Author's Note-First off, the disclaimer. I own none of the characters except Abby. Ezra, Ash, Tsuki, Kiteay, Maeva, Theo, and Aiden don't belong to me, and neither does FullMetal Alchemist. Thankies to Kisike and Mikomi for helping me write this, and to Ash the Twisted for beta reading. Enjoy the chapter.


Maeva glared over at Ezra, a nerve in her temple twitching. Theo, meanwhile, looked over at Ezra, gripping his scalpel tightly.

Aiden blinked slowly, then smirked and walked over to stand a few feet in front of Ezra's cage. "Listen to me you little shit. No matter how much you run that dirty little mouth of yours, we aren't going to kill you until we have to stab you to get you to make a noise. Understand?" he told the boy.

Ezra glared at Aiden. "Only cowards wish for death as a way out of Hell. I plan on getting the hell out of here." He opened his eyes a little more and grinned at Aiden, tilting his head to the side. "But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you, coward?" Ezra shot back. He took a moment, moving his jaw back and forth before spitting at Aiden. "Son of a bitch scum, get the hell out of my face."

Theo growled, taking a step towards Ezra's cage as he glared. "Little punk..." he started.

Aiden smirked and stood up straight, popping his back. "We can have all the arguments you want, but the fact is..none of you are getting out of here. And the next one who tries to escape..will get their knee caps split in two."

"Yeah, as if you weren't planning to do that to us already..." Abby commented dryly.

Ezra glared at Aiden, his eyes reflecting an intense loathing, his irises turning a small shade of red. "I dare you to fucking try it, bitch," he snapped to the scientist.

Maeva glanced over at Ezra and walked towards Aiden, handing him a rather large square remote. "Why not prove to little Ezra you mean business? Try out some of the new toys I've installed." she suggested.

Ezra smirked mischievously. "So, it was Theo then who gave the whore bad sex..." he said as he continued to smirk and glanced over at Theo.

Theo twitched, then smirked. "I wouldn't mind giving another experiment wings. Only, why not on the head? It would be impossible to hide if I make them large enough. Then there would be no point in going out into society. You would just get treated the same way as you do here, perhaps even worse.." he started.

Ezra glared. "I don't need society. Anything would be better than this Hellhole. Go ahead and give me wings. I'll fly away from here once I get loose. Maybe I'll pick up a bomb from a government lab and drop on your giant fucking head. It'd be hard to miss even from 5,000 feet in the air," he shot back.

Ed glanced over at him and smirked. "Don't worry about it. Just be sure to go to Colonel Mustang aka Colonel Bastard and say it's a request from me," he said. "I'm sure he'll give you a bomb."

Theo laughed. "You both are morons. Even if I made the wings big enough to fly with, it'd be impossible since your bones aren't hollow."

Ezra grinned. "You'd be surprised. I've been experimented on enough, maybe someone did it," he said as he looked at Theo challengingly.

Maeva rolled her eyes, walking between Ed and Ezra's cage. She glanced back at Theo and Aiden before leaning against the wall, watching Ezra closely.

Meanwhile, Aiden hummed softly as he scanned over the multitude of buttons on the remote, eyes bright and shining like a child on Christmas morning. "Which one... Which one..." he muttered. He pressed a button near the center and looked up as glass filled in the space between the bars on Ezra's cage and slid over the bottom. A tiny box popped out of the top of the cage and a green mist flowed from it. It smelled of day, week, month old corpses rotting in smoldering heat, and would bring the image of tiny white worms wriggling to and fro in a chunk of flesh to anyone's mind. Ezra tried to breathe through his nose, but the smell only seemed to coat the back of his throat and tongue, making it all the more disgusting.

His eyes widened, his hands flying to his nose, his eyes watering as he looked around frantically. Maeva smiled and looked over at Aiden. "I thought you'd like it," she said as she smiled. "Why not press the fifth button to the left on the second row? The blue one... We can mix two and two together..." Aiden arched a brow, but pressed the specified button, glancing up to Ezra's cage.

Ezra eyes widened even more as the gas suddenly stopped, but was still trapped within the glass. He stood there for a moment; his hands over his nose and mouth, wondering what the hell he did before the cage suddenly shuddered and lurched to the side, sending him flying into the glass. Ezra slid down against the glass as the gas drained slowly from the cage through the floor, the smell lingering around him. He slid down onto his knees before the cage gave another, larger lurch, sending him flying back into the glass. Aiden wondered briefly if Ezra would toss his cookies all over the cage.

"Stop it! That's enough!" Ed shouted. He put a hand on the transmutation circle (which was only 3/4ths finished) and hoped it would work enough to do some good. The ground under Abby's cage suddenly twitched slightly, then moved up a little as a lump. The side of the cage was lifted slightly, but enough.

"What the..." Abby demanded.

"Pull it up! Try to knock the cage over!" Ed exclaimed.

Abby blinked at him, then grinned. "Thanks, Edward," she said, running over to the side of the cage and wrapping her hands around the bottom.

Ed nodded. "Find me my automail arm and toss it to me once you're out," he advised.

Abby nodded. "Right." She began to pull up, straining against the weight of the steel cage. Inch by inch, it began to lift.

Maeva glanced over at Ed and pulled out her whip, pressing the button as she does so, and throwing the whip at him, grinning as it wrapped around his waist. "Oh, Edward..." she started. She pulled the button out of her lab coat and turned the voltage up. Ed blinked, his eyes widening as he froze. He cried out, the whip burning into his waist as the electricity shot through his whole body. Maeva waited a moment, turning the voltage up slowly before pulling the whip away, spinning him back into the bars of his cage. "Why don't we behave now?"

Ed hit the bars of the cage, wincing.

Meanwhile, Ezra's cage suddenly gave another lurch forward, the glass cracking as Ezra's face hit it with increased force.

Abby glanced over at the two, then strained a bit more to try to lift up the cage.

Aiden frowned and walked calmly over to Abby's cage, staring down at her. "And what do you think you're doing..?" he asked. He smirked and pressed the same button as before, glass beginning to wrap around the bars of Abby's cage and under it, the glass creating a floor.

Abby's hands jerked back as she glared at Aiden. "Bastard..." she growled.

Ezra's eyes widened slightly, calling out, his voice hoarse, "ABBY-" He stopped as the cage suddenly lurched again, flinging him upward this time, into the hard ceiling of the cage. Ezra cried out as he fell down, being pushed down rapidly by the lurching of the cage. He groaned as he hit the ground before being thrust back into the glass. The glass suddenly gave in to the pressure as Ezra's face plunged into it, shattering into tiny shards that cut his face as his whole body slammed into the bars, his bones making sickening scraping noises as they brushed against each other.

Ezra groaned as he slumped to the floor, his face pressed against the bars as his body fell back behind him. Maeva smiled and looked up at Theo. "You think that's punishment enough for him?" she asked.

"For now..." Theo said with a smirk. "We can deal more with him, later..."

Aiden only smirked, lifting his gaze as green gas began to fill Abby's cage.

Abby's eyes widened and she pulled the collar of her shirt up slightly, covering her mouth and her nose so she could breath and use the cloth as a filter. She still smelled it slightly, but not enough for it to have a lot of effect.

Ezra lifted his arms, trying to pull himself up unsuccessfully, groaning. "F-Fine... You've punished me... J-Just leave Abby and Ed alone..." he said weakly.

Aiden smirked and glanced to Ezra, arching a brow. "We couldn't do that. They were trying to escape too, imbecile."

Ezra looked up at Aiden, glaring, as he shouted up at him with anger echoing through his voice, "Just fucking let them be!"

Aiden arched a brow, then smirked and tilted his head. "So...is that what makes you tic? Others suffering?"

Ezra continued to glare at Aiden as he tried to lift himself, failing miserably. He grunted slightly as he fell to the ground, tears clinging to his eyes from the effort. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Ed sat up. "I've got a question," he asked quietly, trying to remain calm so he could formulate another plan for getting out. "Why are you doing this...? Why treat fellow human beings like animals?"

Ezra glanced over at Ed. "Because they're bastards..." he replied. He strained once more to lift himself, before falling miserably to the ground.

"Why not, Edward?" Aiden purred, humming to himself as he strolled over to Tsuki's cage, unlocking the door, then stepping in. He picked her up and walked over to the side of her cage that was facing Ezra. "What should I cut off first..? What do you think, Ezra, dear?"

"Bastard!" Ed exclaimed, grabbing one of the bars. "Don't you dare!" Flashes of the results of the human transmutation went through his mind. Memories of when he awoke with two of his limbs as bleeding stumps, and Al... He frowned.

Ezra growled lowly at Aiden, snapping Ed out of his memories. "Leave them the fuck alone, if you're going to cut anything off, cut off your own balls. That way you can fulfill your dream of being of woman. After some breast implants of course. Then Theo and Maeva can have their very own threesome with you," he growled.

Theo twitched. "Little brat. You'd think he'd have learned after the first time..." he growled.

Ezra glared at Theo. "And you'd think you would learn after the first time, that I don't want them punished," the boy shot back.

Aiden smirked, unaffected by those words. He pressed Tsuki's limp form to the cage, holding it there with his body, leaving his hands free. His left hand caught Tsuki's and lifted it above her head, pressing her palm flat against a bar. His right hand came out of his pocket with a scalpel, and he eyed Ezra. "Which finger won't she miss?"

"Tsuki, what are you doing?.! Try fighting him or something!" Ed shouted. When the girl didn't move, he blinked. She's still unconscious… he thought. Trying a different tact, he tried, "C'mon, wake up! Please!"

Ezra glared up at Aiden. "If you want to cut anyone's fingers off, cut off mine, dammit!" he snapped.

Aiden smiled brightly, baring his fangs. "Mm...Nope," he said. He lifted the scalpel high, pressing it into the side of the tip of Tsuki's pinky finger and dragging it down, the metal scraping against the bone. Tsuki twitched and gave a high keening noise, but still didn't wake fully.

The silver-haired prisoner winced and looked away. "Dammit... Just... Just stop it!" he cried.

No other choice. Aiden wasn't going to be distracted, wasn't going to leave the others alone without getting what he came for. "Aiden!" Ed yelled. That was his name, right? He frowned, looking away. "You came here for me, didn't you? Whatever the hell you're going to do, just get it over with. Leave the others out of it..." he said quietly.

Aiden smirked, but didn't move his gaze from Ezra's form as he ignored Ed. "If I cut it off...do you think she'd wake up, Ezra? With this horrible gash here..she probably has a concussion.. It's amazing her skull didn't split in two, you know."

Ezra merely lay there, not looking up at Aiden, keeping his face hidden. He no longer tried to stand, nor did he make any attempt to move at all.

"Please...stop torturing them. I'm the one you guys want right now, right? If you stop then I won't try to resist..." Ed said, frowning as his head lowered, pressing his forehead against the cold steel bars.

Ezra didn't make any move to look up. "Stop giving them what they want, Ed."

Aiden turned his head slowly, glancing back at Edward before turning back to look at Ezra, a smile pulling at his lips. "But that's what I wanted to hear. We can continue if you like." He took the blade to the base of her pinky and pressed down hard and sharp.

Tsuki's eyes snapped open and she gave a little spasm as her mouth opened in a silent scream. She staggered as Aiden backed off abruptly, leaving Tsuki wavering on her feet, her knees shaking violently as she stared down at her finger that clung to the rest of her hand by a few strips of skin. "FFFFFFFFUCK!" She screamed, loud and high pitched and dropped to her knees, blood pooling at her knees as she leaned over, though the movement was a little to fast for her poor head and stomach. She dry heaved for a moment, clutching her hand to her chest as bile dripped from her lips to the puddle of her blood that was threatening to flow over the bottom of her cage. She hissed and screamed again, though it was muffled when she pressed her face to the bottom of her cage, her white shirt slowly turning a bright shade of red.

Ezra didn't look up, didn't make any move to cover his ears from her screaming. "Just... leave her alone..." he muttered, though a bit too late. He turned his head and glanced at Ed. "Be careful, man."

Ed's eyes widened, not even hearing Ezra's warning as he shouted, "I said that was enough! You didn't have to cut her finger off!"

"Ed..." Ezra looked over at him, his eyes bright and shining. "She'll be fine. The only thing you should be worried about right now, is yourself. She's had worse done to her. Trust me," he said.

Ed looked at him for a moment, but then frowned and looking away. He didn't respond; he knew that Ezra probably had a point. But he wasn't about to admit that now, not when he no longer even had the slightest bit of a choice.

Aiden smirked and tilted his head, licking the scalpel clean. "I can make this the worst thing...Unless you all cooperate.. Hm?"


Author's Note-Hm…it was hard finding a place to end this chapter at. Thankies for all the reviews so far! And now to reply…

Taiyoukai-Okibi- Heh. Things were probably a bit fast-paced for this chapter, too. They'll start to slow down in a bit, though. –nodnod-

The Teenage Writer-Yep, Ed ish going to get it, and probably in the next chapter. Poor, poor Ed.. –evil grin-

AnAngel'sWings-Thankies!

IloveJesus7390-Hm.. I'll work on improving the speaking thing. –nodnod- I was actually a bit worried about that. I'll see what I can do. –smile-

Pichu172B-Yeah, Ezra can't ever keep his mouth shut... –grin- And poor Tsuki..she's pretty much lost a finger.. –smiles and sweatdrops-

Dark Fairy of Doom-Thankies! I'll update soon!

Shakia-Yep. Poor Ed just can't get a break about his height.. –grin-