"You are Full Metal. The Full Metal Alchemist!" Cornello declared proudly, and I could hear Rose gasp at us in the background. "So who might you be?"

"The Black Shadow Alchemist!" I yelled up to him as I clenched my fist in anger.

"Rose, this is what happens when you try to bring someone back from the dead. They aren't coming back, and we learned that the hard way." Ed stood strong next to me. I simply leaned my weighed to my left, and smirked up at Cornello.

"And me? I was simply saving a friend. A very dear one at that." I vaguely stated, walking closer to Al and leaning on his back. Because I was too lazy with my weight.

"That's good. But Rose, dear, pick up that gun, and shoot the FullMetal Alchemist." I gawked at him as well as Rose. Who would make anyone do that!?!?

"Over your dead body or mine, I won't let you kill him." I growled; standing upright and walking defensively in front of both Elric boys. They're like, my boys, if you know what I mean.
...
Not like that!!

Like, as a best friend that they don't remember. Cornello smiled a wide smile and turned back to Rose. She had already picked up the gun and began training it at....

....Alphonse.

Pfft....HAHAHAHA!! It was so hard to contain my laughter as he struggled to explain that he wasn't the Full Metal Alchemist.

"ITS ME, DAMMIT!!" Ed started jumping up and down in place.

"It's the short one?" Cornello asked; half confused as I laughed my ass off at the whole scene. But it was stopped short as Rose pushed the gun in Ed's direction.

"Rose, you don't have to do this." I told her, but she was somehow motivated by fear on her face. I stood in front of Edward, and her hand shook even more.

"..D-Do I.. Know you?" Rose squeaked from her lips out of the blue. My stance froze, and I widened my eyes at her. "It's like....a-a dream....you aren't supposed to be here."

Then, she fired the gun.

"Al!" I called out as he jumped in front of us, before his head went rolling. OKAY. NOW IM PISSED, YOU GET THAT? Rose dropped the gun as she cried in horror. She grabbed her face to hide it from Al's body. Cornello simply laughed.

"You've done well Rose. Lito acknowledges your faith, now pick up the gun and shoot the other one as well." He controlled Rose, but before she could shakily bend down for the gun, I drop kicked it right into Cornello's mother of a hubber dubber FACE!!

"Bitch! You aren't going anywhere near Ed!" I brewed angrily as I heard Al beginning to get off the ground. I knew he was fine, but that didn't justify why he had to be shot!!!

"Why..why did you do it?" Rose asked, mortified by the sight of all three of us.

"We only wanted to see our mom smile again." Alphonse answered sadly, and even I had to look back at him with a sad smile. I had lost my mother at a young age, so I didn't really have any connection with her as strong as my dad. And even that strong connection was only hate. Cornello let out a frustrated cry; using the philosopher stone to turn his arm into a giant machine gun!

"Scarlett!" I heard Ed exclaim, but I was quick, and pushed up a barrier between the bullets and I. Yet that didn't stop Edward from coming full speed into my waist with intentions of pushing me out of the way. We ended up in the same position as in Ishbal; with him atop of me behind the earthen barrier I had made. I looked up, and I saw something I didn't expect to see.

Concern; mixed with confusion and horror.

"Are you alright?" His voice was opposite of his facial expression as his voice was steady.

"Fine." I vaguely lied. My left rib felt like a knife and my head was pounding. Eh, they're simply flesh wounds. I jumped up and raced towards a open part of the wall. Alphonse followed second with Rose in his arms and that left Edward to be the straggler.

"As I always say:" Ed grinned as he clapped his hands together for the royal blue light of alchemy, "if you can't find a door, make your own!" A colossal metal door stood before us now as the excess materials created an uplifted wind that blew through my bangs. I slammed the doors opened and ushered everyone to follow me as the guards were in a daze.

"HAHAHAHA BITCHES!" I screamed to them behind me as I sealed off the rest of the hallway before following behind Edward. Oh great, now there were people in front of us, and they seriously look like they don't see us as a threat. They're in for a rude awakening!!

"Hello friends!" Edward grinned evilly as he clapped his hands and turned his arm into a sword with a lot of sharp ends. All of the guards were running away screaming; not to mention with their tails between their legs since some got kicked where the sun don't shine. The blonde shortie and I laughed as we raced down the last leg of our hallway.

"You sure Al's up to the task?" I asked him. Alphonse and Rose had split off from us to wire up something to help us with our plan of revealing Cornello.

"Yeah, I'm 100% sure he'll find something." Ed answered, but he added quickly, "what about you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why did you decide to come with us? This journey is dangerous, and- ...."he simply stopped, as if it was an unfinished sentence.

"Yeah?"

He had no answer. "Come on, asshole, just tell me already." I groaned with his secrecy.

"....and I don't want you getting hurt." I could obviously see that it was a statement, but his face looked as if it were a question to himself. "Like the last time I touched you, I got this weird vibe, and it's like I want you to come with us, yet at the same time I want to lock you up somewhere and make sure you're safe." The more he spoke, the more I felt myself blushing at his words.
"I don't know what made me say those words, but they are true. Every time we touch, I see visions of you; some happy and others not. And I get strange feelings towards you. It's almost scary."

"Don't worry, Edward." I assured him while setting a hand on his shoulder. "That life you see isn't yours, so simply ignore them. Anyways! There's no place I'd rather be than by your side." He gave me a sideways stare, but with that, we stalked down the hall towards Cornello's office where we kicked his mic right in front of the door as we sat down atop the oak wood desk.

"Ready?" I asked Ed with a smirk, and he simple answer was a knowing grin back.

"Here you are." Cornello's voice followed into the room once the door was opened. Ed turned his head away from me now with a frown. "I finally caught you."

"Yeah, right we're is there for some answers. Like, how did you get the philosopher's stone?" Edward interrogated.

"I have no alchemic stone that you speak of!" Cornello denied, but I didn't believe him.

"Alright, then tell us why you're wasting your time with this little town. You could simply move on to another city and take over with your "God Lito" B.S. Elsewhere." I asked, not really caring so much.

"Because now I have followers that believe that I can bring the dead to life." He grinned maniacally at his own plan, but I simply yawned. "And that makes them great mindless soldiers for me; ones who die for religion and are not afraid of death because they believe I can bring them back to life."

"But you can't, right?"

"Of course not!"

"Well then, there goes your mindless soldiers, captain jackass." I noted as I pointed to his feet where the mic lay. And let's not forget that Edward had switched it on at the beginning of our interrogation. I laughed long and hard as Cornello let out a exasperated cry of betrayal before shooting up the microphone with his right hand.

"Stop laughing girl!! This is not the slightest bit funny!!" He yelled at me, but I kept laughing.

"I don't know," I replied, "it kinda is."

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So sorry for the late update!!! I've been so busy getting ready for a trip to California with my host family, and Marsha, my host mom, is having a PMsing I believe because she is hell bent on a plant in my room I keep forgetting to water.

"Maybe that's why your fish back in Chingford died on you!!" She says.

I have a few nice choice words exactly from the mouth of every anime I know. Mostly Gurren Lagann though.

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