State Alchemist Mustang
Chapter Ten - Testing: Part III
As the pillar shot out of the ground, it slammed into Riza's chest, pulling her upward. Due to the fast speed of the 'growing' pillar, her only reaction was to grab hold of it to prevent herself from falling. Once it stopped growing, she felt pain in her stomach as the pillar's top formed a sharp point. As the point formed quickly, she began to slip down. Just as her body slipped off the top, Riza gripped the point with her left hand trying to hold herself up. With one arm wrapped around he pillar and the other holding onto the point, she was really out of options unless an alchemist, of any kind, was able to assist her. She made the mistake of looking down. All she saw was clouds and a patch of green, which was the testing field. Her grip on the pillar got tighter.
"Roy get me down." She thought to herself. She heard the distant cries of the people on the ground, all calling out her name. She began to attempt to climb atop the pillar for a safe position. The pain in her stomach and chest intensified as she attempted to pull her body up. She relaxed her muscles and allowed herself to hang once more. She quickly relized she only had one option. She need to take a gamble... or fall.
She moved her right hand from around the pillar and reached into her jacket, pulling out a small dagger. As she pulled out the dagger in a rush, she hit her gun and knocked it out of it's holster. It fell out of her reach and quickly was out of sight once it passed the layer to clouds below her. She slammed the dagger into the side of the smooth surface and then grabbed it with her right hand, hoping it would hold her. She did this just in time. Rain began to fall and she lost grip and her left hand slipped off the top, cutting her palm and wrist. The hand holding the dagger didn't help much. She was now dangling by one hand, all her body weight was pulling her down as the dagger slowly began to remove from the pillar. The sweat on her hand was causing her grip on the dagger to slip. She clenched her left fist as the pain from the cut became to much for her to handle as rain water stung the deep open cut..
"I must...of cut a... vain." She thought to herself as the blood rolled down her arm. She tried to keep the arm above her heart to try and slow down the bleeding, but she was loosing grip on the dagger from the rain. She let her arm fall by her side. Blood was practically pouring out of her left arm and she felt herself starting to get dizzy. Due to her situation, her heart was pumping faster then normal, causing her blood to move quicker. Just as she closed her eyes, she felt her grip on the dagger handle slip and very quickly she began to plummet down towards the ground. It was a long fall.
As this was happening, Raven watched as the military officers talked quickly. They didn't know what to do. The ground was a mess and all the wanna be state alchemists ran off the field at the order of the Fuhrer. Roy feared using alchemy due to the fact they didn't want to accidentally hit Riza. Since they couldn't see her, all rescue options had to be though of reasonably. They heard a distance cry and all looked up.
"The military will fall. And I will go down in the history books as the one who brought it down!" The man laughed. A few seconds later a very fast falling black pistol shattered onto the ground. The gun was no longer recognizable as a gun after the long fall. Then, about a minute later, a couple blood drops came flying down and scattered as they hit the ground and lay amongst the shattered gun. The shady man continued to yell and cause the court yard to be changed and not for the good. He did another alchemy circle and created a very large rain storm, rendering Roy useless. The man smiled at this.
"Like I said, I will destroy the military. Starting with the Fuhrer who happens to be the 'Flame Alchemist'." The man yelled as he created an invisible force which lifted Roy up and flung him over to the man. The man then grabbed Roy by the arms and pulled his back closer to himself. He then pulled a gun off his belt and put it to Roy's head. An automail arm then appeared to come out of the man's chest and that hand grabbed Roy by the neck and squeezed tightly.
An alchemist was on the ground attempting to draw a alchemy circle in chalk, but the rain was preventing it. Just as he was about to try again, he was pushed aside by one of the shady man's attacks. A spear shot out of the pillar and stabbed the officer, the spear then disappeared. The officer stumbled to the ground. A few officers pulled their guns and aimed at the man but they too were speared down. Just then, Raven slid over the chalk circle which was disappearing due to the rain.
"What the..." The man began when Raven quickly clapped her hands together, slammed them onto an area of non-chalky ground, jumped into the air and did a twisted back flip. She created a pistol and when she landed her flip she grabbed the gun and started to send off many rounds into the shady man. The man turned his gun and fired once at Raven and then fell to his knees, releasing his grip on Roy. Roy stumbled forward and soon fell to his knees from lack of oxygen. The rain stopped, the court yard went back to normal and the pillar disappeared. Raven clapped her hands together, slammed them on the ground and created a large pile of pillows. Raven's pillows formed just in time for Riza to land, softly, on.
"Lt. General! Fuhrer! Lieutenants! Majors! Warrant Officers!" Unharmed officers yelled out as they ran around to all the fallen officers. Raven stumbled a bit and looked around. She put her hand on her side and then looked at the hand. Red blood covered her hand and her blue military uniform on her left side. She stumbled once more then collapsed. As she fell, the pillows disappeared from under her mother.