N.G.D.G.U- FMA Chapter 1

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished- Chap 1


“My precious…darling little Alchemist… How dare you disobey us… you will pay.”

Edward Elric; Age 15, dog of the military and state Alchemist, was for once in his life, scared. With fear clouding his golden orbs and shivers going up and down his small body. The boy scrambled backwards until he hit the back wall.

“Get away from me! I didn’t do a damn thing!” Ed screamed as he pulled his hand together, getting ready to use his alchemy.

“Ah ah ah, FullMetal” Another figure appeared next to the first voice and grabbed both of Ed’s hands, pinning them up on to the wall, keeping them away from each other. “Can’t have you messing up even more, now can we?”

”No we can’t” The first voice said. “That would be a no no.” Ed could just hear the smirk and sneers in their voices as they spoke. He couldn’t even see their faces for the shadows were to dark, casting over their whole body.

“Now Edward… its time for you to pay for your failure,” Both of the figures leaned closer, exposing themselves out of the dark, their faces only a few inches away from the quivering blond.  

Ed gasped and pushed himself farther against the wall. “I-I knew I-it was you, Envy and G-Greed!”

Both Homunculi laughed. “Surprise…”

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Central Headquarters: 3 days earlier- Noon

“Colonel Mustang! Wake up!”
A furious Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye was trying desperately to wake up her superior, but to no avail. She shouted into his ear, “COLONEL!”

No Response…

The rest of Roy Mustangs subordinates sat at their desks, watching and snickering at Hawkeye’s failing attempts.

With a cigarette in his mouth and a smile upon his face, 2nd Lieutenant Jean Havoc spoke up, “Lieutenant, there is no way in hell you are gonna wake up the Colonel after he’s had a few drinks.”

Riza just rolled her eyes and mumbled, “Drinking on the job…honestly… well he better up soon because the Fuhrer wants to see him for something quite important.” Hawkeye did a quick scan of the room and scoffed, “Where the hell is Major Elric!? He was supposed to be here HOURS ago!”

Havoc tilted his head to the side in question, “Correct me if I’m wrong but… isn’t he himself in a meeting with the Fuhrer? He went in this morning and I haven’t seen him since.”

Riza shook her head, “Why do I get left in the dark when it comes to such important information like that?” She sighed and turned towards the door. She left the office, slamming the door shut.

The second her footsteps faded away, Colonel Mustang cracked open an eye and lifted his head up ever so slightly, “…Is she gone?”

“Yes sir, you can get up now,” Jean said with a smirk.

Roy sat up at his desk. He couldn’t help but grin a bit; hoodwinking Riza was one of his favorite games. “So… I have a meeting with Fuhrer King Bradley…” His small grin disappeared, his normal facial expressions, along with a bit of worry returned to his face, “And I bet it isn’t because I’m getting a raise…”

Havoc tapped on his cigarette gently, getting rid of the ashes. “You might as well go up there now… I’m worried for the pipsqueak. He’s been up there an awful long time,” He said, replacing his cig back in his mouth.

Mustang sighed and stood, “I suppose you’re right. Who knows, maybe FullMetal killed him,” He said with a chuckle in his voice. I would love nothing more than to see Bradley just drop dead…Roy thought. He left his office and headed up to the Fuhrers.

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Edward sat in the Fuhrers office after what seemed like hours of being there, glaring at the president who sat straight across him on the opposite couch. The only thing separating the two was a coffee table, which, if Ed needed to, would completely destroy. He hated the Fuhrer of course and to top that off, was not in the best of moods at all. In fact, it was probably one of his worst moods. All because he had been forced to wear the standard issued blue Military Uniform. That sent Ed into a fit when he was given the order. But what really drove him off the edge was that morning he had been called in for an emergency one on one meeting with the Fuhrer, for reasons unknown to the blond. He just wanted to get the meeting done and over with, but the Fuhrer insisted on wasting time and sprawling out the meeting to unnecessary hours.

But it was fate that brought these two together. For it was only a few days before did Edward figure out what Bradley really was… The Homunculus and deadly sin, Pride. Ed snarled a bit. “So Pride... what the hell do you want?”

Something in the back of Ed mind was screaming, but he just couldn’t figure out why. He knew something was going to happen. But for the moment he just pushed it away, trying to convince himself that it was just because he was in the same room as his enemy.

The Fuhrer just grinned at the small Alchemist, “So glad you figured it out, FullMetal. I was beginning to worry.”

Edward leaned forward, his glare followed by quite an evil smirk. “What can I say? You killing Martel while she was inside my brother, kind of tipped me off!” He stood up from his place on the couch, his fists clenched tightly. “And you’ve got everything worked out dontcha? You’re just like one of them. Cold hearted and without a care for human life. And the only reason you haven’t killed me yet is because you know that even if I did squeal on you, they wouldn’t believe me. Or, if I even THOUGHT about killing YOU, I’d be put in front of a firing squad.”

The Fuhrer just simply took a sip of his cut of tea and didn’t even bother to look up at the angered teen. “My, you’re getting a bit hostile for my taste…But precisely FullMetal. I’ve got you trapped in a corner. Of course, if you really want me to kill you… I could do that as well. If you don’t take your seat and calm down, I think I just might.”

Ed did not move. He stayed put, unafraid of the Fuhrers stupid threats. This ticked off the Fuhrer somewhat, all though he hid it quite well. All he did was simply raise his hand slightly to motion of the two MP’s guarding the doors. They came over and forced the boy onto the couch.

“You should learn to listen to your superiors, O-chibi-san,” One of the guards said with complete nastiness in his voice.

Edwards’s eyes widened as he looked up at the two soldiers. One looked familiar and he wished he didn’t. “G-Greed?!” But… he wasn’t the one who had spoken. It had been… Ed growled a bit. “Damn Shape-shifter…” Both Homunculi were dressed in uniform, but Envy had disguised himself as a normal human. As for Greed, he looked completely different with his hair slicked back under a hat and without his famous sunglasses. But what gave him away the instant Ed looked up were those vampire-like teeth of his.

“Hey kid. Long time no see,” Greed spoke with a smirk, like always.

“Sorry FullMetal,” The Fuhrer began, “But I’m tired of you holding us back. You and the Colonel are getting in the way of our plans.”

Ed snarled at the Fuhrer once more, “Well that’s something you are going to have to put up with, now isn’t it? The Colonel and I are going to catch you off guard one of these days and you are going down. ALL of you”

Bradley could barely hold in a chuckle. “Such a big threat coming from such a… small child”

Edward instantly took off, struggling against Envy and Greed’s hold over him as his arms and legs flailed wildly, “WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL HE CAN’T EVEN BE HEARD WHEN SPEAKING?!?!?!”

Envy quickly raised his fist and smashed it down on top of the blonds head. “SHUT UP!!”

Elric slumped back, feeling dizzy from the blow. “Ow…”

The Fuhrer smirked. “That’s better. Thank you Envy”

“It was my pleasure.” Envy said as he changed back into his normal green-haired form. “Ahh… I hate being a human for so long.”

“Now,” Bradley started, “FullMetal… Now that I have your attention, we can finally begin the real meaning behind this little gathering. I need the great FullMetal Alchemist to help us.”

Edwards golden eyes started burning with rage. The nerve of this guy!!! “What makes you think I’m going to help you out…?”

The grin the president wore became absolutely horrid and cruel. It sent shivers up the small blonds’ spine, which made Greed and Envy let out a satisfying laugh.

Bradley continued, “Because, I have something of yours that I’m sure you’ll be wanting back very soon…… do you know where your little brother is, Edward Elric?”

Ed’s eyes widened, filled up with not just rage, but fear now. He started struggling once more, “YOU SON OF A BITCH!! WHERE IS MY BROTHER?!?!”

Both Greed and Envy tightened their grip around the boy, holding tightly around his arms and keeping them far apart from each other so Ed could not perform a transmutation. The Fuhrer just laughed at Ed’s reaction. “Now now, calm down. Calling me names isn’t going to help your brother.”

“WHERE IS HE!? LET ME SEE HIM RIGHT NOW!!” Ed screamed.

Bradley stood from his seat. “You may… if you stop yelling and just relax. Stop struggling, you’ll only tire yourself out.” He walked over to his rather large book case that was in his office. He put his hands on the edge of one of the sections and pulled, moving the entire section over, revealing a hidden compartment. Inside, was an elevator. Bradley pushed back the doors. Inside, was Lust and Sloth. In Sloth’s arm, was an unconscious, small, child no older than 10. Alphonse Elric in his human body not aged a bit since his soul last was imbedded in it.

Ed’s mouth dropped when he saw his small brother. He gasped slightly. “A-Al… h-how…”

Al shifted and groaned inside Sloth’s arms as her and Lust stepped out of the elevator and into the office. His eyes opened slowly rested on a familiar site, blond hair and golden eyes. “Nii-san…?” His voice was only a whisper.

“Does he not look absolutely precious, Edward?” Greed said with a sneer. “I bet you want him back more than anything, don’t you?”

Tears started to well up in Ed’s eyes as he looked at his helpless brother. He could tell the small boy was quite afraid as he realized what was going on. “Please… give me back my brother… I’ll do anything… just let him go…”

“Don’t you think you should thank us for being ever so kind for retrieving Alphonse’s body back?” The Fuhrer said, his smirk never wavering. “Master Dante worked hard to getting him back and is quite tired. So… helping us would be as you Alchemists like to call… “Equivalent Exchange”

Ed looked down and smiled sadly. “None of this would have happened had I tried harder to get Al back… I’m betting the answer was right under my nose the entire time to… heh…”

“Oh no. Trust me; this would have happened regardless if you had gotten your brother back or not. That’s just how bad we need you, FullMetal Alchemist,” Bradley said. “Now… I have a meeting with Mustang in a few moments. Heh… we need his help too it turns out”

“And what did you take away from him?!” Edward shouted up at the Fuhrer. His eyes showed fear no longer, instead, pure rage. It was one thing to mess around with him and his brother, but mess with the Colonel… that’s a whole different story.

Once more, Envy and Greed started snickering, sending another shiver down the blond’s spine. The Fuhrer signaled for Lust and Sloth to get back to the elevator at that time, taking Alphonse with them.
“My dear Edward Elric… we have taken from him his two most valuable possessions.” It was Bradley’s turn to laugh now. “We have his sons! We have the two great Elric Brothers!!”

“No! Let me stay with Nii-San!! Ed!!” Al cried out as the elevator doors closed. King Bradley closed the bookcase back over the secret compartment.

“You bastard...” Edward snarled. “If my brother is harmed in any way… I will refuse to help you and KILL you in the process!!!”

Envy kneed Ed hard in the stomach, making him slump over and fall to his knees. The sin pulled him back up by his hair, keeping a firm grip on it and around his arms, pulling his head back. “YOU DON’T HELP US AND WE’LL KILL YOUR DAMN PRECIOUS BROTHER!!!”

“Quiet Envy!” Bradley spat. “Now stop it or you will both be sent back to the Lost City to face Master. Mr. Elric, I advise you just sit there and be quiet before I lose all of my patience. If you just follow orders and do as you’re told, Alphonse with remain unscathed. Understand?”

By now, Ed would have done anything to save his brother. Even be ordered around by the homunculus. The first time in years… and the first emotion placed on the younger Elrics face was fear…something that killed Edward on the inside. He nodded in agreement to the Fuhrer, shut his eyes and relaxed in the arms of his captors, his body no longer tense.

“Good boy.” Bradley said just as there was a knock on the door, his grin returning. “Our Colonel has arrived. Get the door Envy.”

Envy released Ed, but Greed made sure to hold on tight. He walked over to the doors and opened one, hiding behind it.

“Hello Colonel Mustang…” The Fuhrer stood and returned to his desk. “You’re just in time for the fun.”

Roy’s facial expressions went from nothing to shock in two seconds as he walked inside. His eyes fell over to Ed and widened when he saw Greed. He knew instantly it was him, unlike Edwards’s mistake. “What is-“Envy slammed the door shut and locked it. “Fuhrer?!”

“What’s the matter Colonel? Afraid?” Bradley said.

Roy simply growled. “Hardly! I’m pissed! What is the meaning of this!? Why are THEY here!?”

Greed just laughed along with Envy. “What? Not happy to see me?” The sin sneered.

The Fuhrer was barley taking part in the conversation anymore, let alone caring. “Colonel, I’m a very busy man, what with running the country and all, so I’m going to just keep this short and simple. We need your help, as well as FullMetal’s. Now, Edward here wasn’t too happy about this, nor was he cooperative, so we had to resort to violent and hostile measures to ensure his alliance with us. We had to take away something quite precious to him… quite dear… priceless I guess you could say… I do hope we don’t have to do that with you, Colonel.”

Ed looked up at Roy. The look in his eyes told Mustang everything. Whatever the Homunculus had done definitely broke Edward. That got him a bit nervous. Breaking hard-headed FullMetal was near damn impossible, which meant this time around… these homunculus meant business…

Roy spoke through clenched teeth. “Tell me Pride… what exactly is it that you want with us…?”

The Fuhrer smiled. “Ah, so you know too that I am indeed, a part of the seven sins. Well done. Listen, I need your skills, Flame. Well not me per say. Master does. And that’s all I’m saying to you. It is not my place to spill any more information.”

“…why do you need both of us? Why not leave FullMetal alone? He has done nothing wrong to you.” Roy tried desperately to change their minds. He of all people didn’t want to see anything happen to the Elrics. They had already gone through so much and didn’t need to suffer any more than they had to.

“Roy Don’t-“Edward tried to speak but that only led to Greed smacking his hand over Ed’s mouth, tightly.

“Don’t speak unless spoken to, Pipsqueak.” Greed said with a snarl.

Roy wanted to go at Greed, but Envy caught him by the arms. “Flame, that’s not a good idea. You don’t want Greed to get mad now do you?” He grinned when he heard Roy growl. “That’s why I thought.”

Fuhrer signed off on a few things sitting on his desk and kept at it, only looking up every so often. “I need his gloves, watch, and gun Envy.” The sin quickly obeyed and disarmed Roy. He tossed all three items to Pride, who caught them and locked them away in one of his desk drawers. “Greed…heh… dismember FullMetal,” He said with a grin.

Edwards’s eyes widened once more. Pride wanted Greed to remove his Auto-mail! Ed started struggling once again, looking to Roy as a desperate cry for help. Did they know how much pain involved removing his arm!? Ed would have rather had Roy snap at him a couple times!

Greed shoved Ed, face down, onto the couch. He got up on top of him, straddling his hips. Making sure to keep Ed’s flesh arm pinned in between his and his own leg, Greed smirked down at the struggling teen. “Does it hurt you, shorty?” Greed took Ed’s auto-mail arm and twisted it back. He then started to remove the prosthetic limb.

“Why do you HAVE to take it off?! I thought you said you needed my Alchemy! I can’t do it without this thing!” Ed protested, still struggling to get free by all means.

“We do need it,” Pride said, “But in the mean time, for extra precautions, we will hold on to it for you. Don’t want you doing anything stupid.”

Roy sneered at the homunculus, only making Envy tighten his grip. “If you’ve already taken something away from him, then he already swore he wouldn’t do anything, did he not?!”

Pride did not skip a beat at this. He just kept working. “You make an excellent point Colonel Mustang. Looks like the Colonel just saved your hide, Mr. Elric. Be sure to thank him because instead, you’ll be staying here with Envy in one of the dorms until it is time for you to fulfill your duty. We must make sure you stay faithful to us… O-chibi-san.”

“WHAT!?” Ed cried.

“What?!” Envy cried.

“No!!” Roy shouted.

“Don’t celebrate too quickly, Greed.” Bradley smirked. “You’ll be taking good care of Mustang.”

“…WHAT!?” Greed yelled.

“You heard me. Now go. And remember FullMetal, Alphonse is counting on you to behave yourself,” Pride said, his smirk turning into a wide grin.

Envy and Greed switched prisoners, Envy grabbing Ed roughly, Greed doing the same to Roy. “You can’t do this! Our friends will realize we’re gone and come look for us!!” Edward cried out as he was dragged off. “Let go of me damn it!!”

The Fuhrer chuckled once more. “Don’t worry… your friends will be notified at once about your mission, Edward. And Roy… it’ll be as if you’ve never left at all. Right Envy?”

Envy smirked, “Heh… you got that right.”

“They will know it’s a fake! They will see right through it and you all will be brought down!! They’re not as stupid as you think!!!” Edward screamed. “LET GO!!! Roy!!” He turned to where Roy stood, but Greed was already out the door with him. “ROY!!!”

“Oh will you shut him up already? I’m getting a huge headache…” Pride sneered.

“You got it.” Envy turned part of his hand into pure metal and smacked Ed hard in the back of the head. He transmuted his fist back to normal just in time to catch the small blonds limp body. “Ah… silence is golden... wouldn’t you agree Pride?”

“Oh yes… very much.” The Fuhrer said, looking up at Envy with a grin. “Now go tend to your duties.” He watched as Envy lifted the teen over his shoulder and walk out.

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