A/N: YAY! The second part of Plus wo Minus is here! Maybe I'll actually finish this series! .-. for some reason though, I highly doubt it. Oh, and apparently, my USB thing wants to RULE THE WORLD! Er .. Yeah, whenever I have the stupid thing in my hand, I have to .. Er .. Slide the, uhm, thing ... Yeah, I'm not going to finish that because I have no way of describing it without it sounding dirty.

Disclaimer: Arakawa-sensei owns t3h FullMetal series, not me. The plot was concocted in my head, though, so I suppose that's mine. However, we could also suppose that someone else was controlling me, thus the idea wouldn't really be mine then. But, if you're being controlled, wouldn't you be able to think these things up for yourself? Well, unless they had control over your thoughts too. Then that means that the plot is no longer mine.

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Envy watched Edward from a distance. It didn't matter how he felt about the situation. Oh no, not at all. It was his fault for letting the boy escape, so it should have been him that had to take the blame. But no, it was Envy who was penalized, who had to watch the little alchemist prodigy.

It angered Envy to no end.

He sat alone, disguised as an elderly woman, trying to stomach the bland food he'd bought at the little cafe down the road. He stared openly at the young boy with blond hair which had been tied back into a ponytail, rather than his customary braid. For a moment, Envy wondered why the boy had opted to leave his jacket behind, in the hotel room.

With a smirk not suited for the fragile old lady he took the form of, Envy stood and silently followed the youth. As the boy trudged down the muddy streets, Envy couldn't help but notice the small limp he continued to try and hide. Silently, the homunculus laughed at the damage he'd done.

After a few minutes, Edward started to glance around him more and more frequently. The green-haired man supposed the little alchemist had figured he was being followed. Despite knowing this, Envy continued to wear the face of a kind old lady who's face was twisted and contorted with unfathomable rage and indignity, following the young boy as he made his way to the train station to see off his childhood friend, Winry Rockbell.

By the time Edward had wished his mechanic farewell, Envy had bought a ticket to Resembool on impulse. He abandoned his task of following Edward to chase after the little slut he believed had planned and executed 'the escape'.

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Envy rode the train in silence. More than once, the little girl sitting across from him tried to strike up conversation, but Envy blatantly ignored her.

By the time the train reached Resembool, Envy was more than simply annoyed. He was downright pissed off.

The enraged homunculi followed the blond girl off the train and platform before slipping into the bushes to lay low for a while. He followed the girl with his eyes until she disappeared into the heart of the small village-community named Resembool.

When the homunculus could no longer keep tabs on the young lady, he sat down against a large tree to wait for the sun to set.

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Seven and a half days, raged Envy mentally, seven and a half fucking days and not once has she been left alone.

The homunculus wore the guise of an Amestris backpacker, newly released from the military because of his 'shell-shock' syndrome. He pretended to ask for directions to the Rockbell's house along the way as not to seem too suspicious. He'd been though the town more than a few times - each time wearing a different face - but it never hurt to be cautious.

He knocked on the open door, calling out "Hello? Can I come in?"

An old woman poked her her head into the living room - Envy had invited himself in - with a polite smile. "Can I help you?" she asked, shuffling in to greet the homunculi.

"Uh, yeah. Is there a Winry Rockbell around here? A friend of hers asked me to drop something off on my way through Resembool," replied the man in a cheery tone.

"Yes," replied the old lady, "she is. I'm Pinako, by the way. You are ...?"

Envy tried to smile politely while he answered, "Jerry Hogar."

The old lady told 'Jerry' to wait while she went upstairs to fetch her granddaughter. Envy nodded ever-so-politely, and stood where he was, waiting anxiously.

When Pinako returned with the young blond girl, Envy asked if Winry had the time to take a quick walk with him.

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With a large and slightly demented grin, Envy silently waited on the lawn, where the young Rockbell had told him to wait. In the pale moonlight, the homunculi's skin seemed to glow, even though he was still pretending to be the backpacker.

Winry slipped out the door and waved to the man waiting for her. Envy waved back, letting his tell-tale grin slip off his face, replaced with a more pleasant look. He swept a hand through the short, spiked brown hair on his head and fell into step with the younger lady. As soon as they were far enough from the house, Envy asked with false concern if her grandmother would mind if she was out and about at such a time.

It was then that Winry tentatively explained to the homunculus that she'd recently been through a traumatizing event and her grandmother knew very well that she had a tendency to talk late-night walks. It was her way of coping.

"So, what was it that was so traumatizing? if you don't mind me asking ..." Envy's masked his murderous excitement well as he and Winry slowly made their way down to the river.

With a soft laugh that sounded to Envy like nails on a chalkboard, she replied, "Well, I guess I could tell you a little ..."

With a fake smile, Envy replied, "Talking helps, you know ... It really does."

"Thanks," mumbled Winry, standing with her back to Envy on the river bank. After a few moments of silence, Winry began to tell 'Jerry' what had happened, omitting quite a few rather significant things and speaking slowly, as if it pained her to remember. Frequently, she'd lapse into an uneasy silence as they walked.

By the time she'd finished telling the man about how she had tried to get Edward to drink his milk, they had wandered nearly three miles up the river.

"Heh ... And then the guy piped up and Edward ... He ..." With a sigh, Winry turned back to Jerry. They had long ago passed into the mountains, and were picking their way around the treacherously fast river water. "I bet you're getting bored ... We should head back."

Jerry shook his head, a strange glint in his eyes. "What did Edward do?"

Winry smiled and said, "He went stiff as a board, even though all the guy said was--"

Envy cut in over Winry's voice, imitating his own voice as he remembered, "--'Why not, Edward?'"

Winry's voice died in her throat and her eyes widened in fear.

"And then," continued Envy, shifting into the form he was most comfortable with - his 'palm-tree' form - "Edward said, 'I don't like it.'"

Winry's head shook violently, and her body trembled. She tried to take a horrified step backwards and nearly slipped. Envy caught hold of Winry's wrist before she could plunge head-first into the black waters that rushed by their ankles so swiftly.

"No!" Screeched Winry, struggling to free her wrist from the Sin.

"Then I handed you the food tray and sat in between his knees. The look on his face was priceless! He looked so terrified I almost killed him right then and there - with you watching! Wouldn't that have been fun!" Roared the homunculus over the river.

Tears streamed down her face as her body was wracked with sobs. Envy pulled the thrashing girl to his chest and held her tight as he stepped into the icy water.

"Do you remember what I said after that, you little slut?" asked Envy in a soft voice, his mouth close to her ear so she could hear him.

"N-no .. Let me go," she howled over the sound of the river that had swelled because of the spring floods, "Leave me alone!"

With a chuckle, the Sin shook his head, wading deeper into the freezing water, dragging the girl with him. "Answer me or I'll dunk you under."

Winry shook her head again, choking back another pathetic scream as Envy let go of her body to grab hold of her hair.

"Answer me!" Roared the Sin, shoving her face towards the rushing river, pausing a few scant centimeters above the black waters.

"I-I don't remember," cried the girl, clinging to Envy's forearm. With a snarl, Envy pushed her face closer to the water.

"Think harder, then! I'll give you three seconds," screamed the homunculus angrily.

With a sob, Winry shook her head, trying weakly to free her golden locks from the death grip the emerald-haired man.

"Three," crooned Envy, leaning down to speak in a softer tone of voice, "two."

"Please ..." moaned Winry, terrified and knee-deep in the rushing water, "I don't know!"

"One," whispered the Sin before he shoved the girl's face under, counting to five before pulling her back out. "Still don't remember?"

The girl coughed hard, shaking her head and fighting to keep her legs under her. She hardly had taken a full breath of air before Envy pushed her head under once more. When he pulled the girl up a second time, her knees gave out and she tried to cling to the Sin, but he just pushed her head in a third time.

As Envy pulled her out for a third gulp of air, she managed to cough out, "S-stop! I .. I remember!" A smile graced the Sin's face and he crouched in the water.

"Do you, now?"

Winry nodded, coughing so hard she was nearly having convulsions. When she could speak again, she muttered hoarsely, "'Y-you .. You don't have to .. Drink the milk' ..."

With an insane grin, Envy made a buzzer noise. "Wrong," he said gleefully. Winry's eyes snapped up to plead with the Sin and she opened her mouth to protest but the magenta-eyed homunculi shoved her head under for a fourth time.

He counted to ten and removed her face from the icy water, chuckling softly as she sputtered pathetically.

Envy continued to force the blond girl under the water, each time increasing how long she was plunged under the surface for. When she had little strength left, Envy picked her up and waded into the water until he was waist-deep. She moaned softly to protest before the Sin hoisted her above his head and threw her into the center of the swollen river.

With one last colossal effort, she managed to let out an ear-splitting scream before she fell under the surface of the river for the last time.