Author notes:
1)I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist neither Teen Titans.
2) Sorry for my Grammar mistakes. English is my second Language.
3) Thanks Truephan, DemonRaily and featherfun for your reviews
4) The universe of FMA is the one from the anime, but it might contain some aspects of the manga.
5)The next chapter might take some time to be finished, because I intend to travel in my vacation, but I'll still have a computer and internet so I'll still be able to update it.
6)Merry Christmas for you all.
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?" Shouted Brain as he lost the contact with the spy robot. He hated it even more because that meant the homunculus might do something relevant for his interests and he wouldn't be able to record it.
Monsieur Mallah checked the data in the computer and answered to his boss: "I'm afraid the robot was destroyed."
"Send another one immediately! No…Madame Rouge you go. Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid and try take that idiot back to HIVE even if it's by force!"
It was rather unusual to see Brain like that. But the gorilla knew the reason. It was because Brain was too anxious to have his body back. So he tried to reason: "Before you go Madame Rouge, do your best to make sure he has no suspicions that the spy robot was our idea, he might not collaborate anymore and if he gets too angry and start attacking you might not be able to hold him back."
Madame Rouge scoffed at that. "Of course I'll be careful. Do You think I would jump into a battle without making sure I have a pretty good chance of winning. To begin with we don't even know it was really him who destroyed the robot. He is probably fighting the Titans. But I'll go investigate. But I won't make direct contact with him unless it's really necessary, after all how can I explain why I knew where he was. He's no idiot."
"Yes…you're right…do as you said." Madame Rouge nodded and left to find the Homunculus.
When Monsieur Mallah and Brain were alone, Mallah said to Brain: "By the way, No member of the Brotherhood of Evil had success in copying what he taught Jinx, maybe she's the only one that can perform that."
"Hmm…I know it's risky, but I think we should let her with that 'foreigner' just until he says she learned enough or anything like that. As soon that happens we bring her immediately to our side. Make sure she gets a lot of praises and some crap she might like. After we buy her trust she can work directly for us. However just in case, tell them all too keep trying, maybe Envy can say something that will make easier for them to learn this 'alchemy'."
The gorilla smiled and agreed. Brain finally came back to his normal cold hearted self.
Meanwhile the titans were extremely worried as they saw Starfire crying over the ashes. She thought Raven had died. Beast Boy was in state of denial, he didn't want to believe his friend was gone.
Robin started to formulate countless theories one more absurd than the other then he looked to Cyborg who as also at a state of shock and quickly said: "Cyborg, scan those ashes, now!"
Cyborg snapped out of it and did as he was told. He opened a small computer of his right arm and when he activated the scan he pointed his left index finger a small red ray of light came from it and covered all ashes that were in the room.[1]
Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire begged in his hearts that those ashes weren't Raven's.. It was then when they saw Cyborg's relieved face as he said: "Thank goodness. Those ashes are just burnt paper. There's no trace of Raven. But I still can't tell what happened here.
For the Titans it was a wonderful news that their friend wasn't dead, but it only raised more questions. Robin could only think she somehow opened a portal and went investigate about the homunculus all by herself. 'If she really did that, then I'm even more worried! She isn't fully recovered! Damn! Where is she?'
His thoughts were broken when Starfire said hopefully: "If friend Raven isn't dead, we can still find her, right?"
"Yes, but that is sure going to be hard…" Robin had to admit to his friends.
Back with the sin. Envy smirked when he saw the woman: "I never thought I would see you here, Dante."
The woman just chuckled, but then her face turned serious when she said as she pointed to the remains of a spy robot: "That thing has been following you for a while I thought it was going to attack you. What IS that, by the way?"
"Honestly, I don't know much about this world…By the way why are you here?" asked the sin raising quite curious.
The woman sighed as she explained: "After that whole fiasco involving the Elric brothers I tried to flee to make a new strategy to get a new philosopher's stone. After all my body was rotting quickly. But, unfortunately Gluttony tried to eat me when I was at the elevator…"
Envy couldn't help but to scoff at that. "That's what you get for erasing his mind. I bet he couldn't even remember you were his master."
Dante got a little angry as she answered: "It was the only way. He wouldn't just stop mopping around after Lust died. Anyway after that useless amount of lard tried to eat me I managed to use alchemy right before me could devour me. I managed to blow him up and picked up as much philosopher stone as I could carry. When he started to regenerate I used some of it to mutate him into a much worse monster and I made sure this time he would obey. He waited for me where you and Edward fought as I used some of the philosopher's stone to transfer myself into another body. I also tried to talk with Pride, however I discovered that he was killed as well by Roy Mustang who ended up being the new ruler of Amestris. I wouldn't even waste my time going after Wrath. He's not useful anymore. So all I had to do was finding out where the hell were you. And just to find you, the gate consumed some of my philosopher's stone. I only have enough to change body again."
Envy raised an eyebrow: "So why didn't you take all the philosopher's stone from Gluttony? Didn't he eat a lot of it?"
Dante sighed: "I thought about it, but the process would completely destroy him. I only have you and him. I can't risk killing all what's left of my dear homunculi."
Envy chuckled darkly. He knew she was only interested in getting all the help she wanted and any sign of betrayal could cost his very existence, but he knew she was the only person that he could almost trust. But he wouldn't do that blindly, specially after what she did to Gluttony.
"So…If I help you will you open the gate so I can finally kill Hoenheim?" asked the sin hopefully.
"Under three conditions, my dear."
"Which are…" he answered in a bored tone.
"The first thing is that you help me find a good body so I can change bodies again. This one is getting rotten much quicker. The second is that you help me making this town the new source for my philosopher's stone. And finally the third is that you save some of Hoenheim for myself. You're not the only one who wants revenge, you know."
The homunculus put his hand on his chin as he thought. He tried to think about Dante's new body when he remembered: "I met this stupid woman who thinks she can control me. I think she would be a good new body for you."
That caught Dante's attention as she asked for her "son"[2] to continue. "Well, apparently in this world there are people with powers. It's not alchemy and some of those people are completely human. I don't know what it is, but There's this woman who tried to recruit me to their lame evil club. She can shapeshift just like me. And she looks like one of the big bosses of her organization, so if you take her body, you'll have access to ALL their information and it could even make things easier to create a transmutation circle around this city to turn all those stinky humans into sacrifice for the philosopher's stone."
A dark smile appeared in Dante's face. It was brilliant. From all homunculi, Envy was her favorite.
"Besides, we can use my new 'pupil' into helping us with the circle." Continued Envy
"Pupil?" asked Dante with a dead serious face.
"Yes, I found someone in the 'team evildoers' with potential to perform alchemy. So I taught her stuff I learnt when I was alive and I intended to make her open a gate to Hoenheim using her two useless friends as a toll for it. One for tracking my stupid 'father' and the other to open it. But with you here, I don't think that's going to be necessary."
"Wait…you WERE TEACHING someone about alchemy? How stupid can you be? WHAT IF YOU WERE BEING WATCHED?" yelled Dante.
"Hey! I was lost in a completely weird planet and I pretty much thought you were dead! Don't blame me for wanting to leave this damned place! Besides the woman you're going to possess is like her idol or some crap like that. So if you order her to do something she won't complain."
Dante bit her lower lip as she saw some gray areas over her body. She didn't have much time left in that body. Soon that body would reject her and she needed another one fast and she agreed with Envy's plan.
"By the way, Dante. What did you do to Glutonny? Did you just tell him to sit and wait for you?"
She smiled maliciously as she answered: "I ordered him to track Wrath down and get any 'red stone' he still has in his body".
End of chapter 10
[1] I don't remember how Cyborg can scan stuff or even if he does, so I made that out.
[2]Envy is the homunculus that was created when Dante's son died of mercury poisoning.
[3] Homunculus, for those who didn't watch Fullmetal Alchemist, are the result of the failed attempt of resurrecting someone.