:: Death
Blood, bright crimson, spluttered from his mouth. It soaked through the alchemical theory books spread before him, page by page,on the table.
"Teacher? Teacher!!" Mustang's eyes were wild with panic.
His alchemy teacher turned towards him. "My daughter... my daughter holds my research..." From his mouth spilt more blood. "Please... take care of her..." Finally, his eyes glazed over as he succumbed to the cold embrace of death.
Not even his voice would respond; Mustang was frozen in shock. A sound from the doorway snapped him back to this world.
He turned his head to see Riza Hawkeye, unmoving, eyes wide upon the still, still body of her father.
