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Roy let his foot carefully land on the last step. His gloved hand reached for the door as he hand motioned with his free hand to Hawkeye and Havoc to move carefully behind him. Considering what used to be here, Roy suspected something terrible and circles all over the place. While Envy wasn't capable of alchemy, Edward was. All Envy would have to do is make them, and then have Edward set them off accidentally.

He cracked open the door, finding that his presumptions were not that far off. His mind told him to leave, to flee. That this place wasn't meant for his eyes. But he knew that if he planned to help Ed, he'd need to know exactly everything that had led to his wings.

Roy walked into the dark room, noticing the blood stains over everything. He saw a small set of circles near his feet and instantly stopped and put his hand up to keep Havoc and Riza back a few steps. He squatted down, letting his fingers go near the circle without actually touching it. Despite his knowledge,he had no idea what it actually did.

He turned back to Riza and the look of horror on her face as she looked around was only ever seen few times before in Roy's life. "Lieutenant...I need to find out what it is these circles do. In order to do that, I need you to back up and let me test it."

"Sir! That's dangerous! It could ki-" Riza was interrupted by a small wave of Roy's hand.

"It won't kill me. Envy nor Edward would have made a circle to do that. That was never either purpose." Roy explained and he shooed Havoc and Riza back a few steps. Havoc sighed as he dropped his cigarette and squished it beneath is shoe.

Roy let his fingers touch the circle, activating it though making sure that the energy put in it was minimal in case it was something that could hurt him in any way. After a moment he felt something click around his arms and legs and when the light went away he saw two bladed handcuffs around his wrists and ankles. His eyes opened wide in horror as he realized that Envy had done this to Edward.

"Holy hell." Havoc stated as he looked down at Roy.

"Sir?!" Riza yelled as she hunched down next to him. She leaned in to touch them and right before, she realized it would be impossible to. The blade was to sharp and thin, and he wondered how painful it must have been to be trying to escape from these. "Havoc, go get Fuery, tell him to bring anything that can cut through metal." Riza ordered and Havoc instantly ran up the stairs, putting his gun back into the holster. "I knew you shouldn't have touched it." Riza complained as she tried to inspect further of the chains and blades.

"If I hadn't, I wouldn't have known what this did." Roy bit back. A part of him wish he still hadn't. The constant nagging of not bringing himself to test it was a much better option then the thoughts of exactly what else was down here, and what mental and physical abuse Ed had gone through because of Envy.

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Ed let his clothes fall on his body in the ways they used to. Though due to the hot weated he'd forgone wearing the heavy jacket. Instead he wore his white lined black t-shirt with his usual leather pants. He walked out of the hospital room and down the hallway toward the exit. As soon as reached outside, he wondered where it was he should go. At this hour the library was probably closing up soon. His dorm had nothing in it to go back to and he really needed to distract his mind right now. but going to Headquarters would mean seeing Roy. As much as part of him wanted to, he didn't need any more of Roy for today.

So where did that leave?

Well he could go to a bar. Being 18 here, he was legally allowed to drink. Or he could head over to Gracia's. He knew that after a long time since his last visit, her and Elysia would be happy to see him again. As long as he didn't do anything that caused too much stress he'd be fine.

After a moment of thinking, he decided that would be the better option. He wasn't going to find an answer to his problems at the bottom of a bottle.

He let his footsteps start towards the direction of Gracia's and in no time he'd reached his destination. He stopped outside the door, knowcking lightly. He heard small footsteps and a few normal sized ones before the door opened. Gracia smiled as she saw Edward standing there. "Why what brings you here. You're not in more trouble are you?" Ed shook his head with a knowing smile and walked in as Gracia stepped back holding the door open.

"How have you been ?" Ed asked as he took a seat across from her on the couch. Elysia sat next to him, holding onto his arm with a grin.

Gracia smiled, shacking her head. Even after so many years he still refused to call her by her first name. "I've been fine, thank you. How about you, Roy told me that you ended up in the hospital."

"Oh that." Ed stated, placing a hand behind his head and scratching it innocently. "Well, it was something minor and Mustang overreacted." Ed explained. He didn't want to talk about Roy, but it was the easiest way out of explaining his wings. He didn't tell anyone about them. And he wanted to keep it that way.

"That man is always worrying over year. Sometimes he forgets to take care of himself whenever your on missions. Maes used to make sure he ate, but I think Riza's the one who does it now." Gracia explained and Ed's eyes opened wide with shock. Why was all this information come to him now. When a few hours ago he told Mustang he hated him. "Edward, how about you stay for dinner?" She offered looking at the sleeping Eylsia leaning against him.

Edward looked over to her and smiled. She was very cute at her age. Then again the past six years she's always been cute. He just never admitted it to Maes in fear of being killed with pictures. He leaned back in his seat, the girl automatically shifting in her sleep to rest comfortably against his arm. Gracia stood with a smile and made her way to the kitchen to work on dinner a little bit more. She been in the middle of doing so when he'd stopped by.

Now that Ed thought about it, he smelled something familiar in the air. It was his favorite dinner. The one thing he always loved when his mother would cook. He always tried helping her out with it, and teaching Al what he had learned once his mother finished teaching him. She always said he was a quick learner. No matter what it was.

Ed looked over to the sleeping girl, seeing just how much she was going to look like Gracia. But you could also see how much like Hughes she would turn out to be like. He brushed a hair out of her face, a smile on his lips. Elysia is like a little sister to him. He just wish he had more time to stop by here more often to see her.

Gracia walked back into the room, motioning for Edward to wake her up and that dinner was done. Edward tapped her awake and her mouth opened wide with a large yawn. Ed stood up to follow her when the phone went off. Gracia rushed passed him to give her the phone. "Hello?"

"Is Edward there?" The voice asked. It sounded close to Havoc's voice, but there was talking in the background. "We tried calling him at the hospital but he'd already left. Someone say him head in the direction of your house."

"Yes he's here," She responded waving for Ed to come take the phone. Elysia was then dragged out of the room into the kitchen.

"Yeah?" Ed asked as he put the receiver of the phone to his ear. He wondered what the military could possibly want since he'd just gotten back from a mission less then a week ago.

"Boss needs some help here. Were looking at some circles but he can't seem to figure out what they do. He tried testing a few out and they're less then safe. Hawkeye doesn't want him losing his head, and told me to find you."

Ed rolled his eyes. Mustang was terrible with circles other then fire or air, practically anyone could tell what a circle does by looking at the basic components. He could get anyone to do this, why did he need him?" "Fine, I'll meet you outside of Headquarters." Ed didn't nearly want to face Mustang yet, and he knew that the rest of his team would pick up on something.

Ed walked over to the kitchen wear Gracia was putting some of the beef stew into a seperate bowl and putting a cover on it. "Don't worry. Just stop by sometime tomorrow and you can bring it home to eat." Edward grinned and made his goodbyes. He left out the front door, making his short walk to headquarters.

As soon as he got there, Fuery was greeting him instead of Havoc who had answered the phone. "Hello Edward!" He said, with a strange amount of enthusiasm. Ed waved and motioned for Fuery to lead them to wherever it was they were going. Had it been Roy's office, Havoc would have said something to him on the phone. Fuery started to walk around the main building, seeing a set of stairs that went down. Ed walked first and Fuery closed the gate behind them. Only a small amount of light escaped into the stairwell and Ed tried hard not to fall on the slanted staircase.

Fuery opened the door and Ed noticed a sharp increase in light. He felt deja vu coming along and when he adjusted to the light, his eyes widened in fear. This....this is where Envy had brought him. He turned back around and jetted back up the stairs and Fuery looked at him with confusion. His mind flashed with images of Envy torturing him, yet all the while telling him how much he cared for him. Confusion and pain were his currently feelings and there was no way in hell he could go down there. He could hear someones steps behind him and he assumed they were Fuery's.

He opened the door to get out and instantly was greeted with a face he did not want to see.

Hakuro.

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Starts of interesting, goes to filler and then back to story line. It's like regular anime XD. I'll update in a few days. Hope people are enjoying thus far. I have absolutely no idea where the hell I am going with this so if it seems kinda odd and not flowing right, I apologize.

Thanks readers and reviewers.

(Oh yes, the chapter was quite a bit longer this time)