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FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: MISSING OR RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE
Chapter 2: Brother's Love and Hate
"Lust!"
"Please you say my name as if it were a sin. Oh wait, it is a sin." Lust teased.
"Lust, please let me eat them?!" The fat man said in a high pitched voice.
"No, Gluttony. We need them. They're the only ones that can make a philosopher stone for us." Lust looked down and noticed Winry. "Although I don't see any real use for her..."
"Don't you dare touch her!" Ed yelled. Lust simply smirked.
"Don't worry, Fullmetal. We wouldn't dream of hurting her..." she said sarcastically.
"You guys are insane if you think I'm going to make a philosopher stone for you! I'd never sacrifice lives for your gain!" Ed had overlooked a fact though.
"I think that you'll find that you will make a stone for us. You see, we are in the advantage seeing as you can't use your arms. Also we have you're friend here hostage..." Lust's fingers immediately stretched out into long claws, pinning Winry to a wall.
"Winry!"
Lust grinned. "If you want to keep her safe, then I guess you have no choice but to do what we want." she sneered.
Ed was growled at her, but then noticed something rather odd. "Where's Envy? You guys are always in a group, but I don't see him anywhere."
Lust's grin widened. "Envy's out on a mission."
"If you guys think you can keep Winry and I holed up like this doing whatever you want, then you've underestimated us! I'll create a way out if I have to!" Already in Ed's mind, the gears were turning as he calculated plans for an escape.
"Oh, I don't think we'll have to worry about that." Lust said. Ed was furious. He hated being kept in the dark.
"And why's that?" He said, trying to keep his voice under control. He was still very aware of Winry pinned up against the wall.
"Look outside, Edward. Who do you see? Lust said, smirking. Ed's curiosity got the better of him, and he looked. There, in an alleyway stood Alphonse. "Al!" But then, he noticed something strange. Standing in front of Al was... himself? Wait...but that didn't make any sense... Then the gears in his head shifted into place. "No...you didn't..."
"Ed, what? What's wrong?" Winry worried.
"You guessed right, Fullmetal. I told you Envy had a mission. Don't you think he plays you well?" Lust smiled evilly.
"It won't work! Alphonse will see right through Envy's disguise!" Ed yelled. Why wouldn't Al see through the deception? Anyone could see that Envy was a horrible actor. Right?
"Well, apparantly it has worked. Look at your brother." Lust said, looking out of the grimy window.
Ed's gaze turned to see his yonger brother running away from Envy/Ed, who was grinning sadistically, choking on sobs. "You're lying brother! I-I hate you!"
"It seems your brother can't see through Envy, afterall. Would you like to speak to Envy yourself? He's coming now." Lust said as Envy/Ed shifted his gaze to the real Edward's head in the window. His grin widened even more. He then started walking towards the "house" casually. Ed didn't see though. Had he just heard what he thought he'd heard? Did Alphonse really think that Ed would act like that to him? Did he really hate his big brother?
His trance was interrupted by a door slamming. He shouted out the window. "AL!!! AL!!! IT'S NOT TRUE!!!"
Envy, the real one walked over to him. "You know he can't hear you. This place is a one-way soundproof building. You can hear him, but he can't hear you."
Ed ignored him. "AL!!! THAT WASN'T ME!!!
Now Envy started getting annoyed. "Shut up, you Fullmetal pipsqueak! I already told you, he can't hear y-"
"AL!!!"
"I SAID SHUT UP!!!" Envy lost his temper and kneed Ed in the stomach.
"Geh!!" Ed gasped. His vision started going black. "...Al..." Then he passed out.
"ED!!!" Winry screamed. Then she turned her attention to the homunculi. "Why did you do that?! HE'S JUST WORRIED ABOUT HIS LITTLE BROTHER!!! She started crying. She felt so helpless, pinned up to a wall.
"She's right Envy. He won't be able to make the philosopher stone for us if he's unconscious." Lust wasn't grinning anymore.
"So what? He was getting on my nerves. He's such a weak little insect. It makes me sick." Envy said, looking in disgust at the passed out alchemist.
"Envy, you need to control your temper. You'll end up killing the boy." Lust scolded.
"Whatever." Envy was getting tired of this conversation. Then he looked at Winry. She whimpered. "What are we going to do with her?"
Lust sighed. "Well, seeing as I can't hold my arm up forever, we'll just have to find her a different room. I'll move her. You can stay her until the boy wakes up. He'll think she's dead when he doesn't see her here. I'll leave it to you to tell him what happened."
"Fine. Whatever. Just don't blame me if he end's up with his lights out again."
"Envy!
"Alright! Fine!"
Suddenly, they heard a whimper from Winry. Gluttony was about to take a bite out of her arm.
"Gluttony! No! You can't eat that!" Lust said sternly. Gluttony winced.
"Sorry Lust. I'm just so hungry though!" His stomach growled.
"We'll find you something to eat soon enough. Now come on. Out!" Lust and Gluttony left carrying Winry.
"Ed! ED! WAKE UP!! ED!!!"
"Are you sure I can't eat her?" Glutony asked again.
Lust scowled. "Maybe if she keeps yelling." she said threateningly, more to Winry than to her partner. Winry fearfully choked down her sobs.
Outside sat a certain suit of armor. Brother was lying...he had to be...Brother would never say mean things like that... Al thought back to the moment when Ed was talking to him telling him that his memories were, indeed, fake. Had he been lying? Al couldn't tell. Did he really think that he was lower than dirt? Al suppressed a sob. Ed hadn't thought he was lower than dirt. No one would look at dirt with that much hate in their eyes.
Little did Al know, however, that it wasn't his brother who had the hate filled eyes.
Phew. That was a longer chapter than usual. I'm sorry about how before I changed chapter 1 I said that the next chapter would be called "Lin" One chapter will be called Lin, maybe even the next one, but I can't be sure right now. I'll update as soon as I know more. Thank you so much to people who have added my story to their story alert list!! It makes me feel appreciated X3 Please R&R!
I'll have the next chapter uploaded soon!
