Before we get on with this chapter, I only have to say ALL HAIL MY MOTHER! If she hadn't kept me home from school (worried because I was killing myself with studying for finals) I would have never finished this chapter, even if it is very short. Mild drama.

Disclaimer: Does anyone see Ed turning into Pride and becoming Envy's sex toy? No? Then it's pretty much safe to say I don't own them. Tenten and Kristy (find out about her later) are mine.

Al was frozen to the spot, his brother was dead, he was sure of it! He saw that cat-girl kill him, so how was it that Edward was standing right in front of him? It seemed obvious the answer, but Al refused to believe it.

((One minor AN, the explanation on how Edo died will be in the next chapter, I know it's annoying to be hearing about his death and not knowing how the hell he died, but that's the way I am, so sue me.))

"Nii-san, is that really you?" He asked coming closer to the blonde. When he came too close, Pride growled a little and got into a fighting stance. Al's stunned look made Envy grin.

"Don't look so surprised, Elric. You, of all people, should have predicted this. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, at least I bet that's what that girl thought." He said. Al either couldn't understand or didn't want to understand what Envy meant by that. "Aw, come on. The one with the wrench who was coincidentally interested in alchemy after Fullmetal died." Al was forced to grip what was being told to him, no matter how much he didn't want to.

"Winry…"

"That's right. Give a sad, lovesick puppy a way to see their love again and they will take the chance."

"But she should have known! When me and my brother tried to bring back mom, we almost died! She wouldn't have risked it!"

"You know the saying. 'A smart man learns from his mistakes while a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.' She, apparently, wasn't too wise."

"I'm not going to believe this, she would never try it! That is not my brother!" Al was desperately trying to avoid the truth, but he could feel that Envy was right. Winry had tried to bring Edward back from the dead, and they were paying for it.

"You're right, I'm not your brother," all attention was now on Pride when he suddenly spoke, "I am Pride! I would never, never be a sibling to military scum like you! If you're going to hurt Envy, that's fine, but you're going to have to get through me before you even think about laying a finger on him!" Al flinched at the harsh tone. He knew that the blonde in front of him wasn't his elder brother, but hearing that voice along with those words really stung.

"Well, you got your answer, Elric, so what are you going to do? You and the military have been hunting us down to kill us, right? Two homunculi right here, what are you waiting for?" Envy smirked. He enjoyed taunting the boy. Al was more fun to taunt than Ed, Al takes insults a lot more personally than his elder brother, and it cuts him a lot deeper. That's why Pride's little speech was still hurting. "Pride, why don't you take care of this traitor? The very boy who left you for the military, who helped cause your death." It was barely a whisper, but the blonde caught it and he nodded as he began to attack the boy in front of him.

Al, meanwhile, was taken off guard by the sudden movement. One moment, Pride was right in front of him, glaring coldly, the next, he had disappeared. The young alchemist looked around frantically for the other male. He was interrupted in his search when a fist collided with his face, sending him flying.

"What's wrong? Too fast for you?" Pride smirked and moved to attack. Unfortunately for him, Al was prepared and had already drawn a transmutation circle and activated it. Just before Pride stuck, a concrete wall appeared. The homunculus cried out in pain as his hand broke, only to quickly regenerate. He glared hatefully at the obstacle standing between him and revenge. The feeling was foreign, and Pride didn't like it, but Envy wanted him to fight this boy and he hated the feeling of disappointing Envy worse.

Al was also in a predicament. One, he was beginning to run out of air, and, two, he couldn't fight! Pride was new to fighting, even with his incredible speed and strength, the moves were sloppy and on pure instinct. Al could take him on and beat him within five minutes, but that homunculus was too much like Ed. Not only the appearance, but also the way he spoke and moved. When Al had first heard it, it didn't sound like Ed at all, but now…damn it! He couldn't fight the blonde. No matter how much Al knew that the boy wasn't his brother and that he wasn't even human, but Al couldn't bring himself to fight back.

"Nii-san…what happened? You promised, remember? You promised that we would always be there for each other and that nothing could turn us against each other. We're all we had, and then you died. Now you're…" Al suddenly gasped and remembered something about Sloth. She had occasional memories of her sons, so that meant…

Pride waited patiently for the shield to come down. If it didn't in another ten minutes, than the man inside was most likely dead because of lack of oxygen. He waited…and waited…and waited.

"Envy, I think he's dead already." Pride said, his voice regaining that innocent tone. Envy shrugged.

"Wait another five minutes then smash it open." Envy told him and Pride nodded. So he waited, but only five seconds passed before the barrier began to break apart. They smirked when they saw Alphonse there, panting for much needed air. He then looked at them, regained his composure, and stood still.

"What, you're not going to fight? Have you lost all will to live?" Pride asked accusingly, suspecting a trap. Al turned away from him and his head hung.

"I can't fight you. You may be a homunculus, you may be a criminal, but you're also too much like my elder brother. The only time we ever fought was to spar, I couldn't actually fight him, just like I can't fight you." That made no sense to Pride, but he would think about it later. He decided to go for it, it's not like anything Al had could hurt him, right?

Wrong…

"Nii-san…" Al's eyes welled in tears as he watch the blur of the homunculus shooting towards him. Suddenly, a fist stopped right in front of his face. Al froze, knowing how close he was to dying. He then looked at Pride, who was staring at him with wide and pained eyes.

"A-Alphonse?" he said softly, his fist falling and looking at Al with the same, brotherly eyes that he always looked at him with. It came in a moment, and it left as well as Pride shrieked in pain and fell to his knees, clutching his chest.

"Pride!" Envy cried running to his younger partner. Al was confused, was that concern he saw in the murderous homunculus's eyes? "Pride, what's wrong?"

Pride suddenly choked and puked out red stones the melted into the cement.

Envy's eyes widened in recognition at what was happening, but couldn't this only happen what a homunculus was being sealed? He glared at Al, scooped Pride up and jumped away. Leaving a stunned Elric behind.

-Gasp- What's happened to Pride? Wouldn't you like to know. -Grins-