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Carry Me Home

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The dark confines of the underground tunnels had taken a toll on me. My shoulders sagged, the automail one extra from the added weight. I hobbled along, dragging my left leg further behind than ever before. I knew that I was lucky, however. It was a wonder Envy hadn't found me, or even that he wasn't alerted to my escape. Perhaps he had left his dirt haven? Not likely.

But I pushed forward, hoping, praying to the god I didn't believe in, that there was an artifact of the human Envy once was. A piece of jewelry, clothing, remains. Odds were against me. Envy had died hundreds of years ago, as far as I knew. And the only logical thing would be nonperishable.

From my cell, I had only seen the corridor go left and right. I had had no idea how vast the tunnels really were. Only now that I stumbled through the hazy light did I appreciate the effort put into the construction. It was definitely man-made; the wooden supports that prevented cave-ins made me think of the Youswell mines.

I had thought about escape several times; it would be relatively easy. Alchemize a tunnel heading up towards the surface and I would eventually feel the warm sun on my face again. But I knew no matter how far, hard, and long I ran, Envy would follow me. It had to end.

Lifting my eyes from my down-headed walk, I caught sight of yet another of the tunnel's wooden doors. Brushing a cobweb out of the way, I grasped and turned the knob, making sure to push instead of pull, and entered the room, too exhausted to use caution.

Most of the room was laced with thick spider web and dust. I coughed a little and tried waving the choking feeling away, only to cause more particles to fill the air.

Relaxing, I let the dust settle so I could look around. It seemed the room was for storing ancient treasures. Glancing about, I felt as though I had stepped into an antique store, run by an old lady too old and bent over to dust.

My hopes soared. If Envy still had a remnant of his past life, this would be the place of its resting. Eagerly, I pulled items off of shelves, examined them, and placed them on the ground. My search became furious, and soon I was tearing lids off of boxes and ripping out tissue that packed it. I came across hair ribbons, glass figures, odd coins, vases and pots, a hammer, a state alchemist pocket watch, photos, precious stones and gems, a deck of playing cards, and a letter marked with the Fuhrer's seal. All of the items were random, with seemingly no purpose, as though they had been put away by a pack rat. But they were all placed with such care that I believed that these oddities had more value to Envy than the face value they had to me.

Grabbing the pocket watch, a hair ribbon, a coin, and an emerald, I decided that was all I could carry without clanking like a vendor pushing a cart of wares. I then made my exit, valuables balancing in my hand. If any of these items were connected to Envy's age old history, I had finally found my half-brother's weakness. It felt weird when the word 'half-brother' formed in my mind and I quickly corrected it by thinking 'homunculus.' Nodding my satisfaction, I reentered the dim tunnel and placed the oddments into my right pant pocket. To finish the transaction, I drew the sword I had stolen from the death-trap armory. I smirked and glared down the tunnel path.

All plan, sense, reason, logic, and anything in me vanished when I saw the faint, but unmistakable, shadow of the shape-shifter Envy, striding towards the bend in the hall. I stood dumb when I should have been preparing to attack. But it was so unexpected, so... alarming after my good fortune, that I couldn't believe that he was actually down in the tunnel. And, in that state of mind, I stood like a rabbit at gun point, waiting for the arrival of my mortal enemy.

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