Marta quotes from Fullmetal Alchemist

Sorry about this, I know how creepy this has to be, but I’m supposed to keep an eye on you, so you’ll have to… Bare with me a while…

Alphonse

It’s alright I’m already used to it. Just be careful about my blood seal, okay? If you accidentally touch it, I could die… (Looks down, then up) Hey, how’d you guys get to be chimeras anyway?

Well, we were stationed in the east on assignments, some were injured, others well, let’s just say we weren’t useful anymore. They took us some where, for experiments…

Alphonse

Laboratory Five?

That’s right. Greed, he saved us from that damn place and offered all of us jobs working for him if we wanted.

Alphonse

Greed?

He took us out of the cages, and gave us something we could all call home.

Greed

That’s right guys. See? This place is handcrafted for outlaws, who don’t fit in on the outside, can hide out for a while.

Alphonse

Tucker…? Tucker! Why are you here?

Don’t misunderstand, Al, I’m not here by choice, I promise.

If things don’t go as planned, the doctor here’s the only one who can cure us chimeras.

Greed

I’ll be damned, just like you said, Dr. Tucker, he really is empty inside…

But! But, I’m not the one who told them how to apprehend you, Al.

Greed

It’s a pleasure to meet you, kid. You can just call me Greed. I’m your new friend.

Alphonse

Uh! A tattoo of the oroboros!

Greed

Hmm, so you know what that is. Well, this should go quickly then.

Alphonse

That makes you a friend of Envy, Lust, and the others, doesn’t it?

Greed

I wouldn’t say ‘friends,’ more like sworn enemies, if you want to get down to the grit.

Alphonse

I don’t get it…

Greed

See, Al? That is your name right? Tell me, how does it feel to have your soul bound to that armor? To exist as a chunk of solid metal rather then a soft and cushy human worm. To be unaffected by weaknesses, like hunger, fatigue, and old age… You could call that, eternal life, couldn’t you?

Alphonse

Eternal life…? That’s why you kidnapped me?! Eternal life!?

Greed

They don’t call me Greed for nothing! I want money! Women! Status! And power! I want everything this world’s selling and eternity is topping the list! Understand? You can help me achieve what I’m going for, Al. And you will help me here, because if you don’t tell me how your soul’s bound to that armor… I’ll break it apart to find out.

Alphonse

I won’t help you. You’re a bad person.

Greed

You can act tough for a while if you insist. Just remember that no one’s on their way to save you, kiddo. So you’re at my mercy now.

Alphonse

My brother knows you took me! I bet he’s on his way right now-

Greed

Oh, yeah about him. See when I left him he wasn’t feeling too good.

Alphonse

You better not have hurt my brother! You let your guard down. Now, all I need to do is use this chain to-

Greed

To do what exactly? Now that was, silly. Oh, sorry bout that Marta. I forgot you were keeping house… Hehehe, I like a man with guts. But, did you honestly think it’d be that easy? I mean if you really want to hurt me you have to do something, kind of like… (Roa knocks Greed's head off)

Alphonse

What did you do that for? I thought he was your friend?!

Edward

How long until we get to Ishbal?

You're looking at it. At least what is left of Ishbal anyway.

Edward

It's worse than I imagined.

Alphonse

These is really nothing left at all.

Edward

Scar wouldn't be here, we are back to square one.

What exactly are you looking for anyway.

Alphonse

The Philosopher's Stone. Someone told us it was created here a long time ago, before Ishbal was destroyed.

That's impossible. If the Ishbalans were capable of something like that, they would have put up some kind of resistance.

Edward

Resistance? What do you mean? There was armed tension between the military and Ishbal for years before the war broke out. and when it did, it was because of an Ishbalan revolt, in reaction to a soldier accidentally shooting a child.

So that's the way they told it? I always wondered what they would say. But I never got to know; I was locked up in Lab. 5 for 14 years.

Alphonse

But that was when the tension first started, you would've just been a kid.

I may look young because of the experiments, but I'm actually old enough to be your mom.

Edward

That old? I mean wow.

We were special op soldiers who don't officially exist. They didn't brief us on our assignment until moments before we had to move out. That's the way it always was. [flashback to what actually started the war] We were ordered to infiltrate Ishbal and cause disruptive activities on a large scale. We wer told that they were planning an attack on Central, and we had to prevent it, covertly. And anyone who say us, could not be left alive.

Edward

But why would the military start a war without provocation? And how come no one stepped up to tell our people what really happened.

No one ever knew about it.

Edward

You did.

Well let me finish my story.

Alphonse

No not again. Ew, weird.

Edward

I think I'm missing your point.

Wait. It is a visual. Right after the war in Ishbal started, we were all taken into custody without explanation. It wasn't smart to resist. Those of us that lived became the rats of Lab. 5.

Alphonse

They turned you into cameras.

They preferred to further their research and silence us at the same time. But why?

Alphonse

They didn't want the real reason for the war to get out. It is part of some greater truth.

Edward

But what the hell for? How could they profit from Ishbal?

Alphonse

Someone is here

Edward

Yea, our next lead. Stop!

Edward

Alright. Fess up. What in the hell are you guys doing out here following us?

The [?] has limits to the civilians.

We are here under orders. We are supposed to check on the security of old Ishbal region.

Edward

Then why didn't you come ask us about instead of hiding like a couple of spies?

Alphonse

My brother may not look it, but he is a state alchemist, and tough one.

Edward

What are these guys, moles?

Alphonse

I think I recognize those voices.

Hey

Edward

It's you guys? That means the colonel is here too.

It's okay, Al. You don't have to pretend to eat in front of us.

Alphonse

Oh. Okay. [puts back the bread he was about to give Marta, who is hidden in Al's armor]

[quietly] Okay, hag. You're dead!

So it all starts again, does it? False wars? Murdered soldiers? Well I won't let it and I won't let you kill Ed. Call off your orders or else.

King Bradley

Your agile moves won't work against me, Snake-Chimera. I have the Ultimate Eye.

(to self)The Elrics, I have to tell them.

Al!

Marta?

Listen carefully, i don't have much time.

Alphonse

Here, get in.

You've got to tell Ed.

King Bradley

I hope she didn't harm you Alphonse, but the fugitive camera have been executed. And I thank you for your help.