~~Chapter Five~~

The train left at three, and it was now two thirty. With the traffic time and travel time, it would be a miracle if we made the train. It would be a miracle if Winry wasn't so slow.

"C'mon Winry! Gosh, you're so slow!" AL called over his shoulder at Winry as we ran down the platform towards her train. She huffed at him, hastening her pace. Making it just in time, the conductor grabbed her ticket hastily.

"Have better sense of timing children." Winry sighed, turning to me and smiling.

"Guess I'll see you the next time your auto-mail is broken, huh?" She put on a smile, but her eyes showed her true feelings. Without much thought to Al standing next to us, I leaned in and kissed her gently. Shocked, she didn't kiss back much. I smiled and then pulled away.

"I promise I wont leave you for long. Who knows, my auto-mail may just break in a week." I gave her a playful smile, earning some blush from her. She turned, rushing onto the train.

We waved from the platform, the smile never leaving my face. Al looked to me, a small smile forming over his face. I looked to him when the train vanished out of sight.

"What are you grinning about?"

"You love her." Al smiled wider, turning and nonchalantly walking away towards our platform. Shocked, it took me a moment to catch up to him.

"What do you mean I love her? We… I…" I trailed off, unable to think of a logical explanation to this. Somehow, I knew he was right though.

The way I looked at her four years ago had changed. I no longer thought of her as just a friend. I looked to her and thought that she was gorgeous. Her long golden hair and sparkling blue eyes… She wasn't just my friend anymore. I looked at her with appreciation for what she did for Al and me, I saw her through eyes that said she was a woman.

"You love her." Al looked to me, his smile spreading wider.

"Shut up." Was my only response as I walked up to the group. Mustang, Hawkeye, Havoc, Al and I were all on our way to search for Envy. Mustang hadn't wanted Winry tagging along, so he was actually the one who sent her home. Mustang was the only one who seemed anxious to catch Envy, or prove that he wasn't out there. The only possible reason I could think of that would justify that would be… Well actually I had no reason. Mustang was acting odd, but I didn't pay attention to him when I had Envy on my mind. There was more important stuff than a person's behavior to worry about. One of them was protecting my family, the people I cared about.

"Finally, did Winry catch her train?" Havoc looked to us, seeing the goofy grin on Al's face. He knew something was up, his eyes scanning us curiously.

"Yeah, she did." A little too much sadness leaked into my voice. I caught myself, but too late.

"she'll be welcome back anytime, after Envy is stopped." Mustang spoke, looking to Al and me as well. We eyed him back, not sure what he was seeing. We knew it was different from Havoc. He just turned away, blowing it off as usual.

Somehow, I knew my romance was not going to stay a secret. I knew that I would have to deal with them for the rest of the time we were dating. I was not looking forward to that.

The whistle blew, signaling the trains' entrance into the station. We looked down the rails, waiting for the wind to blow past our faces. Instead, we got smoke and flying train pieces.

Almost everyone ducked, except Al, Mustang, and myself. We stood, watching it closely for any sign of danger. Hawkeye crouched by Mustang's feet, pulling her gun out and aiming at the tunnel. Havoc pulled his gun, but he was crouched in fear just like everyone else.

Without much thought, I readied myself for whatever was to come. Somehow, I knew I could handle it. And just like that, a red flash came from the tunnel.

"Fullmetal! I've come back for you!" Envy staggered out of the cloud, his eyes filled with hatred and evil. I smiled, looking to Mustang and Al.

In our eyes, we determined that everyone was ready for this. Without hesitation, Hawkeye started shooting, hitting Envy square in between the eyes. He stumbled back, immediately changing appearance.

Hawkeye stopped shooting when he changed, a fearful look coming over her face. Envy gave her an all-knowing smile.

"I know your secrets Riza." He started to step forward, but that was when the flames came. Mustang was snapping away., burning Envy every time. Riza looked up to him, a look of apology and thanks in her eyes. He didn't look down, just kept sending flames towards Envy.

'Ha! You think that coming back from the gate would leave me that weak?" Envy shouted above the snapping of alchemic flames, his voice sounding even more cocky than normal. Suddenly, he leapt out of the flames, heading straight towards me.

I slapped my hands together, transmuting my gauntlet instinctively. Once I lost my arm, I made it a point of having a gauntlet so I could still have my favorite weapon; my blade. Just as he reached me, I stabbed it through his stomach. He groaned but just continued in attacking me. I yanked my blade out, ducking from his wildly flailing arms.

Something was off about him. He wouldn't have been this careless normally. He certainly wouldn't have been able to escape Mustang's flames normally. Something was up with this Envy. He wasn't himself.

"I'll get you good this time Fullmetal! I wont let your brother interfere!" With that, her stopped attacking me, whirling to Al. Al was ready, slapping his hands to the telephone pole and sending a line of metal straight through Envy. I ran to his side, protecting him as much as he was protecting me.

"Very good. Very good indeed." With that, he started to remove himself from the pole. A few bystanders let out a scream or gasp as he did so. I went into a defensive stance in front of Al, ready to protect him if anything happened. He gave me a scolding look, evening himself out with me. He went into a defensive stance as well, readying for the oncoming attack. Envy just smiled, and with one movement, he was on top of Al. Al let out a startled gasp as Envy slammed him against the pole. Something cracked, and that was enough to distract me.

"Al!" I called out his name desperately, kneeling by his side.

Envy ran out, getting away once again.