Myra held in a scream as she felt herself being materialized and plummeted to the ground.
She let out an "Oof!" when she made contact with the hard ground. Myra groaned as she rubbed her head, sitting up.
"Myra?" Called a familiar voice.
"Ed?" Myra looked in his direction.
Ed suddenly began to panic, "Are you alright? How are you feeling?" He said as he rushed to her side to help her stand up.
"Ed, relax, I'm fine!" Myra was about to ask if he was alright when the sound of another person hitting the ground made them both turn their heads.
"Teacher?!" They both yelled simultaneously.
"Ed? Myra?" Izumi called her names, still slightly in a daze, as she sat up.
Myra and Ed both stared at each other.
"She's your alchemy teacher?!" Ed exclaimed, shocked.
"Who knew that we'd have the same teacher..." Myra mused.
"We can talk about that later, you two." Izumi said, coming back to her senses. The two nodded in agreement.
"Are you alright?" Myra asked as she crouched by her teacher's side.
"More or less," She replied. "Do you have any idea where we are?"
"Not a clue." Ed answered for them both. "We just ended up here the same way you did."
What sounded like a large piece of metal falling behind them caused the trio to look in its direction.
"Al!" Ed and Myra yelled as the three rushed to his side.
"Al, too?" Izumi said to herself as Ed tried to get Al to wake up. "Are all the sacrifices being gathered?"
"I think so," Myra said. Izumi looked at her. "I think they want us to finally fulfill our roles as sacrifices."
"What?" Ed stopped his yelling to look at her, a look of confusion written on his face.
A purple silhouette form with eyes all over his body approached. It had a mouth to speak from and he began counting each of the sacrifices in a voice that sent shivers down their spines.
A subdued Hohenheim was half inside him, his body upside down.
"Dad!" Myra yelled.
Hohenheim grunted before opening his eyes. "Myra! And Edward. It seems they've got Alphonse as well. Ah and Izumi Curtis, you'd have to excuse my sorry appearance." His nonchalant voice didn't seem to fit the situation.
"Hohenheim, what is that thing?!" Ed demanded to know.
"A copy of me. You might know him better as the one the homunculi call, 'Father'." His voice sounded strained, as if it was a struggle for him to speak in his current position.
"You mean this is that bearded bastard?!" Ed's blood began to boil.
"Yes," Hohenheim replied slowly. "I destroyed the leather bag he was in, but—" he was cut off by Father completely engulfing him inside his body.
"I warned you to keep your mouth shut, Hohenheim." Father said tauntingly. "And now, welcome to the four of you. Make yourselves at home."
The three got into a battle ready position. "Hey, Al, time to get up. Things aren't looking too good for us." Ed said.
No response, no movement.
"Al!" Myra tried.
Still nothing.
"Al, get up!"
"Alphonse!"
"Well, well," said a voice. "How lovely is it to see all five sacrifices come together." Pride emerged from the darkness with an evil sneer on his childish face.
"I wish I could say that makes all five of the required sacrifices, but Alphonse Elric has not arrived yet." Father said, a hint of impatience in his voice. "The truth can be such a cruel thing. Two brothers who wanted to feel their mother's warmth once more. One lost two limbs while the other lost his entire body in exchange for a suit of armour that could feel nothing. The woman who sought to bring back her only baby was given a body that could never again bear children. And then! The girl who ended up being the only success in my project to create sacrifices had not only her hearing taken away, but also gained an illness that is slowly killing her from the inside out." He gave a creepy wide smile.
"So you planned on creating your own human sacrifices to ensure you had five for the Promised Day?!" Ed's anger rose.
"Of course! Most died and two escaped, but with one success, you fools fit right into place. For those who play God, there is a price that must be paid. That is truth!"
"No!" Ed exploded. His hands clenched and his teeth grit as he said, "If my sister had done it on her own free will, that would be one thing. But to force someone to perform human transmutation against their will and steal her eyesight only to have her slowly dying... You think that's truth? Well that's not a truth I'm willing to accept!" Ed yelled.
Myra moved to stand next to Ed. When she was almost by his side, her head suddenly began to throb, forcing her to crouch down in pain.
"Myra!" Ed crouched down to her level. He turned to the homunculi father and Pride, "You bastards!"
Izumi crouched down to Myra's level too, "You need to take it easy."
Myra stubbornly shook her head. "Not now. Not... when all of this is happening."
"But you're—"
Izumi was cut off when May crashed through the ceiling after an explosion. She ran up to Ed.
"May Chang!" He said.
"There he is." She said looking to Father. Then she spotted Al on the floor and rushed to his side. "Oh, Alphonse, what happened to you?"
"I don't know," Ed answered. "We can't get him to wake up."
"Please wake up, Alphonse!" She cried out desperately.
"In the meantime, Myra, you..." Ed trailed off when Myra coughed. What he saw made his eyes widen and waver.
On her hand laid a splatter of blood.
"M-Myra... No, this isn't..."
"Ed, I'll be fine. Focus on the task at hand!" Myra struggled to speak. Her breathing coming out in ragged breaths.
Before Ed could argue, Al's eyes lit up with life. He gasped as if he had just woken up from a nightmare and sat up. Everyone rushed to his side.
"Al!"
"Al, are you alright?"
Al looked at all of them. "Brother, Sister, Teacher, May... That means we're..." Al trailed off when he turned to see Pride and the homunculi father.
"And now," Father began. "All five are here."