Ed rolled off the bed, starting the morning off badly. He pulled Samantha with him and they fell on top of Roy. Roy yelled and woke up Furey, who in turn kicked Havoc, who in turn began to swear loudly, waking up Al and Lexi. The morning was already off to a bad start, and it was only going to get worse for everyone.
"Oww!" Yelled Mustang, sitting up and nursing his foot, "That hurt!"
"You're telling me," said Havoc, his eyes watering slightly.
"Well I'm the one that got pulled down," said Samantha, trying to stand up, but tripping over Al's leg.
Ed stood up and walked out to the balcony, looking over the town of Central in the early dawn. It was at that moment that Lieutenant Hawkeye knocked on the door and rushed in. Her blonde hair was rumpled and her military uniform was wrinkled.
"Colonel sir, Scar has been spotted. Hurry, NOW!" She tossed Roy his gloves and pulled out her gun.
"But, we're not in uniform!" Chorused all the men in the room, looking down at their boxers and tee shirts.
"Never mind that now! We need to catch him!" With that she rushed out of the room, dragging Mustang behind her. Lexi shot Samantha a warning look, then hurried out of the room behind the others. They raced through the halls of the military, with shouts and jeers from people who were actually dressed. They burst out into the sunlit street, following the form of the running Riza. Finally she rounded a corner and was bowled over by a man in a yellow jacket with an X scar on his face.
"Open fire!" Yelled Roy, trying and failing to kill Scar with his flames. One of Riza's bullets grazed Scar's arm, but he made a desperate move and grabbed Lexi's face.
"Its time to go," he said, and with a blast that shook the whole street, Lexi was blasted into nothingness.
"NO!" Screamed Al, rushing towards Scar and attempting to punch him. Scar dodged, and was suddenly gone with a blast that shook the street again. Multi colored smoke filled the streets.
"Keep low!" They heard Roy yell, "This is a gas that was used in Ishbal! Crawl and we might catch him!" So they did, Al giving moans of sadness, and Samantha letting silent tears roll down her face. The smoke began to clear, and they saw that Scar had eluded capture once again.
"Damn it!" Yelled Alphonse, sinking to his knees.
Roy looked over at them all, Riza's eyes filled with sadness, Ed's filled with anger, Samantha crying, Furey looking sadly at the spot she had vanished and Havoc sitting on the ground with his head in his hands.
"Lexi was like a sister to me. I swear if I have to stay here my whole life I'll help you catch Scar, even if it gets me killed in the process." Said Samantha.
"We couldn't even get to her in time to do anything," said Ed, clenching his fist.
Al simply sat there, staring at his hands, numb to what was going on.
"We'll need to send troops after him," said Roy in a shaky voice. Riza nodded eyes full of tears and ran back to headquarters to do just that.
"Lexi Hakudosi was a good person. She was brave and true down to the very end. She was like a sister to me, and helped me through everything. I'll never forget everything she's done for me." Samantha moved away from the podium and sat down between the Elric brothers on the pew. Tears were in all of their eyes that refused to fall, and at the end they stood up to carry the casket out.
A mockingbird sang in the lonely graveyard where Havoc, Breda, Falman, Riza, Roy, Furey, Samantha, Ed and Al stood. "We're following Scar. He's going north of Central towards an abandoned Ishbalan camp." Said Riza, her amber eyes sharp as a crow landed on the gravestone. Suddenly she pulled out her gun and shot the bird, watching it fall.
"We'll catch up." Said Ed, and the rest of them nodded, trailing off into the distance.
"Ed?" Said Samantha, tears down her face. "Can we send her body back? For her parents?"
"Back where?" Asked Ed, his eyes blankly staring.
"Across the Gate. That's where we are from."
Ed was shocked, but nodded, clapping his hands. In an instant the Gate was right there, and its doors swung open to let the casket through, then, it was gone.
"If you're from the other side of the Gate, then you must have seen the truth," said Ed, tapping his hands together and sitting on the dry ground.
"But you didn't pay a price…"
"What did she gain? WHAT DID SHE GAIN!" Yelled Alphonse, standing up and walking towards the paths that lead out of the graveyard.
Samantha stood up to stop him, but Ed put out a hand. "Let him go. He needs some time to think things out."
Samantha nodded and sat down on the dry ground next to the gravestone. "If I've seen the Gate, then…" She clapped her hands together, and thought of the gravestone turning into an angel. In a flash of light the gravestone did just that, turning into a marble angel with sweeping wings and a plaque with Lexi's name on it.
Ed looked up at the angel and sighed, "Well, now all we need is the formula for the stone, and we'll be ready." Samantha nodded her face pale and thin. "Let's go," said Ed, holding out his hand.
"No, I think I'll stay here for a little bit. Just to say…goodbye."
A/N My Grandpa died a while ago, so that's where I got the idea, and again I'm stuck so anything you want WILL happen
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