The Missing Piece

GREED/LING

"Sorry to drop in without a call, but I don't really think you guys have a phone." I said sitting down.

I watched as Kim Possible made her way to the table. Her left arm and right leg were automail.

Looks like Envy's plan worked.

I looked over to see two sets of armor. Alphonse and the other one must be Ron Stoppable.

It seems it worked a little too well.

Ed looked at me and said, "What are you doing here Ling?"

I sighed and said, "How many time do I have to say it, my name is Greed! Got it?"

Ed smirked and said, "No cause I know Ling is still in there, so I'll keep calling you Ling."

Same old Ed. Stubborn as can be. Hey Greed, let me talk for a little while.

No Ling I have to deliver the message.

Oh come on! I haven't talked to Ed and Al in a hundred years!

Answer's still no Ling.

I can get us some food.

God dammit. Fine you win but after we're done eating, I'm back in control.

Okay!

I looked at Ed and said, "Yeah, I'm still here, but some one get me something to eat?"

Ed nearly fell over and said, "Same old Ling, ready and willing to eat us out of house and home."

I was almost finished eating when Ed asked, "You never answer my question Ling. What are you doing here?"

I swallowed what I was eating and said, "We wanted to get away from Envy. Both Greed and I agree on that we can't stand her anymore. Not after what she did Lan Fan."

Ed's eyes got big. Kim looked at Ed and asked, "Who's Lan Fan?"

God, why did she have to ask?

I know we would have to explain to Ed soon, but not this soon.

Ed said, "Lan Fan was Ling's bodyguard. She literally cut her arm off for him. But real question is, what happened to her and what did Envy do to her?"

I looked down and said, "About a month after all of you disapeared, Lan Fan went looking for me. She got the note I wrote her and she wanted me to come home to Xing. Greed and I agreed that would probobly be for the best, since all of you ended up in the future somewhere."

I looked at Ed and said, "By the way, Ed you left your wallet behind."

I tossed it to him. Ed opened it and growled, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALL MY MONEY?!"

I smiled and said, "What, I got hungry and food isn't free."

I looked back down and said, "Anyway, Envy thought it was a waste of time, and Father said that I relied on Lan Fan too much. So the day before we were to leave Envy shape-shifted to look exactly like me..."

I paused knowing the pain of what I was about to say, "...And slit her throat. She died thinking that I killed her...I didn't even get to say goodbye. I just found her, lying dead in my hotel room, with in Envy playing with the knife."

The words trembled out of my mouth. Ed took one look at me and said, "You love her, didn't you?"

The tears streamed down my face. "More that anyone..."

You can have control Greed, I'm not hungry anymore.

Sure thing Ling.

I looked up a Ed. "Ever since that day, Ling and I swore that if anybody was going to kill that bitch, it was going to be us."

Kim and Ron looked at me. Kim said, "Throw in a couple punches from us. She the one who tricked us into going through the portal."

I smirked and said, "I know, Pride told me."

Ed turned to me and asked, "Pride?"

Oh yeah, they never found out about Pride or Sloth.

"Pride was the first homonuculus Father made. You and Al actually met him once before."

Ed raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who is he? I don't know how we could have missed him."

I replied, "Well it's pretty easy when he looks like a damn kid. It was Selim Bradley."

Ed eyes got big. Al said, "No way, the Fuhrer and his son are both homunculi."

I nodded and said, "Which reminds me of the second reason why I'm here."

I turned to Ed and said, "Your father wants to see you."

Ed grunted and said, "I'm not talking to that nutjob you call a father."

I laughed and said, "No I mean Hohenhiem. Your father, he wants to talk to you and Kim."

Ed groaned and said, "God dammit."

Kim said, "Well at least you can ask him how he got to be in this time."

I looked at her and said, "He waited, just like me, only with a heck lot more patience."

Al said, "But he would have died years ago. How did he stay alive?"

I looked at them and said, "He really never told you?"

Ed jumped up and said, "Told us what?"

I sighed and said, "Father and Hohenhiem were once friends long ago."

Ed stared at me and said, "What?"

"Father taught Hohenheim alchemy, gave him a name, and got him into the royal court in Xerxes. This happened centuries ago, when the king was dying. Father had tricked him into creating a nation wide circle and said it would bring the king immortality, but instead of turning the king immortal, he made himself and Hohenheim immortal...By killing an entire country."

All of them stared at me. "Your father has lived this long and even longer, because he is a living Philosopher stone, made up of half of a civilization."

Ed stepped back in complete shock.

I looked back down and said, "And because of that, he's been traveling the world trying to help people in need, to make up for his past sins."