Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ The Audigy Alchemist ❯ Getting up to speed ( Chapter 2 )

The Audigy Alchemist

Chapter 2: getting up to speed

 

Lieutenant Hawkeye stopped in front of the restaurant the Elric brothers were eating as just as they walked out the front door.

 

“Brother, look!” Al said getting his brother's attention.

 

Ed looked in the direction his brother was pointing and said “Oh, it's Lieutenant Hawkeye. Hey Lieutenant, what's going on?”

 

“The Colonel has assigned an alchemist to work with you.” She said getting out of the car.

 

“WHAT?!?! Ed said starting to loose his temper. “Why does he do pull this kind of crap?! We don't need any help, we're doing fine on our own.”

 

“And what about Scar, you've had many close calls, and regular solders can't protect you for ever. You need someone who can fight back.”

 

“We can handle it ourselves! We don't-“

 

“What I suggest,” Dane said stepping out of the car “is that you pursue your goals. It's my job to make sure you find them safely. It's useless to spread your resources thin, concentrate and eliminate.” He approached Edward and extended his hand. As Ed reached out to shake it, Dane tripped and their heads collided. The both fell down in a daze.

 

When they got back up Dane bowed “I'm sorry, some days I'm not too coordinated.”

 

Ed, Al, and Hawkeye all sweat dropped. Is this for real? They all thought.

 

“Well,” Hawkeye said getting back in the car “I must get back to the office and catch up on my paperwork.” She slammed the door shut and drove away quickly.

 

“So,” Ed said “What do you know?”

 

“About what?” Dane said looking bewildered

 

Ed sighed. “About our mission.” Al said speaking up

 

“Oh, that, uh…well not too much. All I know is that you two have near free reign over your missions. You're looking for something, but that's all I know.” Dane said scratching his head and thinking hard.

 

During the car ride…

 

“So am I to assume it is my primary duty to protect the Elric brothers?” Dane said looking out the window.

 

“Yes, their ongoing mission is to locate the philosopher's stone. Since they tend to get carried away, it will also be your job to ensure the damage is limited.”

 

“What can I expect to see?”

 

“Pardon me?

 

“Who I may end up fighting, how much death, the brother's personalities, their reaction to having me assigned to them, you name it.”

 

Hawkeye looked at Dane out of the corner of her eye. Who is he? This isn't the person I met 5 minutes ago.

 

“Lieutenant?”

 

Hawkeye snapped out of her thoughts. “Well I would suggest you be ready for anything. As for their reaction to having you assigned to them…don't expect any warm welcomes”

 

“Well as far as they are concerned, I won't know anything. I would prefer they believe that so I can tell when I earned their trust if or when they tell me what is going on.”

 

How cold and strategic, manipulating the Elric brothers into telling him everything. Hawkeye thought “Excuse my prying, but-“

 

“Why am I acting like two different people?” Dane interrupted. Hawkeye was shocked that he knew what she was about to ask. “It's nothing to be worried about, I'll explain when the time is appropriate.” The car came to a stop in front of the restaurant “But, now that we've arrived at out destination, we should concentrate at the matter at hand.”

 

“That's all you need to know.” Ed said walking towards the train station. Dane and Al followed.

 

“Where are we going?” Dane asked.

 

“North” Al answered “to a town called Islington. There is a rumor of-“

 

“Al!” Ed interrupted

 

“Sorry brother, we're investigating a lead.”

 

“Oh, ok.” Dane said and stopped asking questions.

 

“Tell me,” Al said speaking after some tense silence “you're called the Audigy alchemist, why is that? I've never heard of anything like that name before.”

 

“You shouldn't pry into people's lives.” Edward said looking into a shop window.

 

“I don't mind.” Dane said “I've got the name because I recently discovered a new branch of alchemy. The theory behind it is general alchemy is crated by the motion of atoms. Sound is created by the motion of atoms too, but it takes more motion than what you use. If you move atoms at a constant rate they create sound. So I use certain frequencies to use sound in different ways.”

 

“Like what?” Al said interested in the prospect of a new theory.

 

“Well I could hold up objects, break them, even cut through metal and stone.”

 

“Wow, how did you develop this theory?” Ed asked feigning disinterest.

 

“I…don't remember right now…” Dane said apologetically

 

The Elric brothers sweat dropped. All three of them approached the train station and Dane said “I need to grab something before we leave.”

 

“Fine, well be waiting near the ticket office.” Ed said heading to said office.

 

“Wonder why he's so…” Al said trying to find the right word.

 

“Weird?” Ed said completing his sentence. “Nooooo idea.”

 

The bought their tickets and as they stepped away from the window, they heard someone calling to them.

 

“I'm back!” Dane called hurrying towards them stumbling side to side. He was carrying 3 coffin sized cases and a giant backpack almost as large as him.

 

The Elrics were amazed, the cases looked very heavy yet he could carry all that weight and still run.

 

“Do you want a hand with that?” Alphonse asked

 

“I think I got it.” Dane said stopping next to Ed, the cases swinging out at the abrupt stop. “What platform are we headed to?”

 

“19.” Ed said pointing to a platform at the opposite end of the station.

 

“Awwww!!!” Dane said falling to his knees and dropping the cases with a loud THUNK. “Why does this always happen?!?! I get to a station and my platform is always the furthest away! It's a universal constant!! It could be just to ride to the other end of town and it would still be the last platform!!!”

 

Ed and Al took a step back, frightened at the sudden change in their new partner. Without warning, Dane jumped up and in a matter of seconds had all three cases in hand. “Let's go” he said with that sleepy smile back on his face.

 

Creepy The Elric brothers thought simultaneously and all three proceeded to platform 19.

 

They boarded the train with little problem (Except Dane getting stuck in the door trying to fit all three cases and the enormous backpack at once).

 

 

Me: Well tell me what you think, I would like to know

 

Dane: I still can't remember how I developed that theory…

 

Me: (sweat-drops)

 

Dane: Now I remember its-

 

Me: Oh look a Pigeon!!