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"Where are we going?" I asked as Greed led me farther into Central. He didn't answer me, just went into a place called, 'The Devil's Nest.' "How many of these are there?" I thought as I was pulled in. Greed continued to pull me through the bar and down a flight of stairs to a good-sized room with a couple of couches in it and about 15 men and women.
"Hey, Greed," a woman called to him. "Where were you? I missed you."
"I had something to pick up," Greed replied, grinning as he walked over to a couch.
"Who's this?" a man asked as he walked up to me.
"This is my new pet for a few days," Greed said as women sat down on either side of him, though he still held onto my leash. "Actually, she's the Shadow Alchemist."
"The state alchemist?" someone asked in disbelief.
Greed nodded and let my leash drop to the floor. "What?" I muttered, crossing my arms.
Suddenly, Greed's foot came up, kicking me in the jaw. I fell over backwards, rubbing my sore jaw as I sat up again. "Remember that I am your new master for the next few days," Greed reminded me. "And you will treat me with respect."
"Yes, Master," I hissed as I stood up.
"Better," Greed said. "Now, go get me something to drink." As I headed upstairs, I could feel the eyes of everyone else in the room on me.
As Edward opened his eyes, he saw Envy sitting over at a table, eating the dinner he'd prepared. "You did well, Fullmetal," Envy complimented as he finished. "Well enough that you will not be punished for interfering with my business with Greed."
"Thank you, Master," Edward muttered. "Am I allowed to go to bed, yet?"
"Yes," Envy replied, tossing a set of keys to Edward, "just make sure that you lock your leash on tight." Edward smiled and headed upstairs. "He just made a big mistake," he thought as he fingered his collar.
As soon as he was in our room, Edward unlocked the collar from around his neck and the bands no his arms, dropping them on the bed, stuffing the keys in the pocket. He started to climb out the window when Envy burst though the door. "Oh no you don't!" he exclaimed, grabbing the back of Edward's shirt.
"Let go!" Edward cried as he jumped out the window, tearing off the part of the shirt Envy had grabbed in the process. He ran as fast as he could into the woods, occasionally looking back over his shoulder to make sure that Envy wasn't following him.
"Fullmetal!" Edward heard someone call behind him. He spun around and saw Roy, Riza, and Alphonse running towards him.
"Brother!" Alphonse cried as he embraced Edward in a tight hug.
"Alphonse," Edward breathed as he hugged back.
In The Devil's Nest, I walked back down the stairs holding a foul smelling drink the bartender had said was Greed's usual. "Here," I said, shoving the drink at Greed. "Anything else, Master?" I tripped slightly on the word 'Master', but it still had all the malice I had intended in it.
"You've got her trained well, Greed," a man said, walking over to me. "How much do you want for her?"
"Actually, she's not really mine," Greed replied. "You'd have to talk to her owner. She's a favorite of his."
"Hey!" I interrupted, crossing my arms. "I don't belong to anyone! Especially Envy!!"
"She's feisty, I'll give her that," the man said, lifting my chin to look at my face. "You sure you couldn't sell her?"
"Of course, I'm sure," Greed replied. "She's only mine for the next 3 days."
"You mean I have to endure this for 3 more days?" I thought as I looked back down. I walked away from Greed into a secluded corner and just leaned against the wall, extremely annoyed at everyone in the room. I slowly slid down the wall until I was sitting against the wall until I was sitting against the wall. I leaned against the wall, closed my eyes, and quickly fell asleep.
"Here you go, brother," Alphonse said, handing Edward his cloak.
"Thanks, Al," Edward replied, slipping it on.
"So, Fullmetal, what happened?" Roy asked as they walked back towards Central Command.
"Envy was stupid enough to think that he had broken me, so he gave me the keys to my collar and alchemy-preventing bands," Edward replied, shrugging. "I don't know where Greed took Emilee, though." He looked down as he said that and didn't say anything else.
"I think I can help you with that," Roy said, grinning slightly. "Havoc and Fuery said that they saw him leading her into The Devil's Nest, a bar on the outskirts of Central. We should find them both there."
"Really?" Edward asked, looking up at Roy hopefully.
"Yeah, and with you looking like that, it will be easy to convince Greed that you're still under Envy's control," Roy replied.
"That's because he will still be under my control," Envy hissed from behind them. "I'm not giving up my pets that easily."
"I'm not letting you take my brother again," Alphonse said, stepping protectively in front of Edward.
"Are you offering to take his place?" Envy asked, smirking evilly. "Because I'd be happy to take you instead."
Alphonse backed up a step and Edward moved to stand in front of him. "Leave Alphonse out of this," he ordered, glaring at Envy, ready to fight.
Suddenly, Roy snapped, lighting Envy on fire. "Let's go, Fullmetal!" he exclaimed as he and Riza started running towards the woods where Envy's house was, Edward and Alphonse following close behind.
"Colonel, where are we going?!" Edward yelled at Roy as they neared Envy's house.
"Straight back to me," Roy said as they stopped in front of the house.
"Colonel?" Alphonse asked as Roy looked evilly at them. Roy grinned evilly at them and turned into Vanity.
"Vanity!" Edward exclaimed, stepping protectively in front of Alphonse. "What are you doing here?!"
"Helping me, Fullmetal pipsqueak," Riza said, transforming into Envy.
"Envy?! But Roy burned you!"
"Father is such a genius at making copies of the hommunculi that die once," Envy smirked, grabbing Edward. "Vanity, grab the other one and let's go."
Vanity grabbed Alphonse and they dragged both brothers into the house. Before Edward or Alphonse knew it, Envy had collars and alchemy-preventing bands on both boys and Alphonse now wore a black tanktop, black fingerless gloves and a pair of loose dark brown pants held up by a piece of cloth around his waist.
"Envy," Edward hissed, looking down. "Do whatever you want to me, but let Alphonse go."
"And why would I do that?" Envy hissed, gesturing for Vanity to leave. "Now I have the whole Elric family in my possession. It's a dream come true!"
"Shut up!" Edward yelled at him. "We're not just things for you to keep!!"
"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Fullmetal," Envy said, lifting Edward's chin. "Now go to your room and take your brother with you."
Edward muttered something under his breath and grabbed Alphonse heading up the stairs. "You okay, brother?" Alphonse asked as Edward practically slammed the door shut behind them.
"What do you think, Al?" Edward asked, lying back on his bed. "We can't use alchemy, we're stuck in this damn house with Envy, and we can't do anything about it!"
"Sure, we can, brother," Alphonse said. "We'll just wait for Emilee to get back, then we'll figure something out and—" He stopped talking so he could duck to avoid the pillow headed straight for him.
"Don't you get it, Al?!" Edward exclaimed. "We're gonna be stuck here for the rest of our lives since Colonel Bastard doesn't seem to care that much about helping us!"
"Don't say that!" Alphonse yelled back. "When I went to him after you and Em got captured, he said he would help!"
"Don't be stupid, Al! That was Envy! Mustang wouldn't help us even if Envy was trying to kill us!"
That was too much for Alphonse. He dropped to his knees in front of my bed and put his head down. "Al? You okay?" Edward asked, kneeling down in front of him.
"Brother, you idiot!" Alphonse exclaimed, punching Edward in the gut to knock him away.
"Wasn't expecting that," Edward muttered, wrapping an arm around his hurting stomach. "Tell you what, Al. When Em gets back, we'll figure out a way to get out of here for good."
"You mean it?" Alphonse asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Yeah, I promise," Edward replied, smiling as Alphonse smiled at him.