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Lessons in Alchemy

Chapter 15: Ed's Fight for Love

Ash squirmed a little under her sister's hold, but felt the blade press against her flesh and stopped squirming. The blade gave her a scratch that started bleeding.

Ed ran over to the girl and transformed his mechanical arm into a dagger. He stabbed Colt in the back, and the dagger went all the way through her stomach.

Colt jumped off the girl, and Ash aimed a round house kick at her older sister's ankles. The kick met Colt's ankles and knocked her to the ground.

Ed helped Ash up and pushed her towards the other side of the room. Al caught her and made sure she sat down and wasn't going to get up before he ran over to his brother to help.

"No Al…this fight is between Colton and me. Please just watch Ash and make sure she's okay," Ed argued, not letting his brother fight.

Al was about to say something back but Colt was getting impatient and slashed at Ed with her dagger. Ed held up his mechanical arm just in time to fend off the attack.

He dashed towards the girl, arm raised, and tried again to attack her, but Colt nimbly dodged it and landed next to Al.

Al got in front of Ash and got into a fighting stance. Colt aimed a kick at his head in order to knock off the helmet, but Al put his arm up to block, then kicked Colt in the stomach.

She staggered back a few steps, but had an idea. She teleported over to Ash before anyone could do anything and picked her up. Ash struggled in her sister's grip but soon Colt teleported again…this time just to the other side of the room.

When Ed and Al saw the girls again, they had to double take… Colt had disguised herself as Ash, and now they both looked exactly the same.

"So it was you before! You were the one that disguised yourself as Ash awhile back!" Al said. Ed took a step towards the two girls, looking them both over.

"Ash…tell me who you are," Ed said, his voice soft. He had a good idea on which one she was, but everything about the two of them looked the same. Colt really was a Homunculi!

Both girls opened their mouths, but no sound came out. "Brother…Colt has made it impossible for either of them to talk!"

Ed cursed under his breath and looked at the girls. After a few seconds he walked to the one on the left and stabbed her with his dagger.

Colt transformed herself back as the mechanical weapon slashed her. She smirked, "How did you know?"

"You didn't have the sparkle in your eyes that I see in Ash's all the time, and you aren't her. I don't have to go to cheap tricks to beat you!" Ed replied, his arm transforming back. He clapped his hands together then pushed them to the floor.

Little did he know that Ash was using her alchemy at the same time. Vines came out of the floor and wrapped around Colt, like they had done to Gluttony, but made sure this time that they were escape proof.

Ed looked up from his alchemy and to Ash. "Ash!" he said, as if telling her to stay out of this and go back to Al, but Ash wouldn't hear it.

"I'm not gonna sit here like a damsel in distress, and she's my sister, it's my fault that she's here…" Ash replied, tightening the grip of the vines around her sister.

Ed tried to retort, but finally gave up and picked up the sword he had just created. He slashed at Colt, cutting her deeply across the chest.

Ash fell to the ground, suddenly though, grabbing her head in her hands. The vines disappeared suddenly and Colt was free!

Al rushed over to Ash and knelt down beside her, trying to find out what was wrong. Her face was ghostly white and her hair, which was down, was floating behind her like she was in a wind storm. She sat on her knees, her hands on the ground, trying to keep herself up.

Ed looked over at the girl he loved and saw her, now laying on the ground on her side, her hair sprawled around her, her face so white it looked the color of snow.

He pushed the on-coming Colt away and made a mad dash for Ash. "Ash, Ash are you okay?" he asked, staring down at her. She didn't move, and her eyes were closed.

Al saw his brother and decided to take care of Colt and make sure she didn't attack either of them. He got up and rushed over to Colt, who was trying to get to Ed.

He aimed a kick for her head, which met its target and knocked her off her feet. (A/N: usually a kick wouldn't do that to Colt but remember Al is in a suit of armor.)

She met with the floor then jumped back up and glared at the armored boy.

On the other side of the room, Ed was hunched down next to Ash, who still hadn't moved at all since he'd been there.

He flipped her to her back and put his head on her chest to listen for her heart. Once he heard it he smiled, but then realized what he was doing and jumped up, magenta cheeked and heavy breathing.

She was breathing, but just barely, and she was cold. He didn't know what to do…how could he help her?

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Al fell to the ground after receiving a huge blow and knew some of his armor was bent. In a way, this was a fair but weird fight; neither of them could feel pain.

He glanced over every now and then to Ash, and saw that Ed was still sitting there, and Ash hadn't moved. It was strange: she was using alchemy one second and on the ground the next…

Al looked back towards Colt and saw her walking slowly towards him, an evil smirk plastered on her face. He backed away a little, wishing this girl would just leave. Then she teleported over to her sister.

Ed jumped up to defend the fallen girl, but Colt smirked. "Don't worry Full Metal, I won't hurt her," she spoke for the first time in forever.

Ed still didn't move but Colt pushed past him and bent by her sister's side. "I'll be back Ashton, and I'll have the stone too," then she disappeared.

Al walked over to Ed and Ash and stood by his brother. "Brother…how is she?"

Ed shrugged his shoulders, staring down at her lifeless body. (A/N: not as in dead lifeless, but not moving lifeless.)

Al nodded, obviously hurt. "Is she cold?"

The older brother felt her head again and nodded.

"We have to get her to the hospital!"

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Al and Ed waited in the waiting room in the hospital. Al sat down calmly, but Ed was pacing back and forth, pacing holes in the floor.

"What is taking so damn long? They should've been done an hour ago…" Ed complained under his breath.

"Brother calm down…it'll be okay, you don't want them to rush too much. They might make mistakes," replied the suit of armor.

Finally, after about two hours of waiting, a doctor came out and walked over to them. "Are you here for Ashton McNill?" Both boys nodded and the doctor smiled.

"You can see her now if you want," he said, then added, "I'll take you there."

Both boys jumped up and followed the doctor to a far room.

They walked inside and saw a sad sight; Ash laid in the hospital bed, her face whiter than before, her hair was flowing around her, and sticking to her forehead from the sweat, but when Ed felt her head found out she was freezing still.

The doctor left them in there with her all alone.

"How is she brother?" asked Al, sitting on a chair by her bed.

Ed shrugged his shoulders, "She seems worse…I don't understand…they didn't help her at all!"

He flung his hands on the desk in frustration then heard her weak voice meekly whisper:

"Ed…Ed…where are you? Ed! Don't leave me Ed!"

Ed looked back at her and saw Al looking at her as well. He ran over to her and held her hand.

"Don't worry Ash, I'm right here…I'll stay right here no matter what…" he replied to the sleeping girl.

But suddenly her breathing slowed down and Ed began to panic, but it started up again.

The doctor came back a few seconds later. "How is she doc?" asked Ed, staring at her.

The doctor looked down at his clipboard and somehow found his shoes entertaining. He didn't reply for the longest time and it was making Ed furious!

"She's…dieing…"

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OMG! ASH IS DIEING! No one kill me, there are still several more chapters to go, so no one knows what will happen…except me…review and I'll update faster!

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