Chapter 19 - Appearence

Two figures, one a lot taller than the other, climbed up a rope ladder onto a big ship. They peered over the side onto the deck. Not a soul in sight.

The taller of the two climbed over the edge first then helped the smaller one over. He pointed at the door under the upper deck.

The small girl straightened out her dress and nodded at her companion. She followed him across the deck.

He leaned his ear against the door and smiled. He couldn't hear anything, which to them was a good sign. He gripped the door handle and gently turned the knob, pushing open the open. The door creaked loudly but it didn't seem to disturb anyone.

The small girl opened another door, she saw two figures sound asleep in the bed. "Found you." She whispered. She tiptoed to the bed and yanked off the blankets covering them.

"Huh." Envy lifted himself up a little, sleep clouding his vision.

"You're not getting away from us this time." She laughed and grabbed Envy's legs and ripped him out of the bed and threw him across the room like a rag doll.

"Chibi-san." Envy yelled as he saw the girl leap on him, wrapping one of her hands around his throat and covering his mouth with the other.

Edward's eyes shot open and he thrashed around, trying to get the girl off him.

"What did you do with them?" She squeezed her hand tighter around his neck.

"Chibi." Envy picked himself up blood dripping down his head. He leapt at the girl and tackled her off of Edward.

Edward coughed and sucked in deep breaths, a red hand imprinted on his neck with fairly deep nail marks on the side.

"Who are you?" Envy grabbed the girl under her chin, "Who sent you?"

"Now, now Envy." The taller man stepped out from the shadows.

Envy slammed her against the wall, looking out of the corner of his eye he grunted at the very familiar person. "What do you want?"

"Is that anyway to speak to the father of the person you care about the most." He smiled, the glasses on his nose slipping down further.

"Ha! You're not his father, you never have been." Envy laughed, sparks flew out of the girl beneath him. He ripped off her arm and hurried over to Edward.

"Envy." Edward sat up in the bed, he blinked his eyes clearing the blurriness from his vision and noticed the other man standing by the door. Scruffy dark blond hair framed his face, facial hair growing around the edges of his chin and the same golden yellow eyes as Edward peering at him.

The man took a step past Envy, with a small flick of his arm he sent Envy flying across the room, "Edward, I need your help."

"Chibi don't listen to him." Envy struggled to his feet banging his fists on the floor as hard as he possibly could.

"I need your insight." Edward's father took another step closer to him.

"Who are you?" Edward shuffled backwards on the bed until he was right up against the head of the bed.

"I'm your father Edward, Hohenheim."

The name struck a chord in Edward's memory, a flash of him as a kid one of his eyes red and puffy entered his mind and a younger looking Hohenheim standing above him with a hand extended. An overwhelming hatred flooded Edward that was only directed at the man standing in front of him.

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Wrath bolted awake and growled at the noise coming from right above him. He leapt out of bed and saw all the people around him still asleep, "How can these guys sleep with so much noise?"

He heard a loud crash and something being banged against the floor. "Mommy" Wrath shook Sloth.

"Wrath." She opened an eye "What's the matter?"

"Listen." He pointed up.

Sloth got out of bed and ran out and up to the cabin, "Envy, Edo."

Wrath followed her, both bursting through the door at the same time. Envy was on the ground with an unknown man pulling his hair, Edward was laying up against the edge of the bed on the floor both his auto arm and leg missing.

Wrath bolted past Sloth and bit the man's arm. "Let go of my brother." He muffled around the man's arm.

Sloth placed a reassuring hand on Edward's shoulder, "Edo, what happened?" she lifted Edward's only arm up behind her neck and hugged her other arm around Edward's waist, hoisting Edward up onto his foot. She carried Edward out of the cabin and placed him carefully down on the deck.

"Edo." Sloth heard Hughes call from behind her in a worried tone.

"He's fine Hughes but Envy needs our help." She said the usual gentleness in her voice gone.

Hughes nodded and both rushed into the cabin they saw Wrath trying to pry the man off of Envy.

Hughes gasped at the intruding man, "Hohenheim." Anger clouding his voice.

Sloth didn't want to know about the man at that moment, she ran and threw herself at the man. Both of them crashed to the floor.

"What do you want?" Sloth pinned Hohenheim to the floor.

"My son." He answered with a smile.

"You have no right to call him your son." Hughes spat.

(Outside with Edward)

Edward heard footsteps coming up from the basement but he didn't care who was coming, he needed to get back inside the cabin. He laid flat on his stomach and gripped the door frame.

Thank god the door was open, he thought. He used all the strength in his arm to pull himself through.

"Edo, what are you doing?" Roy's voice called from behind him. "What's happening?" he puffed, having leapt out of bed, yelled at everyone to get out of bed and flew up the stairs.

"My father is in there."

Roy's eyes widened as the others came stomping up onto the deck. Roy dashed past Edward into the cabin, the others following except Riza.

"Wait." Edward yelled.

Riza kneeled down next to Edward. "Edo trust me on this, you do not want to go in there. Not remembering Hohenheim is a good thing, keep your mind well clear of him so you don't remember."

Edward stayed quiet and rolled over onto his back.

(Inside the cabin)

Everyone surrounded Hohenheim. Wrath had gotten him to release his hold on Envy, they all stood in between Hohenheim and Envy creating a wall between them.

"I have gotten what I needed today and this is where we will part for the time being." Hohenheim smiled and leapt out the door, he smiled Edward as he flew past him and over the edge of the ship.

"What the hell was that?" Izumi sighed frustrated.

"Envy." Roy kneeled down in front of Envy, "You ok?"

Envy gave a groan in answer, which made Roy smile. He grabbed Envy's arm and placed it behind his neck and stood up.

"Where's chibi?" Envy muttered.

"Don't worry he's in one peace although missing his auto mail limbs." Roy smiled.

Havoc got on the other side of Envy and like Roy, placed Envy's other arm behind his neck. The three of them walked out of the cabin, Envy limping.

Envy smirked as soon as the early morning breeze hit him in the face, "Nice and relaxed there chibi."

Edward opened his eyes and smirked "Not like I can just get up and walk around but I'm sure you'll be amused if I hop around on one foot all day."

Envy laughed. Roy and Havoc placed Envy down next to Edward and went back inside the cabin.

"Thanks Envy." Edward smiled up at Envy.

"Anytime kiddo." He ruffled Edward's hair.

Edward curled his only fist into a fist "Who you calling kiddo you palm tree?" he yelled and raised his fist.

Envy laughed again and grabbed Edward's fist in his hard and pulled him into his chest, curling a arm round his lower back.

Edward made no move of getting away from Envy, quite the opposite he leaned into Envy's embrace.

"Finally Edward." Envy growled seductively, he felt Edward shiver in his arms as he had said his full name not just some pet name.

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Sorry peoples it took me longer than i thought to update again, have been busy at work, has worn me out and easter is in a week :D

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