We are have maybe two or three chapters left, A Born Sin is coming to a close. So, I hope that the last chapters you enjoy.
I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the characters.
Envy removed the blade from Ed's chest and turned it back into an arm as he caught Ed and lowered him onto the ground, Father having had removed the tendrills when he saw what Envy did.
The alchemist gave Envy a smile, "Glad that you followed my orders," He said.
Envy didn't responde and just looked down. It was true, he followed Ed's orders. Ed had told him that if he couldn't think of how to stop Father before he used the National Trasmutation Circle, he wanted Envy to kill him. Because Father couldn't open the planets Gate without all five Human Sacrifices and he couldn't use Al as a sacrifice because Envy was a barriar when it came to that, protecting Al from being used as a Sacrifice.
He remembered the conversation they had at Winrys home about this.
"Envy," Ed said quietly, "It makes me ashamed to ask you of this but, I wan't you to do something for me," he said.
Envy raised an eyebrow, "What is it?" He asked.
The Fullmetal Alchemist drew in a breath. Envy could see what he was about to ask was something difficult. Finally, he steeled his nerves and looked Envy right in the eyes. "Your Father needs all five Sacrifices to do his plan, right?" He asked.
Shrugging, Envy nodded, "Yeah, without all five, he can't do it," He said.
"They need to be alive," Ed said quietly then looked back at Envy, "If I am unable to stop Father before he opens the Planets Gate, I want you to kill me. That way he'll only have four Sacrifices," Ed said.
Envy was dumbstruck, "Wait, your basically telling me to help you with a suicide to stop him?" he asked.
Ed grinned, "It's not suicide if I don't kill myself. You'll kill me," He said.
"This isn't a joking matter, Ed!" Envy snapped, he could hear Alphonse in his head, yelling at Ed, saying the same thing as Envy.
"Brother! You can't do that plan!" Alphonse argued, even though Ed couldn't here him, "I'm not going to let you die!"
"You can't just die! We need you alive to stop Father!" Envy yelled.
Ed shook his head, "Father needs me alive to use the National Transmutation Circle," He countered, then smiled, "I have no doubt in my mind that you guys can stop Father without me," He added.
Envy looked away, his mind was filled with conflicting thougths. Half of him, the cruel part of him, wanted Ed to die. Wanted to kill him. But the more...human... part of him wanted to try and keep it so Ed doesn't think they need to go to that far of a drastic measure.
"Envy," Ed said and looked at him, "Please...if Father wins then there will be no Amestrian alive, if I have to die to keep him from stealing all the souls in Amestris, then I will die to keep this nation alive," he said.
The homunculus gritted his teeth.
"Fine!" He snapped and glared at him, "But you better kick Fathers ass so I don't have to kill you!" He ordered.
Ed nodded, "Thanks," he said and then turned away and began walking away, "Envy, If I die, I want you to take care of Winry. Treat her like a queen!" He said as he began running towards Winrys house.
"What happened?" Roy asked, the silence getting him on edge, "What just happened?" he demanded.
Envy didn't answer Roys question but Ed did.
"Envy...just did what I told him to do..."Ed croaked weakly as his eyes started to close, "Father...has only four...Sacri...fices..." He said as his eyes closed and his head fell limply to the side.
"Brother!" Al cried out.
The young homunculus gently laid Ed down on the ground before standing back up and glared at Father.
"You...bastard," He growled out.
Fathers eyes narrowed, "Four sacrifices, Ed sacrificed himself to stop this," He said then a tendril grabbed Envy, "But your body has an inner Gate as well!" He said as the verticle Eye inside of the gate seemed to go on everyones stomachs.
The one of Alphonses and Envys body cracked open a little but only showed a crack. Envy didn't notice though, his mind was filled with rage. A part of his mind knew that Father was using whatever he could from Al's gate to get God.
Envy wasn't sure what happened next, his mind went blank for a minute he was sure. But now everything seemed to have been happening way to fast. Father managed to get a weak grip on 'God'. But then Hohenheim activated his own giant transmutation circle that dragged the Amestris souls back into their bodys, weakening Fathers already weak grip- thanks to Envy and Al- on 'God'. Out of desperation, Father went to the surface to collect more souls by hand, everyone but Pride and Envy following him.
He wasn't sure what he said to them, but now he and Alphonse were going to get rid of Pride while the others dealt with Father.
Their body shifted into that cross between Alphonse and Envys bodies; Alphonses body, Envys outfit-minus the skort that is replaced with shorts. He didn't notice it, he doubted Al did to when their minds seemed to have merged together giving them both equal control over the body.
It seemed so much easier now to fight Pride. Not only was he a lot weaker with his philosophers stone nearly spent- Envy only had a vague idea why; Roy. But Envy and Alphonse were an unstoppable force now.
"You are a traitor to your own kind, Envy!" Pride yelled as shadows lunged at them. But with cat like reflexes, Envy and Al dodged every one of them with ease and managed to get even closer to the older yet smaller homunculus.
"If stopping Fathers insanity is being a traitor, so be it," Al and Envy yelled.
Hadn't they already been through the 'Your a traitor! So what?!' conversation before with Pride? If so, it would seem they woul have to go through it again now.
Turning their arm into steel, they blocked some shadows and dodged the others all the while getting closer and closer to Pride. They needed to hit him, not the shadows, to do any damage at all to the older and stronger homunculus. But Pride relied on his shadows so much that if they got close enough, they woul have an advantage over him in close combat.
It took a good minute before they were close enough that they could start striking blows on Pride, but it became more difficult because the shadows were even closer now, giving them less time to block.
"Alphonse...I think maybe we should revert Pride to his true form," Envy thought as they dodged shadows and managed to land a solid punch in Prides gut.
"Then take him to Mrs. Bradley so she can raise him to be good?" Al asked, but it was more of a confirmation. They were both thinking the same thing it seemed. Both knew how much Mrs. Bradley loved Pride and neither would be able to kill him without too much guilt. He had people waiting for him, good people, just like Envy and Al. It would break Mrs. Bradleys heart if both Wrath and Pride died.
"Yeah," Envy agreed and began telling Alphonse his plan, though he didn't need to. Al already knew it. They just needed Pride to try and take Envys Philosophers Stone and then it was check mate.
They let Pride grab them, and start to take Envys stronger stone, so Envy could go into Prides own stone. It was probably the riskiest thing Envy and Al had ever done but they were willing to risk it.
So Pride was very surprised when Envy forced himself through all the countless stones in Pride and grabbed his head.
The other homunculus wasn't all to surprised when Pride screamed and thoughts of his family, not his real family, the homunculi, but his adopted mother, Mrs. Bradley, ran through Prides head.
"You lose, Pride," Envy said as he and Alphonse crushed Prides head under their hand. They watched as Prides body distinigrated and opened their hand to see the tiny baby body in their palm.
"...he looks so...pathetic..." Envy said looking at his older brother as they took a peice of fabric that was probably part of the room and folded it up before putting Pride on it and lying both next to Ed.
They glanced back at Pride before sighing.
"Selim, you big dummy," Both Alphonse and Envy said before they began climbing the hole Father made. The words 'Mama' didn't escape the two's hearing and they smiled, knowing they did something right.
I just had to have Pride still be turned to his true form. I'm an Envy fan, but I love Pride too, so I figured that Envy and Alphonse would probaby do that if they are both in another sycn. And also, the outfit and form they have now was one I actually planned to use. This is probably the second or third chapter I used that form. So, yeah.
Review with what you though.