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"Are you ABSOLUTELY sure that what you heard was right?" the blond young man asked yet again as he and his teenage brother snuck down the dark, narrow hallway.

"I told you a thousand times, YES!" the younger sibling said in an exasperated voice. Lowering it to a whisper he said, "Now will you keep it down? I hear something."

Reaching the only door at the end of the passage, the boys did indeed hear voices coming from the other side of it. Pressing their ears against the door to hear better, they almost could not believe what they heard.

"Enlighten me, how exactly will our organization benefit from promoting your device?" an official-sounding voice asked.

Another, more forceful sounding voice replied, "As I stated before, this weapon could threaten any nation in the world. After I have had time to duplicate it, we could easily bring any country to their knees!" the voice ended on a slightly more diabolical note.

The sound of a chair scraping on the floor was heard, followed by another, deeper voice than the first. "What you say may very well be true, Mr. Ned Vee. Yet I wonder what use you would see in controlling the world. All I see is us suddenly trying to quell countless rebellions, as well as attempting to run a worldwide government."

"Firstly, sir, I believe I remember saying I wished to be referred to by my first initial and my last name. Secondly, with such a powerful bomb in our hands, it would be child's play to end conspiracies in this world!"

The deeper voice was heard to sigh. "Very well then, Mr. N. Vee, but that does not seem like a very wise choice."

Chuckling, the other man said, "Oh, I very much doubt you'll be worrying about that." in a voice nobody liked. The elder brother, still listening outside the door, however, did not hear this last statement. He was far too occupied with his own thoughts.

'N. Vee?' he wondered to himself. Suddenly realizing he knew the man, the elder brother's thoughts were quite rudely interrupted by a series of gunshots from within the room. Reacting instinctively, both boys rushed into the room.

The rather dark room, which only a few seconds before had been filled with shady-looking men, was now littered with corpses. As they slowly fell out of their chairs, the rather young looking man who had shot them began to change in appearance. His hair, which was a rich dark color, grew at a rapid rate until it was down to his waist. His outfit, which consisted of a black shirt and pants and a white lab coat, transformed into a cutoff sleeveless and shorts that appeared to be made of some leathery material. Lowering the gun in his hand, he reached for the large capsule-shaped device on the table. As his hand neared it, however, two boys, both with blond hair, burst into the room through the door. A grin surfaced on the young man's face as he recognized the older man. "Aah, Edward Elric. How nice to see you again." he said in a very evil voice.

"Damn, so I was right! It is you, Envy!" the man almost yelled. "How are you here?! I thought you disappeared when the portal was opened!"

"So did I," Envy said simply, "however, it seems that Wrath and Gluttony beat me to that 'disappearing' part. Instead, I was reverted to my original form, and I even got my power back." He finished smugly. "But who's this?" he asked, noticing the younger brother for the first time. "He looks a lot like you, Elric."

The boy, who was only sixteen, stiffened. "What now, brother?" he said, looking to Edward for guidance.

"Don't worry, Al. You've got all your memories back, which means you still know who he is." Ed reassured his younger sibling.

"Al? Alphonse Elric? That old tin can I remember so well?!" Envy said, pleasure and mirth showing clearly on his face. "So you finally got your dearest wish, eh, Edward? To return your precious little brother to normal?" he continued mockingly. Edward glared at Envy, clearly showing that he still had a short fuse. "Oh, don't give me that look, it won't last, because I intend to kill you both right here." Envy said as he raised the gun towards Edward's face, only to have it knocked way by the young man's hand. Envy started after it, but was brought up short by Edward's automail fist colliding with his head.

So furious was the fight that ensued, it was no trouble at all for Alphonse to sneak, unnoticed by Envy, to the table, grab what he recognized as the uranium bomb that they had been searching for, and head back out the door. He barely made it out the exit, however, when he was stopped in his tracks by catching sight of what was going on.

Edward, bruised and with a cut on his lip, was using the wall for support as Envy, who had retrieved his gun, aimed it between his eyes. Instinctively, without even thinking, Al rushed forward, flinging his arm between the gunpoint and his brother, noticing as he did so, his arm became much lighter. Looking, all he saw was a small notched ring on the end of his finger, while the now activated bomb flew into the middle of the room. The only thing Al heard was his brother beginning to call his name, until all sight and sound was wiped out by a white flash of light.

The next thing the boys knew was the sensation of falling onto hard ground, slightly cushioned by fresh grass. Looking around, the two blonds found themselves on a strip of clear land between a forest and a small river. As they looked behind them, they saw something they hadn't seen for a long time: a transmutation circle. This circle, however, was not glowing red, white, or a yellow color like so many others they had seen. This circle, which was floating in the air, was a bright array of different colors swirling together in a rainbow. As it faded, the two noticed how very familiar the scenery around them looked.