Chapter 5

THANKS FOR THE R&R! AND DON'T WORRY……WINRY IS NOT DEAD, AS A FEW OF YOU THOUGHT AFTER READING THE LAST CHAPTER.

Lust smiled and jumped back as Ed thrashed the blade at her. "You'll have to try harder than that."

Ed growled then turned to Gluttony, who was trying to bite Ed's real arm off. "I'll slit your throat!"

Gluttony only smiled while Lust extended her fingers through Ed's flesh arm. "There ya go Gluttony, that'll make it easier to chew when you tear it from his cold…lifeless body." She laughed and Envy turned into Winry again.

"I like this girl's body…its nice, nice clothes too." Envy looked down at him/herself.

Ed fell to his knees, holding onto his arm. "Damn you…just leave Winry alone."

Lust stepped towards him. "Oh, we'll leave her alone…once she's in her grave and your heart is so broken that you'll have no choice but to kill yourself to get rid of the pain."

Envy, as Winry, pretended to die and fell to the ground. Gluttony burst out laughing.

"Don't be so sure that's going to happen so soon!" Ed clapped and fell forward onto his hands. They glowed and a cement spike went into Lust's stomach.

She gasped and started to breathe heavier. "How…dare you!" Lust's fingers went through Ed's chest, just missing his heart; he yelled out from the pain.

Gluttony stood in the back of the hallway while Envy was off to the side, going through every transformation she's been.

Lust pulled the spike from her body with her free hand, keeping her extended fingers of the other hand through Ed's chest.

Ed started to fell light headed from all of his previous fights trying to get into the building in the first place. "Win…ry" He looked up at Lust who was smiling.

"I won't kill you now…I'll make you watch the girl die first…or…ooh…I have a much much better idea. Envy! Bring the girl in!" Lust shouted to Envy, who was now Roy Mustang.

Envy nodded and walked down the hall and around the broken wall.

Lust withdrew her fingers from Ed, leaving him there on his hands and knees, unable to move.

Mustang came back in with the unconscious, Winry in his arms.

Lust smiled and pointed in front of Ed. "Just put her there."

Ed looked up. "Win…"

Mustang smiled at Lust the put WInry down in front of Edward.

Ed saw a red mark on her leg as Mustang, who the other homunculi thought was Envy, set her down. His mind raced as he looked down at Winry.

"Now…Envy! Get back here!" Lust shouted at Mustang. He obeyed and went to stand beside Gluttony, who looked uneasily at the alchemist 'clone'. "Now…continuing, Edward…kill the girl or kill yourself, but just so you know, you'll both die anyway."

Ed looked at Winry; he smiled and plunged the blade of his auto-mail arm into her heart. There was silence…then… 'Winry' shape shifted into Envy, who was dead.

"NO!" Lust screamed. "But…" Her eyes widened and she turned to Mustang. "…then you really are him…"

"No one, I repeat…no one, replicas me and lives, as you can see, that one's already dead." He raised his arm sideways and snapped. Flames were thrown onto Gluttony, who was burned quickly. He died screaming. When Mustang finally stopped the fire, there was nothing left of the homunculi besides his ashes and a few charred bones. All the while Mustang never took his eyes off of Lust.

Ed hadn't moved since he stabbed Envy. He retracted the blade and slowly stood up.

Lust only stood there, she made no move to attack.

"Edward…go find Winry." Mustang stepped forward with his gloved hand raised at Lust.

"No way, colonel! This thing took her away from me! There's no way I'm letting you have all the fun and kill her. I'm taking her down myself!" Ed yelled, the blade extending from his auto-mail arm again.

Lust smiled to herself, though still not moving, still staring at Roy.

"Edward, she was in bad shape when I last saw her, she ran off down the hall, she was bleeding…a lot. I know you love her; anyone can see it when you look at her. Now if you really love her, you'll find her and help her."

Ed was silent then smirked. "Alright. I'll find her then." He ran down the hall; finding and following a trail of blood. He heard a small sound, like a click (or snap!) then Lust screaming. He shook his head and picked up his pace.

A little while down the hall, he turned a corner and saw Major Armstrong sitting up against the wall, one arm badly injured. He looked up at Ed. "She went that way." He lifted his good arm and pointed straight, where the hall intersected with another.

"Jesus Major! Do you need any help first?" Ed kneeled in front of him, looking at the bruise forming on his bald head, though this wasn't a wound the homunculi inflicted on him…it was because of Winry's wrench, Ed knew the mark.

Armstrong put his hand on Ed's shoulder. "Go after the woman you love, Edward, I'll be fine, but she's…she's not doing well…but she can still hit pretty hard…"

Ed nodded and ran off in the direction Armstrong pointed to, still following a thick trail of blood. "Oh man…Win...you should have just stayed where you were. Al this moving around just slows the clotting of your blood. If I wer-" Ed stopped walking at looked at the bloody mess that lie in front of him a few feet.

Winry was face down on the ground, a large pool of blood around her. She was bleeding from her stomach, both arms, and both of her legs. WInry was pale, eyes closed, and her breathing very shallow.

"WInry!" Ed ran up to her and gently rolled her onto her back with her head in his lap. Ed's chest was still bleeding badly, but right now he didn't pay any attention to his own wounds as he looked down at the girl he had always loved for as long as he could remember. "Come on baby, please wake up. Wake up, please, please." Ed shut his eyes tightly, holding back tears as he thought of losing Winry.

"E-Ed?" Winry whispered…though her body stayed lifeless.

Ed's eyes shot open and he stared down at her. Her eyes were barely open. "Come on Winry, you need medical treatment."

"I…never…answered…you…" WInry was struggling to speak, Ed could tell.

"You don't have to answer anything right now, come on." Ed stood up and held Winry limp body like a small child. Her chest facing his, her face buried in his neck, and his hands holding her up by her backside. Though it was difficult because of their height difference, but Ed managed.

"I…want…to…answer…this…"Winry's body bled onto Ed's and vice versa as he started to walk towards the hospital ward. He was surprised at the lack of state alchemists up here.

"Winry, you shouldn't be talking, you need to-" Ed started.

"I…love…you…too." WInry interrupted.

Ed stopped walking. He hadn't been paying attention to whatever could be in front of him, he was staring down at Winry. Standing in the middle of the hallway…….was Lust. Ed tightened his hold on Winry protectively. Ed examined Lust. Her dress was incinerated up to her thigh, her gloves ripped, and he swore her hair was about five inches shorter. To put it simply…she looked like hell.

"I'll kill both of you now!" Lust's voice was dry.

Ed looked around as Winry's breathing swallowed more. Behind Lust, where the hallway turned, from behind the corner, was a gloved hand sticking out--- raised in a snapping motion………