I Don't Own FullMetal Alchemist.
Al was brought out of the memory when he felt the car stop. He looked out the window; he didn't know where they were anymore. He had lost track a while ago. He didn't even know where they were heading. It defiantly nowhere he had been before, and that was saying something.
The light turned green and they were off again, Al just settled back down, trying not to wake the two females using him as a pillow. Al sighed and wrapped an arm around Mei's waist, and waited.
Rain pattered against the tinted window. The sound was nice and soothing, in Al's mind. He laid his head on the rapidly cooling window and closed his eyes. He was wouldn't be too disappointed if the pitter-patter of the rain was the last thing he ever heard.
Lust looked out the window; no one had ever gotten that close to finding them. Never had anyone come up and ask if they'd seen the missing children. Four people had asked them in less than two days. It was unbelievable. But the rush she got when those MP's came around, asking questions; she wasn't going to deny it, it felt refreshing.
Lust turned to look at the passengers in the back, everyone looked asleep, and everyone except Alphonse. Lust knew, that he knew, that he was going to die tonight; but what he didn't know, was, that every one of them are supposed to die tonight.
She thought about the order in which to kill them. 'It would be easier to kill Alphonse and Mei first, they'd put up to much of a fight, with trying to protect everyone else.' Lust thought. 'Then Russell and Fletcher. We'd have to tie them up or restrain them before they figure out what was going to happen. Leaving little Nina last.'
Lust looked over at Envy. 'He'd probably want to kill Nina first though, just to see the reaction on Alphonse and Mei's faces.' Lust just sighed and went back to look at the unsuspecting children in the back of the van. Lightning slashed, lighting everything up in a flash, and in that flash, she saw something in Al's eyes, something begging her to not harm the others. She was the first to turn away.
Ed was the first one to enter the living room. He sighed, looking at the floor. He walked over to the book case and leaned on it. He was so frustrated it wasn't even funny. He just kept thinking about how they were just a few minutes to late, and his temper just kept rising. Still leaning into the bookcase face first, he swung as hard as he could at the case. He had expected something to crash or shatter, but his automail arm just kept moving. With both momentum and weight, Ed found himself sliding off the book case and crash into some concrete. A loud KRTHUNK could be heard throughout the house.
"EVERYONE OK!" Mustang yelled, dashing into the room. He saw the big hole in the book case and skidded to a halt. Ed shook his head and picked himself up off the floor.
"I think I found something." Ed said, turning to look at Mustang, eyes wide.
"EVERYONE! LIVING ROOM! NOW!" Mustang roared, walking up to Ed. The lamp on the far side of the room barely illuminated the dark corridor. Mustang saw the faint outline of, what looked like and oil lamp, he snapped and lit it.
Breda and Falman ran into the room as Mustang lit several more lamps, everyone drew their guns and entered cautiously.
When they exited the corridor they were left with more questions and mental nightmares, than answers. Ed sat down on the couch, he saw a Xing to English dictionary on the shelf, and started reading it, something was nagging him about what that one chick said about the fertilizer they used for the flowers. Everyone, except Ed, jumped when Mustang's radio/walkie went off.
"Hello?" Mustang asked.
"Sir!" Fury rushed , "Theyhaveacrematorourmontheothersideofcenteral! HawkeyandHavokhavealreadyleftforthere!"
"What?" Everyone said aloud.
"You need to take a breath Fury. Now repeat that, slowly." Mustang ordered. Fury took a deep breath before repeating,
"They have a crematorium on the other of central! Hawkeye and Havok are en route now! Hughes is about to take a team and head over that way now!"
"Oh Fuck." Ed whispered.
"What is it Ed?" Breda said. Ed looked over to Mustang.
"Remember when I was having that conversation about the flowers with that one chick earlier?" Ed asked, eyes wide. Mustang nodded.
"Well, when I asked what kind of fertilizer they used, she said Kodomo no Hai?" Mustang nodded again. Ed stood and crossed the room to him, dictionary in hand.
"I knew something wasn't right about it, so when I saw this, I looked up what it meant." Ed handed it to him.
"It means, Children's Ashes!" Ed exclaimed. Someone gasped and all eyes went wide. Mustang grabbed his walkie and ordered Fury to give him the address of the crematorium. With the address in hand, everyone ran out to the cars and sped off, as the forensic team showed.
The rain was coming down harder when Envy parked.
"All right! Everyone out!" He ordered. When no one responded Envy growled. He exited through the driver side door, the wind tearing at the door. He marched to the back of the van and opened the back doors.
"I said, GET OUT! NOW!" Thunder clapped and lighting snapped, illuminating the terror on everyone's face. Envy just smirked and held the door open, rain battering his face.
Everyone was soaked to the bone, Nina was by far the driest of everyone, but that was because Al hid her under his jacket while he carried her. Al was severely confused. The only thing he could think of, was that they were going to make an example of him, or something.
Inside the building wasn't much better, to be honest. It was dark and the air was moist. The thing Al found to be odd, was that it was also humid in the room. Al took the jacket off of Nina and dropped it on the floor with a soft, wet, thump. Lust flipped a switch, the light was dim, but it was better than then dark. A quick glance around the room showed that there was a window to the right, a bunch of different sized boxes to the left, and two odd contraptions in front of them.
Al walked to the window and saw that they were in the middle of nowhere. There where trees as far as the eye could see, and Al bet that there was more.
"Hand her over." Envy demanded, looking at Al. Al hesitated, tighten his grip around Nina.
"Give. Her. To. Me." Envy grunted. Reluctantly, Al handed Nina over to him. The palm tree stocked over to the other side of the room, over to Lust. Lust gently took Nina from Envy, and laid her down in one of the boxes. Lust gave something to Nina, some sort of liquid. Nina drank it and passed out. Lust looked over at Envy, he grunted and left, snagging Russell's shirt sleeve, dragging him out of the room. A couple of minutes later, both male's entered the room, carrying the now drenched bags. Envy took a blanket out of one of the bags and handed it to Lust; who placed it on Nina, tucking her into her wooden box.
"Where's her doll?" Lust asked, her back to everyone.
"Where. Is. Her. Doll?" She asked when no one made a move to get it. Fletcher flinched and went for the doll. He handed it to her and Lust placed it in the box with Nina. She placed a kiss on her forehead, before picking the box up and taking it to one of the two contraptions.
"What is she doing?" Fletcher asked Russell. Russell merrily shrugged.
The box is in the thing, the door clicked shut and Envy smiled.
"Best say your goodbyes. While you still can!" he bellowed, before slamming his hand down on a big red button. Flames erupted from below the grate.
"NOOO!" Al screamed, rushing over to the incinerator. He ran smack into Envy, who shoved him to the floor. Al had grabbed a black sharpie off a nearby table and drew a circle; he clapped his hands before anyone knew what had happened. Stone spikes launched themselves towards Envy and the incinerator.
Lust chopped the spikes in half as quickly as they were made. Mei dashed towards the fight in an attempt to save Nina. Envy's arm extended, turning into razor blade that surely would've sliced Al in half, had Mei not blocked the attack with her shurikens.
Envy retracted his arm, giving both Al and Mei, the time to transmute; Al a dagger, Mei's transmutation caused the floor beneath Envy's feet to collapse. Al ran towards Lust, who stood in the way between him and Nina. Al screamed and everything seemed to slowdown.
Fletcher screamed, Russell gasped, and Mei fell to her knees at the sight before her. Al was limp, Lust's claws keeping him suspended in midair. Her nails had penetrated his gut, and chest; while one of them dripped brain matter. She recalled her nails, thrusting Al to the floor with a solid thump.
Mei stood and charged Lust when a bloodcurdling scream escaped the incinerator, immobilizing Mei. With a smirk on his face, Envy slashed Mei though her stomach. Blood blossomed and sprayed as Mei crumpled to the floor.
Envy's next attack was blocked by a thick wall of overgrowth and moss. Russell stood and watched his brother run over to the wounded and crouch. Russell went to help, when the door banged open and two people carrying guns rushed in.
"POLICE! GET ON THE GROUND!" The blonde female ordered. Russell ignored them and went to his brother's side, in an attempt to save Mei, Russell knew that Al was a lost cause, and Mei would be too, if not given immediate attention.
The two officers ignored the children on the floor and focused on the two standing.
"I SAID GET ON THE GROUND!" The female ordered once more. Envy chuckled and attacked, catching the female off guard. She shot, but it was too late. Blood stained the front of her uniform. She dropped to one knee and began firing.
Lightning flashed, glass shattered, and screams penetrated everyone's ears. Envy went up in a ball of smoke and fire as Mustang snapped repeatedly. Ed ran to the incinerator and opened the door. Fire flared up into his face, burning his antenna. He reached in, smoke blocking his sight, flames licking his arms.
His fingers bumped into something, grasping it firmly, he drug out the badly charged corpse of a young child.
An ambulance sounded in the distance, the body still in Ed's arms. Paramedics entered, they took one look at the corpse and took it from Ed. They laid it out on the stone floor, checked for a pulse and shook their hands; moving on to the next vic. Four more paramedics entered the room and checked out Ed's arms. He quickly dismissed them and went outside with Mustang, watching two men carry a small girl out of the building on a stretcher and rush off to the nearest hospital.
Anger was starting to get the better of him; he began to tremble as he walked around the building. Ed followed, not speaking. He signaled over to Falman and Breda to follow them.
Under the shattered window, they saw a trail of blood leading them to a crumpled body, clad in blue and red.
"NOOO!" Havok screams, running to Hawkeye. Ed turns and runs to find the nearest paramedic. They load Hawkeye up into one of the ambulances, Havok sticking by her side.
Ed hops into the last ambulance, paramedics looking at Ed's arms. Mustang orders Breda and Falman to wait for the team of investigators coming with Hughes, before following the trail of blood into the woods.
Breda and Falman watch Mustang join Ed in the ambulance. The doors slam shut and the tires squeal under the rectangular vehicle. The two men look at each other and walk over to the side of the building to wait for the reinforcements.
Max: I know. I know. It's a crappy chapter. R&R please.