Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Your Nightmarish Past ❯ Give Ed Back! ( Chapter 10 )

Give Ed Back! -chapter 10

 

Ed stood in the doorway. Eli could have leaped with joy at the sight of him. She ran up to him, but stopped. She looked at his eyes. They were…different somehow. The gold in them was dull and distant. She backed up. Al was perplexed.

“Eli? What's wrong?”

“Something's not right Al. That witch did something to him.” Serenity nodded.

“Figured, she would do that.” Ed clapped his hands and transformed his right arm into a blade and bared it against the three in front of him.

“Do what?” asked Al.

“Take his soul.” Ed made his move and almost leaped on top of Eli, if she hadn't of dodged in time. Serenity and Al moved out of the way as well. Eli clapped her hands and touched the floor pulling out a spear. For some reason, he was only attacking Eli.

“Ed, stop this! Fight it!” yelled Eli. Just then a woman came out from the shadows.

“He can't.” Despair looked like she was having way too much fun. “Serenity already told you my secret…I hate it when he does that.” She waved her hand at Serenity and caught her off guard, sending her flying towards Al. knocking them both over, but not unconscious.

“Why can't he fight it? He's Ed, he can fight anything!” said Eli raising her spear.

“Because, he doesn't have the will too. When I take your soul, I literally take it. It's gone, poof!” she said making the poof gesture.

“Where is it!? Give it back now!” yelled Eli. The woman shook her head.

“Sorry, no can do. You see I absorbed it. He was very strong willed, and that proved troublesome. Yet it was a good thing because, I am now much more powerful. Although, it really wasn't that hard. He was ill already, so I just took advantage of it.” said Despair finishing with a smile.

“So Ed was lying.” Eli said to herself. Figures. Ed made an attempt to take of Eli's head. Luckily Eli ducked, due to Ed moving too slow. He really is still too sick. The sickness was still taking its toll on Ed's body. Despair laughed once more.

“You won't be able to do that much longer.” She raised both of her hands and the room was now shaking it seemed, or at least it did to Eli. Everything changed. She was back at her house, in the kitchen. Her mother was at the stove cooking.

“Mom?” she asked. Her mother turned around, knife in hand. She smiled.

“Eli, I've missed you. Welcome home.” Eli's eyes watered as she ran towards her mother. She sobbed into her apron.

“MOM! OH MOM, I'VE MISSED YOU TOO! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE AGAIN!” she yelled. Her mother pulled away. “Mom?” she asked confused.

“You have some nerve saying that to me. You're the one that left me here to die! I died of a broken heart and alone! All because you wanted to learn alchemy!” her mother raised the knife and started slashing at Eli. This has to be a trick! She thought, but every blow her mother landed, she felt. She screamed out, closing her eyes, and then silence. She opened them once more to see she was in the basement, standing in front of her father. Fear was evident in her eyes. she mumbled, “Daddy no.” as her father walked closer towards her.

 

Al and Serenity watched in horror as Eli screamed out, and Ed attacked. Serenity knew what Despair had done, trapping Eli in a never ending nightmare. Using Ed to make it all too real. The only way to make it all stop was to kill who was attacking her, whether it appeared to be her father or mother, it was going to definetly be the same person…Edward. Despair was tricking Eli into killing Ed, and break her down mentally for killing her love and her family. Serenity got up and walked over to the door Ed had emerged from. She motioned for Al to follow. He did.

“Al, we have to find away to get Ed's soul back in his body. Maybe if we can do that he can calm Eli down.” Serenity said walking through the doorway, Despair had long since vanished.

“Shouldn't we help Eli? I mean…brother is landing most of his attacks.”

“If we don't help Ed first, then Eli will kill him! Not to mention whoever else tries to help.” After hearing that Al knew Serenity knew what she was talking about. He nodded. And asked,

“How do we get his soul back?” Serenity had quickened her pace after hearing Eli scream again.

“We have to kill Despair.”

“But you said that it was pretty much impossible! Can't you use your powers to reverse the effect?” Serenity nodded. “Then do it!”

“I am. Normally she doesn't absorb her victim's soul. When she doesn't I can easily reverse the spell. Being as she did this time, it's going to take every bit of energy I have to offer. Absorbing Ed's soul has increased her power, making her stronger for a moment. Once the effects have finally worn off, we'll attack.”

“I just hope that they can last that long.” Al said before looking back in the room where his brother and Eli were fighting for their lives.

 

Tbc!!!!!

 

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