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What Lurks Beneath	By : RotSeele Category: Fullmetal Alchemist > Yaoi - Male/Male > Roy/Ed Views: 1878 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-What Lurks Beneath
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
- 15-Fifteen
- 16-Sixteen
- 17-Seventeen
- 18-Eighteen
- 19-Nineteen
- 20-Twenty
- 21-Epilogue
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Three
They were here! They were here in Cantos! Oh, they thought he didn’t know, but thanks to a little bird, Raymond knew there were military dogs sniffing out his trail. And not just any dog, but the prized puppy, the prodigy, Mustang’s little bitch, Edward Elric. Ray took several deep breaths, feeling the hyperventilation beginning to come on. He couldn’t panic. The brat didn’t know he knew after all. He could get away scot-free with only a little preparation.
The brat Elric would come to the mine, his bird told him. Try not to kill the pipsqueak, he’d been told. Raymond rubbed his hands together. Try not to kill Elric? Why bother trying? He needed to get rid of the Fullmetal Alchemist, and he’d do it with great pleasure. Besides, it’d teach that Mustang bastard a lesson.
“You’re not planning on doing something stupid, are you?”
Raymond turned to face his bird, the skinny creature standing with his arms crossed over his chest. Dark eyes were narrowed dangerously beneath dark green hued, black hair. “Of course not.” Ray replied. “He’s important, yes? Besides, killing the Elric boys would bring the military down on us, and that’s something we don’t want, not when we’re so close.”
The skinny man grinned, sharp teeth bared. “Just remember that. Oh, and by the way, we’re watching you.”
Raymond frowned at the skinny, under-dressed creature as he turned to walk away with a wave. No matter, Ray decided. Even if that androgynous creature was watching him, he could still cover his tracks and get rid of Roy’s little pet alchemist. All he had to do was wait.
“So this here’s our mine.” Mato told the Elric brothers. “It’s pretty deep, so don’t go steppin’ off any paths now!”
Edward stared open-mouthed at the giant mouth of the mine. It was bigger than the ones he’d seen in Youswell and in Xenotime. There was scaffolding supporting the mouth, rocks and dirt kept back by a thick plank. Men pushed carts in and out of the cave, laughing and talking, each one doing a job that supported another worker’s job.
“How deep does it go?” Ed asked, lengthening his stride to keep up with Mato and Alphonse.
“We don’t know yet. So far we’ve only gone a thousand or so feet in.”
“But you said we couldn’t go off any paths.” Alphonse said. “How can that be if you’ve only gone that far?”
Mato chuckled. “I said ‘we’. That doesn’t account for nature or previous collapses. We’re still excavating some spaces. Ah! There’s Ray. Ray!” He lifted a hand to wave.
Ed and Al followed Mato’s gaze and found a young man waving back at Mato. He was tall and tanned from too many hours in the sun. Brown hair was swept up into a short tail atop the man’s head, and blue-green eyes glittered happily. Ed glanced at Alphonse. The man identified as Ray didn’t quite match up to the description given to them by Mustang.
Mato put his hand out for a shake, then stepped back. “Ray, this boy here’s an alchemist like you. His companion’s gonna be helping in the mine, so we thought maybe the kid could help you.”
Ray smiled. “And you are?”
Ed blinked. “Edward. And this is my brother, Alphonse.”
“I see. Looking for work, huh?” Roy patted Ed’s shoulder. “Aren’t you a little young?”
“Well, we kinda need the money.” Ed lied smoothly. He smiled up at Raymond. Ray didn’t smile back; his eyes narrowed dangerously at the young alchemist. Ed’s smile faltered. “We want to go to the next town, see the world. So we need the money.” Ed clarified. Ray’s eyes warmed a little, but only a little.
Mato clapped Ray on the shoulder. “Don’t scare ‘em with all that government crap. They’re kids; they don’t need to fear the military wherever they go.”
Ray smiled, lines crinkling around his eyes. “Everyone needs to fear the military. They’re gonna come here one day, take all the able-bodied ones away. They’re gonna make you work, like they did me.”
Ed and Al exchanged nervous glances. Mato roared with forced laughter. “What’s the military want with kids? C’mon now, forget all that! We’ve got work to do. Alphonse, you come with me. Ed, you go with Ray and see what you can do.” The old miner clapped Ed on his shoulder and walked away, yelling for Alphonse to hurry up.
“Go on, Al.” Ed said with a slight grin. “I’ll be all right.”
“If you’re sure, brother.” Alphonse turned to follow Mato, pausing to look back at his older brother and the man they were supposed to take back to East HQ. It didn’t seem like Ray knew them, knew who they were, but still Alphonse had a sinking feeling. Alphonse followed Mato into the mine.
Ed looked up at Ray. “So you’re an alchemist?”
Ray smiled. “It shows that much?”
“Well, they say like calls to like.”
“So they do. Edward, right? You wouldn’t happen to be Edward Elric? The Fullmetal Alchemist?” Ray smiled a little wider, waiting for the boy to panic.
Ed just smiled in reply. “I’m not that good. But it’s nice of you to equate me to him. See?” Edward spread his hands. He’d elected to leave behind his red jacket and, at Alphonse’s insistence, his silver pocket watch. “I’m not a State anything.”
Ray’s lips curled down into a slight frown. Had he really been wrong? Was this boy really not the Fullmetal Alchemist? No, this boy was him. Why would his employer warn him of this blonde brat if he wasn’t important? “Well, I guess people can share a name, huh?”
Ed grinned. “I get that a lot.”
Ray smirked. “I don’t doubt it. Now let’s go see what we can fix. The more we get done, the more Mato and his boys can clear out.”
“What are you looking for in there, anyway?” Ed asked, moving after Ray as the man headed toward the cave.
“Let’s see.” Ray scratched his head. “Water, for one thing. Sometimes we find gems or precious metals we can sell. But what we really want is to grow something green out here.”
Ed nodded and stepped into the cold dark of the cave. Men were working in the wings of the cave, clearing out rock and rubble. Ed saw Alphonse down a little deeper in the cave and wound at his brother as Ray led him into another section of the cave.
“So let’s see what you can do.” Ray said with a smile. “See how that plank is snapping? If that goes, this cave could collapse.”
“So all I gotta do is fix it, huh?” Ed cracked his knuckles and stepped toward the plank. He was about to clap his hands together when he remembered Raymond was watching him. He picked up a sharp rock and moved to draw a transmutation circle on the wood as carefully as he could. He could feel Ray’s eyes boring holes into the back of his head and tried not to sweat.
“What’s taking so long, shorty?” Ray asked. “I could’ve fixed that and been on to the next project by now.”
Ed felt his temper rise and nearly turned toward Ray to retort. But he remembered Alphonse’s warning. Ray didn’t now who they were or what they were in Cantos for. Edward had to keep his cool or Raymond would escape. “Well, it’s hard to get it right when the material is so unstable.” He placed his fingertips lightly on the transmutation circle and activated the alchemy. Formulas flashed through his mind on instinct, and the light engulfed the wood and stone it supported. When the light faded, the cracked beam was now a mix of wood and stone, stronger and more durable.
Ray gave the young alchemist a slow smirk. “I guess you’ve got some skills, pipsqueak. All right then, let’s move on.”
Ed waited until Raymond had turned his back to silently fume curses at the man. It was no secret Ed was was sensitive about his height and the easiest way to incite his temper was to make a ‘short’ comment, even inadvertently. Whispered or yelled, Edward always reacted violently, no matter who it was who said it. But right now, his mission depended on Ed’s keeping cool. That included keeping his temper in check when someone made a comment about his height. Well, Ed thought, once I bring him to Mustang, THEN I can get him for calling me short!
Edward heaved a breath and hurried after Raymond, trying to plan how he and Alphonse would capture him.
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