Roy looked around at his subbordanats his face scrunching into one of confusion before he stepped out from behind his desk.
"Where is Fuery ( A/N: Don't know how to spell his name, forgot... .' )?" He asked. Havoc looked slightly worried too, but the rest shrugged. After a few moments of silence, the raven-haired man burst through the door. A file was clasped in his arms and he earned raised eyebrows from every person in the Fuhrers office. After catching his breath he pointed to the file.
"Edward Elric." He said. The name brought frowns to the faces of each person present, but he continued. "Died in action. No-one knows how. Other information was off limits to me, they said I had to have the permission of the Fuhrer. But when I told them about you they shook their heads and said that it was only Bradley who was entitled to the other files." With a quick breath Fuery continued. "I left after that, but after I was gone I went back, and I-I saw-" He choked on his words. Not wanting to say them but knowing he had to. "Ed. And another guy, but, Edward, h-he's really-"
"Been brought back, I'm afraid so, means we'll have to be extra careful." Roy Mustang walked around to the back of his table again and sat down, facing the window and the weather outside. He heard the sob from Fuery behind him and the comforting words of Havoc, but it was drowned out and only his thoughts remained.
'Why?'
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Pride doubled over, his lungs gasping and asking for air. He hardly knew that the homunculi could feel like this. Felt the pain like he did. But then again he was different, he was made of his original body, and that meant that he looked the same, and was technically his own weakness. It was sad really, that he was so weak.
Red liquid burst from his mouth, it was warm and tasted like metal. Iron, iron was in it.
"Water 35L...
Carbon 25Kg..."
"No, shut-up, shut-up..."
"Ammonia 4L...
Lime 1.5Kg...
Phosperous 800G..."
"No, be quiet, shut-up..."
"Salt 250G...
Saltpetre 100G...
Sulphur 80G..."
"Be quiet, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up... SHUT UP!"
"Fluorine 7.5G...
Iron 5G...
Silicon 3G...
And..."
"Shut-"
"15 other"
"The-"
"trace"
"Fuck-"
"Elements..."
"UUUUUUPPP!" The memory faded, but the words kept repeating themselves. Pride rolled into a ball on the ground, blood dribbling down the side of his mouth, and off his chin making a pool on his chest before it slid down his side and onto the ground, collecting there. The emotionless orbs were wide and unseeing, he was screaming but did not know it, and his whole body was trembling in pain. His mouth was spilling more blood then before and he was turning paler by the second. His breathing was in short gasps, and even though he didn't need it, the lack of air was getting to him. His lungs still operated, and because he was different, he had them, he had everything, that meant that he needed the air, he needed blood, he needed to live, to survive, he needed, hope.
With shaking legs Pride stood. His eyes were still emotionless and they now held less then anything they had ever held. He wasn't living or dead, and it was like his body was moving on its own, without his help, it was acting on imulse, on reflex. His face showed that he had no control, that he was trying to withstand the internal battle, and he was, but he was loosing, they were winning, his mind was swarming with memories and they all hurt him. They all made him cry out in pain, but he never felt the cry, nor heard it, it was like he wasn't even doing it.
"Death is the high cost of living...
Come on this is basic-
Al, there's something I've been meaning to tell you but have been to afraid to-
Alchemists live for the sake of the people-
This home here, it's where we live, and where we'll d-
Death... If I die-"
Pride was stumbling, still caught up in his memories to notice where he was going.
"No, we can't die, Winry and Aunt Pinako would be sad-
That's the downside, but think of it the other way-
Envy, why are we here?
Because Pride, we were created to serve, and to die serving...
But will we really die?
No, we will just cease to exist...
Won't people be sad?
...No..."
"PRIDE!" Envy yelled running up to the stumbling homunculus. Still dazed Pride wrapped his arms around Envy's torso.
"Do you want to die?
Die?
Do you want to cease to exist?
Exist?
Do you want death?
Death?
Do you want it to end?
End?
Do you want to leave?
Who?
Envy...
...No..."
Pride gasped. His breath returning. It was deep, as though he'd run around the world in a few seconds. The blood wasn't in such big loads by then and wasn't dripping along the ground. Envy looked down worriedly, but Pride seemed fine. Just to be safe Envy picked him up bridal-style and carried him toward Hoenhiem's office.
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It was a long wait, and Envy hated every second of it. Even though it was only ten minutes. Pride came out of his fathers office with a small smile and walked over to Envy.
"Hey." He said in a small voice. Envy noticed this as abnormal behaviour and crept up to the smaller and younger homunculus. Pride smirked and dove onto the green-haired sin. Envy also smirked and poked Pride before placing a chaste kiss on his lips.
"I was worried you know." He said. Pride's eyes widened.
"Envy, you know how you said that if we died no-one would be sad." He said quietly. Envy nodded. "Would you be sad?" Envy took a step back. His violet orbs wide. He didn't know how to answer. It was true, he would be, but if someone was listening they would know his weakness. Quickly acting on a simple voice in his head Envy grabbed Pride's hand and ran down the hall with him. Fast and silent, like a cat.
When the two were safe in Envy's room Envy stepped closer to Pride. His eyes were full of emotion, unlike before. He spoke, but it was quietly, as though he were saying it to himself.
"Of course I would be." He started, Pride watching intently. "I love you." It was as though Envy was trying to prove it to himself. Deciding for the first time that that's what it was. Pride noticed this and turned. Hiding the slight disappointment in his voice he spoke.
"Okay then. I need to talk to father." Without looking back he walked out of the room. Envy watched after him and sighed. 'Damn' He thought before lying on the bed and watching the birds outside the window.
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Hoenhiem looked at his former son and sighed.
"So let me get this straight. You want to go on a mission inside the military. To scout. Will you even be able to get in there?" He asked. Pride shrugged.
"I don't, really want to stay here. Just let me go, please." Hoenhiem considered this for a moment before he nodded.
"Okay, but on one condition." Pride nodded, indicating him to continue. "You don't die." Pride rolled his eyes and walked out of the office. He smirked on the way out of the buillding, but it faltered when he had reached the edge of the mansions forest and he fell to the ground on his knees. Warm liquid, falling from his eyes. He had no idea what it was, and he didn't want to find out. He wiped it away harshly, hurting his cheek in the process. He stood and continued. He remembered Envy's technique. Once he did it, he wouldn't have to concentrate. Just as long as he didn't get any big scares he would be fine. He hoped.
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Roy looked at the man infront of him. He sighed and nodded. The man bowed and left. Havoc stepped up.
"Sir, I don't think any normal soldier has seen the boy." He said. Roy nodded. Fuery also stepped forward.
"Sir, there is one more." Roy nodded and sat down. A man with blonde hair and black eyes stepped into the room. Roy recognized him as one of the men that worked the night shift, but he was sure that guy was told to take a vacation. The man scratched the back of his head amd smiled nervously.
"Speak." Roy ordered. The man scowled slightly, his eyes flashing colour for a brief secong to gold, Roy took it as a trick of the light.
"Well sir." The man said. His voice dropping low on the sir. "I saw the boy not four nights ago. He had long blonde hair, a pretty fellow. He was with another boy, who had long spikey green hair." He stuck his arms to his head and made what looked like hair. "Had strange clothes on too, tank-top things and skorts. Very strange." The man seemed to cringe at his own description, but Roy took no notice and started asking more questions.
"What time was it? Where was it?" The man smiled again.
"Hmmm, about nine o'clock. Where, that would have to be over the east side of the city near the pubs. He looked like he was looking for something." Roy nodded and dismissed the man. When he left Roy gathered his men.
"Alright, good, we know he likes the pubs. I want you to follow that man, do not intervene with anything he does. Just follow and watch." Everyone nodded. "Good, now back to work."
Pride smirked outside the door, proud with his job.
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A/N: Yay done. Phew, took me ages to get this right, and I couldn't remember the thingies frm the movie or manga so I just made it up using my memory. Go me.
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