Kuropuu: (joins in the stabbing) Neya! Die Dante! Die! (Sits down and munches happily on sour straws) n.n

Agent000: Yes…I figured Dante was as good as any…and…I was going to just make up some bad guy then I was like…errrrrm, can't think of one. So I went with Dante…I don't like her so I can make her suffer (grins evilly).

Epobbp: Isn't it though!

Fullmetal lover: Thank you (hugs)! Well, I did say I'd explain everything in chapter four…(it says five but it's four XI).

Hanjuuluver: I know! (Cries while tying Al up and locking him away in my closet muttering 'nothing will ever harm you again!') I shall join you! (Hits Dante with a stick)

Informative angst is fun (grins evilly).

Avada Kadavra Fuck you: Colonel Edward Mustang? Where'd that come from? But yes, they will meet and oh…will they meet (cackles). That's going to be fun to write cause both Liem and Edward have a fun wittle surprise up their sleeves (goes and tries to figure out what that is exactly j/k).

Did I deliver or what! I'm hyper and can't move from the neck down whoo hoo! On the eighth was my TKD testing for green belt (which I totally pwned) then the very next day I'm called in to work TT.TT…that is just mean…curse the Man! Ok I'm done n.n

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Chapter Five

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Hoenheim sat silently on the couch looking at the two boys; he had a look of understanding on his face. Sighing, he got up and said,

"Look at the two of you…"

"Dad, I…we…have to do something…" Liem said also standing up, Alphonse stood as well. Hoenheim walked over to them, placing his hands on each of their shoulders he said,

"I know."

"Then…"

"You two go get him back."

Liem grinned and nodded, he turned and started for the upstairs to get some stuff leaving his father with Alphonse, he kind of figured it would be nice if the two of them talked…or something.

"So…you're…"

"It's been a long time Alphonse…" Hoenheim said placing his free hand on Als' other shoulder, Alphonse though flinched at the sound of his name, "How have you been?"

"I…" Al paused and looked down at the floor, he couldn't place this feeling he was having, it was mixture of emotions he couldn't recollect ever experiencing.

"You have to understand, your mother and I did everything we could to find you and your brother…"

"I…hm…" Al didn't make eye contact, there was just something about the way Hoenheim was talking to him that made him feel strange. He'd never been talked to in quite this manner, by anyone, "sorry…"

"Alphonse?" Hoenheim tried to look Al in the eyes but found that he had them shut tight, "You're not the one who should be sorry…it's not your fault."

Al shoved his fathers' hands off his shoulders and backed away, he glared at him before saying,

"Don't…talk to me, don't touch me, don't come anywhere near me!" he turned and ran out the door, he couldn't stand being in the same room…and he hated that feeling.

It wasn't more then twenty minutes later that Liem walked out of the house carrying a kind of messenger like bag. He'd said good bye to his father and was more or less ready to go but he first wanted to stop by Winrys' to say good bye. Al didn't mind so long as they got going, they had to get to the train station to buy tickets. When they arrived at the Rockbell residence Den looked up and barked a few times. Winry stepped out of the house to see what Den was barking about when she noticed Liem walking down the path towards her.

She smiled and waved, but then her eyes fell on Alphonse and she lowered her hand slightly. Apart from the photo she'd seen and the description Liem had told her, Winry had never actually met Alphonse, though there was something about him that seemed unnaturally familiar about him. When they came to a stop at the bottom of the porch steps she asked,

"Are you going somewhere Liem?"

"Yeah, I am, just dropped by to tell ya see you later." Lime replied with a shrug.

"Ah, I see…" Winry sighed, "So, you must be Alphonse?"

"Yes…"

"It's kind of hard to believe you and Liem are related."

"How so?" Als' eyes narrowed just slightly. Winry didn't answer right away; instead she sighed and took something out of her pocket, and walking over to Liem she handed him a slip of what looked like paper.

"Well…"

"What?" Al crossed his arms and tilted his head, "I know we've never met and I'm sure…Liem…here has told you about his first encounter with me."

"Yes."

"Well, haven't you ever heard of benefit of the doubt?" Al uncrossed his arms and turned. Liem snickered slightly,

"You don't have to worry Winry, he's different from before."

"Liem," Winry led him a little ways away from where Alphonse was standing, "How do you know it's not a trick?"

"To be honest, I don't. But, he IS my brother no matter how I look at it and…I think what he told me is the truth." Liem said.

"Just be careful all right, there's just something about him I don't trust." Winry gave him a quick hug.

"If it'll make you feel better, I will."

Liem and Alphonse left the Rockbell residence and made their way to the small train station, Alphonse told him to get two one way tickets to Central. Now, Liem had only heard of Central city when his father mentioned about the military, so this would be the first time he's actually visited the city. The train arrived and they boarded, they found their seats and waited for the train to depart, it was at that moment that Liem asked,

"Why did you attack us four years ago?"

"What do you mean?"

"You tried to kill my…our…mother, four years ago."

"Oh…that, well…" Alphonse gazed boredly out the window and answered, "I wasn't trying to kill anyone…"

"You were about to strangle her."

"Well, perhaps if she hadn't stabbed me the both of you would have seen what I was really trying to do." Al retorted sounding slightly offended.

"Huh?"

"She's my mother…why would I try to kill her? What I was trying to do was look into her soul to see if she was lying or not…that's all."

"Really…" Liem crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat, "Huh…"

"You know, that left a scar, see…" Al lifted his shirt slightly and pointed, sure enough there was indeed a scar, "I guess I deserved it, I should have stated my purpose there better."

"You think…"

"Hey, younger brother, watch it…"

The two continued to carry on a small conversation until Liem brought up Dante, he wanted to know more about her and her reasons for taking them. Alphonse was reluctant to answer but finally cracked, it made him look as if he were suffering an ulcer or something.

"You really don't like talking about her?"

"You have a nasty talent for stating the obvious," Al grumbled, "After all those things she put us through not once did she tell us the whole reason for her doing what she was doing. If we did a good job then we were given things, if we did a bad job then she sicked her pet chimera's on us. Brother, of course, would always torch them while I sat in a corner, at that time he had no idea how much he scared me, to even be in the same room with him made my skin crawl."

"Does he know now?" Liem questioned, he could tell that Al was about to spill the beans…again…and was going to get as much out of it as he possibly could. The more information about these people he could get the better he could use said information to help them, at least that was his theory.

"Oh yes, he knows," Al sighed, " He knows…because once when we were being 'punished' one of the chimera's had actually escaped his wrath and attacked me. Needless to say, that scared the living crap out of me, but being the older brother that he was his instinct always seemed to kick in at the last moment. He easily killed the chimera by making it explode…" Al paused, there was a very clear look on his face that he was treading in dangerous waters.

"And?" I tried.

"It was that display of power and control that scared me, even more so then being attacked by a near starving chimera. Seeing that he had the power to end something just like that, it was too much too fast…and I was about fourteen when it happened, being so sheltered I wasn't use to seeing something quite like that so it was pretty traumatic."

"How so?"

"I didn't speak, or eat, or do anything…I was in a sense in a sort of mental coma, I was conscious but my mind didn't process things and I was oblivious to the world around me. It was in those few months that I discovered my 'ability'. Since I'd only used it once and I did it instinctively, I had no idea how to actually use it…until that moment."

"I see…" Liem really wasn't sure what to make of all that other then Edward was extremely dangerous and extremely mental, that was not a positive combination.

"As for Dante, I found out that her associate, the one who kidnapped my brother and I, is actually somebody very important."

"That so? Who is it?"

"Don't know, just know he's important." Alphonse shrugged, "There also seems to be some officer in the military that's interested in finding my brother and I, I don't know who it is so don't bother asking."

He'd caught the look Liem had on his face and read it like an open book, seeing that he wasn't able to ask that question Liem asked a different one,

"How exactly do you expect to get your brother back?"

"I know where she's keeping him and I know the layout of the area, it shouldn't be that hard to get in and out."

"But what about guards?"

"I told you, I know that building like the back of my hand."

"Right…" Liem frowned, they'd been talking for so long that neither of them had noticed that the train had left the station and was already several miles away from Risembool. Liem looked out the window at the failing light and said, "You know, this'll be the first time I've left Risembool…"

"Yeah well, don't get your hopes up too much…Risembool is probably the only place I can think of that isn't tainted by politics and pointless battles." Al scoffed. Liem frowned when he heard this,

"Is it really that bad?"

"Central literally lives up to its' name, it is the center of the country, it gets all the news from all regions of Amestris. The east is probably the worst, but then there's the south that's not doing so well and the north…with Drachma…not any better. The west is doing better but it won't be very long before that's tainted too…nope, Risembool is the only place I can think of that is still peaceful." Al closed his eyes and started to doze, Liem did the same thing. But the words his older brother said had not settled well in his mind and many new questions started to rise.

It took at least two and a half days to get to Central, the two brothers spent most of their time either sleeping, carrying on light conversation or just gazing dazedly out the window at the scenery going by. Once they'd finally arrived in Central, Liem was the first to get off, he was sore but excited about seeing the city, Al didn't show nearly as much enthusiasm.

"So, this is Central?" Liem gazed up at all the buildings, it was a very nice city considering, the buildings were mostly all white and the people looked friendly. One thing though Liem noticed, were all the men in blue uniforms, he turned to Al and asked,

"Who are those guys?"

"Military men…but I find it odd that there are so many here at the train station…" Al answered looking around, he spotted a news paper lying on the ground so he picked it up and started reading the heading, "Oh my…that explains it…"

"What?"

"Apparently there's a serial killer going around killing military officers." Al shrugged.

"Say what!"

"Oh don't worry, it says here that the only victims have been State Alchemists and those who've gotten in the way…nothing to worry about."

Liem was giving Al a look that said he was being stupid and that there was absolutely everything to worry about. This was not what he'd hoped for when he first arrived in a new, at least for him, city, to find out there's a murderer going around.

"Come on little brother…we have business to attend to." Al took Liem by the upper arm and started to drag him out of the train station. The two made it onto the main street and started walking; Liem looked on edge whereas Alphonse seemed to be right at home. A car drove by and Liem paused and turned to watch it, but the car itself came to a stop, it reversed all the way back to where Alphonse and Liem were standing and the window rolled down.

"You two wouldn't happen to be brothers would you?" a mans voice from inside the car asked.

"Why do you as?" Al glared.

"Yeah, we're brothers…" Liem answered, it was a harmless question after all, though it was kind of odd that the person asked it just out of random.

"How long have you both been living in Central?" the man asked.

"What is your reason for asking us these questions?" Al demanded, "Is there a sensuous going on that I'm not aware of?"

That's when two people, a rather large man and a woman, in military uniforms got out of the car and grabbed the two brothers, they tossed them into the car and drove off.

-To Be Continued-

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Ok…I'm sleepy…that's why I ended the chapter the way I did. I was actually hoping to get Edward into this chapter but I guess not, that'll be in the next chapter so you'll just have ta read and review! Whahahaha…cough, cough…(lies down and goes to sleep).