FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: PART II

I looked at my brother one last time to make sure he was ready, and he nodded, the time was now. We either brought mom back, or died trying, but either way, we were going to do something

As we placed our hands on the transmutation circle in front of us, a light yellow glow began to swirl around the outside, and the tray containing Mom's ashes started to spin.

Everything was working! I turned to my brother and smiled.

"See, al? I told you we could do this! All those other alchemists over-thought everything, but we knew what needed to be done!"

"I…don't know, brother…I mean, I still feel like something bad is going on here…."

The yellow tornado of light began swirling faster and faster, the tray beginning to spark with electricity, but we were just as ready to do what we had come to do.

"Get over it, Al! We have everything going as planned…what could possibly go --"

Just then, the calming aura of the transmutation turned a dark shade of violet. The tray began spinning violently and soon enough a white portal opened up above the tray, beaming with a bright white light.

"Al! Look! We did it! It's the portal to the other side! Mom's soul must be coming back to us!...brother?"

"ED! HEEELLLLP! BROOOOTHHHER!"

I looked over, and suddenly a feeling of death swept over me… my brother was sitting there, but his arm was disintegrating! The powers of alchemy were obviously unhappy with what we had offered in exchange for the soul, and in turn were using my brother as a sacrifice!

"Al, NO!" I yelled as I reached for him, but just as I reached him, the last remaining bit of him disappeared into the portal. His body had been destroyed completely by the powers of alchemy…

"NO!...you….you can't….I thought….I thought we had it RIGHT! I thought we were going to bring mom back, and instead I lost my own brother!...no….I haven't lost him…not his soul….and I don't plan on losing it! GIVE MY BROTHER BACK, YOU BASTARDS!"

And with that, I got up on my one leg (the other also having been sacrificed to this horrible mistake at this point), and jumped into the portal. I didn't care what I had to do, I was getting my brother back…

END OF PART II