Hey guys yeah I know its late, one week late exactly. So I was going to update last Monday but guess what? The beautiful chapter I had written out for you WAS DELETED! Yeah I know. AHHHHHHHHHH So I had to rewrite it and its not as good but I like it and I hope you do too. I'm so angry that this happened but I have to suck it up and move on. :D

So read today's chap and Enjoy DX

Chapter 36: When family meets

"Speech"

'Thought's'

General Pov

The room was dark, it smelled of mold and decay, the bed he was lying on was hard and uncomfortable. The only light source was from a small dim light in the ceiling. The room was small and had bars through the middle, it was a cage. This is what Ed woke to, as he sat up from the bed and began to blink his eyes to see the room better. Ed's heart raced at a terrifying rate, he was scared and no one could blame him. The last thing he remembered was going to his room and being grabbed by someone. He looked around the room again trying to find any form of life but there was none. There was a door on the other side of the bars, which he couldn't reach.

"Hewwo," he cried out to anyone who could hear him. "HEWO. Daddy?"

He stood from the bed and walked to the lock on the bars door. He attempted to move it open but it was locked. Ed began to panic even more, as he looked around the room in a rapid fashion. "HEWO." He continued to scream out. Tears began leaking from his eyes, Ed grabbed his human arm in his automail arm and squeezed it. "Daddy…Daddy…DADDY?"

"Daddy, Daddy help me, hahaah."

Ed spun around to the strange voice behind him. A person stood in the doorway of the room. He was smirking and leaning against the door. "Oh how I wish Roy was here to hear you. The look on that man's face, hahahahah, I would have loved it." The person walked into the room, the dim light barely showing his face.

Ed backed away into the corner of the room in fear. It was the man who grabbed Ed, and he didn't look friendly. Ed still had tears running down his face, he grabbed at his arm again. "Who...wh- where-?"

Envy smiled maliciously, 'I think I'm going to have fun playing with this kid.' He approached the jail like bars. "Oh it's going to be ok. This is a safe place, you're safe here."

Ed shook his head, "Bad man, take Ed."

"You've got it all wrong Ed, I saved you from the bad man. Roy was a bad man, he wanted to hurt you. I had to help you, that's why I brought you here." Envy tried to explain to Ed.

Edward began to cry harder, "WRONG, wrong, Roy good, Roy Daddy. Bad man, bad man take Ed, hurt Ed."

Envy smiled and opened the cage door, he stepped inside and approached Ed. "But Ed, why would I hurt you, after all. I'm you're half-brother." Envy stopped right in front of Ed as he looked up. Envy had transformed himself into a mirror image of Ed. Ed screamed.

"Edward."

"Edward."

"Edward, wake up honey."

"Wake up."

Edward opened his eyes slowly and looked to the person calling his name.

"M- mommy?"

Trisha smiled, "That's right little one. Mommy's here."

Tears began to leak from Ed's eyes as he reached out and clung to his long dead mother. He cried into her hair unable to stop. Trisha rubbed his back with a gentle motherly touch, something that Ed missed for so long. She cooed to him in attempt to calm him. "It's ok Ed, mommy has you. It was only a dream, you're ok now. Nothing can hurt you."

Ed blinked some of his tears away, "Dream?"

Trisha smiled, "That's right, it was just a dream." She pulled away and gentle stroked his face.

Ed allowed his beloved mother brush away his tears and when she finished he looked around the room. He was in is room back in Risembool, but how.

"What's wrong little man, you ok now?"

Ed sprung back to look at his mother, behind her stood Roy. 'How did he get there and why didn't I notice?"

Trisha petted Ed's hair, "You ok, Edward, you remember Uncle Roy don't you. He came here to see you."

Edward stared at Roy for a moment and smiled, "Uncle Roy."

Roy approached and sat next to Ed on the bad. "Hello Edward, I haven't seen you in so long, you got so big." He rubbed Ed's back and smiled.

Ed smiled and turned to his mom. 'Everything is ok, it was a dream, it was all a dream.' Ed looked up and smiled to him mom. Then looked around his room once again. 'It's real.' He looked out the window to the rolling hills of Risembool. 'I'm safe, I'm-"

Ed stopped dead and stared at the corner of his room. It was that guy, he was standing there looking at Ed with a wicked grin.

Ed grabbed his Mom's arm and pulled on it. She looked at Ed and frowned, "What's wrong honey, you ok?" Ed pointed to the person in the room with a shaking hand. Trisha followed his pointing but looked confused. "What, there's nothing there."

Ed looked at his mother in shock and back to the man. The man began to walk over to the three on Ed's bed. Ed pulled on is mother's arm again but she still couldn't see the man. Roy stood up in front of Ed and put his hand on Ed's forehead. "Maybe he's sick Trish?"

Ed shook his head and tried to look past Roy to see the man. He was gone, and another Ed stood in his place, a knife in his hand. Ed tried to say something but nothing came out. The other Ed lunged.

Ed couldn't move or speak to warn his mother and Uncle, only watch helplessly as the other Ed murdered his family. He stabbed Roy first who had his back turned to the killer. There was no warning as Roy fell to the floor, blood flowing from his back. Trisha acted as if she didn't see anything, till the other Ed stabbed her in the chest. Edward felt his tears fall as he watched them die. The other Ed stood in front of him and smiled.

"I'm only protecting you, they were bad. They would hurt you eventually, you're safe with me. Safe. Safe. Safe."

Ed looked around his room as black small figures crawled out of the walls and floor. They crawled slowly toward him, chanting the word over and over.

"Safe."

"Safe."

Ed cried out and screamed in fright as the world around him began to blur and the figures got closer. The black figures got closer and closer till they were almost able to grab him.

"Safe."

"Safe."

Then, everything went quiet. Ed opened his eyes, and found his room was gone and there was nothing but blackness. Thousands of eyes watched him from the black space. Ed's breathing intensified and then suddenly a giant eye opened to stare at him. Ed could no longer take it, he let out a blood curdling scream.

End Dream

Ed shot up from the hard bed in a flash and screamed. He cried out and screamed harder when two arms reached around him and hugged him. Ed fought the hold and continued to scream.

"ED, Edward its ok, I got you, you're ok, it's just a nightmare." The person holding him said to calm him.

Ed stopped screaming and breathed deep breaths. The voice sounded familiar, it sounded- soft and comforting. Ed turned his head and inhaled sharply,

Hohenheim held on to his son in a fatherly manner. He had tears in his eyes as he looked at his son. "Ed, you're going to be ok. I know you're scared, but it's going to be ok. Roy is coming for you he's going to come and save you ok?"

Ed could only stare at the man who tortured him, who hurt him, who is crying for him.

"I wish, that it hadn't come to this, I'm weak, so weak. I couldn't protect you. I couldn't protect my son, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, for this, for everything."

Ed began to cry, "Daddy?"

Hohenheim looked at Ed in shock and cried harder, he turned Ed so they faced each other. He held him close, "I know, I'm sorry, I can't do anything right. Just promise me you'll stay strong, be strong till Roy comes. He'll save you, I know he will." He carefully stroked Ed's head and sighed, "I love you, your father has always loved you."

Ed remained motionless in Hohenheim's arms, unable to really process what was happening, but right now he didn't care. He began to reach around to hug the man who hurt him, when the door to the cage opened with a bang, Envy stood there staring at them. Startled Hohenheim released Ed and stood up. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and without a backwards glance began to leave.

Ed watched as his father walked away from him, his eyes began to water. His father, his real father.

"I love you."

Ed jumped up and ran to the man, and grabbed him from behind. "I love you too Daddy."

Hohenheim stopped in his tracks at the boy's confection. He smiled and began to laugh. "You stupid boy," Hohenheim broke free of Ed's grip and rapidly turned and hit him.

Ed fell to the floor at the force of Hohenheim's hand smacking his face. He looked up at the man in shock.

Hohenheim laughed once more, "I don't love you, no one will ever love you." He turned left the cage and closed the door, and with a final laugh he left. Ed was alone.

Sooooooooo, What's going on? hmmmmmmmm I'll let you figure it out.

Poor Ed why must a torture him so, (cause its Ed, its too easy) but not to worry Ed's resilient he can make it through. But just in case, ROY you better hurry up and find him. And Envy if you lay a figure on that boy I will kill you. Wait what am I saying, i'm in charge of this story. XD Sorry for the weirdness.

Anyway review review, review, cause you love me, don't you. right? RIGHT? of course you do. :D

Antihero is out till next time.