The Golden Chimera (A Fullmetal Alchemist Fanfiction)

Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

It's been a week since Ed had been kidnapped and Roy Mustang has been searching tirelessly for him the entire time. Every time he though he had found Ed's whereabouts the lead had proven to be false.

I promise I'll find you Ed, Roy promised, not only to Ed but to himself too. Roy gazed around the streets on Central city, the sun was setting and a warm glow settled on the quiet streets. Roy looked at his watch and decided that he still had another good three hours of searching.

Grabbing his list of leads, Roy quickly scanned it and one location caught his eye. Laboratory 2. Roy felt a spark of hope. Please let him be there. Taking off at a run, Roy Mustang quickly ran off in the direction of Laboratory 2.

Only a sliver of light was in the sky by the time Roy arrived at Laboratory 2. Two months ago the laboratory closed under unknown circumstances. The windows were boarded up and the building looked in bad shape, despite the fact that it had been the just recently repaired.

Roy pulled his ignition glove on and walked up to the door. He listened for a moment and heard the sound of people talking. Roy counted to three before throwing the door opened and he burst into a brightly lit hallway.

"Intruder!" A young man shouted. He grabbed his gun on his belt and pointed it at Roy, but Roy was faster.

Roy snapped his fingers and an explosion shook the air. Not wanting to kill anyone, Roy reduced the heat of his sparks so they only burnt them. "Where's Edward Elric?" Roy demanded angrily, holding a young man against the wall, his fingers ready to snap again.

"Room 9," The boy squeaked. Roy dropped the boy, who ran off down the hall.

Roy walked quickly through the halls, he had his fingers held up ready to snap if necessary. Soon Roy came to a door marked: Room 9. He threw open the door and saw Edward sitting in a cage. On the top of the boys head were two golden cat ears.

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Days, weeks, months, years? Ed couldn't remember how long he had been there. His memory was fuzzy and his head ached if he thought too hard. The people here had done so many experiments on Ed that his entire body felt numb and soar. So far, he had been given a pair of cat ears, a tail, whiskers, and even two cat-like teeth.

His head pounded and he hadn't eaten since he arrived, apart from that slop on the first day. Maybe he ate that slop today? It was hard to tell, for all he knew he could have eaten that slop that day or several years ago. Although Ed doubted that it had been longer than a couple weeks.

All that he had to drink was a small bowl of stale water that tasted like metal. Please let this all be over. Ed pleaded to himself.

Suddenly the door opened and light spilled into the room. Ed dug up all his strength for the next experiment but relaxed when he saw who was at the door. "Roy!" Ed called, his voice was scratchy and it hurt to talk.

Roy's eyes widened. "Fullmetal!" Roy ran over and began to fiddle with the lock.

"The keys." Ed pointed to a small table in the corner of the room. Roy ran over and then returned with the keys in his hand. The lock clicked open and Roy pulled the door open with a loud squeak.

Joy overwhelmed Ed and a smile spread out on his face. He was finally going to get out of here, he almost couldn't believe he was going to be free.

"Can you stand?" Roy asked as he carefully removed the red collar that pinched his neck.

Ed shook his head and pointed to where his automail use to be. Soon after Ed had arrived there he watched as a man disassembled his entire automail, both arm and leg. Roy helped Ed to his feet and helped him walk to the door.