Author's Note-Let's see, I don't own FullMetal Alchemist, or Maeva, or Theo, or Ezra, and Tsuki. And Aiden ish another character of Kisike's. Basically, I only own Abby. Thankies to Mikomi and Kisike for helping me to write this and to Ash the Twisted for beta reading. -nodnod- And thankies to everyone that's reviewed so far! Now, here's the next chapter...


Maeva laughed unpleasantly as she watched the silver-haired prisoner disappear.

"Please… Let him out…" Abby whispered.

Maeva grinned at her. "Perhaps I should get Theo again so we can introduce you to the electricity a second time."

Abby recoiled. "No…please…" she whimpered.

Ed's eyes widened. "You electrocuted her…?.! On how many volts?.!" He heard Abby whimper again and saw Maeva smirk. "You bitch…!"

Maeva smirked as she crossed her arms. "You're not doing yourself any favors, kid."

Tsuki blinked slowly and slid down in the back of her cage, hugging her knees to her chest. She glanced at Ed solemnly, eyebrows raised. "It's best to stay quiet," she murmured, smiling slightly.

"What? And let them get away with something like this?.!" Ed demanded.

Maeva walked over to him, her whip sparking with electricity. Ed's eyes widened, but before he could pull back, she jammed it into his chest. As he yelped, she pulled it away.

Tsuki closed her eyes and let a tiny smirk slip across her lips. "Told you so."

"That's quite right…" a man purred from the door. He stood there, eyes glowing yellow. He stood at 6'8, skin tanned a light brown, hair spiked and bright red. His name tag read 'Aiden.' He smirked, flashing pearly white canines. "So this is Edward…"

Ed looked up at the man, wincing. He tried to maintain his balance as his left hand gripped the burn on his chest. "Just who the hell is this freak…?" he demanded.

Aiden frowned down at Ed. "Child. If you keep talking, I'll take your other limbs." He smirked absently, running a hand through his hair.

Tsuki mrowled softly in the back of her throat, scooting hesitantly to the front of her cage, staring up at Aiden with wide eyes. She watched Ed's eyes widen and the boy nearly lose his balance.

Ed glanced over at her. If I lose all my limbs, I'm going to be in a pretty sorry state when actually making my escape… he thought. He looked back up at the scientist. "You do know that the military will find and arrest you, right? And they don't show convicts mercy."

Maeva chuckled, looking over at Aiden. "I told him, we'll be welcoming them when they come," she said. The military would never come; the location was far too remote.

Meanwhile, Tsuki mrowled again and got up on her knees, wrapping her hands around the bars of her cage, pressing her cheek to another.

Aiden gave a deep, throaty laugh and moved to stand beside Tsuki's cage, still looking at Ed. "If the FullMetal Alchemist was helpless against us…what good would even an army do, anyways? Hm?" He grinned, looking down at Tsuki as she batted at his hand.

"Don't get arrogant! Your guys snuck up on me!" Ed snapped. "Besides, they're not going to fall into some trap!" He glared up at Aiden.

Aiden gave another laugh, smiling brightly. "We'll break you of that spirit soon, child." He left his spot beside Tsuki's cage to stand in front of Ed's, crossing his arms. "And I think we'll start right now." He looked up and glanced at the other scientist. "Shall we?"

Maeva nodded. "Sure," she agreed eagerly.

Ed frowned. "What do you plan to do with me…?" he demanded. He'd survived human transmutation, Scar, stab wounds, gashes, the homunculi… He had seen and experienced much more than any kid his age should've. And yet, such a thing had made him much stronger, too. He couldn't possibly think of anything that would affect him enough to break his spirit, unless they had his younger brother or one of his friends being held hostage, and he seriously doubted that.

"No…please, don't hurt him…" Abby begged the two scientists. Her efforts were probably futile, but it was worth a shot. No! It's too soon! she thought.

"Theo," Adien murmured, turning to look up at the camera. He knew Theo was watching from the observatory room. "If you wouldn't mind coming down here and playing us a tune…?" He smirked, arching a brow.

Tsuki frowned and stood up, dusting herself off absently.

Ed frowned, remembering what had happened last time. He put one hand over one ear, then let himself fall to the floor so he could use it to muffle the noise. "Dammit. Not again…"

Theo walked into the room. He grinned and pulled out his clarinet. "Of course…"

Abby clapped her hands over her ears and no longer looked pitiful, but seemed to be struggling with a decision.

Tsuki frowned at Abby, then slowly put her hands over her pointed cat hears, glancing at Ed.

Aiden smirked, putting one hand on his hip. "Do hurry, Theo," he grumbled, spinning a ring of keys on his fingers.

Theo raised the clarinet to his lips. Abby glared. "Dammit! No choice… Ed!" A scalpel slid across the floor and over to Ed's cage. Ed looked up and glanced over at Abby as she grinned. He pushed himself up and reached for the scalpel. It was a slim chance, possibly their only chance. Still…they had to try…

Tsuki let out a loud mrowl and clung to the bars of the cage, clawing at the air, eyes wide.

Ed grabbed the scalpel. "Damn, do you really think I can draw a transmutation circle that quickly?.!" he demanded, starting to scratch a circle into the concrete while recalling the formulas. It had been so long since he had actually needed a circle, but…what respectable alchemist could ever forget how? As he did, Theo began to play. Ed winced, trying to block it out, but it was so hard. Like a hazy cloud rolling over his brain…

Abby watched the scalpel slide out of Ed's hand and clatter to the ground. "No! Dammit, Ed! Fight it!" she yelled.

Aiden frowned deeply and started towards Ed's cage, yellow eyes narrowing as he flipped a key between his fingers. "Edward... You don't want to do anything stupid.." he purred soothingly, though every word held a tinge of malice.

Tsuki hissed softly and rolled to the front of her cage, ears back as she thrust her arm through the bars of the cage, wrapping a hand firmly around the handle of Maeva's whip, snatching it off of her hip and rolling backwards into the back of the cage, huddling around the whip like it was something precious; though the charge was keeping her mind clear of that horrid tune.

Maeva glanced down at Tsuki and rolled her eyes, glancing at Theo, then looking down at Aiden and Edward.

Ed's eyelids drooped about halfway, in a daze.

Abby glared. "Snap out of it, Edward! Think about your friends and your family! Think about..." She searched her mind. She hardly knew anything about Edward, the FullMetal Alchemist, whatever. But she did recall... "Think about Winry! You have to stay conscious, Ed! You have to get back to her! Don't let her down!" she shouted.

"Edward..." Winry's voice...it was ringing out through Ed's mind. His eyes frowned slightly as his mind struggled to come out of the haze surrounding it.

Aiden's frown deepened as he unlocked the cage door and stepped in, calmly picking up the scalpel and glaring down at Ed. "That will be quite enough."

Maeva reached into her lab coat and pulled out a small remote device. She pressed a button and glanced over at Tsuki as the buzzing of the whip grew louder, the amount of conductivity and electricity growing greater.

Tsuki's eyes widened as she glanced down at the whip and she hissed, rolling to her knees and unraveling the whip. "ED! YOU SHORT FUCK!" She snapped the whip out, smirking as it wrapped around Ed's thigh. She fumbled for the button on the handle, baring her fangs as she pressed it, even though she didn't need to. "WAKE UP!"

Maeva grabbed the whip with thick rubber gloves and pulled it up, pulling Tsuki forward. "That will be quite enough."

Ed suddenly blinked as it processed, then suddenly snapped out of it as he glared death at Tsuki. He hardly even seemed to notice the electricity through his anger... "WHAT?.! WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TINY ELECTRON THAT IS SO SMALL THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY NOT EVEN EXIST?.!" he shouted as he flailed around. "JUST WAIT UNTIL I GET OUT OF THIS CAGE! I'LL CUT OFF YOUR FEET AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHO'S SO SMALL!"

Abby blinked, then smiled slightly. "That worked..." she said.

Maeva glanced up and looked at Ed, pulling the whip even more as it unraveled away from him and then turned to look back at Tsuki. "Someone's been a bad girl..." She grinned sadistically as she began to pull the whip.

Tsuki hissed and spat, spinning slightly to brace her feet on the bars of the cage, keeping a firm grip on the handle as she pushed her legs straight, pulling Maeva closer to her cage, or making her hands slid closer to the end of the whip. "Don't talk to me like that you old bitch," Tsuki growled, by then nearly hanging parallel to the floor of her cage as she leaned back.

Aiden sighed heavily and stepped out of Ed's cage, slamming the door behind him (which automatically locked) and stalking over to Maeva. "If you would cut the power down, I'll take care of this," he assured

Maeva glanced at him, raising an eyebrow, but then suddenly let completely go of the whip, pulling out her remote and turning down the voltage.

Theo blinked and lowered his clarinet, seeing with a bit of disappointment and frustration that it was no longer having any effect on the boy.

Ed glared as Aiden growled and caught the whip at about the middle, frowning at Maeva. "That's not what a meant," Aiden said. He turned very slowly to stare down at Tsuki, a small smirk across his lips. "If you do not bend your legs up in the next five seconds, I will break them." He spoke very softly, arm muscles tensing and bulging beneath his sleeve. "Or you could simply let go and take a less harsh punishment."

Tsuki blinked slowly, eyes still narrowed though she had to perk her ears up to hear him. She hissed and bent her legs up, and the next thing she knew, she was pulled face first into the bars of her cage, hitting with an impact that rocked the cage off the floor momentarily. Aiden stood up straight, tossing the whip to Maeva and flexing his right hand, turning away from Tsuki's cage as she slumped down, bleeding freely from a gash across her forehead. "I trust nothing like this will ever happen again. And if you don't agree with me right now...it will only take several hours to change your minds."

Ed's eyes widened. "Tsuki..!"

"Bastard..." Abby growled, glaring at Aiden.

Maeva smiled and caught her whip by the handle, pressing the button and turning off the voltage. She raised an eyebrow at Tsuki and blinked suddenly as the floor above Ezra's cage shuddered and moved to the side.

Ezra looked up. "Finall- Dammit!" He immediately closed his eyes, putting his hands up to shield them from the bright light emitted from the window above him as the cage lifted itself.

"Looks like timeout's over for our little troublemaker," Maeva said as she looked down at the cage as it came up.

Aiden frowned and arched an eyebrow at Maeva, walking away from the cages to a table, running a hand through his spiky red locks. "Looks like your weapon is becoming somewhat trivial, Theo."

Theo raised an eyebrow, then closed his eyes and smirked. "I've still got my alchemy, so at least I can still shed blood in great amounts," he said, his finger moving over to a transmutation circle etched on a small scalpel he had in his hand, which suddenly transmuted into a scythe.

Ezra stood, hearing the voices of the scientists, the light still too bright for him to open his eyes. The cage gave a shuddering lurch as it stopped moving and Ezra stumbled over into the bars. "What the hell's going on..?"

Abby looked over at Ezra. "Aiden's here and he's trying to take Ed," she explained.

Aiden blinked slowly, smirking.

"That son of a bitch is here?" Ezra asked, still apparently not having learned his lesson for his mouth. He opened his eyes in a squint, trying to regain his vision and see what's going on around him.

"Yeah. He is..." Abby sighed.

Ezra smirked slightly, seeing the figures of Aiden and Theo. "Good, while you're both here, I want to know which one of you gave the whore bad sex and made her into this cold hearted bitch?"


Author's Note-Heh. And this is where I may have to consider upping the rating for language and violence…still debating, though. Anyways, thankies for the reviews and here's my replies…

Ash the Twisted-Thankies! –grin-

Crazyanimefreak15-Heh… Well, it was mostly by a stroke of luck. Of course, Abby's been stuck in that lab for about a year with not much else to do except wait for certain doom. –nodnod-

The Teenage Writer- Thanks! -smiles and sweatdrops- Yes, poor Ed. I recommend you get out a box of tissues soon, cause Ed ish going to get hurt. –nodnod-

Pichu172B- o.o;; Oh my.. Well, I guess we can't love everyone… -grin- And yep! The story just wouldn't be complete without Colonel Bastard's debut. –nodnod-

Psychofullmetalfan-Thanks! Hm…I doubt I'm going to actually kill Ed, but I can't really promise the safety of other characters. Then again, who knows…? -grin-

Taiyoukai-Okibi-I tend to have that problem, too, sometimes. –nods and sweatdrops- Oh, and I intend to have the next chapters out quite quickly. –smile-

IloveJesus7390-Thankies! Well, like I said, I update quite quickly, you don't have to wait long. –smile-

Sniper Hawkeye-Dark stuff rocks. Then again, that's my angst side speaking. –grins and nods-

Reis1gurl-Thanks! Peace out, lol. –grin-