If you live in fear of the future
Because of what happened in the past,
You'll end up losing
What you have in the present
"ED!"
The figure looked seductively at Ed as her lifeless body fell to the ground. Al could only stare in utter horror.
Why... he thought. "no...No...NO WAY IN FUCK!" he yelled as he stumbled to his feet without the help from his tied hands. Before he could dash over to his sister, he was grabbed from behind. A shock ran through Al's body as a pocket knife pierced through his right shoulder blade. Al screamed as the knife was forcefully yanked from his skin, tearing bone and flesh. His numb body fell to the ground with a loud THUMP.
The girl chimera licked the blood-stained knife. "Calm down, pretty boy! We only knock deh girl out! I'ma sure she's breathing...if not so, we could be in big trouble with deh Fuhrer."
He looked up from his stomach position and growled. He glanced at his sister, who didn't appear to be breathing. I...am gonna kill them all! I promise you, sister! Al screamed in his mind as his eyes became darker.
Roy kept his pace, although he felt someone following him. But he soon shook it off. Damn... I hope I'm not too late... He thought as he went even faster.
He had to admit that he took a considerably long amount of time searching for Ling's secret stash of weapons. "Ah! There it is!" he cried happily as his gaze went towards the abandoned bar.
Al was furious. He had his head halfway low, so you could only see his evil stare on his sister's corpse. Even though the three chimera gang went back to sharpening their knifes and playing cards, as if nothing happened, Al continued to stare at Ed, almost as if he was dead also.
Al's dark stare still didn't change-even when the gang smelled the air. They all smiled evily. "The lasts's one 'ere" said the horrible speaking woman. They all once again got up from their seats and took their positions. They waited calmy as-
BOOM!
An explosion of fire ate the door and caved in, making everything collapse in flames. The three criminals jumped back in defense. And as the smoke cleared, Roy appeared stepping inside the large semi-empty room, wearing a victorious smirk, ready to snap again.
His smirk soon faded when he saw Al, bleeding from his shoulder heavily. Roy jogged over to Al to untie him. "Alphonse! What...what did they do to you?" Roy stuttered as the last knot in the ropes snapped. Al ignored Roy's question-and the stinging pain he felt on his shoulder and wrists. All he did was stand up-almost falling over-and walking slowly over to Ed's laying body.
Roy's eyes went wide when he saw what Al was walking over to. He almost stumbled trying to get to get to Ed. When both men approached Edward, they held her, trying to find a pulse. But all they found was Ed's closed eyes and the pool of blood under her.
To Roy, crying was so cliché, but right now he couldn't even talk, because talking would definetly make him cry right now. All he could mumble was, "Oh...my...God...no...Ed...". Roy never felt so empty. This was worse than the Ishval Massacre- he felt as if what he loved most was never to come back.
Al cried. He cried like a baby, and he couldn't stop. He didn't like showing his feelings in front of his romance rival, but he couldn't stop thinking of all the times Ed promised to protect Al...but, he couldn't even save her from a worthless Chimera.
*COUGH*!
Roy and Al jerked upward, staring at Ed and gleaming with the little hope they had. Their eyes went wide when they saw Ed sit up and held her hand to her mouth.
"EDWARD!" Roy exclaimed, hugging the choking girl. Blood soon gushed from in between Ed's fingers as she continued to cover her mouth as she coughed violently.
Al didn't speak. He COULDN'T speak. This was...incredible! But he was scared that this was his imagination. Roy patted Ed's back, and her coughing fit soon ended. She looked up at the two men, and her lips moved as it formed words, but no sound was made.
Then, out of nowhere, Ed's half dead eyes went wide in fear. She then sat up some more and pushed Roy and Al out of the way. SLASH! Ed hissed in pain as the knife stabbed her left shoulder. Her torso soon gave out, making her tumble down into laying on her left side-making the knife go in deeper.
"AH-SISTER!" Al screamed as he jumped to Ed's side and brushed her hair out of her face. She was sweating and breathing heavily. They knew they had to take the knife out, or Ed could REALLY die this time.
The girl chimera grimaced and sighed. "Dammit, I missed! And I thought I could beat my record..." she mumbled.
Roy made a face as he pulled the knife slowly as he could. Ed kicked her feet and hissed as Al held her closely, trying to comfort her. She blinked continuously and screamed to the top of her lungs as the knife slid against her broken tender bones and skin, and blood flowed out of her head and shoulder like rivers.
When the knife popped out of her skin, Ed grimaced, closed her eyes shut, and bit her bottom lip hard, making it bleed. As Roy threw the knife aside and joined the hugging, Ed could taste the metallic texture of blood that went in her mouth, but she continued to bite her lip. After Roy felt her shake and shudder, he whispered:
"It's going to be alright."
"It's going to be alright."
Al looked up at Roy, who had a little sparkle in the corners of his eyes.
Tears...
Al smiled and held Ed closer. Seeing the Colonel cry like that...made him wanna...Al felt the hot sting of water down his cheek. He joined in the rant with Roy:
"It's going to be alright."
"It's going to be alright."
"It's going to be alright."
The three chimeras smirked. To them, those three looked like a couple of love sick freaks. They all nodded to one another, and started to approach them slowly, taking out their sharpest knives and transforming into their true animal forms.
Ed took caution. She nodded to both her love ones a small, raspy "thank you", and stood up, still feeling dizzy from the extreme amount of blood loss. Roy stood up also and adjusted his symbolized glove while Al stood up also, taking out a long piece of chalk.
Ed clapped her hands together and swooped her hands against her auto-mail arm, transmuting her trademark blade. Determination took over death in her golden eyes, just like back then when she decided to become a State Alchemist.
Ed smirked. She felt something in her heart. Weight felt like it was taken off of her shoulders. And right there, she found out what this feeling was-hey, she was a young prodigy, after all.
This was their moment to fight-to take back what they had and make amends to all the promises they've broken. Together.
~~End
Ah... So much writing...
Seriously! I calculated how much I wrote and how much I typed.
I typed and published (not including authors notes) about 41,600 words!
And that I've written (not including specials and side notes) about 78,400 words!
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My birthday was six days ago (Jan 16) I'm FINALLY 17!
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