The Blade Alchemist: Father Returns
The Grand Scheme
Liz POV
We all walked into the elevator as dad slid the card through a slot in the wall. The buttons all turned green and he pressed one. The doors then closed and I lowered my head a little. I reached into my sub conscious to Greed. "Greed, what do you plan to do?" I asked without speaking. (I already told you kid. Whatever it takes to kill him.) I let out a silent sigh. "Greed, you can't leave me, I won't let you." He chuckled. (And how do you plan to stop me? I can take control of your body anytime that I want. All I have to do is push you back and do what I want.) A tear ran down my face and I slightly turned to hide it. "And what if I came with you? How do you plan to stop me then?"
(You are stupid, aren't you kid? If Father pulls you from your body, you will most likely never return to it.) I slightly nodded. "I'm aware." He then sighed. (And you still plan to join me if Father takes me? And what about your family? You would just leave them?) More tears fell from my face. "No, I don't want to. But I will do what I have to, to keep you with me." He then laughed. (So, you really want me to stay that badly? How pathetic you are. You're nothing but a foolish girl.) I clenched my teeth. "I may be a fool, but I will do what it takes to keep you in my life." I could see him raise a brow. (What do you mean?) I was broken from my trace by the elevator ding and the doors open. "We're here." dad stated.
Drake POV
We all walked out of the elevator and looked down the long hallway. Liz then twitched and walked up to me. "That's it. That's the room he made me in." Greed stated and I nodded. I looked at the pale glass and I could see a silhouette behind it sitting down. "He's here." I stated and began walking. I looked out the corner of my eye and saw Ed shiver. "You too?" I asked and he nodded. "Oh yeah. He is definitely here." We walked closer and as we got to the door, it unlocked. "Please, come in." we heard a voice inside say. We all looked at each other and took a deep breath. I pulled the door open and we all walked in. The door shut behind us and locked, the windows glaceing over.
We looked to see the two Presidents sitting across form each other on opposite sides of the table. "Drake, are they.." Roy started and I nodded. "Yes. They're the two Presidents." We looked to see a figure sitting in a chair with its back to us. "You have come a long way, and have finally arrived. Please, have a seat." the man spoke and I narrowed my gaze. "We prefer to stand, and who are you?" I growled. There was a brief silence. "How dare you speak to me in that tone, foolish human." Ed took his spear and pointed it at the man. "We've had enough of this nonsense! Show yourself!" he demanded and we all just watched him. "But of course. Please forgive me."
The chair slowly turned around, and we were all frozen in complete shock. "As you can see, I, am Father." Not a single one of us made a move, until I balled my fists. "It's time to end your foolish plan, 'Father'. You have failed." He grinned. "Have I now?" He turned the two Presidents around and we saw the backs of their chairs, loaded with explosives. "As you can now see, none of you will leave this room alive." He then tapped his finger on a small red button. "And once I press this, millions will die as well. So explain how it is that my plan has failed." I grinned back. "You've just started a war 'Father', you'll never be able to make it to your array when you can't even last an hour with a single container."
He smiled. "Who said I needed a container?" His face then split open and a black substance poured out of it onto the ground. We all watched in shock as the body fell completely limp like an empty sack. The black 'form' then stood up and took the shape of a man. "As you can see.." His body was then covered with eyes and evil smiles. "I have no need for a container!" he stated. I gritted my teeth and growled. "So, this room has become your shell as well huh?" Ed asked and 'Father' chuckled. "Of course. What better room is there than the most powerful in the world?" he answered with his arms spread out. "From here, I can do whatever I wish. Anything I want, I get." I then grinned.
"Except access to your array. Even if this room has become a shell for you, now you're stuck here, and can't activate your array, fool!" I stared at him, then he broke out into an evil laugh. "I'm may be stuck in this room for the time being, but whoever said I couldn't active the array?" I rose rose my brow. "The only people in the entire world who know how to use alchemy are standing in this room. You must be at the array to activate it. That's just how alchemy works." Roy answered. We all stood there in silence, until 'Father' started laughing again. "My, how correct you are. True, I do have to be at the center of the array for it to work. But now let me ask you this."
We all glared at him. "I have been here long enough to do whatever I needed to complete the array. I could have used this countries' weapons to make the array a long time ago with no problems or waiting. If I had wanted, I would have had the stone by now. So why would I go through all the trouble of killing all those pitiful humans all over this country? Why cause all that destruction and cause this to be harder for me?" He gestured to a map sitting on the table. I took a step forward and looked down at it to see it was of this country. I could see every large bombing that they had done circled on the map. "We have plenty of time before I am ready. So please, have a good look." he stated and I studied the map real close.
These bombings are scattered everywhere. I can't see any possible connection that has to do with alchemy. I continued to look at the map with the others, while also keeping an eye on 'Father' who sat back down in the chair. "Shall I give you a clue?" he taunted and I glared at him. What is he planning? He has a very valid point. He could have easily made that array a long time ago from here. So what is the point with all these bombings? He grinned. "Think about it, alchemists. Do you honestly think that I would remain in that gate for all those years, and not learn something new? Something besides alchemy?" I narrowed my gaze a minuet, then gasped as it came to my head.
I looked back at the map and pieced it together. I grabbed a pen and began to draw on the map. The others watched me as I did, then gasped as well when I finished. It was there, an array. But it was very different. Instead of the circle that controls power, there was an eight point octagon with a large octagram inside. "What is that!?" Roy demanded. "Yeah! I've never seen a transmutation array like that! It has no circle!" Ed finished and Al spoke up. "It looks like there's alkahestry in it as well!" I turned to 'Father'. "What is this!?" I yelled and he grinned. "Something I had developed over my many years inside the gate. That circle is not meant to perform a transmutation. It's meant to amplify."
"Amplify what!?" I yelled, then it hit me. No! It's not possible! I grabbed a world map, drew the array on this country, then the array in the other country. I then folded the map in half and held it to the light. We all froze at what we saw. The two arrays had crossed over each other perfectly. The points of the American array touched the lines of the Russian array, forming an eight point human transmutation array with the amplification array inside. "No...With this….It would swallow….the whole world!" Ed stated and the others gasped. I turned back to 'Father'. "Even if you did use the whole world, you still don't have your sacrifices to claim 'god'!" I yelled.
He grinned again and started laughing. "Oh, but I do." He then stood up, pulled a piece of paper out and set it on the table. We looked to see the same world array drawn on it. "I HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD AS MY SACRIFICE!" He pressed his hand to the array and alchemy sparks filled the entire room. The room then began to shake as the power died and the room went dark, lit up only by the sparks from the transmutation. "With the world as my sacrifice, I will take god for myself, and destroy the portal!" We watched as an 'eye' opened in the center of the room and the whole room grow purple. The shaking continued as we tried to run at 'Father'.
But we were pushed away and we saw the whole roof cave away. We watched in horror as countless souls poured into 'Father' and he began laughing hysterically. "The power! THE POWER!" At that instant, the whole room went dark and silent, for the exception of the small light form the hole in the ceiling. We all stood back up and gathered ourselves. We turned to the light, and we could vaguely make out the form of a man. "Well, now that that is done..." He stepped forward and we could see him clearly now. Ed, Al, Riza and Alex froze in fear and I turned to them. "What?" They were all shivering. "It's..." I turned back and stared at him.
I looked at him and saw he was wearing a robe of some sort, and almost looked like old Hohenheim. "Are you…..'Father'?" I asked and he just stared at me. "No. You can now call me….God." he stated with a stern look. "Because of your hard work and your dedication, I have decided to spare your lives, for the time being. You may all stay here as I move on to destroy the gate." With that, he jumped through the hole in the roof, and out of the building. We were all completely frozen with fear and horror. "We….we….failed..." I quietly stated and fell to my knees. "Jess fell down next to me and grabbed me from behind. "We...failed everyone." she spoke through sobs. "No."
We all turned to Ed. "What do you mean no Ed!? We failed, and now he has claimed god again! We cannot fight him with that!" Greed yelled at him and he shook his head. "Even if he has claimed 'god', I will not give up. I will not give up and abandon everyone! I am going to continue fighting him, and win! Even if I die trying!" Ed yelled. We all just sat and stood there staring at him. I finally lowered my head, and grinned. "Yes, you're right. We can't give up." I then stood up and pull Jess up as well. "We will fight him, and find a way to kill him!" I yelled back. TCH. JUST WHAT I EXPECTED FROM YOU, YOUNG WARRIOR! I gasped. "Truth?" I spoke, then suddenly collapsed.
Jess POV
"Truth?" I turned when my husband suddenly collapsed to the floor and horror hit me. "Drake!" I yelled and knelt down beside him. "Drake! Wake up!" His eyes were closed and his body completely limp. "Drake! Please wake up! Drake!" I stopped when I felt his face. It was pale, and cold. I then remembered what he said just as he fell. Truth, he said truth. Did…..did he take him to the gate? But...why? What for? Why now? I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned to see Liz crying. "Mom, what's wrong with dad!?" I turned and saw the others horrified and shocked at what happened. I turned back to my husband. If truth pulled him to the gate, he had a reason. Please Drake….come back soon.
I wiped the tears from my face and stood up with my head turned to Drake. "He's fine Liz. He was taken...to see someone. He'll be back soon." I then turned to the others. "We have a score to settle! Lets go kill that bastard!" I growled and they all nodded. We went to the elevator, that somehow still worked, and took it back up.