Dragon Ball GX, Side Story: The Alchemic Saiyan
Chapter 9: Confronting The Führer
Winry Rockbell
True to his word, we were above Central before we could even begin to get comfortable…well, before I could; Al was still in the armor so he had no real sense of touch.
"Alright, time to get out" Edward says cheerfully.
Before we could ask how, we were each thrown a strange backpack.
"Uh…brother…what are these?" Alphonse asks nervously.
"Parachutes; you jump out the plane with them" Edward replies, as though it were the simplest thing in the world.
As I began to fully realize what he was asking, my anger took over.
"YOU WANT US TO JUMP OUT OF THE PLANE WHILE WE'RE STILL IN THE SKY; HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!" I bellow.
"No, these things are used by the balloonists in the military, I just made us more modern models based on the ones I saw in my master's database" Edward says cheerfully.
"You mean…they work brother?" Alphonse asks, hoping for confirmation.
"Odds of them failing are less than half a percent; you'll float safely to the ground for sure Al, so will you Winry" Ed says confidently as he hugs me.
As Ed opened the door, I looked over the edge and nearly fainted.
"Ed…I don't know if I can do this" I say nervously.
"Easy, pull the blue cord when you jump; if it fails to open, or the primary chute becomes torn or burnt, then pull the red cord for the emergency cute; should both fail, I will save you" Edward says as he holds me close.
I nodded, and decided to jump.
"YAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" I scream as gravity begins to pull me earthward.
Edward Elric
After making sure that Winry and Al had jumped, I leapt out too.
However, having learnt how to fly, I was in no danger of falling if I choose to not do so.
I kept an eye on them from a good distance to make sure they were safe.
After they had successfully landed in the middle of Central, I teleported to a nearby building top, then climbed down the side and ran to join them in the street.
"Ed…but…you were…how did you…I mean…" Winry stammers.
"Brother…how did you get down without a parachute or landing the plane?" Al asks curiously.
"I'll explain everything later guys; right now we need to go talk to the senior military staff and get some answers on how to get your soul back into your body Al" I reply as I hug both of them.
Suddenly, a group of soldiers appeared before us, and pointed their guns.
"ATTENTION! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!" the soldiers say as they approach me.
I became very annoyed at this hostile gesture.
"Sir, you are under arrest, don't make this any harder than it has to be" one of the blue suits says as he produces forth a pair of handcuffs.
I smirked, realizing where once I was dwarfed by the soldiers, now I dwarfed them.
"Heh…I don't think so" I smile as I grab the handcuffs from the tiny officer.
"Uh, HEY!" he argues futilely.
I then proceeded to crumple them like tinfoil and tossed them to the ground.
When the soldiers saw this, they lost their nerve and began to panic.
"What are you shorties gonna do now?" I smile, my feral grin showing my Saiyan nature.
"ALL UNITS! FIRE ON THE BIG ONE!" the commanders says as he takes his radio and screams the command into it.
Immediately, I was pelted with gunfire…it tickled.
"EDWARD! NOOOOOOOO!" Winry screams, tears streaming down her face.
However, after 30 seconds of shooting, the soldiers realized how useless their bullets were, as they merely bounced off my skin like peas.
"(Gasping) T-the-there's no way" the officer stammers.
I began to frown, as they had made Winry cry, who was now on the other side of the street after my brother hustled her over there for safety.
"JUST, NO WAY!" the officer continues.
I then furrowed my brow and spoke.
"Well now, if you're done, I guess its my turn" I say gleefully.
Faster than the human eye could follow, I zoomed in on the commander and gutted him with the force of a freight train, sending him flying across the pavement, and through a concrete wall with a huge crash.
All the other soldiers gasped as they saw this, and a few ran for their lives; they were the smart ones.
"BRING IN THE MORTAR!" another soldier yells, bringing out the explosive launching mechanism.
Quickly, they fired the mortar; but I caught the shell before it even detonated.
"AAAHHHHHHH! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" one of the soldiers screams.
After crumpling the shell like a paper sack, I then gutted the soldier who had ordered the mortar be fired and sent him through a wall too.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" a soldier screams, sending the rest of the men in a pitiful disorganized retreat.
"No…no, I won't let you run" I say with a low voice, quickly creating a wall around us in the middle of the street with alchemy.
"DIE YOU DOGS!" I shout, preparing a huge surge of Ki around me.
Then…I let it loose.
With an earth shattering boom, the whole area shook, and the wall was blown to pieces, along with everyone inside but myself.
After the dust cleared, I noticed there were a few soldiers lying on the ground; dying from their wounds.
"(Groan) Please…spare me" a soldier says as he crawls to my feet.
"Tell me where the Führer is, and I will" I say as I bend down and look him in the eyes.
"UGH! He's in his office" the soldier says weakly.
Then, I took a few ounces of nearby earth and transmuted a handful of Senzu beans, and handed one to the soldier.
"Eat it, and you will live" I say as I stand up and place the rest of the beans in a small satchel.
Then, with a burst of speed and power the world had never seen before, I rushed to the North Gates of Central Command Center, and smashed them down as easily as one would stomp a weed.
After smashing the gates, I bellowed with all my power.
"BRADLEEEEYYYYYYYYY!" I thunder, causing all of Amestris to quake under my voice.
Führer King Bradley/Wrath
As I felt the whole country quake, I looked out my window and saw a lone figure at the remains of the smashed gate.
Who the hell is that?
While pondering this, I watched my soldiers try to take him down, as he mowed through them like grass.
Only Homunculi have that kind of power…could that be Hoenheim?
"BRADLEY! COME OUT HERE YOU COWARD AND FIGHT ME!" the man bellows angrily, causing the whole area to shake again.
"Sir, that monster wants to fight you" one of the officers says as he enters my office.
"I heard, the whole country heard that roar soldier" I reply as I take off my eye patch and use my Ouroboros Eye to scan the being who was tearing apart my country.
Suddenly, I realized who it was.
"Edward…so he isn't dead after all; but how did he get so big?" I ask myself out loud.
"Sir, he's headed this way!" another soldier screams as he runs into my office.
"(Grunt) Looks like I have no choice; gentlemen, bring me my swords" I say as I stand up from my chair.
As I was handed my two blades, I jumped out the window promptly to face the Full Metal Alchemist.
As I landed, I was immediately faced with the angry young alchemist, who now stared me level in the eye.
"Ah, the Führer comes at last" Edward says mockingly.
"What do you want Fullmetal?" I ask angrily.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE YOU BASTARD! I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU AND FATHER!" Edward roars, sending me sprawling across the lawn as his voice creates hurricane strength winds.
As he mentioned Father, I realized something was terribly wrong.
"Who told you that?" I demand, wondering how he figured it out.
"The same one who taught me THIS!" Edward screams.
Suddenly, a pillar of earth flew out and nearly struck me square in the forehead; I barely dodged in time with my Ultimate Eye.
After I regained my footing, I saw something was off.
"You…you didn't clap your hands…y, you didn't even move…just like Father" I stammer.
"That's right, and I learned how to do it without being a living Philosopher's Stone" Edward says haughtily.
I was infuriated at how he talked down on Father, I was going to make him pay if it was the last thing I did.
"You're going down Fullmetal…GUARDS!" I yell, my elite force of warriors rushing to add me.
"Kill Edward Elric, I don't care what Father has to say, he must die!" I scream angrily as I turn to face my special corp.
However, I noticed they were gone, all that was left was a pile of smoldering ashes where each of my 9 warriors once stood.
"Give it up Bradley, I alone have more power than all of the branches of Amestrian Armed Forces, AND The Homunculi and State Alchemists put together" Edward states as he begins to fly.
Wait, FLY! EVEN FATHER CAN'T DO THAT!
"You haven't got a hope in hell Homunculus" Edward smirks as a ball of blue energy forms in his palm.
I began to shake, as I realized the huge power gap between me and the aged Edward Elric was beyond my imagination.
"BIG BANG ATTACK!" Edward screams.
Then, the ball of energy was let loose, STRAIGHT AT ME!
It took all my skill and Ultimate Eye just to get by with a scratch on my right shoulder.
As the so called "Big Bang Attack" hurtled across the courtyard, the ground beneath it cracked and melted.
Then, the burst of energy hit the dead center of the central command, AND EXPLODED!
Edward Elric
As I smiled, having blown up half of the very center of all the corrupted government, I starred at Wrath with a crazed grin.
"So Führer, would you prefer I blow up some more of your precious country…or would you rather accept your death like a man?" I state, presenting my ultimatum.
As I enjoyed watching this living lie squirm with fear and regret, I felt a strong urge that made my blood boil with the desire to smash his head like a Pumpkin and watch his brains be spilt all over the earth.
"Make your decision Wrath, or I'll just go kill your fellow Homunculi right here and now" I threaten.
"How would you do that! You don't even know where they are" Wrath argues.
"I can sense them" I state flatly.
Immediately, Wrath's expression went from suspicious, to frightened.
"Plain as day, as if I had a tracking device for each of them; their Ki is so high it makes them stand out among the humans like cats in a swarm of mice" I explain as I enjoy him squirm more.
"But…but what is this Ki you sense; Homunculi aren't the same as Humans" Wrath stutters.
"But all things that breathe have life force" I reply with a smirk.
Instantly, Wrath's mouth dropped open.
"That's right, Ki is Life Energy; its also what that Big Bang I attacked you with was comprised of; I have more Ki inside me than this entire country deep down" I explain as I watch him practically writhe with agony and despair at my words.
I decided that if in the next five minutes he had not made his choice, I would destroy him, and Father, and all of Central Command with everything beneath it in one all mighty blast.
Son Adam/Psyagon
I had just finished sparring with my son James, who had become so very powerful, and made me so proud, when I felt the emergency beacon go off from the jewel I had given Edward before he left.
"No, NO, NOOOO! I'D PRAYED HE WOULDN'T GIVE IN!" I scream, frustration filling my mind.
"Dad…what's wrong?" James asks kindly.
"Son, remember how your Grandfather saved Edward Elric and I trained him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for 3 years?" I reply.
"Yeah, and before that you saved him from death by breaking down his body and turning him into a Saiyan; did something happen to Edward?" James asks with concern.
"Worse…something's happening within him, in his mind" I continue.
"What do you mean father?" James says as his expression changes to one of intense worry.
"Remember how Vegeta was before he started living on Earth, before he fell in love with Bulma and had a family?" I remark.
"Yeah, how he was a wild animal who obeyed the Saiyan instinct to fight and killed mercilessly" my son states in remembrance.
"Edward has fallen prey to the same bloodlust son" I reply with a sour tone.
Immediately, my Son began to express his concern.
"WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER VEGETA RUNNING AROUND, NO ONE ELSE IN THAT UNIVERSE CAN MATCH HIS POWER, NO ONE!" James yells, his tone a mixture of fright and anger.
"No, he isn't like Vegeta…he's just consumed with the rage at having learned all that is really happening in his beloved country, he is not like Vegeta at all; all Edward needs is some guiding care from someone he loves" I reply.
As fast as my power allowed, I used the jewel to establish a connection to Edward's world with my mind, then looked around with my Omnigon.
"She has to be nearby, Edward would never have left her alone after she thought he'd died" I say out loud as I comb Central City with my mystic vision.
After several seconds, I found her, rushing toward the battered remains of the Central Command Center's North Gate. It was time to speak to her.