Chapter 6 – Escape?

Envy paced the ground, every now and then he would look up at the place Ed was lying unconscious once again. He knew that connecting the automail put Ed in pain, he had seen it many times and Envy had actually connected them as well a few times.

"Your gonna wear out the ground Envy, the way your pacing" his friend pointed to the earth beneath him. Roy tried to hold in the laughter as Envy stared at the earth.

"Shut up Roy" Envy locked his gaze at Roy, staring daggers at him.

"Don't worry we both know Edward is strong" Roy's face turned serious.

Envy didn't say a word, he wasn't one to keep quiet but when it came to the person he cared the most about Envy would do anything. The last year of knowing Edward had lost all his memories of him and everything they had been through, he was just so grateful to the people with him now. He was a wreck and if it weren't for them maybe he wouldn't be who he was now.

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Edward shot up, sweat running down his forehead. It took him a second to remember what had happened and where he was. He turned his gaze to his metal limps that where now connected, he flexed his metal hand. His metal fingers creaked being a bit stiff. Edward moved his leg.

"Ok it all works fine" he got up out of the plank of wood he was laying on. He peeked out of the opening of the shelter he was under, he saw streams of sunlight flooding through all the trees leaves.

Edward glanced down he noticed Envy and Roy there, they looked like they were arguing. Edward studied his surroundings.

"There has to be someway" he thought. Edward crept out from under the shelter, to his left was a long narrow bridge and on the right there was a ladder that went down to the ground where Envy and Roy were.

The bridge didn't look very safe, it rocked against the wind in the air and the planks of wood that made up the bridge looked old and not strong enough to hold anything.

Edward took another look at the two guys below, either stay and let those two god knows what to him or try escaping across the bridge and get home back to his little brother.

His mind didn't need telling twice what to do, he took a step onto the bridge which made it creak loudly.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Roy and Envy notice him on the bridge. Edward bolted across the bridge, feeling in sway dangerously and it make it worse he still wasn't over his fever. His head was spinning but if he stopped they would catch up to him.

The bridge wove all through the canopy of the forest, winding around trees.

"For a midget with little legs you sure are fast on them" Envy yelled from behind him, envy smirked as he saw Edward stop and turn to face both him and Roy, flames present in his eyes but what surprised them Ed didn't yell at him for being called short.

Edward glared at them as they approached him but he didn't show any sign of moving. Envy and Roy stopped just in front of him.

"You know this bridge will break if we stay on it for too long" Roy pointed out.

"And you know I don't give a fucking damn" Edward growled.

"You could hurt that sexy body of yours" Envy winked at him "but then I'll nurse you back to health"

Edward turned on his heel and ran again. Envy and Roy hot on his heels. The bridge turned off to the right and a few meters ahead the bridge ended. A deck stood around a huge tree, Edward leapt off the bridge. The deck had a ladder on the edge, Edward practically flew down them.

He kept running north, a little ahead the earth dipped down then up again. Edward climbed over a steep hill that was about as tall as him; he rolled down the other side onto sand.

Edward looked around; finally he had reached the shore line. He had been hoping to see a boat or ship or something he could use to get away in but there was nothing and the tide was rising.

"Edo you won't be able to get off this island" Envy appeared from where he had.

Edward walked up the shore, looking around for anything he could use. Envy just followed him.

Edward stopped and looked at the ocean, the sun was getting lower in the sky. It smothered golden yellow rays over everything in its sites. The light reflected off the ocean which seemed to make it sparkle. Without any warning he ran into the ocean.

"Edo what are you doing?" Envy ran after him, Envy was faster than Edward he easily caught Edward "Your metal limbs will rust" he hocked his arms around Edward preventing him from going any further.

"You cant keep me here" Edward tried to unlock himself from Envy "Al needs me"

"Your little brother is old enough to take care of himself and he believes the military, he's under their leadership"

Edward stopped himself, he never mentioned Al was younger than him or even related to him. Edward looked over his shoulder at Envy, confusion in his eyes "How the hell do you know that"

Shit, Envy's mind screamed. He walked out of the sea water still with his arms wrapped around Edward.

"There is no way off this island" Envy said, a dangerous tone in his voice. He dropped Edward on the dry sand and turned his back on him.

"Who are you?" Edward questioned, moving to a more comfortable sitting position and brushing sand off his face.

"I'm sure you've heard many rumours" his long dark green hair flying over his face from the wind.

Edward shivered, it was getting colder and his skin was already wet. "Yea and are they true"

Envy turned to look at the small shivering boy and smirked "Come on Edo your making yourself even worse" he grabbed Edward's flesh arm and hoisted him onto his back, he hooked his arms under Edward's arse.

"This isn't over" Edward growled, "by the way where'd your mate go?" he noticed that Roy wasn't there, Edward could have sworn that Roy had been with Envy.

"Oh Roy, he went back to the village" Envy said, as if it was the most obvious thing. Edward rested his heavy head on Envy's shoulder, his cheeks were flushed. Envy ran as fast as he could possibly go to get back to the village, Envy wasn't surprised that Edward made his fever worse. He never thinks twice about his actions or the words that escape his sweet soft lips. Envy laughed at the thought, at least his chibi hadn't changed much from the memory loss but seeing as Edward was here now Envy was going to do everything to jolt his memory.

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Envy ran into the village, Roy soon appeared at his side and directed him to a place Roy had set up for Edward.

The village wasn't much yet, there were about two dozen huts that lined the empty area. Some could fit one person in it, and others could hold up to six people.

Envy followed Roy into one of the recently built huts they had been making for the past few weeks. Roy had placed several blankets on the ground, Envy laid Edward carefully on top of them all.

"So are you gonna tell me if the rumours are true" Edward snuggled into the soft blankets, enjoying the warmth.

Envy sat down cross legged on the side "You sleep and I'll tell you tomorrow"

"I'm holding you to that" He smirked and fell into a restless sleep, a thought drifted into his mind.

Why does he seem so familiar?

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Author's Musings:

Ohh is it a spark in Edward's memory or just a feeling?
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