I had to change the Greed kidnapping Al, plot a little bit to fit in some of the other stuff I wanted to, but it will be pretty similar.

I do not own the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise or any of the characters. I do own my OC.

Chapter 8

Greed picks up the armor's helmet, which Bido was holding, and looks into Alphonse's body, where Martel is still sitting, much to her displeasure. "Cool, you're actually hollow."

"You kidnapped him without having proof," I remark causing Greed to turn around and look at me. "Seriously, did you think any part of this plan through?"

"Calm down, Wolfy," states Greed smiling at how easily upset I was at the situation. He turns back to face Alphonse, putting his helmet back on. "The name's Greed, and I wanna be your friend." I turn around and start giggling at how damn lame and creepy that sounded, earning playful glare from Greed.

Greed start to walk over to me, most likely to mess with me since I ruined his moment, but stop once Alphonse speaks. "Then why don't you tell me what you people really are." The causes Greed to turn around and make a noise of curiosity. Alphonse continues, looking deep in thought, "You're not chimeras. It's impossible. No one's made a chimera that can talk."

"You can't believe everything the government tells ya, kid," responds Greed getting on the same level as Alphonse.

"Damn right," I remark quietly with only Greed and Dolcetto hearing my statement.

"You got all the proof you need right inside you," continues Greed as he taps Alphonse's shoulder. "The girl in there is part snake. And this big guy here." Greed pauses and looks at Roa. "Roa, what were you made with? Cow?"

"Yeah," states Roa, not really enjoying having to explain this.

"We've also got a lizard and a crocodile. And the little run you took down earlier tends to lift his leg when he pees," continues the homunculus, causing me to laugh again.

"Only once!" exclaims Dolcetto. He then turn quickly to me. "Shut up pup!"

"Your part dog," states Alphonse slightly concerned.

"Yep," states Dolcetto, suddenly proud of it. "It's not so bad."

"I don't believe it," remarks Alphonse. "It's not possible, who would even be capable of creating one."

"The military," states Greed calmly. "They even managed to catch Wolfy over then and turn her into one," Greed says as he points to me. I look away, not wanting to think about our time spent in the lab.

"Are you saying," begins Alphonse before Greed begins to continue.

"You got it. There's a shadow world beneath yours that's jammed pack with the impossible. Hell, I'm more uncommon then they are." Greed move his hand to show off the ouroboros mark on his hand. "I'm a homunculus."

"A homunculus," stutter Alphonse, shocked at the possibility. I sigh and look away from the kid feeling bad about what's probably going through this kids head.

"You know what that means, right?" begins Greed continuing his speech. "I'm an artificially created human. Really, no joke."

"You're lying!" exclaims Alphonse, obviously thinking Greed is lying. "A homunculus, is only a theory! No one has made one!"

"Kid, I'm telling you," I remark getting Alphonse's attention, "he doesn't lie." I begin to walk towards Alphonse, hoping to calm the situation. "I didn't believe him at first, but it's true. Just listen to what he has to say before you start getting upset."

"Wolfy, its fine," remarks Greed as I turn to him, he give me a small smile, telling me to back off. He turns his attention back to Alphonse as I run my hand through my hair and sigh. "Oh man" states Greed as he stands to his full height. "Guess I gotta prove it." Roa turn and swing his hammer, taking Greed head off, causing him to fall to the floor, as I look away hating when he does this.

Alphonse, shocked at the escalation of event, remarks "Why did you do that to him?" Before he can say any more Greed puts his hand up, as sparks start to fly and his head begins to reform. He stand up and allows the process to finish.

Disgusted by the entire scene, I turn to Bido and say, "That was disgusting. I'm so damn glad I never got to into biological alchemy."

After his head has reformed Greed cracks his neck, and whips the left over blood from his face. "That's one time I've died." Greed turn to see my looking away. "You alright over there Wolfy," asks Greed smirking.

With a sigh I answer, "I hate when you do that."

"No ways," states a shocked Alphonse.

"You get it yet," states Greed who I think is starting to get frustrated with the kid. "Nothing is impossible, right. I'm a little surprised you would be so hard time accepting that. You're just a soul in a suit of armor. Even Wolfy, accepted it sooner."

"Who told you that," questions Alphonse concerned.

Greed moves and works to look as intimidating as possible to Alphonse, before continuing. "People like to talk in the shadow world, and I've got plenty of friends. Ha. Well, let's skip this casual chit chat." Greed move to get down to eye level with the armor. "I'm more interested in hearing what it's like to have a body that will never die." Alphonse looks away clearly uncomfortable, causing Greed to move closer to the armor. "An individual soul transmuted, and bound to an object! It sounds like that's the perfect recipe for immortality to me. Let me explain." Greed moves back slightly to give his "I'm Greed" speech, as I roll my eyes at his dramatics. "See, I'm Greed. I want everything you can think of. Money and women, power and sex, status, glory. I demand the finer things, and, of course, I crave eternal life."

Alphonse asks the most logical question imaginable. "Aren't you already immortal?"

"Thank you!" I exclaim to Alphonse. "I asked that after he told me. And to be hone-" I'm cut off my Dolcetto elbowing me in the side.

"You can chat with the kid later. Let him finish," states Dolcetto earning a glare from me. Greed who had turned to face me during my outburst, turns back to the kid.

"Well, I guess I was put together a little sturdier than most. I am nearly 200 hundred years old, but I wouldn't say that I'm immortal. So I spilled my guts all over," pausing after he hears my try to not laugh at his statement, before continuing. "Told you my darkest secret. Now it's your turn. How'd you get your body?"

Alphonse visible tenses, before Martel speaks. "Just make this easy and tell him, unless you rather be examined, which means we'll have to take you apart."

I look at Alphonse apologetically, feeling bad about all of this.

"I wish I could tell you," states Alphonse shocking me. "That would mean I actually remember how I got it, but I'm not even the one who did the transmutation."

"That's not a problem," states Greed, "In that case I'll just ask the person who did."

I looked at Greed before speaking. "And who do you plan on asking."

Greed stand up and turns towards me. "His brother obviously."

I step up to Greed not slightly man. I stare him in the eye. "You mean to tell me you knew who his brother was?" Greed nods at my statement. "That's why you were asking about the assessment. So I guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow when the kid gets back to find out what you want to know."

"Looks like it," replies Greed before turning to Alphonse and smiling putting him arm across my shoulders.

-Later that night-

"Wolfy!" I hear someone exclaim waking me from my nightmare causing me to sit up. I look up allowing my eyes to adjust.

"Greed," I question, my eyes not adjusted to the light that he must have turned on.

I look up at his violet eyes, feel myself start to calm down, knowing that I'm not in the lab again. "You alright," questions the homunculus, already knowing my answer.

"Yeah. I'm fine," I remark still slightly nervous. I look around the room, Greed's room. I sit up fully, causing Greed to back up to give me some space. He places a hand on my shoulder, at which point I move my own to hold his. He waits a minute wanting to allow me to calm down fully, before asking anything else.

"Which one was it," he asks.

"When they removed my automail port," I answer as I reach for my left leg, checking that it's okay. I sigh and lean on Greed. "Sorry" I say quietly, feeling bad about still having these nightmares. Greed pulls me closer, knowing that I was still terrified of the lab.

"It's okay Ember." I turn to look at Greed, surprised at his use of my name. "You don't have to apologize. I know what they did to you. You have every right to be scared."

"Thanks." I give him a small smile. I pull away and get out of bed. I stretch and look at Greed. "I'm not going to be able to get back to sleep, so I might as well go talk to Alphonse." Greed nods, studying me as I exit and move towards my room. I sigh as I close the door.

Of course, I have the nightmare when I'm with Greed. I don't sleep with him often, so why the hell does it happen like half the time.

I walk over to the dresser. I don't really want to put a lot of effort into getting dressed right now, so just toss a hoodie on over my tank top and shorts. I exit and go to the main room.

"Hey," I say quietly hoping to not startle Alphonse.

"What are you doing up," he asks concerned as to what I'm doing there.

"Couldn't sleep," I respond, as I pick up a chair and move towards Alphonse. I set the chair down and sit across from him. "I figure, since you can't sleep you might like the company."

"Oh," says Alphonse shocked. "Thanks."

There is a long pause before either of us speak, just sitting there.

"Can I ask you a question," asks Alphonse, surprising me a little bit.

I look at him a blink. "Yeah, of course."

"Why do you have an automail leg?"

I look at my leg. I forgot that the kid didn't know about this. "I attempted human transmutation," I say with a shrug.

"So, you're an alchemist," states Alphonse, whose comment I nod at in acknowledgement. "That explain why they made a big deal out of you believing Greed." Alphonse pauses not sure how to continue. "Who did you try to bring back," questions Alphonse.

"Well I've actually done it 3 times," I say rubbing the back of my neck, shocking Alphonse. I push my bang behind my ear, allowing Alphonse to see my left eye. "I attempted to bring back my brother, which is how I lost my leg. The eye sight in my left eye was the price for my dad. The third time was a bit complicated."

"How come," asks Alphonse.

"Well, a bunch of us served in Ishval. We got injured and the government took us for experiments. There were going to turn someone into a chimera. I told them I'd do anything to protect the people I severed with." I pause remembering that day. "They took me up on that offer. I lost my hearing because of that. They also still made everyone a chimera."

"But you seem to hear fine," remarks Alphonse deep in thought. "How did you get your hearing back?"

"When they made me a chimera, I got the hearing of a wolf."

"Oh," says Alphonse not sure how to continue the conversation.

"So, who did you try to bring back," I ask hoping Alphonse will keep talking to me.

"Our mother," says Alphonse sadly. "My brother lost his leg, and gave up his arm to bind my soul to this armor."

"Damn"

We sit there for a few minutes not really saying anything, when we both turn towards the open door, where Greed now stands. Greed looks at me and starts to walk over with a mug full of a coffee.

"Here Wolfy," remarks Greed passing me the mug, before starting to walk away.

I turn to him. "Thanks Greed. You didn't have to do that."

He waves me off and leaves the room.

"Why do you trust him," asks Alphonse snapping me back to reality. I turn to face Alphonse. "I mean it seems like he's not really a good person."

I think for a moment, before figuring out a way to explain my reasoning for following the homunculus. "He's actually the one that saved us from the lab. We've been here at the Devil's Nest ever since." I look down at my coffee before continuing to answer Alphonse's question. "You see, the lab really did a number on us, so we can't exactly go home and start living our old lives again. In fact, most of our loved ones think that we dies in Ishval." I look back up at Alphonse. "Greed gave us a place to go and a chance to live our lived out. Granted, we might do some questionable things for him, but considering what we were supposed to do during Ishval I don't think he's actually that bad."

"What were you supposed to do in Ishval," questions Alphonse.

"That's a story for another day, Al," I respond hoping to change the subject. "So I never got to ask, what's your brother's research on?"

Alphonse looks at me, puzzled by my request, "Honestly, he's trying to find a way to get our bodies back, so doesn't really do any actual research. He probably just made something up for his assessment."

I laugh at the statement. "Damn, that's insane. I honestly never had an assessment, so I'm not really sure how strict they are, but can't imagine being able to do that."

"So," begins Alphonse, "you were a State Alchemist?"

"Yep, the Obsidian Alchemist," I state, still proud of my title. "My brother travelled around a lot and found some Obsidian. When he dies I started using it for my alchemy and got pretty good. I use it for my weapons. There are even trace amounts in my automail, in case of emergency." I pause not sure what else I could tell or ask the kid that would continue the conversation. "I also use a few other unique methods, but I'll tell you about those another time also."

"What places did your brother travel to?"

"You name it," I said shrugging my shoulders. "He went to Xing a lot. I have a few good contacts there because of him. He went to Aerugo and Creta a few times also, but they made no lasting impressions on him." I look up at the clock, seeing that it's almost 5am. "Sorry Alphonse, but I think we're going to have to end the conversation for now. I should probably get ready. The first train comes in today at 7 so I'd image we'll be seeing your brother soon." I give Alphonse a smile as I get up to leave.

"You don't have to do this," says Alphonse, but I ignore him and walk out of the room.

"She isn't doing it because she has to," remarks Martel, shocking both Alphonse and I. "Thank you, for giving her a chance and getting to know her."

Damn it. How long has she been up? And how much did she hear me say?