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Chapter 9: To Become A Sin
"Sir, shall we call backup?" Riza asked.
"No. No one is to know of F-Ed's change,"
The two quickly swallowed their fears, and stealthily walked towards the supposedly abandoned warehouse.
Al read in horror of what the journal said.
4. 22. 1920
I'm still in this hospital. I'm worried about Al. Al probably hates me. I could have restored his body… But I couldn't do it. Dammit! I'm a failure as an older brother. Yeah, I haven't done any good thing for him. Always, always, hurting Al. I'm keep on doing terrible things to him. How can I face him, and talk to him… I keep a lot of things from Al. I'm actually surprised, he still hasn't noticed that I cut. I've been doing this for about two months now. Ah, Winry came back. I'll write again tomorrow.
Al gasped. Ed, cutting!
Nii-san was cutting! Why? Why couldn't he have told me?
Of course he wouldn't tell you! If you did it, would you want to tell it to people?
But I'm his brother!
So? Everyone has secrets.
Shut up ! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!
Al breathed harshly.
Did I just talk with my self? Oh great, I'm going crazy now!
"Sloth, can you come with me?"
"To where?"
Sloth still had her guard up from before.
"Father wants me to kill some people. He said you could come with me. Can you?"
Sloth relaxed.
"Sure Pride, sure,"
Al ran to HQ to tell Roy of his discovery, when he heard a yell. Al sped up, rushed up the stairs, showed the pass Roy gave him to the guards, and ran into Roy's office.
"SIR!"
Al slammed the door open to find Sloth holding Warrant Officer Vato Falman in her clutches, and Pride holding his scythe.
"…! Mr. Falman..? Nii-san? And…..Mo-ther…?"
All heads turned to Al.
"Alphonse! Get away!" Falman yelled.
"No! I can't! I have some questions to ask him! And I wont' leave you here!"
Sloth nudged Pride. "What do we do about him?"
"….Father did not tell me kill him,"
Sloth shrugged. "All right,"
Pride swiped his scythe, decapitating Falman's head.
"NO! MR. FALMAN!"
Al stared in horror.
No….This can't be Nii-san…He won't do such things like that…He would never kill a soul!
Oh stop being childish! He's not your Nii-san anymore remember? He's Pride!
Oh shut up you!
How can I? I'm you.
Just don't speak!
While Al was fighting with himself, Pride, satisfied with his work, licked off the blood on his scythe.
"Let's go…Denny Brosh is next,"
Al returned to earth when he heard those words. Has his brother. his caring brother, had really become a blood thirsty homonculus?
"…Nii-san…."
Pride froze at the words Al had said.
"Pride? What are you doing? Let's go,"
Al whispered again, directed to Sloth.
"….Mo-ther…? Is it…really you?"
"Never….Never, call me that!"
Sloth lashed out her watery arm at him. Al waited for the blow, but it never came. He cautiously opened his eye and saw that Pride had cut off Sloth's hand.
"We have no time to be dealing with him. Let us go…"
Pride and Sloth left, leaving Al dumbstruck.
"….!"
Al rushed into Roy's office and sighed in relief.
Neither Roy or Riza was dead. He saw a map laying on the table. He looked at it and started thinking.
Where would they go? Probably to find Nii-san…Al spotted the broken down warehouse in the forest.
THERE!Al started running towards the warehouse.
If I don't hurry, Denny Brosh will die also!Riza and Roy stood in front of the bridge. Roy was about to transmute a bridge when…
"Roy! Riza!"
They whipped around, ready to confront the attacker.
"Al!"
It was Alphonse Elric, standing there, panting.
"How did you get here?"
"I followed you. I almost lost you a couple times, but…"
"You followed us? Why?"
Al shifted, getting nervous. "Well, I thought you might know about Brother's whereabouts,"
"You could have just told us,"
"Is this the place?" Al asked, abruptly changing the subject.
"We think so…"
"Maybe you should call backup,"
"But we're not sure if he's even here. And if we delay…"
"All right. Let's go in then,"
Pride and Sloth came in front of the dorm door of Denny Brosh. Pride knocked.
The door opened and Denny came out with a white button down shirt and his military pants.
"Edward-san!"
Pride took out his scythe, and just when he was going to swing it, a bulled hit him in hand from behind, causing him to drop the scythe.
He turned around and saw Maria Ross gun poised, ready to shoot again.
"Edward-kun!" Maria said, surprised. She was clearly not expecting this.
The bullet that had lodged in his hand dropped with a clatter on the wooden floor, and the wound started healing already. Pride licked off the blood on his hand like a cat.
"Sloth…You take care of her,"
Sloth nodded, starting to attack Maria who desperately tried to block herself from the oncoming attacks.
Pride picked up his scythe again and swiped at Denny, who backed away just in time.
"Next time, you won't be so lucky,"
"Edward-san!"
"Edward-san? Who is Edward-san? There is no one by the name of Edward-san here,"
He swung his scythe again….
Al, Roy, and Riza entered the warehouse without a problem. They stood in the middle, looking around.
"There seems to be nothing here,"
"Maybe there's a hidden door or something,"
Roy and Riza ventured further, but Al stayed behind.
He grinned maliciously and took out a gun.
Riza turned around when she heard the safety hammer click.
"Al!"
Roy turned around also. His eyes widened.
Al was pointing a gun at them.
"Al what are you doing? Put that gun down!"
Al's grin just widened as he pulled the trigger…..
End Chapter 9
A/N: CLIFFY! YAY! Terribly sorry about the delay again.. Um, HAPPY LATE TURKY DAY! XD
Neo Diji – Ahahahah..Sorry. Made you wait didn't I? The mirror words actually came from Da Vinci. And oh my..I will make mental note not to confuzzle Kara-san. I don't wanna die… Thanks for reviewing! – glomps back –
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Preveiw for Chapter 10…
Episode 10: The Shards of My Heart
What are these images? Why do they haunt me? I don't like them. They scare me….