Hey everyone! Oh gee, reading your reviews I get the feeling like my stories are getting some of you in near trouble huh? :3 haha Well…always when I'm far too impatient and eager for a story and see a update I squeal for half an hour before I (somewhat) compose myself and then I finally notice my friend asked me a question XD Yup, little ol' awkward me ^_^

This is identical to my previous one shot Can't keep their chains on me with Greed fleeing from Father but at first NOT succeeding in escaping his clutches! Hope you all enjoy!

Freedom outta my grasp

"God damn it!" Greed winced in pain, feeling the immense pain shooting through his body at the gaping wound in his side, he couldn't put up his shield if he had to regenerate, Father knew that well.

"Shit," he cursed under his breath, feeling Pride's shadows dragging him across the hard ground toward his doom.

After regenerating, Greed covered himself in his ultimate shield and dug his claws into the ground, struggling in vain to free himself.

His violet eyes widened when he coughed out blood when Father suddenly slammed his whole weight on his back, almost breaking his spine if not for the shield covering him.

"Greed! Let me take over! This is too dangerous, we have to get out!" Ling shouted frantically in their shared mind, watching as Greed struggled to crawl to his knees.

"Heh, not a chance in hell prince! Ya think you can go against these guys? Fat chance! I'll get us outta here, you just lean back and enjoy the show!"

Greed slammed his elbow hard against Father's side, with his other hand he cut the shadows off his body, immediately sprinting away from the duo.

Then she came.

Lust.

"Hey Lusty, lookin' good as always," Greed threw a comment her and attempted to run pass her but she suddenly tried to dig her metallic nails into his body, thankfully his shield was still up.

"You know it's useless with my shield up girlie!" Greed taunted, continuing to run, until Lust suddenly grabbed him and threw him against the wall, hard.

Greed coughed, hanging his head against his chest, one eye closed in pain, "Heh, guess I get so distracted by your looks that I forget what a bitch and pain in the ass you really are," Greed attempted to sit up, but found one of his unprotected arms to be impaled by Lust's nail.

Damn it all to hell.

"Flattering me again Greed? Pity, you would have been one of the leading Homunculi if you weren't so stubborn and selfish," she frowned, her sharp teeth showing.

"Hate to break it to ya, but I ain't called Greed the Avaricious for nothin'." Greed coughed out blood, he winced again as Lust suddenly started to slowly, painfully, drag her nail up his arm, tearing open flesh, tendons, nerves, everything.

"Argh! Greed! Let me help!" Greed's eyes widened as he felt Ling trying to take over, he narrowed his eyes and with a cry of anger and pain, ripped out Lust's nail and ran again, letting his stone heal his injuries.

Greed suppressed Ling, shutting him off and not letting him gain control.

"Greed what the hell are you doing?!" Ling tried to take over again, but Greed had a firm lock.

"Knock it off kid! I'm trying to save our ass! If you take over you'll lose the only protection you have against those bastards! Your speedy legs ain't nothing without my shield!" Greed dodged Lust's nails and Pride's shadows, speeding up his pace.

Greed moved left and right, grinning when he saw his ticket to freedom, it was night now, which meant Pride was useless and Lust wouldn't dare take him on without some back up.

Only thing to worry about?

He forgot about his dear daddy.

Greed was violently flung back by the arm, he slammed hard against the concrete and was about to sit up until Father slammed his foot against his stomach and almost choked him with his hand on his throat.

"Greed, don't you know that misbehaved children are punished?" Father gazed down at him with a blank, cold expression, tightening his grip around his throat.

Greed offered him a defiant, strained grin, "P-punished huh? Sorry pops, I'm a stubborn son of a bitch, yer gonna have a h-hard time beating me with a stick," Greed spit out blood right in Father's face.

"Greed!" Ling shouted in fear and worry for his friend.

"Listen princy, I'm gonna shut you off completely alright? I hate takin' away your freedom but I can't let ya see shit like that ok? When the old man's as angry as he is now, he ain't playing nice. Sweet dreams now Ling, you'll wake up when this whole shit is over," Greed closed his eyes in concentration, mentally blocking out Ling's chi as well as his control, temporarily though.

A smile grew on Greed's face as he opened his eyes to glare up at Father.

"No need to worry the kid about it, I grew up with the strict hand after all. I just hope my shield will hold up and not injure Ling damn it," he looked to the side where Lust and Pride were approaching him, "Ok…this is bad. If I regenerate then I won't have much time for my shield to cover me, where the hell is that good-for-nothing runt Elric when ya need him?"

Greed sighed and grinned widely up at Father, "Try to torture me all ya want pops, but ya can't beat discipline into me. I was always a troublemaker wasn't I?"

With that, Greed felt a burning hot sensation.

Then everything went dark.

"G-Greed?" Ling slowly regained control of his mind, managing to link his and Greed's mindsets together again, "Ugh…Greed…what…where…where are we?"

Greed's/Ling's body was laying face down in front of Central's headquarters', his black shirt and pants were torn, blood on various parts, Greed himself seemed to be unconscious.

"H-hey partner, sorry to keep ya waitin'. Hope ya had a nice nap," Greed was in pain, immense pain, Ling could sense it.

"Greed! What the hell happened?! Why are we here?! What happened with Father and the other Homunculi?! What happened to you?!" Ling was desperate for answers, he had no idea what happened and why Greed was looking half dead. Ling himself didn't feel any pain at all.

"Stop shoutin' will ya? My ears are ringing. Ya don't need to know that, don't wanna scare the children do ya?"

"Children? What-"

"Ling!" Edward Elric and Al with Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye in tow, ran towards his motionless body.

Violet eyes slowly opened, blood covering one of them, as Greed gazed upon panicked, worried amber eyes of one Edward Elric.

"Hey kid…took ya long enough," Greed winced at the pain he felt.

"Greed! What happened?! Why are you hurt?! What happened to Ling?!" Edward scanned him from head to toe, he was covered in bruises and blood.

"Long story kid, not suited for kids under the height of a runt," Greed smirked weakly, "The prince's fine, had a nice nap too." He was mildly surprised on how Edward wasn't fazed at all by his comment about his height, even if the kid grew taller.

"The Homunculus did this didn't he?" Roy asked, his eyes narrowing in realization.

Edward's eyes widened, "No way! They captured you Greed?! Why?! How?!"

Greed grinned weakly, his usual cocky grin losing its edge, " The Colonel's sure perceptive ain't he? B-buy him a lollipop for me. Shit happens when daddy gets mad at a troublemaker kid like me ya know? Daddy complex, shit like that, anyway, can I get some water or somethin'? I feel like I've been swallowing sand all day," he coughed, blood slowly trickling down his chin.

"Al!" Alphonse quickly picked Greed up, following his elder brother inside to get him treated.

"Thanks kid, ya got a big heart for a piece of metal," Greed whispered weakly, opening an eye just so to look up at Al.

"Don't worry, Greed, Ling, we will take care of you. You're safe here, nothing will happen," Greed's open eye widened slightly, before he smiled as he allowed himself to rely on a kid to carry him even if his soul was strapped to a piece of armor larger than him.

"I'm alright, Homunculi heal after all. Make sure princy doesn't get all pissy and whiney," he dropped his joking tone for a moment, turning deadly serious, "Be prepared, maybe they followed me here,"

With that Greed lost consciousness, the darkness swallowing him in it's cold grasp as the last thing he saw and heard were the worried amber eyes of Edward and multiple voices shouting his name worriedly.

Somewhere in this eternal darkness where he was currently floating in, he smiled.

For the first time in his life, Greed felt content. His previous hunger to posses anything and everything and to swallow the whole world gone.

He learned he had friends, friends that are worried about him and that he can rely on when he gets his ass kicked.

He heard a beeping sound, the next thing he heard were whispers.

"He's awake!" the oddly familiar voice sounded but Greed couldn't believe it, didn't want to.

What the hell? Ling?

Nah, it couldn't be. He couldn't be hearing Ling out of his mind right? He was hallucinating, great.

"Greed, hey, can you hear me? Greed!" Greed slowly opened his violet eyes, squinting at the light that he had to get used to.

"What the-….Ling?" he must be dreaming.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, partner," Ling greeted happily, standing beside Edward, Al, Roy and Riza as well as several other people.

"How…why…"

"I don't know myself, but we are two separate beings now," Ling smiled, grinning at Greed.

Greed smiled, chuckling softly, "Damn…I get my ass handed to me one time and I have to see your ugly mug now," he grinned when Ling pouted in displeasure, "Wait…what do I look like now?"

"You still look like me, or well, similar. I gotta say though, my face is more handsome," he stuck his tongue out at Greed.

"Nice try kid, it's the same face, though I'm a damn stud and you're a wimp," Greed grinned widely when Ling glared at him, bickering back and forth on who was more of a stud.

"Great…now we got two idiots to worry about…" Ed slapped a hand to his forehead, "At least now I know what to call them,"

"I don't know about this brother…if a bored Ling is too much for Fu and Lan Fan to handle and Xing itself….then…what would happen if bored Greed and Ling were to think of pranks together?"

Ed's eyes widened, "Oh, oh,"

The end for this chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed it! Reviews and opinions are welcomed! QUESTION: Should I write more chapters where Greed and Ling don't share the same body?