I am NOT grounded 3 Which means Chapter 6 goes up today! I really hope you're loving the fic so far. Time for the next part. Chapter 6 I'm hoping will come out good. Comments are loved

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They sat on the train, waiting for their next stop to come.

"Full house!"Al said with a smirk.

"No way! Thats three times in a row Al! Are you cheating!"

"No I'm not!"He placed the cards back into the deck. "We should be getting there any minute now Ed."

"You sure are talking like you're the older brother. You know that."

Al just shrugged it off. After an hour passed they arrived at their stop and got off. The place looked like it didn't have much to live off of. Some buildings looked like they were even burnt to the ground recently. Ed walked over to know and knelt down, getting a closer look at the ashes. It was recent. Something had happened here. He stood up. "Al, be on your guard." Al nodded as they made their way deeper into the town.

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"So what do you think? Can they handle making one?"A smirk came across his face.

"We'll soon find out, won't we?" A woman in black commented. Looking back at the man, unconcious, tied up to a chair. His rimmed glasses glared in the light.

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"I don't see anything brother,"Al said as they continued, "Maybe no one is here anymore."

"I don't know Al. Seems kind of odd to me. These houses, they were burned down recently. Today recently. The ashes were still fresh." They walked inside a large church that still stood and looked around. This building hadn't been touch by a flame or anything. Not a scratch other than old age lay on the building. Al sat down in the seat, puzzled. Just as puzzled as Ed was.

"I'm going to check this place out better."Ed walked into a door and shut it behind him, it sealed shut with an almost silent click. The room was dark. It didn't seem very large. Ed looked around for a light switch, but couldn't see a thing. He took a couple of steps forward and ran into a light hanging from a ceiling. He reached out and pulled the string and it lit the room up. When he looked up, he saw, sitting tied to a chair in the corner, Maes Hughes. He had been in a fight. His glasses were cracked, his clothes were ruffled, dirty, and torn. Ed ran over to him. "Hughes! Hughes get up!" Hughes looked up, blood dripping from his mouth.

"Ed...get out of here...It's too dangerous..."

"Not without you!"Ed started to untie the ropes until he was suddenly kicked to the ground. Or actually, pinned down. Long sharp nails held him down well and good. If he moved, he'd die. The nails were directly around the one thing that held him to the world. Another figure stepped from the shadows.

"Very nice Lust. I don't think he'll be moving anytime soon. You should have listened to his warning you know. He tried to save you. You see, we aren't human. If you can't tell by Lust's nails. Ever heard of the seven deadly sins?"Ed slightly noded."We're two of them. Lust and Envy. You see I can be whoever I want to be. Wheter its the Fuhrer, Hughes, or your brother."Envy changed form each time he listed off a name. Staying in Al's body."And now that we have you. This should be easy. You're going to make us a philsopher's stone. Using him as one of the sacrifices."Envy pointed at Hughes. "In another room. We have more military personel. Like it or not, you're making us a stone."

Did Ed really have a choice. But it was Hughes! He had a daughter and a wife at home! But if he didn't they'd kill him, and Al, and even Hughes.

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Damn. Here I go again with cliffhangers, ne? I love those things. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter guys. Please comment! Love ya!

Hughes-san