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This story deals with a gender-swapped Ed.

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Al and I got up early the next morning to set the plan in motion. It was almost noon and still no signs of Scar. We grabbed a table at a restaurant and I ordered lunch for myself, I could here Al snickering.

"What's so funny?" I asked. But before Al could answer the waitress came back with complementary bread. I grabbed a roll and shoved it in my mouth.

"You complain about how much Ling eats." He just said. I raised my eyebrows to ask him what the deal was. I decided not to grace that comment with a response.

"Okay so no sign of Scar all day and we need to find him so he can attack me." I broke another roll in half and ate it. "Oh god doesn't that sound insane." I was really having second thoughts about this plan. My lunch arrived and I instantly started eating it as fast as I could. I was half way done when I heard a loud crash from outside. I stood up from my spot and looked out the window, one of the restaurants was knocked over and destroyed by a car. I scratched under my nose when I got an idea. I flagged our waitress over. "Can you move us to one of the tables outside, I have work to do and I don't feel like running in and out all day." I told her flashing her with a half smile. She nodded and started to move my food outside.

"Brother what are you doing?" Al asked following me to the crash site.

"Causing a scene. I hear I'm good at that." I told him as I walked right up to the shop owner. "Hi there. It looks like you could use some help." I said in a loud and showy voice.

"Yeah I'm going to have to shut down to reconstruct." The man said.

"This looks like a job for National Alchemist Edward Elric." I said flashing my pocket watch and smiling. I walked right up to the rubble. "This is no problem I'll be able to fix this easily." I said and clapped my hands together. I brought them to the broken building and in a matter of seconds it was fixed. The man stood watching with wide eyes and his jaw dropped.

"That's amazing what do I owe you for the payment?"

"Payment? That's not necessary!" I said holding my hands up and shaking my head. An old lady walked up to me with a broken urn. This was to easy. I clapped my hands and fixed the urn, then I started running around town fixing stuff that was broken or build buildings that weren't built yet. Once I was pretty sure that I had everyone's attention I started talking. "If anyone needs me or my services I'll be around this area for the rest of the day. Spread the word!" and with that I went back to the restaurant to eat my lunch. I finished the cold meal when a car pulled up in front of us. 'Great maybe more people want me to fix things.' the back window unrolled and it was the Colonel.

"I thought you didn't want the public's attention focused on you, word might get out." He said.

"Shouldn't you be in the hospital?" I countered. "Speaking of which Al told me about Havoc, if what I found out is true then Dr Marco-" Mustang held up a hand to cut me off.

"Wait, not here get in the car." The ride only lasted a couple of seconds because Al was a bit to big for this car. We all climbed out into a back alleyway and before Mustang could speak I punched him in his stomach. He grabbed his side and almost feel to his knees.

"That's for slapping me, and for lying about Ross." I said. He nodded his head with a pained expression. He leaned against the car door before he spoke.

"Dr. Marco is missing. I sent Breda to go and get him after he came back from the East and he was gone, presumably taken by the homunculi."

"Why the hell would they want him?" I asked.

"Maybe he found out something he wasn't supposed to in Ishval and they are trying to get rid of the threat." Mustang suggested. "Speaking of Ishval Scar's back. Please tell me you didn't know this." Mustang said.

"No I knew he was back."

"Then why the hell are you drawing all of this attention to yourselves?" He was yelling at me. I was trying to figure out how much I should tell him.

"I want a rematch." I said lamely.

"Have you forgotten about East City? He nearly killed you!"

"Concern doesn't really suit you Colonel and beside unlike you I wasn't useless against him last time."

"It was raining that day!" He yelled back.

"Was it raining the day you got beat up and sent to the hospital." I said pressing his buttons. I heard a gun cock and I looked at Hawkeye, her eyes were trained down the ally way. I looked to see what she was starring at and it was Scar. I felt Mustang put a hand on my shoulder and pulled me behind him putting himself between me and Scar. I looked down to his ungloved hands, 'great he's trying to get himself killed.'

"You got him here now what's the plan?" He asked over his shoulder not looking at me.

"Lt. Don't shot." I said "Don't attack him. I need him alive." Scar dove his hand to the ground and Al pulled the Colonel and Hawkeye to his side and I charged the murderer. I left Al to deal with civilians and military officers because Scar isn't trying to kill him just me. I clapped my hands and sent the ground to get him just as a distraction knowing he was going to break it. It was a difficult fight I had to stay close so he wouldn't lose interest but at the same time if I got to close I was a goner. He threw his right hand towards me and barely missed my head. I backed up to get some distance between us and he touched to ground a rock hit my head breaking skin. I landed on my ass and he charged me, I clapped my hands together and met his right hand with mine. It was like the first time we met when he thought my hand wasn't metal. The force sent me flying back with my red coat blocking my face. I threw it out of my line of sight panting, I looked down to see my sleeves on my right side were destroyed, meaning I was going to need to make another jacket. I got back on me feet quickly and put my hands within clapping distance, I looked to my opponent to see his tattoo on his right side, it was only partly visible through the ripped clothing but it was there. I wiped blood away from my eye with my left hand 'where the hell were those homunculi?' I might have improved from last time but I knew I wouldn't be able to keep this up any longer. He took a step closer to me so I did the only thing I could think of, I ran away trying to lose him through the streets and buy me some more time. I didn't know if he was following my but I was pretty sure Al was going to force him to. I reached a wall with pipes going up it, it just had to be my luck that it was a dead end also I turned to leave and chose another side street but Scar was blocking the exit. I ran to the wall and grabbed on of the pipes and started to climb over the wall. 'Who the hell makes a wall the same height as the buildings?' I was about two stories up when I felt the pipe being to shake I looked down to see Scar physically shaking the pipe and not transmuting it, I laughed at his momentary stupidity as I tried to climb higher. I heard a crunch sound like the wall broke, I looked down one more time to see the ground coming surprisingly closer to my face the more I thought about it I could feel the wind running through my hair as well I prepared myself for impact knowing that it was going to kill me just hurt me enough so that Scar could kill me, I could feel fear in the back of my mind edge closer to the front, my heart started racing and everything felt like it was in slow motion. I closed my eyes so I wouldn't see how fast I was falling but sooner then I expected my back hit rock. "Ow" I said I opened my eyes to see that Al caught my with a transmutation, I started laughing. "Great job little brother." I stood up to slide down the slope of the transmutation to reach the ground.

"Just hurry up and run!" I could hear the fear in his voice. 'Aw he was worried that I was going to get hurt with the fall.' I felt the rock breaking from underneath me, right Scar. I jumped off the transmutation and landed on the other side of Scar, we had him cornered Al and I on the sides and to police officers blocking the only other exit. The streets were silent or I couldn't hear anything over the sound o my quickened heart beats. The fall may have given me a surge of energy but I was still having trouble catching my breath. Scar touched the ground and I readied myself to dodge but ha wasn't after me or Al he went after the two officers.

"Bastard leave them out of this!" I yelled at him.

"They wouldn't have been apart of this if you would just accept your judgement already." The Ishvalan said. Al started to make him monologue but I couldn't figure out why, I let my guard down a little and started to even out my breathing. Al stopped talking and so did Scar, maybe now was the time to ask him about Winston's parents.

"We alchemist have made mistakes, but that doesn't mean we acknowledge what you are doing." I readied myself prepared to attack now that his attention was fully on me. "I have just one thing to ask you. Do you remember a pair of married Amestrian doctors named Rockbell?" He didn't answer but I heard Al say wait quietly, I ignored him and keep pressing onward. "Don't tell me you forgot about the doctors that saved your life and in returned got murdered by you!" I yelled, the Scared man widened his eyes remembering the doctors that he slaughtered.

"Ed!" Al yelled I finally looked to him to see he was looking down the alley that the two officers were in. I followed his gaze to see Winston standing there in his usual shorts and jacket. He looked at me broken and with sad confused eyes.

"Ed... This person...killed my parents?" I could feel the anger replace the sadness. He dove to the ground and picked up one of the guns of the fallen officers. "What the hell did they ever do to you!" He pointed the gun at Scar.

"Winston! Wait!" I yelled "Don't shoot!"

"So you are the son of those doctors?" Scar asked. "Then you have the right to shoot me. But the moment the bullet is released from that gun you will become my enemy." I saw him put his other hand on the gun bracing himself for when he shot.

"Winston leave now." Al said calm but direct.

"If you aren't going to shoot then leave this battle field." Scar moved to attack me but stopped when the sound a snap come from Winston, we all looked to see if he dropped the gun but turns out he just took the safety off. Scar moved to attack Winston but I beat him there putting myself between Scar and the gun with my back to Winston.

"Don't hurt him, he has nothing to do with this." I was holding the gun down trying to get him to let it go but he held on. I looked Scar right in his eyes begging him to let Winston go, I felt the gun move so I put more of my weight on it keeping it to the ground.

"Ed just leave us alone." Winston said behind me. I took my eyes off of Scar and I looked at Winston.

"I'm not going to let you become a murderer because of him, just put down the gun." I looked back to Scar ignoring his hand that was inches away from my face. Scar just had a frozen look to him like he was trying to figure out if it was worth killing Winston or not. Al saw the silence as an opportunity to attack Scar, my little brother kneed his shoulder and Scar ran trying to find safety from Al.

"Alphonse" I screamed standing up to follow him to get Scar.

"Just get Winston to somewhere safe. I got Scar." And with that he took off after Scar leaving the two of us in the alley. I got off of his lap and turned to face him tears streaked his face.

"Let go of the gun." I said one last time.

"I couldn't shoot him, even though he's my enemy I couldn't." He was sobbing.

"He's not your enemy, he's just a bad person that needs to be stopped."

"He killed my parents. He's tried to kill you and Al. Why couldn't I..?" He never finished the sentence but I knew what he was asking. I looked down to our hands I was only holding him with my real one I grabbed his fingers with my automail one and started to pry the gun lose form him.

"You didn't because you can't. Winston you helped deliver a baby, you saved both of their lives, you gave me my arm and leg. You r hands aren't meant for killing, they're meant for saving people." once the gun was lose from his hands I pulled him into a hug and started rubbing circles on his back with my automail trying to calm my mechanic. An officer walked up to us and I passed him the gun. "Can you take him some place safe?" I asked. I broke the hug and took off my red jacket. "Al is still out there and he needs my help." I put the jacket on him. "It's a bit small on you but I will be back for that and that's a promise." I stood to leave him with the officers. I put my back to him and took down the road the same way Al and Scar went.

Hey guys, wow this chapter is super long in the manga so that's why I've had to break it down in so many parts. Next chapter I'll be seeing you guys with Ed at the train station fighting Scar and meeting Gluttony. See you next time and like always feel free to comment and suggest.