IX: Attack
Roy smirked as he cornered the wolf and fox. Archer drew his gun as the two creatures growled. Ed made another wall, just as Archer fired. Zolf transformed back, having climbed into his clothes. He looked at Ed and smiled grimly.
"You run. I'll handle them." He said, pressing the crystal into the younger Elric's paw. "Don't worry about me." He winked and winced as more gunfire went off. The fox nodded, put the crystal around his neck and took off.
Zolf jumped out from behind the wall and growled, lunging at Archer. He grabbed the gun and turned it into a bomb. It exploded, burning the colonel's hand. He yelped and fell back, just as a arc of flame flew at the poor wolf. He howled in pain as fire consumed his body.
Kimbley took a step forward despite the pain and grabbed Archer's throat. He blew the man up, his head flying several feet from the body; blood splattered the shifter's clothes. Through the fire and blood he glared at Roy with those fierce, feral yellow eyes.
Roy smirked and snapped again, lighting the tree behind Kimbley on fire. It collapsed, crushing the creature beneath its fiery branches. He howled in pain but still managed to crawl out from beneath it, several of his rips cracked and broken.
He stepped closer to the Taisa and grabbed his gloved hand, smearing it with a mix of Zolf's own and Archer's blood. Roy grimaced and tried to pull his hand away, but it turned black and exploded several seconds later.
He wailed in pain, holding the stump of his wrist. "D-damn you, Crimson." He growled. This wasn't how it was supposed to end. Zolf was supposed to die, not him. He snapped his other hand, just as Kimbley grabbed the Flame's head. Two large explosions later and two bodies fell to the ground with a large 'thump'.
Blood covered the body and flame licked at the tree. A downpour started to wash away the blood scene that only the trees had witnessed.
Ed kept running.
