The Waters of Lethe
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA, I just like to play around in it's world and torture Ed for awhile.
Warning: These drabbles are post series, very AU and may contain movie spoilers. As well as bad language, violence, death, and maybe sex. Certainly crimes against proper grammar and punctuation!
13. The net begins to close (Das netz fangst an zu Schieben)
Hearing his name spoken, Steve stopped and looked at the slight figure before him. He took in the long hair in a ponytail, the pale face, and the long brown coat which hung off the narrow shoulders.
He thought This little fella could do with a few more meals.
"Excuse me," Edward said again. "I apologize for being for forwards, but I couldn't help overhearing." Not wanting to look him full in the face, he didn't quite meet Steve's eyes. "I have an extra ticket for the Calais express - it's non- refundable - and it's a shame to let it go to waste." Edward dug in his pocket and pulled out the slightly crumpled ticket, then held it up to Steve's eyes.
"Non-refundable, eh"? Steve was intrigued - yet suspicious. What was this kid doing wandering around the Munich train station on a school night? Where were his parents? The boy suddenly stiffened and looked back over his shoulder with golden eyes which seemed too large for his thin face. He looked frightened and Steve had this feeling the kid was in some kind of trouble. He used to get into scrapes when he was young too. He felt a twinge of sympathy and decided to help the kid.
"Okay kid, I'll bite." Steve snatched the ticket with a quick flick of his fingers, but to his surprise the boy looked relieved rather than dismayed. "Now, where's your parents - back there?"
He pointed back towards the entrance and Edward shot him a distinctly alarmed look. Steve could hear someone shouting in German near the entrance doors and he wondered if that was what spooked the kid.
"Has anyone seen this young man?!" Rudolph Hess held up a photo of Edward high in the air and moved it slowly back and forth in front of a rough semi-circle of on-lookers. "His father died very suddenly, and he was so distraught his father's friends feared for the poor fellow's sanity. They had him committed to an institution, but he recently escaped and we believe he is in this station."
"Is he dangerous?" asked a plump hausfrau, whoanxiously cuddled two small boys.
Hess smiled warmly at her. "Only if he's cornered, madame. So if you see him, don't approach him. Just inform a station employee and we will handle everything."
One of Hess's men came up to him and whispered "It's all arranged, Herr Hess."
Rudoph nodded. Dr. Stein had been escorted to the station agent's office and once Elric was caught, he would be taken there to be sedated. Hess had sent two of his bigger men to the platform the Calais express would be leaving from. But just in case, station employees would be warned to be on the lookout for a small man with long blonde hair in a ponytail.
No matter which direction the little fish swims in, he will soon be struggling in the net we have cast.