"NOW. OPEN THE GATE, MUSTANG." The evil doctor pointed at Riza. "Unless you want to watch her die before you when you have the chance to save her."
Lieutenant Hawkeye had both hands around her necks, and lied on the ground. Her body shook and shivered visably, and Roy tried desperately to get away from the soulless men.
"You still need convincing?" The doctor frowned. "Would you like me to cut off her head?"
Colonel Mustang took one look at the doctor and said reluctantly, "...no...stop! Please!" Tears theatened his eyes as he saw her body stop shaking. "..LIEUTENANT! STAY WITH ME! Please! You..."
"I can use a type of healing alchemy." The doctor smiled evilly. "If you open the gate and come back alive, she'll be here: breathing and moving like normal again."
Roy felt his heart stop beating for a few second after he absorbed everything the older man just said. "...I...I'll do it..." He felt tears pricking at the corners of his eyes. "Just promise me...she'll be okay..."
The doctor's smile filled up half his face. "Oh yes, she'll be perfectly fine, I guarentee you that." He pointed to the two soulless men that were holding the flame alchemist and pointed to another area where a giant transmutation circle was. "Everything you need is right over there, Mustang."
As Roy was dragged over to the transmutation circle, he saw the doctor walk slowly over to Lieutenant Hawkeye. He looked down at the transmutation circle and put his hands on top of each, fingers parallel to each other.
"I'm so sorry...Hawkeye..."
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She was still conscious. She could hear them.
She could hear his voice breaking.
'Colonel...don't do something so stupid...for me...' She wanted to say it so bad. The pain from her neck was nothing compared to the pain of knowing what might agree to do.
And time stopped when Roy Mustang quietly spoke the words, "I'll do it."
She froze completely. 'No...he can't-!' She needed a gun. She had to stop him, by any means necessary. It was her fault that this was happening, all because she was too weak. She couldn't let him go through with it!
And she started feeling dizzy from the blood loss. Everything around her was turning red, and she could barely hear the footsteps getting closer.
"I'm so sorry...Hawkeye..." was barely audible as she finally closed her eyes. She heard a noise and could see a bright light even with her eyes closed. He had done it...all because of her.
A hand wrapped itself around her neck, and she gasped as another bright blue light caused the area to heal completely. Everything was coming back; her eyesight, her hearing, her breathing...and now she didn't want it.
"Thank you, Miss Hawkeye, for being such help," The doctor was still grinning. "Fortunately, you get to live. We never know what's going to happen with human transmutation."
He dropped her down to the ground. She sat silently, and tears fell down her face.
Scar stared over at her depressed form.
"What will crying do in this situation?"
The sudden voice of reason broke the silence after the doctor left to watch what was happening to Roy. "...nothing. It does nothing." She replied. "But what can I do anymore?" She looked up at him, tears still flowing. "I failed at my one duty...I was to protect him, to bring him to the top...and now he's sacrificing himself for me..." She stopped and looked over at the transmutation circle. The tears stopped immediately, and her picked herself up and ran as fast as she could.
Scar stared at her, realizing what she was doing. "...-!" He tried to say something, realizing that he didn't have anything to say. This was her choice.
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Everything was white. Completely white, no sign of color anywhere that wasn't on him.
"Wha..?" Roy turned around to see a large door. "I...I can't believe I did that...Hawkeye..."
"Hawkeye?"
Roy looked up to see a figure, barely visible, walking towards him. "Hmm...we do have a Hawkeye, don't we? He died a pretty long time ago. What made you want to raise him now?"
Roy's eyes widened. "...you're talking about...her father..."
The creature smiled as the door opened wide, small arms reaching out and grabbing Roy's arms and legs. They pulled him above the Truth and inside the door.
"Enjoy your stay, stupid human."
As the door closed, Truth frowned. "There have been a lot of visits lately...I wonder what's going on with the humans?"
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Truth backed up a step as Roy was thrown out of the door. "How was it?"
"That was...breathtaking." He looked down at his hands. "My head's overloaded with information..."
"Good."
Roy hesitated. "...what happens now?"
"Now I'll take my fee and send you back home."
"..." Roy looked around his body, waiting to see part of it disappear. 'Just like Fullmetal's arm and leg...' He looked at his hands, which he couldn't afford to lose. He looked at his legs and feet. Nothing was happening. "...what are you taking?"
"Oh, nothing from you. She offered part of herself instead."
Roy looked back at him with worried eyes. "...you don't mean...no...!"
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He came back to the normal world, completely in tact. After a brief second of breathing in the smoky air, everything came to him in one second. "LIEUTENANT!" He feared the worst, and looked around as much as possible.
"...how did she manage that?" The doctor stared at Roy. "She's not an alchemist. How did she do that?"
Roy Mustang kept looking. "WHERE IS SHE?!" He grabbed a hold of the bald man's jacket, and a soulless man grabbed Roy and threw him back. "H-Hawkeye...!?"
A soft noise was heard in the middle of the transmutation circle. "...c-Colonel..."
He immediately ran to her, taking in every ounce of her bloodied body. She was missing one leg. "...Y-YOU IDIOT!" He reached down and saw that she had already ripped off her jacket and wrapped it around her thigh. "You...you weren't supposed to get hurt like this..."
A large eye appeared underneath Roy. He saw and ignored it, thinking only of the woman in front of him.
As he felt his legs start to disappear, he saw her eyes open. "Riza...why..."
"I...didn't know...what would happen..." she spoke quietly, "but I knew I couldn't...couldn't let you go through it...alone..."
She felt a few drops on her face before Roy faded into the eyeball.
She cried to herself.
"Now, how did you do that?" The doctor walked slowly over to her. "You can't use alchemy, and yet the Truth only took one leg. It had to have taken something el-" He stopped at the sight of blood seeping from underneath her. "Hmm?" He quickly turned her onto her stomach, only to reveal that the skin on her back had been taken, and blood was pouring from all over. "The skin off your back?" He healed her back, revealing bare skin and nothing more.
"Why did the Truth take your back, Miss Hawkeye?"
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"AL! Wake up!" Ed screamed at his fallen brother. He shook the armored body repeatedly.
"That's not good..." Father frowned. "I don't know if we can still use him if he's not there anymore...then we'll have a problem..."
"ALPHONSE!" Ed yelled. "NO! No! No!!" Ed stared down at him.
Izumi glared at the creature. "Who? Who is the other sacrifice?"
"Roy Mustang."
Ed's eyes widened. "B-but he's never seen the Truth...how is he a sacrifice?"
"He'll open the Gate. He'll see the Truth."
"...N-no! There's no way the dumb Colonel would do that! He knows that human transmutation doesn't work!"
"Well I'm sure he'll have some convincing."
Ed glared curiously at the creature before him. What could possibly make that Colonel do something so stupid? Then it hit him.
"...Lieutenant Hawkeye..."
A soft yell was heard, getting louder by the second. Roy's body started to materialize above their heads, and he fell to the floor.
"COLONEL!" Ed ran over to him.
Roy stayed sitting down, head in his hands. Ed grabbed the collar of his shirt. "You dumbass! You did it! You opened the gate! You saw the Truth! You're a complete idio-...t..." He slowed down at the sight of tears. "...you..."
"Hawkeye..." He ignored Ed completely. "I couldn't...I couldn't help her...she..."
Ed let go of Roy and stared at him, concern evident in his face. "...Colonel..."
"She'll...she has to...she has to live..."
"Enough."
Roy stopped sobbing immediately, and Ed and Izumi's heads quickly turned towards the source of the noise.
"It's time to start."
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...hey guys. i. loved. chapter. 100. so. effing. much.
sorry for the annoying x thing