Chapter 11: The Lover's End

Ed waited for the spear to nestle itself in his body, but nothing came. Curious, he opened his eye and heard a faint noise nearby. He turned his head and saw a pair of feet standing in a pool of blood; he looked higher and saw the head of the spear staring at his face, also dripping with blood. A cold feeling came over him as he looked up to see the thing that tore his heart in two.

There stood Dayna, arms outstretched and standing between him and Envy…with the spear protruding from her chest! He could hear her gurgling as she breathed, the sound of blood filling up her lungs. Large amounts of blood poured from the gaping wound in her chest. Ed couldn't move, his mind told him to, but his legs refused. His eyes filled with tears and his resurrected pupils shrank with terror and sadness.

A fountain of blood poured from Dayna's mouth as Envy pulled the spear free from her body; the squishing sound of blood, skin and the scrapping of bones echoed through the surrounding alleys. She fell to the ground.

"DAYNA!"

He put his arms around her tears streaming from his face. He cried, screaming her name over again. He stopped screaming and put his ear to her chest. Her heartbeat, one of his most favourite sounds, was fading away, as was the vivid colour of her eyes.
Envy snapped the spear in half and throwing the pieces away.

"Stupid bitch"
"Dayna…please…come…back! Please…please, come…back!"
"Hey! Don't worry, there's a way that we can save her- bring her back as one of us. It would be nice if we had a pet around the house!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU BASTARD! YOU'RE DEAD! RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE DEAD!"

Ed reached inside his left pocket and pulled something out. He clapped his hands together and held the item in his hands, transmuting another spear.

"Another spear? I thought we cover the 'I can regenerate' thing already?"

Ed, with a look of pure hate and revenge on his face stepped back as Envy lunged for him, he jumped and disappeared from sight.
Stunned, Envy turned around, looking high and low for Ed, but was nowhere to be found.

"Where did you go you little runt? When I find you, you're going to be the one to die!"

Envy moved this way and that, but had no idea of where Ed was. He stopped and tried to listen for any movement, but the only sound was silence. He looked down to see Dayna lying there and was walking towards her when he could see his shadow getting larger in the moonlight.

"What the…?"

He looked up to see Ed heading towards him, spear in hand. He tried to move out of the way, but it was too late. The white spear came down on Envy, skewering him right between the eyes! The spear traveled through his body.
Ed landed on the ground, stood up and smiled at Envy,

"I'd love you see you try and regenerate now. You see, I remembered something about killing you mother fucking Homunculi! All I needed was a piece of your original body and I overheard Father talking about a room that was near the tunnels, so I went in and found a little piece of you. Get it now? That spear is made from one of your original bones! You're finished! You can't come back now, you're fucking dead!"

Ed reached over and pulled the spear from Envy's body and watched him slump, dead, to the ground. Ed kicked him as hard as he could.

"That's for you Dayna"

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Riza and the others reached the town square where they saw the transmutation light. When they got there they expected a big fight between Ed and Envy, but when they got there they saw only one thing, one person with blood-soaked, blond hair, crouched on the ground. As they got closer, they saw another boy on the ground with long, green hair and the undeniable Ouroboros tattoo on his leg.

"Ed? Is everything alright?" asked Falman.

Ed stayed silent, he knew they were there, but stayed silent.

"Are you hurt? Should we call an ambulance?"

Nothing.

"Ed? Where's Dayna? She came to look for you, did she show up?"

Ed turned to face them. Tears rolled down his face, and his cuts were still bleeding. He never took his eyes off them as he rose and moved aside to show them Dayna's lifeless body lying on the ground.

"Dayna? Oh…my…GOD!"

Riza sank to the ground and held Dayna in her arms; it was her turn to cry.

"She tried to save me. I was about to be killed; she jumped between Envy and I in an attempt to save me. I've killed Envy, don't worry, he's really dead"

Havoc knelt down beside Riza and put his hands on her shoulders as she continued to cradle Dayna's body in her arms. Riza didn't want to let her go, she kept thinking that if she held on tighter that her 'little sister' would come back to them. She lay her back down and turned to cry on Havoc's shoulder. Ed stared at the moon.

"Riza? I have a favor to ask"
"What?"
"Kill me"
"What? No!"
"Please. I can't stand being in this immortal body anymore. There's no point in living if every single person I've cared about is gone. I want to die and I want you to kill me"
"I can't do it! I can't!"

Ed carefully took something from his right pocket and put it inside his shirt. He kept staring at the moon the whole time.

"You won't? Even if it's a direct order from a higher officer?"
"I can't do it, even if it is a direct order"
"Then you leave me no choice"

Ed walked over and picked up one of the discarded pieces of the first spear, looked at it and then turned and charged at Riza, screaming at the top of his lungs!
Terrified, Riza pulled out one of her guns and fired, putting three bullets into Ed's chest! Ed fell back and landed on the ground.

Riza was breathing hard and she ran towards Ed along with the others, to their surprise, he was smiling!

"Thank You"
"OH GOD! I'm sorry, I didn't want to…you scared me and…"
"You know that I would have never hurt you, it was meant to scare you and you did what I asked and for that I thank you Lt. Hawkeye"
"But sir? You're a Homunculi, can't you heal yourself?" asked Furey.
"Yes, but you can't if you destroy apart of the Homunculi's original body. I killed Envy with a piece of his, and I also took a piece of mine for safekeeping. When you shot me, one of the bullets shattered the piece I put around my neck…I don't…have a lot of…time left…I…ask for one…more…favor"
"What is it?"
"Take…me…to Dayna. I want to…see her…before I go"

Armstrong picked him up and carried him to Dayna's body, he lay him down. Ed looked at her face and raised his arm so that he could touch her face. As his hand touched her face, a smile came across his.

"You and I aren't going to be alone anymore. I…love…you"

Ed's heartbeat died away as he breathed his last and closed his eyes, he was finally free from his immortal prison and at peace.