YAY finally chapter 5 is up lol. I'll probably upload most of my chapters on Thursdays, cause that's the day when I have to go to therapy and I wake up at like 5 in the morning cause I need to mentally prepare myself to get in the car (I named him Chuck ^^)

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Me and Ed you all!

Promise Me

"What did you find Alphonse?" Mustang's voice is full of determination, eyes burning with the same emotion. Al looks down at me then at Mustang.

"First you answer my question, is big brother okay?" His hand gently runs through my hair. I whimper at his cold touch and cringe into Mustang's lap.

"I don't know, he collapsed in the hall and he says he's in pain. He has a high fever to top it all off." He lifts me into his arms, my head resting against his shoulder limply. He moves my legs so I'm sitting on his lap, then he tucks the blanket around me.

"Okay so I'll start with the bad news." Al begins, looking at me with a gaze that says 'I'm sorry big brother; I don't want to say it'.

"First tell me how long he has to live." Mustang holds me tighter and I savor the warmth of his body, the feeling of protection I get when he's holding me.

"Two and a half months, and no matter what we do he'll die." My eyes open wide as I stare at him, shaking in terror.

"No…" I trail off, shock taking over me. I begin breathing fast, feeling my heart thud in my chest. Mustang's hand rests on my chest, feeling my heart thundering against my ribs.

"Edward calm down, Al said he had good news too." His voice reminds me of my moms, the way she would calm us down when we were scared. My breathing slowly goes back to normal; I grab Mustang's hand and hold it close.

"So what I found out about Turner was that he was very devoted to his work, and when he found out that Madison died to bring back Ed he was angry. That's why he snuck in here, he wanted to fix his colleagues mistake. He prepared for this though; his notes go back five to six years. Turner tested the transmutation circle on animals and they died in two and a half months."

"But he wanted to see what would happen if you removed the circle from the body and destroyed it. After the two month mark the circle would glow a light blue from beneath the skin. Since the transmutation circle is slowly draining life energy he theorized that it was the soul's cry for help, wanting the life to be released and given back. When he removed it the animal would die but after the circle was destroyed and he performed CPR on the creature it would come back."

"If it isn't removed and destroyed the circle will slowly drain the spirit of energy, making it impossible for the soul to find the body, if it's removed then the spirit will have some energy left to bring the soul back." Al stops and looks at me, eyes glowing slightly.

"So we remove then destroy it, Ed dies but comes back and his life energy slowly comes back. Two months to take the energy away, two months to get it all back." I feel a little bit better, but I'll die once again.

"Mustang…" I get broken off as a cough escapes from my body, "if I don't come back when you destroy the thing I want you to promise me that you'll get Al's body back. You'll have to finish my journey for me."

"Ed you'll live though, do you really think that I'd let you die?" Mustang asks, looking into my eyes with a cold gray glare.

"Promise me!" I rasp, tears leaking slowly from my eyes. "Dying isn't something that you should be taking so lightly, it's horrible. When Madison killed me I went to the gate and the keeper went through all my memories, judging what I had done in life and where my soul would rest. When I came back it hurt, having your soul pulled back to earth is painful." I shudder at the memory.

"Edward…" He looks at me; I can tell from his voice that he's on the verge of tears.

"There's a small chance that I won't come back, promise me dammit that you'll finish my journey for me." I then turn to Al; heart feeling like it's breaking in two.

"And Al, carry on with our journey, don't let my death drag you down. Move on and don't look back, you can just forget all about me if you want to."

"Big brother you know I can't…" His voice is full of agony, echoing from inside the armor to bounce against the walls.

"Both of you promise me, please; this is more painful for me than it is for you." I close my eyes and let the tears run freely.

"I promise Ed." Mustang says gently, running his hand through my hair. I hear Al mutter the same thing and I open my eyes slowly, looking from Al to Mustang.

"Thank you, but don't think I'll die so easily." I force a smile, feeling determination flow through me. "You'll never get rid of me."

"Let's just hope your determination is strong enough to guide your soul back to your body after you die." Mustang smiles slightly, holding me tighter in his arms. Al walks over and puts his arms around both of us.

"Big brother you'll be fine, then you'll be back to raising hell." He laughs and I know he would be smiling if he had a body.

I smile and then begin coughing, throat sore and dry. Al grabs the empty glass on my nightstand and runs to the kitchen to fill it up. Mustang looks down at me; his eyes say everything that I need to know. I can see warmth; sadness and determination mix in his gaze.

Al returns in less than a minute, handing me the glass then pulling a chair up to sit next to my bed. I slowly sip the water, feeling the cool liquid run down my burning throat. I finish the glass then close my eyes, falling into a dreamless sleep.