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Chapter 8: Final Plan
2 Hours Later…
Roy had brought Riza with him to the center of all of the Saint's cells. They stared blankly at him, confused about what he was doing.
"This is your last chance," he explained, "will you come with me?"
"We need more time to decide, Mustang!" begged St. Croix.
"This perhaps will help!" he yelled pulling out a gun. He pressed the cool metal up against his right temple, his finger situated on the trigger. Sweat rolled down his face, he had no idea what he was doing.
"ROY!" yelled Vino.
"Do you, or don't you?" Roy asked holding the gun tightly against his flesh.
"He's bluffing!" spat McDowell, "he doesn't have the balls!"
Roy cocked the pistol up against his skull.
"Holy shit, he's gonna do it!" yelled North.
Riza looked directly at the Colonel, "Sir?" she asked her lip quivering.
Roy slowly started to pull the trigger, but stopped halfway.
"Killing myself won't do any good!" he explained, "So I'll make a deal!"
He walked up to McDowell's cell looking at him square in the eyes, "You stay, I stay!"
"Roy!" yelled Vino.
"Three have been released, if you four refuse than I'll stay here, with you!" he took a deep breath, "You stay I'll stay!"
Vino looked at Roy square in the eye, "Are you out of your mind?" he asked.
Roy walked into an empty cell, "For ten years, I ran free; while all of you stayed caged," he closed the metal door, "my time to fly is over, it's time for me to be caged!"
"Colonel?" asked Riza.
"This isn't going to do anything but hurt you! You know that!" McDowell sneered.
"I see through your façade, McDowell, I always have, deep down inside you want to go back, you want to be accepted!" tears came to his eyes, "I'm all of your chance for freedom! If I don't take you with me, the firing squad will deal with you!"
All of their eyes lit up, "Firing squad?" asked St. Croix, "They're gonna shoot us?"
Roy nodded his head, "Yes, they are," he answered, "so it's either give your soul away to the military or die!"
They all looked at each other in shock with the classic Oh my God stares.
"I'm leaving," explained Vino, "I'm outta here!"
He clapped his hands a flash of blue light opening the door, "Who's with me?"
"I am!" answered Sascha, "I don't wanna die!"
"Don't forget me!" chimed St. Croix.
Vino electromagnetically opened all of the cell doors, except for McDowell's. McDowell stood looking at Roy sitting in the cell, the picture bringing fear to his mind. He never wanted to see Roy imprisoned, nor did he want to see the young man die!
"Roy," he said sorrowfully, "get the hell out of that cell and take me to Central; I have duties to attend to!"
Roy opened the cell with his arrogant I won and you lost smile! He slowly opened the door and let the older man out of the cage.
"I'll never forget this, guys!" Roy cried, "Never will I forget this!"
"Nor will we," continued Sascha, "Brigadier General!"
In Central…
Roy gracefully stepped out of the car, Riza closely next to him. Laronya was an experience that neither of them would ever forget.
Roy had come down with a small cold and despite the fact that he could hardly breathe, he refused to get treatment.
He coughed hard as they walked toward the door of Central Headquarters.
"Roy," she whispered, "that doesn't sound good!"
"It's nothing," he explained, "just a cold, and that's it!"
Riza hated how stubborn he was, no matter what was going on, he always was right! He didn't know that this might be the death of him.
"Colonel, Lieutenant!" greeted Fuhrer Bradley with two men next to him, "How was your trip?"
"A success," Roy answered trying not to sound ill, "we got seven of them back!"
Bradley smiled, "Great job, Brigadier General, you too Captain!"
Roy rubbed his temples nonchalantly so that the Fuhrer wouldn't notice he was in pain.
The two walked in slowly.
"I'll send news to Fullmetal that you've moved!" stated Bradley.
AN: You don't want to miss the next chapter "Scarlet Horror" that is when the plot line really starts to develop! Please Review!