The Truth

Edward's eyes widened as Fiar came in with Winry Rockbell draped over his shoulder. Edward struggled against his chains, and Pine did the same. "Professor!" She yelled. "What… Why?"

Fiar threw Winry down. "Winry!" Edward yelled. Winry was unconscious, her chest rising up and down. She was also very pale. "Where's Al?" Edward asked, feeling sick. He wondered what happened to make him feel so sick and feverish.

Fiar laughed mockingly and whimpered, "Where's Al?" In a mock-tone. "You love your brother a lot, don't you? Well, I destroyed him. And I knocked this babe out. I don't need non-humans for this task, Fullmetal."

"What the hell are you planning to do?" Edward asked. "Don't… don't hurt both of them. And… WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ALPHONSE?!"

"I told you I destroyed him! Shut the hell up before I silence you!" Fiar roared. "Your younger brother is GONE." Fiar laughed loudly. "I am going to create the Philosopher's Stone!" He laughed really loudly, the maniacal light shown in his eyes.

Edward retched. He looked up. "Fiar… You…" He whispered.

"Don't worry, the girls and you will be joining him soon enough." Fiar said, flipping through a few of the books and started a new circle on the ground. Edward groaned and coughed. "Why… why do you want the Philosopher's Stone for?!"

"To make the Plague stronger. I am going to wipe out the whole of Central." Fiar said, stopping in midst of drawing the circle. "Yes… yes! I am the one who made the Plague. Nobody could stop it… It all started with me mixing the poisons I extracted out of plants using alchemy. I boiled them together… and put them in my army of Canidaes. No wonder its called the Canidae Plague. So deadly!"

Ed's eyes widened. "You were the one…" Ed whispered. "You were…"

A pair of amethyst eyes glowed in a small corner. Lust stepped out. "I was afraid you were dead, Edward Elric. I had to call Mr. Fiar here over to your hometown to CURE you. If not, you'd be dead. I reckoned that you'd be a real powerful sacrifice to boot." Lust licked her lips hungrily.

Fiar smiled. "Thank you, Miss Lust, for this wonderful tip. But sometimes, this boy gets to me and I can't help but feel irritated. But if he's a big help, along with this girl here… who is also a human sacrifice, it'd be great."

Pine struggled. "What did I do…? Professor Fiar? I am your student! You can't…" Pine wept, keeping her head down. Edward growled. "You sick bastard! You're taking people's lives here! Loads of it!? Why the hell will you want to wipe out Central, and everyone anyway?!"

"THIS GIRL WANTS TO BE A MILITARY DOG! I will kill her before she becomes one! I can't bare my best friend's daughter being a dog of the association that killed him!" Fiar yelled. "I joined the State to BETRAY them! I was sentenced to Death for murdering sixteen officers… but I ESCAPED. I changed my name. I changed the way I looked!"

Pine stared, tears flowing down her cheeks. "What…what are you saying?" Pine cried. "I thought you said my father… and my mother… they… drowned? The military… you were my father's best friend? Uncle… Callister?"

Fiar's hands shook. "Don't say my name!" He said. "I'm gonna do it!" Fiar drew the circle quickly, and Lust had mysteriously vanished. "I am going to do it quick…"

He grabbed Edward and Edward retched.

"I'll never forget!!!" He howled, throwing Ed onto the center of the circle. Winry opened her eyes and looked across the ground. Edward was lying motionless in the middle of the circle. Fiar standing over him…

I'll never forget…

"Callister and I didn't do it!" Benedict kneeled on the ground, holding his wife and seven-year old child. The officials stood over them, their faces grinning. Callister grasped his friend's military uniform tight. "Don't waste your breath…" Callister whispered.

"We didn't poison the Brigadier, believe me! Don't kill him… kill me!"

"No! You didn't do anything! Don't throw away your –"

BANG.

Benedict fell in front of his wife and Callister. Mallory covered her face in her hands. "He was innocent!" She screamed. "We have our baby… We have children you –"

Bang.

Mallory fell over, dead as well. Callister yelled and grabbed the silver haired girl, who was crying. "Uncle! Uncle please stay with me!" Pine cried, tears streaming down her face.

"I will… I will kill those bastards who killed your parents… I will… You must promise me never join them! Never do anything for them!" Callister yelled into the air, evading the bullets aimed at him in a frenzy.

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Edward coughed, holding his side as Callister cried, tars falling down his face. He kneeled down and placed his hands on the circle. "Military dog! You deserved this…" He said.

WHAM.

Winry had used a wrench on the table and rammed it hard across Callister's head, knocking him out. She ran over to Edward. "Edward! You stupid moron!" Winry said, hugging him. Edward blinked through the haze of pain and saw Winry hugging him. He blushed. "Winry…" he said, and saw Callister on the ground, K.O.ed.

"Wow. We… need to get out of here." Edward said. "And… Alphonse… he…" Edward looked up at Winry. Winry smiled and took out a piece of metal with Alphonse's blood seal still intact. "Fiar merely blew him apart. I salvaged this before he knocked me out. The nerve!"

Edward laughed. Alphonse chuckled. "Well, brother, I hope you're alright." Edward smiled, nodding. "Yeah Alphonse. Come on, we need to send a message to the colonel." Edward stood up and clapped his hands together. His head had cleared abit since Callister has been K.O.ed. He freed Pine of her chains and she stood up, crying. "Thank you..."

"Let's go."

Chapter 7 FIN! Haha things are getting abit messy here. BLOOD IN CHAPTER 8 or 9 be WARNED. And things are getting angsty at the back as well. I hope that You won't be too angry!! R&R D love you all!!!!!