Ishbalan Alchemist Chapter 6
Envy was far from human, that Edward could tell. The presence he had in the room filled him with dread. It reminded him of something, a faint memory from childhood, something that he would never forget. The feeling of absolute dread that was Envy's presence reminded him of the worst day of his life, the day that Ishbalan soldier killed his best friend.
"Well this is going to be fun!" Envy said ignoring the glares he got from Edward and the Flame Alchemist that he came to know as Roy. "Oh don't look so glum! This is going to be very fun!" Edward rolled his eyes, Envy always came to vent about his problems and bore them to death. After what seemed like a century of being imprisoned together Edward came to find that Roy wasn't the evil killer he had thought he was. Just because he was damm irritating didn't make a monster.
After Envy had unchained and left them to their own devices in their cell, Ed and Roy began the hard task of finding a way out of the hell hole that they had been imprisoned in. Roy had managed to steal a spoon from the plates of food they were given every day and was grinding it down to a point, so they could use it to hopefully injure Envy and escape.
Edward had been trying to pick the lock on the cell door for the entire time he'd been here. Every time he had been close to picking the lock they had changed cells or Envy had changed the lock. The most frustrating thing was not being able to use Alchemy, somehow it had been blocked, though no matter how nice they asked, Envy refused to tell them, it was so dam frustrating.
Pride was bored, so unbelievably bored. Being the oldest sibling meant that he had the highest intellect. He also wasn't entertained by simple things like the others were, he was much more mature than the others, much more superior. In every way he topped all of his siblings. Envy was probably the brother he despised most, his most recent act of inferior intelligence was to kidnap one of the Human Sacrifices and a State Alchemist, the father was going flip when he found out. Pride looked forward to seeing Envy suffer.
Roy had spent the last two hours grinding away his spoon to a sharp point, gritting his teeth as the metal scraped against the stone of the wall. He knew he would be getting behind in the military, every second that went past he lost a chance to become the Fürther. The brat Envy was going to have a lot of shit coming his way when he got out.
After sleeping for the night and then waking up to the same boring ritual, being subjected to Envy's idea of fun. It just went on and on, it was so unbelievably boring. The only thing that kept him sane was talking to Edward. Unlike what he had been led to believe, Edward was not the violent Ishbalan mercenary, but that didn't change the fact that he was immature and an ignorant brat. From what Edward told him the Ishbalans seemed like a peaceful people, after hearing how they had never intended to let the war get out of hand and never intended to kill a single Amestrian, Roy was filled with a deep feeling of shame for his people which was replaced with determination, to become the Fürther and change the way this nation was run.
Al had known that the chances of his brother being in central prison where slim, he wasn't an idiot. He just couldn't abandon hope, Edward was the only person he had. They had always relied on only each other to keep themselves safe. Al was sick of being to weaker than his enemies, he had decided that he was going to become strong, he would save everyone, including Edward. Anyone who opposed him would have to have a will and body of iron to stop him.
Envy was obviously having a bad day that even Edward could tell. The black haired boy was sitting slumped against the back of the grey cell bars facing the two and holding the awkward silence, still Envy refused to speak. After what seemed like hours Edward heard footsteps echoing through the tunnel as the door of the cell opened Edward was greeted with the face of a woman with black hair and dark eyes. "Oh come on Envy it wasn't that bad." Envy pouted, ignoring the woman. She sighed, "I came to free these guys, it's best to obey the Fathers orders." As Envy continued to ignore her she led Ed and Roy out of the cell leaving Envy behind.
Ed and Roy walked in silence following the woman through a maze of darkened corridors. As the light became sunlight Edward turned his head to the sunlight feeling its brilliant warm gaze shine upon him. "You're are free to go." She said shooing them away from the gate to the underground prison. As Ed and Roy where left dumbfounded, why would these people go to the trouble of capturing them just to let them go?
AN/ Sorry for not uploading for ages, I was busy studying and then I had too much anime so watch. Sorry!