Mmm disclaimer
Same as before. Me no own story, and me no own lyrics. But I do own my interpretation, which is this. This chapter is Al's POV and…
Continued SPOILERS!
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I saw Ms. Hawkeye fall; I didn't know what had happened. I had never seen her like that before, even against Scar. I saw Lust preparing to inject her with the knifelike fingers she possessed, my feet moved of their own accord taking me to a shielding position for Ms. Hawkeye.
"Stand up First Lieutenant," I said, "Run." But she refused, telling me to flee alone, so that I could be saved.
I was once again in a confused shock. She was actually going along with what Lust said? She was giving in? Lust continued, breaking into my thoughts, telling me to run and let Ms. Hawkeye die as she chose, but I refused. Repeatedly telling the lieutenant to run.
Yesterday is a kid in the corner,
Yesterday is dead and over.
This is your life, are you who you wanna be?
Don't close your eyes,
Don't close your eyes,
Don't close your eyes…
Even though I could almost feel Lust slicing into me, I stayed. She continued to mock us saying, "You're being silly boy, taking all this unnecessary damage. Can you not see that this girl is felling her death?"
"You will not be able to stab her!" I screamed. Ms. Hawkeye spoke up for the first time in ages, telling me to flee.
Instead I shouted, "I won't!"
"No matter what, I won't! My powerlessness is the fault for the deaths of too many innocent people. I will not tolerate seeing people I should be protecting die in front of my eyes!" As I said it, I could almost see them. Nina, Marta, Marco, Hughes; they flashed before me like some vicious slide show. It would not, could not happen again, no matter what.
This is your life, are you who you wanna be?
This is your life, are you who you wanna be?
This is your life, are you who you wanna be?
Yeah!
Then I heard it, "Well said, Alphonse Elric," it was Colonel Mustang. I quickly slammed my hands together, and then to the ground to protect the Lieutenant and myself. As I did this, I could hear Colonel Mustang explaining to Lust the finer points of combat. Snapping his fingers as he continued, just as he had to Brother all those months ago.
From what he said, and just the way he said it I could tell he was in bad shape. Though I would have leaped up to help him, in an instant it was currently taking everything I had to restrain the First Lieutenant.
Are you who you wanna be?
This is your life,
Is it everything you dreamed that is would be?
When the world was younger,
And you had everything to lose…
When it was finally over, I released the lieutenant. She immediately ran over to the Colonel, who seemed about to pass out in Ms. Hawkeye's lap.
As I ran for the doctor the Colonel requested, I knew I had finally done it. Though we were all a little worse for the wear, we were all alive, save Lust. This is how I wanted to be, a protector and savior, instead of a soulless coward.
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