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I stared around for a long time. Hedge stones. Hedge stones were everywhere. There was barely any space to walk between each memorial of death. Some had names hastily carved into their surface while some went un identified. I looked down at my hands and was suprised to see them shaking violently. I hastily took in deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself all the while screaming inside "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!"

"W-why..." Ed whispered staring at the stones.

"After the people lost their prophet Cornello their was severe unrest" Scar's voice broke into the void of the depressing curtain that draped my mind. "With this disorder the military took their oppurtunity, a sanctioned slaughter of millions disquised as crowd control."

"This isn't happening" I muttered clutching my hair, barely noticing how painful it was. "It can't be."

"That oppurtunity was created by both of you." Scar said sharply.

The words hit me like simeltanious bullets going through my heart, lungs, mind and soul. "No" I whispered. "I-it... this wasn't us! It... can't be..." I fell to my knees. "I'm... I'm not a murderer! THIS ISN'T MY FAULT!" I was shaking uncontrolably now. Through my oath never to kill again... I was responsible for this? "A-all we wanted was to help... we never wanted this! We didn't mean for this to happen! If we had known we would have never..."

"It doesn't matter what you wish you could change." Scar growled. "I will go through with my plan to make a philosiphers stone."

And just like that all sympathy for the military just vanished. It was gone. I found myself wanting these goons to die. Wanting them to dissapear. They deserved it. An eye for an eye. Equivilent exchange right? Wasn't that what revenge was? Didn't that make it justified?

"Wait!" Ed called after Scar. "I said wait!"

I heard the distant sound of Rose's baby crying. Suddenly I keeled over, feeling tremors rack my body.

"LIZ!" I heard Ed's voice from somewhere nearby. Where was he? I wasn't aware of anything now. "Liz snap out of it!"

Then I blacked out.

I woke up and saw Ed looming over me. He let out a sigh of relief as soon as my eyes opened and a grin spread over my face "You know, you kind of looked like you were worried about me pipsqueak."

Ed frowned "Not a chance shrimp!"

"Dwarf!"

"Elf!"

"Atom"

"No fair you skipped a few!"

"If I didn't I would've lost."

"That's cheating!"

"Get over it" I sat myself up "What happened?"

"You just started haveing a fit. You looked pretty scary." Ed sighed. "You had a fever for a bit there but it's gone now."

"How long have I been out."

"A day and a half."

After a pause I rubbed a hand over my face "Scar's going through with his plan?"

"Yeah." Ed sighed. "I don't get his plan for revenge but he-"

"I'm glad" I growled my eyes narrowing.

Ed's eyes widened at this "W-what?"

"An eye for an eye is the law of equivilent exchange" I growled. "Same as a life for a life."

"Liz" Ed said slowly. "You aren't acting like yourself."

"I've been afraid of it but... I realize... isn't that the law of the world anyhow?"

"Liz-"

"The military should die for it's crimes shoudn't it?"

"LIZ GET A GRIP!" Ed grabbed my shoulders and shook me hard his golden eyes staring into my dark ones "What is with you? Don't you remeber... revenge doesn't do anything! That's what you've always said! Think of the others!"

Pain shot through me at the memories as they came reeling back. In shock I leaned back against the wall for support and stared at my hands "W-what's worng with me? What happened there" I looked up at Ed who was still looking at me like I should be locked up.

"I don't know Liz" Ed said slowly. "But you're losing yourself. Your memories... are what keep you the way you are... sane... level headed. They're what control your humanity." Ed squeezed my hand reassuringly "So don't forget about them."

I nodded slowly "Alright..." I looked up. "Mustang and the others... they-"

"I took care of it" Ed smiled. "If they got my message they won't set foot into Lior."

"Good" I nodded. "So what are we gonna do."

"I'm leading the people out of Lior in an evacuation. I told Scar I'd do that." Ed sighed. "You can help if you want."

After a pause I shook my head "Thanks... but I doubt you need the help oh Fullmetal Alchemist."

Ed looked confused "But what will you do?"

"I need to have a word with Scar." I said brushing my hair from my eyes. "There's a few things I'd like to say to him"

After a pause Ed sighed "Be careful."

"Aren't I always?" I grinned. "You too Ed. See you soon."

He held out his hand and I tapped it with my own then he left. Sighing I picked up my knives and slid them into my belt the looked out my window. Scar would be out there. I needed to tell him exactly what I thought about his revenge. It needed to stop now, or the string of pain, suffering, and death... it would never end. It would just keep on going on forever. I needed to make that clear to him whether he would listen or not.

I saw the flash of alchemic lights from above the buildings as I ran through the now empty streets. There was no mistaking Scar was fighting someone. Drawing my knives I ran twoards the lights as they flashed again.

Scar was standing a few feet away from... Kimbley? What the hell was Kimbley doing here... and in a military uniform... and with a state alchemist watch? I knew he had betrayed Greed but why did Archer do all this for him?

Oh well... stop fight now... beat answers out of him later.

"Do you really think it wise to be chaseing me around when the military could show up at any minute Scar?" Kimbley was asking, smirking.

"Oh I think I'll chance it to avenge my brother Kimbley." Scar's eyes were narrowed in a look of hate that had never shown on his face and I realized... from his story about his brothers death. The alchemist whose fault it was... it was Kimbley.

"You're really risking your life for something as pointless as revenge?" Kimbley snorted at this ridiculous idea.

"Well what are you killing for?" Scar demanded.

Kimbley laughed "Nothing."

"You mean to say you slaughtered all these people just for nothing!"

"Sure."

"You're officially a psycho now Kimbley" I glared stepping out from the building where I hid. "You're critisizing Scar's motives when you don't even have a motive. Do you see something a little bit wrong with that?"

Scar turned to look at me "You're awake."

"Uh huh." I didn't take my eyes off Kimbley.

"Come on Liz, you're a state alchemist. I'm just trying to do my job you should understand." Kimbley was trying to be congenial but after what he just said about his love of blowing people up it really just didn't sound genuine, call me crazy.

I raised my eyebrows "You've got to be freakin kidding me! Don't you have any reasoning at all behind killing people? Any at all? I'd love to here it!"

"At the end of the day a human isn't more than the components of an average bomb" Kimbley smirked leaving me wondering how his study sessions before the state alchemy exams must have been. "If you think about it we're not all that special." Was this what he said during the interview cause that's just slightly freaky! "We're all really empty. We're all worthless."

"The homunculi's motive for massacres is logical compared to this" I slapped a hand to my forehead.

"I may be empty." I heard a familier, echoy voice. There was a flash of light as the transmutation circle around Kimbley (That I had failed to notice before) started glowing and a fist came up to grab Kimbley and hold him high above the ground. Al appeared from the rubble below and looked up at Kimbley "But not worthless!"

"Hey cut me some slack Alphonse!" Kimbley gasped going for the un convincing friendly conversation again. "I'm just trying to do my job! Just like your brother and Liz!"

"You're just a murderer!" Al snapped then turned to Scar. "And you've got to stop this!"

"Stay out of this Al" Scar commanded. "You don't understand."

Al might've said something more but I interupted, faceing Scar "He may not... but I do."

Scar's eyes narrowed "How could you possibly-"

"You remember my break down after killing that guy back when were rescuing the Ishbalan kid?" I asked quietly. "The reason I don't like to kill... When I was nine my family was murdered in front of me, my parents and my little brother. I was a kid when I hunted down five men and killed them all because I had it going through my head it would solve everything! But the sad truth was" my fist clenched "It did nothing. Revenge doesn't bring people you love back. It just spreads the pain and it keeps going. Kill and it will never stop.

"Those who you killed will have people who will want to take revenge on you and they'll continue the blood shed. An eye for an eye... if we live by that concept... eventually no one will have eyes left to see and the whole world will just go blind. Will that solve anything? Will that bring your race back from the dead Scar? TELL ME THAT!"

Scar stared at me his eyes wide. My fist were clenched so hard I could feel my nails digging into my palms, my teeth were clenched and I was shaking. But there were no tears. Tears would help nothing here.

"Please" I whispered. "Just stop... just end it."

"Just walk away." Al encouraged.

Kimbley seemed to have other plans however. The fist exploded and Kimbley found his feet on the ground. He grabbed Al and ran him forward pushing in Scar's way and causing the distraction he needed to grab Scar's left arm. There was a flash and Scar stumbled back, his hand blackened.

"Looks like now I've taken both your arms!" Kimbley cackled. "Feel that? Your arm is sucking up the oxygen in the air, and then Kablooee!"

Scar gritted his teeth and brought his arm up against his shoulder. In a flash he exploded off his time bomb arm. I resisted the urge to gag at the large ammount of blood that pumped from Scar's new stump.

"You say that human's are worthless... that we don't make any impact" Scar growled. "Well tell me... HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT I MAKE ON YOU!" he charged forward. Kimbley turned to flee but Scar hit him in the back exploding a hole through him.

...Ok I'll list that under self defense... somehow I doubted killing Kimbley would upset to many people anyway.

"Wait!" Al called as Scar turned to go.

"Go and find your brother" Scar hissed in obvious pain, sweat layering his forehead. "Both of you must go now. I must do what the three of you can not" Hand over his arm he continued to walk away.

"Scar you can't-" I started to run after him then I heard Al's gasp of shock.

I whirled around to see that Kimbley had gotten a pocket watch (That I could only assume was Ed's) from Al "Really Alphonse, you didn't excpect me to play without a loaded deck did you" he chucked the watch at Scar as he whirled to attack Kimbley. I stared as the watch cracked open and out flew several stone shards. Each of them were absorbed into Scar's hand and he he was instantly on his knees in pain.

"Scar!" I hovered unsure what exactly to do.

"Al...phonse" I growled at me in pain.

I whirled to see Kimbley still had a hold on Al "You're going to make such a great bomb! Farewell my friend."

"AL!" I yelled lunging forward but a flash of light made me stumble back as Al screamed in fear. "NO! ALPHONSE!"

Haha.

Envy: You're evil

Says you...

Envy: No argument.

Liz: God you're like the manga chapters.

Yeah... A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH DAMNIT!

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