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After I left Winry at a safe place, I headed for Central Command. "Emilee!" Edward exclaimed as I entered Roy's office.
"Give me your cloak," I ordered.
"Why?" Edward asked, but he gave it to me anyway.
"I couldn't find all my clothes," I replied, slipping on the long, red cloak. "I had a limited amount of time so I could only find my shirt, pants, belt, and shoes."
"What's around your neck, Emilee?" Riza asked.
"According to Envy, proof that I belong to him," I replied, fingering the collar. "And it won't come off. Not magic, alchemy, or alchemy and magic together could help."
"Hey, Chief," Havoc said as he came in. "Got that info on that old house in the woods you wanted. Hey, Emilee, what's with that weird necklace?"
I glared at him, but then I remembered something. "Hey, Edward, can you still pick a lock?" I asked.
"Yeah," Edward replied.
"Let's test that," I said, pointing at my collar. "Consider this your new assignment."
About 5 minutes later, Edward was holding the collar while I rubbed my sore neck. "Nice job," I said, taking back the collar. "Come on. If we don't get back to the hotel soon, Alphonse will come looking for us." Edward nodded, and we ran out of Central Command, side-by-side.
Once back at the hotel, I gave Edward back his cloak and grabbed own jacket and cloak. "Alphonse?" Edward called as I quickly redid my hair. "Al, you here?"
"Brother!" Alphonse exclaimed, tightly hugging him from behind.
"Al, let go," Edward gasped. "I can't…breathe."
Alphonse reluctantly let go of Edward only to grab me. "It's good to see you, Al," I said as he released me. I started to go towards my room when Edward grabbed my shoulder.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"My room," I replied. "I need a nap. I'll be perfectly safe."
Edward nodded and I collapsed on my bed when I got to my room, throwing my collar in the corner. I didn't bother to change, so I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep.
Envy had finally found out where we were staying and he sat perched outside my window. He slipped in and grabbed the collar from its place on the floor. He started over towards the bed, but he tripped over a pile of books on the floor.
I woke up with a jolt and saw Envy standing over me, the collar in his hand. "Edward!! Alph—" I cried before Envy clamped a hand down over my mouth.
"You really thought you could escape me that easily?" Envy hissed, locking the collar back around my neck. I glared at him and tried to hit him. Envy quickly took his hand off my mouth and grabbed my arms, pinning them to the bed. "I'll have to make sure that I have better ways of controlling you," Envy said, grinning evilly. He brushed my bangs out of my eyes and shivered slightly at his touch.
Suddenly, Edward and Alphonse burst through the door and Envy looked over at them. "Get your hands off her!" Edward ordered, running over to my bed. He stopped, though, as Envy turned his arm into a sword and pointed it at Edward.
This gave me to opportunity I needed and I twisted off the bed, landing next to Edward. "Come on!" I exclaimed, running out of the room, Edward and Alphonse behind me. "Edward, you and Alphonse go a different way than me," I ordered after we stopped running. "I'll meet you guys in Mustang's office."
"No, we're not leaving you alone!" Edward objected. He drew me towards him and hugged me. "If anything happened to you, I'd never forgive myself for leaving you alone," he whispered in my ear, his hand tangled in my loose hair. I pulled back from Edward and placed my hand on his cheek "I'll be fine," I assured him. "Don't worry about me." Edward didn't say anything, just lowered his head. I smiled and, lifting his chin, gently kissed him. "I'll be fine," I repeated as I turned around. And with that, I ran off, leaving Edward and Alphonse behind.
I ran as fast as I could towards Central Command, aware of everyone that passed me by. "Where the hell is Central Command?!" I thought as I stopped running and looked around.
"Are you lost, little one?" a woman asked me as she came up to me.
"Who are you callin' as little as an ant?!!!?" I exclaimed, spinning around. When I saw that she was staring at me, I looked down and blushed slightly. "Sorry, ma'am," I apologized. "I'm trying to find Central Command. Which direction?"
"And why is a young girl like you interested in finding Central Command?" she asked, smiling.
"I'm in the military," I replied. "I'm the Shadow Alchemist, Emilee Elric." She just stared at me. Normal. "Central Command?" I asked again.
"Yes, it's over there." She pointed towards the east, never breaking her gaze from me.
"Thanks," I said, backing away. I started running again and when I looked over my shoulder, the woman was still staring after me. "Creepy," I thought as I neared Central Command. "But it's kinda normal since I'm a girl and 16. Still creepy, though."
I ran as fast as I could inside Central Command, heading for Roy's office. "What are you doing here, Shadow?" Roy asked as I burst through the door.
"Have you seen…Edward or Alphonse?" I breathed as I tried to catch my breath.
"No, I haven't seen Edward since he left this morning," Roy replied, looking at the reports that cluttered his desk. "Has Envy found you yet?"
"Once, but I doubt he will here," I answered as I sat down on the couch in his office.
"You sure about that?" Roy asked as he got up and walked over to the couch. "How do you know that he's not in this room right now?"
"I actually really don't," I admitted, looking up at Roy.
Suddenly, Roy pushed me down on my back, pinning my wrists above my head. I struggled to get loose, but he was strong! "Roy, get off me!" I exclaimed as I continued struggling.
"And why would I do that, my little pet?" Roy asked, grinning evilly, a flash of purple streaking across his black eyes.
"You're not Roy," I said, staring at him.
"Correct," Envy said, turning back into his original form. "And where might the Fullmetal pipsqueak and his brother be?"
"I don't know," I replied, shivering slightly as Envy brushed the hair from my face.
"And why should I believe you?" Envy asked as he straddled my hips, keeping me from kicking up at him.
"Because I'm telling the truth, you bastard!" I yelled at him. "We were going to meet here to make a new plan to get away from you."
"I still don't believe you, my pet," Envy said. "But you need to be punished for running away." He used one hand to hold my wrists and transformed his other arm into a blade. He traced the blade along my cheek, drawing a thin line of blood. "Don't worry, my little chibi. If you're good, I'll reward you." He started to trace the blade down the side of my neck, skipping over my collar, and down my right arm, drawing more and more blood.
I grimaced as Envy stopped tracing the blade along my skin and grabbed my hair, pulling my head up to look him in the eyes. "Envy, you better reward me," I hissed in pain as blood dripped down my face.
"I still don't think that you were a good pet," Envy replied, grinning evilly at me. Suddenly, Envy got up, pulling me up along with him. "Let's go," Envy ordered, locking a leash onto my collar. "First, a little outfit change." He quickly changed me back into the outfit I woke up in at his house with one small change. I now had a 1½ in. metal band around the top of my arms.
"Hey!" I exclaimed before Envy slapped me.
"What did I tell you about speaking without my permission?" Envy asked, grabbing my discarded belt from the floor. He quickly bound my wrists behind my back, then pulled me out of Central Command. Envy kept a tight grip on my leash as he dragged me down the streets of Central, not caring who saw.
"Emilee!" I heard Edward yell out behind me. I turned my head and saw a very angry Edward and Alphonse, both looking ready to kill Envy.
Before I could say anything, Envy placed a hand over my mouth, smirking evilly. "You do not have permission to speak," Envy ordered, tying my leash to a pole, forcing me to my knees. "If you try to speak, well…" He traced a finger along the cut on my face, making me wince a bit.
"Get away from her!!" Edward cried, running at Envy. Envy jumped out of the way just as Edward swung his arm at him. "Al, a little help?" He looked over at Alphonse and saw him pinned to a wall, one of Lust's nails on either side of his neck.
"Come here, Fullmetal," Envy said. "Or I'll have Lust kill your brother."
Edward stiffened as he slowly walked over to Envy, glaring at him all the while. Before he knew it, Envy had Edward changed into a black tanktop with a red stripe running up the front, baggy gray jeans held up with another piece of rope, black fingerless gloves, and the same metal bands that I wore. He bound Edward's hands with his belt and fastened a collar identical to mind around Edward's neck connected to a leash. Envy untied my leash from the pole, pulling me to my feet. "There," he finally said. "Now I have two pets. Lust, let him go."
As Lust released Alphonse, Envy led me and Edward back to his house in the woods. "Brother!" Alphonse cried as we walked farther away. "Sister!" We tried to look back at him, but Envy pulled harder on our leashes, dragging us farther and farther away.