Hi!
I'm finally back!

I wish I never left, it wasn't good where I was at all.

We wasn't allowed to do much...mostly collecting horse droppings in the stable...

Anyway... THANK you everyone for the reviews

They made me very happy

Oh yes, before I forget: Forgive me for the possible grammatical errors or wrong spellings on words. ;

Well on with the third chapter, shall we?

Disclaimer: I do Not owe Fullmetal Alchemist, cuz if I did... well (smirks) anyway FMA belongs to Arakawa-san

Chapter 3

"Roy, I was just about to say good night to Elysia" Maes Hughes complained as he entered the alley, then he noticed their faces and blinked confused. "What's happened?" he asked suddenly serious. Mustang sighed yet again and ran a hand through his raven colored hair.

"We've just lost three more of our men; one before we got here and two as we confronted the killer" he replied tiredly, looking at his best friend.

"So you now know who the murderer is? Well, that'll make things easier" Hughes said optimistically.

"Well, we now know what happened to Fullmetal..." Roy stated cryptically. Hughes looked at him confused, yet relieved that the small boy had been 'found'. He had no idea what he'd find out.

"Ed? You mean you've found him?" Hughes asked hopefully, never noticing the others flinch.

"It's rather the opposite. He found us"

"Well then, where is he? I haven't shown him the recent pictures of Elysia, or pictures of her since he disappeared"

"He isn't here anymore, Hughes. He's not himself anymore" Mustang paused, looking at his best friend. "He killed those men, Maes. And he enjoyed it... He's not human anymore"

"Are you sure that it was Ed? I mean this is Ed we're talking about, he'd never hurt anyone" Hughes stated incredulously.

"I'm pretty sure that it was Fullmetal, yet-" this was where Al interrupted Mustang. He abruptly stood up, arms by his sides, fists clenched and tears running down his cheeks.

"That was not my brother! He'd never hurt anyone, let alone kill them! That must've been another homunculus like Envy. I refuse to...I won't accept that that thing is my brother" Al cried out, his whole body shacking with anger. "That and brother would never become a homunculi or chimera on his own free will and he'd NEVER side with Envy"

"Alphonse, we have to be reasonable. Think about it; first of all, he knows everyone and

can remember us. Then he knew exactly of how to get us all here, and would Envy ever call anyone except Fullmetal for ''O'chibi-san''?" Mustang stated tiredly. Armstrong nodded his agreement.

"I have to agree with the Colonel, young Alphonse. It's sad and hurts to admit, but there's no doubt about it. That was young Edward Elric" Armstrong said, voice laced with sadness.

"I wonder what's happened to him? And why his so obsessed with killing members of the military" Hawkeye said, even she was affected by the revelation. Her voice was not as strong and steady as it used to and she held one of her guns in her right hand as the left was on Al's shoulder.

"Yeah.." Mustang said quietly. Hughes sighed and scratched the back of his head.

"So, what did he say? Do you have any ideas how to get him back to normal?" Hughes asked.

"Well, he was kinda foulmouthed as usual, but even more so now. He said that it was our fault that he was like that and he even called himself by a sin" Mustang replied. Hughes jolted a bit at that. Everyone knew how much Ed hated the homunculi, so there was no real reason why he'd take one a name after them.

"Then what-?"

"Pride..." Al said tormented. "He called himself Pride" that's were he broke down. Hughes looked at the younger Elric. He could understand that the young boy was broken, after all they were very close. And after seeing his brother like that, no one could blame him for being sad. Hughes went over and knelt by him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Come Al, let's go. You can't stay here" Hughes said gently. Al nodded and followed the man away from the alley. "Roy, I'll take him with me home" he called over his shoulder.

TBC

this chapter mostly had to do about the military guys

but their p.o.v. are important as well.

I promise that it'll be more of PrideEd and Envy in the next

Plz read and Review, that way you'll get the next chapter up much faster ;P

I'm gonna go to bed now!

God night to you all! :3