Monk skipped to Ed and al's house and knocked on the door loudly "WAKEY WAKEY!" She shouted at the top of her voice. Al sighed and walked over to the door, he was ready "erm…I think Ed's ready…" she said. Suddenly they heard Ed shout from his room "no I'm not!"
Monk laughed "he's never ready on time…. what do we expect?" she said, sitting outside on the grass. Max sighed, "monk we have plenty on time, she looked at her watch and yawned, you had to wake us up at 6 in the morning. Ed thinks it's still sleepy time.
AL lay down on the grass; he knew what stupid time monk would come in the morning so he was already up. But Ed kept saying '5 more minutes' and well he still wasn't up. Al sighed "we have plenty of times anyway…so don't worry about it..." he said, closing his eyes. Max sat down beside both of them and poked Al in the side, giggling slightly. Monk blinked "why are you poking al…?" she said, poking max in the side. Max looked back a monk "he's just there and he's just so pokeable...And I can't help it…" she said giggling. Al got up and hugged max "please stop it…" he said quietly, he really didn't feel like being poked, he was still tired.
Max thought for a moment and nodded "okay…" she said, leaning into him and yawning. She was tired as well she just didn't want to fall asleep really. Al sighed and stroked her hair. Ed was taking his time.
Ed walked out the house 10 minutes later, his bag on his back. "Come on then…" he said yawning, why of all the times to wake up it had to be around 6 in the4 morning, was monk trying to kill him? Well he thought that was a stupid question monk would do anything to torment him.
Monk shouted 'Finally!' at the stop of her voice and picked her bag up. Max opened her eyes and got up, if Ed hadn't come out at that moment, she would have fallen asleep, she got up and stretched. Al got up as well, and put his bag over his back and Max putting her bag on her shoulder.
Monk ram ahead "you lot really aren't morning people…are you…?" she said, they all shook there head. Monk thought of an idea. She looked at mochi and nodded "you know…if you were in the military you would have to be up early and work!" she said laughing.
Max looked up and looked at monk questionably where did that come from? She said thinking for a minute. Monk laughed "come on March Mochi is our leader!" she said smirking. Ed ignored what she said" I am NOT following orders from a stupid ugly bunny!" he said shouted at her, getting really in her face. He was always telling her to grow up and all this other stuff.
Monk backed of from Ed a little and looked at the floor, why did he have to be so mean all the time…she cried slightly. Ed sighed guilt at that point "Fine! Just stop crying!" he said. Al and Max nodded, as long as Monk stopped crying that would be good enough. Well they did know how much Ed and monk had fights and one of them ended up getting overly upset or in Ed's case getting all annoyed and sitting his emo corner, not saying anything.
After marching most the way to the train station and Ed tripping over and monk laughing for the next 10 minutes. They got there in the end it took 20 minutes longer than it should have done, oh well killing time was a good thing. Ed sat down on the floor, he really hated running and marching…and then he just had to trip over, now he had to wait for the train, this really was turning out to be a great time.
The train came soon and they all got on, putting their luggage next to them. Monk had called Ed small and now he was annoyed, he said down away from everyone else. Max looked over at him "ed…come on sit with us…" she said, keeping her eyes locked on him. Ed shook his head "I'm fine here…" he said, looking out the window.
Max sighed and looked at the floor. Monk was getting annoyed why he had to take everything so seriously! "I didn't mean it ed!" monk said yelling a little too loud. Ed just ignored her and didn't say anything. Al placed a hand onto monk's shoulder "just…leave him alone…okay…?" he said softly, he didn't want Ed to get upset, monk nodded in reply.
Max lay into al's shoulder and yawned, the train started and a few minutes later she was asleep. Ed got up and looked at al "im going up top…" he said, walking off, he really hated sitting and waiting, he was worried though…liore probably wasn't the best place right now…there as a homunculi attack just last night, and ed was getting paranoid thinking the train might be hijacked at any moment. He had to stay alert; he didn't want his brother or his friends to get hurt.
Monk thought for a moment "I know..." she said in a serious tone. Al looked at her in a questioning way. "I KNOW WHY ED IS SO SMALL!" she said, shouting it as loud as she could. Ed heard as well, he just got more pissed off. Al sighed and ignored her, if she was going to go on about that the reason why Ed didn't grow because he didn't drink milk! Monk looked at al "wow…your really grumpy today…" she said, poking him in the side. Al closed his eyes "sorry monk…I'm fine really and I'm not grumpy…"
Ed was walking on top, looking around just in case, he thought to himself 'I need to calm down…I'm getting over paranoid…' he sighed and stayed on the top looking at the view, taking in the whole atmosphere.
Monk smiled slightly "Ed's a bean " she said smiling; Ed could hear she was so going to get it, when the train stopped. Max yawned slightly she had been woken up from monk's BIG out bursts. "What…ed's a bean…weally.?" she said quietly, in a childish tone. Al patted max on the head she really did sound so cute. Monk nodded "yeaahhh, ed the bean, the full bean alchemist!" she shouted. Max giggled slightly. Ed was getting so annoyed; monk was good as dead…. when they reached liore.
The train stopped soon after and monk hopped of the train. Al went to go and look for Ed at the top. Ed looked at al "do me a favour…tell max and monk I heard everything they said…" he said, walking down to the bottom.
Max looked over at ed. Ed sighed "thanks max…for insulting me about my height…" he said, getting his bag. Max sighed "sorry ed…" she said, getting her bag and getting out the train, not making any eye contact with ed and staying silent.
Ed went to stop her. But she moved her hand away, she had a lot on her mind that she didn't want to talk about…not yet, but later on that day was when to tell them…she knew they would shout at her for it…
Ed stood there and shook his head he didn't mean to upset her…he sighed and got of the train, al following behind him. Max had already walked ahead, taking in the atmosphere of Liore. Ed looked at her…he felt bad…he ran up to her "max.i'm sorry…if I did or said anything to upset you…" he said, looking at the floor.
Max shook her head and kept on walking. Al had booked a hotel for all of them, it made it easy, and al had planned everything ahead. Max had walked off for some reason, she said she needed to do something and it was important…she also told them that she would explain all when she got back.
They were all worried and al was angry a little, she never really told him anything! What didn't she trust him…?
Havoc and TJ had been reported to check liore for any humonculi and report anything unusual.
Max placed her hand on the graves right next to each other and closed her eyes crying, she felt alone, she couldn't look up.
Wrath looked over at max from a tree and hopped out "maxxie is crying…!" he shouted, running over and sitting next to her "don't cry!" he said poking her in the side. Max kept crying and moved her hands. Envy sighed and walked over, why people got upset for people dying he would never understand, everyone had to die someday…
Max turned around to see both of them watching her; she backed away, and let the tears fall of her face. Envy sighed "don't look so scared…were not going to hurt you…" he said, putting his hand on her cheek, she shook slightly. Max screamed loudly. Wrath covered her mouth "shut up…were not going to do anything…" he said like he truly meant it.
Max looked up at envy; he looked at the graves who were these people anyway…? He thought. Max noticed this "there my mom and dad…" she said getting up. Envy placed a hand on her shoulder "erm…I-im.Sorry…?" he said, telling her not to go yet, he really seriously wasn't going to hurt her he had no reason too.
Wrath sighed and hugged her. Max froze up slightly, why did they care so much…? There humonculi right…this makes sense…Max looked up at envy "envy…I need to ask you this…why…wont you hurt me…I'm the only person…you don't want to kill…" she said, looking at the floor. Envy tilted his head and sat next to her and started messing with her orange, red tipped hair "cause your all cute " he said, in a childish tome. Max sat there, she couldn't be bothered to tell envy to stop, and it wasn't like he was doing anything wrong…
Havoc and TJ had been looking around Liore and they hadn't found anything, they thought that mustang had sent them out of central or just away from him. Havoc sighed and lit a fag. TJ looked up towards the sky, it was starting to train, this wasn't good she felt sick anyway…and now she was going to start feeling a lot worse.
Havoc looked at TJ "one more look around…and then we'll find somewhere to stay…?" he said, taking a drag of his fag and exhaling the smoke into the atmosphere, she nodded and smiled slightly. He was looking around the cemetery, near to where envy, wrath and max were. Max sighed and got up "you guys make no sense!" she said shouting it.
Havoc stopped "did you hear something…?" he whispered, looking at TJ, she shook her head blankly, maybe the smoke was going to his head.
Envy walked over to max "keep your voice…down…" he said quietly. Max was about to shout again but envy placed his hand over her mouth "shut up…im serious…" he said into her ear. Havoc saw them at the cemetery and ran up to them. Havoc got him gun out and pointed it at envy "let her go now!" he said firmly. TJ just waited at the gate, she didn't know what to do.
Envy sighed, he was having such a good day and now it seemed he was going to get shot a few times, he looked at max and whispered 'sorry for this' into her ear, before holding her next to him, putting his claw next to her neck. Max froze slightly, closed her eyes and just breathed deeply. Havoc held his gun even tighter "let her go…she's done nothing wrong!" he shouted. Envy sighed, "let us get away…and she'll be unharmed…" he said, smirking slightly.
Havoc sighed and lowered his gun, he couldn't watch anyone else, he new get hurt. Envy sighed "good boy…" he said, walking back with max and then dropping her onto the ground, while him and wrath ran away from the scene. Max pushed herself back up "sorry havoc…" she said, rubbing her neck slightly and got up.
Havoc sighed "you alright…? You know you shouldn't always be going around on your own, like that…you just make yourself a walking target…" he said, patting her on the head. She nodded and started to walk out the cemetery, she knew she had to explain everything to Ed, al and monk. She was scared though, she knew they would yell because she'd hidden it and then they'd just be worried…and she didn't want either, she walked into the hotel and looked up, she was wet at this point, with that little delay with wrath and envy, she put her jacket on the side and moved her wet hair, out of her face.
Ed and Monk looked up "Max…your back, we were worried…" Ed said, a little concerned something must have been really bothering her. She always told them everything. She sat down on the couch. Al didn't look up "so…what are you hiding this time!" he said bitterly to her. Max closed her eyes tightly, Ed looked at al "al…that's not helping give her a break…" he said, looking back at max.
Max sighed "you know…that time you saw me crying in the theatre…I know you were watching…but there's a reason why…and I can't cope with it now…" she said, crying heavily. Al looked over at her; a wave of worry went over him…he didn't mean to shout at her like that. Max tried to say but kept crying. Ed walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder "take it…easy, you don't have to tell us…" he said softly. Max shook her head "my…parents…were both killed…" she said quietly and hugged into ed. Ed was slightly shocked by this, they all stopped…max had been hiding this for weeks…how could anyone cope with that on there mind, Max kept crying into ed, he just hugged her. Monk looked at max "Max…that's…terrible…" she said almost in near tears herself. Ed looked at Al; him yelling at her like that didn't help at all. Al walked over to her and sat down opposite her "Max…" he said softly, she opened her eyes slightly and looked over at him, he opened his up for her and smiled slightly. Max smiled back and hugged Ed before lying into Al, he wrapped his arms around her body and wiped away her tears, he hated to see her in so much pain. A few minutes later she fell asleep into him and al kissed her on the cheek, before looking up at Ed and Monk.
Ed looked at the floor "how could…she cope with that…she has…no one now…at least I had al…" he said, keeping his eyes locked on the floor. Monk nodded "she's…all on her own…" she said crying slightly, causing Ed to look up and pat her on the head.
Al shook his head "she's…not on her own…she has us…and were not going anywhere…" he said smiling slightly, he looked down at max, he saw a weak smile on her face, she probably heard. Ed nodded "were always here for her…" he said, looking back up properly. Monk stopped crying "no matter what…" she said, finishing Ed's sentence for him.
Al closed his eyes he really was tired, her kept max close to him and slowly drifted off into sleep. Monk and Ed exchanged glances and they both said 'aww' in a hushed tone.
Havoc kept looking around. He looked at TJ and noticed she didn't look so good, he placed a hand on her forehead "TJ…are you sick…you should have said…we could have stopped…and rested…" he said, looking for anywhere so they could stop. He walked into a nearby pub, dragging TJ along with him.
The pub landlord through a glass at the door, Havoc froze and looked up "erm…excuse me…we were wondering…if we could get out of the rain here…" he said softly, TJ was looking a lot worse. A waitress came out "we don't serve dogs of the military! Get out!" she said. Havoc held onto TJ's arm tighter "She's sick…she needs to get out of the rain…" he said.
The waitress was getting annoyed "we don't care…get out! She can die for all we care…!" she said shouting. TJ leaned into havoc's shoulder to keep her balance, he looked at her worriedly. "Fine…" he said, helping her keep her balance and walking out the pub.
Havoc looked around her had to find somewhere fast. Her found a small hotel and walked in, he kept running the same words through his mind 'don't kick us out…' he walked up to the reception and looked around.
TJ sat down and put her head in her hands, she really felt that sick. Havoc looked at TJ and he was getting concerned, her hit his hand on his head he should have known she was ill and stopped looking around. She moved her hand through her hair and kept them there, she was probably trying to shut out some of the pain.
A receptionist walked up to havoc "urm…we can't give keys to rooms to the military…" she said, going behind her desk. Havoc clenched his fist slightly, just because they were in the military didn't make them not human, they needed to sleep and could get sick. The receptionist looked over at TJ and saw her breathing deeply she looked awful. She hesitated and walked into the back room and gave havoc a key "fine…one night…. one room…and only because she's sick…" she said "it's room 105…" she said, before walking off again.
TJ couldn't even look up. Havoc sighed she probably couldn't even get up now; He picked her up and started to walk to the room. She coughed slightly, she'd never been this ill before and havoc felt it was partly…well mostly his fault. They reached the room and Havoc lay TJ on the bed, the room and dusty and old…but he didn't expect anything in the least. But in this condition of the rooms, it wouldn't help her condition…He got up "I'll go get you some paracetemol…" he said, before shutting the door and walking down the hall.
He walked down the street and then realised 'great…. how am I meant to get anything for her…people will just kick me out the shops…but she really needs something to help her get better' he saw the nearest shop and walked in picked up a packet of paracetemol and went up to the front of the shop, lucky for him the shop was almost completely empty, he paid and walked out back up to the hotel room, getting the cleanest glass out the cupboard and putting some water in it, He walked into the room where TJ was a gave her the water and paracetemol "Take this…okay…?" he said TJ sat up and took them quickly and drank all the water and lay back down. Havoc ruffled her hair slightly and walked into the other room, so she could just get some rest, that was no problem really, she fell asleep, but constantly kept coughing in her sleep.
Havoc kept thinking over and over 'what if she had to much paracetemol…and she dies and its all my fault, or it makes it worse, WAIT! A minute…YOU CAN'T KILL PEOPLE WITH PARACETEMOL YOU DOPE!" he said a little loudly in his head, he sighed and looked out the window the rain had stopped.
Monk looked at Ed "Can I play aeroplanes with your automail arm again! Can I can I!" she said over and over. Ed was really losing his patience "no monk you can't!" he shouted back. Monk poked Ed "but…I'm bored!" she said, trying to reach for Ed's arm, Ed knocking her away.
Al opened his eyes slightly "Monk…leave him alone…why don't you two go for a walk…" he said yawning. Ed sighed and shook his head. Monk nodded and grabbed her jacket "OKAY!" she said running out the door. Ed got up "don't leave me on my own!" he said, getting his jacket and running after her. Al sighed and stroked Max's hair…. he really did feel he didn't deserve her…no way…
Al sighed he might get some sleep, he was about to close his eyes when he heard Ed shouting 'AL!' at the stop of him voice, he sighed and lay max down on the couch and walked down the stairs. Monk had taken Ed's automail leg off, trying to get it off him. Monk felt bad.
Al walked over to monk, and took the automail of her. Ed leaned into the wall for support "al…just go back to sleep I'll fix it…some how…" he said, smiling. Al shook his head "I'll sort this out first…3…2…. 1." he reconnected the automail and then placed his hand over ed's mouth, so he could scream, he didn't want ed to wake max up as well. Al could feel Ed's breath against his hand and when he stopped screaming, he moved his hand "better…?" al asked, smiling weakly. Ed hugged al "Yeah…" the automail hurt…but it wasn't that bad…Monk had gone back up to the room to get some sleep and now ed felt tired and leaned into al for some support, Al sighed and picked ed up and took his back up to the hotel room and lay him down on the bed and al walked back into the living room and fell asleep next to max.
Havoc sighed and lay down on the couch, he had no intention of falling asleep but he did in the end.
TJ woke up a few hours later and went over to the window and opened it, and sat on the floor, her body felt really hot, she leaned her on the side and closed her eyes, she couldn't move now…
The next day, TJ was still in the same place. Havoc woke up and looked at the clock it was '7:00 in the morning…' he sat up and rubbed his head, he really didn't mean to fall asleep, he walked into TJ's room "TJ…are you up…?" he said, rubbing his eyes. He saw her in the corner and poked her slightly "TJ…wake up…. we need to go catch the train back to central…" he said. TJ opened her eyes and nodded and got back up, straightening her clothes out.
Ed got up and heard the phone ringing he walked over and answered it. It was mustang…what did he want…great…they all had to go back to central because the whole facility of Liore had to be checked and everyone was being moved to make there jobs easier.
Ed sighed and woke of them up and grabbed their bags and walked out the hotel, what a great fucking vacation Ed thought in his head. Max was walking ahead. They reached the train station and all got on, including TJ and Havoc. TJ had fallen asleep on the chair and Havoc was sitting there smoking his fag. Max walked over to havoc and poked him "hello…you okay…?" she said tilting her head slightly. Havoc nodded, she was the first one to ask him that in a while.
Max smiled "Good…" she said, looking out the window. The train kept going for a few more hours and it suddenly stopped. Al got up. "This isn't where were meant to end up…" he said "I'll go look around…you guys stay here…" he said, but before he could walk off, Ed placed his hand on al's shoulder "no…just stay here…okay…?" he said. Al shook his head "no it's alright…I'll be fine…" he said, walking off and looking around.
Wrath looked up at envy "do we have to do this now…?" he asked moaning. Envy nodded and hid wrath and signalled him to knock al out, Al passed Wrath. Wrath kicked Al in the back of the head and hit him in the stomach 5 times, causing him to pass out instantly, from losing blood from his head and the pain in his stomach.
Havoc thought a minute "what…if it's humonculi..?" he said, looking at ed. Ed panicked and got up. Wrath sighed "here he comes…" he said, keeping a knife next to al's neck, just so ed would get the idea. Envy sighed "hell full metal pipsqueak..." he said smirking. Ed looked at al "AL?" he said, running to hit envy, envy grabbing both his arms. Envy whispered, "you die…for al…" he said, ripping his claws into Ed's neck. Max had gotten up and ran out to see both of them, she ran over to ed and took her jacket off and pressed it on ed's cut, trying to stop the bleeding, Ed cried out in pain "It…hurts…"he said, trying to move, Max's jacket, but she stopped him hand. Envy sighed and kicked Ed in the head.
Max got up, holding Ed and ran back to havoc and TJ, she had his blood on her clothes, but she didn't care. "Help him…!" she shouted, lying him on the chair, she ran back to al. she shook slightly al looked hurt and his head was bleeding. Envy picked al up and walked over to max, she stepped back slightly she was scared again, Envy gave al to max, and put his hand on her cheek "take him…and go…" he said before wrath and himself jumped out of the train.
Max cried slightly and looked down at al, she ran back and lay al down on another seat and walked over to ed and tried to stop the bleeding, she cried slightly, ed put his hand on her arm "max…don't cry about me…just help al…please…" he said, coughing. Max nodded and walked over to al, checking his breathing, her eyes widened. "He's…not breathing properly…it's getting weak…" she said, crying more. Ed tried to sit up and closed his eyes tightly from the pain "Al…don't leave me…please…" he said, coughing up blood.
Max ran to the front of the train and started it back up, it would work long enough so they could get to the nearest hospital, She nodded and ran back to al, she nodded and started giving him CPR, even though it wasn't working that well. Ed cried, "Please…don't leave me al…" he said, his breathing starting to get bad.
Havoc helped Ed sit up and patted him on the back "breath kid…" he said quietly, Ed looked at al, he wasn't making any reaction. Max was crying but carried on. Al coughed slightly, but didn't wake up…at least his breathing was getting a little better…
Ed cried slightly "tell al I'm sorry…I can't do this anymore…it hurts…" he said, closing his eyes tightly. Havoc shook his head "you'll make it…" he said. Ed shook his head "It hurts…" he said, sounding really childish but he couldn't take this agonising pain anymore more.
They reached central and havoc and max wasted no time, in getting ed and al into hospital as soon as possible, them both getting taken by the doctors and nurses. Max sat down on the chair and closed her eyes. Havoc patted her on the shoulder "hey…they'll be alright…they always are…" he said, sitting down next to her. Monk and TJ walked into the hospital. Monk did think that max and havoc did get on a little to well….
A few hours later Ed had woken up and looked at al "al…I'm so sorry…I should have come with you…and you wouldn't have got hurt like this…" he said crying a little and wiping the tears away. He did feel alright, he was just worried about al personally he got up and ruffled al's hair and sat down on the chair nearby to him.
Al was completely out from the force wrath hit him with. He sighed, he knew he would have to go with havoc to go and explain all this to mustang. He got up and walked out the room and looked at max "you alright…?" he asked, ruffling her hair slightly. She nodded "you should rest…" she said, hugging him slightly. Ed shook his head "nope I'm okay…it's just al who needs some rest…" he said. Havoc sighed "I'm guessing you need to go up to central so you can explain all this to mustang…" he said, Ed just nodded in reply and hugged Max "tell al I'm sorry and I'll be back soon…" he said, walking off with Havoc.
Wrath looked at Envy "he's really hard to kill…I have a plan though…" he said, sitting down on the floor. Envy turned and looked at wrath "and what is that…?" he was quite curious…wrath never usually came up with any ideas. "Well…what if you kidnap max…she's an easy target there…then al comes and tries to find her and we knock him out…and then ed comes and we kill him" he aid smiling slightly.
Envy thought for a minute "that's a good idea…I like it" he said, it was evil really. Wrath nodded "you go kidnap, max…okay…? She trusts you…kind of…" he said, getting up. Envy nodded and waited outside the hospital. Max was standing outside to get some fresh air in to forest, with no one around.
He walked up to her "I'm guessing you want to yell at me…" he said, poking her in the side. Max moved away from him "leave me alone…" she said quietly. Envy grabbed her arm "don't be like that…there's something I need to show you…it's really important…I won't hurt you or do anything I promise…" he said cutely. Max shook her head "I have things I need to do…" she said, trying to move away, but envy tried to look really cute at that moment "please…." He said softly. Max gave in "fine…" she said quietly "YAY! " He shouted.
Envy tightened the grip on her hand, Max looked at envy "Envy…your kind of hurting my hand…" she said, trying to move her hand away. He whispered into her ear, he smirked slightly "its about to get a lot worse…I just hope you can forgive me…" he said, hitting her into a tree and tying her hands behind her back and gagging her. Max struggled to move away and tried to scream. Envy hit her around the head "don't bother…" he said, in all the struggle the bracelet ed, al and monk gave her fell of her wrist.
He threw max over his shoulder, she kept trying to scream…why was he doing this…. oh no…her eyes widened…. They're planning to use her as a hostage and she'd fallen right for it. He threw max over to wrath, she coughed slightly and kept screaming, Envy tied her to the tree and patted her on the head "good little hostage " he said. He looked at wrath and nodded, he had a train to catch. Envy was taking this plan into his own hands.
He ran into the train and changed into someone from the military "lieutenant havoc…there is a phone call for you at the front…" he said saluting. Havoc walked off. Envy changed back "well…that was easy…" he said, walking over to Ed.
Max was screaming constantly. Wrath sighed and walked up to her "please…be quiet…" he said. She ignored him and carried on screaming her heart out. Wrath sighed and hit her in the stomach, causing her to bleed, already her wrists bleeding from the pressure of the ropes and blood loss made her pass out. Wrath smiled "that's better…I can think now…" he said, sitting down on the floor. Her crimson blood fell onto the floor while she was un-conscious…but wrath didn't care…
Envy walked over to ed "don't try and fight the gate…this is what you want…no more pain…and with 5 deadly sins it makes it better…" he said, putting his and on ed's arm, a red tattoo starting to form. Ed tried to move away, but something was stopping him. Envy smiled "you'll join us…and you won't feel anything or remember…" he said.
Ed looked away "I'll never forget Al! I'll never join YOU!" he said shouting. Envy smirked "you don't have a choice in the matter" was the last thing Ed heard envy say before Ed's whole body was covered in red tattoos, his eyes going cloudy and he passed out into envy. He smiled slightly Ed wasn't Ed anymore…. Ed was someone else…lets just say he was full of Pride…
