Chapter 2: The 7 Deadly Sins

"Okay," Edward Elric said to the himunculous Pain"You can come with us"
"Thank you, Elric brothers," Pain said.
She snapped her fingers once more and in an instant they were in the middle of a forest.
"This is the Dissapora Forest," Pain said."Could you tell me more about Izumi's 'task"
"Well," Ed started,"as you probably already know, Teacher is a great alchemist; she taught Al and I all we know. She asked us to go to Lab 4 to gather information on the Scholar's Stone from Marcoh's report. He had a lot of stuff on it. It will greatly help us on our journey to search for the Stone"
"I see"
"Could you snap us to Lab 4's library and report document room"
"I can't snap you anywhere I haven't been or can't see," Pain said.
"Where CAN you snap us to in Lab 4?" Al asked Pain.
"I can snap you directly in front of the door of the library, but the doors are bolted shut," Pain replied.
"Nothing a little alchemy can't fix!" Ed said happily.
"You don't understand," Pain said,"there are barriers around the entire room; no such kind of alchemy exists that can break through the barriers.
"I could find someone who has been in the room and steal their memory and then snap us there, but I don't know where to find someone like that"
"Have you ever been to Saratown?" Ed asked Pain.
"Not that I know of," Pain replied.
"That's where half of the retired scientists from the Labs reside. Surely we could find someone from Lab 4"
"Really"
"Really"
"But Brother," Al said,"we were banned from Saratown a long time ago"
"You're right, Al, I forgot," Ed said, scratching his head,"...but Pain hasn't"
"So it's decided," Pain said,"We're going to Saratown. I'll snap you two there right now. There's something I want to do here first"
"But I thought you said you'd never been to"
Snap.
Pain walked for at least five minutes until she came across a gravestone with her mother's name, Nagazumi, inscribed into it.
"Mother," Pain whispered,"why did you do it? You should've left me there, dead. You deserved life mor than I did. You sacrificed yourself for me"
"A touching moment..." a voice said.
"Wh-who's there"
Greed appeared, seeming to dissolve from the air itself. Lust, Gluttony, Envy, and Wrath.
"Ah!" Pain said, relieved."My old friends"
"So you got the Elrics to do it?" Greed said.
"Yes, they'll lead us to the Scholar's Stone in no time at all"
"I'm glad," Lust said."We'll finally be human and not himunculi"
"Oh, man," Gluttony said."I wanted to eat those two Elrics"
"You'd have a stomachache from eating the metal one, so don't try it." Lust said.
"Where's Sloth?" asked Pain.
"I had her do a little 'errand' for me," Greed said sneakily.
"Ed and Al are safely in Saratown. They're looking for you, Pain." Sloth said, coming from nowhere.
"Good," Greed said."Pain, I'm surprised you got them to Saratown without ever even hearing of the place"
"It took a lot of energy, but it'll be worth it in the end. I gave them disguises, since they were banned from that town," Pain said.
"You know," Wrath said,"you could snap me to tha Saratown and let me get what's rightfully mine"
Wrath, settle it down, will you?" Envy said, annoyed."If you're talking about Ed's body parts, forget it! As much as I hate to admit it, we need him. So if you want to become a human, SHUT-UP"
"Sorry, Envy," Wrath said. Sloth held him close to comfort him from being yelled at.

MEANWHILE, IN SARATOWN...

"Wow," Ed said."She even got us disguises"
"I still think she's kinda shifty," Al said.
"Don't worry! I don't think she's evil like the rest of them. At least, she doesn't seem bad"
"I wonder where she is? She said she had something to do first, and it shoulsn't have taken this long. I don't see her anywhere"
"Maybe she's in disguise, too"
"Well, if she was," Al said,"she'd be looking for us. Hey, why am I wearing a dress? Is Pain some twisted freak"
"Nah, I don't think so, Al!" Ed said jokingly."She thinks you're a girl"
"WHAAAAAAATT"
"Ahhh...Just messin' with you, Al"
Ed and Al wa.lked around the town for a while, getting strange looks from the town civilians on the street.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Ed yelled suddenly."I'm getting rid of this disguise; or at least putting it over my right arm." He pulled his cloak down over his arm. "There, much better"
They walked along the road until they heard a familiar voice.
"Edward? Alphonse? What are you doing here"
They turned around to see Colonel Roy Mustang himself.
"I'd like to ask you the same, Colonel," Ed said slyly.
"Well, I'm here in search for Scar"
"Well, I'm here in search of a friend"
"Wait a minute," Colonel Mustang said."I thought you two were banned from this place"
"Yeah,"Ed said quietly."We were snuck in by a himunculus by the name of Pain"
"Pain?" Colonel Mustang said with a horrified look on his face.