Authors Note: Somebody in the reviews (sorry, I cannot remember whom) said maybe Al couldn't sleep. Hmm...I don't know if he can, but I'm going to pretend that he can. Hopefully you can pretend too!...because the story won't work if you can't! Oh well. First FMA fic so, like I said, I'd get something wrong. Anyway, please review!

Disclaimer: I still do not own Full Metal Alchemist.

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Lust put on her cloak once again, she tugged it softly over her shoulders while looking outside the second story window. People passing by, with no worries, no fears, no nothing except smiles on their face. It made her frustrated. So very frustrated that they were having fun while she was made to stay in the darkness with these fools. Then again, these fools were her only comrades, so she better stay half-way nice to them.

Lust turned to Gluttony who was staring at the opposite wall. Envy was sitting on the couch and watching TV. Yes. These fools were just sitting around on their behinds while nothing was getting done. By the end of today Lust wanted Al in this room but it would definitely be no easy job to do. She would do it herself but it would be easier for Envy to go in under a disguise. She brought into thought of who he would go in disguise as. That didn't make any matter though. As long as they got that brat that's all she cared about.

"You seem nervous," Envy said to the women, his eyes still focused on the TV.

"You must be joking. Why would I be nervous?" Lust asked defensively.

Envy replied, "There's many flaws with your plan."

"Really now, Envy, what could possibly go wrong?"

"We don't know if Full Mini is going to be over protective of the brat because of the nightmares. What if Little Elric doesn't frighten easily? Or he just thinks they're only nightmares and we won't actually go after him? Then there's the matter of getting past Edward...we haven't had a constant streak of beating him, despite what the dreams might point towards..."

Lust stretched her fingers to a point at Envy's neck. She hissed, "Do not anger me, Envy. This will work."

"How can you be so sure?"

"And why do you have doubts in me all of a sudden?"

"This Nightmare Bottle might work on humans. But he's an empty shell. What do you think will happen?"

"I thought you said you saw him squirm in his sleep...you wouldn't lie to me, now would you?" Her voice got more aggressive and she quickly jabbed her arm forward.

"Maybe," Envy said, moving his head to avoid having the point go into his jugular.

"Don't toy with my plans. I'm not in the mood."

With a smirk he shrugged, "Whatever you say. I'm just making sure that you know things could go wrong. I don't want you to be angry at me if something goes awry, cause you didn't check everything out before you set this plan."

"If I had smart comrades..." she looked over at the Glutton in the corner, drooling "...Then maybe this would go over half way decent."

"What, I'm not smart all of a sudden?"

Bringing back her weapon Lust gave a dirty look in Envy's direction. She flipped up her hood and headed out the door.

Envy said, "Oh, one more thing, Lust?"

"What?"

"We better do this right the first time because I don't think there will be a second. If Full Mini knows we're after his brother he'll be out of this town in no time flat."

"Of course."

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I'd talk to brother but...he's got so many things going on right now... Al thought as he looked out the window. It was getting onto eleven so hopefully Edward would be getting home soon. Just on cue, he heard the happy voice that he wanted to hear.

"Hey, Al!" cheerfully said Ed as he opened the door. His golden eyes floated towards Al, who was just standing at the window, looking outside at nothing, humming the tune of 'It's the End of The World As We Know It', "Al?"

Turning around, Al droned, "Hello brother. Welcome back."

"Wow. I'm glad your so excited to see me," Ed said sarcastically. Closing the door he began to dig into his pocket, "I got you a present while I was out. I hope that you like it. It might not be alive but atleast it's cute."

Hearing the word 'present' Al walked over to see what his brother had gotten him. Ed smiled as he pulled out what had to be the cutest kitten that was ever hand made. It looked half-way real too. It sat in the palm of Ed's hand, the big blue eyes staring up at Al, it was fluffy with black spots above it's eyes and the rest of it's body was white.

"Wow brother!" Al scooped it into his hands, "It's so cute!"

"That's what I said. Atleast it's cute," Ed replied.

The younger brother got Ed into a crushing hug. He said "Thank you so much, brother! It's so cute! I love it!"

"That's nice but could you stop trying to break me in two?" pleaded the blonde, gasping for breath. He was very pleased when his feet connected to the floor again once Al set him down, "Are you feeling better?"

The young boy sat on the couch, just holding the kitten in his hands. He nodded. All Al wanted to do was admire the kitten's cuteness and be left alone. It took his mind off of what was possibly some of the worst nightmares he had ever had.

Ed kept trying to talk to Al for the next couple of minutes but he could either nod, shake his head, or say nothing at all. As much as Ed didn't like being ignored he would let it slide for once. If he had nightmares of Lust attacking him he wouldn't want to talk much either. That lady could be creepy sometimes. He wanted to talk to Al but he wasn't sure what to say. Surely Al wouldn't want to be reminded about the dreams.

I'm confused. He's never had nightmares up till now...when we were kids he'd have those silly monster dreams and I would just let him sleep in my bed, but now... Ed looked at Al's big metal body ...I don't think that would go over to well.

I remember when he used to have me go under his bed to check for monsters too. And go in our closet. It was kind of funny because I would pretend to get caught and when he would come down to 'save me' I'd jump out at him. I was really the only monster to Al, cause I would always tease him about being scared, when in truth I was scared of the monsters under my bed. Never admitted that to him though.

Now that Edward thought about it he missed having those times where Al would come to him with his problems. He never came to him that much. He wasn't sure if that was because he was growing up or if he just didn't want to be a bother. True, he did have a lot of work to do, but there would always be time for his little brother. Hopefully Al didn't think that it would be a bother to talk to his brother about something.

"Hey, Al," Edward began. He looked at his brother to make sure he was paying attention but he was still staring at the kitten, "Do I have to take that toy away from you to pay attention to me or what!"

"Sorry brother," Al sighed and set the toy on the coffee table in front of them, "Did you need something?"

"Umm...if something was wrong, you would tell me, right?" questioned Ed.

"Of course."

"So what's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, come on. Tell me?"

"Nothing at all."

"...Al. I came into the room and you were staring out the window humming 'It's the End of The World As We Know It'. I know something is up."

"Well, it's just the nightmares," Al replied sadly, "I had another one and-and you were killed."

"Me? Nothing's gonna' happen to me," assured Ed.

"I was in my real body too. And I could feel pain. A lot of pain. Lust attacked me and my whole arm...my whole arm was throbbing. Brother, I haven't felt pain like that in so long, I mean I could actually feel it as if it were actually happening. What's going on? First I get to feel fear and now pain. What a great night that was."

There was a short silence. Edward wasn't sure what to say. He wanted to say "Well, they're only dreams, don't freak out so much!" but that would sound heartless. But he didn't want to go "I'm so sorry Al. It's going to be okay, cause big brother is here" because he didn't want to make this seem like such a big deal.

So the two just sat in silence. Al entertained himself by playing with the kitten and Ed was left to wonder what the heck was going on!

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In her usual disguise, Lust was, but Envy took the form of a brown haired boy, looking as normal as possible, so the military that were in the streets didn't recognize him. The two walked down the streets towards where Ed and Al were staying. It was full of High Ranked persons who would recognize them on the fly so they had to be very careful of their steps. Luckily (or should I say un-luckily?) Envy knew which room they stayed in because he was the one that spat that Nightmare Bottle Liquid onto Al.

"Are you sure you want to make a move in broad daylight? People will see you," Envy questioned.

"Of course I'm sure. I hired someone to drive the truck we're taking him in. Trust me, he won't make a peep," assured Lust.

"So, go over this with me again...I transform into that stupid Roy Mustang, get Ed out of the room, then start fighting him. Then you'll get Al out of there? You know that place is full of the military. If they hear fighting I'm going to get hurt."

"Then you should get out ASAP."

"Seems like you're giving me the dangerous part."

"Just do this right, okay? It will pay off in the the end. I've bribed, you could say, some people to let us in, so we'll have no problem with them," Lust replied, "I'll get the signal when you shout for me. Of course, you'll have to be far enough away to keep Full Metal from reaching the room."

"Of course. I can do that. What I'm worried about is you getting Al out. Whatchya' gonna' do? Just walk out with him?"

"The car will be parked below their window. Since it's in an alleyway, no one will see us, and I'll drop his head in. His body will be of no use without the head so I'll just push that in too."

"What about dents?"

"...Who cares?"

"Yeah. Right."

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"Brother? Are you scared of Lust and Envy?" asked Al out of the blue.

Ed was sitting on his bed, his coat slung lazily on the floor, reading an alchemy book. He seemed a bit stunned by the question. He said, "No, why?"

"If you aren't then I shouldn't be afraid of them either."

"Oh, come on Al, your only a child-"

"But your only a teenager! Your only fifteen! You shouldn't have to feel so much pressure and-"

"Hey, don't start that. I chose to grow up," Ed looked down at his book so he didn't have to look at Al as he said, "But that doesn't mean that you have to too."

Al was silent for a moment. He asked shyly, "So...it's alright if I'm scared?"

"Of course. Everyone gets scared once and a while."

"What are you scared of?" Al asked curiously.

Ed raised an eyebrow, "Why would you want to know? You gonna' tell Roy or Hughes and scare me or what?"

"Of course not."

"Well, a couple of things, some silly, some serious. I never like to say my fears really cause I'm admitting weakness," Ed replied nervously. He didn't like being put in the hot seat. Al was just staring at him, waiting for an answer, so he really should say something, "I fear, and this may sound stupid, but I hate ladybugs."

Al, at that point, started laughing.

"Hey! Don't laugh at your older brother, boy who's scared of the dark...still!"

He stopped laughing, and replied, "Well atleast I'm not scared of ladybugs. And the dark is scarier. You don't know what's in the dark. But ladybugs?"

"This is exactly why I didn't want to say anything..." the State Alchemist pouted, crossing his arms.

"Aw, I'm sorry, so...you said there were serious things too. Unless that was a serious thing..."

"It was not!" Ed snapped back. He took in a deep breath to calm down. Bringing his knees up to his chest he looked up at Al who was in the bed across to him, "There were serious ones. Like, of course, the fear of dying. But that isn't the most important one. I...I fear loosing what I've got left. Winry, my friends here, and closest to my heart, you."

From outside the door, Envy listened in, "Awww, isn't that sweet," He whispered as he transformed into Roy. With a smirk he knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock, the brothers said in unison, "Come in!"

"Edward," said the firm voice of Roy as he opened the door. He put on quite a convincing performance. The egotistical look on his face was right on as he came into the room, "I need to talk to you for a moment. Could you step out with me?"

"Sure," Ed said, curious as to why he needed him all of a sudden…and called him Edward.

When Al got up to follow them Envy panicked for only a moment. He said, "Al, you stay here. This is, um, a matter only for State Alchemists."

"You've never minded him before," Edward objected.

"For this I do," Envy snapped, "It'll only take a moment. Don't worry about it."

Figuring it couldn't hurt Ed said to his brother, "I'll be right back. You just sit tight."

Al sat back down on his bed with a disappointed sigh. Edward was even more curious as to what the heck could be so important and secret that Al couldn't be told. Ed wondered if he was up to something. Sure, he had that egotistical smirk, but the look in his eyes seemed somewhat dead.

As they walked out of the room Ed caught glimpse of a women out of the corner of his eye. He saw flowing black hair and that lady's smirk. It was undeniable. He knew what was going on. That lady was Lust. That dead look in Roy's eyes was explained. That was Envy disguised as Roy. Edward wasn't sure if he should take action or go along with whatever they were doing. He stopped in his tracks. Take action now. Better now then later.

I hope I'm right about this! Otherwise I'm in big trouble! thought Ed as he tried to kick Envy with back of his heel.

Envy, quickly grabbed onto Ed's leg. Turning back into his original form he asked, "Quite the perceptive one, aren't we?"

"What do you guys want!" Ed questioned, taking his leg back. He looked at Lust to see if she was going to attack but she was leaned against the door.

"You'll see soon enough, Full Mini," Envy replied while grabbing Edward's arm. With everything he had he swung Ed towards the hallway and the small boy was flung across the hall, "We'll get what we came for. Lust!"

"Right," She whispered and headed into the room.

"Al?" gasped Ed, "Is that what your after! Al? Al! Run! Run Al!"

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Al, who was inside the room, saw Lust standing in the doorway. He jumped off his bed and immediately went into a martial arts stance. He demanded with obvious fear in his voice, "What do you want!"

"You," She said, bringing up a finger which extended immediately towards the armored child. He jumped to the side and it stuck into the wall, and once she pulled it back it revealed the truck that was below.

"W-What do you want me for?" nervously asked Alphonse.

"Why now, Little Elric, you ask to many questions. Just come like a good little boy..." She said softly as she locked the door behind her. She could hear Edward's shouts as he fought Envy, "And I'll call him off of your brother."

"What? Is Envy fighting Ed?" Al's voice plummeted to a whimper. The thought of Ed with a gaping hole in his stomach came back to him. It swam around in his mind. Would that actually happen? Should he give himself up to Lust and Envy?

"Yes. Why? Do you fear Full Mini will loose? You should."

"No! Brother won't loose!" Al got into his fighting stance once again, "And I won't loose to you! I will never go with you! You should leave before you get hurt."

"Such bravery for a weakling," muttered Lust as her index finger jammed into Al's front, cracking it just a bit.

Al remembered his nightmares. Lust almost killed him in the first. Would she do it again? Did she really know about the seal?

"I could kill you right now if I wanted," Lust said.

Then he realized her other finger extended to the back of his neck. Right where his seal was. She really did know where his weakness was. If he didn't do something quick he would fall apart! Though, of course Lust couldn't kill him just yet, that would make her long thought out plan go to pieces. If she killed the boy now what would she use against Full Mini?

Al took the chance. He moved to the side. The finger at the front only scraped his metal chest and the other one made a light scratch on the back of his neck.

Stupid boy...he should just give up! Lust thought in frustration.

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Edward could hear crashes of something coming from inside his room. He couldn't get in there though since Envy kept blocking his way.

Dammit! I'll never get to Al at this rate! thought Edward as he caught his breath.

"What do you want with Al!" Edward demanded to know, "What has he ever done to you!"

"We don't need to tell you," Envy said.

Ed clapped his hands together, then slid his hand over his automail arm. It turns a sharp edge at the top. He said, "You won't get him. I'll make sure of that," and then charged at Envy.

Envy jumped up above Ed's head. Once looking up the green haired boy kicked at his face. Moving his head Ed slashed Envy's leg. A large gash right on his knee was the result but that didn't slow Envy down. He landed on the ground, not minding any pain, and elbowed Edward in the stomach.

The blonde held his stomach as it ached. Looking at the empty hallway towards his door he heard even more crashing. Edward began running towards there but Envy was following close behind. He jumped forward and landed on the back of the Alchemist. The two fell to the ground, squabbling on the floor. Many punches were thrown back and forth.

Finally managing to get on top, Ed held up his automail arm, the point faced right down between Envy's eyes. Ed spat, "Now tell me what the hell you want with Al!"

"Shouldn't you be checking on him, Full Mini? I'm sure that Lust has gotten him by now," Envy said slyly.

"No way. Al's to strong to get captured. Now tell me!" Ed put the razor sharp edge at Envy's throat. His eyes glared with anger down at the sin he was sitting on.

"I don't have to tell you anything. Besides, you know that I can't die(1)."

"Maybe but I can cut you into little pieces with no problem."

What's this? I've never seen him so angry. I guess Lust was right to say that Al really is his weakness. That look in his eyes. He's really serious. I should get the hell out of here before I end up in two pieces, thought Envy.

The two heard loud footsteps. Edward knew those footsteps. He looked up and yelled, "Armstrong! Somebody! Go check on Al in our room!"

In fact it was Armstrong. He nodded and headed into the room. Edward turned his attention back to Envy, "I'd slice you up right now but I've got better things to do with my time," then ran towards the door.

Envy considered attacking him while his back was turn but many officers were running upstairs. He had to get out before his butt was turned in. Looking for an escape route the only thing he could think of right off the bat was the window at the end of the hall. He didn't care if Lust had the kid yet. He just didn't want to get caught.

Ignoring shouts of "Stop or we'll shoot!" and the actual bullets that went right by him, Envy jumped out of the window.

Landing on his side, he saw the truck still running there. It was a police truck. The doors were open wide in the back, and he could see Lust and Al still fighting since Lust did make a huge hole in the wall. He scowled as Armstrong joined the fight, standing between Lust and Alphonse as protection, which worked cause that guy was built like a brick wall.

Going beneath the hole Envy shouted, "Hey, Lust! Get em' already! Don't make me come up there!"

"I will not let you lay a hand on this boy!" Armstrong declared, throwing off his coat, flexing his muscles with those pink sparkles shining around him.

"...That really wasn't necessary," Al said.

"Al!" shouted Ed, finally entering the room. He looked frantically around and saw him. Seeing that he was safe Ed stopped panicking for a minute. His legs felt like jello as soon as he saw the metal armor standing there, looking at him, quite confused as to why he was sweating so much.

"Damn," hissed Lust. She jumped out the hole in the wall and landed next to Envy. Running her hands through her hair, she announced, "We will be back for you, Little Elric! You can count on it!"

Envy and Lust entered the back of the truck while Armstrong looked Al over for any dents. Al asked, "Shouldn't you be stopping them instead of looking at me?"

"Oh, yes," Armstrong shook his head as if he were trying to get back on track.

Lust closed the doors and the car rushed off. Edward ran up next to his brother and friend and frowned. He either could A) Not go after them, B) Chase after the car with the chance of getting them, or C) Use alchemy to make their car flip.

C sounded good.

Ed jumped down, dust trailed behind him as he ran down the street. Al shouted, "Brother! What are you doing!"

The small boy disappeared down the street. Al sighed. There was silence in the room as the boy over looked the damage he and Lust had done. It had been one heck of a battle. The beds were torn apart. The coffee table was in shreds. The kitten...

"Oh no," whispered Al. He walked over to the coffee table, trying to search for the white kitten Ed had gotten for him, "Please, please, please be here!"

Throwing scraps of the table away he finally uncovered the kitten. It had been protected by a large piece of wood. Holding it in his hands Al took in a deep breath of relief. Atleast the kitten was alright. Now if only Ed would calm down.

"Why did brother chase after them?" Al asked Armstrong, not even looked behind him to make eye contact with the man.

While putting his uniform back on, Armstrong said, "Anger. If someone tried to take Ed from you, you would be just as angry, wouldn't you?"

"Yeah. It makes sense," Al said softly. Looking at the bare street Al just hoped that his brother would be okay.

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Sorry that I suck at fighting scenes :sweatdrops: I tried my best. Please do review!

1: Atleast I think the Sins can't be killed. I hope I got that right. I've only seen the episodes Adult Swim has showed so far so I don't know that much about Lust, Envy, or Gluttony. Just that when Marcoh tried to kill Lust she didn't die. So...yeah. Correct me nicely if I'm wrong, please? And all of my reviewers get all plushies! YAY!