Pushed Away: Fullmetal Alchemist

Chapter II

Hi guys! I'm back on after so long of inactivity, and I am utterly sorry for that! I have just gotten into Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which is an amazing anime if you haven't seen it. I highly recommend it. Any who, the picture up top is me in this story. Enjoy!

Footsteps echoed in the alleyways, and two figures dashed between the buildings. Isaac McDougal pierced two soldiers with frozen spikes, and a cloaked figure disabled another.

"McDougal, the military's surrounding us! How are we going to take down Bradley?" A soft voice rose from under the navy blue hood.

"Relax, Shadow. You underestimate me, and yourself," Isaac scoffed.

"State Alchemists will be here soon! What then?" Shadow growled. Isaac chuckled darkly, finishing the chalked symbol he was drawing on the ground.

"Then you kill them. Use that unique power of yours." He put a hand on his partner's shoulder. "I didn't take you in for nothing."

"I know. No one else would have." Suddenly a spear shot down, and Isaac pushed the younger away. It stuck into the pavement where Shadow once stood.

"Damn. I missed," a voice said as footsteps walked toward Isaac. A blonde-haired boy in black jeans and shirt, boots, and a hooded red cloak appeared from the shadows and took his spear in a gloved hand. Isaac took a step back and heard clanking behind him, then an armored figure appeared to block him.

"The Fullmetal Alchemist!" He grinned. Al shook his head.

"Not me," he stated. Isaac gaped at Ed.

"You! Hahaha! A short kid like you?" Ed growled and clapped his hands together.

"Don't call me SHORT!" he snarled and put his hands on the ground. The buildings seemed to shoot out and encased Isaac in wood.

"RUN!" Isaac grunted. Ed saw Shadow dart out from the darkness and take off behind him.

"Al!" He yelled.

"Right!" Al nodded and left, chasing after Isaac's partner. Ed turned back around and was sent sprawling; Isaac had escaped and socked Ed in the jaw. When he sat up, Isaac was gone.

Al followed the cloaked person, watching when they turned into a dead end. Al blocked the way and Ed dropped down, panting.

"Who are you?" Ed demanded. No response.

"Silent type, huh?" The prlerson took a defensive stance.

"We don't want to fight. We only want to talk," Al put a hand up. Suddenly, Colonel Mustang landed behind and tackled Shadow.

"Get off!" Shadow grunted and struggled beneath him. He pinned Shadow's arms with his knee and reached out, grabbing the cloak's hood.

"Let's see who McDougal's apprentice is," he announced and yanked it off. It fell back, revealing long silver hair and a feminine face.

"You're a girl?!" Ed and Al cried. Shadow stopped struggling and began to laugh.

"That explains the stamina," Mustang shrugged.

"I am Shadow Yukira, daughter of Councilman Nikolei Yukira of Twilia. Unhand me and I'll let you live," Shadow snapped. Mustang tapped his cheek, as if contemplating it, then delivered a rough backhand to the side of her head, knocking her out. She laid limp on the cobblestone.

"You had to do that!?" Al was indignant to the colonel's choice of captivation.

"Did you have a better idea?" Roy massaged his knuckles and stood up. Hawkeye and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes pucked the unconscious girl up and put her in a truck.

"Could have handcuffed her and put her in Al's body?" Ed shrugged. Mustang only shook his hands and fixed his uniform.

"She didn't look like the alchemist type," Hughes stated.

"What's more, she seemed weak at the time I had her pinned. Like she was.... Allergic to me," the ravenette colonel added.

"Uh-huh. Yeah. See you tomorrow, Colonel!" Ed smirked and walked away. Al waved and followed. The brothers headed back to their room in Central Command.

"That was so weird. I thought we were after two guys. Why did McDougal have a girl my age as an apprentice?" Ed groaned as he flopped on the bed.

"I don't know, Brother. But I overheard them talking, and McDougal said, 'Use that unique power of yours. I didn't take you in for nothing.' What do you think that means?" Al sat against the wall.

"I have no idea, but something about that has me thinking. What if Shadow was abandoned?"

"It's a possibility. Get some sleep, Brother. We'll go talk to her tomorrow."

"Yeah. Night, Al," Ed changed into his blue sweats and tank top, shook his hair out, and clambered into bed.

"Good night, Brother," Al picked up a book of alchemy and became immersed in the pages.