Metal Vs Storm

Şub Žero

    The floor was pounded mercilessly, the metal groaned and caved inwards. A large hand protruded from the ground roughly the size of Alphonse's body alone. A creature of of unimaginable size crawled out of the hole in the floor, it let out a terrifying cry of anger. The building shook and soldiers scrambled out of its path. Toshiro jumped a few feet before it on one knee prepared to snap his finger at the given moment.

Behind him the brothers stood also prepared for a fight. No one could have predicted what happened next. "You.....  the Elric brothers." The homunculus spoke in a heavy, slow, monotonous voice.

"You know us?!" Edward said in shock, "Who are you and who told you who we are?"
    
"Sloth... hate.... work. " the homunculus 'Sloth' groaned "Father...make me.... do... work..."

"Sloth? Oh no Father." Alphonse gasped "What are we going to do, we can't fight a homunculus!"

"We can't fight him but we can try to hold him down." Toshiro looked at them.

"This is not the same as Gluttony, Storm there's no way we can hold that thing back!" Edward was uncertain.

Edward yelped as he was suddenly pulled by the back of his coat and hefted under the Captain of Commander Oliver's arm, he could heard his brother being grabbed as well. "Hey, what are you doing?!"

"Let Storm do his job and we'll do our's."

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Toshiro looked at the homunculus without emotion. "Elric brothers......mine." at it's words the ice alchemist flicked his wrists, at his fingertips water shot out and swirled. He pulled his hands back and the water snapped to form slim ice blades, he lowered his torso parallel to the ground, his feet bent in a position for the best push off.

He breathed in deeply, one shot at this, slowly his raised upwards as he breathed in.....and suddenly he was of. He ran full speed to his opponent his blades to his side, eyes flashing red. He was within range, he pushed off the ground and launched off the creature's leg, he flipped over its head and twisted in mid air, he aimed his blades downwards as he landed on his back, the blades entered the homunculus' head. Toshiro immediately launched himself off and back to the front of the homunculus as it yelled and pulled the blades out, destroying them.

Toshiro had already made another pair and was once again heading full speed at his opponent. The moves were different, Sloth tried to grab him, he ducked, his knee skating on the ground to stabilize himself as he quickly pulled himself up and aimed for Sloth's side and hitting the mark. Toshiro darted in and about the homunculus leaving painfull marks in his wake as Sloth tried to catch him and yowled from the pain.

"Fire boys!" The Commander's orders rand loud and clear. The equipment issued elevator opened to reveal high powered tanks with the Commander standing on one blade pointed to the homunculus.

Toshiro vaulted over Sloth and ran assassin style near the steps, discarding his broked ice blades and falling in a combat stance. Rockets were launched at the homunculus along with gun fire. Sloth groaned as he healed himself again and again, he seemed to have had enough. Suddenly he rushed the tanks, grabbing one as the soldiers rushed out of it and slammed it into the ground, completely destroying it.

The tanks fired round after round with no effects. Toshiro realised they needed a distraction, he dashed out from his position, as bait he ran to the front of the homunculus and towards the stairs, Sloth began to follow him for revenge. "Captain hope you have a plan!" He yelled as he dashed up the stairs, Sloth destroying them as they ran. The tanks had managed to close the elevator doors, there must be a plan.

Toshiro came to a one way corridor to the balcony and no one in sight, he was breathing slightly heavily, small ice clouds forming from his breath. Without much though he ran the lenght of the corridor as he was running out of time. Sloth screeched behin him and halfway down the corridor as loud splash was heard.

Toshiro waited to the opening of the balcony before he turned around, his momentum allowing him to skate on a thin layer of ice till his back hit the railing.

As if in slow motion, Toshiro followed the movment as his back gracefully and purposely arced as the homunculus flew over over him and toward the sub zero temperature outside and Toshiro hand raised to snap his fingers and created a layer of ice on the homunculus freezing him solid.

He stayed the position a few seconds more to make sure that Sloth was completely frozen dispite being still alive. Slowly he pulled his body back to a better position as he breathed heavily. He could see Alphonse and Edward still half frozen in a high kick position and the Captain behind them grinning like a mad man with two empty diesel containers in his hands. Behind him was a tank that the Commander control with the barrel still smoking.

"Why the diesel?" A man that blended pretty well with the snow because of his grey hair and uniform asked.

"Falmen!" Toshiro said in surprise, it was one of the members from Colonel Mustang's team, they finally found him.

"Simple." The Captain answered as the brother's fixed themselves to a neater look "The diesel latches on the heat but it also dries of pretty fast if warm in cold air, taking the heat with it, when he hit cold air all Storm had to do was freeze him and he became a homunculistical."

"That's not a word Captain." The group turned to the Commander's voice as he walked towards the balcony. "Seems we finally caught ourselves a keeper."

Befor another word could be said a new voice called out. "My apologies, I must say that my worker has caused quite a mess but I have to insist you return him." All heads turned to the new voice.