Chapter 20

Ending it

Well this is the last chapter. Thank you all my reviewers and anyone who read this or favorite it alerted it anything thank you. Please R&R tell me what you thought and please enjoy the final chapter. Sorry if it doesn't live up to expectations, and yes Skillet rules!

(Later)

I awoke in the throne room. Why didn't I die? I thought groggily. I was still being held up by the shadow arms of death Pride had control over and I still couldn't move. The wound in my leg was healed and I could feel again. It felt as if the entire lower half of my body was just one big bruise. Why won't they let me die in peace?

Father's hand was teeming with alchemic energy and then another person walked in, Hohenheim. Dante stiffed probably doing her best to remind herself that no matter what he wasn't the same Hohenheim.

"So you came." Father greeted him.

"It's not too late to end this. You can still turn back." Hohenheim said.

"And why would I do that?" Father asked. "I have the power to become God so what if some puny humans have to die? Do you consider and ant on the street? Or is it simply so far below you that you don't have time to concern yourself in its petty squabbles in life?" Hohenheim sighed he glanced over and saw me hanging against my will in the corner. He tapped his foot and the shadows around me disintegrated and I fell three feet landing face down on the cold tile floor. It took all my strength to turn my head to watch the remaining battle the fall hurt like heck and in my mind I was screaming in pain, like falling on a scrapped knee. Hohenheim's expression showed the question he was thinking. Why doesn't she run?

"It's because she can't Hohenheim." Dante said. "She was going to die until we saved her. Now she is probably in so much pain breathing is hard for her." Dante said the words happily as if it was what she wanted and she had used some sly means to get it.

"Pride," Father ordered. "I need you to go get the next sacrifice." Pride nodded.

"Yes father." And the creepy little kid disappeared into the shadows. Just then Anime Envy slammed through the doors and angrily approached Hohenheim. I began to wonder if he knew this Hohenheim wasn't his father.

"Hohenheim!" He screamed and I assumed he didn't know. Hohenheim seemed ready and when Envy attacked Hohenheim shoved his hand into Envy and began sapping out the red stones/philosopher's stone. When Hohenheim pulled away Envy collapsed into a pile of ash. Hohenheim wasn't even fazed by the attack and he turned back and just stared expressionlessly at father and Dante. Father tapped his finger and the ground around Hohenheim began trying to crush him. The walls rose until Hohenheim was consumed and no more.

"That settles that." Father said but suddenly a light emerged from the trap and Hohenheim emerged, and nonchalantly he said.

"Careful that could have killed me." Dante scowled at him but a smile played across his lips laughing at his own comment. Silence hung heavy in the air as they stared at each other. I tried to raise myself but couldn't when I fell even the few centimeters to the ground it echoed through the quite room. Everyone turned and looked at me and Hohenheim asked.

"If you have all of your sacrifices then how come you keep her? She is hurt and injured and you cannot use her as a new body Dante, and she is of no use to you why do you keep her why not give her back, or you can just kill her? Why did you save her?" I listened intently and Dante answered.

"You see Hohenheim this girl had been a nuisance to us since she first came here. The least we can do is make her pay."

"And death the ultimate punishment isn't enough?" Hohenheim asked.

"No its not." She said strictly as she walked up to me. She clapped her hands and gently touched the wall behind me arms reached out and picked me up. They were much bulkier and hurt more than Pride's but they weren't as cold. They still triggered my pain alarms though. They held me up like Pride's arms did and Dante gently pushed a lock of my hair out of my eyes as she said. "We are going to show her what happens when you mess with our plans. She is going to watch as I take her friends body and kill the spare before she dies herself."

"Go to hell."I rasped as I clenched my teeth and glared at her. My voice was stuttering and forced It was very hard to talk. She reached out a hand and slapped me across the face and I swear if I hadn't been paralyzed I would have lashed out and killed her.

"Shut up you ignorant brat." She hissed at me and I swear I wanted to kill her.

"That's enough." Hohenheim said and took a step forward. "You plans will fail." Father was standing beside Hohenheim in a heartbeat and ran him through at first it didn't work but then Father absorbed Hohenheim as a whole and became a large black blob with eyes covering his body. My eyes revealed my horror at it even though I should have known it was coming sooner or later it still coat me off guard. After that Dante and Father just sat and waited for the upcoming eclipse. Time crept by slowly seconds turned to minuets and minuets into hours. I felt all hope for my life leave me I couldn't move and even breathing was a chore, and Dante's ultra powered rose perfume didn't help either if anything it just gave me a headache. My body still hadn't fully recovered from my loss of blood either. Finally after what felt like days of nothing bright lights appeared and Al, Ed, and Izumi appeared gasping and panting.

"Are you all ok?" Izumi asked they all nodded and turned to father demanding answers. But father remained quiet until there was another flash of light and Pride appeared covering his left eye. Mustang appeared as well. Once he finished panting he said.

"God it's dark down here. I can't see anything." Every one stared at him I had to fight back tears knowing what happened.

"Mustang." Izumi started slowly. "It's not dark down here."

"What? I-I can't see anything."

"He's blind," Ed said "He saw the truth, equivalent exchange." Izumi bent down beside Mustang and began offering him comfort and everyone looked at Father as he said.

"Aw you can't see that's good I was worried your power would get in the way." Pride just stood beside him smugly.

"Bustard." Ed muttered. Suddenly there was a loud rumbling and Mei Chang, Marco, Al, Breeze, and Amanda fell into the room from the ceiling. Mei Chang tried to attack Father but Hohenheim head popped out from his stomach.

"NO MISS, he may act injured but he's not!" his head disappeared inside again and Father said.

"Quite!" as Mei's dagger went inside him and shot out 10 times bigger headed straight for Mei. Mei dogged it. I stared all I could do was watch. I felt so useless, damn it. Dante had been standing closest to me and Amanda and Breeze dived at her they had been surprised to see me…alive anyway and were determined to save me. My feeling had fully returned and I tried to move but was sore all over unable to break free. It didn't matter much I wouldn't have been able to walk even if I was free.

Breeze clapped her hands and grabbed the arms holding me dissolving them. No! I thought as I fell straight to the ground. I tried to move but couldn't. Breeze stared at me devastated.

"Get up!" she urged me but I just stared at her.

"I can't move." I said my voice barely above a whisper. She turned back and we watched Amanda go one on one with Dante. Amanda was really good actually. She was kicking and punching Dante kept trying to clap her hands but Amanda would kick at her and force her to doge instead.

"Give me my body." Dante said as she found the second to clap her hands. She dove at Amanda but Amanda jumped away.

"IT'S TIME!" Father proclaimed looking up at the sky through a hole in the ceiling. The eclipse was perfectly visible. The moon covered the sun completely. The throne room was torn to pieces the walls broken from the attacks of Alchemy and shadow. The black goo around him morphed and pushed Ed, Al, Mustang, Izumi and Hohenheim on the ground in a circle.

"Wait for me." Dante said trying to get to the circle.

"The time is now!" Father called ignoring Dante's request he raised his hands and a circle of light appeared and the country sized transmutation circle was activated. Breeze's eyes lit with terror and Amanda stared horrified both knowing what would become of them. Breeze grabbed Amanda and ran they fell into the circle just in last sound anyone heard before everything was overcome was Dante's scream.

"Traitor,"

(Breeze's view)

I shoved Amanda into the circle as Dante's angry cry rang out, and we were safe. The circle lit and a gate on the moon opened Father reached towards it eager to become God. We were safe inside the circle unfortunately not everyone was so lucky. Mei, Marco, Dante and April began coughing and choking. I watched horrified and guilty as April began thrashing on the floor trying pain and vein to save her life. She tried and failed. At the same time a light emerged from everyone outside the circle, flying out their mouths and up to the moon. April's body fell silent and stiff and so did Dante's only instead her orb of light shattered into nonexistence.

"April." I stammered in disbelief watching her soul disappear before my eyes. Finally the transmutation ended and Father who looked like young Hohenheim sat on the throne looking as if nothing in the world could hurt him now. With an angry cry Ed charged at him but was thrown back before he got within ten feet. Father sat there looking confidant and he made a small round glowing fireball in his hand.

"What's that?" Al asked.

"I am God. I can make a sun and hold it in the palm of my hand. Should I release its intensity throughout the room?" glanced at us as we all backed away slowly and glared. Suddenly Hohenheim stepped forward and said.

"You have forgotten something Dwarf in the flask." Father looked up at him curious and Hohenheim said. "Remember I did something to my philosopher's stone? I released a few of the souls and you really need to pay more attention to my circle, a circle that will activate even if I am killed. You have triggered it." a force pulsed through the room and Father looked worried.

"What have you done?" he asked. Another transmutation circle appeared this time instead of looking like a human transmutation it looked like a reverse circle. Voices that belonged to none of us filled the room whispers from beyond.

"We have to give these people back their souls."

"Just because we are done doesn't mean these people should lose theirs."

"We have to do what master Hohenheim told us to do."

"Save them."

"Save them."

"Save them."

The voices chanted in union echoing through the country as one. The balls of light began to come back rooting themselves back inside their body, bringing them back to life. April began choking and breathing still thrashing around the floor. Dante however remained motionless with no soul returning. April's breathing turned regular and she lied there, amazed she was alive. She slowly sat up wincing in pain. Father looked at all of us seeing his powers weaken with every second he shot fire from his hands and flew up to the surface. The ground shot up under Hohenheim and he chased Father. Amanda and I ran to April and knelt beside her.

"Are you alright?" I asked. She nodded. "How are you feeling?"

"Like crap." She muttered.

"Yea getting your soul sucked out can make you feel like that." Amanda said casually for a second we just stood there in silence before we started laughing. Not really at Amanda's lame joke but in relief we were alive.

"Ouch." April said holding her side. "I feel sore all over but after waking up I feel better." The three of us just stood there smiling then everyone began rising to the surface. Amanda made a move to follow but April and I held her back.

"It's too dangerous." I said. "Even for us we will go up in a minute." Ed turned to Pride and told Al he would be a minute Pride looked at us and at Ed before I stood and grabbed Ed by the shoulder.

"Go, he is mine." Ed looked at April and nodded and raced to catch up with the others. "Amanda, help April." I ordered as I took a step towards Pride. "Pride, Prepare to die." He smirked at me and said.

"Oh really and how do you plan to kill me?"

"By ripping your lives out one by one if I have to." Pride smiled and removed his hand from his eye. There was a hole in his body it showed down into the red depths of his philosopher's stone.

"I need a new body anyway." I charged at him and his shadows shot spears at me. I dodged them jumping and running until I managed to reach him. I shoved my hand into the hole and I felt a force pull me in. "WHAT!" Pride said shocked then I felt a stronger tug and veins began crawling up me pulsing as he tried to enter my body. And I realized I couldn't get away. A little farther and I could reach his philosopher's stone but he paralyzed me. He let out a bit of a laugh until Kimblee appeared in the red smoke."WHAT how can you maintain your individuality among this tempest of souls!"

"You call this a tempest? These pained voices soothe me, like a lullaby."

"Kimblee, why are you doing this?" Pride called as Kimblee allowed me to slink down to the stone.

"You can't have it Pride. Her body wouldn't be a good fit for a homunculus taking hers on the verge of your death how would you be able to call yourself Pride?"

"She'll kill me!" Pride called out as I grasped his stone.

"You obviously don't know her well enough then." He tipped his hat and walked away as I squeezed the stone and it shattered to dust. I was flung out as Pride let out a scream and he took his true human form a newborn baby. I walked across the room with the innocent human in my arms and picked up Ed's red coat he had left on the floor after being attacked. I wrapped him up and gently placed him on the ground. There was an explosion from above and I knew the worst of it was over. I sat down beside Amanda and April in silence and we decided we would wait out this war.

(April's view)

Amanda, Breeze and I sat there for a while, occasionally we would here explosions from above but we waited until everything fell silent before we headed up. I walked with a limp leaning on Amanda so I could move and Breeze used her alchemy like an elevator and brought us to the area below where they were fighting. Oliver and everyone else who was injured was waiting there and Amanda helped me walked to them while Breeze went up into the aftermath of the battle where Ed and Al were busy getting their bodies back, and I just waited happy to be alive.

After it was over they helped the injured to the hospital (me included) Marco was there and with his philosopher's stone he healed us all as if nothing had been wrong. Breeze met us there about an hour later looking exhausted. She smiled at us and I knew how it had ended father was dead, the homunculi were gone and I could finally sleep knowing I would sleep safely and wake in the morning.