Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Guardian ❯ Part the Second ( Chapter 2 )

Guardian, Pt.2

 

AN: I like Maes Hughes. Therefore, Envy doesn't kill him. He's just in a coma currently.

 

 

Ed snarled as he made his was to Hughes hospital room. It was late, and past visiting hours, but if what he suspected was true, it was better to have no witnesses. He did not want to explain his actions to anyone, especially his brother or the Colonel. It would raise to many questions, and his deal with the Gate was his business and his alone.

 

Quietly slipping into Hughes room in ICU, he closed his eyes for a moment, before opening them again. Had anyone been present, they would have seen a pair of felinistic gold eyes glowing in the darkness. `Dammit all to fucking hell. I was right.'

 

Ed strode over to the bed where his friend lay. He clapped his hands once and spread his hands over the prone man's body. Alchemic energy crackled around him as he projected himself to the Gate. “He's not for you to keep. He doesn't belong to you, he's not even an Alchemist. Give him back; he's still needed here.”

 

HE WAS GIVEN TO US THOUGH. THAT MAKES HIM OURS.

 

“He was `given' to you by one of the abominations. That makes your claim on him invalid. He belongs here. Give him BACK!!” Ed practically roared the last word, putting all his will behind the order.

 

VERY WELL, GATEKEEPER. TAKE THE MORTAL. BUT WE WILL NOT ALWAYS BE SO LENIENT. GUARD YOUR HUMANS BETTER. NOW LEAVE US.

 

Ed snarled, latching onto Maes' soul, and abruptly jerking back to the real world, making sure Hughes soul was once more safely anchored in it's body. “Be more careful next time, ne? I can't always save your ass.” He murmured as the Alchemic energy faded. He turned, eyes still glowing, and quietly left the way he came; waiting until he was far enough away, before disengaging Gate-sight. Hughes would be awake in the morning, and he'd be just as surprised as anyone else at the man's `miraculous' recovery. And hopefully the older man wouldn't remember his encounter with the Gate. Or if he did, that he'd dismiss it as an odd dream.

 

 

TBC….