The Love of a Human

Chapter three: What Became of Him

Tennessee

In a place very close in distance to Olivia, yet two years apart in time, Envy hung by the ceiling of a castle somewhere is Germany. This castle was what had been his home now for just about four years, although sometimes he would be forced out by people looking for him, this was still the home he preferred. For four years now Olivia had been shoved into a corner in his mind, and he had not brought her image from there since he had found her dead just before he'd passed through the gate.

But in all honesty he did not care, not anymore. He knew she would die before him, she was human and it was bound to happen, but his daughter had also been killed before her time. This was the thought that sometimes pushed him just a little bit too far and drove him to do things he would have not have done otherwise, things so blanketed in blind rage he could not even remember what they had been afterward.

However Envy had moved onto something that would give him joy, however twisted this joy was, and this was revenge. Revenge against his father for leaving him after turning him into a monster without love and revenge that could only be achieved if he could find his half brother, Edward Elric. But just because his priorities had been turned inside out and backwards did not mean that if he had something to live for again then his life could be changed, which was what was just about to happen.

"Talk about your wild goose chase," Edward Elric, scoffed taking a few more steps up a winding staircase that seemed to stretch for miles inside this castle. He was eighteen, with long blond hair tied back in a ponytail, his eyes were a golden color, and he was somewhat shorter than the average boy of his age. And although he was quick and agile when he needed to be when he walked he did it was a slight limp seeing as his left leg was prosthetic, as was his right arm.

The only light that Edward could see by came from the small lantern that had been thrust at him when he'd first been hauled aboard this crazy train. The weapon he had against said "dragon" was a small golden colored gun in right hand and if he were going up against a dragon this would not be very useful. If he were still in his home world then he would have felt a bit safer with alchemy on his side.

Ed wondered why on Earth he was going this, but guessed it might have been the closest thing to his world that this world could offer. This didn't mean he expected to find anything, just that maybe in the back of his mind he hoped to.

Another step brought Ed closer to the ground than he was already and left him lying on his stomach. He brought his golden eyes up to face the reason for his fall, the steps ahead of him had all been worn away by something that seemed to be sliding around on its belly. And by the looks of the trail whatever it was had been using this passage a lot, every time going upward.

Edward grinned at this clue, got to his feet, and continued up the stairs, this time minding the abrasion on the steps. It wasn't much farther until he reached a large circular room with high walls and no windows. The light from his lantern bounced from the stair well and into the room, but still did not illuminate the entire thing, this meant he would have to move all the way in the see what was in here.

Cocking his gun Edward raised it so it would be easy to fire and jumped around the corner flashing his light from one corner to the next, but found the room completely empty. Sighing a sigh of relief and disappointment Ed lowered his gun an inch or two before hearing a familiar voice he hadn't heard since he had crossed through the gate.

The voice was cold and hateful, yet almost excitable, as if getting what it wanted.

"Edward Elric," it said as if smiling.

Edward did not move only said slowly, "… Who said that?" before spinning on his heels and pointing his gun at the wall behind him, but found no one was there.

"I've been looking for you!" Envy exclaimed. Now Ed could tell where the voice was coming from, above him.

He gasped and his head snapped upward to see just what he had told would be here, a dragon hovering just below the ceiling. It was so large it needed to coil itself around the perimeter of the room at least four or five times. It was green with a yellowish grey belly, enormous fangs, and large horns coming from the top of its head. Two large fans escaped the sides of its neck, followed by several, just as large, flaps of cartilage that looked as if they might have been used for steering when it flew; it had no wings however and moved through the air as if it were water. And its eyes were a violent red-purple, sporting a vertical pupil.

Without warning the dragon lunged for Edward, who ducked out of the way and down the stairs faster than anything he had probably ever done. He burst through the heavy wooden doors of the tower and into the stone courtyard just as Envy broke through the stone ceiling of the castle and landed to Edward's left.

"Is that really you Envy-?! AH!!" Ed screamed glancing back over his should as Envy tore toward him leaving him only millisecond to move out of the way before the two crashed into each other. With no time to spare, Ed threw his body weight off to the side so Envy flew by into the stone wall ahead of him.

Envy roared in pain and tossed his giant head around in the dust from the crumbling wall. His response giving away immediately that this was Envy.

"So this is what happened to you when you crossed through the gate!" Ed exclaimed catching his breath.

"Take me to Hohenhiem!" he roared shaking off his dizziness and flying at Ed, "To our father!"

This time Edward didn't have time to move before they collided so quickly Ed could only block his face from the monster.

Envy reared up as if he were a cobra, desperately trying to bring close his mouth, now held open by Edward, standing on his bottom teeth while his right arm, above his head, held strong against the sin's fangs.

Envy growled and continued to try and close his mouth on the teen, who was gradually loosing his footing. Ed gave one final shove upward in an attempt to free himself but only slipped farther into Envy's mouth as his teeth began to come together.

"Wait!" Ed exclaimed still trying to free himself. The word that came from his mouth next seemed to flow like a stream that you were unsure of where the source was. "Olivia!"

Envy stopped momentarily but after another moment began to close his mouth again. He didn't know where his half brother had heard this name and he honestly didn't care and now that he was just about to completely lost his footing Envy began bringing his jaw up.

"Olivia! She's alive!" Ed shouted puling himself out of Envy's mouth. Lust had told him this when she had left the homunculi, she'd said he too had left the homunculi once for an Ishvalan woman named Olivia. They'd just begun to live with each other when Olivia had become pregnant and given birth to a daughter. Then she'd given up her own life to save Envy's, or so he thought. Before Lust was killed she told Ed that this woman and Envy's child were alive. He was supposed to tell Envy, but had never gotten the chance to. This time seemed no better than any other.

Ed couldn't see Envy expression, all he knew was that he had stopped and was not trying to swallow him.

"E-Envy?" Edward stuttered prying his jaws further apart and Envy growled.

Envy's mind had gone blank, thoughts of the one he once loved bounced around inside his oversized skull and he swayed slightly.

"Ah, God," Ed grumbled. "Envy?!"

"How do you-?!" Envy began but suddenly broke into a scream and dropped Edward, who fell a good fifteen to twenty feet before hitting the ground.

Ed glanced up immediately, despite his dizziness, for the cause of what had just happened, however, he heard it before he saw it. The sound of a gun being fired rapidly suddenly surrounded both and a small plane emerged from over the sides of the castle. Envy hadn't dropped him to hurt him, he'd dropped him because he'd been shot.

Envy spun in the direction of the closest plane and let out a deafening roar, but this gave the plane no reason to stop, they simply fired more

Envy turned towards Ed again, ignoring the bullets, but his attention was quickly pulled back to the plane when it fired again, this time shooting him in the face instead of the side.

Unable to take his gaze from the sky, where four more planes appeared, Edward muttered to himself, "B-but those are-… what's…?"

By his point the sin had begun to suffer sufficient damage, his face and side were bleeding and he had begun to tie himself in knots as if riding out the pain. With one sharp move and a loud cry-like sound he threw his head upward causing the nearest plane to swerve and the ground only several feet again from Edward.

Envy curled tighter as another flew by, shooting him in the neck, his gaze however was now on Ed. His roars were no longer screams, but pain filled cries for help.

"W-where is she?!" Envy cried lunging for Ed.

"I-! I don't-!!" Ed exclaimed, but he doubted Envy could hear him seeing as the planes had begun to land. They encircled him firing as soon as he lifted his bleeding head from the ground.

"Y-you idiot!" Ed called, "Change! Change forms, Envy!!!!"

Envy, who had closed his eyes in pain, did not respond.

Ed opened his mouth to shout again but was quickly cut off a whirring sound that came from above his head and a shadow fell overtop of him. Just brushing the tops of the towers were long ropes that dangled from the biggest blimp Edward had ever seen, came into view. Men, clothed in black that not only covered their bodies but also their faces, slid from these ropes, each with large harpoons on their backs.

Edward lurched forward and made a move to run towards Envy but was caught by three of the many men who had begun to circle around Envy.

Envy could hear Edward call for him to escape, but that would be the last thing he would be able to do. Once he'd passed through the gate he'd lost all ability to shape shift and become the target of some sort of society who, for whatever reason, wanted him. They'd captured him once about a year and already knew that he was a homunculus. He, however, did not know why they had been hunting him.

Envy was tired, he didn't want this anymore; he longed for his world, his family of sins, but most of all, it had been a long four years since he'd seen Olivia and Ren. Ren would be four now, growing like a weed and constantly getting into everything. Olivia would have just broken twenty-one and would be as beautiful as ever. But the last time he'd seen Olivia she'd been dead, as had Ren. His memories quickly became hatred again as he thought of this. How dare the alchemist lie to him? He'd regret this with all his soul.

"Fire!" someone shouted and there were loud blasts of harpoons being fired, all of which broke through Envy's skin so easily he might have well have been made of water. The weapons held their positions as Envy cried giving one final attempt to escape before collapsing with a heavy thud.

Everything went dark as Envy was covered with large tarps and he heard, "You can't take him!"

"…."

"Just tell me what you're gonna do with him!"

"… Do with me…? Why do you care? Why does anyone care…?"

Well there's Envy for ya!! And remember in the end of the Sin, Ed is told that Olivia is still alive by Lust, but he never gets the chance to tell Envy X3

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Tennessee