Dragon Ball GX, Side Story: The Alchemic Saiyan
Chapter 16: The Last, Last Chance!
Maes Hughes
I couldn't explain it, but somehow Edward had saved me, but that should be impossible, he died 3 days ago, how could he be here? Maybe I was just reacting instinctively to a dying dream.
"Lieutenant Colonel Hughes, thank goodness you're alright, that monster didn't rough you up too badly did he?" the voice of Maria Ross yells as she and Denny Brosh rushed to my side. I knew I wasn't dreaming now, Denny always complained about how annoying my constant praise of my family was, I'd never dream of him.
"Sir, you're wounded, we need to get you out of here, its too dangerous to stay here with the monster" Denny says as he lifts me up and puts an arm around my pits to support me up.
"Monster, what are you talking about, wasn't that-"
"Sir, it's the same guy who vaporized half of central just hours ago, all the most senior military staff except for Bradley were killed in a single blast, earlier this morning, along with hundreds of employees" Denny continues, cutting me off and silencing me with his sentence.
"You mean the giant blonde killer?" I reply with shock, surprised at why someone so proficient at destruction would return if they'd already successfully done the job.
"Yeah, the one who almost killed Bradley, the few soldiers who lived to see the event up close said the dude was beating his excellency's ass like a drum, he didn't stand a chance, they ran off before they could figure out where he went though, though some folks say they saw a series of pillars appearing out of the ground leading east, but any traces he'd left vanished quickly, he somehow covered his tracks" Denny says as he slowly drags me away from the battle scene.
"Funny, that monster looked familiar, and for a second, I could have sworn he sounded exactly like-"
"ARMSTRONG, YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, I'M BUSY TRYING TO SAVE AND AVENGE LIEUTENANT COLONEL HUGHES ASSHOLE!" the shrill and unmistakable roar of Edward Elric screams.
"Wait, it is him, he's somehow still alive, but how did he become such a powerful monster?" I whisper under my breath to myself as we near the exit. I then realized I needed to see this for myself.
"Denny, I need you to take me back to the monster" I say with urgency.
"Sorry sir, Major Armstrong ordered me to get you to safety" Denny says dutifully.
"Well I'm a Lieutenant Colonel, so I outrank Armstrong, and I'm giving you a direct order to disregard his order, and get my ass back to the battlefield NOW!" I snap, causing him to flip around like a mirror trick and head right back inside.
"Well in that case how can I possibly refuse?" he replies nervously.
Alex Louis Armstrong
Immediately after Denny had evacuated Hughes from the area, the monster had thrown me off him like a cheap sack of flour, effortlessly it seemed, his strength was indeed every bit as inhuman as the witnesses had claimed.
"I must admit, your strength is extremely commendable beast, but I'm afraid that you will get no further praise from me murderer" I shout as I stomp on the ground, throwing up some pieces of tile, which I promptly punched, transmuting them into large conical spear projectiles that rush toward the thing's chest with blazing speed.
However, instead of blood or recoil coming from the impacts, my shots cracked apart into rubble the instant they hit his skin, like they'd struck a solid steel sheet!
"Is that all Armstrong? That was pathetic, and they call you the Strong Arm Alchemist, (Scoff) the title isn't worthy when compared to my strength" the beast replies haughtily.
"Impressive, well then, try this on for size!" I shout as I crouch and slam both my fists to the ground, causing a series of spikes to begin sprouting from the tiles, heading straight toward the monster.
What happened next nearly made my jaw drop, as the column neared the fiend and the large finisher spike sprouted out to impale his chest, it too cracked and burst into rubble, like a lump of clay!
"Unbelievable…that move has never failed to kill a target when it hit successfully, even solid steel can't withstand the piercing force of a giant alchemic spike" I drone as I rub my eyes to make sure I didn't just imagine what I'd seen.
"Believe it Armstrong, I'm raw power, so please just stand aside, I don't want to hurt you" he says as he casually walks over to me.
"No, I have to save that young woman and make sure you get justice for the attempted murder of Lieutanent Colonel Maes Hughes!" I shout as I resume my battle stance, ready to fight again.
"Are you serious, DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME!" the man screams angrily. I took a moment to look, he had long golden hair and eyes, but he was too tall, and I had been to Edward's funeral, so there was no way it was him.
"I don't know who you are, or what exactly you've done to that girl, but I will free her and ensure that Hughes gets his vengeance for the attempt on his life!" I roar as I slam my fists down again, this time causing two giant fists to sprout from the walls, ready to attack from a sideways angle, where I hoped a weak point was present.
Edward Elric
This was getting tedious, not only was Hughes still not completely healed, but Mustang and his men probably still needed me, and Winry and Al were both waiting for me back home. It was high time to wrap this up before she has a reason to yell at me.
As the stone fists came at me, my reflexes activated, and the world suddenly began to crawl to a stop around me, everything that wasn't attached to my person seemed to be in slow-motion, the movement of the large alchemic formations headed toward me barely even visible they were so sluggish. Smirking, I jumped back, did a mid-air twist, and smashed the fists into powder, all in a single backflip. From Armstrong's human perception, these series of actions probably seemed to have happened almost instantaneously due to the speed at which I executed them. His face immediately freezing with pure, indescribable awe after I landed back on my feet confirmed my theory.
"I-Its simply not possible; that speed…the power, how can you possibly be so skilled?" Armstrong asks breathlessly.
"Maybe I'll visit you in the hospital and tell you then, cause that's where you're headed if you don't stand down Major" I say with a dangerously low tone. I saw he was shaking, obviously afraid, but knowing the Major, he was sure to stick to the fight no matter what.
"No, I will not surrender no matter how powerful you are, I' am an Armstrong, we stand tall and proud, and we never give up!" he shouts as he stands in that strange glittery pose he always showed off with.
"(Groan) Very well then, I'll make sure the medical wing has a bed ready for you Major" I sigh as I fall into the at ease position, knowing I'd have to beat Armstrong into submission or unconsciousness to end the fight so I could deal with Lust and finish healing Hughes. Luckily, with my power it would only take one blow, I'd just need to reel my power level way back for a moment when I strike him.
As I let my arms hang to my sides, I slowly began to swing my left foot forward, Armstrong gasped and put his arms up in preparation to defend himself as soon as he realized my plan. Smiling evilly, I slowly lowered my foot onto the ground, letting it take its time to make contact with the tiling.
"What are you?…-"
Armstrong never got to finish his sentence, for the moment my right foot began to lift off the ground, I instantly began to move at super speeds, my technique akin to the flash-step move I'd heard Psyagon mention during training that our powers allowed us to easily duplicate and exceed. Less than a millisecond after I'd lifted my right foot and began moving, I stopped, hovering just inches above the ground, and looking the mighty Strong Arm Alchemist right in his eyes, which glistened with fear and awe.
"The fighting stops now Major" I remark as I smile, raising my right hand up curling up all my digits except the index finger, then pointed it at his face. Slowly descending back to the ground, I also re-positioned my finger from his forehead, down to his chest. As he looked at me silently in shock and realization, I poked him lightly in the sternum.
The result was instant.
The moment my finger touched him, I discharged a level of concussive force equal to twice that of a runaway ice cream truck, and the good Major went shooting down the corridor like a cannonball, and straight through the opposing wall with a mighty crash!
"Sorry I had to do that Major, but I got more important things to do than have a scrap with you" I shout down the hall, promptly turning back to face the terrified Lust and walking over to her cage orb.
"(Snarl) Ok, lets end this!" I growl as I recreate the concentrated blue Ki orb I'd been planning to use earlier to atomize the evil bitch.
"(Gun cocks) Drop the light, now" Maria says angrily, her pistol barrel shoved right against the back of my head.
Maria Ross
As I held the gun to the man's head, I pushed it against his skin forcefully, to make sure he got the point. "I said drop that ball of light now!" I yell angrily. Raising his hands up, he smirked as he kept facing the orb with the woman inside.
"You sure you want me to do that Lieutenant Ross? If I drop this, the whole country of Amestris will be wiped off the map, and I'll be the only thing standing amidst the ashes, so do you really want me to drop it?" he asks sarcastically. I thought he might be bluffing, but considering how easily he'd taken out the Major, a part of me didn't want to risk that.
"Ok, then just make it go away or whatever, you're still under arrest for mass murder of military officials!" I shout as I push the gun to his head harder.
"Oh please, I just took down the Strong Arm Alchemist without breaking a sweat, without even any effort; none of his alchemy based moves could even scratch me, and yet you think a puny pistol will stop me?" he argues with disbelief at my faith in the firearm I carried.
"This happens to be a standard Military Grade .45 Caliber Combat Pistol, its muzzle velocity well exceeds the speed of sound, and I doubt even you are that fast. Plus, coupled with the fact that a bullet's force is concentrated on a much smaller area, and that its right at the base of your skull, I think I'll get to see what your head looks like on the inside if I pull the trigger smartass" I reply heatedly. I expected him to cooperate with this new information, but instead of admitting defeat, he began to chuckle. Within moments, the chuckling turned to full blown guffaw fit.
"HA HA HA HA HA! Holy shit, are you fucking serious?" he wheezes with laughter, causing me to blush with embarrassment; was he really that confident in his power as to think so little of the gun pointed at his head?
"(Sighs and turns around, wiping a tear from his eye) Oh Maria, I don't think you realize just exactly what you're up against" he says as he grabs my gun from my hand before I can blink. As he pointed it at me, I stared in horror; to think that it had come to this, I would have never imagined that I would be killed by my own firearm in cold blood. Deciding to face my death with dignity, I lowered my head and awaited the killing blow.
"Heh, fooled you didn't I?" the man's voice says with a chuckle, instantly making my gaze go right back up to his face.
"Silly, I'm not out to take anymore innocent lives than those cost during the mistake I made this morning when I lost control, what I' am going to do is make a point" he continues, as he turns and aims the gun right at his face. Now somehow, I had a gut feeling that this wasn't right, why was he about to shoot himself unless…
"No wait, DON'T!" I plead as I try to reach back for the gun, but fail to stop it in time. As he pulled the trigger, the signature crack rang through the hallways, and I squeezed my eyes shut to avoid getting blood in them from the man's suicide shot.
But as I waited for the sensation of warm liquid splashing on me, I failed to feel any. After a few more moments, I reached up to feel my face, and realized there was no blood. I quickly opened my eyes to check my skin just to be sure. There wasn't even a drop.
"You might wanna take a good look Maria, this is part of the point I was saying I'm trying to make" the man says with a flat, serious tone.
Wait…he was still talking, and without any pain or strain, which meant something had happened that kept the gun from functioning properly. As I redirected my gaze up to his face again, I felt my stomach drop.
There, squished up against his forehead like a tiny metal pancake, was the bullet he had fired, he wasn't even scratched a little from the impact of the projectile! Something like that shouldn't even be possible, most life forms are carbon based, thus not that durable. I was still unsure if my eyes were tricking me or not, so I rubbed them to see if the image might go away. To my horror, the same visage I'd previously seen still stood before me.
"You don't seem convinced, maybe you wanna go ahead and give it a try?" he says cheerfully as he hands my gun back.
"W-What?" I state with shock, my whole body shaking.
"Come on, you don't have to be a good shot to pull this off, just feel free to fire off at any part of me, to prove to yourself that I'm bulletproof" he goads, as if eager to see my reaction. However, that wasn't something I could just get on board with, this creature no longer seemed so evil, and yet now it was asking me to shoot at him more?
"But…but…"
"No buts Lieutenant, I'm ordering you to shoot at me, or I'll just take the gun and do it myself, now fire damn it, so you will stop questioning your eyes!" he snaps.
Pausing for several moments, I couldn't decide whether to scream at him for making me make such a tough decision, or beg him to let me not have to carry this out.
"Hmmm, perhaps to make things easier, I just properly motivate you, shoot me if you wanna live" the man says as his right arm crackles with alchemic energy, reaching toward my face with it.
"AAAHHHHHHHHH!" I scream as I begin to pour round after round into the creature before it can kill me. Once my gun began to click, the weight of what I'd done sank in.
"I-I'm sorry, I was reacting defensively" I reply worriedly, thinking that a whole magazine of shots may have done what one couldn't.
"I was counting on it Lieutenant, take a look at your handiwork" the man says with a cheerful tone. I promptly looked up at him again, and my eyes almost burst from my sockets.
Across his upper body, in various points, were the remaining 11 bullets, all squished flat as coins against his skin, just like the one in his head!
"Now do you see why I wasn't afraid?" he says with a smirk, as the deformed pieces fall off his skin and clatter on the ground.
"No way…" I babble as I watch the scene before me unfold.
"Now please stay out of my way, I have a Homunculus to kill" he says as he turns around, reforming the little orb of Ki on his right index finger.
Edward Elric
Facing Lust once again with the Ki orb, I smiled, knowing that now I could finish the job uninterrupted at last. "The time has come Lust, your end is nigh" I state, causing her to gasp and close her eyes.
"You'll make lovely fireworks!" I scream as I prepare to throw the orb into the containment barrier.
"EDWARD STOP!" Hughes screams weakly. As I heard his voice, I turned around and stared. There, just fresh from around the bend of the hall, was Lieutenant Denny Brosh, holding Maes Hughes, who's mouth had begun to drip blood again from the incompletely healed wounds reopening again, but he was still smiling.
"Hughes! Thank goodness you came back, now I can finish healing you" I shout with relief as I begin to rush toward him.
"Back off!" Maria shouts as she stands in front of Hughes, pointing her gun at me as she loaded a new magazine into it.
"(Snarl) Outta my way Lieutenant, you know I can just push you aside like a little twerp, the gun changes nothing" I reply angrily, irritated that people kept preventing me from healing my dear friend.
"We'd rather die than let you hurt him" Denny says defensively, causing my eyes to widen as I realized why they kept interfering; they thought that my healing technique earlier was a killing method!
"There has been a mistake, my intentions were never to harm Maes Hughes, I saved him from certain death, and then you idiots hauled him away before I could finish the job!" I say angrily, hoping it would change their opinion of me.
"Yeah right, you expect us to take the word of a monster who killed over 300 people in less than an hour?" Maria remarks sarcastically, her anger showing.
"Why you dumbass morons, I OUGHTA!-"
"That's enough!" Hughes yells, cutting me off, causing us all to pause and stare at him.
"Please, finish healing me, I trust you" Hughes says with a smile.
"You got it buddy" I say as I begin to take a step forward and finally finish saving his life.
"HOLD ON! Buddy, you're friends with this fiend!" Maria screeches with rage.
"You are too Lieutenant Ross, you already met him a ways back" Hughes says calmly.
"(Gasp) I' am? But I've never met this man before in my life, how could I be friends with someone I've never seen before" she argues with confusion. Hughes and I both smiled at this.
"That's just it, you do know him; that man, is really Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist" Hughes laughs.
"SAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT!" Denny and Maria both shriek dramatically, causing me to almost bust out laughing as it reminded me of many funny scenes from our anime where folks freaked out with the silly chibi art style.
"B-But that's impossible, Edward Elric was confirmed dead from the explosion at the Fifth Lab, plus he is less than 5 feet tall, this man is taller than us, how can it possibly be Edward Elric?" Maria retorts heatedly.
"Believe it or not, that big explosion was not from the collapse of the Fifth Laboratory, I had another accident like 3 years ago, and if my word isn't enough to prove its me, then have a look, isn't it said that this was destroyed in the blast too?" I say with a sly smile as I hold out my silver watch, causing Maria and Denny to gasp.
"I was right, it is you Edward; I don't know how, but its you, you're alive. I bet you never even died, heh heh (gags and coughs up more blood)" he replies weakly, as his health takes another dip.
"Ahh, hold on Hughes, you're not dying today!" I shout as I push Maria and Denny out of the way like dolls and lay the Colonel down gently. As soon as he was positioned comfortably, I opened up my palms and began to bathe him with the healing Ki once more. After just a few seconds, all his wounds were completely gone, all the while Maria and Denny staring with awe.
"(Sighs contentedly) Edward, I can't thank you enough, you literally saved me from death's door" Hughes says as he gets up and offers me a handshake. I promptly shook it then gave him a quick hug.
"I did it not just for you, but also for Elicia, she would have had to grow up without her father, without a good father, and that would not have been fair" I say as smile. Now, that left just one more thing to do.
"Alright then, now stand back, and avert your eyes, it might be too bright for humans to watch up close" I say as I reform the Ki orb for the umpteenth time and walk toward Lust's prison.
Maes Hughes
"Ok, now, its time to die, no more distractions, Hughes is safe, and Armstrong is unconscious, nothing to get in the way anymore" Edward says as he holds the orb right up to the surface of the glowing sphere that the "Lust" girl was trapped in. I was about to avert my eyes so I didn't get retinal damage as he theorized might happen, but then I saw it.
The woman, her eyes…no, I had to stop Edward, I knew I did, I could see her face, and Homunculus or not that had tried to kill me, what she was doing that my friend wasn't picking up on proved she wasn't completely lost, I had to convince him to give her a chance, but how!
Deciding to risk it, I screamed, "EDWARD STOOOOOPPP!" This almost proved to be disastrous, as Ed nearly fell flat on his face.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR! DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I'D DROPPED THIS?" Edward bellows angrily as he holds the orb right in my face.
"Please keep that away from me, you already told us how powerful it is" I whimper.
"Sorry, its just, what gives? I'm trying to avenge your attempted death" Edward argues as he stands there with the orb.
"Have you taken a good look at yourself?" Maria remarks, causing Ed's face to get angry.
"Edward, what she means is-"
"Look into my little mirror, I keep it for make-up emergencies should I ever have one, like pimples or stuff, now take a good look" Maria cuts, handing him her little vanity mirror. Taking it, Ed gasped, then used his powers to somehow make the mirror into a full body length dresser kind!
"I-Is that me?" he asks incredulous.
"Yeah, now Hughes was pointing something else out, what was your point?" Maria asks me, causing my hair to stand up, as I was worried Ed might not have fully started to hear us, and was mad at being interrupted yet again.
"Yeah, care to point it out, I'm kinda worried, Maria made a good point, my face looked…well, kinda evil when I stared in the mirror, what do you have to add to my argument Hughes?" he asks gently, causing me to relax.
"Look at Lust, tell me what you see" I request, and he did for a moment.
"I see an inhuman monster, and she deserves to die!" he snaps almost instantly.
"NO! Look at her face, closely" I plead, and he sighs as he walks back to do so. I desperately hoped he'd be able to see past his own anger.
Edward Elric
As I looked at Lust, I still didn't see anything interesting, until I heard a strange sound, and realized it was sobbing. "Hey guys, is that Armstrong?" I remark, wondering if maybe he was awake now.
"Edward, look at Lust" Hughes says sternly. I groaned and did so, and my eyes widened.
There, plain as day, was the manipulative, heartless bitch Lust, crying audibly, her eyes leaking profusely!
"What…how…Hughes, is she?-" I start, unable to continue I was so shocked.
"Yes, she is crying, do you see what I meant now?" he says solemnly.
"But…that's Lust, the lascivious, the manipulative and heartless, she's not supposed to cry, to be honest none of the homunculi but Envy were supposed to wish to be human, Pride and Gluttony were a surprise, could I be wrong about them all?" I remark to myself, causing Hughes and the others to look at me strangely, I could fear their stares boring into the back of my head. I took another good luck at Lust, and realized I couldn't just incinerate her without hearing her out, her pleads, maybe Hughes was right, I might be acting too hastily, I should giver a last, last chance. Extinguishing the orb, I saw Lust gasp, as I reached touched the sphere with my finger and it dissolved, depositing her roughly on the floor.
"Alright, start talking, why are you crying? You're a homunculus damn it, you're all supposed to be stonewall cold or something, why is it I've seen evidence otherwise for all of you so far?" I say harshly as I look down at her, still not ready to show weakness to her.
Lust
Scrambling to my feet, my eyes were still leaking tears, as the angry superhuman Edward stared at me, his eyes boring into my very essence, I knew I had to come clean or he'd just kill me for attempting to murder Hughes. Sighing deeply, I turned my back to him and began by saying, "Because Father promised to give me what I desire most if helped him with the grand plan, what I've lusted after most since my birth"
Edward seemed to become curious as the words came out of my mouth, and he turned me around and came closer to look me right in the face.
"And what is it you desire most homunculus, what do you lust after above all others Lust?" he inquires with an edge to his tone, indicating he was ready to kill me if my answer didn't satisfy him.
"To be human" I state plainly, as my tears kept falling, knowing that now I'd never get my deepest ambition ever fulfilled, Edward was going to destroy Father and ruin everything, and worse, he will probably kill me, completely ensuring that any chance, even the slimmest one, would be forever gone.
"But I offered that to Envy and the others, to make them human one day, if you really wanted that so badly, why didn't you join me?" he asks as his face registers shock, apparently having been completely taken off guard.
"You mean she isn't human?" the shorter blonde man standing with the woman remarks with confusion.
"Quiet Denny, I'm interrogating here; anyways, you were saying Lust?" Edward snaps to the man, his voice quieting as he returns his attention back to me.
"I didn't believe you could grant me my desire, I still don't think you can grant it, that's why I've kept being obedient to Father, cause he already made me that promise long ago" I reply as I remember that day all those centuries ago.
"What did he promise you? I need to know exactly what he said" Edward presses as he grabs my shoulders, causing me to look away.
"Lust, tell me, and maybe I can understand things better so I can explain my offer, I assure you that my requirements regarding deals to get what you want are much more appealing than whatever he has said you have to do for him, and I'm skeptical that he's even promised you what you really want, now recount every detail of this deal you speak of now!" Edward explains forcefully, shaking me slightly. I knew I had no choice, I had to tell him.
"Very well, it was shortly after the marking of the first circle point for the circle, July, 1558 at Riviere. 2 days after I'd helped carve the crest of blood, as Pride and I were wrapping things up there, I began to feel a longing, watching as the survivors held each other close, I felt cruel and painful inside at taking away the lives of those we'd used for the crest, and hollow and longing as I saw the warmth they all shared, the sweet feelings of real love, not carnal desires. But the important part, of me feeling guilty, prompted me to speak to Father about it, if perhaps there was another way. He immediately refused and rebuked me, and threatened to destroy me if I ever spoke out like that again" I start, causing Edward's hardened face to soften some.
"Almost 200 years later, after the incident at Fisk in 1799, I'd had enough. So I went to Father and explained my refusal, but instead of threatening to destroy me outright, he had found out about how I wanted to be human, I'd mentioned it to Envy a while earlier, and he in turn must have told Father. He was rather amused that I wanted to be human so badly, questioning my sanity. I told him how I wanted to find people to love, maybe even a partner, but I needed to be human for that, I was sure I'd regret trying to be with someone while still immortal. So he made me a deal; he said if I help him with the grand plan, and help him gain ultimate power, he would end the painful ache I had of desiring to be human, he'd take it away forever, fix all my problems" I explain tearfully, hoping he wouldn't hate me.
"So you kept obeying him, kept killing even though you knew it was wrong?" Edward asks quietly, the rage hidden beneath his flat tone. I fell to my knees, I could tell he was furious.
"I mostly obeyed out of fear of being destroyed, thus ruining any chance of ever getting Father to fulfill the promise, but in a way, yes, I ignored my feelings and buried them, so in all honesty, I probably deserve to be destroyed. So if you want, then please, do it, I just ask that you do it quickly, if you're willing that is" I finish, crying as I close my eyes and await my fate.
Edward Elric
I knew that things weren't so concrete anymore; just as Psyagon had warned was possible, the real people were much more complex and different than what was imagined, or it could be the specific information of a completely different universe from my own. Regardless, Lust wasn't the complete and total bitch I'd seen in the Brotherhood anime, she was different deep down. So I knew what had to be done. As I offered her a hand, she cringed, apparently expecting the movement to indicate I was going to hit her, but after a moment she cracked one of her eyes open a tiny bit and saw that my hand she thought was to strike her, was a friendly grasp awaiting a handshake.
"If you're really serious about this Lust, about becoming human and atoning for the atrocities you've committed, then take my hand, I promise, I'll end this whole nightmare someday soon" I say kindly as I smile, trying to imitate the famous "Son grin" I'd seen Goku and Psyagon do.
"You-You'd just spare me like that?" she asks timidly, her tone indicating disbelief.
"Hey, I did it for your brothers didn't I?" I reply with a reassuring tone. This seemed to convince her, and she took my hand, smiling lightly as I helped her to her feet.
"Everything we knew about humans, that Father claims they are, its all wrong, they can be strong, they stand tall with each other" she says with tearful eyes.
"Yeah, that's where human's are strongest, together as one" I reply as I pat her back. It was then that Hughes walked forward and stood before Lust, and looked at her angrily. I knew he couldn't kill her, so I decided I'd let him do whatever he wanted to get his anger out.
"I should hate you for trying to kill me homunculus, not for the act itself so much, but for how you would have taken me from my beloved wife Gracia and darling baby daughter Elicia" Hughes begins, causing Lust to lower her head down to her chest.
"But, given that you're feeling sorry, and want to change, I can't destroy you, so this should be punishment enough" Hughes says as he raises his hands up to shoulder level.
Then, with a speed that surprised us all, he snapped Lust's neck, causing her to crumple to the ground.
"HUGHES! How could you?-"
"Relax, watch" I say as I cut off the shocked Lieutenant Ross, and Lust gets back up, her neck sparking with red energy as her neck realigns and she repositions the bones.
"Damn it, a little warning next time? That was really painful" Lust says irritably.
"Hey that move would have killed most people, I only did it cause I knew you've live due to the discussion I overheard you and Edward discussing when I was still dying, good substitute for asking Fullmetal to give you what you really deserve isn't it?" Hughes replies as he looks my way with a wink.
"I suppose you're right, I do apologize for attempting to end your life Lieutenant Colonel Hughes, Father found out that you were getting close to the truth about the ultimate plan, so he sent me to do you in, I promise I'll make up for it sir" Lust replies respectfully.
"Thank you, and you can start by explaining yourself to my wife and daughter, after all-" he begins as he reaches into his pocket.
"My darling angel and precious little cutie pie deserve an apology for what you almost did don't you agree?" he shouts with a sickeningly sweet lovey voice. We all promptly facevaulted at this display.
"(Groan) Not even half an hour since you narrowly escaped death by the skin of your teeth, and already you're doing that again?" I say as I get up.
"Seriously though Ms. Lust, you need to explain yourself to my wife and child, if it hadn't been for Edward, I'd be gone, and then the boy would have had to tear himself up trying to explain to my Gracia how he'd let her down, and my daughter down, and my best friend Mustang-"
"Yeah yeah, we get the point, Hughes, you take Lust home right away, and stay there for now, you'll be safe for the period of time it takes me to deal with this" I say as I interrupt him before he really gets into talking about his family.
"Oh right, come on Ma'am, I gotta escort you to my family" he says as he begins to walk back toward the exit.
"You two, come with me, I need to get Armstrong and heal any injuries he may have" I say, causing them to salute me.
"Now who said I was injured?" Armstrong's voice says from behind me.
"You're kidding me, even that tap wasn't enough to knock you out?" I moan, as I turn around and face the half naked alchemist.
"The thing is, you did mange to, it just didn't last as long as you'd hoped, I was awake after 5 minutes, we Armstrongs don't go down easily!" Major Armstrong says boisterously as he stands with his hands on his hips.
"Ugh, ok, I get it, so how much did you hear Alex?" I sigh, having a good feeling as to how far he'd heard our conversation.
"I know all the sensitive information, Edward Elric, please accept my apology for trying to-"
"Yeah, you may as well stop kissing up, apart from us both knowing that you didn't stand a chance of beating me, brown nosing does not work with me dumbass" I say angrily as I cut off Armstrong and look him in the eyes.
"(Gulp) Oh, yes, forgive me Fullmetal, so what are we gonna do now?" Armstrong asks, his tone returning to a serious one.
"Well first thing, I'm going to go pay Wrath a visit, and mess with their heads" I say as I get a great idea.
"What are you up to Fullmetal?" the giant asks as I smirk and think up alchemic formulas in my head for my plan.
"Just watch" I smirk as I clap my hands, and become surrounded with a very bright burst of blue light and alchemic discharges. After several minutes, the light and smoke died down, and I was my original size and shape from before my journey into Psyagon's world. Armstrong and his men were clearly in complete shock.
"Well now, shall we go pay King Bradley a visit and explain the "mix-up" everyone?" I state with a wink. Maria caught onto my idea and laughed as I began to lead them out to the exit.