Fan Fiction / Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ It's a Weird World After All ❯ A Friendly Game of Hide and Seek ( Chapter 3 )

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A Friendly Game of Hide and Seek

 

Jack was having a really bad day. Oh sure, he's had worst days before, but this was a case where it was obvious things were just going to go completely wrong. How did he come to this conclusion? Well, only a few minutes ago he “volunteered” to go into the same room with a suit of armor that could probably blow him up into teeny tiny pieces while trying to rescue an injured little kid. But when he finally got to the kid he, looked down only to discover the kid had a grin on his face. A malicious, diabolical grin.

 

Yea, this was going to be a bad day.

 

SG-1

 

Like I said before, a bad, horrible feeling passed over Jack. Now, he has seen people grin like this before, but not any little kid. It just wasn't…right. There was no way that this kid could be happy right now. Hell, he was kidnapped by a suit of armor and was just shot! It just wasn't possible. But what if he did jump to conclusions to soon? Huh, maybe he should listen to Sam and Teal'c more often.

 

Unfortunately, Jack was so caught up in the fact the kid was happy, that he didn't notice anything else that happened around him.

 

All of a sudden, a flash of blue startled him out of his thoughts. He vaguely remembered what happened after that. All he could remember was a loud rumbling sound underneath him, someone shouting his name (he assumed it was Teal'c), and another someone shouting something like “All fun”, or “Al run”. Was it the carnival? The next thing he knew he was on his back staring up at a giant wall.

 

Giant…wall?

 

Huh? What the hell was going on? Damn! His vision was fuzzy. It was hard to see.

 

“O'Neill? O'Neill, are you injured?” A distance voice called to him.

 

Was he dead? If so, this really didn't look like heaven. It looked more like work. No…was he in hell? Why?! He didn't even get his last paycheck! HHHHHhhh

 

“O'Neill, wake up!”

 

“Huh?!” Jack finally woke up from his half asleep nightmare.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

His vision returned to normal but his mind was still a little fazed.

 

“Teal'c?”

 

“Yes O'Neill?”

 

“Is that you?”

 

“It is O'Neill.”

 

“Cool. You know, I had a strange dream just now.” He sounded like he just drank 99 bottles of beer. “It was weird. We were at work, and the Stargate opened, and there was a big suit of armor and a kid, and we went into the Gate room, and a big bolt of lightning struck me. Then we were at the Great Wall of China, and then the carnival, and then I ended up in court and Daniel was my lawyer.”

 

“That is almost all true O'Neill.”

 

“…Daniel was my lawyer?”

 

Teal'c sighed. “Except that, O'Neill.”

 

“Jack!”

 

“Colonel!”

 

Jack looked over and saw Carter and Daniel running towards him.

 

“Hey Carter, hey Daniel. What's up?”

 

“Sir, are you alright?”

 

“Hey Carter, how'd you get to China?”

 

“…Sir?”

 

“Major Carter, he has been hit on the head fairly hard.”

 

“Really? I thought he was always like that.”

 

“Shut up Daniel.”

 

“Colonel, Daniel, we don't have time for this.”

 

“Why? What's going on Carter?”

 

“Well Jack, for starters, look behind you.”

 

Jack did what he was told and got one hell of a wake up call. Right behind him, was a big, tall, honkin', cement wall. It was almost as tall as the room except it was a few feet short.

 

“What in Uncle Sam's name is that?!”

 

“A wall.”

 

“Yes Daniel I know it's a wall but how the hell did it get here?!” Then Jack noticed something else. “Hey, where are the guards, and the kid, and the armor.”

 

“Umm…the guards are on the other side of the wall.”

 

“And the kid and the armor.”

 

“Gone.”

 

“…Alright, what the hell is going on here?!”

 

“Colonel O'Neill, Teal'c, are you alright?”

 

Everyone recognized that voice as the one and only General Hammond.

 

“General Hammond, what's going on?”

 

“It's a long story. I'm just glad to see you and Teal'c are alright.”

 

“Teal'c was hurt?”

 

“Apparently so O'Neill.”

 

“Major Carter and Dr. Jackson will brief you on the situation, and then you'll join the search.”

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“I have other matters to attend to.” Ah, important General stuff. “Good luck.”

 

…

 

“I return to my original question. What the hell is going on here?”

 

Sam decided that she'd better tell the story straight and simple. There was no point in wasting anymore time. Luckily Jack was pretty much recovered. “Well sir, long story short, after you entered the Gate room and got near the kid, he woke up, hit you on the head and kicked Teal'c in the stomach, shouted something, and then this wall appeared out of nowhere in front of the guards, and then he and the armor apparently ran off.” There, straight and simple.

 

“Apparently?”

 

“We were watching from the Control Room, and after the wall went up it was kind of hard to see anything.”

 

“…Oh, okay, I get it now.” He didn't get it. “So what now?”

 

Daniel stepped in. “Now we have to find them. They're somewhere on the base, we just don't know where.”

 

“The others have already started, but we're going to need all the help we can get.”

 

“…Okay then. We'll split up. Carter, you and Daniel go after the kid, and Teal'c and I will take care of the armor. If anything goes wrong, and I mean anything, call for backup. Now move out.”

 

“Yes sir.”

 

Everyone nodded and went off in their separate directions, Sam and Daniel to the left, and Jack and Teal'c to the right. Jack didn't totally understand what was going on, but the look on the kid's face and the feeling he got, told him that there was something very wrong. And if the kid was the one to make that wall appear, then God knows what the armor could do. Yep, things were about to get very squirrelly.

 

FMA

 

Ed didn't have a clue where he was going right now. It had only been a few minutes since he escaped. Right now, he was sneaking around the hallways (although he really didn't need to seek cause strangely no one was there), looking for a way out of this damn maze. It first, after he escaped from the giant room, he thought this would be easy. But then he noticed (to his untimely horror) that all the hallways looked exactly the same. Every hallway he went down was the same over and over and over again. (Well not exactly the same, but very, very similar.) God it was so frustrating! Didn't these people know what signs or directions were?!

 

That made him think of Al. Al. Heh, he wondered if he was just as lost and confused as he was. Probably. Any guy could get lost in this stupid maze of hell.

 

He hoped he was alright though...

 

A lot has happened today. It looked like Ed's plan was working so far, but now, so many things could go wrong. You see, after Ed got shot, he started thinking up a storm. Being a genius and all made it a whole lot easier. Anyway, the plan was for him to pretend to be unconscious, surprise the enemy when the moment was right, transmute a wall to prevent the guards and the people in the control center from doing anything right away, and tell Al to hit the road. Al had already known what to do when Ed shouted “run”. It was merely a small section within the giant book of escape plans. (Hey, a guy's gotta have a lot of those, for various reasons.) All Al had to do was run the other way. You see, it was simple. He and Al would split up, get to know the enemy's territory (along with any signs of escape), meet back up somehow (most likely randomly crashing into each other), share what information they know, and plot they're next move. Except for the minor setback with that guy and his friend (Jack and Teal'c), the plan was going perfectly, until he found out he was in the maze of hell.

 

`Oh this is just perfect. Every hallway looks practically the same. These people would have to be robots in order to go through this hell.'

 

Ed continued to look around, keeping a sharp eye out for Al and any unwanted attention, when he spotted it. There, about forty feet ahead of him, was a door unlike all the others. He had opened some of the other doors and found nothing but empty rooms, not even people. But this door, this door was different. It was big, had no handles, and had two red buttons on the wall beside it. Wait a minute, it was…an elevator! Sweet Lord of all heaven he was saved! If he could get to it, he could find a way out for sure.

 

Clop clop clop

 

`What was that?'

 

Ed searched frantically for the source of the sounds, but to his dismay, found none. Even though he couldn't see the source of the sounds, they sounded awfully familiar. They sounded a lot like foot soldiers. A lot of them.

 

Shit.

 

Oh man this was bad! Very very very very bad! There was no way to face them without getting hit by a bullet. Yea the ones in Amestris he could block and dodge but the ones here were like super guns. From what he's seen so far, they can take you in a blink of an eye. And if he got captured now, there would be no chance of escape. He and Al would be done for.

 

Clop clop clop

 

The sounds were getting closer. They were coming from around the corner…behind him! And there was only one other tunnel that lead to God knows what! Shit shit shit shit shit this was bad. He didn't have many options right now. It was either the tunnel or the elevator. Oh man which one to choose?!

Clop clop colp!

 

Even closer now. Any second they would come around the corner and see him! Damn! What to do? The tunnel or the elevator? No more time! He'd have to choose…the elevator!

 

Zoom!

 

Ed made a mad dash for the elevator, so fast that you could've sworn he broke the sound barrier.

 

`Elevator elevator elevator elevator yes!!!'

 

Ed almost crash into the doors straight on had he not stopped himself. Now, to activate it. Ed began pushing the up button like a manic.

 

`Come on come on come on COME ON!'

 

Finally, the elevator answered his plea and opened its doors. It was empty. Ed would have jumped for joy if the soldiers weren't coming.

 

“There he is!”

 

Ed whirred around and to his horror saw about five or six soldiers coming straight for him.

 

`Oh shit!'

 

No time to lose. Ed jumped in the elevator and started pushing the close button so hard that you would have thought the poor little button would've cried.

 

Closer, closer they came.

 

“Stop!”

 

`Oh man.'

 

The doors were closing but they were fast. He didn't know if he was going to make it.

 

Shit!

 

The closest soldier (who just happened to be a girl) grabbed the two inches away from being closed doors and tried to pry them open. But Ed wasn't going to be captured so easily. Oh no. Ed grabbed her hands and pried them off the door. The woman fell back while the other soldiers caught up to her. That was the last thing he saw before the doors completely shut.

 

`Phew.'

Ed gave a very, very heavy sigh of relief at almost emptied his lungs out. That was to close.

 

Ed got his senses together and noticed he was going up. Immediately his brain started working. Where was this thing going? He looked at the buttons and noticed number five was glowing. Level 5 huh? He wondered what was up there. Never mind that now, first thing's first, he'd have to find his way to ground level. Now, looking at the level he was currently at (Level 21), he noted the number was decreasing as he went up. That meant this was an underground complex.

 

`What are these people, gophers?'

 

So if this was an underground complex, that'd mean Level 1 is the surface. He'd have to go there. But the problem was there would probably be heavy resistance at that level, since they knew it was his only means of escape. He'd have to create a diversion. But the question was how?

 

SG-1

 

Sam laid there on the floor inwardly cursing herself. How the hell did she let him get away? I mean, she could have easily pried opened those doors with her strength (hey, you'd be very strong to if you went to other planets fighting evil bad guys), but that boy was unnaturally strong for someone who only looks to be about eleven or twelve years old. And wouldn't he have been weakened from the gun shot wound? It didn't make any sense.

 

“Sam, you okay.” Daniel held out his hand to help her up.

 

“Yea, I'm fine.” She answered, grabbing his hand.

 

All the soldiers gathered around Sam and Daniel, waiting for their orders.

 

“So what do we do Major?” One of the soldiers asked.

Immediately Sam's ingenious brain kicked into gear. She stood there thinking for a few seconds, when she suddenly had an idea.

 

“General Hammond?” She called on her radio.

 

“Major Carter, what's your status.” Hammond was in the Control room with Walter, and where currently trying to figure where the strangers came from.

 

“Sir, the boy escaped in the elevator. Where is it going?”

 

Hammond looked at his oh so trusty little screens. “It looks like it's going to the surface Major.”

 

“Okay, General, I'll need backup for this.”

 

“Sam what are you planning to do?” Daniel asked beside her.

 

“That's a good question Dr. Jackson. What are you planning Major?”

“Well sir, and Daniel, I think he's going to stop at one of the levels above this one, he's probably trying to get to the surface. Can you stop the elevator at Level 7?”

 

“You're planning on backing him into a corner aren't you?”

 

“Yes sir. We need the backup on the surface, just in case things do get out of hand.”

 

“Backup granted. Good luck.”

 

“Thank you sir, Carter out.”

 

Luckily, all the soldiers overheard their conversation, so all they had to do was await further instructions.

 

“Okay, here's the plan.” Sam said to everyone. “All of you come with me to Level 7. Daniel, you go to the surface and the backup will meet you there.”

 

“Right.”

 

“Remember, only shoot if absolutely necessary. He's probably very scared and being shot again won't help. If it does come to that, shoot him with the Zats, but only if it's absolutely necessary. Understand?”

 

“Yes ma'am!”

 

“Okay, move out.”

 

They all headed to the stairs, Sam and the soldiers to Level 7, and Daniel to the surface.

 

FMA

 

Al was currently as lost and confused as Ed was a few minutes ago. Like Ed, he was walking around the hallways that looked remarkably similar to one another. It reminded him of gopher tunnels. He didn't know much about this place yet, but what he did know is that this place had levels to it, most likely an underground complex. How did he know this? Well, he found the stairs and used them. When he found the stairs, he considered not using them because that could separate him more from brother, and there'd be a lesser chance of him randomly crashing into him. But he'd really didn't have any other choice then since he was escaping a party of soldiers, and the stairs were the only way to go. So now he was on some level and he had no clue where he was going. God he wished he'd found an elevator.

 

Al continued to walk around awhile and was surprised, yet relieved, that there were no people around. I mean the hallways were absolutely bare. For a place this big you'd think there'd be more people.

 

Al decided since he was alone, and there was no one to harm him at the moment, he'd explore. Carefully, as if expecting a trap, he entered a double doorway that looked like it led to a big room. And it did. The room was fairly big. It had tables all around the room and a big long shelf along the side of the room. It must be the cafeteria. It looked like the one in Central Head-Quarters, only it was only half as big.

 

Since he was here, Al decided he'd better get some food. Not for him since he couldn't eat, but for brother. If they ever got out of here it would be a given that brother would be hungry. That guy could easily stomach an entire horse.

 

Al looked throughout the cafeteria. It looked like any normal cafeteria except that there was still fresh food on the shelf. It looked as if the people just suddenly stopped what they were doing and left, without cleaning anything up. Strange.

 

After looking around in the front of the cafeteria, he went back into the kitchen. It looked like any other cafeteria kitchen except that it was huge. Again about as half as big as the one in Central. Other than that, it was normal. There was your standard cooking equipment and grills and all that stuff. But what Al was looking for was the pantry. There'd have to be one here, just look at all that food. Finally Al reached a door that looked promising. Slowly and carefully he opened it up and…

 

Holy!

 

Al found himself staring at the mother load of food. Everywhere you looked, there was food. My god, what were these people?! This much food could feed the entire Amestris military for a year! Okay, back to the mission. Al closed the door and searched through the towers of food for something good. After a few minutes he found a few things that might be good. Some water, a few bags of peanuts, and a package of long meat things called hot dogs. Were they really made out of dogs?

 

Then Al heard something he did not want to hear in a million years. The sound of footsteps and voices outside. The soldiers. Oh crap. This was bad, this was very very bad. If they found him he was dead for sure. Oh sure, bullets flying a zillion miles an hour wouldn't hurt him, but it still scared the shit out of him. He couldn't transmute his way out of this because he'd have no idea where he'd go. It was too risky. As long as they didn't know where he was, he was safe.

 

“It's in the pantry!”

 

Crap.

 

How did they know that?! What were they psychic?!

 

Al hid behind a shelf and decided that he'd have to transmute after all. But what the hell was he going to do?! The door opened and soldiers poured into the room. Crap! There was no time to transmute. He'd have to think of something fast.

 

“It's in here somewhere. Search everywhere!”

 

The soldiers were coming closer and closer to his hiding spot. In just a few seconds they'd find him. When they did who knows what they do to him. Oh god he didn't want to die.

 

Wait, that's it!

 

Al suddenly went limp and he hit the floor, looking like he was dead. A second later, the soldiers found him.

 

SG-1

 

Jack was searching around the very large storage room for the suit of armor, along with Teal'c and eight other guards. They had tracked it here using the cameras and knew it was somewhere in here (they just didn't know where in here since there were no cameras in the pantry). Despite that, it was trapped. Two armed men were guarding the door and the rest were around searching. They'd find it soon.

 

“Colonel O'Neill.” One of the soldiers called over the radio.

 

“Yes.”

 

“We found it.” See, there ya go.

 

“Is it attacking?”

 

“No sir, it's not doing anything, it's just lying there.”

 

It was just lying there? That didn't make any sense.

 

“Where are you?”

 

“By the northwest corner of the room.”

 

“Okay stay there, I'm on my way.”

 

“Yes sir.”

 

Jack started fast walking toward the spot.

 

“Teal'c?” He called.

 

“I am here O'Neill.”

 

“Teal'c, we found it, it's by the northwest corner of the room.”

 

“Understood. I will meet you there.”

 

“Okay, O'Neill out.”

 

O'Neill reached the spot and discovered the other soldiers, along with Teal'c, were already there.

 

“Colonel O'Neill.”

 

“Hey Teal'c, how's it going?”

 

“The armor has not moved.” He answered, knowing full well what he meant.

 

“Oh well that's good…I think.” He was only standing a few feet away.

 

“Is it dead?” Asked one of the soldiers.

 

“I don't know. Let's find out.”

 

All the soldiers pointed their weapons and prepared to fire as O'Neill reached down and grabbed the helmet. Teal'c also had his staff weapon ready. Everyone was afraid, yet anxious, to see what was in there. Jack then started the count.

 

“One, two…”

 

This was the moment of truth. Whatever was in there, they could handle it.

 

“Three!”

 

Jack ripped off the helmet and found…nothing?

 

Teal'c raised an eyebrow and the soldiers looked at each other, perplexed.

 

“Okay, where is it?” There had to be something in there. Yet, there was not.

 

“Is it possible that it escaped?” Teal'c asked.

 

“Maybe…” Jack grabbed his radio. “Simmons, Garfield, have you seen anything suspicious?” He was talking to the guys who were guarding the door.

 

“No sir.”

 

“Are you sure.”

 

“Positive. If anything came through here, we'd let you know.”

 

“Okay. Just to warn you, we're bringing an empty suit of armor through.”

 

“Understood.”

 

“Okay, O'Neill out.”

 

Jack looked over at the soldiers then down at the armor and sighed. “Runnel, Newman, take the suit of armor down to Lab 23 and meet us back here.”

 

“Yes sir.”

 

“Thanks. The rest of us we'll keep searching for whatever came out of that.”

 

They all nodded and started searching again.

 

Runnel and Newman picked up the armor and the head and made their way to the lab. It was light so it wasn't hard to carry. But the one thing they didn't notice was that the armor was slightly shaking.

 

SG-1

 

Carter and the others were waiting for the elevator on Level 7. They were prepared to subdue the boy but they didn't want to hurt him. They were hoping he'd just surrender peacefully (not the case with Ed though). They heard the elevator coming and got ready.

 

“Major Carter.” It was Walter over the radio.

 

“Yes.”

 

“The kid just took out the camera in the elevator.”

 

Oh boy, that wasn't good. “Understood.”

 

Somehow, she knew this situation just got a whole lot worst.

 

The elevator reached them with a familiar ding. Sam was praying that for once things would just go right.

 

The elevator doors opened and revealed…nothing?

 

All the soldiers raised their heads, including Sam, in confusion. Slowly, she entered the elevator and looked around. There was nothing out of the ordinary. It's like he just vanished.

 

“Uh Walter, are you sure that was the right elevator?”

 

“Positive…why?”

 

“He just vanished. Where's General Hammond?”

 

“He's talking to Colonel O'Neil, and what do you mean vanished?”

 

“He just disappeared, like poof!”

 

“Like poof?”

 

“I know it's illogical, but there are no signs of escape. No holes, no explosives, no nothing.”

 

“…Okay, I'll inform General Hammond of the situation.”

 

“Thanks, Carter out.”

 

Sam was completely stressed right now. Not only has the boy escaped again but now he can do vanishing acts. This was to weird, even for her. Sam informed the others that they would split up and search the base. They were going to find this kid…no matter what.

 

FMA

 

Ed was currently trailing the walls (by the means of a latter) of the dark and cold elevator shaft. And let me tell ya, he was not having a good time. He was cold, hungry, and worried sick about Al. Oh god he hoped Al was alright. But back to his own situation, he wasn't fairing to well. He had just managed to escape the elevator before they caught him. How did he do that you wonder? Well, it's a bit of a long story.

 

Back in the elevator, Ed had noticed the elevator was slowing down even though he hadn't reached Level 5 yet. That meant it was a trap. In the blink of an eye, Ed transmuted part of the floor into a very high stood, then he transmuted a small hole in the ceiling and jumped out on the roof. After that, he transmuted the whole elevator and made it look like nothing was wrong (he's a fast little guy). And that's how he found himself here, in this dark, cold hell. Okay, so it wasn't that long of a story.

 

Ed looked around hoping to find a way out of this miserable hell. He didn't find it but he also didn't find any of the box thingies like the one in the elevator, which was a good thing. Oh yea, in the elevator, Ed noticed a box thingy that seemed to be watching him. He had a feeling that that thing was tracking him, which would explain how the soldiers had found him so fast. It'd be best to take it out. So he got out of the box thingies range and transmuted a spike into it, thus putting an end to the box thingy.

 

Ddddrraaannngggg.

 

`What was that? That sounded like machinery moving.'

 

Ed paled.

 

`The elevator! The elevator's coming!'

 

Ed looked down and sure enough the elevator was coming straight for him.

 

`Shit!'

 

Ed frantically started to climb. He climbed like he never climbed before. But the elevator was gaining on him. He wouldn't make it.

 

`A way out! There has to be someway out!'

 

His eyes darted this way and that hoping, praying, for a miracle. Apparently, God liked him today. Ed spotted an air vent above him. It was just big enough for him to fit. He thrust himself up the latter, barely keeping himself ahead of the elevator. He reached the air vent and transmuted a hole. He barely made it in time. Only his left foot scratched the elevator's walls before he collapsed inside the vent. That, was to close.

 

Ed just laid there, not wanting to do anything right now. He was still in shock from what just happened. If that elevator had caught him, he'd would have been flat as a pancake if it went to the surface. Why, why God. Why was this happening to him? Ha! He didn't even believe in God, and yet, here he was, begging for an answer he could never get. Heh, he really was pathetic. But, there was nothing he could do about it. There was nothing he could've done to prevent his mother's death, and there was nothing he could've done to bring her back to life. It was what it was, and he couldn't change it. It's the same with this situation, there's nothing he could have done. But there is something he can do. He could escape.

 

Ed found his legs and tried to stand up, but got a painful reminder that he was still in an air vent. Slowly Ed started to crawl through the air vents. And crawled, and crawled, and crawled, and crawled. For what felt like hours, he twisted and turned and went up and down through the vents to a point where he didn't know where he was anymore. Wait a minute, he didn't even know where he was in the first place. Gah!

 

“Heh heh. It's a good thing I'm small or else I wouldn't fit in here.”

 

-_-

 

“What am I saying! It's not a good thing that I'm small!”

 

Crack.

 

Ed froze.

 

`What was that?'

 

Crack…crack.

 

`I better get out of here.'

 

Ed tried to move, only to find he was stuck. His arm was caught under him, and he couldn't get out.

 

Crack, crack…crack.

 

“…Uh oh.”

 

SG-1

 

Daniel was running around the level like a chicken. He had thought he had heard someone shouting but he couldn't pin point it. Strange.

 

“Daniel? Daniel come in.”

 

Daniel stopped. “Sam?”

 

“Yea, it's me.”

 

“How's it going?”

 

“Not good, the kid escaped.”

 

“How? I thought that plan would work for sure.”

 

“No. He vanished.”

 

“Vanished. How?”

 

“Like poof.”

 

“…Like poof?”

 

“Never mind. Look Daniel, are the guards with you.”

 

“No, I thought I heard something and checked it by myself.”

 

“Did you find anything?”

 

“No.”

 

“…Okay listen, it seems this kid has a tendency to appear and disappear out of nowhere, so I need you and the guards to search the entire level. We think that's where he's headed.”

 

“Sam, we have the elevator, stairs, and escape tunnels secured. He can't get in without us knowing.”

 

“Daniel, this kid is extremely sly.”

 

“Oh come on Sam, it's not like he's going to fall out of the sky.”

 

Boom!

 

Suddenly, a section of the ceiling collapsed right in front of Daniel. Daniel dove out of the way, trying to avoid being hit by the cement blocks and…venting pipe? When the dust cleared Daniel looked up and saw a bunch of derby, with a kid lying smack dab in the middle of it.

 

The kid!

 

Daniel got up and slowly walked toward the kid. It looked like the kid didn't notice he was there yet. Daniel wanted to keep it that way for now.

 

“Daniel, what's going on?”

 

“Quiet.” He whispered.

 

The kid groaned and got up, cursing all the way. Daniel stayed where he was. He didn't get out his Zat since scaring him would be a really bad idea.

 

Then, as if sensing he was there, the kid casually turned around and faced him.

 

“…Hi.” Daniel said in a friendly tone.

 

The kid's eyes widened a bit.

 

“Look, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want you to-“

 

Zoom!

 

The kid bolted, literally leaving behind a trail of dust.

 

Daniel bolted after him, trying to dodge the derby and keep up with the kid at the same time.

 

“I'm not going to hurt you I just want to talk!” Daniel shouted, praying he would hear him and stop. But his prayers went unanswered as the kid just kept on going.

 

`Man, he's fast for a little guy.' (Good thing he was thinking that.)

 

The kid turned a corner and Daniel jumped for joy. He's running straight into a dead end. Daniel caught up and found the kid searching the walls, as if looking for a door. At least he didn't do his disappearing act.

 

“Hi.”

 

The kid whirred around and faced him. There was no fear in his eyes.

 

“My name's Daniel. Listen, I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to talk.”

 

The kid ignored him and clapped his hands together.

 

“Look, I'm sorry if we did any-“ Daniel suddenly stopped and stared in horror as the kid's right glove was torn to shreds, and a long, slender blade emerged from his arm.

 

His eyes widened in terror, and he choked on his words that never came. Only one single thought came to his mind now.

 

This kid wasn't human.

 

FMA

 

Ed stood there with blade on arm, contemplating what to do. He had transmuted his arm into a blade only because he thought he was going to attack. But with the fear in his eyes now, it's clear that he wasn't.

 

Ed had decided not to transmute a door earlier because he didn't know what would happen. There could have been a trap waiting for him. These people were sly. His only options were fight or flee, but since there was only one guy this time, he thought fight would be the better option. And now it didn't even look like this guy would fight, so there was no point in blood shed. He hoped he would just back off and let him go.

 

But of course, that wasn't the case.

 

The guy suddenly pulled out a weapon, one that Ed had never seen before. It looked like a snake ready to strike or something. Ed took this as war.

 

His movements were swift and precise. He charged and swung the blade about a foot away from the man's neck. The man was unharmed and only fell to the ground, landing on his back. He didn't hurt the guy, just scared him. He had never killed a person purposely in his life and there was no way he was starting now.

 

Ed left the man where he was and ran down another hallway, transmuting his arm back as he went. He ran down several hallways until he stopped at a particular one. This particular hallway looked like it had a big room at the end, and at once Ed had a feeling it was important. Slowly and cautiously, he crept by the wall and peered around the corner. In the room (which looked like a mini hanger), there was a giant door, with two guards on either side. He looked and listened for anything else and noticed the sound of chirping birds and running cars.

 

The outside! That door was the way out!

 

If he could get out there, he could gather information better, and have a better of finding Al and getting him out, if he wasn't already out that is. But how was he going to get past the guards?

 

Ed smiled. By the element of surprise.

 

The two guards did not see this coming. One second everything was normal, then the next…

 

POW!

Ed darted out from the corner and charged straight for the nearest guard. The guard didn't even have time to react as Ed swiftly punched him in the gut, making him fall to the ground unconscious. The second guard saw Ed and quickly prepared to fight. But he was not quick enough as Ed dove under him and came up from behind, hitting him in the back of the head with his metal hand. He to, fell unconscious.

 

Now that the guards were taken care of, all that was left was the door. He approached the door and clapped his hands together. His body was trembling with excitement. He was so close to freedom he could almost taste it. His hands were only inches away from he and Al's escape from this hell. They were free.

 

ZAP!

 

“AHHH!” Ed fell back and screamed as a terrible pain engulfed his body. The pain was like nothing he had ever experienced before. It felt like he was being shocked by a hundred electrical wires while being burned by fire at the same time. It felt like he was going to die.

 

Ed hit the ground with a loud “oof” and found himself staring at the door. He tried to move, tried to make it, but that only bought more pain to his already in pain body. He struggled like that only to go limp a few seconds later. He continued to stare at the wall, and found that every thing was slowly getting darker. He watched hopelessly as freedom faded away. Then everything went black.

 

FMA SG-1

 

My fingers, they bleed.

 

Longest chapter I've ever written in my life. Lots of reviews would be encouraging.

 

Just a few notes about this chapter:

 

-Have you ever heard Teal'c sigh before? Well he sighs in my story.

 

-I'm just going to assume that all the not soldier people (like scientists and stuff) have a place to evacuate to since you never see them in situations like these.

 

-The reason Ed and Al were hesitant to transmutes doors and stuff was that you don't know what surprises could be waiting for you on the other side (will be explained more later)