Ok so review and all that stuff.
Ed: Here's a suprise, it's another semi depressing chapter with complex desisions and anxt!
Envy: And I'm in the chapter again.
Liz: Oh wonderful...
Wrath: REVIEW! BECAUSE I'M STILL CUTE!
"Where is she Liz!" Ed asked when we had all returned to the butcher shop.
"How should I know!" I snapped back sourly. "She didn't tell me I just let her take the kid!"
"We're really worried about her!" Al was pleading with Sig. "Please where is she?"
Sig said nothing.
"The place where the human transmutation happened." Winry said softly and we all stared at her. "Where she transmuted the dead body of her son in a desperate attempt to bring him back to life. Isn't that right?"
"How did you find out!" Mason blurted before covering his mouth.
"I knew it." Edward whispered.
Realization swept over me. Was that why she cared for the boy? Because he reminded her of her son? And she had used human transmutation... to bring her son back to life but it back fired like every other attempt. I had known that Izumi had lost a son and couldn't bear another one but... it did seem a little hypicritical to me how she told me to let go of the past yet here she was protecting the child who reminded her of her dead child?
"I have a feeling she went there she's been gone awhile." Winry sighed sadly.
"She would pick some place isolated." Al reasoned. "Hidden from everyone else."
"When it comes to isolation from society." I kind of smiled. "I think we know exactly where she went."
Winry accompanied us to the island and Ed began to franticly search for her "TEACHER!"
"He wouldn't hurt her would he?" I asked. "He went with her willingly."
"We can't take chances" Al shook his head. "He's a homunculus Liz."
"I know..." I murmered. After Envy had explained it I couldn't really doubt him. Timmy was a homunculus but... maybe he still had some heart. I had to believe that he did. I couldn't just believe that the peaceful boy I knew was a complete monster.
We ran through the woods calling for Izumi then suddenly Ed gasped "Teacher!"
I turned in the direction he was looking and my heart clenched. Timmy was standing over Izumi, hands around her throat.
"GET OFF HER!" Ed yelled picking up a rock and chucking it in the kids direction. He jumped away from Izumi, avoiding the rock. Izumi collapsed and drew in a gasping breath, coughing violently on the ground.
"ARGH!" Ed clapped his hands together and transmuted his arm into a blade then charged at the kid, rage clearly in his eyes "YOU BASTARD!"
"Ed wait!" I cried but there was no stopping him.
"Don't touch him!" Izumi commanded her voice firm, Ed froze. Shakily Izumi raised herself onto her hands and knees and positioned herself between us and Timmy her expression grave "Leave him alone, Edward."
"But... we saw him!" Winry protested. "He was trying to kill you!"
"I brought him out here... to kill him." Izumi murmered and I drew in a sharp breath. "But... I'm the one who deserves to die." I drew in an even sharper breath. What the Hell was she talking about? Was she going crazy?"
"What do you mean!" Ed demanded. "Why?"
"Because Ed." Izumi stared at the ground "I created this child."
"W-what?" my eyes widened.
"Yes." Izumi said. "I used the remains of my baby and some other elements and attempted a human transmutation to bring him back to life. But... what came back." she looked up at Edward. "Well, you know what it was."
"Something not human" Ed whispered.
Izumi began to tell us about the transmutation, the gate, what she saw there and all the while I couldn't draw my eyes away from the kid. Timmy... innocent and peaceful, that's what he was supposed to be... Not a homunculus... Not Wrath.
"This child appeared on Yok island the same place he was born" Izumi finished. "It's the only explanation. Had the child grown up they would be the same age. As soon as I laid eyes on him I knew that there wasn't a doubt."
"But that doesn't make any sense!" Ed said. "Homunculi are created from alchemy alone."
"We weren't created by anyone. We were born." Envy's words from labflashed through my head.
"Is that what you really think Edward?" Izumi asked sharply. "Do you know how a homunculus is really created?"
"Not exactly but." Ed reasoned. "But they're probably created like chimeras in places like lab five."
"No" Izumi started to say but was interupted by Timmy who was speaking for the first time since we had arrived.
"Your wrong!" he said it his child like voice now filled with malice. "Either because of love or out of foolish curiosity human transmutations are attempted and when these attempts all back fire a new life is created. A being with a body and mind but no soul. That is how the damned are born! That is a homunculus!"
"No soul" I repeated.
"And how do you know all this!" Ed demanded.
"Envy helped me remember where I'm from and what I am." the kid answered. God I was gonna kick Envy's ass one of these days. This was all his fault!
"Envy?" Ed's eyes widened. "You've seen that monster?"
"I have" I noticed Wrath made no attempt to debate that Envy wasn't a monster which kind of amused me. "Envy was born the exact same way! So were the other homunculi because idiots like you decided to play God. And now all we want is to become human ourselves. All of my human ties are severed now! I care for none of you! ...Except..." he looked at me and I froze.
"What?" Ed followed the kids eyes and saw me. "Liz? What does he mean."
"Big sister." the kid looked innocent for a second. "I still like you."
Everyone stared at me.
"How?" Al demanded.
"I don't know" Timmy/the kid/Wrath rocked back and forth. "Envy was suprised to. But she's my big sister! And for whatever reason... I'm still attached to her." he looked at me and his eyes almost seemed innocent again. "I don't want her to get hurt."
Ed whirled on me "You saw Envy?"
I winsed "Maybe."
"Why didn't you tell us he's here!"
"You seemed more conserned with finding Izumi I didn't really have time to tell you!"
"Why did he let you go?" Al asked.
"His own entertainment." I muttered. "And now I see what he means."
Everything started to become clear to me. Tim- Wrath didn't just remind her of her son. He was her son... and he was my little cousin... so I wasn't really that far off in the whole brother thing. Homunculi were created from human transmutations. So they did succeed to an extent. Then that meant... that something had been created from Ed and Al's attempt as well... and that Envy had been brought back, and Lust, and Gluttony. All of them.
In my reveri I had hardly noticed Tim- Wrath's monoluge about his escape from the gate and his acquiring of Ed's arm and leg. Then he clenched his fist and glared at Ed "Now give me your entire body! Once I have that I'll be a real human!" Then he launched himself into the air and sped twoards Ed who was still standing shocked. Al pushed Ed out of the way and blocked Wrath with his arm, sending the young homunculus spinning back before landing unsteadily on the ground.
"Ow that hurt!" he exclamied. "Your metal bodies not the one I'm after!"
"Timmy stop it!" I cried.
"Stay out of it big sister" he glanced at me again with his slightly less vicious look. "I don't want you to get hurt. And my name is Wrath... not Timmy."
"Brother if you aren't going to do this then I will!" Al was saying his voice laced with unmistakable rage.
"Please don't Al he's-" Winry tried to reason with the armor.
"I have to!" Al's fists were clenched as he stared the kid down. "His arm and leg are my brothers! THey are the things he lost all because of me. It's all my fault! I'm the reason Ed doesn't have his limbs!"
"Al you can't!" I murmered. "You aren't acting like yourself! Please-"
"All this time we've been trying to get our bodies back! Nothings going to stop me now!" he lunged at Wrath his fists clenched with every intention to hurt him. Whether it was to kill or not I wasn't sure, but Al was set with rage.
"AL!" Winry and I cried in unison. I would've run to Wrath's aid but Izumi was there first launching him out of the way and hugging him tightly to her cheast, protectivly.
"Teacher." Al seemed to have been brought to his senses.
Then there was a flash of blue as Wrath took control of the fabric of Izumi's clothins and spun her around off the ground before letting her fall. Then he shot forward with the white laces still attached to his arm and shot them at Al. I watched in shock as the battle ensued and Wrath tried to make Al crush Ed's automail.
"Stop it! DAMN IT STOP IT!"
No one was listening to me though. Al ripped away the fabric and charged the kid again punching down as hard as he could. The kid had blocked him with a sharp rock though, molded onto his left fist.
"Brother" Al said shakily. "You said homunculi couldn't do alchemy but this one can... and I think I know why. He creates a transmutation circle with his body and can shape shift it to other materials... but the real reason he can perform alchemy is..."
"Because he has Ed's limbs" Izumi whispered.
"This power doesn't belong to you!" Al exclaimed. "It was take from my brother! GIVE HIS ARM AND LEG BACK!" he raised his arm to punch but Wrath knocked him back with a huge chunk of sharp rock sending the armor flying.
"NO!" Ed was out of shock though I could still only watch. "MY TURN NOW!" he transmuted a spear from the ground and Wrath did as well and they began to fight.
"Al you have to stop this!" Winry was pleading with AL.
"Why?" Al asked harshly. "Are you defending this homunculus? He isn't human!"
I slowly brought myself to my feet. Not human. No he still could feel. He still trusted me.
"Human or not he belongs to Izumi!" Winry said firmly.
Ed had now tackled Wrath to the ground and pinned him there.
"What exactly do you want Edward?" Wrath asked panting.
"Only what's mine!"
All this time I was slowly walking twoards them but no one noticed me moving.
"What are you willing to give up in exchange for your limbs while you deprive me of mine!" Wrath challenged. "Equivilence."
"SHUT UP!" Ed raised his blade arm.
What I did next you might think was impulsive, illogical and completely un predicatable... where have you been for the last months of my life. I am impulsive, illogical and unpredicatable. You should be used to it by now."
I ran full speed at Ed and knocked him out of the way with all my weight then rolled back in front of the kid and stood in fron of him sheilding him from harm.
"Big... sister?" Wraath's voice was shaking.
"I'm here" I muttered.
"Liz! What are you doing!?" Ed stared at me.
"I can't let you!" I yelled feeling tears coming to my eyes. "I won't let you kill Ed! Damnit I'm not gonn have you go though what I did. I won't let you kill and I won't let him die!"
"Liz he's a homunculus-" Al began.
"I know damn it!" I yelled. "I know what he is! But he still trusts me! He still likes me! I can't watch Timmy die twice!!"
Ed pulled in a sharp breath then glared at me. "So you choose to help him over us?"
"Don't you guilt me Edward Elric!" I snarled. "I'm not choosing anything! I'm just protecting this kid from you... and you from your own stupid rage!"
"Move Liz... or I'll have to push you out of the way." Ed stood firmly in front of me glaring.
A moment of in decision crossed my mind. I looked at Wrath hiding behind me then at my friends. If you're lucky it won't be life or death that is what Envy had said.
"ARGH!" I yelled. "GOD DAMNIT!" I drew my knives clasped them together and drove them into the ground causing gorge to form between us and the others.
"GO!" I told Wrath. "RUN!" He did and I took off after him not daring to look back.
You're crazy! the voice in my head screamed at me. You're being stupid!
Yeah well deal with it voice! I thought back.
I ran ahead of the kid trying to find a place to hide him and he followed behind me. I kept running until I ran into somebody and fell back "OW! Damn it!"
I blinked and looked up and saw Envy looming over me "Well look who it is."
I scrambled back but he grabbed me by the neck and hoisted me up "Didn't think I'd find you here kid. Where's the fullmetal pipsqueak?"
"Let me go... you... bastard..." I choked out struggling.
"LET HER GO!" Wrath stood behind me fist clenched "Don't hurt her!"
Envy stared then sighed "Right he still has an attachment to you." He dropped me... ON MY STILL FREAKING BAD SHOULD- ok you know what screw it! You get the idea.
"I hate you so much." I brought myself to my feet. The secratary lady, SLoth was with him. I suddenly ralized how much she resembled the pictures of Ed and Al's mom at thier house. Was it possible that she...
"Out of curiosity what was your rush?" Envy raised an eyebrow.
"Liz! Where are you!" I heard Al calling from in the forest and I flinched.
Envy cackled. "Oh I see, you're shielding the boy. Wonderful job really but I think we can take it from here."
I stepped in front of Wrath "If you seriously think that I'm going to let you-"
"Liz come on!" the voices were getting louder.
"I don't think you have many options" Sloth said.
"I'm one of them big sister. I can go." Wrath whispered to me.
I clenched my fists "Damn it... go."
Wrath nodded and rushed forward and transmuted himself into SLoth... whose body was made of water... which was really wierd.
"You better not hurt him." I growled at Envy.
He just smirked and winked at me then morphed into the fuer just as Ed and Al appeared.
"Liz I- the fuer!" Ed and Al froze.
"I was looking for the homunculus." I said stiftly. "When I found these guys." Yeah I was hiding them but this was for Wrath not them.
"FUnny running into you here fullmetal" Envy/ fuer said. "It seems we are looking for the same thing."
"The homunculus?"
"Yes I hear that's what the enemy is calling itself."
...wow Envy... I don't think you're cut out for the military buisness... you sound way too... formal.
"Tell me do you boys know how a homunculus is created? It is when an alchemist performs a human transmutation."
No duh sherlock!
"Human transmutations are strictly forbidden" Sloth said. "Do you boys know who might of done this."
"Sorry but we don't know anything" Ed said automaticly. "Now we're in a hurry." he began to stalk off. "Come on Liz. We need to talk."
"I'm coming" I muttered and followed. As an after thought I glanced back at Envy/fuer and gave him the finger. He just smirked at me and I strode off.
Who the Hell would've wanted to try and resurect him anyway?
LONG CHAPTER! Please Review!
Wrath: STILL CUTE!
Envy: Sigh...
