Can what was be again?
Chapter 11: The End
Disclaimer: Full metal Alchemist belongs to Hiromu Arakawa, not me.
It had been around six months since the death of Maes Hughes and the dissapearance of Eliza. But, everyone had stopped looking for the young girl a long time ago. Maybe it was because Miss Kempt had never paid a visit to Military headquarters since Mary had paid her a visit, but mainly because the Military was so busy with other things.
Ever since Edward Elric, the Full Metal Alchemist had paid a visit to Liore, there had been talk of rebellion their, and the Military had had to be sent in. This included a lot of East's forces. Also, their was some talk of corruption in the higher ups of the Military, and it was no secret at east that there was someone who might do something about it. While no one spoke of who that person might be, they all knew who it was. Roy Mustang.
Their doubts grew, however, when they heard he had been sent out somewhere to deal with a rebellion. General Grumman in his office though, never doubted Roy for a minute, knowing that the newly promoted Brigadeer General had likely thought up a scheme.
And it was true, Roy Mustang had thought out exactly what he had to do. True, on some parts it would be embarassing (both for him and his subordinates) and probably ruin his career if he failed (scratch that, it would ruin his career, and the rest of his subordinates. That was, if they didn't end up dead first). All he needed was the trust and aid of his first Lieutenant to help carry it out.
And he had achieved that. So know he was in a car, racing towards the Fuhrers mansion, for the final confrontation with Pride. Roy nervously pulled at his gloves, checking for the sixth time that they were securely on.
"Sir, stop fiddling with your gloves. The more you fiddle with them the more likely you are to lsoe them," Riza's voice said from the front of the car, a lttle less sharp than usual.
"Yes Riza," Roy chanced using her first name for once. There was no reaction what so ever from Riza, who just continued to drive.
"Colonel, are you sure about this?" Riza asked.
"Riza, do you think I would have gone this far with the plan if I wans't alrady sure?"
"No. But Roy," Riza said calmly. "But please, don't do anything rash," Though Riza knew it was a bit late to be saying that.
Down in the underground city, there were different things taking place. Edward was looking angrily at Dante, as she explained her plans to him. Rose looked on, holding her small child in her arms. From round the one corner of the old building, Eliza looked on, scared by what Dante was saying. She recognised Edward as well, and wondered what he was doing there.
"So Edward, what are you going to do now?" Dante smirked, knowing she had Ed trapped. "If you don't stop defending your brother, I will kill you. If you do, I'll just use your brother and kill him. And if you try anything funny," Dante gave one of her evil smiles, "Come out Eliza. Edward, if you try and do anything funny, I'll kill her!"
Edward looked at the younger girl, recognising her as the one he had brought of the street. "I'll never give into you Dante!"
Rose looked around at the mess and destruction all around her. It terrified her, especially as she couldn't remember why she was there in the first place. Blood littered the floor, covering two bodies. Rose was afraid to check if they were alive or not.
A wail was let out from the baby Rose held. She realised she would have to get out of there and do something. But how? There were no obvious exits, and even if she had been able to get out of the building, she wouldn't have known where she was anyway.
"Brother?" Rose turned around, to see that one of the bodies had stirred. Deep golden brown eyes opened, staring at their surroundings. "Brother, where are you?"
Rose didn't know what to do. Who was this strange boy? His voice seemed vaguely familiar, but Rose didn't know why. She just decided that she would sit down and leave the boy to his moanings, and wait for help. After all what else could she do?
About a week later, the sun shone above the Rockbell house in Resembool. Out on the grass, Alphonse Elric, once again in his human body, played with Den, as the slightly older blong girl with the black eyes looked on, smiling happily. A little way off, Winry, Rose and Pinako watched the two children play.
"Why did the girl come back with us?" Pinako asked.
Winry looked down at the blond girl. "Miss Riza asked me to look after her," She remembered her earlier conversation with the Lieutenant after she had been called down to Central because of Al.
"I'm sorry I have to ask you this Winry, but can you possibly take care of Eliza as well. She's got no one to look after her," Riza had said.
"I can, but why? Can't you or Mr Mustang take care of her?".
"Colonel Mustang is currently not in a fit state to look after the child, and I have my hands full with looking after him. And I don't trust anyone else to be able to properly look after Eliza,".
"I'm not quite sure why she wanted me to look after Eliza, but Eliza looks happy here and I suppose that's all that counts,"
A/N: So, yes this is the end. There's not much more I can do with this story. caribbeanQueen, thanks for making me get off my lazy butt and actually updating. A big thanks to everyone who's supported me through this story, it means a lot to me. Alos, if anyone has any ideas on how to make my next story even better, please say so!