Chapter 10: The Showdown

Envy made his way to Dayna's house by way of the rooftops. He knew that he would be there in no time and there was no way that Ed was going to stop him.

'That bitch will die. I can't wait to feel her blood running off my fingers, that should get the Fullmetal pipsqueak really mad and after that, I can take care of him'

He increased his speed, racing towards his goal. He could feel her skin getting cold from death at the moment and it made him grow a sinister smile on his face.
He got to the town square when something made him stop in his tracks: a large, stone barrier rose from the ground. Envy's smile faded when he saw the blue sparks fade from the barrier, he turned around to see Ed standing before him wearing his old, black pants and tank top, and he also put his hair back in a ponytail.

"Well, pipsqueak. To what do I owe this greeting?"
"To have your ass kicked by me, for the last time"
"By you? Why would I want to fight you?"
"To prove to daddy that you're not a useless Homunculi and that you are his 'most perfect son'!"
"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"
"Do you accept?"

Ed clapped his hands and put them to the ground, a large spear emerged and he grasped it, ready to fight.

"Bring it on shrimp!"

Dayna sat by the window, her chin propped up by her hand and her knees were shaking. She was nervous and scared, she wanted to help him, but with Riza and the others acting as her bodyguards, there was nothing she could do. She kept thinking about Ed and wishing that that wasn't the last time she was ever going to see him. She wanted to see his smiling face come through the door and say that they never had to worry about the Homunculi ever again.
Dayna wanted nothing more for that happen, so that she and Ed could leave Central and live somewhere else for the rest of their lives.

"I can't take it anymore! I have to see him again now!"
"You are not going anywhere Dayna," said Armstrong, sternly.
"I don't want to stand by and let Ed get killed!"
"I know, but you have to stay here for protection"
"NO! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET KILLED FOR MY SAKE, NO MATTER IF HE ASKED ME TO STAY BEHIND OR NOT! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HIM AGAIN, NOT AFTER I FOUND HIM AND HEALED HIM! I'M NOT STAYING!"

With that Dayna clapped her hands together and placed them on a table, causing it to explode and cause pieces of wood and dust to cover the room.
Once the dust cleared, Havoc got his vision back and looked over to where Dayna was once sitting…she was gone!
"Lt. Hawkeye!"
"Shit! After her now!"

**
Dayna ran down the street, trying to find any sign of where Ed could be. Left, right, up and down, nothing. She knew that Riza and the others would be tailing her once they saw that she was gone, but she couldn't just stand by and wait for Ed to hopefully come back.
She ran for five minutes when she heard some loud crashes coming from a few miles away and figured that it must be them. Holding her breath and praying, she ran towards the directions, hoping that she wasn't too late.

**

Ed swung the spear back and forth, trying to hit Envy, but he was just too damn fast. He kept dodging and jumping out of the way, hitting Ed with every gap that he could get his fist into. When Ed used alchemy, it gave him a bit of an advantage, distracting or blocking Envy so that he got a few good swipes and punches in.
Forty-five minutes passed and they were both cut and bleeding, along with a few bruises.

"Had enough yet? You look a little tired Shorty"
"Hell no and stop fucking calling me small. I'll get you yet and when I do, you're dead!"
"You know, you've got a big mouth. That could get you in trouble soon enough"

Ed snickered at the comment and gripped the spear tighter.

"Question, you really think you can kill me with a spear? You do remember that I can regenerate, do you?"
"Yeah, well so can I"
"Hey Runt?"
"What?"
"Think Fast!"

Like a flash of light, Envy leaped at Ed and kicked him square in the stomach knocking him to the ground. Ed had almost forgotten of how fast he was, but he didn't forget that he too was just as fast. Ed got up and charged after Envy. He slashed away at Envy, but just as he was about to stab him in the side, Envy moved so quickly and grabbed the spear from his hands!
Ed was caught off guard; he turned to rebound when Envy slashed into his side with the spear, blood pouring from the wound. Ed screamed in pain.

Dayna was lost; she had been following the sounds when she came to a dead end.

"Shit! Where to now?"

She was trying to figure out a strategy and of how much time she had before Riza and the others caught up to her, when she saw a large flash of blue light coming from a mile away. She knew what the light was - a transmutation! Ed wasn't too far away. The she heard a scream coming from the same place, Ed was hurt and from the sound of it, it was bad, she took another deep breath and ran as fast as she could.

'Ed, please be all right. I'm coming.'

**

Ed held his wounded side and tried to stay conscious as he was trying to wiggle away from Envy, who was happily kicking him as hard as he could anywhere he could stick his foot. Ed cried out in pain, he couldn't take much more and wasn't sure of how much he would last. He tried to get up and use alchemy to block Envy, when his foot came round and landed into his gut, knocking the air out of him, sending him back to the ground.

"I told you, you couldn't win Shrimp. I've been practicing"

Ed gasped for air and tried to keep his eyes on Envy. He watched as he walked over to the side and picked up the spear, which he put aside to kick Ed.

"This has got to be the best sight in the world to me. Seeing you on the ground, clinging to life and with me standing over you with your own weapon as the victor! Ah, brings a happy tear to my eye" Envy said, wiping away an imaginary tear.
He bent down to look Ed straight in the face,

"Any last words before I kill you with your own weapon?"

Ed tried to say something, but couldn't. He was managing to grab some air and tried to get up. Envy raised the spear as high as he could with a very happy, but scary smile on his face.

"This is going to be sweet"

He brought down the spear with great force; Ed closed his eyes and waited for the end.