Well hello there! Here is another awesometastic chapter! Sorry for the delay as you know I do have school to attend and homework to do, but I try my very very best to get chapters written for you guys. Thank you everyone for your awesomeness.
Special Thanks To:
Cursed Bunny-Why thank you XD you're awesome.
kmgd14-I'm glad my story makes you keep on reading, here's the next chapter.
KuramaMustangElric-We all feel bad for her. You don't have to wait any longer, just keep reading down XD
Eclipsewings-Aww thank you, your love is much appreciated XD She won't die I can assure you.
Innocent Failure-that will not be the last we've seen of Hohenheim, he's very adamant on them not being together.
OJ68-Dude…yea it was short…So what? No one cares about the shortness, I have to have a set number of pages to write or this story would have been a huge one-shot.
Bumblebeecamaro38-Oh I see, my bad I was thinking of something else because that wasn't the only foreshadowing comment I got so…ehe…
Warnings: The usual, I'm sure you all know what they are, I really don't feel like typing it.
Enjoy~
By some miracle, Serena managed to live and awakened to see another day. When the silverette woke up she felt groggy and in pain. It was as if someone had kicked her off a three story building. The girl noticed that wherever she had woken up at, was dimly lit by candles and she lay on a soft bed.
"En…vy?" the emerald eyed teen croaked out.
Her voice was a little hoarse from not being used, Serena looked around the room. Instead of meeting those familiar violet eyes, she was met by golden ones. Bells of alarm rang in the back of her mind.
This wasn't Envy or Ed, then that left only one possible answer. The person sitting by her bedside was none other than Hohenheim.
"Hohenheim? Where's Envy?" Serena croaked out, sitting up with a grimace as pain shot up and down her torso.
"You shouldn't be moving, and Envy is probably prowling around outside," the blond haired man said.
"What are you doing here?" the silverette said, grimacing as she leaned back against the wall.
"To talk to you." Hohenheim replied.
"About what? Hey, how long have I been out?" the emerald eyed teen asked.
"About 5 days or so from what Envy said," the golden eyed man said.
"Five days? I'm surprised I'm not dead. Envy must be a good caretaker then," Serena murmured softly.
"That's what I want to talk to you about," the blond haired man said.
"About Envy being a good caretaker?" the silverette asked with a small frown.
"No, about Envy." Hohenheim replied calmly.
"What about him?" the emerald eyed teen asked, becoming mildly suspicious.
"How much do you truly know about Envy?" the man asked.
Serena frowned slightly at the inquiry, but then beamed.
"That's easy!"
"Well what do you know? Tell me everything." Hohenheim urged.
"I know that he's a Homunculus, he's immortal, he's super strong, he can shape-shift, he's really old, he has a short fuse and an awful temper, he likes to kill for no reason, he's one of the Seven Deadly Sins, he can be nice and caring when he wants to, he hates and wants to kill humans and the Elric family," the silverette said, seeming pleased with herself.
Hohenheim seemed to be scrutinizing the injured girl carefully.
"I think that's all, as far as I know." Serena chirped, pain underlying her cheery tone.
"You know how Homunculi are born right? Has Envy ever told you anything about that?" the blond man asked carefully.
"No, but when I asked him what happened between you and him, he tells me not to stick my nose where it doesn't belong. I don't need to know about that if he doesn't want to tell me," the girl told him.
"Serena, I think that it would be best if you left Envy and came with me." Hohenheim said in a serious tone.
"Leave Envy and go with you? Are you insane, I am not going anywhere with you!" the silverette exclaimed, with a deep frown.
"You shouldn't be getting so close to a Homunculus, why don't you go back with your own race," the man said carefully.
"In case you haven't gotten the memo, I don't have anything left with humans. Envy is the only one I have left now and no matter what you say I'm not going to leave him," the emerald eyed teen said sternly.
The golden eyed man sighed and looked like he was trying to find something to say. Right about when Hohenheim opened his mouth to speak, a terrifying scream rung out in the air outside, Serena froze and listened as a loud yelp followed the scream. Her heart suddenly sunk to the pit of her stomach, she'd never heard a scream like that but the she recognized the voice and it made her feel sick.
The silverette gritted her teeth and got up from the bed, letting the blanket fall off. The pain was unbearable, but she didn't care the nagging voice in the back of her mind was back.
"Serena you shouldn't be moving, come lay back down," the golden eyed man warned.
"Stay out of this Hohenheim." Serena growled through gritted teeth and hobbled over and out the door.
The blond haired man got up and followed the girl. The silverette was too caught up in trying to get to the ruckus outside; that she didn't notice the odd breeze that hit her once she got outside. The girl looked around for the source of the earlier scream, and found what she didn't want to find.
Envy was cowering against the wall of the building, which was now partially blackened with sooth and Mustang was there too.
Serena limped over to the Homunculus and stood in front of him as he recovered. She stared defiantly at Mustang, she had an expression that said, "You wanna kill him, you'll have to kill me first." A surprised look crossed Roy laid eyed upon the silverette. The girl was in obvious pain, her jaw was clenched and she was nearly doubling over. Yet she still managed to stare defiantly at him, she was such a wonder sometimes. The Homunculus finished recovering from Mustang's attack, as the teen had bought him time. When Envy fully took notice of the human in front of him, at first he blinked but then a wide grin spread over his lips.
Serena was getting suspicious of the odd look on Mustang's face. She was about to open her mouth to ask a question, when she felt a breath by her ear.
"You might want to look down at yourself," the shape-shifter whispered in an oddly husky tone.
His tone and his words made the silverette frown deeply, but she decided to take the shape shifter's advice and looked down. As soon as she did it seemed that all the heat in her body rushed to her face. Serena now realized that she wasn't wearing a shirt, the only things that were covering her top half were the heavy bandages covering her torso, her frilly black bra and her newly bandaged arms. She also noticed that the bloody pants that she had been wearing before she passed out were no longer on her; in their place was a too big pair of shorts.
The silverette shuddered, feeling small and exposed. The fact that she was being stared at wasn't helping one bit.
"Stop staring at me you perverts," the emerald eyed teen practically shrieked, covering her chest by crossing her arms over it.
Behind her she heard the Homunculus chuckle, and she whirled around angrily, with a pained grimace on her face at the sudden movement.
"I assumed that this is your doing Envy?" Serena asked rather angrily, gesturing with one finger.
"Did you want me to leave you in those bloody clothes? This wouldn't be a problem if you had just stayed in bed." The green haired Homunculus replied just as heatedly.
"If I hadn't come out here you would have been burned to a crisp!" the silverette retorted.
She didn't know how much longer she could stand here in her bra arguing with the stubborn Homunculus. The pain was still unbearable; she took a deep breath to clam herself and turned to Roy and Hohenheim.
"You two get the hell away from here," the girl said.
"But…" Mustang and Hohenheim said at the same time.
"I just want to go back to bed, I'm dying here. Go away!" the emerald teen growled and turned to head back inside the apparently abandoned building.
She urgently had to go lay down before she passed out again, and this time she wasn't sure if she'd return to the world of the living. The Homunculus had taken to following her back inside, shooting curses at the two men under his breath. The men had no other choice but to leave the pair alone for now, or at least until Serena's injury healed enough for her not to have to depend on Envy.
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Once back inside the building, Serena went to curl up in the bed she'd found herself in. Trying hard not to pass out as the pain pulsed with every heartbeat. The silverette felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up blearily, finding familiar violet eyes staring down at her. The girl resisted the urge to squirm and swallowed silently.
"You okay?" she asked him meekly.
"I should be asking you that." Envy replied.
"I never know why I do things. It just kinda happens," the silverette murmured.
"It's because you're a fool," the Homunculus retorted.
"Then I can't help being a fool," the emerald eyed teen said forlorn.
The bed dipped as a new weight was added to it, and she looked questioningly at the shape-shifter. Serena pressed her forehead against Envy's as he settled on his side, beside her on the bed. The Homunculus didn't bat an eyelash at her action and just let her get whatever was in her system out.
"Do you think that I should have died, back when my dad did that transmutation?" the silverette asked, her voice subdued.
Violet clashed with emerald and the green haired Homunculus narrowed his eyes into slits, as he searched her face. Due to their proximity the girl found Envy's changes in expression more unsettling.
"What are you getting at?" the shape-shifter asked seeming confused.
"I don't know, it seems that lately something has been trying to wipe me off the face of the planet." Serena told him.
"My offer still stands," the Homunculus said carefully, moving his hand so it rested on her shoulder.
"What offer?" the silverette questioned, looking into his eyes.
The Homunculus looked at her nonchalantly and blew a breath into her face.
"if you wanna die, come to me first," the shape-shifter said.
Serena simply shook her head as if disagreeing with him.
"I told you I can't die yet, even though I have nothing left. I still have you." The silverette murmured, not looking away from him.
Maybe Al is right, maybe I am falling for him.
A tremor shook her frame and Envy ran his hand from her shoulder to her back. The touch left a warm tingly feeling on her bare skin, putting little butterflies in her stomach.
"Envy…" the girl whimpered.
The green haired Homunculus gave a little grin and gave her a peck on the lips. Serena sighed softly almost content and curled up against him. The fact that she was wearing no shirt didn't faze her as much anymore, she just took to Envy like he was her one and only lifeline. God knows what would happen to her if the Homunculus decided to leave her all alone. She didn't particularly care any longer that he wasn't human, or that he was a murderer basically. She just kinda needed someone to be by her side and Envy was the only one who would.
The girl gave a little small sigh and placed a soft kiss on the shape-shifter's shoulder and slowly drifted off into an uneasy and pained sleep.
There ya have it folks, hope you enjoyed. I know I did at least, I found it mildly funny and really entertaining. Thank you for reading this and keep up with the awesometastic reviews. You're all awesome!