A/N: Hey! I'm back…early…again. Thanks for all the feedback, I've finally reached over 100 reviews! LA LA LA! THANKS FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK!

I can already imagine the reviews for this chapter. "So overly-dramatic." "It was kinda obvious what was going to happen in the end, seriously." Yeah, but I can't really help myself. It has to happen you know. If you were me, you'd know. Which you're not so you wouldn't. x(

Like I said before, this will not end tragically. Keep that in mind.

I was actually gonna call the chapter something else, but then I figured people might get the wrong idea. Anyways…

Guest: I know right! That moment was in the first anime when Scar nearly killed them both. It pissed me off so much that I decided to write a fanfic about it! It will go up as soon as I finish writing the final draft…

ENJOY!

Chapter 10

Human Transmutation

"What are you planning to do now, you sick bastard?"

"You'll see." Ryson said as he untied the blindfold from Ed's eyes and let it drop on the ground. "Literally."

Ed looked around and took note of his surroundings. He looked at his superior and thankfully he wasn't injured at all.

Roy noticed the look in his eyes.

"Did you mean it?"

He nodded.

The man took out a chalk from his pocket, grinning and went to his knees.

"Al…chemy?" Roy asked, terrified. A lump formed in his throat.

"They say keep your best trick till the end." Ryson cackled. "I'm going to enjoy this."

"What…What are you doing?" Roy said, hoping it wasn't what he thought it was.

The man began writing on the edge of the circle. Ed shook his head.

"'Pale white and black with false citrine. Imperfect white and red. The peacock's feathers in bright colors. The rainbow in the sky above. The spotted panther, the green lion, the crow's beak blue as lead. They shall appear before you in perfect white. And after the perfect white follows the gray. And after these shall appear the substance.' I'll recognize it anywhere. It's a human transmutation circle."

Their captor smiled psychopathically. "You really are a prodigy."

Roy felt his blood run cold. "Does that mean..?"

James rapidly stood up, after finally finishing up the circle. He dropped the chalk on the floor and brushed himself off. "The first three times I've attempted to kill you, I did want you dead."

He turned towards the photo of his son on the wall. "Then I took a look at the calendar. Today is the anniversary of Scott's death. Then I realized I could revive him."

Ed's eyes widened. "You can't do that! It'll never work!""

The man laughed. "Just because you didn't succeed, doesn't mean I won't."

He left the room, leaving Ed and Roy stare at each other in distress, unable to utter a single word. He entered a few minutes later, carrying a huge bowl mixed with elements that make up a human body.

"Tell me Edward Elric, when attempting human transmutation what did you give in exchange for the soul?"

Ed was dumbstruck. He didn't say anything.

The man stared at him in amusement. "Exactly my point. Now, I have the ingredients."

He sliced his finger, letting a few drops fall into the bowl. "I have the DNA information."

Then he knelt down in front of Ed and looked into his eyes. "And I have something to trade for the soul."

Edward stared back at those eyes and found nothing but insanity.

"You…you can't bring back someone who has already crossed the Gate!"

The man grabbed Ed's chin and leaned in.

"How do you explain your brother then?"

"My brother didn't die. He hadn't passed the Gate. He was still in it. I opened the Gate, giving up my arm in exchange and pulled him back! If my transmutation had failed, he would be dead. You can't bring someone back from the dead!"

Roy listened wide-eyed, taking note of every word. Of course, he was right. He had seen the Gate. But it would take more than that to convince a deranged psychopath.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to see for ourselves. If it backfires, it won't backfire on me. And you'll still die."

He stood up and took out a needle from his pocket.

He came up behind Ed's chair who froze.

Without leaving any of them chance to talk, he plunged the needle into Ed's neck.

"Wait-What are you..?"

"NO!"

The man pressed down the plunger and threw the needle across the room.

Ed knew this feeling. He knew it very well.

"What did you do?!" Roy yelled.

The man calmly cut Ed's binds and pushed him on the back. He grinned.

Ed stumbled and fell on the floor in pain. His eyes found Mustang's. He got on his knees and threw kunais that were in his pocket on the wall.

The four of them hit their target but the last one was interrupted by Ryson. The five-pointed star only had four points. "Uh-uh-uh." sang James.

"Bastard…" Ed mumbled just before he fell sideways, his arm flopping uselessly beside him. At least he had tried.

"Can't move, eh? This serum has great uses…"

"Paralysis…" Roy breathed. It was the same thing he used on Ed on their first confrontation.

Striking someone when they're down… What a coward.

Ryson took a step out of the room. "One minute."

Then he walked next to the Colonel and whispered in his ear.

"Sorry, you'll have to see your son-I mean subordinate die."

"You coward! You won't get away with this! You can't play with human lives!" Roy yelled in anger.

"Oh come on, now. Isn't that what State Alchemists do? My son told me that it was you who brought this kid in. He was just a child and yet you turned him into a human weapon! How can you say that when we're both doing the same? Plus if you hadn't brought him into the military, none of these things would have happened and he wouldn't die, would he?"

Roy froze, unable to respond. All the doubts he'd had before, this man was saying it to his face. It stung as if he had been slapped.

"Shut up, you novice! It was my own choice to join the military. Don't meddle with someone else's affairs!" Ed managed from where he lay.

Roy stared. The kid was lying next to a human transmutation circle with a bunch of injuries. There were gashes on his cheek, a bandage wrapped around his head, a broken rib and a cold. They were in grave danger, yet Ed was somehow not afraid. And even if he did, he didn't show it.

"Anyways, time's up." Their captor played with Ed's kunai in his hand. He went to his knees and lifted Ed's arm from the ground.

"How many times have you faced the Truth, Fullmetal Alchemist? I suppose two. And you still got back alive. I'm glad I found someone like you. There is no way to transmutation will fail."

Edward gave a glance at Roy who seemed to be quite afraid of what was about to happen. His eyes were wide and he was staring at the kunai in Ryson's hand.

The attacker clutched Ed's wrist. He pressed on the artery as if checking his pulse.

"It's rhythmic and nice. Just like any other human's…." he said. He flipped the kunai on his hand and put it onto Ed's wrist.

"No…"

He ran the cold blade down his arm swiftly without cutting any skin.

"NO!"

In one motion, Ryson twisted the blade and cut the main artery in Ed's wrist.

"NO, ED!"

Ed gave a strangled yelp, trying to block out the pain like he always did. His vision suddenly clouded as he blinked to get a better view.

"EDWARD!" Roy yelled.

Ed turned his gaze on his wrist. Blood spilled out under him, red strands of liquid reaching his head, staining his blond locks with crimson.

Ryson laughed maniacally.

"In a few minutes, I'll bring you onto the transmutation circle. And then I'll have my son back."

Edward turned his head slightly. "So much red…" he muttered. "So tired…" His eyelids halfway closed, he looked at Mustang.

"Listen to me! STAY AWAKE!"

Ed blinked. Had he ever seen the Colonel bastard look this scared?

Damn, if only I could move…

But he couldn't feel his wrist anymore. His skin had gone deathly pale due to the amount of blood he was losing.

Ryson dragged Ed onto the transmutation circle as blood stained the ground below him. It almost looked like paint that a little kid had spilled carelessly.

"And now…" The man said as he stepped out of the circle.

He put his hands on the transmutation circle.

"NO!"

Nothing happened.

Their captor blinked. Why hadn't it worked?

"Oh, I see…" he mumbled and grabbed the chalk again.

Parts of the circle hadn't been completed. He slowly drew them over as Ed stared weakly.

"Now, it will work."

He was interrupted as the door swept open. The man glanced up to meet one of Riza Hawkeye's guns. The bullet his shoulder and he fell backwards in pain.

Riza ran into the room, untying the Colonel.

"Forget about me, just call an ambulance!"

James Ryson rose again, crawling towards the transmutation circle.

This time, he was stabbed in the back with two long spears.

Lust withdrew her nails and wiped the remaining blood on her dress as the men fell backwards with a thud.

"He is a dead man." she said, standing next to the window.

Lieutenant Hawkeye ran out of the room. Roy went on his knees, barely noticing the Homunculusç

He flipped Ed over. His eyes were closed.

Roy tore a piece of his uniform and quickly tied it around Ed's wrist.

"Ed! Answer me!"

"Mom will be sad…if you leave…Dad…don't go…"

Roy's hands shook. The rest of the team entered the room, dropping their jaws as they took in the sight before them.

"C…Chief?" Havoc stammered.

"Give me the Philosopher's Stone!" Roy yelled at Lust. "He's an important sacrifice, you can't let him die!"

Lust shrugged. "I'm afraid I can't do anything about that, Fire boy. The Stone is bonded with my soul which means only I can use it."

"Damn it!" Roy slammed his hand on the floor. He raised Ed's head to his knee. "Edward, the ambulance will be here soon, hold on a little longer please."

Edward cracked open his eyes slightly as tears fell down his cheek, mixing with the blood on his face.

"I'm sorry…" he whispered, loud enough for Roy to hear.

"Ed?"

"I'm sorry…mom. I'm sorry Al… I'm sorry Nina… I'm…I'm sorry Colonel. Don't…forget what I said…"

One last tear dropped from his golden eyes onto the floor.

"I'm very sorry…everyone…"

His eyes closed.

"Fullmetal…" Roy began as he gave a nudge to the fourteen-year old prodigy, his youngest subordinate.

"Ed…ward? A-Answer me…"

In overall, Ed looked like a peaceful sleeping child.

A peaceful sleeping child that shouldn't carry the world's burden on his shoulders.

"Answer me, damn it! It's an order!" Roy yelled, putting a hand over Ed's mouth.

No air.

Alphonse and Hawkeye came back inside.

"B-brother?"

"I-I-It's a-an o-orde-der." Roy broke out in sobs.

Never has he felt so useless in his life.

"Roy…don't tell us he's…" Hughes began. He had been silent and managed to stay calm this whole time, but he too, was beginning to lose his cool.

"NO!" Roy yelled.

A click of tongue. "Such a shame I didn't get here in time…" Lust scowled.

Alphonse knelt beside Roy, his armor shaking as he pushed the bangs from his one and only brother's eyes.

"I…I re-refuse t-to b-believe he's g-gone!" Roy said, putting Ed on the ground. Tears began to spill from his eyes. The rest of the team had also gone teary. They also sank to the floor, trying not to cry.

No one realized how much they cared for that little, loud-mouthed brat till he was gone.

"Boss…"

"Colonel…don't attempt human transmutation." Al said, dry sobs echoing in his armor.

"No…he'd k-kick my a-ass if I did…"

He positioned his hands on Ed's chest and pressed.

He would NOT watch another person die in front of his eyes. Let alone one of his subordinates. A kid of fifteen.

He couldn't take it anymore.

"P-please…" he begged as everyone watched in silence.

"Come on, Ed!"

"Brother…open your eyes…" Al gave a gentle squeeze to his brother's hand.

Soon everyone began urging.

"Don't die on us now!"

"Please chief!"

"Ed!"

Even Lust had a few words.

"If the Fullmetal Blondie dies in here, Father would be seriously pissed. And it's such a bother to find new sacrifices…"

Roy began growing impatient. "Come on…Come on…" he tried again and again as the awful realization began to sink in. Riza shook her head in dismay, biting her lip.

"Roy? Come on…Pull yourself together…" Hughes tugged on his arm.

"NO!"

It started out as a small chuckle. Then a cough. Ed's chest rose. He breathed.

"Brother!"

"Edward…Edward!"

"Ow…My chest hurts…" Ed whispered.

"Thank goodness!"

"Chief!"

"Ed!"

"Pipsqueak!"

Alphonse pressed his brother's head to his chest plate. "Brother…I…I was so scared…I really thought…" he pulled back.

"Al…I'm sorry…I gave you a scare."

The sirens of the ambulance grew louder as Roy scooped up Ed in his arms.

"Thanks Colonel…for not giving up on me."

Roy pressed him to his chest. "Anytime. Remember you can't die before. Because if you did, the paperwork would be the death of me." Roy retorted as he walked through the door, everyone else following close behind. But he knew that Ed could see his red puffy eyes.

"Over here!" Al yelled as the paramedics brought a stretcher. They secured Ed and hoisted him inside the ambulance.

"Who'll ride with him?" a woman asked. Alphonse gave a glance at the ambulance and knew his armor might not fit…or take up too much space.

"I'll go." Hughes said. "And he will too." He pointed at Roy.

"Right." He said without hesitation and entered the ambulance.

Lust gave a glance at the retreating crew as she walked back to where she came from.

"It would be such a pity if a handsome boy like you went to waste."

A/N: Ahhh… *laughs* I couldn't resist the ending. So how did you find it? Overly-dramatic, eh? Did you cry? I did. Well the first time I wrote it… I think Roy was a bit OOC. I mean he KINDA cried when Hughes died. But Hughes didn't die in front of him. But Ed did/was so yeah…

Tell me what you liked best and didn't like. And predict the next chapter or something. And I hope you enjoyed that, even if it was shorter than the rest.

And sadly….the next chapter will be the last chapter. D':

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