Fan Fiction / Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ It's a Weird World After All ❯ SG-1, Meet the Elric Brothers ( Chapter 5 )

Holy flaming bananas it's the next chapter! I am SOOO sorry for having to make you guys wait for so long. I honestly didn't think this story was this popular, (I honestly don't know why it's this popular) but that was before I got all the emails telling me to update or I die (okay, not really :P) And for waiting so long, you all deserve an explanation.

 

My life has been very stressful over the passed year (holy crap a year) and I've been trying to get it back together, and I actually think it's going good. (yea, sounds like a sap story, but it is true.) I've also got another project going that actually might be able to get published (as in a book store), so that has been taking up a lot of my time. (yes, this is true also) On the minus side my computer has crashed recently and is still recovering, so I haven't been able to answer anything.

 

That reminds me; anyone who's sent me emails or is thinking about sending me emails I can not respond to them. Unfortunately, my reply on email doesn't work, though I think the replay to the reviews works now. So yea, you can contact me from there.

 

Long story short, I apologize for the long wait, but I have not lost interest in this story, and plan to continue it to the very end (for however long that takes me). Remember kids, patience is a virtue.

 

Now on with the story!

 

SG-1, Meet the Elric Brothers

 

Five minutes ago…

 

Al was sitting on the bottom of a bunk bed in a very small room that only had a bunk bed. It wasn't a very comfortable spot since he kept bumping his head on the bar, but he didn't feel like standing around or sitting on the floor since that would make him feel more awkward than he already was. So the bed would do.

 

The rest of the room was just boring. A small, gray, box sort of boring. And since it was a small, gray, box, and boring room, Al guessed it was a prison cell, even more likely a holding cell considering its size.

 

That made Al a bit nervous.

 

He had gone along with these people because he trusted them, and also hoped they would send him and his brother home. But instead they put him in here. Al was starting to think he should have just used alchemy from the beginning. Any booby trap would have been better than this. He just really, really wished his brother didn't make the same mistake he-

 

“WHO YOU CALLING A BEAN?!”

 

-did.

 

WWAA

 

Unfortunately for Jack and Daniel, now…

 

The two men stared at the young boy, while the very angry young boy stared angrily back. This went on for what seemed like ten minutes, though it probably was more like two. Then someone finally said something.

 

“Hi.” It was Daniel.

 

The angry young boy still stared angrily at the two.

 

“I believe we have met before.”

 

The boy suddenly `appeared' to have calmed down a bit. “Yes, I believe we have.”

 

“Okay…you sort of know Daniel, Daniel knows me, Jack, but we don't know you. So I'm gonna ask the most obvious question right now. Who are you?”

 

“That's none of your damn business!”

 

Jack stopped gesturing for a moment. “All right then, since you refuse to tell us your name, we'll just have to make one up for you. Let's see, how about Pipsqueak, or…”

 

“I AM NOT A PIPSQUEAK!”

 

“Okay then, what's your real name?”

 

The boy stayed silent.

 

“Can you give us a nickname or initials or-.”

 

“Ed.”

 

“Ed?”

 

“Yes.” He said through gritted teeth.

 

Jack paused. “Is that short for Edmond, Edgar, Eddie-.“

 

“Edward!”

 

“Edward…you sure, cause that doesn't sound like a very alien name-.”

 

“Jack, for now let's just say his name is Edward, okay.” Daniel did not feel like arguing right now, especially with something this pointless.

 

“Okay, but I'm telling ya, Edward doesn't alien at all.”

 

“Alien?” Ed muttered.

 

“Well maybe names on his planet are similar to ours.”

 

“Planet? What?!”

 

Jack and Daniel halted their juvenile conversation and turned to Ed.

 

Daniel eyed him. “Don't you know you're on another planet?”

 

“Another planet? That's crazy!”

 

“…No, no I don't think so.” alleged Jack.

 

“It's impossible! Now tell me where I really am!”

 

“Fine, you're in a top secret military base called Stargate Command on the planet Earth.”

 

“That can't be!”

 

“Oh, it be.”

 

“Jack's right. Believe it or not, you are on another world.”

 

“This has to be a set up! There's no way you can travel to anther world!”

 

“Maybe not where you're from, but here, we have different technology. You probably found it accidentally.”

 

“The nerd's right.”

 

Daniel ignored that.

 

“You're crazy! If this were another planet, Al and I would have had to come here in a rocket and travel through space and- …AL!” Through all the arguing and confusion, Ed almost forgot about his little brother. “Where's Al?!”

 

Jack raised an eyebrow, or two. “Al?”

 

“Who's Al?” asked Daniel.

 

“He's my brother. He came with me.” No sense protecting him since they already knew about him.

 

“Wait a minute, that big hunk of armor is your brother?”

 

“Yes! Who else would it be?!”

 

Daniel and Jack were, to say the least, dazed. “And you call us crazy!”

 

“Colonel, Daniel, are you there?”

 

Daniel was a bit startled by Sam's voice over the radio. “Yea, were here.”

 

“We've just detained the armor. Apparently his name is Alphonse and he is not a super soldier.”

 

“Yea, we know that already.”

 

“Really? How?”

 

“The kid woke up.”

 

“How?! I thought he was in a coma for life!”

 

“Apparently not. I think we woke him up.”

 

“Daniel called him a bean.”

 

He ignored that as well. “Anyway, get this, Al is the boy's, Edward's, brother.”

 

“…The boy and the armor are brothers?”

 

“Yea, unless he's lying.”

 

“You're going to have to explain this one to me Daniel.”

 

“Don't worry, I'll explain it as soon as I figure it out myself.”

 

“Okay, we'll be down there in a few minutes. Carter out.”

 

Daniel put down his radio and turned to Ed. “Well, they're on their way down.”

 

Of course there was no point in even telling Ed that. He heard every little word. So Al didn't escape. That wasn't an encouraging sign. He must have fallen into one of their booby traps. These people were more cunning than he thought. “Is Al okay?”

 

“Um, as far as I know, yes.”

 

Ed wasn't really reassured. “Can you untie me?”

 

“No.” They both said simultaneously.

 

Well, it was worth a shot. He was now officially screwed.

 

At that moment, a bald man and two women walked into the room and surrounded his bed.

 

“Incredible.” Exclaimed one of the women.

 

“What's so incredible?” Ed asked wryly.

 

The brown haired woman was taken aback by that. “Well for one thing you were supposed to be in a coma for the rest of your life.”

 

“So you can experiment on me while I'm asleep?” he said rather forcefully.

 

“No! No we're glad you woke up.” The blond woman exclaimed at the last second. “We just weren't expecting you to.”

 

Uh-huh.

 

“I assume you are Edward.” The bald man was speaking this time.

 

“Yea, who wants to know?”

 

“I'm General George Hammond, leader of this facility. This is Dr. Janet Fraiser,” He said gesturing to the brunette. “and Major Samantha Carter.” And the blonde, who gave a little wave.

 

Ed raised his brows a little which Hammond took to be an understanding. “And I believe you already met Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson.”

 

“Yes, we have.” Ed replied looking particularly evil at Daniel.

 

“Okay, now that everybody knows each other, let's get down to business, shall we?” said an exuberated Jack.

 

“We'd like you to cooperate with us.”

 

“Forget it! There's no way I'm staying in this hellhole!” Ed shouted, literally throwing the General's words back at his face.

 

Sam put up her hands in defense. “That's not it! We just want to talk to you first, and then we'll send you home.”

 

Ed was doubtful. “Really?” He said sort of dryly.

 

“Yes. That's all we want to do.”

 

Ed was still doubtful. “Is Al alright?”

 

“Al? Yes, he's fine. He agreed to cooperate with us.”

 

Ed was, to say the least, relatively surprise by this. Al was a trusting and open-minded person, no doubt about it, but after all that has happened, it was hard to believe that he would trust them just like that. Al had a strong mind and he wouldn't do something like this if he didn't have absolute faith, which means these people must have made quite an impression. On the plus, err, minus side, he was strapped to a bed, unable to use alchemy for the moment, and surround by people he knew absolutely nothing about and who could possibly kill him. So, on the whole, there weren't very many options open. He sighed. `Al, I hope you know what you're doing.' “All right fine.”

 

Immediately, everyone except Ed perked right up.

 

“But only if you keep your promise.” Ed added quickly.

 

Hammond stepped forward. “We will.”

 

“But only if you don't use your `magic' on us once your free.” Jack added at the last second. “Deal?”

 

Ed sighed again. He didn't really like the word `magic', but it was close enough. “Deal.” As long as these people kept their word, he wouldn't use it.

 

Hammond smiled. “Excellent, we'll lead you to the briefing room. Your brother will meet you there.”

 

Ed stayed quiet as the one called Daniel untied him. `Al, you better know what you're doing.'

 

WWAA

 

Ed ambled along the halls with what he claimed were the most whacked-out group of people he's ever met. Well, not exactly in those words, and maybe not the most whacked, but close enough. The way he was `escorted' to the briefing room wasn't exactly guest worthy either. The bald guy was in the lead, followed by the doctor and blonde, four more soldiers after that, and the two idiots brought up the rear (he was still pretty pissed at Jack and Daniel). He was smack dapped in the middle, right in-between the first two guards, who made him very uncomfortable. Ed didn't know if this would turn out bad, or worst. Situations like these usually didn't end well, unless he had a plan or was incredibly, incredibly lucky.

 

Right now, all plans have sunk, and his luck was looking uglier than Mustang's attitude.

 

Not very good odds.

 

Before he could think any other thought, the bald guy, err, Hammond, opened a door to a room. Yes! After what seemed like a mile walk and a very cramped elevator ride later, they were finally here!

 

Ed filed in after the two guards, and discovered that Al was already there. “Brother, there you are!” Al seemed strangely over eager for some reason.

 

Ed smiled sheepishly. “Yea, glad to see your okay.”

 

“Thanks, I didn't actually think you'd come on your own. I imagined you kicking and screaming.”

 

Ed gave a sour look. Al couldn't tell if it was fake-real, or real-real, not that it really mattered.

 

Ed took this time to look around the room. It looked like a standard meeting room. A large table, and a bunch of chairs. There was also a flight of stairs leading in both directions in the corner, what Ed guessed to be some sort of map behind the General's chair, and a window on the opposite side that seem to have a wall in front of it. He also noticed a logo on the wall with a strange symbol and the letters SGC, which he guessed was short for Stargate Command.

 

“Please, sit down.” Hammond said in a sincere tone.

 

Ed stopped looking and sat down like he was in a meeting with Mustang. But when he actually sat down, he suddenly felt very small. Immediately he sunk about two inches, and the chair head looked like it was towering above him, even though it was only a half a foot above his head. But despite these seats making him feel smaller, they were actually quite comfortable. Man these people had hi tastes.

 

Al was sitting directly across from him, and he looked very uncomfortable. Ed didn't blame him. The poor suit of armor compared to a 13 year old in a preschool chair. If there was a man in the armor right now, the chair just might have broken.

 

Another reason Al might have so uncomfortable was the company sitting on the right of him. It was the same strange man he saw earlier, in the big room. Right now he had a serious expression that, well, wasn't really frightening or evil, but the kind that can make someone feel a bit uneasy. No wonder Al was so eager, anything to break the silence.

 

The others took their seats. Jack and Daniel sat on either side of Ed, much to Ed's dismay. Sam sat on the other side of Al, which seemed to make Al a lot more comfortable, and Fraiser sat on Al's side nearest to the General's chair, which, of course, the General sat in.

 

“Edward,” Ed snapped his head around toward Hammond. “this is Teal'c. I believe you two haven't officially met.”

 

Ed gave a strange look.

 

“Don't worry, he's a cuddly as a teddy bear.” said a smiling Jack.

 

Yeah right. Ed was still a bit apprehensive. Nevertheless, Teal'c gave a small bow of respect.

 

“Alphonse, this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, and Dr. Daniel Jackson.” Hammond gestured at the two fruit loops next to Ed.

 

“Nice to meet you.” said Al, who gave an awkward little bow of his own.

 

“Now that everyone's acquainted, let's get down to business, shall we?”

 

“Yes, we shall.” Ed glowered. “First thing's first, tell us where we are!”

 

“Stargate Command.” Jack said simply.

 

“And where would that be?”

 

“Earth.” Daniel said simply. “Didn't you already ask us these questions?”

 

“Yes, but I didn't believe you then, and I still don't believe you now! And besides, who'd name a planet after an element?” Ed muttered the last part.

 

“Despite your doubts, everything they have said is true.” Ed jumped when Teal'c spoke, a bit surprised by the deep, loud voice.

 

“Alright, explain it then!”

 

“For crying out loud, would you stop yelling everything that comes out of your mouth?!”

 

For some unknown reason that was entirely unlike Ed, he shut up. Maybe what the Colonel said was true. Now that he mentioned it, he did tend to scream out everything when he was pissed.

 

“Thank you. Carter, would you please explain to this nice, young man on how he got here.”

 

Sam breathed a sigh or anticipation. She quickly glanced over at the two boys. Al was obviously eager to learn, and Ed, well, was sulking yet again. She only hoped that a couple of children could possibly understand what she was saying as she started the explanation. If Jack couldn't understand it then what hope did they have?

 

“So what you're saying is that we came through a machine called a Stargate which bends the fabric of space so you can travel hundreds of light-years in just one second?” Al stated after Sam's utterly long and incomprehensive monologue.

 

“Yes, that's…that's exactly what I'm saying.”

 

“Wait a minute you actually understood that?” asked Ed who barely got any of it at all.

 

“Yes.” stated Al. “I read something like it in a novel back at home. I think it was written by Janus Marvli. He said i0t was true.”

 

“Oh please Al, that guy lived in his own little world. You could ask him if fish lived on the sun and he'd say it was totally plausible.”

 

“Well maybe fish do live on the sun, `cause this guy was right.”

 

“Could we get back to the matter at hand here?” asked Daniel.

 

“Right, sorry.” said Sam.

 

“What do you do with the Stargate?” Al was very curious about these people, unlike Ed who looked like he couldn't care less, though the reality was quite different.

 

“We travel to other worlds as peaceful explorers.” said Hammond.

 

“To obtain alien technology to defend ourselves.” Jack added.

 

“And to learn about different alien cultures, don't forget that.” added Daniel.

 

Ed gave them a “and why the hell should I believe you” look.

 

Teal'c, being as sensible as he always is, must have sensed this look. “I assure you, all of this is indeed true.”

 

Al, unlike Ed, was astonished by this simple explanation. “Wow! That's amazing.”

 

Sam and Frasier smiled. But Ed wasn't as convinced. “I still don't believe you.”

 

`Oh for crying out loud.' Man that kid was stubborn. Then Jack absent mindedly looked at his watch, and smiled. “Sir, we should show him the Stargate.”

 

The bald General looked at Jack straight in the eye. The colonel was right. The only way for this kid to believe was for him to see it for himself. “Agreed.”

 

Ed and Al both wondered what was going on.

 

No sooner had they thought that, the metal wall in front of the window rose up, revealing a room below. Ed and Al rose from there seats and looked out the window. They both were amazed with what they saw. It was the same thing Ed saw in his dream, the thing in the clouds. Below them was the giant room they were in earlier, but this time, there was a giant ring behind were they first arrived. Overall, the whole structure wasn't that amazing. Both of them could make things far more amazing with there alchemy, but the thing that got them was that they couldn't believe they had missed this before.

 

“Three…two…one.”

 

Suddenly, the same alarm from earlier went off again, only this time nobody seemed to be panicking. Then, to Ed's and Al's wonder, lights on the device lit up one after another, until the seventh one at the top finally lit up. The brothers didn't really have time to prepare for what happened next. It caught them full force. Immediately after the seventh light, a ring of water materialized out of the nowhere and flushed outwards, causing both brothers subconsciously take a step back. The rush of water receded back into the ring and seemed to float inside of it.

 

Not to be stereotypical, but a Californian surfer were in Ed's position right now, he'd be saying “dude…” That was one of the ways to describe the look on his face.

 

“Pretty amazing, isn't it.”

 

A moment or two passed as Ed continued to stare. Then, to Jack's surprise, Ed smirked. “Yea, it is.”

 

Jack smiled. This kid was a tough one all right. He was still skeptical, but he'll learn soon enough.

 

“Wow…” Al, on the other hand, sounded totally convinced.

 

After watching the soldiers come through one by one, and after the gate shut down, Ed and Al headed back to the briefing table. Now that's he's seen the Stargate in action, Al was now like a gitty school girl. Ed still wasn't a believer, but nevertheless, he was a little less skeptical. They sat back down in their usually seats, both brothers now with a new sense of open-mindedness.

 

Now that Ed actually somewhat believed them, the conversation went along much smoother. SG-1 explained a few things about the Stargate and stuff, and the brothers, mostly Al, talked about there home and alchemy, though Ed purposely didn't mention what happened to him and Al, nor about the Philosopher's stone and their mission. Neither did Al, to Ed's rejoice. Two hours later, and more questions than Ed's ever been asked in his life, the conversation seemed to be finally slowing down.

 

“So, let me get this straight. You come from a planet that uses an ancient, whacked-out science called alchemy that somehow turns lead into gold, and yet you haven't discovered the television yet.” There's no need to say who said that horribly long sentence.

 

“It's not a whacked-out science!” Yelled Ed, who was now wondering what a television was.

 

“But it's possible.” Sam was dazed with all the information she just absorbed. “This is incredible. Who knew that and old, dead science actually works? Do you have any idea what we could do with this, how it could revolutionize…” And she went on and on and on.

 

“Anyway.” Jack interrupted. “I've been wondering on something. If you can do all this crazy stuff, why didn't you just…transmute through the walls and escape?”

 

“We didn't want to get caught in the booby traps, the ones in the walls.”

 

Jack, Daniel, and everyone else glanced at each other. “What booby traps?”

 

Ed twitched. “You mean, there were no traps?”

 

Daniel hesitated. “Yes.”

 

“None, whatsoever?”

 

Jack hesitated. “…Yea…”

 

“So…you mean…we could have escaped…all along?”

 

The all just stared.

 

Ed was about to explode.

 

“Brother! Brother calm down! It's already happened, there's nothing we can do, and we really need people to get home!”

 

Ed somewhat calmed a bit, and by a bit I mean he's just out of the danger zone. Besides, Al was right. He was already here and there's nothing he can do about it. Alchemy may be one hell of a talent, but it couldn't do time travel. He was right about another thing too. They needed to get back home, and these people were their only hope.

 

He let out a deep, long sigh. “Your right Al, there's nothing we can do now.”

 

Al gave an invisible sigh of relief. One disaster avoided there.

 

“Does anyone have any other questions?” Hammond asked.

 

“Yes.” piped Daniel's inborn curiosity. “What happen to you? I mean, how is your brother a suit of armor, and what happened too your arm?”

 

The room suddenly became deathly silence. Neither Ed nor Al spoke a word. Only their eyes spoke of sorrow. Everyone else seemed to sense this too.

 

“…Did I say something wrong?”

 

“Daniel.” Jack's eyes met his. “I don't think they want to talk about it.”

 

Everyone in the room still stayed silent, until Hammond spoke. “Well, since there are no more questions, I think it's time to take you boys home.”

 

At that, both brothers immediately brightened up. In fact, they almost seemed like kids in a candy store. They all got up and headed down to the control room with Hammond, Teal'c, Sam, and Daniel in the lead. Ed, Al, and Jack brought up the rear.

 

For a brief second, an atomic, brief second, Jack swore he saw a shimmer of gratitude in Ed's eyes.

Seconds later, they all arrived in the Control room. Ed and Al both had a look of anticipation on their faces. Well I wouldn't exactly call it anticipation, but more like a kid in a candy store stuffed in a very small can.

 

Now that they were all down there, it was time to dial the gate. Their first nine digit Stargate address ever. “Chevron one encoded…chevron two encoded…etc. etc.”

 

If everyone made a bet on how excited Ed and Al were, they would all lose…horribly.

 

“Chevron seven encoded…chevron eight encoded…”

 

The brothers very on the verge of shaking, or at least Al was. This was finally it. They would finally be able to go home, and see all the people they've missed. Winry, Hughes, and yes, even Mustang. They'd see them all soon.

 

“Chevron nine…will not engage.” Walter's fumbling statement was prefaced by that oh-so-familiar crap-something-went-wrong whining noise by the Stargate. “Um, sir, the Stargate won't accept the address.”

 

Ed's and Al's spirits dropped lower than sea level.

 

“What the hell is wrong?!” It took every single fiber of Ed's being not to grab the first person he saw and throw him through the window.

 

“The Stargate isn't accepting the address.” said Sam.

 

“I know that! But why the hell isn't it?!”

 

“Calm down brother! They can fix it, right?” He looked at Daniel.

 

“Hey don't look at me. Sam's the one who knows this stuff. You can fix it, right.” With the look on Ed's face, one would assume he was trying to save his skin.

 

“I not sure. It might just be a power problem, but from what the computer is suggesting, the Stargate isn't even allowing the address to even try to go through, like the connection is severed.”

 

“Ah. So, you can fix it, right?”

 

“Frankly sir, not at the moment.”

 

“So…we're…stuck…here.” Ed's brow was twitching as Al looked as though he were about to fall over.

 

“'Fraid so kids, you're gonna be staying with us for a while.”

 

At that point Ed just as well exploded and took the whole SGC with him. “Oh HELL NO!=”

 

Oh hell yes. The alchemy brothers were staying, at least temporarily. And while everyone else was quivering at that thought, Jack just smirked on the sidelines.

 

Oh yes, this was going to be one wild ride.

 

WWAA

 

Holy crap I'm done. I can't say when the next chap is coming, but I can say it is coming, and you won't have to wait so long. (Which, again, I horribly apologize for.)

 

This chap was a little boring but the next one will be more exciting (Ed sees a physiologist XD)

 

I also apologize for the characters being a little out of whack. I'm not that good at character, and this is a new situation for the characters so I'm not sure how they would act. So if you think any of the characters are off in any way, just tell me and I'll try to fix it. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

That's all for now. See ya soon!