Chapter 7 - Death

Winry grinned at this. "Good…" she purred as she stood up with the knife and walked towards Ed. "You made a good choice, Ed… If I didn't get to kill you, someone else would surely come along soon and do the job… but I so dearly wanted to do it…" she said coldly, as she placed the knife blade along Ed's right cheek, running it down his face, making blood leak down his face, making him wince in pain.

About to move away form her, he stopped, the small cut on his cheek starting to really smart, and he hissed in pain, moving back from her a moment later, not wanting a repeat of last week to happen all over again, considering last time he almost died… he didn't even want to begin thinking about what could happen this time around. "just.. shut it.. okay? No one's dying here.. got that, Winry?" he said simply, raising his automail hand to wipe away the blood off his cheek, even though more replaced it seconds later.

Frowning, Winry placed the knife next to her chest. "Someone's dying today" she said blankly. "You or Me"she said smoothly, moving the knife forward, a small patch of bloof coming through and staining her white tank top.

Ed instantaneously took a step forwards, his golden eyes wide with fear and worry, not wanting either of what she gave him to choose from, and knowing he had to prevent both of their deaths from occurring anytime soon. "I… Damn it… you think that's even fair? I have to die or you do? I…" he sighed in frustration as he let his arms fall to his sides, one going to hold the wound in his side. "Just stop it… please… I don't need you dying, Winry. Just stop… I'm not going to die easy.. though I'm also not going to let things go as they happened last time." He said firmly. "I don't want you hurting yourself… or doing anything rash, either…" he finished, wincing as pain coalesced through his system yet again.

Not even a look of sympathy crossed the blonde's features, as she saw Ed's movements, and abruptly stabbed it straight through Ed's chest and began to wiggle the blade around, instantly causing Ed to stop in his tracks, the blade's penetration into his chest so sudden, it very narrowly missing his heart, though as it went in deep, he winced and coughed, blood starting to drip from the corner of his mouth, pain spread out on his face as she wiggled the blade around, widening the wound. But what was amazing.. was the strength he found, to push her away from him the next moment..

Though no sooner had he done that, than he sank to his knees, his chest wound bleeding rapidly, and as his hand went up to try and stop the bleeding, he managed to half-glare at her, his vision blurring a little, as not only was his wound deep and basically near-fatal.. screw that… it really was fatal as it was looking.. as when she had moved the blade, it had grazed his heart and lungs, and even now, the blood loss was getting to him..

Seeing this as an obvious moment of weakness, Winry seemed to smirk, before moving swiftly forward and stabbing the knife into Ed's back, making sure to tear the skin nicely as she did so… "…and now I'm done here…" she said in a blank tone, as she took no time in kicking Ed in his stomach wound and watched his reaction, as it happened rather fast.

As from the second she had pierced his back, Ed's eyes widened in horror and agony, another pained cry escaping his lips, though before he could process a reaction, more agony bombarded his body as she kicked him in the stomach, adding to the pain coursing through his bloodied body, his previous' week's wound threatening to reopen.

It did not help, that her kick had sent him rolling across the floor, blood staining it from his numerous injuries..

Ed finally stopped, his pain seeming to reach his limit, his body saying it was enough, his head dizzy and light-headed. "I… Winry… I'm…" he coughed a little, more blood issuing from his mouth. "I'm… sorry… please forgive me…" he whispered, his golden eyes losing their natural shine and life, eventually beginning to fade out as they slowly closed, his body starting to fall limp, crystalline tears rolling down his cheeks… one last time…

That was when it happened.

The blonde, staring down at Ed with lifeless eyes.. reacted. At his.. end… that was when her sapphire-blue eyes brimmed with tears as she saw the scene before her and as she realized what exactly she had done. "Ed.." she whispered, sinking down to her knees, her legs no longer able to support her weight. "ED!" she couldn't help but shout out, as she began to sob, holding Ed's broken body in her arms and whispering again, that she was sorry..

End Chapter 7 –

((A/N: Betcha think this is the end………….

It's not! Mwhaha… there is more… or is there? XD stay tuned and I'll put up the next chapter soon. Sooner than this one.. mwhahaha. Again I am sorry for the delay in putting up this one…. I have been busy… ; Veryyy busy ))