A little while later, I am in the cell taking to Al, when Ed walks in. "Winry… You were only brought to Briggs as a hostage." Ed says. Al gasps. I'm confused. Why would I be used as a hostage? Is Ed being serious? "What?" I look at Al. "What does he mean, Al?" I look at Ed. "Are you joking?" I ask him.
"Listen. I've been ordered by the Fuhrer to fulfill my duties as a human weapon. In other words, they're ordering me to help them commit mass murder." Ed says. I gasp and stand up. "Why don't you just refuse?" I raise my voice at Ed. I look at him and realize that it's my fault he can't refuse. I sit back down.
"Oh no, I'm sorry they're using me to hold you down." I feel my shoulders shake. Ed makes a noise. I put my head in my hands. "I won't cry. I won't, I'm just upset at myself for being so naive. I'm sorry; all you were trying to do was get your original bodies back again." I say. "About that, they actually offered me a philosopher's stone as payment." Ed says. A stone. But…" Al says, but Ed interrupts him. "That's right Kimblee has one." "We can't Brother, the ingredients for…" Ed interrupts him again; "I know, Al." Al gasps and stares at Ed. "Go ahead and do what you want." He tells him. "I will" Ed replies. Someone comes and opens the cell for Ed. He leaves.
I also leave the cell. I hear Ed telling about how that man named Scar murdered my parents. I turn to Al. "You're okay with this Al?" I ask him. "The philosopher's stone. They can only be made by sacrificing human lives." He says. I gasp, wondering how I haven't heard this before. I stare at Al in disbelief. I look in the direction Ed went. "Don't worry. Brother would never actually use one. We don't need it. We think we might be able to use Xingese alchestry to get our bodies back. There's a girl that's been working with Scar. We think that she can teach it to us." Al says. "So then is he going after Scar to find this girl?" I ask. Al nods. "I think so." "I see." I reply. This could give me a chance to speak to Scar. "Then I guess I have better hurry up and come up with a believable excuse." I say. "Huh?" Al replies. I leave.
An hour or so later, I see that Ed and Al are about to leave. I run outside and get to the car they are in. I stuff my automail bag inside. I get inside and push myself into Ed so that I can fit inside. I push some more. "Come on, Al. Scoot over some!" I yell. "What are you doing, Winry?" Ed asks. appears and says; "I'm sorry, Winry but you need to wait here at the fort. We're not going for a picnic." I look down. "And neither am I. I just performed a complicated upgrade on his automail that I've never done before. What if there's a malfunction? That would tarnish the Rockbell name if I'm not there to fix it. Ed makes a noise. He sighs "Do you even realize how obsessed with your job you are? You're a workaholic." He says. "And proud of it too. This has been my family's business for four generations!" I reply. "Oh yeah totally, four generations of gear heads." Ed says. "There's nothing wrong with that." I grunt and him and he grunts back. The car starts moving. "This could turn out really badly for us." Ed says. "Yeah." I say. But still, I can't just sit around waiting anymore, I think.