If there was ever a time that I wished that FMA was weekly, THIS HAS GOT TO BE IT!!!.
This is the best cliffhanger I've ever come across in any of the manga I've read.
Also, Riza is NOT DEAD YET. The whole point of what the scientist did was that since Roy knows it's pointless to perform Human Transmutation on a dead person as it won't save anyone, he fatally injured Riza so that Roy performs Human Transmutation on her to save her life & fix her injury.
The question is "Will he be able to successfully do it in time? And what toll will he pay?"
Also the Ling v/s Bradley match up is the best yet as:
1) Both are humans, who were made into homunculi.
2) While Bradley's soul has lost it's sense of self & is unaware whether he is the original soul of the body or just another soul from the stone, Both Ling & Greed are distinctly aware of their identities & are working together.
3) Ling shows the true combined power of a human & a homunculus.
Sadly though, The Ultimate Sheild only makes him invulnerable & not his allies, leading him to experience the same grief that Greed did (Though in Ling's case, the magnitude is greater).
While Ling/Greed is putting everything he has into protecting the Gate, his efforts are wasted as Bradley's already found another way in. Probably means that charachters like the Armstrong Siblings are gonna die.
In the meanwhile, "Where is Pride/Gluttony/Crimson Alchemist?"
Isn't he the strongest homunculus now that he has absorbed Glutonny & an Alchemist, which makes him an homunculus who can use Alchemy?
Guess he is a mini-FATHER now.
By the way things look inside "THE GATE", I think Al's soul has been pulled into his body & it'll probably be up to Ed to pull his body out. Father'll probably help him as he too needs Al to be alive till he is offered as a sacrifice.
OOOOOOOH....... So many things to wait for & Sooooooooooooooooo little patience.