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"Come on Al, let's go!" Edward called out to his little brother as they approached the three homunculi.

"Right!" Al quickly called back. At that instant, the three monsters disappeared from the alleyway. The brothers stopped in their tracks.

"W-where the heck did they go?" Edward cried, clearly irritated. He and his brother continued running until they were standing in the dark alley.

Soon, it was apparent the Homunculi hadn't left yet... They were still hiding in the shadows. The Elric brothers knew this because, seconds later, they attacked.

"Hello…Fullmetal." The homunculus Lust said in her usual seductive voice. She rushed Edward from above; her nails extended.

Edward swiftly dodged the furious attack, and clapped his hands together. With a flash of blue light, his Alchemic powers formed a blade at the end of his metal arm. He hastily turned around and aimed for Lust's head. The blade pierced her skull, but left no fatal injuries. She quickly regenerated.

"Oh my, you're more vicious than I remembered, Fullmetal. However, your Alchemy is useless against me…" She sneered before quickly lunging at Edward for a second time.

"Brother, be careful!" Alphonse called from the sidelines. He wanted to help, but worried he would only get in the way.

I can't let my worries get in the way of my actions! He realized. With that thought, he kneeled and drew a small transmutation circle. His alchemic attack made the ground shake violently. It sent rocks flying from all directions at Lust. Before he had a chance to see if he was able to do some damage to the homunculus, someone took a bite at the back of his armor: Gluttony

"YUCK. Gluttony not like the taste of old metal! GLUTTONY WANT HUMAN FLESH!" The monster jumped back, repulsed by the armor's taste. Gluttony's ghastly white eyes twitched with insanity. He was hungry.

"Ah! No way you're going to eat me!" Alphonse said fearfully. He dashed at Gluttony, preparing to punch him with a powerful blow. The monster quickly jumped into the air and landed fists first on Al's head. The top of the helmet dented slightly. Now, feeling quite angry, Alphonse pushed Gluttony off his head with a great amount of force, hurling the creature into the air.

Meanwhile, Lust and Edward continued to avoid each other's moves. The female homunculus took another powerful lunge at Edward, her claws just barely missing his face. She began to look annoyed.

"Well, I've had just about enough of this…" she said quietly. "I guess it's time to bring out…our secret weapon."

The moment Lust said that, Edward remembered something: there were three homunculi they saw in the alley. Gluttony, Lust, and-

"GREED!" Lust yelled with haste in her voice.

Greed? Edward thought. But…Greed is dead. I…killed him with my own hands…right?

Ed looked up towards the roof of one of the buildings surrounding them. The shadows projected by the sun blocked out the face, but there was clearly a figure standing at the top of the building.

The figure caught Alphonse's attention,

"…Who is that?" Al said, his voice trembling. He had a bad feeling about what was about to happen.

Suddenly, the arms of this new "Greed" began to glow. Blue sparks seemed to circulate its arms. The sparks flowed to its finger tips and within moments, a bolt of lightning was sent down, through the air, and right to Edward's metal arm.

"GAAHH!" Edward cried out in pain. Even after the sparks had gone away, the pain was still apparent. Alphonse looked at his big brother in fear.

"Brother, are you alright?"

"Uhh…Yeah, I think so…eugh…" Edward groaned.

What had just happened? Edward's arm seemed to still be intact. Maybe nothing happened at all, Edward thought. When he tried to move his arm, however, he was proven wrong. ~