Envy had found his target in Lior and that was the one thing on his mind as he headed back to the abandoned warehouse where he had hidden Fletcher from the prying eyes of the outside world.

"Vengeance shall be mine and no one will find you little one, I will make sure of that," Envy whispered in Fletcher's ear with a tone of evil dripping on every word, "what's that you say; you are at lose for words?"

Fletcher couldn't answer his captor because bound and gagged as well as blindfolded and he felt helpless as he mumbled something through the gag as he try to take off the gag with his teeth.

"You want to say something, SPEAK UP!" Envy shouted as he pointed a dagger at Fletcher's throat.

"Why do you want me? I'm of no importance to you and my brother and I have never harmed you," Fletcher shouted after he removed his gag.

"Shut up, the only reason I have you is because your brother and you have ties to the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother! With you as bait to draw your brother and hopefully the Fullmetal's brother will be among the others I will finally have my vengeance and no one can stop me!"

Fletcher was frightened at the sheer evil of the former Homunculi member, but he knew that Russell wouldn't give up on him, but after what he had just heard from Envy, he knew he had to find a way to warn his brother and anyone else with him that they were walking into a trap.

"What makes you so certain that Edward Elric's brother will come with my brother?" Fletcher asked.

"Oh, I'm sure that he will come because I am working on a way to reopen the gate that sent the Fullmetal Alchemist through to another world so that I may go through and destroy the Fullmetal Alchemist and his low life dog of a father! You will be merely a stepping stone to finding the key because I found that by creating a Philosopher's Stone more powerful than the one that Dr. Marcoh had created, I can get through the gate and fulfill my goal!" Envy shouted as his laughter resonated throughout the abandoned warehouse.

"Brother wherever you are be careful of Envy for he seeks to stop you and possibly kill you and all others in your company," Fletcher thought as he turned away from Envy's moment of happiness.

Dr. Marcoh had wondering through the streets of the East looking for a place where his services could be of use, but many thought he was nothing more than a bum and many shooed him out of their establishments with words of vulgar distaste towards him. Many had found out the truth about his past with the Military and the research for the Philosopher's Stone had become known and just the mere mention of his name brought distaste from the townspeople.

"What do I have to do to get someone to give me a chance to maintain a job around this city?" Dr. Marcoh asked himself out loud as he threw his hands up in disgust.

"Dr. Marcoh? Dr. Tim Marcoh? Is that really you or are my glasses acting up on me again?" said a familiar behind a stack of old books and notebooks.

"May I ask who is asking who I am?" Dr. Marcoh asked as he tried to help the young lady as she struggled with her books.

"Oh, my name is Shesca; I work for the Military as a sort of librarian. I have a memory like a sponge and I have been continuing to rewrite up old prison reports and books that were burned in the Central Branch Library a few years back and I have heard about your work with the Military," Shesca said as she tried to shake Dr. Marcoh's hand through the pile of books.

"Glad to make your acquaintance, do you know where the East Command Headquarters are?" Dr. Marcoh asked as the two strangers walked down the road and talked more about other things.

"Yes, I do in fact I was on my way over there, but I heard there was a commotion over at the Headquarters and I was on my way over there to find out what's going on."
"How about help you take some of your papers and maybe I can talk to someone over there in hopes of getting a job because I can really use the money."
"I'm sure Colonel Mustang would be happy to help you."

Dr. Marcoh stopped in his tracks at the mention of Mustang and memories of the past came back to him of the Ishbal massacre and he feared what Mustang would do to him for returning after such a long time of being gone in hiding during the time of the Elric's search for the Philosopher's Stone.

"Dr. Marcoh? Are you okay?" Shesca asked as he looked back for a brief moment.

"Yes, don't worry about me, I'm coming," Dr. Marcoh answered as he picked up his speed.

Alphonse Elric had been quiet the entire time on the trip to Lior, but he had many things on his mind as well as questions about why would Envy want to get rid of those in connection with the Elrics' and why didn't he or his brother know about Envy? Time seemed to move slowly like molasses as the train rolled on. Rose had fallen asleep on the train ride and Lust and Russell were hunched over some plans that no one was allowed to see and probably would not know about until it was too late. Lt. Ross and Lt. Bloch slept side by side in the seat that they shared.

"Al, are you okay?" said a voice from across from him.

"Brother, is that you?" Al asked as he rubbed his eyes.

"Al, you must not give up hope because the worst thing to lose are the memories that make you the strongest and you must not let Envy open the gate to the world where I am at because he will destroy the world and the world that which you now live in now. Please Al, find Fletcher and stop Envy's plans before they become true, please Al, please…"

"Brother, don't leave me! I need you!"

"Please…Please….Please…"
"BROTHER!" Al shouted as he awoke from his deep sleep and it also awoke the others that had been sleeping around him along with Russell and Lust stopped what they were doing.

"Alphonse, what's the matter?" Lt. Ross asked as she got out of her seat as she shook Al awake from his dream.

"What?"

Al finally awoke from his dream as he saw the worried faces of his friends as he looked at them with a far off stare as he tried to explain what he had seen of his brother and the warning he had received about Envy's plot.

"I thought I saw my brother and he told me about what Envy's plans to destroy the world where my brother is living in and then he plans to destroy our world!" Al said as he stood up quickly, but had to sit down because he felt dizzy.

"What do you mean Al?" Rose asked as she tried to get a grasp on the situation.

"What did Ed tell you in your dream Al?" Russell asked.

"He said that Envy plans to find a way to open the gate that holds my brother on the other side so that he may destroy my brother and my father and once he has gained that goal he plans to destroy our world!"

Everyone was shocked at what Al had told about his dream and the goal to get to Lior became number one priority from then on and everyone headed back to their seats to await the train pulling into the Lior train station, but would they be too late?

Dr. Marcoh and Shesca finally made their way inside to the East Command Headquarters where they met by the sounds of the officers scrambling about as they tried to maintain control of crime in the East since the disappearance of the Fuhrer and any connection to him.

"This place is sure busy," Dr. Marcoh said as he looked past the pile of books in his arms.

"Yes it is, ever since the Fuhrer has gone missing, even though most of us believe he is begin held in a prison in Central, but everyone is trying to make the best of it," Shesca said as she placed her papers on her desk.

"Shesca, where have you been…oh, I didn't realize that you had a guest with you," Lt. Hawkeye said as she eyed Dr. Marcoh.

"Yeah, I found Dr. Marcoh on my way back here and I thought we could find a place of employment here in headquarters…where is Colonel Mustang?" Shesca asked.

"He left to go to Risembool to talk to Alphonse Elric, but we haven't heard from him in awhile."

"That's strange, I could have sworn that I saw Alphonse heading towards the train station while I was walking through the town," Dr. Marcoh said as he walked towards Lt. Hawkeye.

"Then that means…Mustang is still in Risembool? I wonder if he knows about Alphonse's appearance here in the East, he left for Lior and…!" Lt. Hawkeye stormed out of the room as she got on the phone and called the Lior train station to make sure that someone was there to stop Al and the others once they got off the train.

"Hello, this Lt. Riza Hawkeye of East Command Headquarters of the Military, I am calling to put in a request for two or three of your conductors to stop some friends of mine that will be getting of the train at the Lior train station. I want them to be held until I can send one of our officers out to talk to them about a situation we have back here…Yes…what! They already got to the station and they're gone! When did they leave? You didn't see them! No, no, I will deal with the situation on my own, thank you," Lt. Hawkeye said as she slammed the phone back onto the receiver, "Damn!"

"I think its best that everyone GET OF THE OFFICE NOW BEFORE LT. HAWKEYE GETS BACK IN HERE!" Lt. Havoc shouted as everyone scrambled for their desks and the doorways as Lt. Hawkeye returned to the room.

"We got some good news and some bad news," Lt. Hawkeye said as she walked towards Shesca and Dr. Marcoh.

"What's the good news?" Shesca asked Lt. Hawkeye with a tone of fear in her voice.

"The good news is that Alphonse and the others made it to the Lior."

"What's the bad news?" Dr. Marcoh asked with a sense of worry in his voice.

"Mustang is in Risembool and he doesn't know that Al is Lior and we have received news from the train station that they got in a scuffle at the station with one of the conductor."
"What do you mean?" Dr. Marcoh and Shesca asked simultaneously.

"One of the conductor remembered Russell and Lust from their trip from Lior to the headquarters here and they got into a fight with them, but one of their conductors somehow changed from the conductor into a puddle on the floor."
"What?"

"I think Envy is making his presence known and the conductors was the first sign to prove that he is in Lior and it may get back to him that Alphonse and the others are in Lior and that got make it hard for them to find Fletcher, but the worst part is, one of the conductors managed to sneak aboard during the trip to Lior and he knows about Al finding out about Envy's plans and he hopped aboard another train to Risembool."

"AND!"

"We fear it may be a creation twin of Envy."

BUM, BUM, BUM! What passion, what heat, okay, LETS CUT THE NONSENSE AND CUT TO THE FAT OF THE STORY! THINGS ARE GETTING GOOD, BUT WHAT ABOUT ENVY BEING ABLE TO CREATE OTHERS OF HIMSELF! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I promise, promise, PROMISE to put Ed, Hohenheim, Alphonse Hiedrich along with Mustang, Winry, Pinako and more interaction among characters in the next chapter. Until then, Read and Review!