Going, Going, Gone
by: RediaKai

A/N: From now on, things will be in third person, 'kay guys? Also, an apology. This was long overdue – and I am extremely sorry! I'm not even going to try and make excuses for why I was so late with this – it's my fault. I got so immersed in roleplaying that I completely forgot about this story. All of my stories, really. Can you ever forgive me?

Anyways, onto the story! Some of this stuff is made up, I'm sure, because I don't know if Homunculi can actually travel through gates or not, nor if they'd need Truth to do so, but I've made it up anyway, so live with it. Also - I've written a teeny bit extra to compensate for the horribleness I put you guys through ono. It won't help, I'm certain [only 100 more words than the original document], but it's more? AAAAND, as a warning before you go on: Envy seems OOC here because he IS OOC here. DON'T flood my inbox with messages like: "OH. EM. GEE. Envy dusnt talk like dat he talks likeenvy u makin heem tlk liwk someun els stup ur stupid jus don't rite no mor k k kthnxbie"

Kidd could feel his body disintegrating, reforming, and disintegrating again. He screamed with each attack the hands started, screamed as they continuously tortured him. Suddenly, a gruff, deep voice broke through his subconsciousness.

'You're a fucking Homunculi, do something! I swear, Ling was much better – and he was from Xing, that bastard!'

Kidd shook his head, attempting to clear out the voice. Obviously he was going crazy, he was going insane. Otherwise why would he hear voices in his head? 'Oh yeah, I already am insane.'

He looked to the side and noticed the strange-looking man-woman thing from before grinning. "Oh hey, you've come to! Things in the gate are different for us Homunculi, we just get blown to bits, scattered to a certain world, put together, and blown back to bits again – that is, till we hit the gate's favourite world – our world. But you wouldn't know all this, would you? I mean, Amestris is better and all, but really – being stuck in some random world? Horrible!"

Kidd shook his head. "I don't know what you're talking about – I belong in Death City, Nevada..."

Now it was the man-woman's turn to shake its head. "Oh dear lord – an idiot. I'll have you know that you belong in Amestris, fighting with Father, and fighting against Ochibi-san."

Kidd shook his head again, and stared at the inky blackness, marred only by the occasional eye poking through the hands. "Why did the exploding stop?"

"Why?" the man replied. "Because we're headed toward Amestris, dear Brother."

Edward stared through the window of the moving locomotive, gears turning in his head nearly visibly as he pondered what had caused the strange blue light several days prior. It seemed like an alchemical reaction, and he knew for certain that it was fairly large. However, when he and Al had gotten to the scene of the reaction there was no circle, only the fuzzy imprint of a hand.

His brow furrowed in deep concentration. Al tapped him on his shoulder, the rough leather of his armor hand making it's way through his sensory tracks. He looked back at Al, startled. "What?"

"Brother, you're thinking too hard. It was probably some kid trying to do some Alchemy like you. Oh, look, we just passed a kitty."

Ed would have answered back with a smart retort but was silenced by a black doorway opening in midair, dropping a kid with three stripes on the left side of his hair and, strangely enough, Envy.

"Envy? What the hell are you doing here?"

He chuckled softly. "I'll have you know that I'm on official business. How I managed to get into the same compartment as you while traveling through the gate is a mystery we'll never solve. But I've got a surprise for you."

With that, he picked up the boy, and promptly threw him into Al's lap, laughing when the boy yelped at being thrown so unceremoniously.

"Wait – you travel through the gate?"

Within his mind, he chuckled darkly. 'Remember what to do, Stripes-kun.'

"Send some warm regards to Colonel Mustang for me, Ochibi-san."

He left, grinning at the rant that followed his statement.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SHORT HE COULD RIDE A GRASSHOPPER?!"

"Have fun, Ochibi-san, Stripes-kun. See you soon!" With that, Envy promptly disappeared.

"What the hell just happened?"

A/N: Sorry about the long wait guys. I really am! But sadly, I didn't reach my goal in the alloted time, so I deemed it necessary to post another chapter. u.u So sorry. I have no excuse other than my laziness. Honestly, it was ready this whole time.