Chapter 21 – Black Blood Magic
I led Edward, Mustang, and Hawkeye downstairs into the parade grounds, where Edward and I fought. It would be a large enough space, and with the cover of night, it would be even better.
I lit small little balls of fire for the humans to see, but, for me, it was as if it was pure daylight. Then, I laid Al's parts as if he was back together. Hawkeye pointed out that there were some missing pieces, and I told her that we didn't need all of them, only enough to complete the body. It confused her, and I chuckled slightly.
"I need you to help me make a transmutation circle," I said to Mustang, "The one of your flint gloves." He nodded and instantly got to work. Edward helped, taking one of Roy's gloves and copying the pattern. I smiled and nodded gratefully as they finished.
"Why do you need fire?" Roy asked. I shook my head.
"I don't." I turned to Riza. "I need you to make sure that no one comes and sees me doing this. Remember that very few people know that I am what I am." Riza nodded.
I took my sharp nail, well, it was a claw, and scraped it against my wrist. Blood with a silver tint oozed out, and a let a couple drip out off my skin onto the circle. It instantly turned black, and a light filled their faces, and the wind blew out the small balls of fire. I could hear the sound of Al's human heart pounding, but, I couldn't bring that back. I needed a human body to do that. I walked over to the blood seal on his armor and rewrote it with my blood, and it began to glow black.
"What is happening?" Al asked.
"Black Blood Magic," I said, looking down on his armored head. "Now, give me about five minutes, and then you will be back to normal." I walked back to the edge and sat on my knees. I let my power flood through me, and my eyes turned black, with absolutely no iris. Roy and Riza took a step back, knowing what I could do when my Vampire Blood took control of me. Edward didn't move. He stayed there, watching his brother intently. He didn't want to lose him. Not at all, and I knew how he felt.
I began to whisper in the Vampric language, the language Murder and the others communicated in, along with myself, it was other than the Amestris people speak, much more fluid actually, and then each line of the circle began to glow, and it nearly exploded if I didn't keep holding the barrier up. That was what it was. The black light was the barrier. It was the black unknowns of the gate that was threatening to get out. They would be the ones to heal Al.
"Crimson!" Roy said, as he touched my back.
"Don't touch me!" I yelled. I noticed that the Gate's body was eating away at my own. I instantly let go of my power linking me to the gate, and it crumbled beneath me. My arms fell to the ground as I regained my breath. Blood fell down from my forehead. I looked up, seeing if my spell was a success, and was happy to see that it was. Al was up, sitting down, looking down at his hands.
"Crimson?" he asked. I smiled and nodded, wiping away the blood from my forehead, and whipping it on the back of my skirt. If I placed it on the ground, it would link me back to the gate, and destroy everyone here.
"Al?" Edward asked next. Al nodded, and leaped forward, tackling me to the ground. Edward was next, laughing like a kid. He was nearly sixteen now, but at heart, he was still a kid, like all of us. Riza and Roy stood next to each other, their faces happy, yet sad at the same time. In their minds they were thinking of Hughes, who would be down there with them, with Crimson.
"Colonel?" I asked, pushing Edward off of my with little strength. I stood up and saluted. He looked at me with a confused look. "I ask to rejoin the military, sir." He smiled, and saluted back sharply, and so did Riza.
"Granted," he said, before embracing me in a hug. "Now," he began in a casual tone, walking away from the mess we made in the courtyard. "Let me hear that voice of yours, I missed it."