Run, run, run, RUN!

God, if he wasn't so fast, this would be a hell of a lot easier. Envy could move faster than me, and I wasn't slow to say the least. I was going the fastest I could, and my muscles were starting to burn. Shit, slow the fuck down, Envy! If you wanted to kill a human, then why didn't you attack Cat? She was closer! Was it cause you knew you'd lose?

The buildings of the city were all coming into view. I needed to make a choice, and fast. We were getting closer and closer to the city... full of humans. I sighed. I can't have all those people die because Envy is a heartless bastard. I'm kind of sorry I have to do this. Hopefully, I won't hurt Envy to much...

I relaxed my body, and felt the stones inside of me. If this was going to be a fight for humans lives, then using some more power than needed wasn't a problem. I closed my eyes and focused on the power within. I could see it, coming closer, within my grasp... the stones power.

Most of the time I go around with only one of my stones in use. But if I use a second one...

I felt the second stone inside of me click into activation, and energy raced through me. I smiled and began to quicken my step, running faster and faster, and- oh, GOD Envy's so close to the town!

I took off, close to a sprint, and tackled Envy to the ground right when we entered the city.

"Ah!" he yelled as he hit the ground.

"Envy!" I said. The power was doing strange things to my vocal chords: my voice went lower then normal. "Stop!"

"Why should I?" he asked, "I don't owe these humans anything. But don't you think we would be better off without them? They're like insects! So bothersome!"

"Don't be a fool!" I told him. "You take the form of a human every day for a reason. And I already know that you take after your name with humans! You human-want-to-be!" He gasped, his eyes narrowed with hatred at my words.

"How would you know that? You weren't there, were you?" he asked, his voice rising.

"I wasn't there. I didn't need to be. It's written all over your face!" I screeched at him.

He looked at me, disbelief clear in his eyes. "Damn it! You don't know anything!" he yelled. "But I know! These humans are a distraction! You need to learn that!" he said. And then his fingers began to curl as they transformed, his eyes went reptilian. He began to laugh, his voice going lower as he went farther into his transformation.

"I'll give you you're first lesson!" he said, now on all fours with the faces of lost souls splitting out of his neck, "By killing everyone in this city!" then he turned and began to run into the city. CRAP.

I ran in front of the reptile (he was undoubtedly stronger, but he was much slower) and head-but his right foot. "Ah!" a low voice went off, and then I felt searing pain as I was slammed into a building. He'd hit me with his other foot. I felt static run up my body. I had broken something- I was healing.

"Envy, I'll give you one last chance!" I said to him. The sight of him like this made me sick. It was so... ruthless.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! You'll give me one last chance? As if!" he said, and charged me. I dodged to the left, letting Envy ram his head into the building. "Oh, now you're being an annoying insect!" he said, trying to ram me again.

I began to run away, leading him away from the city. Being much faster even though I was smaller put me at a great advantage. Hm. It would be embarrassing if I had to use my third philosopher's stone. Envy was a very strong homunculus, to say the least: I might have to.

"Come back here!" he growled. God, his voice was gross. I wish that he would just go back to being his other form- oh shit!

Gang and Ligament were running toward Envy from the woods, Grudge following slightly behind. "No!" I yelled, "Stop!"

They kept on running, but were surprised by my words. "Why!" they asked.

"Get the humans out of here! I can handle Envy!" I shouted. The real fear I had was that they would kill Envy. And there was no doubt in my mind that they would, given the chance.

"I'll do that!" Ligament said. "The rest of you take him on!"

FUCKKK! "Really guys, Envy's no sweat to stop for me!" I said, hoping they would go help evacuate the city, "Get everyone out first, okay?"

Gang gave me the evil eye. "No way, S!" she said, "We work as a team!"

That's when I realized I hadn't been paying a lot of attention to Envy. I large claw to my back sent me flying through a couple thick trees in the forest. I sat up, healing.

"Damn it!" I said. Just then I saw Grudge take a swing at Envy's face in mid-leap. Knowing Grudge's strength, that must have hurt like hell.

"AH!" Envy screeched, his head snapping back as he stumbled. Fuck! Don't kill him! It's not his fault he's cruel! It's Fathers fault!

I got up and ran towards Gang who was about to take a swing at Envy while he was stumbling. I kicked his fist away.

"Gang, this isn't your fight!" I said.

"S, would you get out of the way?!" he yelled kicking me to the side. Great. Now I'm fighting with my own friends? I threw a punch at him, sending him flying.

"Fuck! Grudge hold her back! We need Envy dead, soon, and her interfering isn't good for us!" he told her.

"WHAT?" I asked, "You don't even have a fighting background!" I took a step forward, but then was pulled back when hands wrapped around me. Fuck you, Grudge!

"No." he agreed, "But she dose!" I saw Cat go flying out of the woods, running until she kicked Envy. I had to admit, he wasn't giving us much of a fight.

That's what I thought before Envy whacked Cat away with his tail. It looked almost to easy when he did it. I struggled against Grudge, but she was to strong. God, this was turning out to be a disaster. If I didn't hurt my friends, I would hurt Envy. If I didn't hurt Envy, I would hurt my friends. I only had one option left, besides those two. I took a deep breath before deciding if I would take it or not.

"Grudge. I'm going to ask you one time." I told her carefully, "Let me go."

She just looked at me. "Sorry, I can't do that S. For some reason you think protecting that thing is a good idea at the moment, and it's us or him. You already chose him when you punched Gang."

"That was to get some sense into him." I told her. "This can end differently. All you have to do it let me go."

She looked at the ground. "Sorry S. I won't."

"AHH!" I heard Envy scream. "That hurt, you pathetic human!" I saw a dagger go into his eye. "AGH!" one went into the other eye "AHHH! IT HURTS!" he screeched, pawing at his eyes to get the sharp metal out.

"I'm sorry Grudge. I won't let you guys turn into one of them." I told her. I saw her ground her teeth, realizing that I was referring to being one of the horrible homunculus that worked for father.

I focused on my insides. Two stones active. Now I need my third.

My brain went blank, all that remained was a small sliver that was looking for that power. I saw a red glow beneath my eye lids. I reached mentally for the energy inside...

Lightning, red as blood, flashed up into the sky as the third stone activated. The first one activated: I could heal, I was immortal. The second one: I was an extremely advanced immortal that could take on about anyone. The third one: I seeped red hot energy, ready to destroy anything and everything I wanted to, everything the first two stones gave me included and more. I was, at the moment, what Father had made me to be.

By the time I opened my eyes, the sky was full of dark clouds. Grudge was healing from a burn mark, the one I had given her when the lightning flashed into the sky. She couldn't hold me back now.

I knew I looked completely devastating: my eyes turned from the dull purple to crimson, my hair a little ruffled, red lightning running up me slowly. I really couldn't care about my looks at the moment.

Another flash of lightening raced across the sky, and by the time the flash faded I was in front of Envy. He flinched back.

"What-!?" he gasped, backing away.

In another flash of lightning I was on Envy's head, in between his eyes. He gasped again, to stunned to move. I placed my hand on his head and closed my eyes. Slowly, Envy began to turn from the reptile into the human form he normally obtained. He still stood awestruck, my hand on his forehead.

"How did you-?" he began, but with a little power release from my palm I made him pass out. Normally, a little power released from my palm would burn him, only so he could heal again. Not this time. He passed out because I wanted him to pass out. My thoughts practically acted on their own. If I thought about killing someone on the other side of the world, and gave a little power into it, I'm sure it would happen.

I caught him before he fell on the stone floor. For a moment I looked at him face, sound asleep. The only only sound was a the crackling energy running up me and a few screaming people. I sighed and disconnected the stones. The shock almost sent me sprawled onto the floor. Connecting the stones was the thing that took time and it felt like a charge of pure power. Disconnecting took no time at all, and it felt like a drain.

The sky cleared, no more red lightning flashed. I felt my eyes slightly shift, and then I realized that I must have looked mean, commanding, cruel, everything father had ever wanted me to be. That's why I hated that last stone. It turned me into something I wasn't. Even if it was only on the outside, even if I was the same person on the inside, it just wasn't me, my power. It made me feel sick to use.

Without a word I picked up Envy. God, he was so heavy.

"S?" I heard Grudge ask.

"Don't say anything." I said, anger growing in my stomach.

"Wait, please, just let me talk to you okay?" She asked.

I looked at her for a second before turning my head. "I'm sorry. I can't. You resorted to killing someone even when it wasn't necessary. I'm sorry. I can't talk to any of you."

I over looked her out stretched hand when I took off. I was leaving them. I was actually turning my back on them.

For a good reason, though. They tried to secure you, they tired to make sure that you couldn't move while they beat up their own kind. They tried to kill someone.

It may have seemed like a good trade in their eyes. It was either Envy or the whole town. Why not one person over thousands? But the reality was that if you could make a solution where nobody died it was better than losing one person. They hadn't even given that a thought.

It made me sick.

I wouldn't be back.

A/N- W00t. I'm on a roll. I started this story, like, five days ago, and I already have over 12,000 words! But I still need an answer to my question. Who here wants me to add a new chapter everyday? I can add a 1000-2000 word long chapter every day, or I can add one 8000 word long chapter at the end of every week. You got to review to tell me! Screw it, if you don't have an answer, review anyway! Come one people! I need reviews! :(

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