"What?" he yelled. Ayame flinched, holding her hands up in front of her face.
"I-I told her not to..." she offered.
"What station?" he snapped, storming into the room closest to him.
"I think it was... Radio Capital?..." Ayame said quietly, looking ashamed of herself.
He picked up the phone and dialed the number. At the same time, Fury was turning on the radio.
"Hello?" came a voice.
"This is Edward Elric, leader of the revolution! Is Ayane Shinigane there?" he almost yelled.
He heard a small amount of squabbling, then a sharp order. "Hello, Elric. Before you yell at me, I knew this was essential to our victory." Ayane's voice was still silky through the phone. "We now have the Fuhrer's wife on our side. She saw Seleim. She knows what's going on. the country is being alerted to the situation."
"You still went against orders! I cannot forgive that!" he snarled.
"Oh, you will. With Mrs. Bradley speaking, we're rallying a force of citizens, angered at being tricked for so long. They'll uproot any military forces they have near them. The soldiers will refuse to shoot or kill because it's their family. We're giving you man-power." Ayane said. He could picture her, sitting and looking triumphant.
"You were going against orders... But now that broad-cast is authorized! Listen, the military will try to shut it down, so keep them out at all costs!" he barked, slamming the receiver down.
"I did warn you that you couldn't trust them." Katsumn said, listening to the radio intently.
"Mother just learned that from our clan being abused. True, our clan used to be evil, but when we were separated from the Invisible Warriors, we found we were weaker. Bandits and free-loaders waited around every corner. We had to learn to become untrustworthy at first to protect ourselves. You can trust us. We're not bad any more." Ayame said softly.
"Wait... Listen..." Havoc stood up, turning the radio off.
They were absolutely silent.
"There." Green said.
The groaning of the mannequin soldiers was filling the hallway. "More?" Ayame hissed. She and Katsumn ran into the hallway, followed by their warriors.
That left the Amestrians and the small number of Xingese warriors alone in the room. "So..." Black said quietly.
There was a loud boom. "Sorry. That was an accident. It wasn't supposed to be that big."
Orange, Scar, the remaining Rainbow Alchemists, and the Ishvalans had arrived. Orange stood in the doorway, looking calmly at the damage. "But at least you got rid of them. That was the last of them." Scar said coolly.
"You hunted down all of the man-eaters?" Alphonse gasped.
"Yup. Every last one. Well, that, and Gluttony was totally pinned to a wall last checked.
"Three. Pride, Lust and Gluttony. Only need to worry about Envy, Wrath, and Sloth, who we've never seen." he sighed.
"Wait, you got Pride and Lust?" White asked.
"Ayane and her group took care of Pride. As to if he's still alive, I'm not sure. And then Ayame and Katsumn's groups killed Lust. And since you got Gluttony pinned, that means we only have four left." Hohenheim nodded.
"Huh. Sweet." Blue nodded.
By then, the entire army had made it to the Central Command Center. He issued orders. Half was to stay at the building and make sure no dummies were still around and keep the building. The other half would accompany them as they followed Hohenheim.
The Rainbow Alchemists, Izumi, Al, Mustang and his group, Scar, and the Warriors and Shiniganes made their way down a dark set of stairs, following Hohenheim.
"Why haven't the Homunculi tried to stop us?" he said, breaking the silence.
"He has probably gathered them around himself as a last line of defense. They are strong, but not like him." Hohenheim said in reply.
"So we can expect to have an all-out battle. We'd better be ready." he said softly.
As they descended, he started to feel like something was moving beneath his feet. The Warriors and Shiniganes were also skittish, jumping nervously, hands ready to draw their weapons at a moment's notice.
His prism started to glow. Cat's obsidian was noticeably bright, and Karina was muttering while trying to hide the light from hers. Terios was softly hissing, and the other Alchemists were also trying to hide the light from their stones.
"What's wrong?" Nmutua had sped up and become level with him.
"They're reacting for some reason." he murmured.
"The only reason they should be doing this is if one of us is in trouble." Red said in confusion.
"That means..." Yellow said, eyes wide. "One of us... isn't us!"
"Envy!" he snarled.
He turned to the others. "What four of you are making couples?"
"Me." "Here." "Yep."
Only three answers. He glared at Blue. Blue looked back innocently. "So, Envy, where's Dark? He's been coupled with Cat." he said slyly.
Envy growled, leaping at him, shedding Dark's face as he went. But half-way there, he fell, one of Hughes's knives lodged deep in his forehead. "You...!" Envy snarled, standing up.
There was a loud crackle, and a spike of rock punched out of the wall and went through Envy's midriff. Everyone looked at Katsumn. Blue light still flickered on her hand. "Freak." she muttered. "I wonder what you really look like? Your true Homunculus form is large, I saw that in your foot-prints in the forest. But... What do you really look like?"
As if on cue, Ayame leapt on top of the spike next to Envy. She sketched something on the rock surrounding him. "What the hell is that?" Envy snarled.
"Just watch, Homunculus. Everyone keep going. Ayame and I will catch up soon." Katsumn ordered.
"You heard her! Keep moving!" he said sharply, continuing to walk.
"Brother, if that was Envy, they have Dark!" Alphonse worried.
"I know. I only hope he's still alive."
"Edward. They're coming." Mustang said, looking up the side of the stairwell.
Crawling almost like spiders, Katsumn and Ayame were coming down to them. Katsumn held something small in her left hand. "Here. At threat of us killing him, he told us Dark was locked up in a closet. They'll find him." she said, handing whatever it was to him.
"What... the hell is this?" he asked.
"Envy's true form. I destroyed his Stone. Without it, he's just... that." Katsumn said. "C'mon. Let's keep moving."
"Jeeze..." he sighed, tucking the thing away in his pocket.
They kept going down until they came to the place. Wrath and something huge, larger than Major Armstrong, stood next to a Hohenheim dopple-ganger.
"So. I finally get to meet the leader of the Homunculi." he said, stepping forth.
Before anyone else could speak, the Invisible Warriors and Shiniganes all stepped forth.
"Edward, Alphonse."
He felt himself shoved forward. He and Alphonse fell to the ground.