Warning: If anyone hasn't read very far in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, there may be a spoiler towards the end.
At first the two of them had been heading to a certain destination, but after Roy had been calling after Riza; the two of them were heading outside. Duo just followed them, since he had nowhere else to go at the moment.
A whole group of soldiers were gathered around a tree that had completely split down the middle. Whatever had done this was no mystery to Roy or Riza, but the rest of the men were clueless. Duo wasn't very sure either so he got closer to gaze into the giant crater where the tree split. In the middle, everyone could see something moving, but the shadows covered it up.
"Everyone, move away!" Roy commanded and everyone listened except for Duo who was curious to see exactly what was down there.
A pair of eyes turned towards Duo and at first he thought it was the golden-eyed monster he had seen in the window, but as he took a closer look he saw it was much bigger than the monster. The thing turned to face Duo and then he turned and began to run which puzzled Riza and Roy.
"Where are you going?" Roy asked, but once the giant person he knew as Gluttony jumped out of the crater and landed in front of them; he knew why.
Duo could feel tremors in the ground and stopped to glance at what had made them. When he saw what made them, he began running as fast as he could. That thing wasn't human, and he couldn't shake the feeling he had encountered one of the thing's before.
Edward and Alphonse came out of the main building, totally oblivious to what was happening. Duo yelled at them to get inside, but they didn't seem to understand him clearly. He had no choice but to turn towards them and push them back.
"Get in! Now there's this giant thing-!" He was cut off when a giant arm hit him in the chest and Ed was pretty sure he could hear ribs cracking.
Gluttony forced Duo's body a few yards away, and by the way Duo's body remained limp; he was surely unconscious. The huge homunculi smiled at them but Ed was quick to react and immediately turned his automail into a blade.
"You son of a bitch! I'll kill you!" As he brought his blade down, Envy interfered and blocked Ed's blow.
"Grab the guy over there Gluttony! And don't eat him!" Envy ordered as he fought off Ed's relentless automail.
Al tried to go after Gluttony, but the big guy was faster than he looked. He swiftly lifted Duo off the ground and in a flash had disappeared. Envy soon retreated as well, leaving the two brothers to feel beaten and as if they had failed.
> > >
Wufei could hear that Heero was getting along great with Quatre who had come to visit and give them an update on how their project was going. So far they had a little more than half-way completed the machine.
It was when their voices stopped that Wufei got curious and cautiously looked in. As he had expected, the two were locked in a kiss and Wufei could only feel happy for his friend. It had been a little over two weeks, and now it was time for Heero to move on.
As he returned to the kitchen he noticed something strange about the air. It looked distorted and reminded him of those lame ghost hunters shows he used to watch on occasion. He reached out towards it and felt a strange presence as he walked through it. When he turned to inspect it again, the thing had disappeared. Whatever it was, Wufei could feel an ease when he had passed through it.
"Duo…?" Wufei spoke to the empty room and when he realized Heero and Quatre were in their too, he snapped out of his trance.
"What's wrong?" Quatre looked worried and Heero looked slightly detached as he left the room.
"I'm fine, go comfort Heero. But later I want to talk to you about whether Duo… survived or not…" Wufei saw a hurt look in Quatre's eyes, but the blonde still smiled.
"I'll be back soon, and then we'll talk."
> > >
Lust was waiting for them patiently on the outskirts, and sighed when she saw Gluttony from a distance. Then she saw the unconscious boy on his shoulder that was still lucky to be in one piece, and not in Gluttony's stomach.
"Are you sure that's him?" Duo's face was hidden by so much hair, she had to be careful to not wake him by pulling to hard while moving it from his face.
"It is! It is! Envy said so!" Gluttony let Duo roll off his shoulder onto the ground and Lust could see his bruised face.
Lust had Gluttony pick him up and load him onto the small carriage they had stolen and then waited for Envy to return as well. Then 'Father' would get to meet this guy and maybe he could actually become a homunculi as well.
"All of this just for one boy who barely looks like he could fight his way out of a box." Lust saw Envy coming and got in, and once Envy changed his form they went straight back to their hideout.
Sorry the chapter was short!