They had made it to the central command and all Ed could feel was the dread that had wormed its way into his stomach. He looked around trying to find something to pull his mind off his feelings. "You look nervous this first mission that you have been on that is like this?" Major Miles spoke from behind him and he jumped without think. "I'll take that as a yes." He smiled.
"Yeah, first of this caliber and first this well-armed." Ed smiled nervously back at him and looked around.
"Fullmetal, you will be with me and my men, your combat skills will fit well on my team." Kimblee spook calmly and grabs him by the arm and pulls him into the cold. "I will be leading this expedition though."
"Right," Ed nodded walking down the steps to Kimblee's men who looked like they were not afraid to kill. "Well I assume you know where Scar is because I was not to be deployed till they had found him being that I had fought him already."
"Your right but you'll be the bait." Kimblee smiled, "Your cloak that you are always wearing makes you stand out as well as hide the guns you were issued; add you hand to hand combat skills and you are the best bet that we have of not only finding him but detaining him." Kimblee had lead them to an opened area surrounded by taller buildings so that they could cover him. "By the way, if you get the chance to you are to kill him." Ed looks down at the ground and nods absently, he didn't want to kill anyone but he knew that he would be asked to do so. Kimblee smiled at his reaction and spook, "Normally I wouldn't ask that but you need to learn that you have to kill on our command, you are not a child anymore."
"I understand sir," Ed spoke threw gritted teeth, Colonel Mustang had begun to lecture him about that but he had failed to listen, he thought that it wouldn't apply to him, not because he was a kid, but because he wasn't working with the military fully.
He saw that Kimblee had nodded and was walking into one of the buildings. "Fullmetal! Get ready, we will be watching but won't help you till the culprit has come out of hiding, fully."
Ed waved his right hand to tell them that he had heard and looked at his surroundings. He was surrounded by about 6 buildings that were in a half circle around giving him a good cover from the northern winds that were blowing. Ed was briefed as to why they were out now because there was a storm coming from the north that would be here tonight, the higher up refused to let them do the search in that storm that was coming. Either way Scar would feel the winds picking up and could see the storm clouds coming so it would make since for him to come around to a place where there would be good cover. Ed also knew that Scar was smart if he thought that this area was safe from the storm he would check for the military presents.
While Ed was thinking he noticed that something had moved around from the northeast, Ed didn't turn though but shifted his weight so that he could get out of the way if need be and strained his ears to hear if anybody came up around him. Again the movement appeared in the same corner that it had before expect this time Ed noticed that it was not fully human in its movement, it moved like a big cat but it didn't look like a cat. Ed was debating wither or not to turn when the thing jumped him with a loud roar.
Ed jumped to his left in the last moment and kicked out with his automail leg hitting the half lion on the side of its head. A chimera, why would a chimera be attacking him? Ed pulled his arms back into a fighting possession so that he could fight back. "Why are you attacking me? Are you working for Scar?" Ed yelled when the thing attacked him again not bothering to speak. "Not talkative I see," Ed muttered while he fought the chimera toward the mineshaft that the town was built around it. "Damn, where are Kimblee and his men." Ed let the chimera push him back only to feel the ground disappear from beneath him plunging him down the steps to a lower level of the mineshaft, the elevator stood uselessly beside him. "Damn."
Ed looked around and this time saw some TNT and thought of the chimeras that he had fought before; they had the benefits of the animals that they were combined with, but that also meant that they had the sensitivity that the animals have. "Sulfur," Ed smirked running over to the TNT getting things ready a transmutation. He was going to break down the TNT to release the smell that would bother the cat's sensitive nose.
The chimera jumped down the stairs with ease only to find Ed in the corner with his hands clasped before him. "Ha, bye, bye kitty." Ed finished the transmutation and the rotten egg smell filled the air forcing the chimera to cover its nose to try and avoid the smell. Ed took that moment to rush pasted to the chimera and up the stairs trying to get back to the starting area to try and find Scar. He ran at top speed toward the building that they had used to watch him, though something told him that they would not be there. Despite the feeling he continued to run to the building, but when he got there his suspicions were confirmed. His comrades as he should call them, but couldn't bring himself to, were gone. "Great, not only do I have a chimera chasing me but my back up against Scar is gone." Ed yelled at the silence that surrounded him.
Ed looked around him and noticed that there were no signs that anybody was here to begin with. Ed stopped short when he heard something hit the ground just behind him and he spun around only to see another chimera this time it looked like a gorilla not a cat. "Great, not again," Ed Kicked the chimera with his automail leg and sprinted out the door, running out into the opening. Ed continued to run but failed to notice the lion chimera cutting his path, lashing out with his claws to Ed's face. He felt the chimera's claws cut threw his cloak and jacket into his flesh. "Ouch!" Ed yelled gripping his cloths pushing them into the cuts. Ed had just gotten cut but he could feel his vision blurring and his head getting dizzy.
The gorilla chimera came up behind him and grabbed Ed before he could dodge out of the way, "Got you little alchemist boy." It grumbled into his ear holding his arms, while the lion chimera paced in front of him. Ed struggled to grab one of the guns he had or put his hands together to preform alchemy. To do anything but stand there while they act like he is the prey that they want to eat. "No point pip squeak, I won't let you go."
Ed felt his temper rise and before he could stop himself he yelled. "Who you calling a pip squeak!" Ed struggled but could not get himself out of this things hold. He could feel his head getting foggy still, and could barely keep his eye on the lion that was pacing ever closer to him with his teach bared as if you eat him. "Let me go!"
Ed's struggling was growing week by the time that he heard the gun shot ring threw the road, followed by the flashes of blue that signified the military had come to help. The chimera holding Ed dropped him with pained growl and Ed fell to the ground with a sickening crunch and he tried to get up but was met with a flash of pain.
"Fullmetal!" Ed heard someone yell and felt hands, or more precisely one hand, grab him to turn him over, and he saw Captain Buccaneer standing over him. "Fullmetal sir!" He sounded panicked but Ed could only guess why, he felt his head became foggy, before he could respond though Ed's vision go black and he fell asleep.
AN: Well that was shorter than I thought and sorry if it doesn't make since but I suck at battles.
