Hey, everyone, thanks for coming back. I realize that that last chapter wasn't very good. I'm sorry about that. Hopefully this one will be better. I have to remember to not try so hard to write from the Sci-fi side of the story, and use a lot of Fantasy elements, since that's what I'm good at. When I try to force something I'm not good at, it turns out bad, like the last chapter. Sigh.
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The entire group was once again assembled in the living room of the Rockbell house.
"So, what should we even call these 'wind people'?" said O'Neill. Edward sighed and shook his head. Winry shrugged. Nobody had any ideas.
O'Neill turned to face Daniel. "Well, Mr. Mythology, do you have any ideas?"
Daniel pushed his glasses up, and then rested his chin on his hand for a moment and thought, creating the picture of a true nerd. "Well," he said, "I suppose that we could always call them Sylphs."
"What the heck is a Sylph?" asked O'Neill.
"According to some legends," began Daniel, "There are four different creatures that each correspond to a certain element: Salamanders, Sylphs, Undines, and Gnomes. Sylphs are the elementals of air."
"Okay, that name will work then, I suppose," said O'Neill, "Now we need to figure out what to do about them. Who has any ideas?"
Everyone sat silent for several minutes. None of them had had any previous experience with these creatures, and so, consequently, none of them had even the slightest idea of what could be done about them. Heck, they couldn't even tell whether they were a threat or not.
Just then, the window was thrown upon by an unseen force, and a strong breeze rushed into the room, nearly knocking everyone off their seats. A small cyclone appeared and formed into one of the Sylphs. Everyone stared at the woman in dead silence, wondering what she was going to do.
The woman casually looked around the room, and then suddenly flew at Winry. She grabbed Winry by the hair and threw her to the ground, and then proceeded to kick her as hard as she could. Edward quickly jumped up and clapped his hands together as if to perform a transmutation.
The woman smirked as if that was exactly what she wanted, and so she stretched out her right arm with her palm facing Edward. Edward suddenly gasped and clutched his chest. Blue alchemical energy came out from Edward's chest, and was absorbed into the woman's hand.
Finally, when she decided that she'd stolen enough energy, she brought both of her hands close together, and formed a ball of this same alchemical energy, which she then proceeded to hurl at Edward.
Edward screamed in pain as soon as it hit, and blue sparks were flying everywhere. The Sylph smirked and then flew out of the room.
"Brother!" yelled Al, running over to Ed, who was now on the floor, still crying out in pain.
Winry's mouth was agape. "That woman…turned Ed's alchemical energy…against him!"
The members of SG-1 rushed to Ed's side, and tried to do everything they could to help. There wasn't much they could do though, as they didn't know much about alchemy, nor were they doctors. True, Carter was a scientist, but she wasn't a doctor.
Ed eventually passed out. SG-1 and Al stayed and guarded him while Winry went to find a doctor. When the doctor arrived, he ushered everyone out of the room, so that he could have peace and quiet while he examined Ed.
Everyone was waiting out in the living room, nervously twiddling their fingers or fidgeting in some other way. Finally, the doctor came out of the room. Winry and Al jumped up. "How is Brother?" asked Al.
The doctor sighed. "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but things don't look good. It looks as though he received a major electrical shock. He's bleeding internally, and he doesn't have long to live."
"Can't you do anything?" Winry shrieked.
The doctor shook his head. "I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do. I could give him something for the pain, but that's about it." Winry and Al both rushed past the doctor into Ed's room. The doctor shook his head again, and sighed. "Sad, very sad. He's so young."
Ed opened his eyes, and saw the concerned faces of Al and Winry staring down at him. "It's that bad, huh?" he said through the pain. "He must've given me a poor prognosis for you guys to be looking at me like that." Good ol' Edward, trying to be tough to the very end.
"Don't talk like that, Ed!" yelled Winry, trying to keep from crying, though she wasn't very successful, since tears were gushing out of her eyes in spite of her efforts.
"Please don't cry like that, Winry, I hate to see you said," said Ed.
"I…can't…help…it!" she said between sobs.
Just then, the same Sylph woman that had attacked before appeared in the room. She looked dissatisfied seeing that Ed was still alive, so she moved to strike him. Al quickly jumped up in response.
"No, Al, don't use alchemy!" shouted Edward. Too late. He had already drawn and activated an alchemy array, and the Sylph responded by sucking energy from him. Soon, she was forming another ball of energy, ready to hurl it back at Al.
Ed wasn't about to sit back and do nothing while his brother got hurt. He struggled to his feet, and charged towards the Sylph. Seeing him coming, she finished forming her energy ball and hurled it at him instead of Al.
Ed instantly dropped to the floor, screaming. Al and Winry stood by, helpless to do anything for him. The Sylph turned her attention to Al, and began charging for him.
Suddenly, Edward stopped screaming. His chest ripped over, allowing a large mass of alchemical energy to escape. This mass of energy flew at the Sylph, and entered her body. She panicked and put her hands on her head, just before she exploded.
Al and Winry turned their attention back to Ed. He lay still on the floor, not moving, not breathing, and with a gaping hold hi his chest.
Winry grabbed Ed's shoulders and began shaking him. "Ed, no! You can't die! You just can't! Say something, please, Ed!" Al was crying pitifully, as best as he could through armor.
The noise caused everyone else to take notice, and so they came into the room to investigate. The doctor rushed over the where Winry was, and pried her away from him. Everyone could tell what had just happened, judging by the damage done to the room.
Finally, the doctor sighed, and stood up. He cleared his throat, and said, "I am so terribly sorry, but he is dead." No one could speak, so the doctor left silently. Winry threw herself upon Edward's unmoving chest, and wept bitterly. Al was crying and crying out his brother's name. SG-1 remained silent, and placed their hands over their hearts. The world had just lost a very special person.
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