Chapter Thirteen:

Mask, Part Two

The masked stranger is the wife of the deceased "King Bradley"...Pride!

"Now die, Roy Mustang." said Bradley.

"Stop!" exclaimed Elric, running into the room. He placed down Jenny. "Stop it now, Bradley!"

"So you figured it out as well?" asked Bradley. She removed the mask on her face, and smiled. She looked so old, so innocent...

"So you want revenge on Mustang, eh?" asked Elric. "And the rest of his family...who had nothing to do with it! That is, if you killed Riza as well."

"Correct." said Bradley, smiling. "I killed Riza Mustang, running her over. I then made sure that the evidence was destroyed, allowing the car to roll down a cliff. No one ever found it, as far as I know. The death of Havoc wasn't something I had planned for, and the death of Jenny was supposed to occur with her as my hostage. But damn it, that bastard Havoc made me have to speed up my plans a bit, and go for Mustang first."

"You're sick." said Elric. "What kind of monster does something like that?"

Bradley pointed the gun at Elric. "Your name is Edward Elric, is it not?"

"Yeah." said Elric.

"You were Selim's hero before Mustang killed him. And my husband looked at you with pride," Elric flinched at this word when she said it, "Being one of the strongest state alchemists in the military...and looked at Mustang the same way."

Mustang pulled himself up, for the first time showing his injured self. His face was covered in scars, and his right arm was hanging limply at his side. He twitched in pain...and looked at Bradley.

"Bradley..." he said, his voice faint. "...You...you've got it all wrong. King was trying...trying to obliterate several millions...no, billions, of people...and all for the sake of obtaining the Philosopher's Stone."

"So you're trying to say that you're a hero?" screamed Bradley. "Justifying your reasons for murdering my husband? While your at it, why not try and justify the murder of my son as well?"

Her own tears were falling at the mention of her son.

Mustang frowned. "It was not I who killed your son. King Bradley did."

Bradley's tears stopped, and she looked even deeper at Mustang.

"Why...you..." her hands shook with anger. "YOU BASTARD! STOP YOUR LIES!"

She aimed the gun, and Elric moved. She pulled the trigger, allowing the bullet to be released, aimed at Mustang.

"Damn...it!" exclaimed Elric. "I can't...can't have you die, Roy!"

He run up, and tried to catch up to the bullet, tried to stop it with his own body. Time was moving in slow motion...

How could I be going so fast... he thought, This must be...a dream...

No...only a hope.

He couldn't reach the bullet, but he reached the gun. The tore it out of Bradley's hand, and punched her. He had hit her with his right arm, which was still auto-mail. So she didn't move.

"Daddy!" exclaimed Jenny. She was crying again, so Elric didn't even have to look to know.

But he did anyways.

What he saw was horrible. Jenny had run over and put her face over the wound. The wound in Roy Mustang's heart. The bloody, deadly wound.

Roy Mustang was dead...

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Elric sat down, in the room of Roy Mustang. Jenny was crying on her father's chest. It was a sad sight.

Elric was thinking. Thinking of Havoc's dying words.

"Jenny...please remember...that Roy...his feelings for you...he..."

What did he mean by that? Thought Elric. His feelings for you...wait a minute...

Elric shrugged, and looked at the doctors on the ground, he had forgotten about them. They were also dead.

He got up.

"Jenny..." he said. "...I'm going to make sure that the desk clerk called the police."

When she didn't respond, he simply walked down.

I'm sorry Jenny...I couldn't do anything...

Tears came to his eyes. Jenny...I'm really sorry.

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The polices showed up later, and took the unconscious Bradley away. They also took away the bodies of the two doctors, Havoc, and Mustang.

"I'm sorry..." said Elric, to Jenny.

Jenny was silent.

"I'll take you to my house." said Elric.

Jenny was still silent.

Elric sighed, and scooped up Jenny. He motioned to an officer.

"I'm taking this girl home." said Elric, "Is that okay?"

"Yes, it is." said the officer. "But we may need statements from both of you in the future."

"Whatever." said Elric, and he got into his car, placing Jenny in the next seat.

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Author's Note: I think the next chapter will be the last. Unfortuanatly it'll be hard to make it a long one. I already have it planned out, and it might be up tonight.

Thank you those who gave reviews for the last chapter. It;s very much appreciated.

By the way, I still might make a sequel for this story. But only if I have enough reviews. I'll post a definite amount that I'll need in the next chapter.

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-Salazare