Downpour

By. Fanficer21

Chapter 1

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Roy and Ed's interaction is based more on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. So there really isn't any short jokes/rants.

While writing this, I imagined this as a movie or something. Trying to make it more intense.

Anyway, enjoy the show.

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The man lay in the hospital bed beneath the plain white sheets. The only sound in the room was the beeping from the heart monitor and the Colonel's labored breaths. The pain continued to affect him despite the heavy medication he was put on, even in his sleep. His right cheek was covered with small cuts. His chest was wrapped beneath the light colored hospital clothes. IV's were placed into his left wrist, one for morphine to take away the pain, the other to keep the man hydrated. His right forearm bandaged from the elbow to the wrist, blood beginning to seep through the fresh fabric.

Edward stood at the base of Colonel Mustang's bed, biting his lip to prevent himself from showing any emotion. Not that anyone could see it, but he still refused to admit that he actually cared for the man, like a father. Seeing said man so motionless caused the memories of the previous events to flash before his eyes, tears beginning to form.

Three Days Earlier

"Ahhhh! Come Colonel bast-"

"Fullmetal! Don't use that language in my car." Colonel Roy Mustang growled for about the twentieth time that day, because of a certain young
Alchemist's whining. "You are coming with me on this inspection whether you like it or not." He stated cooly after taking a deep breath to calm his agitation.

"But what about Al! He's not part of the military! He doen't have to do what you tell him!" Ed grumbled, folding his arms across his chest.

"Because I asked to come along Brother!" Was Alphonse's soft reply. That seemed to lighten the elder brother's mood slightly. "So where are we going anyway?" The Fullmetal Alchemist asked, looking out the window as the scenery passed by.

"There's been reports of something wandering around these parts and damaging propery. It could just be another renegade alchemist. And you seem to have a strange talent for capturing the bad guys." Roy smirked when he saw the young alchemist stiffen out of the corner of his eye.

"That's why you brought me?" Edward barked. "Relax Fullmetal! It's nothing two strong state alchemists can't handle. And beside Alphonse
is quite the talented young man as well." Edward couldn't help but pause at the man's comment of Alphonse as a "young man". Most others treated him like he wasn't even human, save the Colonel's team, and a few friends.

"Thank you Colonel! That means a lot!" Alphonse responded, a sense of pride in his voice. "You're welcome kid. Now be on your guard you two." Mustang ordered as he stopped the car. He slipped on his gloves, ready to take action if necessary, before opening the door. The man's sudden change in attitude caused Edward and Alphonse to share a glance before nodding to each other, each preparing themselves for anything that might happen.

Everything was quiet. Too quiet. No birds or crickets chirping. The wind seemed to have died down in anticipation. Dark clouds on the horizon looked foreboding as low rumbles of thunder could be heard.

Roy didn't like it one bit.

Onyx eyes scanned the area around him for any movement, but everything was calm. The tall grass before him didn't so much as move. Yet,
something in the back of his mind was telling him to get back in the car. He couldn't help but feel freaked out, like the hair on the back of neck
stood on end. Like something was watching him. Without turning his eyes away from the grass, Mustang gestured for Edward and Alphonse to get back in the car. Ed, about to complain, was stopped by his brother's hand on his flesh shoulder.

Both boys got back in the car, but continued to watch the man as he stared at the grass, as if he knew something was there. Slowly backing up towards the car, Mustang quickly opened the door. Turning the car on, he quickly drove away.

"What just happened?" Edward asked, confused by the man's actions. "Was someone in the grass?" He got his anwser when the Colonel's eyes narrowed slightly, his frown deepining and hands tightening on the steering wheel.

"More like something! But with the storm coming, I wouldn't be much good. And I think it knew it too!"

Edward knew a storm was coming as well, besides the dark clouds in the distance getting closer at a rapid pace. His ports were aching, but over time he'd learned to ignore it. This storm, though didn't feel like most others. By the way his ports were throbbing constantly, he could tell this was going to be a bad one.

"Wait! Why didn't you just take it out back there? There wasn't any rain!" Edward asked while looking back into the distance.

"First, the building moisture in the air would make my flame alchemy less effective. And second, look ahead." Roy pointed to the windshield where a single drop of rain landed. Seconds later, more raindrops began to fall.

Before they knew it, they were in the middle of a downpour beneath the darkest clouds any of them had ever seen. Everything was dark, except
when everything became visible with the lightening strikes.

It was getting harder for Roy to see what was in front of him as the rain seemed to fall even harder now, despite the fast paced windshield wipers. But at the next flash of lightening, they saw something in the middle of the road. It stood on all fours with a large head, an even larger hump on its back, and a long tail. It was looking right at them.

"What the hell is that thing!" Edward screeched, eyes wide as he stared at the beast in the road, his body stiffening. "Must be some kind of chimera." Roy muttered, eyebrows furrowed as he tried to come up with a plan. Suddenly the chimera lumbered towards them, seeming to wobble while it ran. "uhh...Roy!" Edward squeaked, unable to take his eyes off the creature.

"Hold onto something boys!" Roy barked as he stepped on the gas, jerking the steering wheel to the left to avoid the beast. Edward quickly grabbed hold of the OS* handle above his head. Alphonse braced himself in the backseat, arms holding himself steady against both doors. Once around it, the boys cheered until something hit the passenger window leaving a large dent and veins in the glass, causing Edward to scream. Another hit and the glass would shatter.

"Edward! Get in the back with your brother!" Roy screamed as he saw the monster level with the passenger door again as it ran alongside the car. "But-" the boy tried to protest. "NOW!" Roy screamed as he saw the beast's glowing eyes looking in the window.

Edward practically jumped into the back seat just as a large clawed arm broke through the glass, sending shards everywhere. Roy hissed as little pieces of the window embedded themselves into his right arm and leg, his side, and his right cheek. Edward was better off as his brother protected him with his metal body.

Said boy hugged Alphonse's arm tightly, while looking at the Colonel. Blood was running down his cheek, his gritted teeth shown his fear and anger towards the beast. Suddenly, the boys slid to the opposite end of the backseat as the car began to spin out of control as the creature tried to grab hold of Roy.

Roy narrowed his eyes even more as a dangerous idea came to him. "Edward, I want you to get inside of Alphonse! Alphonse, when your brother is secured, I want you to jump out of the car!"

Both boy's eyes widened as they understood what the Colonel meant. "NO! You can't! You'll burn yourself alive!" Edward screeched, fighting against his brother's grip trying to pull him into his armored body. Tears began to form in the corner's of the blonde's eyes at the thought of losing the one man who had been a constant in his life, the man he looked up to as a father, but would never admit to it.

"That's an order Fullmetal! Alphonse! NOW!" Roy barked again. With one final strong tug, Edward was inside the suit of armor before the younger Elric slammed the metal door shut and holding it closed with an arm. Roy could hear the young alchemsit screaming and pounding againt the metal of his brother.

"Colonel!" Alphonse shouted over the monster's roars, making brief eye contact with the man while opening the back door. "Get out alive!" With that, Alphonse jumped out the car and rolled on the road until he came to a stop. Edward burst out of his brother just in time to see the car and monster skid into the ditch and a ball of flame.

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What do you think? No flames please!

Maybe I've watched to many Sci-Fi movies, haha.

So to put me in the mood of writing this, I was listening to hours of rain and thunderstorms on Youtube.

I have more chapters written, but I wanted so we what you thought of this first chapter before I posted more.