Chapter 1: Elric (Oswald's Narrative)
It's cold, I can't breathe, I'm bleeding out to death, and I'm falling deeper into the water. The one person I've ever loved shot me and left me here to die. Heh, I can't blame him. I've taken away the one person he ever loved, and it happened to be not me. I've ruined everything, I deserve this death... Dammit... Dammit... DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT!
I WANTED HIM TO GIVE ME A CHANCE! I WANTED TO MAKE UP EVERYTHING FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE! I LOVED HIM! I GAVE UP EVERYTHING FOR HIM! I'VE FOUGHT FOR HIM! PLEASE! I WANT ANOTHER CHANCE!
"You want another chance huh?"
What the? That voice... Ed?
"No, I sound like him because you want to hear his voice. To see him again."
Who are you? What do you want?
"I am a demon, a Leviathan."
My eyes widened when a red gigantic snake-like Leviathan appeared as it moves around me.
"And I'm here to make a contract with you. Tell me, what is your wish?"
My wish?... So this is how I can get another chance... Alright, demon. My wish is to make Edward Nygma mine, and have revenge on the people who turned him against me!
"Then the contract is finalized."
Suddenly I've felt a burning sensation over my heart. Like if something was branding me. The red Leviathan turned into a man wearing a red suit as he swam towards me. He wrapped an arm around me and then helped me get out of the water, as we got back onto the pier. Without warning, he dug his fingers into my stomach where I was shot and took the bullet out as I screamed in pain.
Just like that, I passed out. Feeling the cold darkness wrap around me.
...
I woke up laying down in my own bed. When I tried sitting up suddenly I see Edward sitting by my side as he gently pushes me back down with one hand. I looked at him wide eyed as I felt shocked to even see him. My voice cracked as I began to cry, "Are you really here?"
"If you mean Edward Nygma, no. I am the demon you've made a contract with. I carried you here after I removed the bullet from your stomach, I gave you a bath and wrapped your wound in bandages."
In an instant, I've felt disappointed. I looked at him as I see that he's wearing a blood red suit, his eyes look like they have a color of reddish orange, his skin is pale, and his hair is pitched black... He looks so much like Ed. His hair is a little longer, and he's wearing the same kind of glasses that Ed wears.I asked him, "Why do you look like Ed?"
I asked him, "Why do you look like Ed?"
"Because your heart desired to see him. So I took his form, with little changes here and there to suit my taste."
I stared at him feeling speechless. He said, "Do you disapprove, Master? I can change into another form if you like?"
"NO NO NO!" I immediately said, "No please do keep this form. I... I need to see this form."
He smiles and said, "Then I shall keep it."
"Thank you... Tell me, what's your name?"
"Anything you wish to call me by. You can even call me, Edward if you like."
I thought about it but I decided against it. Even though he looks like, Ed. He is not my Edward. I shake my head and said, "Not Edward. I'll give you a new name... I'll call you Elric."
"Elric it is then. Are you hungry, Master?"
"No, I'm not thank you... Can you take me to Edward's room please?"
"As you wish, Master."
He brought over a wheelchair as he helped me sit in it. He then took me to Edward's room. When I saw it I was very surprised that his stuff was still here. It made me teared up and happy at the same time. But it pained me of the thought that he'll never come back.
Elric said, "Do you wish for me to clear his stuff out, Master?"
"...Yes, but let me go through his items first. I would like to keep a few things."
"yes, Master."
"Question, why do you call me Master?"
He smiles and said, "Because, you and I have made a contract, so I must call you Master. Do you find it uncomfortable of me to call you Master?"
"...When we're not in public you may call me Master. But while you're working as my new Chief of Staff, you will address me as Oswald."
He suddenly walks over to bow to me as he places his hand over his heart and said, "As you wish, my Master."
...
He helped me look through Edward's belongings so I can choose which ones to keep. I've kept a framed picture of us celebrating at my night club after I won the election as mayor. I've also kept his certificate from Arkham. Though, when Elric grabbed a familiar notebook, I said, "Let me see that notebook, please."
He nodded and hands it to me. When I've looked through it, my heart dropped as I began to cry. Elric said, "What's the matter, Master?"
"... This is Ed... This is the Ed before I've met him... Before he..." I broke down in tears as I held the notebook tightly to my chest. "That is all, Elric. Pack everything else and send it to Edward, wherever he is currently staying at."
He nodded and said, "Yes Master."
... (Edward's Narrative)
While I was sitting at the bar inside Barbara's club, I drank heavily to silence the pain that still lingers inside me. Barbara stared at me pitifully while she stands behind the counter. Barbara said to me, "What are you still glum about? You've got your revenge, so you should be happy."
I just stared at my kamikaze drink as I think about Oswald and his shocked look when I killed him. He talks about how he created me, and that I should be thankful that I'm not the loser I was before. The only thing he made me into was an enemy... I begin to cry as I think to myself, why would he do this to me?! Do I not deserve true love as much as he does?!
I LOVED ISABELLA! MORE THAN ANYTHING!... I could have been happy with her, along with my best friend by my side... I would have done anything for him... Why couldn't he do it for me when I've found love?
Suddenly out of nowhere, I hear my own voice singing the lullaby that Oswald's mother used to sing to him. How is that possible when I'm not the one who's singing? Barbara suddenly gasped when she looks at the person who's singing it. When I turn my head to look, my eyes widened when I saw myself, wearing a blood red suit, singing as he walks slowly towards me
"The path ahead is dark, so dark I cannot see. But I will not fear. 'Cause my mother looks over me."
He stood in front of me as he hands me an envelope. He smiles and said, "You're fired."