Opening the Gate

Oh god. Where am I?

I looked in all directions there was nothing but old ruined building, darkness, and a lake of blood.

I yelled out, "Ron! Ron where are you?"

"KP!" I turned to see Ron in the distance. He walked closer to me holding a torch.

Green Lantern stood back up after regaining consciousness.

"Ron are you okay?" I asked noticing that his shirt was missing.

He smiled and said, "Yeah, I just used my shirt as a part of my torch."

I ran up and kissed him. "Thank god you're alright."

Ron lifted up his torch and asked, "Where the hell are we?"

I looked around and said, "I'm not quite sure. Last thing I remember we were fighting Envy and Glutt..."

Oh god! Is this is was Ed was telling us about?

The place where he was stuck in with Ling and Envy.

"I know where we are, Ron. And your not going to like it..."

Ron looked at me and said, "So where are we?"

I replied, "Gluttony swallowed us..."

Ron eyes got big. "But the only way Ed got out of here was through..."

I replied, "Truth I know."

I looked around to a giant stone platform and a box.

We walked up to the box seeing it has broken open.

Inside was a single book, a piece of charcoal, and a note that read:

Kim and Ron,

I'm so sorry to tell you this, but you're in Gluttony. There's only one way out of Gluttony. You have to open the portal. Yes, I know it's risky but it's your only chance of survival. Everything you need is in this box.

Your mom is in a really bad state right now, Kim. If you don't come back for yourselves, come back for them. Please Hurry.

Signed,

Ed

Mom...

I have to help her, but...

hat would risk me and Ron's bodies and...

Our lives...

I looked at Ron and said, "Ron, I will only do it, if you choose to do it too. So my question is, are you willing and going to do this?"

Ron looked at me. He held my hands and said, "For our families."

I smiled and said, "For our families."

I grabbed the book and Ron got the charcoal.

I directed him where to go and what to draw as he drew in the lines, until it was finally drawn.

The matrix it self was quite beautiful. It curve and mixed in line that all met in the center. It nearly took up the entire stone area.

I picked up a sharp rock and said, "One last thing is needed before we transmute. A drop of blood from each of us."

Ron took the rock and slit his hand open. I did the same and we placed a bit of blood into the center of the matrix.

I looked at Ron and said, "If I don't make it out, I just want to say..."

Ron kissed me and when he pulled away he said, "I love you too."

We walked to opposite sides of the matrix and knelt down. We placed our hands on the circle and began to transmute.

The circle lit up and the giant eye opened. Thousands of black arms began to drag us in.

They burnt my skin where they held me.

Ron yelled out, "KIM!"

I closed my eyes and screamed, "RON!"

Then everything went quiet.

I awoke to find myself standing in a room with a giant door in front of me.

In front of the door sat who I assumed to be Truth, just as the Elrics described him.

Truth smiled and said, "Welcome Alchemist, enter and gain the secrets you crave."

The door opened and the black arms pulled me in once again only this time through the door.

As flew through, I felt all the alchemic knowledge flowing into my mind.

It was amazing, but it was hurting me. I couldn't take much more...

It was driving me crazy! All this knowledge, it felt like my head was going to explode.

Finally I just closed my eyes and I yelled, "STOP!"

When I opened them again, I saw Truth holding my arm and said, "Very well, now it's time to pay the price for your sin Alchemist."

I looked at my right leg dissolved and appeared on him.

God, the pain, it hurt so much.

I looked at him and said, "What the hell are you?"

He smirked and said, "I am the called by many names I am the world, I am the universe, I am god, I am truth, I am all, I am one, and I am you.

I looked at him and said, "Where's Ron?! He came in here with me!"

He laughed and said, "Quiet, child. This is what you wanted, isn't it? I will show you... the Truth! "

He finally let go of me, letting me fall down into the abyss, and said, "Goodbye Alchemist, we will meet again. Soon."

He laughed, and then every thing went dark.

I awoke in a strange room.

It looked like a castle with different suits of armor on the wall.

My god the pain! I turned around seeing my leg was really gone.

Dear God...What have I done?

"So you made it back." I looked up to see Gluttony and Envy looking dead at me.

Gluttony licked his lips and said, "Can I eat her Envy? Please?"

Envy smiled and said, " No, Father wants her alive. Besides our work is done."

I looked at her and said, "Bonnie? Why? Why work with them?"

She turned around and said, "Bonnie is dead, and she isn't coming back. As for why she joined us, she was jealous of you. Which made her perfect for me to inhabit. She's dead because of you."

I stared in horror.

No! It my fault...

She's dead because of me...

She looked down at me and said, "Goodbye Iron Maiden, we will see you soon."

She laughed and turned to Gluttony and said, "Come on, you can eat the security guard."

Gluttony smiled and licked his lips as he ran out the door.

Envy looked at me and, she left me in the floor closing the door behind her.

I can't believe she really gone...

To think me and Ron saw here not long ago...

Ron! He here too. My god where is he?

I wonder what he paid with?

God, the pain I'm in, I can't imagine how Ron feels.

I looked around and whispered out, "Ron...Where are you?"

He wasn't here. Did Gluttony eat him or...

Oh dear god...No

He had seen too much...

He had lost his entire body.

Tears rolled down my face. I looked up and said, "No...Not him...Not Ron..."

I looked up and said, "No...I won't let you leave..."

I crawled over to a suit of armor, leaving a trail of blood behind me, and tipped it over to the ground.

I ripped off the helmet and I began drawing with the blood from my leg.

I whispered as I drew, "Ron, I love you too much to let you die..."

"I can't live without you..."

"DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME ALONE!"

I clapped my hands and began to transmute his soul the armor, and everything went dark.

"Kim! Kim! Wake up Kim!"

I slowly opened my eyes. A suit of armor with a helmet full of feathers.

The helmet, had two eerie white lights where eyes would be.

I smiled and whispered, "Ron...It worked... You're back..."

I gave a small laugh.

Ron looked at me and said, "Kim...your arm...and leg..."

I turned my head to see my left arm was missing.

I looked back at Ron and said, "I know...and I don't care... You're here and alive..."

Ron picked up a blanket and wrapped me in it.

He gently picked me up and said, "Kim are you going to be okay?"

I looked at him and whispered, "I've...lost a...lot of...blood..."

My head got heavy and I blacked out.

"Let's get out of here."

Green Lantern surrounded us in a energy bubble and flew us towards the entrance of the castle.