Fullmetal Alchemist 96

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Gold Text: Let us stride gallantly to the front lines!

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White text: Ring through the air, oh iron fist of mine!

Title: Chapter 97 - Our two Heroines [H: Wait, 97? Did I miss a memo or is this just an epic typo?]

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SFX: Click

SFX: BOOOOOOOM

Radio: Okay, that's enough!
Cease fire!

SFX: Rummmmble

Soldiers: Cease fire!
Soldiers: Cease fire!

Soldiers: Cease fire!

Side: Central is in chaos...

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Radio: The Briggs platoon has taken control of central command.

We have 13 hostages, including Brigadier General Clemin.
I repeat:

We, the Briggs platoon, have taken control of central command!

Clemin: Rrgh...
So the cannon fire was to cover up the sound of your alchemist making that tunnel?!

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Izumi: Ding ding ding!
SFX: Smile

Radio: Do not attack any Briggs soldiers or Mustang's group.
One wrong move and Clemin's head comes off his neck!

SFX: BABABABOOOM
S1: What'd you say? I didn't catch-

Huh?!
S2: What is it?

S1: Briggs has taken over central command!

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S1: They've taken Brigadier General Clemin captive!

Olivier: Is Buccanner in there?!

There's a massive group of puppet soldiers here, one eye, pale white skin.

They're hard as hell to kill and they eat humans alive!

Keep all four of the gates locked down!
We can't let a single one of these monsters escape into the city!
Eradicate every last one INSIDE the HQ's walls!

Bucc: Aye aye!
SFX: SHING

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S1: Wha-Wha-Wha-
What the hell is wrong with Clemin?!

Abandon those failures!
As of this moment, WE are central command!
SFX: march march march

SFX: SLAM

S1: The Fuherer's office...!

And his throne...

I can take advantage of this crisis...

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SFX: SHLACK
CRUNCH

Alex: NNGH-

SFX: SLICE

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Alex: They just keep coming!
S1: Major General! What are these things, ma'am?!

Olivier: An immortal army,
made by injecting human souls into an artificial container...
Soldiers who have no fear of death.

IA: Meat...
Meat...
Feed me...
Feed...
Meat...

Eventually uou "normal" soldiers would've ended up as one of these things, too.

SFX: BZZ BZZ BZZ

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SFX: RIP

SFX: CRACK CRACK CRACK

S1: Is he still moving?!
How many times do we have to kill that monster before he dies?!
SFX: Duck

Alex: Let's give him another one!

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Sloth: NGH-
DYING'S

SUCH A PAIN
SFX: whoosh

SFX: CRAAAASH

Alex: At least his aim's as bad as ever.
Olivier: Wait...

SFX: Crummmble

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Olivier: Now he's...
SFX: WHoosh

Olivier: He's reaching his arms out wider!

Alex: Kh-
SFX: BZZZ

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SFX: WHIZZ

SFX: VWOOOOOM

SFX: THUD

Soldiers: Major!
General Armstrong!

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Alex: Ungh...
He tricked us...
Olivier: GHACK

S1: Major!
Alex: Stay back!

We're his targets!
Keep away from him!

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S1: Everyone!

Sloth: SO
PESKY...
KILL THE
GENERAL

SFX: VWOOOOOM

Soldier: PULL!

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SFX: CLIIIIIINK

SFX: Struggle struggle

SFX: Struggle strugglw
Soldiers: HUAAAAAAAH!

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SFX: SKRRRRRRRRK

SFX: Shake shake

Soldier: HOOOOOOOOOLD!
SFX: Struggle struggle

Soldier: Hurry and get out of here!
SFX: Struggle struggle

S2: This way!
We'll clear a path!

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Alex: Run away...?

You want me to run from the battlefield AGAIN?
I will NOT disgrace myself a second time!

SFX: KABOOM

SFX: Crumble crumble

Izumi: You should be proud of yourself!
You're a good man.

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SFX: Crack crack
Izumi: My husband's a million times BETTER, but, still.

Olivier: You are?
Izumi: A female general?
You must be Major General Armstrong, then?

Your subordinates asked me to lend you a hand.

Olivier: ...Without permission, I might add!

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Soldiers: AAAAAAAH!
SFX: Stomp stomp

S1: We can't hold him...
Please miss, run away!

Sloth: OOOOOOOOOOOH-

SFX: slip

SFX: shoom

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SFX: Toss

Izume: All yours,
dear.

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Sig: On it.
SFX: Clip

SFX: CRUNCH

SFX: SKKKKKRRRRRK

SFX: Shhhhhhhh
Alex: Y-You...

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SFX: LOOOOOOOM

Alex: My dear friend!

Sig: Stand tall!
SFX: Swip

Alex: Aah...
SFX: Stomp

COURAGE
GROWS A HUNDRED-FOLD
SFX: KUOAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Sloth: BUH?

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SFX: THOCK

BIFF

WHAMWHAMWHAM

SFX: Squeeze

Both: HRRRGH-

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SFX: Toss
bubble: HRAAAH!

SFX: THUD

SFX: SPLURCH

SFX: SLAP

Sloth: GUH?

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Sloth: HUNH-
SFX: Sssshhhh

SFX: Grab

Alex: He's still moving...

SFX: SHHAAAAAAA

Sloth: Ah-

SFX: SSSHHHHH

SFX: SSSHHHHH

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Sloth: UUUUH-

I'M
DYING?
SFX: SSSHHHHH

Sloth: DYING?
DYING??
DYING???

Oh...
well...
thinking about it's
too much...
trouble...

SFX: SSSHHHHH

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Sloth: Heh...
Living took...

SFX: SSSHHHHH

Sloth: too
much
eff
fort...

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SFX: SSSHHHHHhhh....

Alex SFX: Whew

SFX: Slump
Soldier: Major!

Olivier: Sorry, I just need a little break.
Soldiers: Yes ma'am!
Leave the rest to us!

I don't know who you are or where you came from, but thanks for the help.
Izumi: You're very welcome!

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Olivier: I can only assume you're some sort of world-renowned martial artist...
Izumi: Me? [H: I wish there was room in this bubble for "Little old me?"]
No, no, I'm just a housewife who happens to be an alchemist!

You know the Elric brothers, don't you.
They were my students.

Olivier: Then you must be Izumi Curtis!

The brothers are fighting as well, aren't they?
Izumi: Yes.
I'm sure they're around here somewhere.

Alex: We should help finish destroying these artificial soldiers.
You can stand, can't you sister?
Olivier: Clearly.
Izumi: Hey now, you two BOTH need to recover!

Alex: Ha ha...
How can we adults lie down and nap while children are fighting out there?

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Olivier: The kids will inherit the world...but right now, we're still in charge.
So we need to show them how it's done!

Izumi: In that case, we'll do everything we can to help!
Alex: Many thanks!

Izumi: Err, I wouldn't expect much, though.
I think I'm one of their "sacrifices..."

I'll fight for as long as I can, and make my escape
before the really dangerous ones come after me.

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SFX: Clanng clanng clanng clanng

CLANNG

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Hohenheim: It's been so long, and you don't even flinch.

You've certainly mellowed out.
You used to be fun, full of life and emotion.

Lust, greed, sloth, gluttony, envy, wrath, pride...
Emotions that humans call the seven deadly sins.

Of course, excessive want will destroy anyone...
But those same desires are necessary to understand what it means to be human.
Why did you rid yourself of them?

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Father: I don't WANT to be human.

I want to become a PERFECT being.

Hohenheim: Ack-!
SFX: SHOOM

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Hohenheim: Hey, knock-
SFX: WHOOSH

Hohenheim: it off! Sheesh!
SFX: BZZZZZZZZRT

SFX: ZZZZZT

SFX: SHOOOM

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Hohenheim: Will you listen to me!

-What the?!
SFX: POOF

SFX: CLAP

SFX: Bzt

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SFX: ZZZZZT

SFX: ZZZZRRRR
Hohenheim: Please, stop.
I'm really not much of a fighter-

WHOA!
SFX: SHOOM

Hohenheim: Hup-
bup-
SFX: Tak tak

Hohenheim: You say you don't want to be human?

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Hohenheim: Then why do you keep your Homunuculus so close, and have them call you "Father?!"
SFX: BBBZZZZZ

SFX: WHOOSH

SFZ: SMASH

SFX: ALCHEMY?
Hohenheim: All you could ever do from inside your flask was mock that household!

But in reality...

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Hohenheim: You wanted a family of your own.

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SFX: WOM

Hohehnehim: Bastard...
He turned the ground into liquid and slipped away!

Where is he now?
He can't be planning to hole up inside the country-wide transmutation circle...

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SFX: STAB

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All SFX: BZZZZZZZ

Father: YOUR Philosopher's stone...
belongs to ME now!

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SFX: RIP

SFX: Slump

Hohenheim: Finally showing some emotion, I see.

Father: ...What have you done?

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Hohenheim: Heh...
I did the one thing you never could.

You, my little friend from the flask,
threw away something very important when you gave up your emotions.

A being with no feelings
won't beat US so easily.

Side: One who "discarded" and one who "retained!" What is it that separates these two?! [H: Oooh, ooh! One's a normal human now! Right?!]