Okay, I wanted to apologize for the two days of no updates. I had an exit exam and also it seems as though I've come down with a cold. I'm very sorry and I hope you all still love me. :(

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Roy stopped talking. All went silent for a few moments when Ed lightly tapped him. "

"Roy?" He whispered.

Roy trembled.

Ed tried to pull back, to look at Roy's face, but Roy pulled him closer.

Ed threaded his fingers through Roy's hair and sighed.

"Let's sleep…"

No answer. Roy just continued to tremble every now and then. Ed then pulled Roy closer

and leaned back. Ed fought back his own tears and said with a growl,

"You're supposed to say something perverted about being on top of me you moron!"

Roy then pulled his head up and stared at Ed with tears in his eyes. They gleamed and

shined. Edward was heartbroken.

But then, his spirits were lifted as Roy began to laugh.

"You truly are a strange one…" Roy said with a laugh.

Ed brought his hand up to Roy's eye and wiped the tears that remained.

"You really don't have to tell me…"

Roy sighed.

"There's not really much more to tell…"

He felt tears swell again.

"It all went so fast. Her father let Dennings go and it turned around to go after him."

He paused.

"I did kill it… but then, when I tried to kill Alexa's father, to end it once and for all, she…"

He paused.

"Even though he was going to use her to save his own despicable life…"

He teared up.

"She got in the way… and…"

He brought his head down onto Edward's chest and softly cried.

Ed put a couple pillows behind his back and sat a bit higher so he could hold onto Roy better.

Roy sighed.

"This isn't right… It's supposed to be the other way around…"

Ed laughed.

"Don't be a jerk…"

Roy then took a deep breath.

"Edward…"

He pulled up a little from Ed and looked him straight in the eye.

"What happened next…"

He paused.

Ed closed his eyes and smiled.

"I told you, you don't have to tell me, now shut up and go to sleep."

"I BECAME ONE OF THEM!"

Silence.

Roy sighed.

"He used the fact that I killed his daughter against me. I had no choice… it was… stupid

and horrible… and something I will regret for the rest of my life!"

Ed's heart beat faster and he felt as though he might just regurgitate what little food he had saved away in his stomach.

"You…" Ed whispered.

"You mean…"

He paused.

"YOU MADE THOSE THINGS?"

He then started crying.

He then pushed Roy away and yelled,

"You made those horrible things? Those things that were once human. Those things with

such sad eyes. Those things that deserve to be killed on sight!"

Roy sighed.

"I told you, you would hate me."

Ed continued to cry.

"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO SUCH A THING! HOW

COULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER IT?"

Roy sighed.

"I don't know…"

He then felt more hot tears stream down his face. Tears of fire. Tears of the fire. Him.

Ed put his hand over his face and trembled.

Roy got up all the way and sunk down onto the floor.

"I didn't want you to know…"

He trembled.

"I didn't want you to know about any of it."

He paused.

"But it's true. I made those horrible things…"

He took in a deep breath.

"But I also know how to unmake them…"

Ed then stopped crying.

"What do you mean?"

Roy slapped his hand over his mouth and more tears streamed down his face.

"No…"

He said.

"I can't let this happen…"

Ed was off the bed and in Roy's face in less than two seconds.

He shook Roy.

"Tell me."

"I can't Edward…"

"TELL ME!"

"I CANT! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?"

He paused.

"If I tell you… you'll try it… and…"

He breathed in and trembled as he did.

"You have too much to live for. You have that beautiful innocence that must never be

destroyed…"

He paused.

"You shouldn't know about any of this!"

Ed then grabbed Roy's hand away from his face and held it.

"It's why she said, "save us" …"

He paused and stared into Roy's eyes. He knew that if he was right, Roy's eyes would tell

him so. And they did.

"There's something that I can do…"

Roy sighed.

"Yes… But…"

"But?"

"Some of them have no hope…"

He paused.

"It won't even matter if you can do it… for some of them; their minds are so long gone

that they have lost all emotions and conscious thought."

He paused.

"All they know is what they are told and that is it…"

He sighed and trembled again.

"But…"

He looked into Ed's eyes and pulled him to his chest.

"You can't do it!"

Ed sighed.

"But it will save so many…"

"Doesn't matter... you're worth more than all of them and more…"

Ed felt his heart beat faster and he felt Roy's beat in his ears. He closed his eyes and a tear

fell down his cheek. He knew that whatever this was, it would take his life from him.

Roy sighed.

"I shouldn't have told you any of this…"

Ed pulled himself up and stared Roy in the eyes.

"But you did, and you need to tell me the rest! How can I help them?"

Roy shook his head.

"I'm sorry, but I can't let you do it…"

"Who are you to make decisions for me?"

He growled.

"If I want to help someone then I will!"

"Even if it means ending your own life?"

Ed sighed and held Roy's face.

"If it's the right thing to do…"

Roy closed his eyes and winced.

"Are you in that much of a hurry to die?"

Ed was taken aback. What was this all of a sudden? Well, he was still a bit shocked that the

Colonel, of all people was crying. But this… this was something new. This was something

unexpected.

"Are you?" He repeated.

Ed sighed and closed his eyes.

"Al will understand… I'm sure he can find the philosopher's stone on his own. He doesn't

need my help. He'd get along fine on his own…"

Roy was then filled with a blast of anger and yelled,

"Your brother may be fine without you, but I won't be!"

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Wow, it's early. Um yea.. I kinda felt like I owed you guys this chapter since I miss two days. If you didn't read the top, it's because of an exit exam and I have caught the more horrid of things… the common cold. Lol. So yes. I think I may change a few things in this chapter later on, and I'll let you all know if I do. So yea. REVIEW, REVIEW! Laters.

Oh, and I have a request. I would like you all to be nice little reviewers and take the time to tell me about one specific thing you liked, and one specific thing you didn't like. I'm basically askin for crits so yea. If you don't want to, that's fine, but for those of you that will, thank you, it really helps. Thanks again.