There Martel and Alphonse sat, Alois resting against the armor's crossed leg, sitting in silence ever since the fight between Greed and Bradley traveled to a different area of the underground. "Where the hell is Greed?" Martel asked, sick of the tense quiet.

"It's too dark to see anything," the armored soul replied. It was then they heard footsteps, their pace not very fast and also littered with pauses, almost as if they were limping. The man they were just speaking about appeared from the shadows, bloody and missing his right forearm.

No words were exchanged as the Homunculus fell to the ground, a blade embedded in his neck.

"No, Greed!" It didn't matter how much Martel prepared herself for the fact that her boss may not make it out of the fight, she was still shocked at seeing him in such a state.

The snake chimera attempted to free herself from Al's body, but the boy lifted his arms to keep the helmet on, "Quiet!"

"Let me out! C'mon damnit!"

"No way!"

"Open up!" the sandy blonde woman cried, desperate to at least help the man that gave her a new life after being changed into what she is now.

"I can't, he'll kill you!"

"That makes fifteen times I've killed you now," the Fuhrer spoke over Greed's slowly regenerating body, having removed his sword from the fallen man's neck. "How many lives do you have left?"

"Damn you," Greed cursed, trying to get up despite the immense pain his body is encountering.

"Crap," a new voice spoke. Greed, Al, and Martel recognizing it, looked up to find Roa and Dolcetto standing there, bloody and bruised from having to deal with the other military rats. "I kinda wished we died back there."

"There's still plenty of time to tuck your tail and run away," Roa, the normally stoic man, spoke sardonically with a sarcastic smirk.

"Trust me, I'd love to," the ebonette replied as they made their way to where Alphonse sat with their only female comrades, "but I've got this obnoxious canine sense of loyalty." Dolcetto made quick work of slashing through Al's chains, "Do us a favor kid and get yourselves outta here."

Roa looked back at the fourteen year and smiled, "Protect her." Al knew that despite him only saying "her", the cow chimera meant the unconscious eighteen year old as much as the one inside his body.

Despite her comrades words, Martel kicked up her struggle to get out of Alphonse's armor, "Roa! Dolcetto!" Ignoring her cries, the cow and dog chimera ran forward to fight the leader of Amestris. "Hey! Quit trying to stop me and let me out!"

"I can't!"

"I don't have time to argue so open up!" Martel repeatedly beat against the armor containing her, "They need my help damnit!"

"I said no!" Al retorted. "I can't let you out!"

"Just shut up and let me out of here!" It was then that Dolcetto was cut down. "You're not gonna make me sit here and watch my friends get killed, are you?!"

The soul-bonded armor struggled to keep the helmet on despite the struggles of the woman inside him, "They asked me to protect you, so quit struggling and keep quiet!"

Dolcetto's body, sliced at the center, fell and splashed amidst the water. "Dolcetto, no!" Martel cried, near hysterical. In no time at all, Roa suffered the same fate as his fellow chimera. Martel gasped, "Roa!" She weakly hit her fist against her metal walls. "Please," Martel started, her voice weak, "I'm begging you."

"I'm sorry," Al consoled, truly apologetic for what the snake chimera and her comrades are going through. However, there was nothing he could do, he was entrusted with the duty of keeping her and Alois safe as Roa and Dolcetto's last and dying wish. While they're meeting wasn't a savory one, he was still going to do his best to see it through. "I can't."

"Woah, that was a little excessive," Greed spoke, finally having regenerated enough to gain his cocky attitude back, despite his forearm still not having fully healed back yet. "Killing me is one thing, but they're not coming back."

"Pitying the lost lives of your pawns?" Bradley queried, no remorse of the lives he had just taken anywhere on his visage. "Pathetic."

"Excuse me, are you senile?" the embodiment of avarice questioned rhetorically. "Did you forget who I am, old man?" Greed dropped the attitude for only a second and showed how pissed he really was, "I'm the living incarnation of greed." He raised his regenerating right hand and gained his normal smug grin, "Those weren't my friends, Bradley, they were my possessions! Money, women, henchmen: they're all possessions! So killing my henchmen's the same as stealing from me!" Greed's hand, now fully recovered, was held in a tight fist, "And I don't let people take what's mine."

"Greed," King Bradley began calmly, turning to face the Homunculus, "you grow more pathetic BY THE SECOND." It didn't even take five minutes until Greed was bloody and on the ground, four swords buried deep within his chest. "Now you stay put, I'll be right back."

Al gasped, "We've got to run."

"Not so fast," the Fuhrer commanded, stepping out of the water and onto the platform. "Aren't you the younger brother of Edward Elric? They didn't hurt you, did they? And that young girl beside you, is she all right as well?" The "king" of the nation strode closer and closer to the near panicking boy. "Can I help you at all?"

"Sure! I mean— no, I-I'm fine," Al stuttered out awkward. "The girl? Y-yeah, she's fine as well! Thanks, but we're both all right!"

All of a sudden, Al's gloved hand surged forward and grabbed the Amestrian leader by the neck.

"Martel!" Al cried to the woman inside his armor. "Don't do this!" When his hand didn't budge from Bradley's neck, the fourteen year old tried once more to talk sense into the snake chimera, "Stop this, Martel! Please!"

"DIE BRADLEY," the woman cried, pain laced all throughout her distraught voice.

The most powerful man in Amestris didn't react at all to the chimera's outburst. Not one word was said.

The only reaction he gave was sliding his sword into Al's armor.

Alphonse gasped.

So much blood came from his armor.

The armor bound soul couldn't explain it, but he lost consciousness.


A/N: Yeah, Yeah, I know this one is shorter, but don't worry! I plan on updating again a bit later! ((cuz i literally just woke up like an hour ago i have so much to to get another chapter out))

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