Author's Note: Hmmm how's this for a strange mix. Writing this and listening to Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata. Anyways, since there is someone wanting me to get up to the part she hasn't read yet I will keep going.

Chapter 4:Ordeal

Envy waltzed lazily from the alley way, his prize slung limply from his shoulder, arms swaying lifelessly, amusing the other as they grazed over his skin. He chuckled darkly as he pictured the younger one's frightened eyes staring up at him and then later watching as the light and spark dimmed from them a little at a time from hopelessness and anguish. Envy would break him meticulously, and groom him from the rebellious teen, to a submissive pet. He became excited at the thought of the challenge in store for him. He relished the notion of the other's fight and eventual hopelessness as the sin took away his freedoms one by one. Whatever it took, Envy was prepared to do, even if it meant killing every single person his pet loved. Absently he ran a hand against the other, feeling his chest rise and fall softly with rattling breaths and wished the other was awake so he could fully enjoy his response to the touch. He figured it would be revolt and disgust from the other and he laughed outright at the expression he had imagined on his little alchemist's face.

Through his almost maniacal laughter he heard a deeper voice than his chibi-chan's gasp and demand the blonde in his arms be put down. Wiping away his tears of mirth he regarded the Flame Alchemist coolly.

"What, miss your little fuck toy?" he asked vulgarly. "And here I thought you wanted nothing to do with him, the way the little shrimp was carrying on." He watched as the other's hand closed upon itself, the knuckles turning white and how Mustang's mouth was pursed into a tiny snarl. 'That's it....' he thought to himself. He wanted the Colonel to get mad and attack, it was so easy then to manoeuvre around and control the situation. Envy knew human's and knew that when they were angered they fought blindly. It was the same thing when they were upset. It was when they were scared that they could be unpredictable, either fighting with surprising strength as the adrenaline coursed through them, or running as fast as they could the other way.

Sure enough, as though Envy had willed it himself the Colonel made a mad dash at the other, rage in his eyes. Smirking the sin sidestepped and stuck a foot out and the Colonel toppled to the ground. Pulling himself up, the Alchemist pulled a shock of white fabric from his pocket and Envy made a tsking sound, shifting Edward so he was carrying him bridal style across his chest, eliminating any target the other had thought he had spotted. Still Mustang pulled on the special gloves that allowed him to make his signature flames. Envy shook his head softly, smirking.

"I wouldn't if I were you, you'll just hurt the chibi. Now be a good pawn and go home, and forget all about him. He won't be coming back, especially to some bastard like you." Roy extended his arm and brought two fingers together to snap though he was shaking badly. Envy mockingly ran a hand through his captive's hair and watched the other come one step closer to snapping under the pressure.

"I really don't think you have it in you to sacrifice the chibi," he said mockingly, kissing a strand of wheat coloured locks. "You know I wouldn't think twice about letting you burn him." He lied, Edward was his toy and that meant only he could hurt him. Mustang must have noticed the slight hesitation in the others voice because he snapped, sending a volley of flames right by the other's head in warning, narrowly missing the unconscious blonde in the Homunculus' arms. Envy cursed as the heat seared his cheek, tightening his grip on his prize hard enough to leave bruises. Feeling the warmth from the fire and the grip on his body quickly becoming painful Edward stirred in the other's arms, yelling as he remembered what was going on and where he was. Roy watched helplessly as he was smacked ruthlessly by a long slender hand, his head whipping to the side. The blonde's eyes welled up with tears that refused to fall but from the corner of his eye he saw Roy and his efforts to escape doubled.

"Roy…" he said quietly, pitifully. "Help me." He begged. He'd rather be saved by the one who broke his heart than be subjected to whatever the Homunculus had planned for him.

Envy snarled, he would teach the little shit that only he was good for him, and thought of the perfect punishment. He dropped the dazed teen onto the ground and despite his protests and angry yells, tied him with some discarded rope to a sturdy pole. He then stood up and pointed at the Colonel.

"You really want to go back to the bastard who cheated on you and put you in this situation. Fine, I'll break you of that. I'll kill him. Warned ya chibi, no one is going to save you." He then lunged with dizzying speed towards the Colonel, a hand stabbing through the other's shoulder. The Colonel yelled in pain and Edward screamed in shock, rebelling against the bonds that held him tight. He kept repeating the other's name, not wanting to believe he was hurt, hoping for some kind of response to let him know he was okay. The Colonel dropped to his knees, a hand held over the injured shoulder. Onyx eyes watched closely as the other figure lazily approached him, fully intending to finish him off but stopped as Edward screamed desperately, tears finally staining his cheeks.

"I'll go with you, just leave him alone!" The teen cried out, the tears falling fast..Not for himself but for the one bleeding and helpless. Tiny tendrils of blood fell from Edward as well from cuts on his wrist where the rope had cruelly bit back any attempt to escape, testament to how strongly he was fighting to get free.

"I'll do anything you want..ANYTHING. Just..Let him live, please let him live." He begged, imploring the other to have mercy. Roy winced, not having wanted to hear the one he wronged fighting so desperately to keep him alive. His eyes followed Envy watching him turn to return for his victim. Mustang's vision swam as he observed Envy pick the other again, mentally screaming for Ed to run, fight, anything but what he did..Which was bow his head and relax, letting himself be carried from the other's life.

"Edward….no…" he said weakly as dark eyes dimmed and he slipped into a sea of black.