So I hope you're impressed this is two chapters in two days CHAAA! :D Thank you very much to your reviews and advice it helped heaps in writing this next chapter. Unfortunately no one requested any guest appearances so I just threw in a few here and there
Ohhh so the story is slowly coming to an end eeeeeppppp. Will our pair find happiness or death? Well you better read on to find out eekkk.
Promise me chapter 5
I will Never let Go
Ed's head was thumping and his eyes felt heavy, where was he, what had happened?
Ed sat up to find himself in a hospital room, more specifically in a hospital bed he looked to his side to see a young blond haired girl lying on the bed next to him with a machine keeping her alive; barely. Ed jolted up getting ready to run to the girl's side when he heard a voice, a voice that made him freeze with horror, fear and anger.
"Looks like the brat survived, never mind she wasn't the one we were after." Ed spun to face the abomination that dared show his face, Envy. His eyes were full of anger and utter hatred.
"Well sacrifice I hope you learnt your lesson, although I wouldn't mind killing some more people to make our point if you haven't." Before Ed could think he clapped his hands and turned his auto mail arm into a form that resembled a knife. Ed leapt at Envy swinging his arm ready to lop of Envy's head.
"You're going to pay. You bastard!" Ed swung his arm straight at Envy's head, Envy ducked just in time swinging his leg in an attempt to trip up Ed. Ed jumped over Envy's leg and clapped his hands together hitting the wall. In an instant a part of the wall flung out towards Envy's body. Envy dogged his attack and ran straight past Ed.
"Well if were going to play dirty." Envy pulled a knife out and lunged towards Winry.
Ed's heart began to race, no way; no way in hell was he going to let Envy near Winry ever again. Ed ran towards Winry's bed, he had no time to think; he didn't need to. Ed jumped in front of Winry's body arms spread like he was trying to create a barrier.
"Don't you dare touch her! You've made your point, you need me to behave I get it okay! You can do whatever the hell you want to me but don't you DARE touch her!"
"Well that was a nice speech Elric, but we have no intention on letting these filthy Homunculi touch you, you're too much of an asset to the military."
That was possibly the first time in his life that Ed was actually glad to see Mustang. The next thing he knew there were military officers everywhere amongst them was Armstrong, Havoc, Hawkeye and general Hughes.
"Give up Homunculus your surrounded, don't test my patience because I assure you I don't have much."
Envy just laughed at Mustang, "What do you think you can do to me you're nothing but a mere human, you're weak."
"I may be a human, but do I really need to remind you who killed your abomination of a friend, Lust." At this last sentence Envy seemed to freeze, how the hell could he have forgotten that this was the man who had killed Lust.
"I'm not here to kill any of you, father would kill me himself if he found out I had ruined two of his sacrifices. No I'm here to offer you a deal."
"Why the hell would we want to strike a deal with you?" Ed was getting pissed; he was over all the talking he just wanted to attack.
"Because pipsqueak I'm offering to save your precious little girlfriend." Ed froze his heart began to fill with hope until he remembered who he was talking to.
"Don't listen to him Elric, he will say anything to get to you."
"Shut up Mustang! What do I have to do Envy, I'll do anything."
"Well little brat I have a philosophers stone and I'll save this pathetic little humans life on one condition." Envy started to grin, he had won, he knew the way humans thought and he knew he was pulling the right strings here.
"Stop wasting time and just tell me what the hell I have to do!"
"When the time comes for our sacrifice we want you to promise to come quietly, no struggling, no fighting, you surrender yourself when we say. You promise to do that and I promise to save your friend."
"Don't do it Elric, we're searching for Doctor Marko, he will be able to save Winry we don't need this scumbag."
"You wont find Marko in time Mustang, this girl has three hours left tops, I'm your last hope."
"Ed listen to me we will find Marko and-"
"Shut up Mustang! Damn it just shut up! What would you do if you were in my situation, what if this was Riza? Would you just leave it to chance and let her die or would you seize the opportunity and save her while you could. Would you be a coward or a man?"
Mustang froze with lack of anything to say, how was he supposed to reply to that, he knew that if the roles were reversed he would give up his own life hands down to save the woman he loved. It was funny he had always thought of Ed as an immature little child but now he was coming to realize that when it came to love Ed was one of the bravest alchemists he knew.
"I'll do it I promise if you save her life I will come quietly when-"
"Don't be stupid brother your not giving yourself up like that!" When the hell had Alphonse gotten there, Ed didn't even notice his younger brother come in.
"Al we're not giving up, it's quite the opposite, were giving Winry life. She practically gave me mine with this auto mail. I owe her Al."
Al fell silent he wanted to protect Winry just as much as Ed did and he hated it but he knew Ed was right they had to save her, but not like this.
"Ed you don't have to, we found Marko." Ed's heart skipped a beat; those were the only words that could cheer him up right in that moment. Why the hell had Al waited so long to tell him!
"Hi there Edward Elric."
"Doctor Marko! Can you save her?"
"I can't make any promises, but I will try."
"I thought you wouldn't come."
"Well when your brother finally found me I wasn't going to, I hate helping the military in any way, but Miss Rockbell's parents were friends of mine. I met them in the war, they were beautiful people very kind and compassionate, always helping people whether they were Ishvalan or not. I couldn't let their daughter die."
Envy apparently realized this was a lost cause he ran for the window.
"Not so fast you creepy bastard." Mustang ran after him but Envy had already jumped out the window and started on his escape route.
"Come on men after him, shoot on sight those are your orders." Mustang and his men ran out of the room Mustang stopping on his way out.
"Don't worry Ed we will catch him, you take of Winry she needs you here." Ed nodded and Mustang ran out after the rest of his men. Ed turned back to Marko who was now examining Winry.
"Hmm this girl is in really bad shape I need to start immediately if she is going to survive the night."
"Doctor Marko, are you going to use a philosopher's stone?" Ed turned to face his brother, Al asked the question that Ed was thinking, but didn't really want to know the answer to.
"You boys need to go wait outside, this shouldn't take too long." Marko didn't want to have to deal with the boy's strong morals right now, he was running out of time if was either save Winry now or literally never.
Ed looked at Al, "Come on Al lets let Marko get his work done." Al nodded and they walked outside the room and sat on the chairs just waiting for some good news.
One hour later
"Ed stop pacing it's not going to make time go faster." Ed ignored Al; he couldn't sit still not now; not until he knew Winry would be safe. Not until he knew he would have the chance to tell Winry he loved her.
"Boys, you can come in now." Ed's heart was racing he practically ran back into Winry's room, he just stared at Marko waiting for him to say something; waiting for him to say Winry was going to live to be an old lady.
"How did it go Marko?" Al's voice sounded as expectant as Ed's heart.
"It was really tricky, there was a lot of damage, even with the extra help I had from the phi-" Marko cut his sentence short knowing now wasn't the time for that sort of conversation.
"Look it was really tricky, she might not be able to walk properly for a while, maybe not at all ever, but-" Ed's heart began racing, not walking he could handle, he would carry her everywhere if he needed to; she just needed to live.
"But she will live to see another day, in fact I think you will find she will live for many years to come."
Ed felt his eyes begin to burn, his head dropped and Al swore he spotted a tear fall to the floor (though he would never say anything).
"Thank you Marko, thank you." Ed just kept repeating his sentence he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Thank you, thank you…. thank you."
Marko walked up to the boy and put a hand on his shoulder, "Well done Elric, it is hard to stand around and watch the ones you love in pain. Don't ever let this young girl go."
"Don't worry sir, I don't plan on ever letting her go." Marko smiled at Ed and began to walk away.
"I expect she will be waking up soon, I suggest you stay by her side." Marko continued to walk out the door glancing back at the young blond haired boy one more time who had already pulled a chair up to the side of Winry's bed and was now holding her hand. He smiled and walked away.
"Ah young love."
YAY so it looks like things are going to work out for our little couple woohooo. The next chapter will be the last one and I must say I'm very excited to write it, it will consist of Ed taking Winry home and I don't want to say much else because I don't want to give it away, but trust me it will be cute! Yay yay yay! So I promise to update soon! Please review I love to know what your thinking!
Also I would love to try and add in any random quotes you throw at me well try to put them in anyway so what line do you want in the last chapter?