Event Year: 2003

Edward upsets Winry with his refusal to talk, and Alphonse decides to confront Edward with his questions about artificial souls.

As Envy, in the form of Basque Grand, gathers the human ingredients to form the Stone, Maes Hughes sets out to rescue the Elrics from Laboratory 5.

Barry sets off a series of explosions that inadvertently free Greed and the other prisoners. Tucker returns from the dead in a surprising new form.

Several malfunctions in their armor impede Ed and Al as they face off against some tortured souls bound to empty suits.