Disclaimer: I do not own any of the anime characters listed in the story. However, I do own Douglas Kreig (Father), Terry McCormick (Alchemist), Ivan Gredenko (Knight), Rina Kisungji and Vespin Otonashi (Queen).
When they arrived at the camp, Knight was standing in front of the portal with Saber, her hair loose from its bundle.
"Nii-san, you're back," said Knight to Alchemist.
"Long time no see, eh, Knight," said Alchemist.
"Yep, long time no see," replied Knight.
"So, Alchemist, about Edward," asked Riza. Alchemist turned to Riza.
"Yeah, what about him?" asked Alchemist.
"Can you revive him?" asked Alphonse.
"What? He's dead?" asked Alchemist.
"It seemed so," replied Riza.
"Then I can't be much help," replied Alchemist. Riza and her comrades stared in disbelief.
"You mean that we saved you from that world for nothing?!!!" exclaimed Alphonse before he started to cry.
"Listen here, I may be human, but there's one law that even I can't break, the Law of Conservation!" shouted Alchemist angrily. Alphonse burst in tears.
"I thought you could," said a voice. Alchemist turned and saw Rin coming out of the sorcerer's tent.
"Well missy, here's the truth! I can't!" shouted Alchemist, still in his angry state. Rin started to quarrel with Alchemist.
"Stop this bullshit this instant!!!" screamed Rina at the top her voice. Alchemist and Rin quiet down and everyone looked at her.
Is there some way we can deal with that fucking gate?!!" said Rina, trying to find a solution for the problem.
"Deal? Never thought of that before," said Alchemist.
"So do you think it'll work?" asked Rina.
"I can't guarantee it, but I can try," replied Alchemist. Alphonse started to lighten up.
"Well, here goes," said Alchemist. He claps his hands and put his hands on the ground. Then a big, giant gate appeared and opened its doors. There were many eyes at the gate, looking at Alchemist and the anime characters behind him. And on top of all those small eyes was a big giant eye looking over the smaller eyes. Then the gate started to speak.
"I am the Gates of Truth! Who summoned me!?" echoed the gate's voice.
"I did, and I want to make a deal," replied Alchemist.
"No more deals!! You have taken enough souls from me!!" replied the gate in a very deep tone.
"I've never made a deal with you before," said Alchemist.
"Oh, then it must be that human idiot that threatened to cancel me out with his Pencil of Eternity!" said the gate.
"Then I'll be happy to be rid of him and return all the souls back to you," said Alchemist.
"Very well," replied the gate and it started to close.
"Wait, wait, hold on a second. The deal is not done until you pay the price. Remember, the Law of Conservation?" said Alchemist, reasoning with the gate.
"What is it you require in order to pay my debt?" inquired the gate.
"The soul of Edward Elric," answered Alchemist.
"Fine, but if you fail, you're coming with me," said the gate.
"Go ahead. The deal's done," replied Alchemist. Then the gate closed and disappeared. Everything became quiet.
"Hey! Why the hell am I in a coffin?!! Let me out!" shouted a faint voice from inside the sorcerer's tent.
"He's alive, all right," said Alchemist. Then Winry shot up.
"The how did you create those sand commandos? Isn't that also breaking the Law of Conservation? You said it yourself," said Winry.
"At the way you look at it, yes. But if you observe carefully, I'm going around it. Those sand commandos moved and reacted because I used a part my soul as a catalyst for those reactions," explained Alchemist.
"But you said...." Alchemist interrupted her before Winry could finish her sentence.
"Never mind on what I said. Now we need to save guardian Father immediately. Nick Owen's army is becoming stronger by the day," said Alchemist.
"What, now?! But I'm tired already, dodging Gilgamesh and then a tank army, and now you want to go again?! I will not be so lucky this time," commented Rina, rubbing her forehead.
"There's no time for recuperating. We have to leave now," said Alchemist. He then turned to Knight.
"Are you coming as well?" asked Alchemist.
"No, I gotta......um.....defend this camp," said Knight, trying to reason.
"Fine, you lazy bastard," said Alchemist.
"We're coming," said Kai, with two men standing behind him, all dressed in military gear. One of them is a Caucasian and the other is as Black American. Those men are David and Lewis.
"You don't know our world more than us. Its best, as members of the Red Shield, come to protect the portal creator while we save guardian Father and find Haji," said David as he cocked his revolver, Lewis pumped his shotgun and Kai pulled the bolt on his rifle. They were all set and ready to go.
"Rina, I know that it's tiring, but the fate of the anime world rests in your hands," said Alchemist as he put his hand on Rina's shoulder, comforting her.
"But why do I have to be the chosen one? Why do I have to be the one saving the entire anime world? Why can't we rest?! I'm exhausted!" exclaimed Rina, having the feeling of giving up.
"It's her time of the month, is it?" whispered Rin to Saber. Saber just gave a nod.
"Father made me promise to protect you, and I will fulfill that promise," said Alchemist. Rina, recovering from her hissy fit, claps her hands and stretched her arms out. The portal opened and Kai, David and Lewis hopped in.
"Don't just stand there. Get Edward out of the coffin," said Alchemist to the anime characters, still astounded by the portal, as if it's something they've never seen before. The Alchemist and Rina hopped into the portal and the portal closes.
"Hmm, that's odd," said David as he looked below on top of the hill after exiting the portal.
"What's odd?" asked Rina.
"This world seemed relatively untouched," said Alchemist.
"That's where the odd part drops in," said Kai as he pointed to a somewhat pristine city with a clear waterfront below the hill.
"I remembered that Okinawa was set ablaze by the stickmen before we left," said Kai.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," said Lewis.
"We'll have to go in and find out ourselves," continued Lewis.
"I........I think I'd rather stay," said Rina, now shivering in fear.
"Don't worry, we're here to protect you," said Alchemist. Then he turned to Kai.
"Gimme a gun," said Alchemist. Kai took a handgun from his vest and throws it to Alchemist. Alchemist catches the gun and hands in to Rina.
"This will not kill them, but at least it'll buy you some time," said Alchemist. Rina grabs the gun and kept it with her.
"Take care of it," said Kai. Rina just stares at the gun.
"That's my father's handgun," continued Kai. Rina promised to keep it well, as she knew that this was the same handgun he used when he shot his first chiropteran, and on top of that is his stepfather's, George Miyagusuku.
"Let's go," said David. The group descended slowly down the hill and entered Okinawa City. It looks more like a bustling city than a razed one explained by Kai.
"I have a bad feeling about this," said David.
"This has got to be joke, huh...." said Rina, sarcastically.
"Let's go to Omoro. We'll stay there 'till we find out what's going on," suggested Kai. They walked down through the streets to where Omoro is. People looked and stared at them along the way, wondering what kind of weird people they are, carrying weapons and stuff. When they reached Omoro, they opened the door and saw a brown-haired boy of 14, playing on his Nintendo DS.
"Oh, David-san, welcome. Dad, David-san is here with some of his friends," said the boy. David turned to Rina.
"Did you just send us back in time? Riku is not supposed to be alive," whispered David.
"That is not possible," whispered back Alchemist. Then, a middle-aged man came out of the kitchen.
"George?" said David. George saw David then instructed Riku to go to his room. Riku then got up and went to his room.
"Look, if this is about Saya..." and before George could finish his sentence, a short haired girl entered the diner.
"Sorry, I'm late....." said the girl before stopping in her tracks when she saw David.
"Oh, David-san," said the girl.
"Saya? Why are you here?" asked David.
"Because I just came back from the hospital after my transfusion?" said the Saya, bewildered by David's question. Alchemist sighed and turned to Rina. She was as white as a sheet.
"What's wrong, Rina?" asked Alchemist. That attracted attention from David and he also turned to look at Rina.
"Rina? Rina?" said Alchemist as he tried to shake her to her senses. Rina responded in fear by lifting her arm up and pointed at the Saya.
"Those blue eyes.............It's DIVA!!!" exclaimed Rina. David and Lewis looked straight in the Saya's eyes and noticed she was wearing colored contact lenses and came to the front and pointed their weapons at the Saya.
"What's going on here?" asked George, in a state of confusion.
"Diva? Who's Diva?" asked the Saya with a smile. The suddenly a giant cello case, shaped as a coffin, flew through the door and hit the Saya, smashing her head on the floor.
"What the hell….," said George. Then a man, dressed in 19th-century clothes, came in flying through what used to be the doorway and stood in front of the group.
"Get out of here! All of Okinawa is now Chiropteran grounds!" shouted the man.
"Very well, Hagi," said David and he tried to lead the group through the front door. Then what used to be 'George' turned into a Chiropteran and blocked the doorway. Lewis wasted a few shells at the Chiropteran, but it never budge from its position. Instead, it tried to attack Kai and Rina. They dodged and head the other way.
"Go through the back door! We'll try to hold him off!" said David as he and Lewis wasted a few more round on the Chiropteran. Hagi, concentrated on their escape, was attacked by Diva and she pushed him through the roof. Alchemist and Rina, led by Kai, ran towards the back door when another Chiropteran blocked the way. It swished its claws at Kai, ripping his vest off. He got thrown on the floor and he emptied his rifle on the Chiropteran's head. The Chiropteran growled at Kai and wanted attack Kai again but its attack was blocked by Alchemist, wielding a blade of some kind with three markings on the blade.
"Run, Rina, run!" shouted Alchemist as he pushed the Chiropteran's claws away and pulled Kai from the Chiropteran. The Chiropteran charged at Alchemist and pushed him through the walls. Kai, recovering from his attack, stood up and led Rina to the alley outside the home behind the diner. While running out the alley, Diva appeared in front of them and pushed Kai to the side of the alley. Then she grabbed Rina's neck and started to choke her.
"Once you're finished, I will rule this world," said Diva.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" asked Rina as she led out a tear.
"It's because of authors like you I'm made to suffer as the antagonist," explained Diva as she tightened her grip on Rina's neck. Rina tried to struggle, but she was choking, gasping for air. She knew she was no match for a character like Diva, with super-human strength siding her. She was about to pass out when a voice came out.
"Diva, put her down!" exclaimed the voice. Diva turned and saw two figures at the end of the alley.
"What are you going to do, eh, Father? Hagi?" asked Diva. Guardian Father, in a black trench coat, turned to Hagi.
"Should I slice her with hers or mine?" asked Father.
"If you help do the deed for her, hers is yours," replied Hagi.
"Very well," said Father. Hagi put down his cello case and opened it. Then on the back of the cello cover is a small compartment. He opened it and a katana with a red crystal embedded at the base of the blade was given to Father. Father, without warning, zoomed towards Diva and sliced through her hand grabbing Rina. Rina fell to the floor and she removed Diva's hand from her neck and gasps for air. Diva, although in pain, regenerated her lost hand into claws and slashed Father. Father defended it with the katana and he kicked her to the ground. On the ground, Diva tried to get up again but Father pointed the katana to her face.
"Resistance is futile," said Father.
"Father, watch out!" shouted Rina as a Chiropteran landed behind Father.
Snikk! The katana was throbbed deep into the Chiropteran. Blood started oozing out from the wound and stained the katana. Father then turned around, summoned a sword that also has a red crystal at its base and three marking on it, sliced through the Chiropteran, cutting it in half. With the slaying of the Chiropteran, Father turned around to finish off Diva but she was nowhere to be found.
"Damn," said Father before walking towards Rina. He helped Rina get up, shaken by fear and death from Diva. Rina looked up at Father and saw blood stains on his face. He was Douglas Kreig all right, but there's an eerie feeling about him. This guy is not the same cheerful person but a dark, inverted side of the person she knew. What scare her most are his eyes, the eyes of a vampire, glowing blood-red. She even started to avoid him when he came to help her.
"Don't worry, you'll be safe with me," said Father. He reached to his pocket, took out a pair of shades and wore it. This prevents his blood-red eyes to be seen, which causes a lot of people to be afraid of him. Kai, who got thrown to the side of the alley earlier, got up and went to Hagi. He whispered a few words to Hagi's ears and Hagi nodded.
"Guardian Father, we're going to help David, Lewis and Alchemist out of Omoro. You take Rina to the rendezvous point," said Hagi before he and Kai went off.
"Wait," said Father before throwing the katana to Hagi.
"It'll be better off with you," said Father before Hagi turned and left. Father then turned to Rina.
"Hold on to me. We're jumping out of Okinawa," said Father. Rina followed and wrapped her arms around his neck. He jumped up and above buildings, then leaping on rooftops to rooftops. A bunch of Chiropterans flying above the city saw Guardian Father and Rina and they swooped down to attack them.
"Hold on tight," said Father. He quickly reached to his gun holsters, grabbed his revolvers and pointed at the flying Chiropterans. He let off a few shots, bringing down a few Chiropterans from the sky. One Chiropteran managed to get close, but Father dodged it.
"You bastard," said Father before letting off a few shots at the Chiropteran. He jumped to a rooftop, which seemed to be marked. The rooftop had some crates on it. He put Rina down and opened a crate. A few chiropterans began to dive towards Father.
"You hungry? Have a little snack of this!!!" shouted Father as he took out a minigun. He pointed and opened fire at the Chiropterans, spewing more lead than an average soldier in combat does. The bullets put some really big holes on the Chiropterans' wings and bodies, causing them to freefall towards the earth. After shooting down all the Chiropterans, he dropped the minigun, grabbed and carried Rina and he jumped to the outskirts of the city at the foot of the hill, under the tree line where Rina and her team came from.
"We'll have to continue on foot. At least from down here the flying Chiropterans can't see us," said Father. They started running up the steps to the top of the hill. Halfway up, the way was blocked by a black man in US military uniform.
"Give me Rina and you'll live," said the black man.
"In your dreams, you fucking Chiropteran!" shot back Father in anger.
"You don't know who you're dealing with," said the black man as he changed his hand into a claw.
"Oh, I know who I'm dealing with, James Ironside. It is you who don't know who you're dealing with," replied Father sarcastically as he summoned his sword. James lunged at him, but Father dodged and swished his sword at James. James dodged and tried to jab Father. Father defended it and pushed his claw away. Then he drew out his revolver and shot his head. James went tumbling down the steps as the force of the bullet caused him to lose his foothold. Then Father grabbed Rina's hand and ran up towards the hilltop. When they reached the top, a big man, dressed like those 19-th century intellectuals, was waiting, as though he was expecting them. Father and Rina stopped.
"I know that you are different than all of us, Father. But it doesn't mean that you're immortal. Give us Rina and we won't kill you," said the man.
"You're another son of a bitch, Amshel," said Father as he drew out his revolvers and shot a few rounds at the man. The man just stood there, laughing.
"You gotta try better than that," said Amshel as all the bullet holes on his body healed up by itself. Father lunged and stabbed him, then sliced through his body. Amshel still did not die. Father jumped backwards.
"My turn," said Amshel as he turned to his Chiropteran form, turned his claws into a blade and then lunging at Father. Father dodged the attack.
"Looks like it is true that you're the loyal Chevalier of that bitch Diva," insulted Father as he swished his sword at Amshel.
"How dare you!" said Amshel as he lunged at Father again. Father blocked the attack.
"I sliced Diva's hand off and she became so helpless," insulted Father.
"Now, I'm not going to let you live!" shouted Amshel as he managed to stab Father through the stomach.
"Aaugh!" screamed Father in pain as Amshel rammed him to the ground.
"Doug!" screamed Rina. With Father supposedly sprawled dead on the ground,
Amshel stood up and head towards Rina. Rina drew out Kai's handgun and pointed at Amshel, her hands shaking in fear.
"Don't come any closer!" warned Rina.
"Come on, be a nice girl and put down that gun," said Amshel, trying to convince Rina as he came closer. Rina, trembling in fear, closed her eyes and shot Amshel on the head. Amshel grabbed both her hands at her wrists and stared straight at Rina.
"Naughty girl," said Amshel as his wound started to close up and Rina watched it with tears filling her eyes. She started to weep when a blade went through Amshel's body. Amshel roared and dropped Rina.
"You were saying about immortality…?" said Father as he throbbed his sword deeper into Amshel's body. Amshel started to roar in pain, and when Father swished his sword, Amshel was lifted from the ground and thrown off the cliff at the side of the hill. Father then fell to his knees.
"Doug!" exclaimed Rina as he ran towards him. Father was grabbing his abdomen, trying to sustain his pain for a while longer.
"Are you all right? Let me see the wound," said Rina as she removed his arm covering his abdomen. But when she removed his arm, there was no wound, just blood stains on his shirt.
"It's all right. I have regenerative properties similar to Saya. It's just that it's very painful," explained Father. Rina helped Father up and brought him to a nearby rock so he could sit. Father reached for a packet of cigarettes, pulled a stick and lighted it with his lighter.
"Doug, I thought you didn't smoke," commented Rina.
"In the real world, I don't. But here, I do, because it will not kill me. And please, call me Father," said Father as he puffed on his cigarette. They waited for a while and by sunset, Alchemist, David, Lewis, Kai and Hagi reached the hilltop.
"What took you so long? It's been 3 hours," said Father.
"I'll bet that there're more Chiropterans on the ground than in the sky," replied Hagi. Douglas gave a smirk. Alchemist noticed blood stains on Father's shirt.
"Got stabbed again, huh?" asked Alchemist.
"Well, you know me…," replied Father. Rina helped him up as he got up to his feet.
"Rina….." called Father and Rina claps her hands and opened the portal. They all hopped in and the portal closed behind them.
Author's Note: Chapter 6 is live.