The team reached a room at the end of the winding tunnel where they found a short old man, possibly in his late fifties. He had short auburn hair and a small moustache. He was dressed in a white lab coat with the sleeve's rolled up on top of a maroon dress shirt and light brown pants.
As they walked deeper into the room, he stood up and laughed.
"Oh my, do I have guests?" he said. "I'm a little nervous now."
As he smiled at them, they could see one golden tooth. His glasses were shiny that they couldn't see his eyes. The others got an uneasy feeling.
"Who are you!?" Ed demanded.
"Me? Hmm? I'm the man who created King Bradley." he replied.
The others stared at him in shock.
"That means you're on their side!" Mustang hissed.
"Which means you're getting a bullet between those goofy looking eyes!" Elyza screamed.
"You must be.. I see. I'm glad that you tagged along with them. I figured you'd be at the radio station with the rest of the Mustang supporters, but here you are. Ready to go. Thanks for getting me one less thing to do, Miss Forte." the doctor laughed before raising his hand into the air.
Several men in miltary pants and blank white shirts fell down from the ceiling and landed by the doctor. Their eyes were glowing red and they were emotionless. Batty shoved Chris and Elyza behind him as he growled loudly.
"Guys, entertain them for a while." the doctor said.
The men ran at them and the Ed group scattered. One of them charged each member of the group and they could barely hold them off. Elyza shot at one but couldn't hit him.
"What's the hell!? They're not even moving like humans! Their movements are perfect. W-What are they!?" Elyza shouted, still firing.
"Dolls?" Mustang said as he got back to back with Hawkeye.
"No, they don't move the same way as those creepy dolls." Batty yelled as he tried to punch one of them but failed.
"They're men who might have become King Bradley." the doctor said as he worked on the human transmutition circle.
The others looked back at him in horror.
"They were gathered as soon as they were born and they were given special education and training for the sole purpose of becoming the Fuhrer. And with the twelfth experiment, King Bradley was born. So these are the leftovers. Despite that, they have been training for battles all this time." the doctors explained.
The men attacked again and the others didn't stand a chance. It was like they were standing still and only the men could move. Still, they all managed to stay alive.
"They're not as strong as King Bradley, but they are still pretty good." the doctor laughed.
"You sick fuck. Using people this is a sin worse than murder! These were someone's sons, someone's babies! You are a twisted piece of trash and I'm sending you to hell!" Elyza shouted, pointing her gun at the doctor.
Suddenly, one of the men kicked her in the back and knocked her to the ground. Her gun hit the floor and she coughed as she got on her hands on knees. The man tried to attack her again, but she was suddenly gone. Ed's eyes widened then he looked around. He found her in Batty's arms. The chimera sat her down on her feet gently then charged at the man. Elyza watched in him awe. He was fast. Very fast. He was coming much closer to actually landing something than they were.
One of the men tried to hit him and Elyza delievered a flying kicking to his head. She actually landed it, but another man grabbed her. She growled before headbutting him. Batty punched one but another tried to cut him. Elyza shot the man in the head. He fell and Elyza ran to Batty.
"Be careful, doofus. I don't need you dead!" she hissed.
"Sorry." Batty said.
"Don't sweat it, honey. I got your back." she said with a smile.
Batty's eyes widened then he smiled back before getting back to back with her. The doctor stood up and looked at them.
"There we go. Let's begin. Number 16, Number 17, Number 21, Number 23, Number 26. Come here." the doctor said.
Five of the men ran to him and the others watched as they made a circle around the doctor. Ed looked down and saw a human transmutition circle under the man's feet. His eyes widened. The doctor activated the circle and alchemy lightening filled the room.
"What are you doing!?" Ed yelled.
"This is just the first step. Do you know how many alchemy research facilities under direct control of the Fuhrer exist in Central?" the doctor replied.
"Theres should be four that currently being used. No.. Research Laboratory 5.. There are five! A transmutation circle with five points!" Ed shouted.
"What?!" Elyza screamed.
"Could it be that the curving underground path was a circle that connects the research facilites?" Ed said in horror.
The ground began to shake and the others looked at each other. This was bad. Batty's skin tingled with a strange feeling of dreed. What was this?
Suddenly, little black hands came from the floor and quickly destructed the men around the doctor. Batty grabbed Elyza and Chris before shoving them behind him. A large eye suddenly opened under Ed's feet. He gasped in shock and Elyza ran to him. The little black hands started to destruct him and he screamed in fear.
"No, Fullmetal!" Elyza shouted as she ran to him and tried to grab his arm.
He turned to nothing in her grasp and she covered her mouth. The others watched in horror as he disappeared and Elyza sank to her knees.
"He disappeared!?" Hawkeye said.
"What did you do!?" Mustang yelled.
"You bastard! Where is he!? Give him back!" Elyza screamed as she found her feet.
"Oh, don't you worry, Silver Petal Alchemist. You'll be with him soon enough." the doctor laughed as the men attacked again.
Meanwhile, Ed and his teacher, Izumi, had reunioned on a level under the others.
"Teacher!?" Ed said as he came up to her.
"Ed!"
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, somewhat."
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"That's what I want to know. Where are we?" she replied, rubbing her neck.
"I don't know. I was just sent her all of sudden."
Suddenly, a loud metallic crash occured behind them. They looked back to see Al's iron body laying on the ground motionless.
"Al! Al! Come on. Get it together." Ed yelled.
'Even Al? Could it be that all of the sacrifices are being gathered?' Izumi thought to herself.
Without warning, a loud footstep got their attention. They looked back to see a large, solid black figure with red eyes all over him. He wasn't human by any means. Hohenhiem was trapped in whatever this thing was and seemed to be unconious.
"Let's see. One... two... three... and four." It said. "We're still missing one. I guess the last one is currently being made. She should be here soon."
"What the hell is this monster!?" Izumi said in terror.
"Hohenheim!" Ed yelled.
Hohenheim groaned then opened his eyes.
"Edward.. Even Alphonse was captured..? Woah, Miss Izumi as well. Sorry I'm such a pitiful state." he replied.
"What in the world is going on?" Izumi asked.
"Well -."
"You just stay put. I'll slowly absorb the philospher's stone in you later." the monster interrupted.
"Who the hell is this guy, Hohenheim?" Ed yelled.
"My alter ego. The guy who the homunculi call 'Father.'" Hohenhiem replied.
"That's the same geezer!?" Ed said in shock.
"Yeah. I was able to destory his skin but -." Hohenhiem said.
Father pulled him into his body so that they couldn't see him.
"Stop your blabbering, Hohenheim. I welcome you, human sacrifices. Thanks for coming to my castle." Father said.
"Al, wake up. This one's going to be tough. Al! Alphonse!" Ed said as he and Izumi prepared for a fight.
Meanwhile, the others were fighting for their lives. They were doing their best to dodge as actual fighting was becoming more and more impossible.
"The ones up there are so unrealiable. They couldn't even prepare five human sacrifices for today?" the doctor said as he watched. "Well, I gathered all the ones who've been seeking morsels like immorality, so it's no suprise that they couldn't do their jobs."
Batty tried to kick one of them but the man grabbed his leg and snapped it. Batty screamed and the man pinned him to the floor with it.
"Batty! Let him go!" Elyza shouted as she aimed her gun at the man's head.
Two more men grabbed her arms and shoved her to the floor. As they restrained her, Batty still fought to get loose.
"Petal!" Mustang yelled.
The men held the others at knife point and all they could do was watch. The doctor claps his hands.
"Excellent. Stay just like that." he said. "Now, Forte, we don't have much time. I would appreciate it if you could willingly cooperate with me. Do you mind performing human transmutation and opening the gate?
"Go to hell, you creep!" she screamed.
"You.. you bastards! You're trying to make Petal a human sarficie, aren't you!?" Mustang demanded.
"Exactly. The ones who open the gate are our sacficaties. That's why the Elric Brothers were chosen." the doctor said.
"I heard from them that human transmutation doesn't work, so why the hell would she do it knowing that it will not work!?" Mustang hissed.
"You have a good point there. As long as she open the gate and come back, it's fine." the doctor replied.
"I ain't doing that! That's stupid. I have no reason to." she shouted.
"Didn't I tell you that we don't have much time?" the doctor asked.
The man suddenly shoved his sword into Batty's torso then cut upward. Crimson blood spattered everywhere and Batty yelled out in pain. Elyza instantly burst into tears.
"Batty! No! Don't hurt him, please!? I'm begging you! Stop!" she sobbed.
"Benjamin!" Chris shouted as his young voice cracked.
Batty coughed up blood and closed his eyes as even more blood ran into the floor.
"Open the gate, Miss Forte." the doctor said as one of the men drug Batty into the transmutition circle.
"Batts, answer me! Batty!? Please!? Don't you die on me, damn it!" she yelled.
"Now, perform the transmutition and become the fifth sarfacite." the doctor said.
"Batty! Batty, say something! Don't leave me!" she shouted.
"Come on, if you don't pick up the pace, this boy will die." the doctor said.
"Ben, Ben, come on. Get up, please?" Chris said softly as he sobbed.
Elyza looked at Chris then back at Batty who was bleeding more than she'd even though a human could bleed.
"Oh, I see. You're going to transmute him back after he dies? That's fine too." the doctor said.
Elyza looked back at Chris who was sobbing as hard as he could. She closed her eyes and looked down.
"I'll do it." Elyza said.
"There we go. That's much better. Let her go, boys." the doctor said.
They released her and she stood up. She started to walk to the circle slowly. Chris wanted to yell stop. He wanted to tell her not to, but his voice was gone. He was mute right now. All he could do was cry.
"Petal, don't you dare go anywhere that damn circle! That's an order!" Mustang shouted.
"Forte!"
"Don't be a fool, girl!" Scar yelled.
Elyza was deaf to everything. She was remembering the screams of her family in the fire, she was remembering her chimera friends dying, she was remembering hearing about Hughes's death for the first time, she was remembering the look in Bido's eyes when Greed killed him by mistake... All of her friends.. her family.. They were all gone. She couldn't stand to lose anyone else. No one. Especailly not Batty or Chris. She loved him. She was in love with Batty. They couldn't take him. Even if it meant becoming a sarcatife, she had to stop this.
She reached the circle and kneeled down to him. He looked at her and shook his head.
"No, Ely. Don't. T-they'll hurt you." he whimpered.
She leaned over and kissed him on the lips as gently, yet passionately as she could. When pulled away, he looked at her with tears on his face.
"Elyza, I love you." he said softly.
"I love you too, Batt. That's why I have to do this. I'm taking you home after this and we see your daughter." she said, putting one hand on the circle.
Batty closed his eyes and sobbed. She closes her eyes and put the other hand down. Instantly, alchemy lightening filled the room and the portal ripped open and Elyza vanished into it. As the lightening stopped and the dust settled, the most disgusting sight appeared. A deformed creature was in Batty's place now and Elyza was gone. Chris's broken sobs got louder and Mustang closed his eyes. Suddenly, they heard the doctor laughing.
"She was far too impatient. If she'd only be a little realistic, I might have given her this." he said, holding up a philospher's stone.
Mustang's eyes widened.
"You fucking bastard!" he shouted.
"Don't blame me. She was the one who ran into this with no thought process. She is to blame here. I guess that's what you get for being young and in love, huh?" the doctor laughed.
"Damn it. She just didn't want to be alone anymore. She just wanted to go home." Mustang said as he looked down.
Suddenly, most of the soldiers began to trapped in a sticky, thick ooze that came from the ceiling. The others gasped. Mustang took his chance. They'd cut his gloves so he couldn't use his flames, but he was ready to fight anyway. He took advance of the remaining, free soldiers confustion to elbow one of them in the face and break his nose. As soon as he was free , he grabbed a sword. The two tried to stop him but the ooze grabbed them first. Mustang ran to the doctor, who tried to escape but the mystery ooze wrapped around his legs and he fell. He looked up to see the shiny blade heading for his chest and screamed in fear.
"This is for Petal, you sick son of bitch!" Mustang yelled at the top of his lungs before driving the blade through the golden toothed doctor's rotten heart.
Jerso jumped down from the ceiling with Mae, Darius and Zampanto. They were both in their chimera forms. Mae used her knives to extremite the men and then looked at Scar.
"I hope we're not too late." Mae said.
Chris looked at the deformed creature which had died already and covered his mouth. He spotted the philsopher's stone on the ground and starts to walk to it. Mae did the same and Chris pointed his gun at her.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Scar demanded.
"That stone belongs to Elyza. The way I see it, it's rightful hers."
"I need that more! My clan is danger!" Mae hissed.
"Do I look like I care!?" Chris screamed.
Mae was clearly scared and backed up.
"If Elyza'd had this thing, then she and my brother would be okay. It was hidden from her and now they are gone! If she is alive, then she is the rightful owner of it, not you!" Chris shouted.
"Elyza? You mean the girl with the pink hair?" Mae said.
"Yeah. That's her." Chris replied.
"She protected me from that fat homunculus that they called Gluttony. Is she... is she dead?" Mae asked.
"I don't know. I don't think so. I think she lived but I don't know where she is." Chris replied.
Mae looked down and backed away from the stone.
"You intend to give that to the Silver Petal Alchemist?" Scar asked.
"This might have saved Batty if she had it, but she was lied to. I think it's only far that we let her decide what happens to it now." Chris said.
"I see. Take it then, but lower your weapon. You don't have threaten the girl. She's only a child." Scar said.
Chris did and picked up the vial. He looked at Mae and put in his pocket.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said about your clan. I just need this. I'm sorry." Chris said.
"It's alright." Mae said softly as tears rolled down her face.
"I'll help you find something to save your clan after I find my friend, okay?" Chris said in his normal, gentle tone.
Mae smiled and Chris smiled back. The deformed creature caught his eye and he sighed heavily.
"Please tell me that's not my brother." he said.
"I'm so sorry for your lost." Mae said.
"I-it's okay. Let's just get moving. We need to find this Father guy and get Elyza back." Chris said.
"I'm afraid that I can't let you do that." Wrath said as he came into the room.
"Bradley." Mustang growled.
"Long time, no see, Mustang." he replied.
"It has been a long time indeed." Mustang hissed back.
"Good to see that everything went occuring to plan. Father was sure that Forte's reckless nature would make her an easy canditate."
"So she was a target from the start?" Mustang asked softly.
"You humans are just like that, especially young girls like Forte. You are too hapzard and ingrontant to make a logical desicion." Wrath said.
"I can't say anything bad about Forte's desicion. There was a time that I would have done the same thing. As much as that girl as lived though, I'd be surprised if she didn't do it to try and save a friend." Mustang said.
"Nevertheless, the girl served her purpose, even if it was for a foolish reason." Wrath scoffed.
"Shut your mouth! She did it to save her friend!" Chris said.
"And what did she achieve? Her friend is dead. She was a reckless child. SHe was easily multiplated. A typical human." Wrath said.
"Where is she!?" Chris yelled.
" She's down with our Father. Though I certainly can't guarantee that she's without any physical defects." Wrath replied.
"You bastard!" Chris yelled.
"As you can see, I'm fatally wounded. Who shall be the one to win fame for defeating the Fuhrer of Amestris?" Wrath asked.
"I'll do it." Chris said.
"No, you're not a fighter and you're already too shaken up. You stand back. If Petal is alive, she'll need you." Mustang said.
Chris looked away and nodded.
"Who then? A chimera? A forgiener? Mustang's pet? Or perhaps, will all of you band together to take me down?"
As they made their desicion, Elyza rejoined the others. She had her face covered and was screaming.
"Elyza!?" Ed said, running to her.
Pride walked in and stood beside Father.
"She is the fifth sacrifice, Father. I just heard from Wrath. The humans up there confirmed that she did perform the transmutition." Pride said.
"I'd like to say that we've gathered all five, but Alphonse Elric has yet to come over to this side." Father said.
"Elyza, are you okay?"
She sat up and looked around.
"Fullmetal? Is that you? Where's Batty!? Where's Chris!? Where are we?" she said in a panic.
"We're with the big cheese now. What happened, Elyza?" Ed said.
"I was in front of a large gate with nothing but white around it." she said.
"A gate!? Don't tell me that they took something from you!? You still have all of your limbs." Ed said.
"Since when do you have night vision, Fullmetal?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.
"What?" Ed said softly.
"How can you see me in here? Why is it so damn dark down here?" she said.
"What are you -?"
"It's too dark to see, moron! W-what's going on!?" Elyza demanded.
She got up and tried to walk but tripped and fell. Izumi touched her shoulder.
"You okay?" Izumi said.
Elyza stared at the floor in horror and couldn't reply.
"I-it couldn't be." Ed said.
"So you've lost your vision? How convenient." Pride said.
"No, no, no! Tell me that you guys can't see too! Tell me that it's just dark in here!" Elyza shouted.
No one spoke and she started to cry a little.
"Please!? Please!" she begged. "I can't... I can't protect anyone if I'm blind."
Pride laughed.
"You have the worst attitude out of the whole bunch. It's nice to you being so humble." he chuckled mockingly.
"Elyza, did you perform a human transmution?" Ed asked firmly.
"They hurt Batty and I tried to save him. I thought if he was still alive, then it won't count! I didn't know! I didn't know!" she sobbed, punching the floor with one hand.
"You poor child." Izumi said, wrapping her arms around her and embracing her.
"I didn't ask for any of this, God damn it! I just... I just wanted to go home!" she said, curling up in Izumi's arms and sobbing.
"She'll be useless like this. She'll be no problem from now on." Pride said.
"Truth is cruel. Out of the cocky ones who tried to revive the dead in order to be embraced by their mother's warmth again, one of them was robbed of his with which to stand and his one and only brother was taken from him. The other was stripped of his entire body which left him unable to feel warmth at all." Father said, looking at Ed.
He turned his attention to Izumi was still holding the sobbing Elyza.
"The woman who longed for her dead child was given a body no longer able to reprouduce." he said.
He looked at Elyza who was trembling violently as she mumbled Batty's name repeatedly in between broken sobs.
"Now, the girl who would give up anything to see her beloved friends again has her sight ripped away from her after a ruthless attempt to save one of them and will never see their faces again."
Elyza's sobs got harder and Izumi closed her eyes.
"He gives humans their suitable form of despair to prevent them of getting too conceited. He is the existence which you humans refer to as 'God'. Truth." Father said.
"How is that fair!?" Ed yelled. "Those of us who acted on our own initiative certainly deserved it. But to use someone who's mentally unstable like this, someone who is easily tricked and robbing their vision? You think that's justified? Truth is too illogical fo me to accept!"
Suddenly, an explosion occured above them and they looked up. Mae landed with her feet on the ground then ran up to Edward.
"Mae?" Ed said.
"Elyza? You are alive, aren't you?" Mae said, happily.
"The little Xingese girl that has the panda?"
"There he is." Mae said, looking at Father. "I knew he was down here."
"How dare she open a hole in the roof of my house?" Father said.
"He looks different now, but judging from that aura.. You are the immortal learder, aren't you!?" Mae demanded.
She looked back and her eyes widened.
"Alphonse?!" she said as she looked at the armor on the floor.
"A-al? What's wrong with Metal Boy?" Elyza asked as she looked around.
"What happened!?" Mae asked as she kneeled down to him.
"I don't know. He just won't wake up." Ed said.
"No way! Alphonse! Alphonse! Please wake up!" Mae begged.
"Come on, Metal Boy. Get it together." Elyza said.
"You know Alphonse?" Izumi asked.
"Yeah. He's my friend." Elyza replied.
"I feel like I've seen you before." Izumi said.
"Huh?" Elyza said, looking in her direction but not at her.
"What's your name?" Izumi said.
"Elyza Forte. Why?"
"Forte? Are you from Dublith?" she said.
"Yeah. Who are you? Your voice sounds familiar." Elyza said as her eyes widened.
"I'm Izumi Curtis. I was your neighbor. I used to watch you and your siblings while your parents ran their store."
Elyza smiled and closed her eyes.
"So that's why I trusted you when you touched my shoulder." she said.
Al suddenly sat up and Izumi looked up at him.
"Stay here, Ellie. I'm going to check on Al." Izumi said before getting up.
"E-Ellie?" Elyza said softly. "No one's called me that in years."
"Master? Brother? Mae! Wait, where arm-?"
He looked around and saw Father who laughed.
"That makes all five of you!" Father said happily.
They all looked at him.
"So, you say you refuse to acknowledge Truth?" Father said.
"That's right!" Ed yelled. "You also to think you've won after gathering us all up, but you haven't won yet!"
"Nonsense." Father laughed.
Izumi kneeled down next to Elyza again.
"Can you stand? We're going to get out here." she whispered.
"Don't bother trying." Father said. "All of you are already inside my belly."
"What the hell?" Elyza said, looking her face again.
Mae stepped in front of all of them.
"Mae!" Al said.
"Midget!" Ed added.
"You, with all the eyes! You're immortal, aren't you!?" Mae said.
Only silence could be heard.
"So you're not going to deny it. Alphonse, let me handle him!" Mae said.
"H-hey, you won't be able to take him alone." Al said.
"Nope, I can use Eastern Alchemy." she replied.
"I get that you'll still be able to use alchemy even after he seals it off, but.."
"I'm going to need you two to take on the little homunculus." she said.
"Easier said than done." Ed replied.
"Don't be stupid, girl. You can't fight them." Elyza said as Izumi helped her to her feet.
"I came to this country to get immortality and I'm not backing down now!" Mae said.
"We'll handle Pride then." Ed said.
Al did a transmutition, which to their suprise, worked.
"Yes! We can still use alchemy." Ed said as he and Al ran after Pride.
As their alchemy ripped up the floor and caused destrustion, Father sighed.
"Messing up my house again? You evil kids." he said.
Mae slung one of her knives at him and it got stuck in his head. He looked at it then absorded it into his skin. He made a much larger copy and fired it out of his head at the little girl. It barely missed her and she hit the ground with a yell.
"You don't belong here. Out." Father said.
Mae made a circle and used her Alkahestry to drive spikes through his arms before attempting another attack. Father didn't move but the smile on his face was corcerning. Suddenly, Hohenheim's head reappeared from Father's body.
"Wait, young lady! He's not really trapped!" he yelled.
it was far too late for a warning. Mae's foot hit him and a bright red explosion knocked her back. She collided with the ground hard and Al looked back at her.
"Mae!" he yelled in concern.
"Shit! Al, you go help Mae." Ed said.
"But what about Pride?"
"Leave him to me. I can take care of him!"
"Roger that!" Al said, running to Mae's aid.
"Izumi, is everyone okay?" Elyza said.
"That little girl from Xing was injuried I believe but Al is going to check on her."
"What about Fullmetal?" Elyza asked.
"Ed is fighting the little homunculus they call Pride."
"What?! God, I feel so useless. I'm just deadweight at this point."
"Don't be ridicoulus. This isn't something that you can help."
"Yes, it is. If I'd just thought things through for once then this wouldn't have happened! I was stupid." Elyza said as a tear rolled down her cheek. "So stupid."
Father made a gun out out his hand and shot at Mae who was trying to use her Alkahestry to heal her injuries. Al jumped in front of her so that his metal body would shield her.
"Alphonse!?" she said.
"It's okay. Just stay down, okay?" he said back, calmly.
As the fight between Edward and Pride raged on, it was clear that all this prepation for the Promise Day had weakened Pride a little. His attacks weren't as strong. Edward knew that he could this. He had to. He had people counting on.
'What's the matter? Those attacks were weak!" Ed yelled.
"I can't kill you. You haven't fulfilled your duty yet." Pride replied.
"You need to keep me alive, huh?!" Ed said, running at him. "Then I'll just kick both of your asses before that happens!"
He went for a punch but Pride dodged.
"Oh? Do try! You forget that since you're small, you are used to fighting people larger than you. You have no experience fighting against an enemy who is smaller than you!" Pride yelled as shadows came from the floor and cut Ed.
Al used his alchemy to send pillars flying at Father.
"Sorry if I hit you, Dad!" he added as a precaution.
Father used his handsfree to block it. Meanwhile, Edward grabbed Pride by his shirt and headbutted him, which cracked the homuculus's conditor and leaving a large hole in his cheek.
"You little bastard! You forget that I've always been small, I know how a runt is gonna try to win!" Ed yelled.
Izumi made a large crossbow from the ground and fired an arrow at Father.
"This handsfree alchemy doesn't made for a fair fight!" she shouted.
Father's head broke away from the arrow and turned into tenticals.
"It's time." he said before reaching out and grabbing the four sarfacies.
He brought them to him then slammed them off the ground in a circle around him.
"Playtime ends here. Time for you all to get to work. The time has come!" Father said.
The Earth began to quake and Elyza closed her eyes.
"Chris..." she said softly.
"Have you ever thought of this planet as one life form? Well, it would be more accurate to call it a system rather than a life form. A system that records a tremendous amount of imformation taken from the universe which is incomparable to the tiny amount that each of you humans possess." Father said. "If one were to open that gate, how much power do you suppose they would gain? Ever thought of it?"
Elyza's eyes opened as he finished his sentence. How intense was this plan of his?
"I'm going to open that gate here and now using these human sacrifices!" Father said loudly.
"So this is the center!" Greed suddenly said from behind Father.
"Greed!?" Elyza said as her eyes widened.
"Where'd he come from!?" Pride yelled.
Greed slung his claws down and slashed his father apart violently in one swift movement. Ed's eyes widened.
"The center of the world belongs to me! This world will finally be mine!" Greed shouted.
"He did it." Ed said softly.
Father turned into a liquid and the eyes disappeared as Greed smirked. Suddenly, the puddle of black surrounded Greed's feet and eyes looked up at him as a smile appeared in the dark mass.
"I knew you'd come, Greed. I know you too well, my son. Have you forgotten that you were born from my avarice? Anything that you might happen to desire, I assure you that I wanted first." Father said.
Suddenly, the puddle retracted and the sacfirices were drug along with it. As Elyza went by him, she started to cry a little. Greed was too in shock to try and grab any of them.
"Greed!" she shouted in fear.
"Pink!" he called out in reply as he watched them all be taken.
Hohenheim was now on the floor with them as well. The puddle reformed into Father's body and he laughed. Hohenheim used his handsfree alchemy to turn and destory him, but only more laughter was heard.
"The true center of this world is right here!" he said, slamming his hand down on the table where he always was reading and learning.
Alchemy ligthening poured from the circle and small portals of Truth opened on the stomach of each sacfrice.
"Greed, make him stop!" Elyza screamed as she closed her eyes.
"I can't...No one can now." Greed mumbled as he watched this horrific display.
Darkness began to shallow the city like a dark flood. Hawkeye and the chimeras looked around as it overcome them.
"W-what is this!?" Darius said.
"No! Ely! Ely!" Chris screamed as the darkness swallowed them.
Little black arms ripped out of the scraifices's portals and gave Father their energy. Greed and Mae had to try and stay on their feet as the shockwave nearly knocked them back.
"What an enormous amount of energy! I'm almost unable to hold it down by myself!" Father laughed. "With this power, I shall open the gate of the planet!"
"Batty!" Elyza screamed.
The nationwide transmutition activated and large tenticals rose from the ground. Everyone in the country began to die. No one was spared as the Portal opened. This was truly the worst day in history.