Do you really think it wise to be chasing me around like this when the military could come in at any moment Scar?
Oh, I think I'll chance it to avenge my brother Kimblee.
You're risking your own life for something pointless as revenge?
And what is it that you're killing for?
Nothing? You mean to say you slaughtered all these people for nothing.
At the end of the day, humans are nothing more than the components to form a common bond. If you think about it, we are not that special. Not you, not me, we are all empty. We are all worthless.
I might be empty... but not worthless!
Cut me some slack Al. I'm just a state alchemist trying to do his job, just like your brother.
(to Kimblee) You're just a murderer. (to Scar) And you have to stop this. It won't solve anything.
Stay out of it Al. You don't understand.
What will you accomplish by shedding more blood? Please, just walk away.
Well how do you like that? Looks like I've managed to get rid of both of your arm's old boy. Do you smell that? It smells like defeat. Any minute now, you arm will begin to absorb the oxygen from the air and then, kablooy.
You say humans have no impact, no meaning; so tell me how much of an impact i make on you!
Go and find your brother, I must do what eh two of you can not.
What were those stones doing in Ed's watch?
Really Al? You didn't expect me to play without a loaded deck, did you?
It is going to be so magnificent Al. I can feel your makeup. You are going to make such a magnificent bond. Farewell my friend.
What's going on? I feel strange. My body...
My work is so intricate. Only an explosives expert like myself can diffuse it. But you are going to have to find someone else, because I'm about to retire. No need to hurry, you still have plenty of time left. I've mad his armor react slowly whit the oxygen in the air, gradually spreading, until he is completely black. I want him to have time to reflect and think about how meaningless his efforts have been.
No! It has to be a lie. My body! I'm scared.
Stay still Alphonse Elric. I'm not sure what it happening, but we don't want to make it any worse. Just try not to exert yourself.
I wouldn't touch him if I were you, scared man.
That arm is only good for destroying things, not remaking them. Now if Edward were here, he could transmute his brother's body into some other substance, disrupting Kimblee's alchemy, stopping this bond.
You think that would work, altering his composition?
Leave him. He is a lost cause. You have to think of yourself now, your own goal of forging the stone.
Just as I thought. You aren't my brother's love. The woman I knew would never have acted so heartless and cold.
I haven't heard anything form Kimblee yet, or your camera's for that matter.
They are under the Fuehrer's command, I don't know why their would be a problem.
Well obviously there is. If there is not a problem, then why aren't they back yet? How long does it take to find a kid's corpse? Have Scar and Kimblee killed each other in battle, or is the Crimson Alchemist out just having too much fun? There is no time for this.
So this is you little command center, huh? Cozy.
I would have known you were coming, I would have cleaned up.
You, hands up. What is that thing?
There is no need to be cruel.
Lieutenant! Clam down. He is no threat.
No, just a pity. His name is Shou Tucker, called the Sewing-Life Alchemsit, back when he was a huamn.
Hello, Major. I take it you had a sudden change of heart and won't be helping me now.
I've never been on your side Archer. I've only been playing the part. I had to get to the bottom of the corruption plaguing our military. Sometimes you have to play with vermin to sniff out a rat.
You're naive if you think you think you can have a useful military without a little corruption. Tucker!
What are you hoping to accomplish with this circus act?
A decade ago, you annihilated Ishbal, and came back a hero of the state. No I have Lior. It is my turn for fame.
Come look, Come look. Death. Death. Soon they will all be dead.
PPride
Not if that human wannabe can't get a grip on her own emotions and pull it together in time. We'll see. I suppose her musings are fine as long as she takes care of Scar and makes sure that he too, becomes an ingredient in the stone.
The Philosopher's Stone? WE still get one?
PPride
We will take it ourselves after everyone else is dead. It will be as if the stone never existed at all.
I'm sorry I don't live up to your memories.
I never expected you too. I told you, you are not eh same person my brother tried to resurrect. You just look like her.
But if I use the Philosopher's Stone to become human, I'll become her.
Because the dead can never come back to life.
What are you going to do to him? Tell me!
Stay back. Now just shut your mouth and watch.
That arm was given to me by my brother. He trapped all the souls of the dying Ishbalans inside of it by turning his own body into a transmutation circle.
He did that for good reason, to create the Philosopher's Stone within himself. A gift that he passed on to you. So that means...
I've attached to locket to his armor, so you can't get anywhere near him. You may only stand back and watch.
Have you lost your mind? Are you really going to turn this boy into the Philosopher's Stone?
Better that than a bomb. You said if we changed his body into something else, he wouldn't explode. It was the only way I could help.
And what about the actual stone? Don't tell me you are going to hand it over to those boys when you're done.
I don't even know that this will work. But if by some miracle it does, the stone will be theirs. They can do with it want they want.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I need you to make the real Philosopher's Stone, understand? Don't waste all of your work, all the work of your brother to save that boy. How is that going to fulfill your dreams?
If you kill me where i stand right now, will that make your dream come true?
Have it your way. and if there does come a time when the stone is made, I'll find a way to use it myself. Whatever happens to that poor boy now is not my responsibility.
Brother, please do something.
Keep going. The next city is not too much farther.
Do the best you can. I have to go track down Scar and turn him in, wherever he is.
LLyra(Dante)
You are going to hand him over to the military?
It's the only way the people of Lior are clear of any blame. I have no choice.
Please don't do it. It is not right.
But you understand why I have to.
I don't know. Maybe there is something else I can do. I'm not sure what but maybe I can figure out how to use what happened with the Fuehrer's secretary and possible persuade the colonel to, I don't know maybe sit down and negotiate or something. Please, don't count on me to protect you, keep going before their troops figure out you're here. The farther you get from them now, the better.
LLyra(Dante)
Of course. We know the stakes of being caught. We'll disperse a handful of us in each town we pass, blending in with the population.
They're all counting on you now Lyra, and you.
No, this time it's goodbye...
You loved me, didn't you?
No, not you, but her. I hated my brother so much. He turned his back on the teachings of Ishbala and immersed himself in the sac-religion of alchemy. Even though he gave me his arm to save my life, there was no room left in my hate filled heart for forgiveness. But the Elric brothers, they live only for each other.
Seeing love for each other. They made me long to say those word myself: Brother, I love you.
So that's why you did the same thing for his younger brother, as your brother did for you.
Come on, lets go. This life of wickedness has one closing act.
Tell me, what is your real name.
This body did have a holy name given by God. But that person died long ago from sin, malice, and retribution.
Well I guess who survived.
The people of Lior have given up. The only one left now is Scar.
Given up you say? I have trouble believing that. Not after they just killed the Crimson Alchemist.
You had orders not to invade Lior.
I'm afraid the battle has already begun.
You can pretend that it is beyond your control, but because of your senseless war mongering these soldier are being led to slaughter.
SSoldier
Scar has been located sir. We are engaging combat now.
This is a mistake! Wait! Don't go! You'll all die damnit.
My god. Is everyone alright?
Had Colonel Archer's battalion moved yet?
Well, they did,=. But it is the strangest thing.
All of a sudden Lior started glowing bright red.
Yea, and they've been out of contact ever since.
Brother? No! brother, you have to get away from me, I'm about to explode at any minute! (silence)
Okay? I don't get it. What are you doing out here?
I'm back to normal? My body is normal again! I mean not normal normal, but normal!
Alright? I don't know what you're talking about, but...
Oh right. Well Kimblee made me into a bomb; then Lust said if they change my armor into something else, I could be saved; so Scar put his hand on me and it was like his arm was me; and uhhh...
Listen. Open up your chest plate. Just do it Al.
Well Al, a minute ago the transmutation circle in Lior was activated. Scar, he created a Philosopher's Stone, but he didn't do it inside his own body.
Yes, That's right boy. Now the very thing you have been searching for has been attached to your soul.
You mean, I am the Philosopher's Stone?
That doesn't make any sense. Why would Scar do that?
You should go. it would be long before they're after you-- my colleagues and the state.
What about you. I thought you were after the stone too.
" You spent the night out here again?"
" Hmm? Oh, thanks for waking me. I could've slept all day, I've been losing track of time. Tell me, when did Trisha die?"
" It's been six long years."
" I see ... The boys must've been torn up over their loss.[Looks at the tombstone he's leaning on and sees the name of Winry's mother on it.]My God, I've done it twice. I was thinking you were Sara again."
" You must've been good friends with her. i guess memories don't age. Sara was my mom, and a great one at that."
" So much pain ... All because of that damned war."
" I can't imagine what it was like there. Supposedly my parents, they were executed by the millitary they went to help. All because they were treating the wounded Ishbalans the same way."
" You can't sum this up with one word ... It's a lot more than just sad. When I was little, I'd imagine the people who killed my parents as demons. But now I know the man who did it and I respect him, somehow ... I feel lost ... I don't know how to make sense of all this anymore."
" There's no good reason. We're all lost ... That's why we're sad."
