25: Lust's Demise
Roy's P.O.V.
Major Glaciurs walked into my office and handed in her paperwork. To be honest, I forgot what I gave her. All I could think about was her amazing purple eyes.
"what are you gawking at?" she demanded. I felt my cheeks flush and I turned my head.
"nothing." I pressed my hands to my cheeks, trying to push the blood rushing to them back inside my head. It didn't work.
"right... are you sure you want to challenge Asher for her exam?" she asked cautiously.
"yeah. Why, is that a problem?" I turned back around to face her. She folded her arms and sighed.
"do you have any idea of the amount of power she has? And how dangerous it is?" she asked seriously.
"Rei, it's fine." I assured her.
"Oh, now we're on a first name basis? Anyway, Roy..." she stressed my name (as embarrassing as this is for a grown man to say) and made my heart skip a beat. "I don't think you could've made a stupider decision. Do you remember what you did to her?" Rei demanded. I cringed.
"I try not to..." I muttered under my breath. I did manage to hide the fact that I had tried crack earlier that day. I was completely loopy, screaming about pirates and crap for the rest of the day. "oh.... shoot..." I grumbled, realizing what that might very well mean for me.
"I'll have your funeral arranged for Sunday at three." Rei joked.
"That's not funny! She's gonna pulverize me!!" I whined. Rei slapped me.
"Act your age, not your shoe size." she hissed.
"how cute. You two make a lovely couple." A seductive voice said from behind us. We turned around and saw Lust. Something was very wrong. I killed her a few years ago, yet here she was, walking across the room to us.
"What do you want?" Rei questioned, getting into a fighting stance. Lust grinned and slashed her fingers at us, partially destroying the wall. I fished my gloves out of my pocket, shocked when I remembered I forgot them today.
"Rei, I forgot my gloves." I hissed as she prepared to counterattack.
"what?!" she hissed back, dodging Lust and pushing me out of the way. "how could you forget?!"
"I'm sorry!!" I whined, dragging her out into the hallway to escape.
"you're so useless!" She muttered.
"useless?...I'm useless?" I asked in a squeaky voice. She rolled her eyes and pulled me around a corner.
"Roy now is not the time to be emo!!" She made a thick wall of ice before we ran to my dorm. I grabbed my gloves off my bed and yanked them on. Lust appeared in the doorway and I snapped.
Ed's P.O.V.
I heard an explosion somewhere inside the building. Asher and I ran inside. Envy stopped us.
"Sup, little Fullmetal?" he smirked.
"I'm not little!! I actually grew a couple inches so there!" I growled, sticking out my tongue at him. Asher kicked me.
"we can use witty comebacks later Ed!" she hissed. Envy sliced at my face. I grabbed Asher and pulled her out of the way.
"I don't get it! They're all dead. Why are they back?!" I asked, myself as we ran down a hall. Things were getting really weird. Actually, things had been weird ever since I met Asher.
"maybe they want something." Asher suggested, breathing hard. Another explosion resounded above us. She covered her ears and cringed. A chunk of the ceiling hit me on the head. Major Glaciurs and Colonel Mustang crashed through the roof. Lust appeared not long after them. She was burned, but quickly regenerating. The colonel kept blowing her up, muttering something about déjà vu. Major Glaciurs twitched and started attacking us. Asher blocked her attack, getting her shoulder sliced open in the process. Blood spattered on the ground. Major blinked and looked dazed.
"Wha...??" she mumbled. Envy grinned.
"See? She is one of us too." Envy gloated to Lust.
"but she serves no purpose as of yet." Lust commented. She went up in flames again and Major stabbed her. The Philosopher's stone inside her flew out of her body and she died, crumbling into dust. Major picked it up and it pulsed, fusing with her body. It looked like it hurt but she didn't scream. Envy knocked her unconscious and carried her away, leaving the building to fall apart on our heads.
"Ed, watch out!!" Asher screamed. I looked up. The entire floor above us was coming down, and I was in the way. Someone pushed me out of the way. I heard Asher scream in pain. One leg was pinned under a huge chunk of building materials and blood was flowing steadily. I used alchemy to disintegrate the chunk because it was too heavy for both me and the colonel to lift away. Her leg was bleeding very badly and looked like it might be broken. She tried to stand up, but fell back down, biting her lip.
"c'mon, you have to get up." I said, picking her up and slinging her on my back piggy-back style.
"Just go. Leave me, I'll be fine. Get out before we all die." She gasped.
"Dammit, Ashling I'm not going to leave you. If I did I'll never be able to live with myself." I said through gritted teeth. Man she was heavier than she looked. We ran to the nearest exit and the whole building collapsed.
"Brother!!" Al cried, running over and hugging me. I hiked Asher up on my back, trying not to touch her leg. As it would turn out, I did and she screamed again, clawing my shoulders and burying her face in the back of my head.
"al, help me." I said. He went behind me and helped Asher down. Blood was forming a miniature lake around my boots.
"What happened?" he asked, setting her on the ground as gently as possible. She winced and lurched forward a little.
"She got caught under a chunk of the building." I said, crouching next to her and feeling useless. She looked up at me. Her face was calm, but her eyes were overflowing with pain.
"Thank you..." she whispered.
"Asher, I know this isn't the best time but I'm really sorry about what I did." Al apologized. She patted his head comfortingly.
"it's okay... I forgive you..." she whispered. She slumped against me, unconscious. Her red blood was the brightest color in the grey landscape.