Chapter Fifteen: Good Boys Get Rewards

"Edward Elric."

The tone is formal.

Blood is all over my face and hands.

My eyes have tears stringing out of them.

My pants are ripped, my arm and leg shattered.

Yet somehow, I can stand.

 

"Edward Elric, I am giving you a reward."

I look up, the blood somehow getting thicker.

It drips off my chin.

 

"God?" I call.

No. It's not Him.

Something else.

Something far from it.

 

Suddenly, my hand is covered in blue electricity.
I feel a rush of power run through my veins.

My eyes open wide.

Yes.

I remember this power.

Yes...!!

Alchemy!!

 

"This is not my gift, Elric."

I simply stare into the electricity.

I'm smiling.

All my powers are returning.

Suddenly, my arm and leg regenerate.

But differently.

It's no longer rubber.

Hay, could it be...?

It's my...

My...

AUTOMAIL!!

 

My metal limbs come back, and I feel like myself.

I smile wide, clapping my hands together.

I feel that same familiar rush of power.

I feel high.

 

"My gift. Are you not wanting it?"

I pull my hands apart, smirking happily.

"What more can you give me?"

The voice laughs, and then suddenly I feel warm.

Very warm.

"Look behind you, Elric."

I turn, slowly.

And suddenly everything reverts.

 

My arm shatters.

The blood becomes thicker.

My leg crashes from under me.

The power gone, the high gone.

My mouth wide open.

I can only say one word.

"...Koda?"

 

She's smiling.

She's happy.

She's beautiful.

"AutoMail...alchemy...it means nothing," says the voice.

 

"It means nothing if you dont have the smile behind it."

 

Suddenly, Koda is walking away.

I scream her name, my stumps bleeding.

I trip, I fall.

Blood is pooling under me.

I can't breathe.

"You call this a gift?" I ask.

"No, Elric. This isn't my gift.

My gift you will love.

You will cherish.

You will need.

And, if you're foolish enough,

You will lose."

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[Keevan]

Get Koda in the picture already!!! >_