During the fierce fight between Ling and Bradley on the battlements, Bradley falls into the moat below and Ling is distraught at his inability to save Fu. As Buccaneer lies dying, he makes a final request to Ling to defend the front gate. Ling complies and draws upon the full power of Greed's ultimate shield to annihilate all the Central forces before the gate. Underground, Edward and Izumi, with an unconscious Alphonse, reappear in Father's lair to find Hohenheim subdued and embedded within the Homunculus. With four of the five human sacrifices in hand, Father is left to wait for the fifth. The gold-toothed doctor in the levels above, orders Hawkeye's throat to be slit, telling Mustang that he will only save her if he performs human transmutation as the fifth candidate, to which he agrees.