I cried a little in the last chapter and in this one

:c

For the past five years, ever since Ed was with child, Roy has been very over protective of Ed and of Elena as well. He has tried to make sure that they live a very comfortable, expensive, and lavish life style. He had even gone as far as to take them on vacation every time they had time off from work or Elena had time off from school. He did it mostly to see his loved ones smile.

Last year, however, Ed had to force Roy to stop spending so much money on them (the college fund for Elena was starting to run dry).

"Roy Mustang! You have to stop spending so much money!" Ed exclaimed one day after Roy came home in a seriously expensive looking car. "And why did you even buy a new one? The old one was just fine!"

"But this one has a lot of new features!"

"We wouldn't be able to use most of those because for one, we don't even have a garage!" he took a deep breath. "If you don't return all the things you've bought today, that thing I let you do to me every Thursday night will stop to exist!"

"That's my favorite thing! Don't take it away!"

"Then get that car and the rest of that junk out of my house and back to the stores!"

Now that Ed remembered that day, as sprinted into the dark alley, he was desperately wishing he could go back to that day. He'd let Roy buy 50 more cars, 200 even, if it only kept Roy from living his horrid and painful night.

As Ed reached the narrow outdoor hall, he heard the sickening sound of an animal tearing at raw flesh. frantically, he clapped his hands and slammed them on to the ground, raising it high above the surrounding buildings.

When the moon light shone brightly on them, he looked up then let out a horrifying scream.

He saw his husband on the ground, blood splattered all over him. His clothes were ripped to shreds and there were large gashes all over his arms. His eyes were wide and soulless, pain flashing across his face. And below him was a hairy monster, making an all you can eat buffet out of his insides. He convulsed each time there was a new bite, showing how much pain he was in. He looked up towards Ed as much as he could and mouthed the words "Run away", his last attempt to try to save his love.

"ROY!" Ed clapped his hands and slammed them on the ground again, sending giant fists flying towards the monster, sending it to the end of the catwalk. "What the hell do you think you're doing to my husband!?"

Outraged, he sent two more fists at it, pounding it into the ground.

The abomination let out a long howl and then jumped off on to another nearby building and ran off.

He ran back to Roy and took his bloody hand and squeezed it. "Don't worry Roy! I'll get you out of here and then we'll go home back to our little girl, right?" he nodded to his own question, tears starting to form in his eyes.

Roy gasped for breath, trying to speak.

"D-Don't talk!" he kissed his cheek. "I'll fix you, okay?"

Over the past two years, Ed had studied alkahestry, the healing alchemy. While he was studying, he had learned how to heal deadly injuries. While trying to calm his breathing, he looked into his husbands eyes. "I'll save you like you saved me…" he clapped his hands and placed them over Roy's stomach, green rays shining out.

The main key in performing alkahestry is remembering what the body looked like before the injuries. You must also think of your body as a Philosopher's Stone. Doing this will enable the user to be able to use some of their life force to save the other person, which Ed was planning to do.

The bright green light shone brighter. Edward watched as the organs reformed, then his bones, the muscles, and then finally; his epidermis. He then took his finger out his pocket and transmuted his finger back on. "R-Roy…?"

Even though Roy was now healed and in better condition, his breathing was just as shallow as it was before he healed him. "…Ed…" he weakly moved his hand on to Ed's cheek. "Are you…okay?"

"Tears welled up in Ed's eyes once more as he squeezed his husbands' hand. "I-Idiot! You're the one who almost died and yet you're worrying about me…you're so stupid!" his tears rolled freely down his cheeks and down his chin.

"A good man…worries about others first…before himself." he coughed, a bit up blood coming up. Light green rays crackling from his stomach. The wound was still trying to heal.

"No more talking, you need to keep your strength." Ed wiped his nose with the sleeve of his jacket then pulled out his phone. "I'll call Hughes so he can come and get us."

"Alright…it's so cold Ed…" his lips started to turn blue.

Ed transmuted a blanket out of ground and laid it over him. "Don't worry, I'll get you home soon and then we can tell Elena all about the fight you had with the monster. We'll go to the Central fair and have so much fun, right Roy?" he tried to smile, tears dripping down on to the blanket.

Roy chuckled and coughed some. He closed his eyes. "Yeah, we'll do all those things and more, right after I take a nap…"

"Roy, baby, you have to stay awake, okay? You can't sleep just yet."

"I know but…I'm sorry Ed…I love you."

"Roy...Roy, now's not time for jokes!" he shook him slightly. "Roy! ROY!" his shouts of anguish echoed throughout the night through the streets of Ametris.

This night will forever be known as The Night The Flame Died…

:I I've always wanted to do a story where the character loved by all dies.

~Aurora