Chapter 4

The next morning Sam woke up, feeling much better about the future of the kids of the FAYZ. He knew for a fact everything would be fixed today. They had found six servants out of seven, one left, only one. Sam dressed up and walked to town hall to meet up with Caine, so they could continue going door to door to try to find the last servant. Sam walked in to find two people waiting. One person being Caine and the other was the servant Ethan, but he preferred to go by a different name, Envy.

Hohenheim renamed each of his servants to represent the sin they commit the most.

"What is he doing here?" Sam asked as he walked in.

"No good morning?" Caine mocked, and then grew serious. "Etha… I mean Envy. Has come to help us with today's search."

"We don't need help." Sam stated bluntly.

"Don't get your panties in a bunch. I won't be a bother." Envy sneered.

"Fine." Sam mumbled under his breath.

"So, which house is first?" Caine asked.

Sam looked at his clipboard. "It says here that our first visit is to the Rockbell residence."

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Winry set her screwdriver down and looked at the DVD player she had just disassembled.

Kids all around the FAYZ knew her as the mechanic, she could fix anything. Whenever something broke, they brought it to Winry. She would fix it in exchange for food, batteries, and toiletries. She fixed things from blenders and DVD players to lawn mowers and cars.

As she sat at the kitchen table fixing the DVD player, the door bell rang. She removed her gloves and jumpsuit, leaving her in a purple spaghetti strap and blue jean shorts. She walked to the front door and opened it.

Sam and Caine stood there, along with another boy Winry didn't know. The teenage boy looked rather weird. He had on a black outfit that consisted of a mid-drift exposing tank top and a skort. The boy had dark stringy hair, it almost looked green, and it was held back by a head band. He wore no shoes. But what really caught Winry's eyes was the tattoo of a serpent eating its own tail which was on his thigh.

"Good morning, Winry." Sam smiled at her.

"Hello." She smiled back cautious of Caine and the weird-looking teen. "What's the occasion?"

"You know why we are here." Caine stated bluntly.

"Are either you or Edward interested in trying?" Sam asked.

Winry stepped back out of the doorway, letting the three inside her house.

The weird-looking teen looked around the living room, seeing broken electronics everywhere. "What a junkyard!"

"Envy!" Sam scolded. "Now," Sam turned his attention back to Winry, "Who's interested in trying?"

Winry wanted to cry, to yell at them and tell them to leave, to continue to care for Ed, to love Ed and hold him in her arms, to continue to hear him whisper loving words in her ear. But she knew that God would be taking Edward soon, one way or another, unless they tried a different approach. "Edward wants to try." Winry admitted.

"Oh!" Sam was shocked by the answer, "Ed doesn't have to if he doesn't want to." Sam responded seeing Winry tear up.

"No… He wants to. And I think, I want him to go through it too." Winry felt tears collect in her eyes.

Sam wanted to comfort her; she knew that she had it rough. Having to watch over and care for Ed in his injured state. He hadn't been over to see Edward, since he was first injured. He remembered it being bad, Ed missing an arm and leg. "Can we see Ed?"

Winry nodded, hiding her face. She then led the group upstairs to her old room. She knocked on the door before opening it.

Edward heard the knock and woke up. As he blinked away the sleep from his eyes, Winry came in, followed by Sam, Caine, and someone who looked a lot like Ethan.

The Ethan teen looked Edward in the eyes. "I think I know you." The teen looked at Edward's shoulder stump. "Oh!" the teen exclaimed. "Yes! I remember you. Scar and I tricked you into fighting us as the Thanksgiving Day battle. So, how's the arm and leg?" Ethan laughed as the remembrance of time when they ripped half of Ed's limbs off his body and left him to die as they ran off laughing.

"Edward, huh?" Caine extracted a small red stone from his pocket.

"Wait! We're going to test this little twirp! He can't even get out of bed. He'll defiantly die!" Envy smirked and laughed at the stupidity of Caine and Sam.

Caine handed Edward the stone.

"If you truly wish to go through with this just swallow the stone or give it back to Caine." Sam informed.

Edward accepted the stone from Caine's hands. He looked at it, it was a red color almost as dark as blood. Like a pill, Edward popped the stone into his mouth.

The effects from the stone were immediate, red light and energy popped and crackled from Ed's skin. Edward's body started destroying itself and fixing itself at the same time. Edward's skin would peel away and be replaced with more skin. Edward's hair fell out and was replaced by more hair. Edward's eyeballs melted out of the sockets, but they were continuously replaced by new eyes, but the melted eyeball goo looked like tears as it dripped down his cheeks.

Sam made Winry turn away from the sight; he knew that the scene would only horrify her. To him, the whole thing was grotesque.

The light finally started to diminish and die, leaving the room in a darkened state. Everything was quiet.

Winry, tears streaming down her cheeks, looked over at Edward.

Edward lay motionless on her bed, not moving a muscle.

She looked at him and noticed his chest rise and fall with each breath. She noticed his right arm and saw his new left leg. She noticed the weird red markings covering his sides, and on his left shoulder was the same tattoo that the other kid had of a serpent eating his own tail. Winry watched Edward breath peacefully in his sleep for the first time in months. Normally Ed would take shallow breaths or shake in his sleep, due to the pain and stress he was in. But now, he slept like a baby. Thank you God, for not taking him! Winry prayed silently. She choked back tears as she ran her fingers through his hair, noticing that it had grown quiet long in the month he had been here and event the transformation helped it grow out a little longer than usual. His skin was no longer abnormally pale and sickly looking, "Edward…" Winry choked out.

Envy sighed and pushed Winry back from Edward. Envy slung Ed over his shoulder.

Another thing that came with being a servant was strength.

He then carried Edward downstairs and out to the truck outside where Edilio was parked.

"Where are you taking him?" Winry demanded, blocking Envy's way by stepping in the doorway.

Envy laughed. "Calm down, princess. I'm just taking him to 'Father', he won't wake up unless he absorbs some of 'Father's' crystal energy so he could use it as his own. Don't worry," Envy mocked, "We'll bring your prince charming right back." Envy laughed as he set Edward in the back seat of the truck and climbed in.

"We'll be back later tonight." Sam promised and jumped in the truck. "Please be patient until then." With those final words Edilio drove off, leaving Winry alone.

She walked back into her house and up the stairs. She opened the door to her/Ed's room. She looked at the now empty bed and laid on it. Tears stung her eyes as she laid there. She turned over and duh her face into the pillow. She hated all of this! She laid there in her own bed and buried her face in her pillow. Even if Edward wasn't in her room any longer, his sweet scent still lingered on the pillow and in the sheets.