Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ A.W.O.L. ❯ A.W.O.L.: Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Warnings: OOC-ness! Yaoi! Bad Grammar! Misspellings! And first FMA Fic!



A.W.O.L.


Roy had seen the chimera prepare to attack Ed. So by somehow grabbing it's attention, he then led it away from the group. Now he was stuck in a dead end of an alley with the chimera advancing on him.

"Shit..." Roy said. He backed up until he hit the wall. "This is not good..." Roy murmured to himself. The Chimera sneered in victory thinking it was going to get a dinner. "Not today....I'm not going to be chimera chow today..." Roy said. He saw an opening to get out and tried to take it, only to be thrown back into the cement wall. Roy struggled to keep his eyes opened as the chimera let it's tongue hang out in anticapation. The chimera opened its mouth and sent out a blast of energy at Roy.

As Roy waited for death, he saw a flutter of white cloth in his view as he heard the sound of something metallic breaking. He heard flesh hitting the wall as a light emerged from the walls. There was a terrible shriek causing Roy to close his eyes in pain.

"Roy...stay with me..." A voice said from above him. Roy opened his eyes to look at two pools of molten gold. "Damn..." A hand pressed itself painfully to his chest. He groaned at the contact and looked down at the white gloved hand that pulled away. It had blood on it. "You got scratched pretty badly Roy....and hit your head pretty good."

"Full...Metal?" Roy stuttered out.

"Shut up you moron!" Ed said as he grabbed Roy's arm. He pulled the Brigadier General to his feet. Turning, he wrapped Roy's arm around his neck allowing Roy to lean on his right shoulder. "I want you to stay awake until we get back to everyone..."

"You know...I think you've grown." Roy said. Ed's eye twitched as he walked into the main street and headed toward a large house in the distance.
"Say anything about my height you bastard, I'll leave you here for Scar to find." Ed said.

"What about the chimera?" The Flame Alchemist asked.

"I killed it. Now shut up..." Ed replied as he adjusted Roy on his right side. Roy's eyes looked down at Ed's auto-mail...or lack of. He raised his free hand to touch the port.

"What happened?" Roy asked.

"I used it to deflect the blast that was aimed at you." Ed said plainly. "It's no big deal...Al will just come to fix it tomorrow."

"FullMetal!" Scar said as he ran up to Ed. They were now just outside the large home. Riza and Hughes were beside him as Havoc stayed by the door.

"Take him to my room and I'll call the doctor." Ed said handing Roy off to Hughes and Scar. They carried Roy upstairs as Ed shrugged off his coat at the door. He hung it up on a hook and toed off his boots. Riza and Havoc followed Ed into the kitchen where Hayate was sitting. He quickly called the doctor before calling Al.

"I'll be on the next train into Central. Don't worry brother, I'll leave Winry at home." Al had said to Ed before he hung up. Ed sighed and put a hand on his right shoulder. His auto-mail was destoyed when he jumped in front of the blast. Damn Mustang...running off like with a chimera...

"Hey boss, what happened to the arm?" Havoc asked.

"Got destroyed when I protected Mustang. Now tell me why you all are here." Ed said turning to them.

"To see if it was really you." Riza said. Hayate barked and nodded. Ed rubbed his eyes.

"I told Hughes to keep you guys away from this village."

"Well he didn't, now tell us the truth." Riza said.

"I'm not in the military anymore Hawkeye, nor am I a kid." Ed said turning his cold golden eyes onto the woman. She shivered mentally from the maturity of the cold stare and the wisedom it held behind it. "It's late and I doubt I have the conscience to let you guys go back with an injured man."

"You gonna let us stay here boss?" Havoc asked.

"Yea...other than my room and Scar's I have two spares. One has two double beds and the other has a queen sized bed." Ed replied rubbing his eyes.

"Where are you going to sleep?" Riza asked.

"On the couch...but until then I need to wait for the doctor then check some things in my books." Just then a knock came from the front door. Ed walked to the door and opened it. An old man with salt and pepper hair came in with a bag in his hand.

"Edward are you alright? I had my bag ready in case the chimeras got you again." The elder man said.

"No, I'm fine Glenn. The wounded man is upstairs in my room with Scar and another man by the name of Hughes. He's been scratched across the chest and hit his head against the wall of the an alley." Ed replied calmly.

"Oh dear..." Glenn said. He then noticed Ed's missing arm. "Edward...your arm."

"I'll be fine. Al is coming to give me a new one. I just really need you to check the man upstairs." Ed said turning so his right side was hidden.

"Of course...but I want you to come with me. I need to speak to you in private afterwards."

"How about we all go upstairs?" Riza suggested.

"That would be a wise descision Miss..." Glenn said as he headed upstairs with Ed's help. It seemed that Glenn has a limp and needed assistance. Riza watched as she and Havoc followed closely. Glenn seems to treat Ed as one of his own. Did Ed just have that effect on people?

"In here..." Ed said as he opened the door to his room. Glenn stepped inside and nodded to Scar. The Ishbalan nodded back and stayed in his spot in the corner of the room. "Hughes is the idiot up?"

"Who are you calling an idiot shorty?" Roy asked as he slowly sat up in the bed. He expected Ed to yell at him and go balistic. Everyone was surprised when Ed didn't even glare at him. Instead, he ignored Roy completely and turned to Glenn.

"I'm assuming from the way he can move and talk, the injures are not that critical." Glenn said as he walked to Hughes. The Colonel stood and allowed Glenn to sit down and examine Roy.

"Ed are you feeling alright?" Hughes said walking to Ed. He was about to put a hand on Ed's forehead, when Scar suddenly appeared and grabbed his hand. In that instant, weapons were drawn and aimed. Scar had a knife to Hughes's neck as Havoc and Riza had their guns aimed at Scar. Roy looked to see Ed just stand there with an amused small smile. Glenn sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"Edward, would you please calm everyone down. I don't have enough supplies to help you all." Glenn said as he helped Roy take off his jacket and shirt to allow him to wrap his chest.

Ed shrugged and raised his hand and grabbed Scar's wrist which held Hughes's wrist. "It's alright..." He whispered something more, but no one caught it. Scar glanced down at Ed and nodded. He let go and stepped back, concealing his knife once more. "Now you..." Ed said turning his eyes to Riza and Havoc. They didn't move.

"At ease, put your weapons away." Roy said. They cautiously put their weapons away but kept their eyes on Scar.

"Well that was interesting..." Hughes said rubbing his arm.

"Sure....I'm going to leave you guys and go wait for Al." Ed said and left before anyone could get a word in.

"What's with him?" Havoc asked.

"Beats me..." Riza said

"Are you friends of Edward's?" Glenn asked as he put antiseptic on a rag and dabbed it at Roy's chest. The man hissed as the rag touched his wounds.

"Yes, we are." Hughes said. Scar narrowed his eyes slightly, but didn't say a word.

"Then why haven't I seen all of you in this village visiting him?" Glenn asked not looking up from his work.

"Well....uh...." Havoc stuttered. Hughes rubbed the back of his neck as Riza just looked at Roy. The elder man looked at Roy. Mustang just looked at Glenn with a blank expression.

"From the looks of it, all of you are from the military. I'm guessing you are all the people he left behind when he left Central." Glenn said as he taped the gauze to Roy's hairless chest. He began to bandage the wound as he talked. "I met Edward almost two and a half years ago. He saw that our village was in dire need of salvation. A group of heathens used Alchemy to scare us and make us give them money. In return, after damaging the village, they would leave with some of our people to do as they wished with them. We weren't strong enough to defend ourselves, so this cycle continued until he came."

"I'm assuming Ed saved you guys?" Hughes said.

Glenn smiled. "He came into the village and saw that we need help. But we were fools and shunned him." The doctor shook his head. "We were frightened of Alchemists...what else would you expect?" He said as if answering the unsaid question of why they shunned Ed. "Though....night after night...our tools, carriages, fences, and anything that was broken was found fixed in the morning." He knotted the bandage on Roy's chest and began to check his head. "The day the heathens came back, we were all in the village square giving up our money and valuables. It was when the leader grabbed my granddaughter that Ed appeared."

"What do you mean?" Roy asked. Glenn chuckled.

"He just waltzed up from through the crowd and 'nonchalantly' rammed his shoulders into the men as though they were just people in his way." Glenn stopped his examination and smiled at the memory. "The group recognized him as the FullMetal Alchemist from Central. Decided fighting and killing him would be better than taking our people. So they turned on him and jumped."

"So Ed kicked their asses?" Havoc laughed.

Glenn nodded and laughed also. "After they left...Edward proceeded to our damaged building. He helped rebuild them. Some by alchemy, others the old fashion way. We, as thanks, helped Edward build this home. We welcomed him to this village and since then he's stayed here."

"So basically, Ed did you a favor and you let him stay and he's been here since." Hughes summed up.

"Yes, he would travel and come back. Friends of his would come for a night or two then leave, but we took it all in good stride." Glenn said as he once more checked Roy's head. "It when the chimeras came we began to worry. Edward began acting strange. He has gotten paler, thinner, and more silent since they came."
"I then stumbled upon this village..." Scar said. "I saved FullMetal from a chimera. He then asked if I wished to stay and I accepted."

"As simple as that? After all the times you tried to kill us..." Hughes said.

"FullMetal and I have reached a truce. I will not go back on it." Scar explained. "Plus...he's left the military." Roy glared at Scar as the man's voice held a smirk in it, even if it didn't show on his face.

"Before you guys go into over time, I think I should fix Ed's arm first." Alphonse Elric said from the doorway. He had a bag with him which looked heavy. He was taller than Ed by a couple of inches. His blonde hair wasn't as bright and his eyes were a medium shade of brown. He smiled at the group.

"Where's FullMetal?" Roy asked. Al stepped to the side a bit to show Ed standing behind him with his head down and turned to the side.

"Hey Al, how you doing?" Hughes asked.

"I'm fine, but if you would...I need the bed so I can fix brother's arm."

"You do auto-mail?" Riza asked.

"Aunt Pinako and Winry showed me. It is the least I can do for Ed." Al said as he walked over to the bed and put his bag down. "So if you would...help the Brigadier General off the bed."

"Right..." Havoc and Hughes helped Roy off the bed as Glenn stood. Scar grabbed the chair and it on the other side of the bed.

"Don't you need time to prepare the arm?" Riza asked.

"Usually...but because Ed is always moving around and fighting Winry and I make sure the arm is in top shape." Al said as he put some of the tools on the bed. "Come on brother..." Al turned to Ed who was still at the door. Ed walked to bed and sat down. Al pulled out a bandana and rolled it up. "You are being moody tonight brother." Ed glared at Al before opening his mouth. Al put the bandana in his mouth and tied it in back of his head.

Roy and the others watched with interest as Ed bit down on the bandana. He nodded. "Scar..." Scar moved around and grabbed Ed's flesh hand as Ed laid down. "Would someone hold his feet?"

"We will, come on Havoc." Hughes said leaving Roy with Riza as they both went and held Ed's legs down. "Now what?"

"Hang on..." Al produced an arm and carefully align the receptors with the nerve counter-parts in the port. "Relax..." Al said to Ed.

"Just do it Al..." Ed said around the make-shift gag.

"What are you doing?" Riza asked.

"Well...I first align the arm with the port then just push. It is quite difficult to explain if you don't know about auto-mail so I rather not going into it." Al said turning back to Ed.

"Edward, would you like something to numb the pain?" Glenn asked.

"No...just put the damn arm in." Ed said. Al nodded.

"Three....two...one..." With that count down Al pushed the auto-mail arm in. Edward's body arched in protest against the action. His grip tightened around Scar's hand as his leg tried to kick out.

Glenn closed his eyes and turned his head away as Ed yelled in pain around the gag. Roy watched as Al struggled to tighten the bolts and whatnot down on the arm. Scar put his other arm down on Ed's chest to keep him from arching up in pain.

"Shit!" Havoc yelled as Ed kicked him off. Hughes held on as the kicking became more frantic.

"Alphonse...are you done yet?" Scar asked. Al tightened the last part and then threw the tool down. He grabbed Ed and pulled him to his chest.

"Scar, Hughes let go!" Al said as he held Ed.

"What's going on?" Roy asked.

"FullMetal pain causes horrifying flashbacks to come back to him. As far as I know, Alphonse is the only one to consol him." Scar said as he looked at Glenn. "Is there anything you need to give Ed?"

"I'll give it to him tomorrow, with Alphonse here it should be fine." Glenn replied.

"Then I will give you a ride home." Scar said leaving the room.

"Alright...I will be back tomorrow to check up on you." Glenn said looking at Roy. "I hole you have a good time staying here. Please try not to cause Edward too much stress..." With that Glenn bowed and left going after Scar.

"Sh...brother I'm here..." Al said as he looked at Roy and the others. Ed's eyes started to droop close. When Al was sure Ed was asleep he put his brother down on the bed and sighed.

"Al...what's wrong with Edward?" Riza asked. Al looked at them with w frown.

"He's been through a lot since he left the military. One thing includes people trying to find him for the philosopher's stone." Al said.

"But from what Ed said the stone was destroyed." Roy said.

"Doesn't keep Ed from knowing how to make it..." Al said. "When I got my body back, Ed said he had to leave for my safety. He's been traveling around since then until he got here. Though I am grateful for a body, I wished Ed didn't do it."
"Why not Al? You are human right?" Hughes asked. Al shook his head.

"I'm not human...not in a full sense." Al replied.

"Then what are you?" Havoc asked.

Roy had a suspicion as to what Al was going to say. He hoped it wasn't true. If it was...he would have to talk to Ed about how he did it.

"I'm a homunculi..."

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From now on...I'm going to be putting the song that the chapter will be related to at the bottom. Right now...no song.