wahhh! its so sad...sniff sniff ok, yeah...:thinks: i was gonna say something...oh well! here's chapter 6! (well, part of it...)

"Mom! Mom!" little Edward shouted. "Mom, come look!"

"What is it, Edward?" Trisha responded.

"Hee hee…It's a present!"

"Oh, for me? Where did you get this?"

"I transmuted it! Put it together with alchemy!"

"Y-you did? I guess you do take after your father! Thank you, Edward. You really are special. Being able to create something so wonderful…But it's too bad…

"…You couldn't put me back together too."

Edward woke with a start, remembering his dream and shaking with shock. "It hurts…" he said, curling up.

"Mom? Dad? Sis?" a young Rei shouted. All around her, the building collapsed, the wood weakened from the fire. "Mom?"

Far off, she heard someone speaking, but she couldn't understand what they said. "Uncle? Is that you?" she called. She followed the voice, and came to a large room.

"Mom! Dad! Sis!" she screamed, then fell over coughing, her lungs filled with smoke. Someone picked her up, saying "It's okay, you're not gonna die. We can't let you…"

They set her down, by the nearby river. As the tall person walked away, his longspiked green hair swinging around, she heard him add "…You're our human sacrifice."

Rei sat up, her heart beating. She pulled her knees up to her, her eyes sad. "Mom…Dad…" she whispered, then her eyes flashed with hate. "I'll kill you…whoever you are…" she promised the tall man who had saved her.

The man that killed her family.

Bella winced as she clutched her left shoulder. "Brother..." she whispered as tears fell to the blood-stained floor. She looked at her shoulder, where her left arm was supposed to be. Blood poured out of her wound and fell to the ground. Her body fell to the hard ground as she slowly slipped out of consciousness. Two figures emerged from the shadows behind her. One was a beautiful woman, the other a boy with green hair that looked to be around 18. They walked up to her motionless body. The boy bent down and picked up her fragile body, brushing her light brown hair out of her face, revealing her blood-stained cheek.

"Now Envy, don't get too attached. She is after all one of our human sacrifices," the women said as the boy with the green hair called Envy smiled evilly.

Bella woke up suddenly. She was breathing heavily and her heart was racing. She touched her hand to her chest, but pulled away as she felt the ice cold metal through her shirt. Soon, her breathing and heart beat slowed down to a normal pace. She looked at her sleeping partner. "I wish I could tell you and Ed the truth, Rei, but I can't. Not now, not ever..." she said before drifting back to sleep.

The next day, Bella, Ed, Rei, and Al stood in front of the Colonel's office, unsure of whether to go in. Bella and Rei turned away, and someone opened the door.

"Bella! Rei!" Lt. Hawkeye called. They span around.

"Oh, First Lieutenant Hawkeye," Ed said.

"What're you four doing here so early?" she asked.

"Uh…um…" Ed was unsure how to ask.

"We wanted to know…what's going to happen to Tucker and Nina?" Bella asked.

Hawkeye looked at them. "Tucker was scheduled to have his license revoked and then taken to Central to be put on trial…but they both died." They froze. "Or to put it more accurately, they were killed. You would have found out eventually, even if we tried to hide it, so I might as well tell you now." She started walking away.

Bella and Ed followed her. "What…why…" Ed stuttered.

"By who?" Bella shouted.

"I don't know. I'm on my way to the location right now," Hawkeye replied.

"We're coming too!" Ed shouted (lots of shouting…how fun…).

"No."

"But…why not?" Bella screamed.

Hawkeye stopped, then turned around. "It's better that you don't see," she said, then walked away.

Ed and Al sat in front of the clock tower, and Bella and Rei stood nearby, staring at the ground. Around them, the rain fell, creating a sad melody.

"Big brother?" Al asked.

"Huh? Oh…my head's just so full that I don't know what to think right now," Ed replied. "Since last night, I've been wondering what this alchemy that we trust in really is…"

"Alchemy is the reconstruction of matter in new forms based on the knowledge of natural laws," Al said.

"This world flows by obeying these laws. Death, too, is a part of that flow. Accept the flow of the world. Our teacher really beat that into us. I thought I knew what she meant. But I didn't. That's why mom…and that's why I'm wondering what I can do about something that nobody can fix," Ed sighed. "I'm a fool. I haven't grown up at all since then," he looked up. "I thought that the rain would wash away my doubt…but all I know is that this rain on my face is starting to bug me…"

"But…I don't even have a body that can feel the rain. It's lonely inside here…it's hard. I want to get my old body back…I want to go back to being human. Even if that means doing the impossible and going against the flow of the world."

"…Angel?" Bella said.

Rei looked up, and Bella saw tears in her eyes. Not many…but it was the first sign of emotion she had seen on the girl's face. "We're pathetic," the young alchemist said, staring straight at the clouds, her voice emotionless. "Someone dies, and we try to bring them back, to break the river. But how," she clenched her fist, "can anything break water, or direct the wind? We try to bring back the dead," she reached to the sky, "and fail, fall to the ground, lose our wings. We play god…and this is what happens…" She looked at the ground again. "Sometimes I wonder, what the hell was I thinking that day, when I became a state alchemist? Everything I've done since then, every step I've taken…someone's always hurt, someone always ends up crying..."

Bella looked at her understandingly. "We play god, and lives are ruined. But alchemy can save lives too, Angel. It's not all bad. So don't go hurting yourself," she put her arm around the girl, "or you'll end up hurting the ones you want to protect the most." She was surprised when Rei didn't pull away, but had no time to think on it.

"Oh, there they are," a military police officer said. "Edward! Bellator! Reian!" he shouted. "Mr. Edward Elric! Miss Bellator Wings! Miss Reian…uh…" he faltered, "Miss Angel!"

Bella got mad. "Don't effing call me Miss Wings!" she screamed.

A stranger with an x-shaped scar on his forehead stopped. "Elric…Wings…Angel…?" he said.

"Oh, I'm so glad you're all right! We've been looking all over for you!" the officer said, oblivious to the stranger's reaction.

"Edward…Elric…Bellator…Wings…Reian…" he said.

"What is it?" Ed asked.

"Do you need us for something?" Bella continued (hehe, they're continuing each other's sentences…).

"You're to return to head quarters immediately. There's a killer on the loose in this area…"

The stranger came up behind him. "Edward Elric, Bellator Wings (Bella: HEY! stop effing calling me that!), Reian…The Fullmetal, Devil's Angel, and Angel's Daughter Alchemists!"

Bella felt her heard beating hard. The mp span around. "That scar!" he shouted, pulling out his gun.

"No!" Rei shouted. The stranger put his hand on the mp's head, blowing it up from the inside out.

Ed, Bella, and Rei froze, all thoughts of escape forgotten. …Who is this guy? they all thought. This is bad! Bad! BAD! Everything from the core of my body says to run away but my legs won't move…! Oh no…I'm gonna die!

The clock struck 9, loud and clear, shocking them from their thoughts.

"Unh…Al, Rei, run!" Bella screamed, following Ed and running away (Ed: hey, what about me? Me: well, it didn't sound right with you in it. besides, you were already running!).

"You won't get away!" the stranger said.

"What's his problem?" Bella said. "I've never done anything to make someone hate me…"

Rei snorted. "Actually, you've done that a lot, but…"

Bella glared. "What're you, my conscience? I don't deserve to die!"

"Bella! Rei! In the alley!" Ed called. They ran in, panting.

"What! He saw us go in here!" Bella shouted.

"Just watch!" Al said, drawing a transmutation circle and making a wall. "Now he can't come after us."

"Oh!" Bella sighed in relief.

"Look out," Rei said, tensing. Just then, the wall blew up, the stranger's hand held out. They all froze, then ran away as the stranger came through.

"…" the stranger put his hand on the wall, destroying it and blocking their escape.

"You gotta be kidding me…" Bella said. They turned around.

"Who the hell are you? Why are you after us?" Ed demanded.

"There are those who create…and those who destroy," the stranger responded.

"Guess we have no choice," Bella sighed, and slapped her hands together, pulling a foot long knife out of the wall. Ed followed suit, and Rei made a four foot sword. Bella raised her eyebrow, kinda disbelieving, and Rei said, "I'm a master with the sword, so don't think I'll hit you." Bella shrugged, and they charged at the stranger.

He grinned. "You're not afraid…but you're slow!" He destroyed Al's side, then knocked Ed's knife away from him and destroyed his automail.

"…" Ed fell to the side, out of the way, totally in shock. Al hit the wall, in a perfect spot to see the whole fight and his brother's fall, much to his dismay.

"Edward!" Bella screamed, turning away from the stranger.

"No, Bella! You and Angel have to run…" he said.

"Don't be stupid! We're not leaving with out you!" She turned around, just in time to avoid the stranger's attacks. Damn, he's quick…but Angel's doing fine. Rei was, moving a bit faster than the stranger.

Wow…he's tough…but Bella and Angel are doing fine…Angel's fast! No wonder she's called that! Ed, no longer in shock, watched the fight.

"This ends here!" the stranger shouted, destroying Bella's hand. Her eyes flashed red, and she stepped back, no longer able to fight. Good luck, Angel…don't fail us now! she thought.

Al's eyes widened. Is she an Ishbalan? He thought, then turned back to the fight when he heard someone slip.

Rei dodged the stranger once more, getting annoyed. Damn, he's almost faster than me…stupid Bella, getting hurt…ok, that's it…he's going down! She dodged behind the stranger, and in a burst of strength, slammed her automail shoulder into his back. He flew a bit away, and Rei faltered. Her real leg gave out, and her eyes flashed with shock. No…not again…she pleaded. The stranger came up to her, about to kill her, when a shot fired.

"That's enough," Mustang said (Me: damn you, you were there for a while, you:mutters rudewords:Rei: ignore that!). "That was pretty close, Angel, Miss Wings, Fullmetal. That man is suspected in the serial killings of state alchemists. And judging from what we just saw, that suspicion just became face. The murder at the Tucker estate…let me guess, that was you too?"

Bella gasped, turning to the stranger (and totally ignoring Mustang's remark...).

"This world was made perfect by God. Alchemists change the natural into the unnatural…twist things out of their true form…they sin by defacing God's creation. I am an instrument of divine judgment!"

"Makes sense. But then why…do you only target state alchemists when there are so many other alchemists you could kill?"

"If you insist on stopping me, I'll just eliminate you too."

"Oh, you will, eh?" Mustang tossed his gun to Hawkeye.

"Colonel Mustang!" she said.

"Stay out of this," he replied.

"Mustang…the state alchemist?"

"The one and only! I'm the "Flame Alchemist", Roy Mustang!"

"I never thought I'd see this…you turn from the path of god, then come to meet your judgment of your own free will…What a glorious day this is!"

"You know that I'm the Flame Alchemist, but you still want to fight me? You're a fool!"

"Colo…" Hawkeye tripped Mustang, firing at the stranger.

"What was that for!"

"You're useless on rainy days. Please stand back, Colonel."

"Oh yeah…!" Havoc said. "He can't put out sparks in this moisture…!"

mwahahaha! sry, i'm in my "evil laughing mode" right now...don't ask, i just totally made that up...oh yeah! thanx to beautifly92 and dragonslayeryumi for reviewing! (...i can't remember if i've already said that...if i have, thanx again!) and the fudge goes to...:drumroll:

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