Yay, Monday! XD This chapter was fun...yeah...okay...let's start!

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My eyes fluttered open. I was lying on my stomach in that room again, a thin ray of sunshine shining down through the transparent ceiling. I groaned; my head hurting again, feeling dizzy and cold. I shifted slightly, pulling my right hand in front of my face, staring at it in confusion. It was still made of automail. Why didn't it change back, wasn't it supposed to...?

I gasped, pushing myself into a sitting position, the left side of my face wet with blood from a cut over my left eye. Ed! Maybe he wasn't really gone, maybe he...I had to try anyway.

"Ed?" I thought anxiously, praying that he's answer. But he didn't, and I knew he never would again. I tried again anyway, for no real reason but to hear my own distressed voice. It took a few minutes to get over the shock that I was alone in my mind again, since I was so use to hearing his voice in my head. I bit my lip, ignoring the annoying sting in my eyes and wiped my face with the back of my left hand, getting most of the blood off but smearing the remnants.

I sighed and looked up. The entrance I had gone through was still closed, but the glass had shattered from the barrier, probably from the energy of the transmutation. I blinked at it, wondering where it would lead to. Hopefully, the exit. I made to stand up, but my hand scraped against something sharp.

I looked down at it; a large shard of broken glass that had sticky smears of crimson on it. That must've been the thing that cut me. I touched it gingerly with my still metal hand, peering at its reflective surface. Even though it showed the sky above me and the dark wall behind me, my reflection didn't show, as if I wasn't really there.

For a split second, it flashed pale yellow light, then something else appeared instead of my reflection. I gaped at the glass shard, my mouth hanging open and my eyes wide with shock. Ed was reflected up at me, just like he did the first time.

"Ed...is that really you?" I breathed out weakly, biting down on my lower lip again. He smiled gently and nodded. "I wanted to see you again. I didn't get to say goodbye last time."

"You idiot...you didn't have to do that, I never wanted you to...you should've just..." I trailed off shakily, glaring at the ground, unable to go on.

"...you wanted me to just let you die and leave behind everyone you love?" He asked slowly, frowning slightly.

"Yes! Anything's better then letting you die for me!" I yelled, my voice echoing through the room. He sighed and shook his head; as if I was jut a little kid who couldn't understand simple logic. "I'm sorry, but I just couldn't do that."

I couldn't reply to that, instead glaring down at him. He smiled again, sadly this time. "I have to go now, Ayumi...goodbye." He whispered and started to fade away.

"N-no! Wait, Ed, don't go yet! Please, don't leave me!" I stammered quickly, but his reflection disappeared from the surface anyway. I stared at it in disbelief, clenching my fist. "Dammit!" I shouted, slamming my fist on the glass shard. It crunched under it, and I slowly lifted my fist off to look at the finely grounded, sparkling dust. I sighed and staggered to my feet, looking blankly at the broken glass, stepping over to it and climbing over the jutted pieces.

After I was over it, I squinted through the dim light. The whole room still had the transmutation circle drawn out into it, parts of it sectioned off into glass vessels, where the others were. But nobody was here now, all of the glass shattered. I blinked at one near mine, where a shadow of a figure still lay on the ground and gasped, running over to it.

It was my sister, laying face first on the ground like I had been. "Kiyoko!" I called, not wanting to attempt to go over the glass again. She groaned in response and lifted her head, lazily staring up at me, her eyes still red and slitted like a homunculus. Then her eyes widened as she sat up instantly. "Ayumi! Lust! She..." She trailed off, staring at the ground.

I nodded slowly. "I know." I replied sadly. She looked up at me and frowned, standing up and going through the glass to meet me. "...did...he?" She started, but I cut her off with a sharp look.

"Let's just get out of here, okay?" I insisted. Kiyoko sighed. "Okay." She pointed to the far wall on the other side of the room. "That's where the exit is. Lust told me before she..."

"Okay. Let's go." I grabbed her arm and ran across the room with her, kicking open the door when I got there. Most of the people who were at the convention were gone now, the people who did stay staring at us like we were inhuman. A couple of them came to us and started to ask us frantic questions, like 'What happened in there?'. Kiyoko started to try and answer, but I pulled her along with me, ignoring them all. I figured that after I (really Ed, but I was currently ignoring that fact) had told Mom that we were going to die, she and everyone else had left the convention center, because there was no point staying there.

Kiyoko and I ran back to the hotel, starting to immediately head for the elevator to get to our room, but Kiyoko had spotted our family at the checkout center. It looked like my mom was still crying, and my dad was no where to be seen; probably out getting the car or something.

"Mom!" Kiyoko called, waving at them. Rei was the first to look up. Her eyes widened. She tugged Mom's sleeve and pointed to us. Mom looked up and gasped, dropping her bag to the floor and running to us, throwing her arms around the two of us.

"I'm so glad you're alright!" She cried happily, hugging us closer. I nodded, staring at the ground. She let us go and looked at me, wiping her face across my cheek because all of a sudden, I was crying, even though I didn't want to. "...Ayumi...what's wrong?"

"...he's gone, Mom." I bowed my head, covering my eyes with my flesh hand. "He's really gone!"

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Yeah, that's a good way to end it...-ahem-...anyway.

Okay, two things. One, after the line that Ed said "I'm sorry, but I just couldn't do that", I was so tempted to make Ayumi just say "...you suck." But that would kinda ruin the moment...

Also, that glass/mirror scene thing totally reminded me of the movie...it was a very Ed-ish thing for Ayumi to say...well...duh...that's kinda the point...-.-; Anyway, review replies!

Skyler25- Oh yeah, school. Yeah, that kinda gets in the way with Nano, I choose to write during that XD And I do read your fanfics, I just haven't reviewed them yet. Don't worry, I will when I have time, I swear! And uh...Hot Gimmick? .o. Nooo...why?

Yakami- XD; It is kinda going on forever...the pointless bonus chapters I'll be doing, that's all XP

SapphireElric- No...no...not to annoy you...to annoy everybody...mwahaha

Signed-Edward Elric- Reviews ain't dumb, T.T They make me very happy. n.n And thanks, hehehe. I know, I love how intense it got, mwahha

Yami Hikari- You seem to be the only one who cares about the random bystanders that died, haha. And yes, the end is coming!

Half Human Homunculi- Maybe...maybe not...you did ;-; alot, it was cute...

EdxAyumi FAN- Your name amuses me so much by the way...XD...no, I didn't kill Ayumi, but I'm glad that I made someone think that...mwahaha.

Amaris Sirtsema- Yes...be sent into depression..that was my goal! XD Well, not to depres people, but to make it kinda sound like an anime. Mwahaha. Yeah, reminds me of the last episode too...except for the glass/mirror part...that reminded me of the movie.

Chibi-Elric-Chan- XD Hahaha...not sure how to respond to that one...yeeah...

Ara Mei- Yeah...a sequel, AND a rewrite! ...I've been saying that alot...

wolfboy1021- Yay! XD I like making it sound like reading/watching an episode of FMA. It makes things more entertaining for me to write. I didn't get to read it yet because Nano's eating up all my time, but I swear, I will sometime...XD; I guess that's okay, just make sure to say that the idea was based on my idea that was based on agent000's idea...XD; Oh, and I guess I'll choose Shampoo then n.n

UndeadTiger- I'm trying, I haven't tried doing it at school yet, because apparently, my computer doesn't want me to join Facebook...-sweatdrops- Oh, but I am re-joining Gaia, if that helps with anything...-sweatdrops again-

Only one week and it's all over! -emo-