Eeh, late update. At least for this story 'late update' only means a couple of days rather than a couple of months... I'm back at school now, so if I miss an update, don't be too surprised. However I promise you I will update once every few days, so you won't be left on a cliffhanger for weeks on end. Also, ridiculously short chapter. Feel free to yell at me.

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Riza knocked sharply on the front door to the Elric's flat, Roy and Maes behind her. There was a muffled shout of, "Al, get the door!"

Apparently, Al could not get the door, as a few seconds later, the same voice called, "Shorty, door!"

A crash followed this, and then a clearly audible yell: "WHO'RE YOU CALLING A PIPSQUEAK SO SMALL HE HAS EQUAL MASS TO AN ELECTRON!?"

Riza raised an eyebrow. Maes stifled a laugh. Roy smirked.

Finally, the door opened to an exasperated looking Envy. "Hi, can I help-" he began, and then stopped dead.

"-why the hell are you here?" he blurted out, before hastily correcting himself: "Uh, I mean, I thought you'd finished investigating us?"

"Not quite. We're sorry to bother you again, but could we come in?"

"Uh, sure, right this way." he said nervously.

The green-haired young man led them down the narrow corridor and into the living room they'd sat in last time. "I'll be right back, I'm just going to get Ed and Al." he said, and left them.

It took roughly a minute for him to return, half-brothers in tow, but when he did, he looked noticeably calmer. Maes stood, and gave them one of those friendly smiles that meant I know something you don't want me to know. "Hi Envy, Ed, Al. Sorry about this, we just wanted to have a quick chat. Won't take long."

"Okay..." Envy said, and the three brothers sat opposite them. "What's this about? Didn't we answer all your questions already?"

"You did," Maes nodded, "But this isn't a formal questioning. We're all off duty right now."

"Then why are you here?" asked Edward, giving them an odd look.

The three officers exchanged glances. Riza sighed, and turned to face the boys. "We think you aren't telling the whole truth, and we want to know what you're hiding."

All three brothers tensed. "We aren't hiding anything," Envy said. "We answered all your questions."

Maes took over. "Listen, we know there's something else going on here. This wasn't just a murder, was it?"

"We have no idea what you're talking about." Envy insisted tersely. Maes continued as if he hadn't heard.

"There was something else going on, and Dante wasn't the victim, was she? She was the one who started all this."

"I'm sure you'd know better than us," Edward ground out. "We have nothing to do with this. If you're not on duty, then why are you here?"

Maes ignored him. "I think she attacked you, and you retaliated. This isn't a murder- it's self-defence, or maybe manslaughter. She was trying to kill you, wasn't she?" Maes gave them a piercing look, and he knew from the way they stiffened as he spoke that he was right.

His expression softened. "I'm sorry, but you need to tell us what really happened. I understand why you don't want to, but if you don't tell us we can't help you."

Envy's head snapped up. "Help us?"

"Envy... we know there's something going on. If you don't tell us, we'll have no choice... you and your brothers are under suspicion for the murder of Dante Bolton, and almost definitely guilty of harbouring, aiding and abetting a criminal and concealing information from the police. If you tell us, we can protect you, Envy." he took a deep breath. "We're not here as police officers right now. We're here to help you. But we have to know what happened first."

The Elrics were mute- confusion, surprise, suspicion, fear clear on their faces.

"We'll leave the room for a while, alright? Call us when you've come to a decision." he said, and Maes Roy and Riza stood and moved into the kitchen, leaving the three stunned and bemused boys to themselves.