Who Needs a Brother Like You?

Chapter Fifteen – Silence

Complete silence. That's what was going on in the Warehouse behind the remains of the Fifth Laboratory. Amestris soldiers all had their hand guns and rifles pointed at the Homunculi. "Freeze! You're all under arrest for first degree murder and kidnapping!" Mustang yelled. He was the first to break the silence in the room. But the second person was Claire Clarkerston. Her eyes were focused on her desisted granddaughter. Her whole body was shaking and was holding onto something tightly in her hands.

"Venllie...is that really you dear?" she cried.

Evillie gasped holding her head and looking away "Who the hell are you!?" she asked.

"It's me dear. It's you Grandma!"

"What? What are you talking about you old hag!?" she began stepping away from Alphonse and instantly the clicking of guns filled the air. They were loading them, getting ready to pump her full of lead. She laughed at the thought. Like that could even hurt her anyway.

"Dear...Venllie...don't you remember me? I'm...your Grandma...please tell me you do?"

No response. Only her cold violet eyes stared her down.

"Step away from the boy now!" Hawkeye finally loaded her gun when she had reached them about half way. "Don't you point that sick thing at me you wench!" Evillie spat. Hawkeye didn't dare budged.

From behind, Lust, Gluttony, and Envy were all looking at each other. Lust was the first to start muttering to them, "It's time we make our leave."

"Awww but come on!" Envy sighed and crossed his arms "I wanted to slaughter some humans! Oh and see the girl get blasted into bits!"

"Yeah Lust! I'm hungry!"

Evillie froze her head shot back around, "What did you say?" hissing, she let her eyes fall on the trio. "You heard us you little brat! You've been tricked this whole time! We thought about it for a long time and realized 'hell were gonna get caught anyway'! So we've decided to drop you from our group Venllie!"

Something inside the girl died. It wasn't her heart...she didn't have one. It wasn't her soul...she didn't have one of those either. It was her whole existence. She had been dooped! Deceived! Tricked. Rage built up inside her but then went away as she saw the three create a large explosion by knocking down large beams. The innocent people that were supposed to be used for ingredients for the stone screamed and disappeared behind a large smoke cloud as the explosion rocked the whole building.

Mustang gave orders to Armstrong and a group of soldiers, telling them to save the people and go after the Homunculi.

Mustang had thought that they had all escaped but not all of them had managed to. After the smoke had cleared and the building settled back down, Evillie was still standing there at gunpoint.

"Those...bastards..." she looked down at the ground.

Between all of the confusion Winry had managed to slide Alphonse's body over to them and past the Homunculus. "Alphonse! Speak to me! Are you alright" she shook his armor a little. He picked himself off the ground, "Yeah, I'm f-...wait! Brother!" they both gasped and spotted him over just a little ways from them. But he was extremely close to Evillie.

"Ven...Venllie."

The girl gasped and turned around. Edward was now right behind her. His broken Auto-mail already in the form of a blade. She smirked then bursted out laughing like a mad person. "What are you doing Edward?" her head tilted back and her unstable eyes glared at him.

"I'm here to...to save you." He raised his blade in front of his face. Small tears and a strong fire were in his golden eyes.

Claire dropped to her knees, not being able to process all that was happening "Venllie please stop this! Please!"

"Shut your damn mouth! I don't remember you! So just...just shut up!"

"You shouldn't talk to your Grandmother that way!" Winry yelled.

Evillie turned to her, her faced twisted and dark "Who cares what you think! At least you're still a stupid human!"

"Stop Venllie." Edward cut in "Do you realize what you've done...done to the innocent lives over there."

She saw Amestris soldiers helping innocent people out of the rubble that had fallen from the ceiling. "I don't care what happens to them, nor do I care about what happens to those damn traitors..."

"You know...I've realized something...I think I know why...you did all of this."

This shocked everyone. Including Alphonse and Evillie herself.

"It started out with your rebirth. Your parents died because the Gate took their insides. And probably some animals messed with their bodies too."

Silence...

"After wondering with no past you found Envy and the others and they took you in. That was when you met Lust and Gluttony."

Silence...

"They told you that if you were to separate the Elric Brothers and bring one of them back here you could force us to make the stone..."

Silence...

"They told you that if you had the stone you could become human and get your parents and memories back."

Silence...

"So you found me all alone in my dorm sound asleep and picked me as your target. You went into the Colonel's office while he wasn't there and got Envy to act as everyone I cared about. Then, you let me have it. You dug deep into my heart and crushed it just by using one word...hate. Then, you all had a good laugh and after it happened and lured me into your filthy claws."

Uneasy silence...

Disturbed silence...

Edward grinned, "You know…I'm actually glad things turned out this way…"

Dead silence...

It was shocking to hear him say that. He had been tortured and had his memories erased…and yet he was actually glad that things had happened that way!?

"Brother? Why...why are you happy that they tore us all apart and tortured you like this!?" Alphonse yelled. Edward looked at him and smiled gently. He didn't have to think long and hard. He already knew that Alphonse would question him. With a big breath, he started to explain again.

"As long as I can remember...I've always been sad and depressed over what happened that day Al. You don't know that already, but every night I've been crying myself to sleep, thinking that we'll never get our bodies back. But...the main reason why I cry myself to sleep is because I've always wondered if you hate me or not for what happened. I remember the last time this sort of thing happened. That Butcher told you that you were something I created…a fake brother."

Alphonse was quiet. Was his brother slowly starting to remember their past together?

"You ran away. Winry and I looked everywhere for you…and then when I found you…you were risking your life to help two other brothers."

He did! He knew Winry's name! Alphonse looked over at her and saw a smile on her face. He was going to say something but Evillie charged in "So what!? Nothing positive came out of that at all! Besides if it did you would've remembered it all!" she hissed.

Edward closed his eyes, "I did" he clinched his Auto-mail hand together trying to catch his breath. "I've remembered a lot since they all got here. I remember Resembool and Winry and Granny Pinako…I remember almost everything now! I've even remembered that Alphonse and I need to stick together because were the only family we have left."

Evillie suddenly felt something strong crush her very being. Her body became extremely heavy, so heavy that she couldn't even stand. He had been thrown to her knees. "What's this…that I'm feeling!?" she quaked.

"Fear…defeat…all of the hardship that I've had to go through…"

"You basta….uh!" another strong energy force hit her. Edward took his time and began walking around her letting his Auto-mail blade dig into the ground. Alphonse immediately knew what he was doing.

Finally when he had finished walking around her about ten good times he stopped right in front of her. "What the hell…did you just do?" she got to one knee and when she realized gasped out loud for everyone to hear.

He had made a circle in the ground. An Alchemic Circle. An Alchemic Circle that destroys Homunculi.

He clapped his hands looked at her. "If you're going to continue to do bad things I'll destroy you right where you stand. But, if you swear not do anything and let Mustang take you into custody I'll let you live." That was a lie...he couldn't kill anyone even if we wanted to. And he already knew that she knew that as well.

She laughed and was very tempted to spit on the ground with disgust but she held it inside her. "Please…what's the point of living? I've done all these terrible things."

"Venllie! I am! I need you!" the crying voice had come from her grandmother. She glared over at her. Was that really her past? Did she really know her parents?

Claire reached into her apron pocket and pulled out a green Emerald rock attached to a long necklace. "Try to remember…for me?"

The crooked girl sneered at the woman, "You out of all people should have been there for me! Why weren't you there to save me from that god-forsaken forest!?"

Claire didn't respond, she didn't know what to say at all. Her only family left hated her. It was unbearable. Just thinking about it made her stomach churn and become light headed.

"You!" she pointed back to Edward who was suddenly frozen with fear from her firing purple eyes. "I hate you Edward Elric! You damn brat! I'll kill you!"

She immediately gripped hold of his neck cutting off all of his air. Alphonse panicked and just as he was about to charge at her Claire gripped his hand. The hand that had the necklace in it. "If you want to save your Brother...use this. I think this could save not only her but him as well."

Alphonse gasped, he was holding it now. "But, I'm not sure I can-...!"

Choke! Wheeze! Hack!

The dying noise kept coming from his brother. We have no choice! Do it know Alphonse! Hawkeye and I have your back." Without another moment to lose he dashed at the girl and punched her hard in her face causing her to slam into the ground. Mustang snapped his fingers and created a fire barrier around the Transmutation circle.

"D-damn it! I'm so sick of all of you!" she screamed. She threw out her hands and gripped Edward by his braid as he was still trying to catch his breath.

"Do it brother! NOW!" he screamed. Evillie gasped, that Emerald necklace was attached to her foot. And somehow...it was keeping her still. Panicking, Edward didn't notice that she wasn't able to move and pulled out his Auto-mail Blade. "NOOOO!"

SLICE!

Everything was covered in silence. Edwards's eyes staggered open, and when he realized what he had done his world transformed forever.

Posting early because I've got internet now! ^.^

Alright, so now that that's over with we have one more chapter left! You may like the ending and you may not! I'll reply to all of your comments in the last chapter which will be uploaded between Friday and Monday. Thanks everyone for reading!

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To Be Concluded Next Chapter…