Ed grunted in pain as he assessed the gravity of the situation. The homunculi had somehow found out where Winry lived. He had no right arm. Gluttony had all but closed his mouth around Winry's head. Al was being held in place by Lust's finger spikes. And to top it all off, Envy hovered over him and had a spike embedded in his shoulder.

Great.

He gritted his teeth in anger and spat, "What the hell are you three doing here? How the hell did you find out where she lived?"

"How indeed, Fullmetal," Envy sneered. "See, after our fight, I gave you that little parting gift for a reason."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"When you took your coat off, a piece of paper fell out of one of its pockets," Lust said. She reached into her dress and pulled out what looked to be a business card. "Does this look familiar?"

She handed it to Envy, who then handed it to Ed. As he took it from the homunculus, Ed could feel his stomach turn-the piece of paper was a photograph of him, Alphonse and Winry from when they were younger, taken shortly before the brothers' ill-fated attempt to resurrect their mother.

"Brother...that photo..." Al began.

Envy grinned and said, "Turn it over, boy."

Ed gulped and flipped the photograph over, realizing his worst fear. He had saved this photo before he and Al burned down their childhood home. A reminder of happier times. As he looked at the back, his face contorted into a mask of pain and grief. Envy just stared at him, a smug grin plastered on his face.

"After we found that," Lust said, "all we had to do was find out where this place was on a map. In the end, it was all too easy." Gluttony chuckled as he relaxed his jaw further, causing Winry to let out a yelp of fear.

"Brother..." Al whimpered, "...you didn't. Please tell me you didn't."

The only way Ed could answer was a scream of frustration as he threw the photo to the floor and buried his face in his hand, his chest heaving up and down as he wept. The photo landed with its backside facing up, and Al and Winry both managed to get a closer look at what had caused Ed's meltdown, their hearts sinking upon seeing the truth.

On the back of the photo, Ed had written Winry's address.

Envy laughed and said, "So after I broke your arm, we looked up some maps in the Central archives, made our way here and waited for you." He shifted his weight and lowered his face towards Ed's until their noses nearly touched. "You asked, what the hell are we doing here? Well, we just followed directions. And how ironic that the people you've fought so hard to protect are about to die in front of you. And how bad it must feel knowing that we're here. And how it must tear you apart knowing that it's all..." He tapped Ed's face with his finger.

"...your..." Again.

"...fault." Envy burst out in maniacal laughter as he tapped Ed's face a third time. Al and Winry could only watch as Ed began to flail wildly with his left arm, screaming, "YOU SON OF A BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" His pathetic desperation was impossible to watch, and both turned their heads away and cringed.

"Now, Gluttony..." Lust said as she stroked his bald head, "...you can eat her."

Ed screamed in rage as he struggled against the spike that kept him pinned down, pushing up on Envy's body only for the homunculus to counter by pressing his weight down harder, driving the spike further into Ed's shoulder. Al tried to fight against Lust's finger spikes, but she made them curve outside his armor and reenter it below their exit points, effectively stapling his body. Winry's muffled screams were a steady chorus of horror as Gluttony closed his jaw around her. As Ed struggled against his captor, he heard a dull thud as his state alchemist watch fell out of his pants pocket. He grabbed it in his left hand and hurled it across his body at Gluttony as hard as he could. The throw was a soft one, but it was right on target, hitting the behemoth in his left eye. Gluttony screamed in pain and dropped Winry to the floor, his hands moving to cover his eye. His screams diverted Lust's attention as Al grabbed her spikes and tore them out, taking chunks of his back with them.

The ruckus also caused Envy to divert his attention, looking back at the plan gone wrong when he felt a pressure on his chest. When he got up to look, he had given Ed enough room to get his legs into a crouched position and plant them in his chest. With an angry roar, he kicked up as hard as he could, launching Envy into the air and taking his spike out of his shoulder in the process. Al used a jagged piece of his armor to cut the ropes that bound Winry, telling her, "Get on the phone and call the colonel! Get someone out here now! We'll take care of these three!"

Once her arms were free, she pulled the tape off of her mouth and said, "Alphonse, there is no way that I'm letting you two fight in this condition." Al could only stare at her upon hearing her ultimatum, but was relieved to hear her next statement:

"Not without me."