I woke up the next morning with an arm wrapped around my waist, I was wearing nothing but underwear and someone was kissing my bare shoulder.

I rolled over onto my back and looked up at Chuck.

He smiled down at me.

"So I was wondering" he murmured in a husky low voice, "how can this little stone make us immortal?" he asked.

He ran his fingers along my collar bone making me sink further into his bed.

The good part of me Ed had been working on felt bad for using Chuck like this, as much as I liked to think I hated him I didn't but I was still using him. He might be partly responsible for Jack's death but he was still apart of the dark me, one of my guilty pleasures and he had loved me even at my darkest.

"Its made out of the most valuable ingredient you can I think of" I said softly running my hand down his bare chest.

He leaned lightly on top of me tracing his fingers along my face.

"What?" He asked softly.

"Human souls" I whispered up to him.

He froze and he stared down at me.

"Really?" He asked.

I nodded and he started tracing my face again.

"That makes sense I guess" he added.

He leant down and started kissing my neck.

I pushed him away.

"Whats wrong?" he asked me.

"You have a job to do" I reminded him.

The quicker he got the photos for me the quicker I could give him the slip and get back to Ed and Al before Bradley noticed. Chuck frowned and a few brown strands of hair fell in front of his eyes, he was handsome but too easy for me. Like I had said, I fall in love with the ones I can't have.

"Right now?" he asked furrowing his eyebrows.

I internally sighed.

I wrapped my legs around his twisting our bodies so I was laying on top of him.

I leaned against him.

"I know its a hassle" I said putting my arms under his neck, "but the quicker we get this done the quicker we can get out of Central" I needed something else to give him a push.

Chuck leaned up and kissed me.

I put one of my hands on his chest pushing him back down.

"Plus my uncle is back in Central and the last thing we need is to run into him" I added quickly.

Chuck sighed.

"I suppose you're right but this exact moment?" he asked pouting at him.

"Yes, right now Chuck, we don't want Victor to suspect anything" I said rolling back off him and laying on my side putting my back to him.

He hugged me from the back kissing my shoulder again.

"All right Miss pushy" he murmured, "ill meet you at our old meet up at six tonight"

I rolled over looking up at him and smiled.

"Don't get caught" I said.

He leaned down and kissed me on the head.

"Ill try my hardest" he muttered and rolled out of bed, "and keep your hands to yourself which means don't steal anything" he added putting his clothes on.

I rolled my eyes.

"Whats yours is mine" I sneered at him.

"And whats yours is mine" he responded.

I laughed.

"Yeah lets go with that" I muttered cynically at him.

He smiled and slipped his boots on.

"Remember six tonight" he said pointing at me.

I poked my tongue out and rolled over.

"Ill be there" I called out.

He left me in his apartment alone.

The only clothes I had were the ones from last night and it was too risky leaving to go get mine from Cora's but I couldn't stay in bed all day. I got up and got dressed, I started rummaging through Chuck's stuff.

I felt around in his underwear draw and found a wad of cash.

"Score" I sung shoving it into my bra.

I picked up my gun from the floor and it felt awfully light.

I frowned taking the clip out.

Chuck had taken my bullets.

"That bastard" I grumbled but I never came unprepared.

I kicked my right boot off and twisted the heel, inside the heel were spare bullets.

I should have known Chuck would have done something like this, after all he had told me not to steal anything which was the first sign that he had taken something from me. I reloaded my gun and attached it to my leg, I tied my hair up and walked out into the kitchen. Now I had to wait at least five hours until I could leave this place, I might as well raid it to see what else I can get out of him.

Five hours later and I was finally sitting at the park in the dark, it wasn't entirely empty only a few people hanging around. I was glad to be out here and not pacing back at Chuck's, I could feel myself go insane but it was so deadly quiet I was starting to hear those voices again.

They weren't happy with me and I wasn't surprised but they knew how to be taunting, I had to mentally block them out and doing something helped. I continually scanned the park looking for Chuck or someone I had no intention to bump into, I waited looking over my shoulder every few seconds.

The park became deserted and when an hour passed I started to get nervous, waiting out here like this was dangerous and if Chuck didn't turn up soon id have to assume Victor had caught him and he was dead. My knees bounced up and down while I tapped my fingers on them, Chuck wasn't stupid, he had been stealing his entire life so it shouldn't be that hard to get the photos but this feeling in my stomach wasn't a good sign.

Someone sat beside me and I when I saw it was Chuck I never thought id be so relieved to see him in my life.

I threw my arms around him relaxing.

He gripped me tightly breathing rapidly.

"I am so glad you're here" I whispered in relief, "you got the photos right?" I asked pulling back.

"Yeah I got them" he said tapping his pocket. I knew grabbing them from him would be suspicious so I had to stay with him until he gave them up or until I had an opportunity to take them without being noticed. He smirked down at me pulling out the cash from my bra I had stolen from me.

I looked at him and shrugged.

"I couldn't help myself Chuck" I admitted.

He put the cash in his pocket and glanced around the park quickly.

"We need to get on a train out of Central right now" he said looking around again, he was acting weird.

I frowned at him.

"Why?" I asked, "whats wrong?" something was wrong and I could tell whatever it was wasn't good.

"I think he knows" Chuck muttered still scanning the park.

I grabbed his sleeve.

"What do you mean?" I asked worried.

I grabbed his chin when he didn't answer straight away making him look at me.

"What do you mean Charles?" I growled at him.

"Victor was acting strange and the photos were far too easy to get my hands on-"

I stood up straight away.

This was a trap and I knew it.

Dammit!

I thought I had planned this whole thing perfectly but Victor knew I would come after the photos.

"Lets go now, you know he'll send Duke after us" I gulped pulling him with me, "and you know Duke is like a bloodhound" Chuck stayed in step with me while we rushed through the streets of Central. I didn't want to leave Central but I was going to have to with Duke on our trail, he'd kill Chuck the first chance he get and even me if Victor had given him the orders. All Victor needed was the stone and Duke could easily cut it out of my dead body.

"Im so sorry Lexie" Chuck whispered.

I ignored him turning into an alley way.

Chuck grabbed my shoulder making me stop and turn to look at him. He pulled me against his chest and I could feel his heart beating rapidly.

We were both terrified of Duke and Victor.

"I love you Lexie" he whispered hugging me tightly.

I pulled away from him.

"We don't have time for this" I snapped turning away but he grabbed my arm.

"You love me back right?" he asked.

If we stayed still any longer Duke was going to find us.

"Of course I love you" I lied pulling him to keep moving, "but we have to keep moving" I urged him. He held onto my hand not letting go, I let him hold my hand as long as we kept moving. I was hoping id be able to get away from Chuck with the photos tonight but by the way things were going I was going to be stuck with him a little while longer.

We turned out of the alley way and into a deserted street, a car screeched to a stop nearly hitting us.

"Watch it…" my voice trailed off when I noticed who was driving.

It was Roy and he recognised me straight away just staring at me.

"Oh shit" Chuck muttered recognising Roy. I didn't have time to explain to Roy so I turned around and froze when Al and Ed were standing behind me.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me" I whispered putting my hands to my head, this situation couldn't get any worse right now.

They stood there staring at me.

"Lexie?" they asked staring at me.

Chuck turned around and looked at them.

"You know them?" he asked me.

Roy stepped out of the car.

"What the hell are you doing Lexie?" Roy asked.

Ed stepped forward grabbing my arm.

"Thats a bloody good question!" he snapped at me, "just forget I exist?" he asked repeating my note. I had told them not to come looking for me but here they are.

Chuck stepped forward and he towered over Ed.

"Let go of her" He snarled down at Ed.

Al stepped forward and towered over Chuck, this wasn't good.

Ed glared up at Chuck not intimidated at all, he tilted his head.

"And you are?" Ed asked.

Chuck clenched his fists.

"Her boyfriend"

I stared up at Chuck, since when did that happen, I don't recall him being my boyfriend.

"The hell you are" I snapped shoving Chuck away, he looked at me shocked.

"But Lexie-"

"You shut up and stay quiet!" I snapped at him.

I jerked out of Ed's grip glaring at him.

"What part of don't come looking for me didn't you get?" I asked him.

"We're also looking for May" Al added, "she disappeared from Dr. Knox's place."

"How on earth did you loose a little girl?" I asked sighing at them.

Ed smacked my arm.

"Oh so we're going to be like that hey?!" Ed snapped, "lets start with what the hell are you wearing?!"

I looked down at myself and wrapped my coat around me.

"Thats none of your business!" I snapped back at him. I could feel Chuck standing right behind me.

"When did you start hanging out with losers?" Chuck snorted.

Ed glared up at him.

"Who even are you?" Ed sneered, "are you of any importance?"

Chuck took another step forward towering over Ed.

Ed clenched his fists.

"Id watch yourself little boy" Chuck growled.

Ed gritted his teeth and his face was going red.

Oh my god did Chuck really have to call him small.

I sighed.

"Alexis!" Roy snapped making me glance over my shoulder, this was one big mess.

"I promise to explain everything to you later" I said to him and quickly got between Chuck and Ed, "lets lower the testosterone in the air please boys" I said pushing Ed back into Al so he could control him from knocking out Chuck.

I shoved Chuck away.

"We need to go Lexie" Chuck insisted.

I sighed.

"Yes I know" I said stepping away from Ed and Al, "lets go" I said pulling Chuck back towards the alley we had come out of.

Ed jerked away from Al again grabbing my arm.

"You're not going anywhere!" Ed snapped, "we just bloody found you and you heard what Bradley had said, you might not care about throwing your life away but ill be damned if get killed while under my watch!"

Chuck pulled me away from him.

"I need to do this Ed" I insisted, "just let me go" he took another step towards me not going to let me go. I knew he didn't want a repeat of what happened to Hughes but this was different, this wasn't his problem.

"Who the hell are these people?!" Chuck snapped tightening him grip on my arm, "and why were they looking for you?"

I looked up at him.

"Don't worry" I said waving him.

"Do they mean something to you-"

"Chuck shut up for gods sake!" I snapped at him, "this has nothing to do with you!"

He frowned at my sudden snap at him.

"But we're in this together" he said confused.

I had now lost my patience.

"you said you loved me"

I jerked away from him throwing my hands in the air.

"I don't love you!" I shouted, "I used you you stupid fool!" I don't think id ever seen a man look so hurt in my life. But Chuck had managed to look like I had just ripped his heart out, I had humiliated him with a few simple words, "I needed you so I could get those photos!"

"But but last night" he stammered staring at me lost.

"It was all fake Charles!" I snapped, "you really think I could ever love you?!" he gulped clutching his pocket that had my photos in it. "After what you did to Jack?! I will never forgive you for that and you're a fool to think I ever could!"

"But but last night" he repeated again.

I shook my head in frustration. Could he really be this stupid to think I could love him and that last night really meant anything.

"You know that feeling you have right now?" I asked him, "thats called having your heart broken, that's how I felt!" I wanted him to feel just how much it hurts to lose the one you love most in this world.

"But you just said you loved me" he whispered, "I thought what we had between us was special" he added still staring at me.

I laughed at him in a taunting way.

"I don't love you!" I exclaimed, "you really are thick aren't you Chuck!" I stepped closer to him. "Let me make this real simple and easy for you to understand" I said slowly, "I have never loved you and never will, I will never love you Charles!"

I heard the sound of a gun being fired and blood splattered all over me. I was shocked out of my anger and Chuck clutched his neck while blood rushed through his hands. I put my hands over my mouth and gasped, he stumbled forward and I caught him. We stumbled to the ground while he gasped for air.

I looked up to see who had shot him and saw a figure on the roof top.

I recognised who it was.

"Duke!" I screamed pulling out my gun, "Ill kill you!" I fired up towards him but there was no way I could get him from this distance. Roy had his gun out firing at the shooter but neither of us had Hawkeye's aim, "Ill fucking kill you!" I screamed again emptying my clip at him.

The figure got to his feet backing away and disappeared from sight.

I stared down at Chuck in my lap.

Blood was dripping from his mouth.

I put my hand to my face.

"No no" I whispered. He wasn't supposed to die, this isn't what was supposed to happen. He was supposed to hurt but not die, this couldn't be happening.

"Lexie" he chocked.

I ripped my coat sleeve off and held it against his wound, blood was rushing out of it.

I leaned over him watching him struggle to breath.

"Im so sorry" I whispered leaning down putting my forehead against his, his blood pooled out around us. "Charles you're not supposed to die" I whimpered down at him.

he smiled up at me.

"I had taken all your bullets but of course you had extras" he laughed then started coughing, I shook my head.

"Who cares about that!" I snapped at him, "you're not allowed to die on me, not like this" I pleaded, "not like Jack did because thats not fair!"

My hands started to shake while I pressed down on his wound.

Chuck placed his bloody hand atop of my shaking hand staring up at me with nothing but the look Jack had on his face when he was dying, the look of love. The love I had used against him to get what I wanted, I felt like a monster, a murderer.

I probably did deserve this but he didn't.

"Alexis!" Roy snapped grabbing my shoulder.

I smacked him away.

"Fuck off!" I screamed looking up at him making him step back stunned for a second.

Chuck made me look at him.

I looked down at him with tears rolling down my face.

He shoved the photos into my hand.

"This isn't your fault" he whispered, "I knew the risks of doing this" he had done it because he had loved me and I had used that to my advantage, now he was dying, dying like Jack had and it was my own fault.

"Shut up" I sobbed, "this is my fault..."

He wiped the tears from my cheeks.

"Then do something for me" he whispered struggling to breath, "you take Victor down and give both him and Duke what they deserve..."

His eyes fluttered closed.

"No no" I whispered shaking him, "you do it yourself."

He smiled and his eyes opened again.

"Victor is scared of you" he choked slightly, "thats why he kept the photos, he needed to make sure he had something on you because he knew if anyone could take him down it was you. Cunning, Sly and sneaky Alexis Darkling, the girl who knew everyones secrets. Now that he has nothing on you-" Chuck coughed up more dark crimson blood, "-you can bring him down for brain washing all us kids. He used us and I'm only realising that now so do what you do best" he said looking me in the eyes, "and destroy him until he's nothing but an old man with a rich name, he no longer deserves to be feared especially not by you" he struggled to take in a deep breath.

"I can't promise anything" I whispered.

"I just want ask you one more thing" his voice was weak and he was at the point of death. Duke hadn't shot him through the head because that was a quick death. He wanted both Chuck and me to suffer, give Chuck a slow and painful death while I repeated everything that had happened with jack.

It was the perfect revenge.

"Don't ask something stupid" I whispered leaning my head against his. I knew he was going to die I just wish I hadn't said what I had to him, id rather him die thinking id loved him than not at all.

"Why did you never love me?" he whispered to me, "I loved you even after what you had done to Sammy, I could love you more than anyone yet you never felt that same way, why?"

I closed my eyes.

I understood that I'm a bad person but did I really deserve this because it was destroying me all over again, I wasn't allowed to go through it once, it had to happen again.

"Because I was allowed to have you" I confessed, "I fall in love with the ones I can't have, always have and always will" I whispered.

His chest had stopped moving and I opened my eyes.

He was staring up at me with empty eyes but a smile on his face.

I sat back and ran my hand over his eyes closing them.

"Bastard dies with a smile on his face" I muttered to myself.

I pulled out the wad of cash from his pocket still gripping the photos in my hand. I composed myself standing up looking away from Charles' dead body. I had never intended for him to die, he was still my friend.

"Lexie-"

"We need to leave right now" I said interrupting Ed.

I turned to Roy.

"Clean up is going to come and unless you can get back up we're going to have a huge fight on our hands"

Roy looked down at Chuck then back to me.

"Wait you can't just leave his body like that!" Al exclaimed.

I ignored them looking at Roy.

He knew exactly the people we were dealing with.

"You got what you wanted?" Roy asked.

He was looking at the bloody photos in my hand.

I glanced down at them and squeezed my fist around them.

"I told you I would" I stated.

Roy opened the car door.

"All of you get in now" he said pointing at the car.

"But you can't just leave him there like that!" Ed snapped.

I got in the back of the car.

"Get in now!" Roy snapped, "thats an order fullmetal!"

Ed didn't protest.

He got in the front and Al got in the back with me.

I had shrunken in the seat staring at my bloody hands. Roy took us away from the scene and once what had happened had been processed by everyone I was bombarded by shouting voices.

"That was so stupid of you Alexis!" Roy spoke up.

"What the hell were you thinking!" Ed put in after.

"You could have been killed Lexie!" Al added.

I slammed my hands in Roy's seat.

"Shut up! Shut up! shut up!" I screamed, "you think I want to hear any of this right now!" everyone had gone silent, "no one feels worse than I do right now, I know that was my fault but its collateral damage!"

Ed turned around staring at me.

"Collateral damage?!" Ed snapped, "someone just fucking died!"

I gritted your teeth.

"No fucking kidding!" I spat back, "I was there, he died in my arms, he was my friend Ed and you think I don't feel responsible?!" I asked, "I feel just as guilty as I would if I had pulled the god damn trigger!"

I held my hands up showing him all the blood.

"This is his blood, I didn't want him to die" my voice was dying out, "I didn't want him to die, I didn't want him to die, I didn't want him to die" by the end my voice was barley a whisper.

Al held my hands so I couldn't see how bloody they were.

I leaned back into the seat. "I never intended for him to die" I added shakily looking down, "it was never apart of my plan"

Roy reached over his seat handing me his coat.

"Wipe all the blood off you" he said not taking him his eyes off the road, "the last thing we need is you looking like that all covered in blood"

I took his coat clutching it in my hands.

I closed my eyes.

I will one day take Victor down along with Duke, I was the one who was going to do it. Chuck was right, Victor was scared at what I could do and one day he will feel my wraith and just how ugly I could get.