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Chapter 21: Escape

The Captain trudged along the corridor to the cell block, his mind was in a daze; What am I? What am I supposed t'do? What is this place? He didn't know the answers to any of these questions, but suddenly he didn't care; it was like his mind was freezing over and in the span of mere nanoseconds he was a mindless beast.

He opened the cell containing the two homunculi, the chimera and the metal boy only to find it empty, he walked in and let his eyes scan the length and width of each wall, he touched one of the walls and found that it was hard stone, it was only when he was in the center of the room that he realized that the room was slightly... smaller than it was before; his eyes widened and he turned to leave, but the walls and ceiling moved down and forwards at once, crushing him and trapping him.

Alphonse, Wrath, Greed and Martel emerged from behind the fake wall they created, "I told you it would work." said Alphonse happily, Greed and Martel congratulated him; Wrath gave a small smile despite himself.

They ran from the room, ignoring the Captain's beastial roars, Greed was the fastest of them and was making good headway when he suddenly stopped, the others came to a halt behind him and Martel stalked towards him, looking like she was about to berate him, but her expression went from angry to concerned when she saw that he was shaking.

She walked around him and found that he was staring ahead with an expression that was blank, yet sad.

There was a gasp and a thump from behind her and she turned to find Alphonse cradling Wrath, who was shuddering and wheezing, "What's happening?" asked Alphonse in a tone that betrayed his fear.

Martel shook her head numbly, "I don't know." she said as she watched the two shake and shiver "But we have to leave now." she said in a firmer tone, Alphonse nodded and picked up Wrath and Martel took Greed by the hand and began hauling him down the corridor.

Behind them the Captain stopped roaring and started to claw and dig.

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Sloth was lounging in her room when a blinding flash of pain erupted in her head, the pain was great enough to cause her to double over, it escalated to the point where it felt like someone was shoving hot needles into her eyes.

She felt her body chemistry change, she felt every hair on her body melt into water, followed by her bones and then the rest of her, she had always controlled her powers, but now the pain had overridden her basic bodily functions, she became a writhing and rippling puddle.

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Envy was running through the muddy streets of Dublith when the pain hit, at first he thought he had been shot, but when he turned around and scanned the area he didn't see a shooter, the pain hit again, this time it was so powerful it made him collapse in a heap, this time he stayed down, it was like his skin was overheating, his bones were crumbling and his blood was turning into ice.

Just before the pain made him black out he felt a strange emptiness take residence in his being.

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Winry was tending to the little girl's arm when she heard Gluttony scream.

She told the boy who was working with her to finish the job and then she ran out to see what was going on: Gluttony was on his hands and knees, vomiting explosively and sweating buckets, Winry ran to him to ask him what was wrong, only for him to wave her back.

She turned to Lust, who she assumed would tell her what was going on, only to find her kneeling on the ground, covering her ears.

Winry Looked between the two and then knelt next to Lust, Winry pried away Lust's hands and asked her what was wrong, Lust looked at her with eyes that went from having a blank expression to being filled with tears, "Dante" she said "Dante is dead."

Author's Note: Dun dun duuuuuunnn! Sorry for the wait, thanks to icevomp, In The Forest and madacat153 for their previous reviews. Please read and review 8D