Ed closed his eyes, and tried to relax, he hugged max slightly, the tears finally stopped and he slowly fell back asleep again…she sighed slightly 'it'll be okay ed…' she thought wiping the tears off her face. She looked over at Al at sat back on the floor next to him, leaning into the wall, she gently took his hand in hers and closed her eyes and fell asleep. Envy couldn't hurt Al. Not with so many people that would stop him. Especially Ed, he'd die for him like he did before. They need each other, they were together from the beginning and nothing would change that.

Max would have loved to have a friendship like that in her family, but with her parents never there, it was impossible and now they were gone and they weren't coming back ever. Max finally fell asleep, only to be deep in thought, just wishing she could just forget what envy said to her.

Early the next morning. Ed had woken up from yet another nightmare, they wouldn't stop and all Ed could do was cry about it. He looked over at max holding al's hand…she must have stayed up to watch him, he sighed and got up slowly and looked out the window.

Al opened his eyes slightly and looked at Ed "h-hey…b-brother." he said, sitting up slowly, picking max up and placing her on the couch. Ed turned around and looked at al…he still looked pale, he needed to keep on resting. Al ran over to Ed and hugged him; Ed smiled slightly and hugged him back. "So how did my little brother do without me…?" he said, patting him on the head.

Al shook his head "bad…" he said, hugging him tighter, he wasn't going to tell Ed, that envy hurt him. He only just got Ed back he didn't want to lose him again. Ed looked at Al "why bad…?" he said.

Al moved away from the hug "lots of reasons…I was…on my own…" he said, putting his hand over a cut that was on his arm…ed would notice he wasn't stupid.

Ed sighed and hugged his younger brother "I'm not going anywhere now…" he said smiling. Al cried slightly "good…" he said smiling…he'd managed a human transmutation…but in the end pride wasn't ever going to be forgotten in their hearts.

Al sighed…he couldn't tell Ed what envy had shown him either…he watched his brother die. The last thing he said. Al closed his eyes. Ed sighed "you should rest…" he said, making him sit down on the chair. "I need to start looking after you properly…like I should have done before…" he said, patting al on the head. Al laughed slightly "you're the best brother ever…you know that…" he said, hugging him again. Ed smiled "brother…yes, but im not the best…." He said.

Al sighed, "you are…ed…you really are…" he said, falling asleep again. Ed sighed…baby Alphonse…he thought and moved away, ruffling his hair up, until it was all messy. Ed laughed slightly; his hair was all messy and funny. He walked outside.

Envy was sat on the roof "I wish you hadn't gone back on what you said." he said smirking…"and Alphonse…is really going to get it…" Ed turned around "you…won't touch him!" he said shouting. Envy smirked and walked up to ed "you really better watch him…because I'll take him away from you...quicker than you would want to know…" he said. Ed's eyes went wider and he transmuted his arm, into a blade and hit envy right through, breathing deeply. Envy sighed and hit Ed of him "you need to learn…" he said, punching Ed.

Al opened his eyes, when he heard Ed's cry of pain. He got up and ran out "leave him alone!" he said, hitting envy as hard as he could. Ed shook slightly "don't…al…run!" he said quickly. Al looked at Ed for a moment. As Envy hit him into the stomach as he slipped onto the floor. "He…really can't take much…" he said, kicking him.

Ed looked at al "AL!" he shouted and hit envy. Envy sighed "I'll leave your precious little brother alone…for now…just take this as a warning…" he said, walking off. Ed looked back at al, he was holding onto his stomach in pain. Ed started crying and picked Al up…he was going to lose him, 'I…fail in everything…' he thought 'I…can't even protect my little brother…'