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When Gibbs said that they were breaking into the Mayors house, Ziva blinked, McGee and Tony gaped.
Then Tony started laughing, "Funny boss, that's a good one. You got us for once…."
Gibbs expression didn't change and he didn't say anything, Tony stopped laughing.
"…You're not kidding?"
Tony turned his head to Al and pointed a finger at Gibbs, "He's not kidding?"
Tony gulped; he did not have a good feeling about this.
Ed was not sure if it would work but as the symbol glowed blue, excitement lit up in him, this might just work.
Ed glanced up at Troy's laugh, the bastard was happy about this, but Ed would make sure that this place would be his death bed.
Ed's blood coated the floor, pooling into the array, and fueling the energy behind the transmutation circle.
The little girl had stopped crying, silently watching what she thought was magic.
Troy slammed his foot into Ed's back, and Ed gave a gasp as his back stung and head hit the floor.
"Where is the gateway? What's taking so long?"
Suspicious. Ed didn't need him to be so suspicious.
"I-I-ugh."
Ed coughed, feeling blood coming out of his blood; he wiped it off with the back of his hand.
"It takes time and energy to set this up properly, so if you could fucking wait…."
Troy growled, and Ed felt metal against the back of his head, cool and cold.
A click sounded.
Ed didn't have to turn around to know what it was, he recognized the sound instantly.
"If this thing isn't opened in the next five minutes Edward, that little girl will be the next sacrifice; wouldn't that give you enough energy to fuel your little circle?"
Ed growled in his throat, this little circle will blow you to fucking pieces, what would you think of it then?
But he did not voice the thought; instead he pushed more energy into the array, making it stronger, flammable, and destructive.
His head pounded, his blood was everywhere, and sweat made his hair stick to his face.
Alphonse.
That's who he was fighting for.
The little girl.
That is who he will save unlike the others.
Troy.
Who he will kill, to protect.
The air crackled now with energy, lighting hitting the wall and bouncing off of it. The array burst with light and Ed was pushed back as Troy frantically came closer. Believing that it was the opening of the gate.
Ed ignored the pain and dizziness he felt, he hurriedly gathered the little girl into his arms, and didn't look back as the array flashed.
Once.
Ed scrambled through the house, the little girl clinging to his neck.
Twice.
Ed spotted the door; they were going to make it….
"Brother!"
Al.
Ed spun, spotting Al at the doorway of one of the studies. Ed's heart jumped.
Thrice.
Ed's voice came out hoarse as he screamed, rushing towards Al,
"You fucking idiot! Get out! Get out! Now!"
The little girl was crying on his shoulder, and Al's expression morphed into horror as he realized what Ed had been able to do, what he had just accomplished.
Boom.
No time to think, Ed launched at Alphonse, pushing him down and protecting him and the girl with his body. His hands hit the floor, and he urged with all his body for a dome to come around them and protect them.
The house shook and darkness surrounded them.
'We meet again, Mr. A-l-c-h-e-m-i-s-t.'
Ed's eyes flew open and the gate filled his image with Truth sitting right in front of it. His gate. That was where home was.
Truth laughed, the sound without humor,
"What a situation you have gotten yourself into this time, it is really amusing."
Ed clenched his teeth, "you would think so, wouldn't you?"
Truth clapped his hands together, delighted, 'of course, I haven't had such an amusing time since Nicholas Flamel came through the gateway. I am no longer bored with you around.'
Ed ignored his ramblings, his bangs covering his eyes, "what do you want this time?"
Truth hummed, 'the price will be large this time, where no alchemy has ever existed, and you now have made it exist. It won't be until millennium before they can use it but you have altered the course of this planet's future. This is not taken lightly.'
Truth stood, taking his time as he walked towards Ed, 'the price is this, as of today, you will feel nothing and you will be nothing.'
Truth lifted a finger touching Ed's forehead, and Ed felt an immense weight settle on his shoulders.
'The one thing that will be left to you is the life of the girl, your brother and…..'
The floor, or the space underneath him gave out and Ed fell. He looked up at Truth's smiling face, as he felt his existence being stripped; he strained to hear what the last thing Truth was saying.
'Alchemy.'
Ed floated for awhile, lost somewhere….
Until noises started floating around him.
Police sirens. Barking dogs. Reporters. And…..Al…..crying.
Why was he crying?
Ed pushed through the murky darkness, reaching and reaching until he felt…nothing.
But he could see…..
He was lying on the grass, and he knew it should have itched his face and the ground should have felt cold.
He felt nothing.
He knew he would have started acting hysterical by now but he hadn't.
He felt nothing. Again.
Even as he searched, anger, sadness, happiness, and love.
All gone.
He imagined that this is what a doll was, able to feel nothing.
Ed eye's searched across the clearing; the house was in pieces yards away and as his gaze landed on Al. He stood, quickly walking over, he knew what he should have felt, and anguish at his brother crying, happiness that he was alive but all he could do now was pretend.
No one paid him much attention, Ed spotted Tony and Ziva talking to each other in hushed voices, McGee comforting Abby and the little girl was holding onto Gibbs neck for dear life.
The other people were rushing around, trying to contain the situation; Ed crouched in front of Al and forced a smile onto his face.
If it was for his brother, he would do anything.
"Al?"
Al kept crying and Ed frowned.
"Alphonse?"
He reached a hand forward, aiming to put it on Al's shoulder and instead it went right through him.
Ed thought, if he could feel something now, it would have been terror.
What did Truth do to him?
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