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It had the boy, the golden child whose heart was so desperate; it locked away the soul of the boy into the subconscious of the boy's mind. So much power, it can feel it, the truth didn't manage to take away the child's alchemic powers just putted a barrier between it and the mortal. So strong was this human, it tapped into it, pain ripped through its essence, so the boy was more powerful than all thought. Then the other one, the one that called the golden child, brother held him back. Even if it can't tap into it, it can feel the power buzzing under its fingertips. Now to get to the gate, it needed blood, the purest form of blood, a new born mortal's.
Mustang was still in pain, but he couldn't help but feel a shiver that took over his whole body, the thing that took over Ed, it wasn't human. It it felt even more powerful than father or any of the homunculus, what was it? And damn it why did it have to be Ed, he was barely recovering and now this, this thing takes over him. Hawkeye wasn't doing much better, the doctors say that she's in a coma like state but is conscious of her surroundings, now he lost his guild, his eyes. What was that thing, he hoped that it won't result in the death of the last Eric, but he's not sure if it can even be defeated by mortal means.
"Sir…" Fuery timidly said after coming back from checking on headquarters.
"What?" don't tell him, more bad news, why did he have to be blind, damn it.
"Ross and Brosh are in the same state that Riza is in." he delivered the bad news.
What! That thing just putted more of his men out of action, and they can't get the military directly involved. They see Ed as a threat and probably end him, now without his eyes, with limited number of men, what in alchemy's name could he do? Wait, there was someone he could get, but it won't be pretty.
"Fuery, get me a phone!"
It can feel the fresh soul coming from this area, closer, closer and here it was. The child was with its mother, not a problem, in the hours that it had been in the world, its power was being regained. Edward Eric simply steps in front of the new mother, with a swipe of his hand, she was wiped out from existence, and the child remained. The newborn babe wailed at the lost of contact, the lack of warmth. He felt the coldness that was surrounding him, he wanted his mommy, where was she? Why was he so cold?
It had a sly grin, the child was it's, now all it needed was a space to make a big enough alchemy circle. A place it could already find based on the golden child's memories; the alchemy circle was already there, the fool that led it out even created it for him. Such a foolish mistake, it saw the child's memories, it saw what the gate child that let him out did.
That power was never the gate child's. So foolish, it attempted to open the earth's gate, the power it gained was but a spec to the power it was going to have. That nationwide alchemy circle had greater purposes than just to gain power or a vessel. The silly thing actually used it for something as ridiculous as that. But it shouldn't be surprised, for its freedom the child of the gate wanted knowledge, and knowledge it gave, but even with it, it didn't understand the true purpose of the alchemy circle.
The nationwide alchemy circle had designs that were overlooked, even b the Erics, a Xing dragon to the north, a phoenix in the south, devil's hand in the west and a tear of the earth in the east. These designs would not show, not by the way that it was activated, and that little traitor thought that he needed sacrifices. When a soul of the innocent was all it needed, such a little fool, no wonder it was defeated by this boy.
Now all it needed was to go back to the place of its revival, but going back was harder than coming out, he came out a thing, going back a person. It wouldn't mind messing with the mortals a bit more.
Author's note: So, yeah it's gaining power, as for the soul thing it's like Dante, but worse. So review.