door "Where are you?"
Al was starting to feel even guiltier than when Edward had walked out that door three and a half hours ago.
Winds were picking up and the grey clouds that covered the sky were growing darker. At the back of their home Al opened the window, it revealed waves smashing against the many rocks in the sea. Somewhere out there was Edward in a small boat getting thrashed about from the enormous rage the ocean could engage on anyone.
Al worried not only for Edward's safety but for the people he could possibly meet out there as well. He knew very well that he never should have kept what he did from his own brother but at the time he was being manipulated by the military.
Al laughed at himself, the Elric brothers were smart and could see though traps, plans almost anything but Al hadn't seen that coming, for the whole military to be a fraud.
Just over a month ago he had overheard the Fuhrer and woman called Dante discussing something about himself and Edward, as well as the so-called convicts Envy and Roy.
Flashback
Al skipped down a hall in the military base, he couldn't be happier. Today he was joining the military, he had been an unofficial solider for the past few weeks doing little odd jobs like sorting paper work, handing out assignments to other solider's.
The hall was narrow can just fit another person next to Al but it would be a tight squeeze. The hallway only bared one door at the end of it, which lead to the Fuhrer's office.
As Al neared the door he heard two voices, a deep man's voice which he recognized as the Fuhrer and a woman's voice. She had a sweet feminine voice but there was a demanding tone in the voice as well.
"Envy and Roy are practically convicts now, the civilians are terrified of them and there are even some stupid enough to go out and try to take them down." The Fuhrer answered a question.
"Yes Pride you have done well with getting them out of the picture, they won't dare come back and even with Edward I don't know how you did it Pride." Al heard the women's light steps, closing the distance between her and 'Pride'.
"Even Al is wrapped around your finger, answering to your every command." Al's mouth fell open, learning some truth.
"Even though Envy and Roy are out of the picture for now, they know our secrets Dante!! They will prove to be thorns in our plans." Pride stated. "We need to get rid of them completely and the best way for them to show themselves is to threaten them with Edward's life."
Al stood shocked against the wall, the person he thought he could trust, was planning to use his big brother to get to Envy and Roy. Most people who really did know Envy well, knew that Envy would step in harm's way with no hesitation what so ever for Edward. But when he left a lot of those people got confused, Envy had abandoned Edward, Al was one of those people.
End Flashback
Since then Al had started to doubt the information he had known, he had gotten the facts from the military about Envy's abrupt escape, from the person that he had trusted. The names hadn't triggered anything in his mind until he was reading through documents and sorting them out.
Al couldn't understand why it took him nearly two days to figure out why those names seemed familiar. The merciless duo Pride and Dante, they had appeared and reeked havoc in the most subtle way possible. People had gone missing and they a few days later their bodies were found, evidence that it was a slow painful death but Pride and Dante had disappeared. Their killings had abruptly stopped.
Pride one of the most feared murders was the head of the organization that ran the country, kept everything in his order. Every single person was right where the Fuhrer wanted them to be.
Al understood why the Fuhrer wanted Envy, Roy and their gang out of the picture. It was clear they knew stuff the Fuhrer didn't want them to know.
Al felt terrified for his brother's safety because Dante apparently is part of Envy and Roy's gang and because when Edward had tried to warn him about the Fuhrer, Al turned the other way not listening to his pleas.
He and Edward knew every single person that happily followed Roy and Envy out of town. Sure both Roy and Envy had their differences when they both lived in town, heck Roy was actually part of the team that chased Envy out of town first.
Al didn't completely understand how Roy became a 'convict' to the military but Envy on the other hand didn't hide anything from neither himself or his older brother.
He paced the room, biting his nails. What could he do?
"I need to find nii-san" he stopped in the middle of the room
"And I think I know where to start" he glanced at the door, then bolted into another room. He pulled out a small shoulder bag from a closet and shoved in some equipment buried deep in the closet.
Within a minute he was out the door and headed towards the docks.
"Nii-san wait for me" Al whispered under his breath "I'm gonna tell you everything I swear"
Al jumped in the first boat he saw and prayed that it would start. He fiddled with some wires just under the steering wheel, with relief he heard the motor start up. With no hesitation he zoomed out of the dock, a picture of a smiling Edward in the arms of the person he loved, his eyes sparkling when joy etched in his mind.
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A chapter with Al finally XD
More revealed of the villians and yes Al's feels guilty for not telling Edward sooner.
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