Al's cries for help seemed to go unanswered as Envy continued to play with his mind as he ran through the shadows of the church as he started to sing once again as a way to taunt Al from the shadows where he couldn't find him.

"Release me now or you must face the dire consequences….so please come to your senses," Al said as he called out to Envy as he started his singing.

You're jokin', you're jokin'

I can't believe my ears

Would someone shut this fella up?

I'm drownin' in my tears

It's funny, I'm laughing

You really are too much

And now, with your permission

I'm going to do my stuff

"What are you going to do?" Al asked into the shadows as he saw Envy hanging upside in front of him.

I'm gonna do the best I can

Oh, the sound of rollin' dice

To me is music in the air

'Cause I'm a gamblin' Boogie Man

Although I don't play fair

It's much more fun, I must confess

When lives are on the line

Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy

Now that'd be just fine

"Release me fast or you will have to answer for this heinous act!"

Oh, brother, you're something

You put me in a spin

You aren't comprehending

The position that you're in

It's hopeless, you're finished

You haven't got a prayer

'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie

And you ain't going nowhere

Envy finished his song and walked toward Al as he remained pinned to the support beam and he surveyed Al's features as he looked for another place to hit the young Alchemist, but he continued to torture him with lies.

"No one will hear your cries for help, not even your pathetic brother!" Envy said as he punched Al in the jaw.

"Leave my brother out of this," Al said as he tried to kick Envy with what strength he had, but he found that his legs didn't want to work.

"Do you know why the captured the boy?" Envy said as he slapped the piece of wood into his has he circled Al around the pulpit.

"Because you want others to suffer, that is the nature of a villain," Al said as spit up a little blood from begin hit.

"No, I have other reasons."

"Then why did you do it?"

"You really don't know do you?"

Silence

"It seems that your daddy holds a dark secret that he never told you or big brother…your FATHER HAD ANOTHER SON BEFORE YOU AND YOUR BROTHER!"

"NO!" Al screamed out in pain as it traveled throughout the town and it soon reached to the inn where Rose was sitting watching Mustang and Hawkeye while Russell and Lust were standing outside in the cold night air.

The night air was pierced by Al's cries for help as it traveled through the cold night air, but it was drowned out by the sound of dog's howling as the midnight express came rolling into town as it screeched to a halt at the Ishbal train station and the brakes squeal which spread throughout the city as it mixed with Al's cries. Armstrong and the teacher stopped what they had been talking about as they walked through the alleyways of the city towards the inn and they tried to listen to the sounds of the night, but all they heard were the sounds of wild dogs of howling to the moon to the sound of the train whistle.

Russell and Lust had spent most of the night standing watch in the cold as they drew their cloaks closer to their faces to drawn in the warmth as the night air seemed to curl in around them like a boa as it prepared to strangle its prey. Lust had walked in to grab something warm to drink while Russell stood watching the night for signs of movement, but the only movement that could be seen was his own shadow; dancing through the lamplight of the lanterns that adorned the inn's doorway.

"Any sign of them yet Russell?" Lust asked as she handed a warm drink to him.

"Nothing yet, but there is something strange about this night," Russell said as he sipped his drink.

Rose had her now in a romance novel, but occasionally she would glance up to see how Mustang was doing as well as Hawkeye as Mustang sat watching over her with her head cradled in his lap. Mustang had been restless as he tried to watch over Hawkeye, but his mind was both on Hawkeye and where Al and Armstrong could be in the city, he finally got up and moved to the window and started to hum a small tune that his mother had written to him during his time of training before the war.

All I have is a picture in mind

Of how it would be

If we were together

Let's pretend that you're far away

Let's say you write to me

And you promise in your letters

That you'll come home

Come home to my heart

When we come home

We'll never be apart

If I keep dreaming of you so

Start believing it's so

Soon you'll come home

Home to my heart

Soon you'll come home

Home to my heart

If I believe

Mustang finished as he looked out the window, but as he wiped away a tear from his right eye he never heard Hawkeye calling out to him or what words she had to say next to him.

"That was beautiful Mustang," Hawkeye whispered as she lay on the bed, but Mustang would never hear those words.

Russell had been alert most of the night, but after the dogs stopped howling, he soon picked up on a faint sound that sounded like Al screaming for help in the distance and now it was clearer than ever as he cries spread throughout the city.

"Al?" Russell asked out loud as his breath came out his mouth in a puff of cold air.

"Russell, what is it?" Lust said as she looked to toward Russell through her hood.

"Did you hear the sound of someone screaming?"
"What do you think?" Lust said as she motioned towards the inn's pub door.

"We should get back to the room to find out if Mustang heard it."

Rose closed her book and placed it on the bedside as she started to walk toward the door and as she touched the door handle she heard the sound of Al's screaming and the sound of Russell and Lust rushing up the stairs towards the room.

"Al?" Rose thought out loud as she prepared to open the door.

Russell and Lust walked through the door as Rose whispered Al's name and they started questioning her about what she had heard and Mustang was at a lost for words at what was going on.

"What is it Rose?" Russell asked in a panic.

"I think I head Al crying for help," Rose said as walked towards Mustang.

Mustang sat up from where he was sitting near Hawkeye as he moved toward Rose, Russell and Lust as he tried to make heads or tails of the situation at hand and as he listened to what the small group had heard, he realized what was going on.

"I think Al might be in trouble and we need to go after him now!" Rose said as she ran for the door.

"Rose, we don't need someone else out there lost in the dark of night out in the city, Major Armstrong is missing as well and I can't risk your lives out on those streets when we don't know where Envy is at and what he plans to do next," Mustang said as he slammed the door.

"What are you doing Mustang, we need to get out there and find him and if we don't then his blood is going to be on your hands," Russell said.

Mustang slapped Russell across the face with a pit of anger in his voice, but he soon realized what he had done.

"You'll never know the pain I went through facing the war that has devastated this land and you'll never know the pain of losing someone close to you that was closer than a brother…someone that was a friend close to me. I lost my best friend Maes Hughes to the likes of that monster and I will not throw away young lives such as your own to save the life of Al's," Mustang said as he lowered his hand.

"Colonel, I'm tied to Envy for life and I can pinpoint where he is and I would never put their lives in danger…I want to see him suffer for what he has done to your friends," Lust said as she moved toward the door and started to open as Rose followed close behind.

Mustang was hesitant to allow the young companions go out into danger and into the jaws of the lion den possibly, but he knew that the cries for help couldn't be pushed from his mind as he had heard them as well and he knew that if he didn't let them go now they could lose Al forever.

"Let them go Mustang," Hawkeye said weakly as she tried to sit up in bed.

"Lt. Hawkeye, you need your rest," Mustang said as he rushed to Hawkeye's side and tried to help lay her back down on the bed, but she was resistant.

"No, let them go; Lust may be the key we have to finding Envy and stopping this deadly game of cat and mouse once and for all."

"Riza---"Mustang said as he tried to stop her from letting the young friends go out.

"Go kids and find him…when you return…I want to see Alphonse and the Major come through that door with you" Hawkeye said as she fell back onto the cot as Mustang finally caved in.

"Go, but I want you guys to stay safe and don't do anything stupid or get yourselves killed," Mustang said as a final warning as Russell, Lust and Rose left the room and dashed out the door into the cold night air towards Al's cries for help.

Why are you at my side?

How can I be any use to you now?

Give me a chance and I'll let you see how

Nothing has changed

Deep in my heart I'm concealing

Things that I'm longing to say

Scared to confess what I'm feeling

Frightened you'll slip away

You must love me

You must love me

You Must Love Me by Madonna from Evita

Love and loss seem to be the perfect combination of a relationship between two officers in the Military, but Al's mind is now swimming with lies, what is to become of the young alchemist and I want to thank the reviewers and I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and the ending chapters that are still to come. Read and review.