Second to last of the arch! In this chapter, we dip into the Doctor Who a bit. Ed wakes up and Brian implies something to her that drives her off the deep end. A stranger appears and offers her a choice between Roy, Casey and him. If she chose him, she'd never see the other two again. She rules him out and narrows the field. She's warned that if she chooses the wrong one, the other will die. She goes on a rampage and makes her choice.

Chapter Soundtrack: Feel For You – Nightwish (as sung by Edwarda Elric and Brian Aldebaran)

A snarl ripped out of Ed's throat as her eyes snapped open and she sat up. "Somebody's awake," said Brian as he threw a piece of raw meat at her.

It missed. "I'll kill you," she replied, grabbing the sides of her coffin and standing up.

"There was a little horseplay last week and I had to put the whole herd down."

She couldn't miss the implication. "I'll rip your heart out of your chest and feed it to you!" She promised him. She headed towards him and hit glass. She began clawing at it, the metal and nails scraping making an eerie noise.

"Don't make me execute you, you are going to rule after my death," he left and she screamed insults after him.

"How am I going to get out?" She asked herself, lifting her arms. "The idiot left me my arm," she said, almost villainously with a smile.

"How fortunate," said a stranger. "There's something I need to tell you, Ms. Elric."

"I'm a captive audience," she replied sarcastically.

"You're confused. There are two men in your life but you can't have them both."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm referring to Roy Mustang and Casey Aldebaran."

"What are you smoking?"

"It's true! Look at it, you know it is."

"Listen you doofus, I do not..."

"Do."

"Don't like either of them."

"Do."

She got angry. "Fun!"

"See, you do. You have to choose between them. Or you could chose me and never seen both again."

"I'll pass on that one."

"I thought you'd say that. I was giving you the easy way out. Be forewarned, if you chose incorrectly, the other one will die." Then he was gone.

She clapped her hands and made herself a door, the previous implication on her mind again. Once she was out, she ran all the way to the horse barn and ran through it. It was empty. It can't be true! "Mustang!" she shouted. "Roy Mustang! You have to be here somewhere!" She ran in a circle in desperation. "Damn it, Mustang! This isn't funny! Please tell me you're alive!"

"Ed," said Casey from the doorway. "General Mustang is dead."

"No," she said, sinking to the floor. "He can't be." I hadn't decided yet.

"I'm so sorry, Ed, but I was there when he died. I had to be as a witness."

"NO!" she screamed. It echoed off whatever it could. "Casey," she said finally. "Run. Just run." So this is it. He ran and she pulled out a box of matches and lit one, tossing it into hay. She ran as the fire spread. "You were my first love." She tore down corridors, shoving pillars and slicing strings wherever she went. "Distant shiver, heaven sent. I am the snow on your lips, the freezing taste, the silvery sip. I'm the breath on your hair, the endless nightmare, devil's lair." It has to be.

Everybody got out of her way. "Only so many times, I can say I long for you." No Brian here. "In time all pain will fade, through your memory I will wade."

She heard him. "Settling for a draw tonight." He turned to face her as she ran smiled and ran to meet her. "Puppet girl, your strings are mine!"

I've made my choice now. There's no turning back. She leapt to attack him. Although he was over twice her age, he was still a difficult opponent. "This one is for you," she spat. "For you, only for you. Just give in to it, never think again."

She was about to plunge a knife into his heart when a voice shouted "EDWARDA FELICITY ELRIC! CEASE AND DESIST!"

She paused, shock knocking her off balance as she stumbled backwards and fell, dropping the knife. "I feel for you."

"It's a ghost," giggled Brian. "Boo!" He picked the knife up and headed towards the shocked Ed.

A plant near him caught fire. "Mustang," Ed whispered and got up.

"Like, I've totally failed," wailed Brian suddenly as reality caught up to him. He threw himself on the knife.

"Homunculi can't use alchemy," she told herself as she walked towards Roy. She fell and he caught her. She began to cry, inhaling his scent. Between that and how warm he was told her everything her heart needed to know. "You're alive!" She clung to him like a child to her favorite person.

"Yes, Edwarda," he whispered. "I'm alive." She had no reply for that. Her eyes shut. "Your Majesty," she heard him say. "I would bow but my arms are full." Casey replied but she didn't hear a word he said. A hand cupped her chin, lifting her face. It was a gentle movement but not as gentle as the lips that molded to hers. Compared to her previous kiss from John, this one was loving and much sweeter. She wanted this to be her real first kiss. She wondered who it was but the black completely took over.