Ooooh! I got to go and volunteer at an animal shelter! Walked four dogs and then got to play with the cats XD, the three kittens there (one ten week old and two younger ones) where just adorable! Now I know why Al loves them so much XD. Anyway! Back to business, believe it or not I've got another (most definitely the last) sequel to this story, just something to wrap everything up…yeah…I really should have used THAT story for the sequel instead of this one, but what can I say? Hmmm, yep…that's it for now…(big group hug X3)

Chapter Fourteen: Lost Souls

Als' POV

I was sitting on the bank of a long winding river that seemed to melt into the golden, orange sunset. It was beautiful and peaceful. I just wanted to sit there forever, never moving from that spot. For some odd reason though, I couldn't remember how I got there. But that thought drifted away as somebody sat down next to me, I turned to look at them.

"You…" I said faintly. It was her, my Ka, she was just sitting there in the sand next to me, she turned and looked at me. The look in her eyes though made me shiver, they were cold and unfeeling, she then said,

"I am the hatred for the darkness with in your brother."

"What…"

"The love for your brother is resting now. I will watch over and protect you for now." She got up on her knees and moved behind me.

"What are you doing?"

She didn't answer; she just sat down on her knees and wrapped her arms around me. She then said, while resting her head on the back of my lower neck,

"I will protect you by any means…my Alphonse."

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"Is he going to be alright?" Winry asked, the doctor was checking the bandages he'd wrapped tightly around Als' entire torso.

"Well, that thing did break several ribs. We don't have the proper means of fixing this sort of thing, but I am doing my best. If everything works out like they should, he'll be up and about again in a few weeks." The doctor sighed.

"A few weeks? But, we don't…" Wiry frowned and started to walk around the small room, "We have to find Ed before he does something really drastic."

"I'll do what I can, but that still guarantees nothing." The doctor said turning to leave. When he was gone Winry pulled up a small chair and sat down, she rested her elbows on her knees and her chin in her hands.

"What are we going to do now?" she sighed.

"We're going to find him…and bring him back…"

"Hmm?" Winry instinctively looked over at Alphonse and found he was awake, he had been completely unconscious when she had been talking with the doctor, "Al! You're awake!"

"Yes…" he said flatly.

"Well, um…we can't really go anywhere with you in such bad condition." Winry then said, she was suddenly getting an odd feeling, there was something about the way Al was talking that didn't sit right.

"I'm fine…really," Al said sitting up with surprising ease, "My Ka fixed everything up, you don't have to worry."

"Your…Ka?"

"Yes, the Change of Heart, I guess she can fix things too. It was kind off odd though, but that doesn't matter right now." Al slowly slid out of his bed and stood up, "I have to find brother."

"Are you sure you're alright?" Winry asked. Alphonse looked up at the ceiling briefly then over at the opposite wall before turning to face Winry, he had an incipient smile on his face as he said,

"I'm fine Winry…see…I'm already walking around." He then made his way over to the door and left. Winry though didn't move, she didn't understand why Al seemed so different; he seemed to have his mind and thoughts on something else. Al then poked his head back through the door and asked,

"Aren't you coming Winry?"

"Wait up a moment Al," she said, "Al, tell me, why do you want to find Ed?"

"What kind of question is that Winry? He's my brother, I have to go and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." Al answered in a matter of fact tone, then he added, "And he has to pay for hurting me."

"What!"

"That's right, he may not have been in his right mind but that still doesn't mean I'm going to let him get away with nearly killing me…again." Al said crossing his arms. Winry got it now, what was different,

"Al, something isn't right here, you would never do something like this."

"No, I wouldn't normally…but…I…" Al wasn't sure where to find the words, even he couldn't figure out why he wanted to get back at his brother, "I don't know…all I know is that I have to find him, as for what exactly I'm going to do when that happens I still don't know."

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"Heh, that was pretty impressive kid." Bakura smirked, "Using that kid as a distraction for us to get away."

"…"

"What? Not talking any more?"

"I need to get my Ka back…"

The tomb robber turned and looked at Pride, he had an odd look on his face and it was starting to get at Bakura.

"Ha! You've got guts, but you won't be able to get that close to the palace anymore. Besides, it's probably being stored in one of the Pharaohs' or Priests' collections and the only way to summon the Ka from the sacred tablets is with a Millennium Item."

Pride just tilted his head to the side; he had an incipient smirk creeping along the side of his face, he then said slowly,

"You know, you and I seem to have a lot in common, perhaps we can come upon an agreement."

"What do you mean, an agreement? I thought we already had one, you get me the Millennium Items and I lend you the use of Diabond." Bakura hissed. Pride took the Millennium Rod from his belt and held it up, he twirled it around in his fingers before he extended his arm holding it out.

"Yes…I agreed to that…"

"Then what's the problem?" A sadistic smirk spread across Prides' face, the tomb robber frowned, "Well?"

"Heh…there really is only one problem…and that's the fact that you trusted me. You see, I already have a Ka…I merely used yours to progress my plan to regain her. As you mentioned, to summon a Ka from a sacred tablet, as you call them, one needs a Millennium Item. I have one now…so that means I have no further use for you or your services." Prides' smirk seemed to become more and more sadistic; he then started examining the Millennium Rod.

"Heh…so, you're thinking of double crossing me are you?" Bakura said with a smirk of his own growing, "Well, I think you're sorely mistaken." He then summoned Diabond; it loomed high above them. Pride merely gazed up at it lazily and sighed, shaking his head,

"You know…after thousands, well in your case hundreds, of years of evolution…you humans remain as stupid a creature as you'll ever be."

"The only stupid one here is you…" Bakura raised his hand and commanded Diabond to attack. The snake half of its' body wrapped around Pride and started to constrict, "You really should learn to play your hand better kid, too bad I have to kill you, you would have made a half decent tomb robber…huh…"

Pride seemed unfazed by the attack and was just glaring down at Bakura; he had shifted his shoulders forward using them as a sort of brace to protect his ribs and lungs from being crushed. With his arms apparently pinned to his side, he was surprisingly able to bring his arms up. It was with this swift movement that Pride was able to easily slip out of the Diabonds' grip.

"What…the…how…"

"Hmmm…interesting…" Pride muttered looking at his hands, the Diabond made another attack only this time Pride dodged it, "What an odd feeling this is…no matter, I have what I came for and you are getting annoying." Pride dodged another attack from Diabond and took several large steps back. Bakura took this chance and said,

"Diabond! Spiral Wave!"

Diabond held up its' hands and the air around it started to grow thin, a strange ball of energy started to build up in the center of its' hands. Pride watched, he was intrigued by this particular attack; he hadn't seen Diabond use it before. In fact, he'd only ever seen the Diabond use physical attacks, what other abilities it had were all new to him.

"Muut…" the thief smirked, Diabond then hurled the ball of energy straight at Pride. For a moment, Pride just watched as the spiral wave came at him, was it the end? No…Pride held the Millennium Rod out in front of him, the eye in the center of the rod flashed slightly. Pride looked up and smirked,

"I don't think so…human…" There was a large flash and everything seemed to stop for a brief moment.

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"No…brother!" Al gasped. Winry, who had been walking with him stopped and gave him a shocked and worried look asking,

"What is it Al?"

"I don't know…but something just happened…I can't explain it but I know something happened to him."

"Is Ed alright?"

"I…I'm not sure…like I said it's hard to explain, hmm…" Al turned and gazed over at the main gate, "We have to go out there to find out…"

Winry was still looking at Al worriedly, but then nodded in agreement, if something had happened to Ed that wouldn't be good. They should probably focus on finding him and the Millennium Item he took.

The two made their way out of the grand city; they had borrowed two horses and started out towards the outskirts where there were small caves and places to hide. When they got there though they hadn't expected to find what they had. Pride…or Ed, they couldn't tell which it was, was lying face first in the sand and he was beat up pretty bad.

"Brother!" Al got down off his horse and rushed over to his brothers' side, he carefully turned him over, "Can you hear me? Is it you this time brother?"

There was no response, he was breathing but he was unconscious, Winry got down and helped Al carry the beat up elder Elric over to one of their horses and get him situated up on one of them. Alphonse climbed back up on his horse and said,

"We better take him back to the palace."

"What about that Millennium Item?" Winry asked.

"It was probably that thief he was working with that did this. He probably double crossed my brother…Pride…and attacked him, that thief probably has it now." Al muttered dryly.

"Alright then…lets' go." Winry nodded as she climbed up on her horse and started back to the city.

Prides' POV

I couldn't explain it, something just happened; it was like the Millennium Rod was eating away at part of my soul. Normally I wouldn't be bothered by this considering we homunculi don't have souls, but I was cursed with this near useless human body and it did have a soul. That ment I had one too, and it was because of this that the spiral wave had more or less landed.

My head hurt, my arms hurt, everything hurt…and that damn thief probably took the Millennium Rod too. Everything seemed so cold…I started to hate the cold…my whole body felt like it had gone numb with the cold, I tried moving but that failed miserably and resulting in everything hurting at the same time.

More out of boredom then actual curiosity, I tried talking to my other half, he didn't say anything…he didn't do anything either. He sort of just sat there in the dark not moving, his pensive expression never changing; his eyes were cold too.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" I hissed.

"…"

"Stupid…"

"…"

"You didn't happen to see if that stupid thief took the Millennium Item did you? If you did and you tell me, we can get our Ka back…"

"…"

"Of course you didn't…even if you did you're not talking…humans are frustrating creatures…I hate you."

Ed suddenly looked up, his expression didn't change but he spoke in a very low whisper,

"Good…you should…"

-To Be Continued-

Ooooh! What could have happened? You'll just have ta find out…unless you've already figured it out…that's happened a couple times already…like in Hand in Hand…that plot (thingy) was spotted faster then a purple big foot in a history museum. Not that it's a bad thing…just…hmm…well anywhozles! Review! I transmute reviews into chapters! It's cool!

Ed: You can't transmute reviews into chapters!

Me: Yes I can…

Ed: Prove it…

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Ed: Cheater…