(A/N: Loriel, don't sweat it. besides, this is still got some explaining left D=! )

Aley sighed and set the folder on Bradley's desk. The sound was soft, but she leaned forward and touched the Fuhrer's head, tipping it back. "Ugh, you're sleeping again." She slowly let his head back down. She suddenly noticed that he had a disarray of papers on the side of his desk.

She knelt down and scooped up some of the pages on the floor when she felt the twinge of pain in her side. She grabbed her side and began to fall to the side.

Her eyes went wide and she hit the floor, immobilized by the pain. She curled up and started to pant. It hurt! It was too harsh, the pain. She suddenly reached out and tried to pull herself towards his desk. Aley felt her grip fail and she made a face of twisted agony before curling up silently once more.

As if to answer her silent screams, Bradley's eye opened and he quickly knelt beside her, his chair falling to the floor. She was trembling and holding her stomach. "Hey!" He suddenly looked to the open door. "I need help!" He looked down at her. "Where does it hurt? What's happening?"

Aley didn't answer, but kept herself in that position. The pain was almost unbearable.

Bradley reached down and scooped her up. He had to play the part.

-Maes, Cisily-

The pain suddenly shot through Maes like a bullet to his brain. He doubled over and clutched his forehead.

Cisily suddenly crashed down the stairs of the building and curled up beside Maes, screaming in agony. She was covering her head and was squirming.

'What-?'

'Shut up and think about surviving!'

Maes suddenly looked at his palms up close. "How...?"

"I'm part of you."

Maes suddenly looked up. It was pitch black, save for a small light. 'What's happening?'

The voice suddenly came from his physical mouth. "Times up." He stood up. "You okay?"

Chastity looked up from where she sat. "One of them is in mortal danger. Do you know which one, Kindness?"

Kindness shook his head. "It's not us. It's gotta be one of the older vessels."

Maes blinked. 'What's going on?'

"I'll explain it along the way. Chastity, get up. We need to find out." He looked through the windows by the door and started to open it when the pain increased. "The Homunculus are more advanced than just pure energy. We exist as the beings with the power to see into the portal without losing anything. We also awaken Alchemy inside of other beings. For now, just know that we awaken a dark power inside you. The only thing that draws it out is if one of us experiences pain."

Chastity came up beside Kindness. "We're the ones who feel if there's something wrong or if there's a disaster about to happen." She smiled at Maes on the inside. "Your sister died right after you saw her the other day. She died from a car accident. You died because Envy murdered you."

"Also, we inhabit dead bodies because the dead who speak the softest usually have unfinished business in this life. You never said goodbye to your daughter and wife. Nor did you tell Roy nearly all you felt like saying. Mark killed a soldier after the soldier killed his wife. That leaves him with the means to apologize to the soldier's family for killing their only son, who was a bit out there."

Chastity suddenly stopped. "Greed?"

Greed looked up from his perch on a bridge. "What?"

"What're you doing here?"

Greed looked back down at the water beyond his dangling toes. He leaned back. "Something feels wrong." He closed his eyes as his head leaned back. "Ling doesn't understand why I can't help him right now."

Chastity leaned on Greed and smiled. "What about Charity? Can she help you?"

Greed shook his head. "He's still new to this stuff. I don't know what he was expecting, but he's certainly not making it easier. It's like he wants something..."

Chastity's smile was sad. "Has he ever been so loved he cried?"

Maes gasped. He knew that feeling.

Greed looked at Chastity. "Women are only tools for enjoyment in the night. Nothing more."

Chastity looked into the running water. "Has he ever laughed so hard he cried with someone? Ever been held while he cried? Felt the fear of his loved ones wishing for his love? Ever been so safe he could show his weakness? That would be something he'd want."

Kindness nodded. "Why don't you go check on our old friend? Lucy went back to Briggs, so, that's where we're headed. Unless we can get some help from the soldiers up there."

Chastity suddenly looked up. Her ears heard something and she began to filter the noise of the city when she heard it. "It's Lucy!"

Greed nearly fell off the bridge. "What in the hell's with you?"

She pointed. "That way! But..."

Kindness nodded. "I'll go see what's up, Chastity. Greed, you go to Central Command and see about Patience. She'd be the girl with the mismatched eyes."

Greed nodded and shot off, into the tangle of stone.

Chastity reached out and touched Kindness' hand. "Well, we still feel, Maes. We still remember what it felt like to survive. We remember what it means to be human. There's too much at stake for the sake of Amestris." She smiled up at him. "We're not quite so small. We live and exist. But if I'm right, someone you know will recognize you when we get to Lucy."

-Greed-

He unlocked the window and stared around for a second before his foot lightly touched the ground. He started moving curtains and replacing them until he saw her.

She was bleeding from the mouth and a doctor was trying to stop the bleeding from her abdomen. Aleyshiea's wounds were obviously from an old wound. The edges were slightly scabbed, but it still bled.

But he was forced back as Ling rushed to her side. "Hey, are you okay?"

The nurse touched his arm. "Sir, you need to step back a moment. Let us get her stabilized."

Moments later, they came and directed him from the hall.

Ling eased the curtains open and saw that she was still, asleep, peaceful. Ling was coming to her side when he realized who she was. "No, she can't be..."