Golden Eyes
Edward Elric ran down the dark street as fast as his legs could carry him, gasping for breath. The cobblestones dug into the soles of his shoes, making his right foot ache. Every shadow looked suspicious, every swish of cloth untrustworthy. He swore that he could hear his ice-cold laugh ringing in his ears, see his manic grin. He knew that he was behind him.
The haunting, frozen laugh graced the air. Edward looked behind, and saw his long, oily black hair flying about in the air as he chased him. He was gaining on him.
"Don't kid yourself, o-chibisan! You'll never loose me! Your footsteps tell me where you are!"
Step clunk step clunk step clunk. The sound of metal reverberated off of the cobblestones every time Edward's left foot made contact with them. Still, he ran on. But he didn't know for how much longer that he could. He had his limits. His attacker had none. He was rapidly growing weary, and his automail limbs were only slowing him down more.
Desperately, he veered left, running into an alleyway. He quickly toppled over a few crates, hoping that it would slow his pursuer down, but he just jumped over them with inhuman speed.
Edward and Alphonse had been conducting their own 'investigation' of Lab 5, and had found more than they'd bargained for. Barry the Chopper's soul had been bound to a suit of armor, just like Alphonse, and then those two brothers that Edward had encountered. Then, there had been chimeras, Scar, and Shou Tucker, who was reported dead 4 years ago. And the Homunculi. Edward had never been so happy to see Scar as he was then. Before the Homunculi could force him to do anything, Scar had intervened, distracting two Homunculi so that Ed could drag what was left of his brother out of the lab. But he hadn't even taken one step out of the door before the third Homunculus had attacked them. As Edward and the homunculus had dueled, it became obviously clear that the latter had the upper hand. Alphonse had told Edward to not worry about him and run, and this time, Ed listened to him. But not before promising that he'd come back for him.
Edward now felt like a coward for leaving his little brother behind. But there was nothing that he could do about it now. He had to keep running. Just keep running, he told himself. Just keep running. Suddenly, he noticed the wall that he was heading straight at. The end of alley. Dead end. He was trapped.
He came to a grinding halt just short of making a head-long contact with the wall. He heard the Homunculus' icy laugh behind him, and spun around. His hair rippled behind him, having come out of its braid long before he'd even left Lab 5. Sweat beaded down his forehead, making his hair cling to his face.
"You've got nowhere else to go, chibisan." said the Homunculus, his manic grin widening.
Edward's eyes widened as his attacker's arm turned into that of a spear, sort of like his automail hand/blade. Before he could defend himself, the homunculus attacked.
Blood-curdling screams could be heard all throughout Central as the homunculus viciously slashed at every part of Edward's body. All while this happened, fleeting memories of Barry the Chopper flashed through Ed's mind, causing him to panic more and more.
The homunculus kicked Edward against the wall, and Ed's head made contact with it hard.
Ed's vision started to tunnel, and he couldn't exactly remember why he'd been running, or where he was. As consciousness seeped away from him, so did his memory. The last thing he saw was a hooded man wearing a black robe pulling Envy off of him and shooting the homunculus through the head. Then his world turned black.
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It was a painful three weeks later that Alphonse, with the help of Winry and several alchemists, finally was put back together. It was three painful weeks since Lab 5. It was two painful weeks since Edward's 16th birthday had come and gone. It was three painful weeks since Edward had disappeared.
But today was the most painful of all. Although no body was ever found, several people, civilian and military alike had confirmed the same thing:
Edward Elric was dead.
Alphonse had no brother anymore.
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Okay, PLEASE don't be mad with me! I swear that I will get my other stories updated as soon as possible.
The idea for this story came to me while watching a certain movie. A virtual cookie to anyone who can figure out which. It shouldn't be all that difficult. If it is, I will be amazed.