"You stay behind too Renee. You're still wounded, even if it is small, I don't want you doing anything that unnecessary." Ed said.
"Right." Renee nodded.
"Whats with this?! Why are you following my orders so plainly now?" Ed asked. Renee looked past Ed at Scar, Hohenheim, Lan Fan, Jerso, Zampano, and Darius.
"You have great people backing you up, and by now I've come to terms with the fact that while you get beaten up, Pretty badly and pretty quickly. You get thrown around like a toy..." Renee laughed.
"Hey!" Ed cut in.
"...you aren't that easy to kill. Plus Winry will be pretty upset if she makes an apple pie for nothing." Renee smiled. "So go kick that guy's ass." Renee punched Ed lightly on his arm. Ed went to speak to Al and then him and the rest headed off towards Central.
Al sat in silence as Selim banged on his helmet with a stick.
"Hey, Al!" Renee's voice called through the walls of Selim and Al's prison.
"Renee!" Al called out, moving towards her voice. He believed he could feel her presence on the other side of the wall.
"How ya holding up?" Renee asked.
"I'm fine for the most part. What about you? How's your arm?" Al asked.
"Distressed, but my arm has already begun to heal. Nothing to complain about on my end." Renee smiled. She stood there and talked to him as Selim continued to hit his helmet. They talked about everything and nothing. Just making casual conversation.
"You know Al, you remind me of a character. A character from this story back home, It's called the 'Iron Giant'."
"What's the story about?" Al asked.
"Well, There is this kid named Hogarth..." Renee began. She went on to tell Alphonse the entire story, packing in as much detail as she possibly could. Her and Al both became very invested in the story. Al thought of all the nights that Renee had stayed up with him, just talking to him because she was scared that he was to lonely. Despite how much he told her that it was okay and he was used to it, she still spent that time with him whenever she could, making his nights something he looked forward to. "You see. I don't think a lot of people are frightened by you, so you aren't the same in that way, but you're so nice and sweet. You make some hard choices to protect the ones you love. Even with everything that has been thrown at you, you still choose to be good and help, just like the Giant." Renee explained.
"That's really sweet Renee." Al said, "Thank you. Really. That's a lot to say about a suit of armor."
"You're so much more than a suit of armor though. You have a beautiful, honest soul. You've made mistakes and there may be some tears in that soul, but it's nothing we can't fix." Renee put her hand up against the wall. "I love you Alphonse..." Al stammered. Before him or Renee could say another word Heinkel came up behind her.
"Hey, Alphonse what's all that racket in there?!" Heinkel yelled.
"Uh, Er.. S-Selim's been playing with my head!" Alphonse yelled back, stumbling over his words. Just as Heinkel was beginning to walk away he stopped and looked back.
"Stop him Alphonse!" Heinkel yelled. Renee jumped at his voice and him banging on the wall, "Stop him form making that sound! Dot dot dash. It's code, he's sending out a signal! He's been broadcasting our location!"
"This whole time?" Renee gasped. "Who knows whose heard it by know." Heinkel and Renee stopped, feeling the presence looming behind them. There was a large explosion, and Heinkel jumped in front of Renee, shielding her with his body. She shuttered and looked up. Heinkel had begun bleeding and coughing up blood. Renee did her best to sit him up against a wall.
" ! Renee!" Al called out.
"Still alive are you?" Kimblee called out. Al tried to run out to them but Pride had caught his legs.
"Dammit. Let me go!" Al yelled. Al clapped his hands and slammed them on the ground. A large flash and explosion came next, and Renee was hardly able to see. Al came over to them and tried to drag Heinkel away. "Get out of here Renee. While you still can."
"With you and him in these conditions?! No. I'm not going to stand in the side lines." Renee hissed at him. Renee tried to help him get Heinkel away. Al stumbled back when another part of his armor fell apart. Renee continued to try to help pull Heinkel away. When Al had stopped, Heinkel pulled out a philosopher's stone from his pocket. After some convincing, Al took the stone.
Al transmuted the ground, blowing up dust again. He then used his chance to attack Kimblee form behind. Renee stayed with Heinkel, just in case Kimblee or Pride got to close. Al fought and was able to conceal Pride once again. After him and Kimblee talked, stupidly Renee might say, Kimblee took advantage of his own Philosopher's stone. freeing Pride. With the other dust cloud blocking their sights, Renee was able to help Heinkel over to Dr. Marcoh who had shown up just in time. Al gave him the philosophers' stone and cured Heinkel's injuries, allowing him to attack Kimblee at full strength. Now it was really just them against Pride. Pride turned to attack Marcoh and Renee. She stood in front of Marcoh, blocking him from harm. As Pride's shadows jutted towards them a car blocked it, and went straight for Al and Pride. Renee and Marcoh ran towards the car, and Heinkel dragged Al and Kimblee towards the car. Heinkel threw Kimblee at Pride and then everyone got in the car and Yoki drove off. Al covered Renee as Pride's shadows cut off the roof of the car.
A/N: Chapter 50 you guys! It took a while, but were nearing the end. I want to thank everyone who has read, even just glanced at this and everyone who has reviewed and messaged me. It may not be many in numbers, but it still means a lot to me! The next episode is the last one on Netflix, so I might slow down on chapters because writing on the computer and also trying to watch the episode and follow along... well... what a pain.
After I wrap up the main story I plan on putting up "deleted scenes". Everything from sentences to whole chapters I didn't put in the main story. You'll probably read some familiar things, to complete paragraphs that you read in the main story. I just took tidbits of things that I could use. I'll also post some one shots and maybe some requests and stuff that I wrote/will write from during the course of the story and afterwards. Little filler things just because I can c: Again I thank everyone who has read this. Please continue to read and review. Thank you!
