-Last night-

Envy and Wrath clambered through the underground tunnels at a steady pace in a commanding silence. Not a word was spoken and Wrath was left to soak up his surroundings on his own. The underground tunnels were damp underfoot with a river of sewage flowing at the side of them. But as they wandered further through the tunnels, they met many different twists and turns that led them away from the sewage green river. The tunnels grew less damp as they ventured in and the floor was less like concrete until it grew into brick underlay.

With each new turn, Envy made sure that Wrath was always following close behind so as not to get lost. Finally, they met a sharp left turn, which brought them to a large stone door. A large square had been carved into its surface. Inside the square were pictures of circles and in them were carvings of the sun, the crescent moon beating down flames onto an upside-down 5-point star. The three bottom points fed the circles on each end and two hung above the star and in between the sun and moon. Four words were carved into each top circle. The top one held within it: Pater; Aravo; Estcre and Ator. The one underneath carried: Filivs; Revempter; Etmidi; Ator. Envy himself didn't know the meanings of the gibberish and neither did the other homunculi.

Despite the art of the door, Envy pushed it open without much hesitation. What lay before them was a large room. The floors were of grey concrete including the walls. The floors were lined with wires and large tubing that were scattered across the floor. Walls were lined with large bookshelves and closer to the middle of the room were tables full of chemistry sets and boiling liquids.

But in the middle, where all the tubing were connected to was a throne that stood on a concrete platform. Sat on the throne was a thin woman. She wore a burgundy dress and her hair was short, jet black with a fringe at the front. Her eyes were blue and piercing.

Sat around her were the rest of the homunculi. All wore black clothes and had purple irises that leered mischievously. It brought a smile to Ira's face. They were all like him with their pale complexions and ouroboros tattoos. Their eyes too were just like his, which gave him more a sense of belonging with this group.

'Master!' Envy called to the woman in the throne. 'I've bought the seventh homunculus!'

'I can see that!' She smirked with her silky smooth voice. 'You must be Wrath.' She smiled to Ira.

'Wrath? That's my name?' He never thought that he had a true name apart from the one his "father" had given him. He always thought that Ira was true to him.

'Yes of course. Now everyone is here.' The woman turned to Envy. 'How was your journey here?'

'We ended up killing a lot people in a fire but apart from that we weren't suspected.' Envy answered as he scratched his head absent-mindedly. He didn't care for or feel guilty about these recent deaths. To him, they deserved all that they got.

'Finally.' She began. 'You're all here for the first time in hundreds of years.' Her face glowered with an evil grin. 'All of you are here. Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Greed, Sloth and finally, Wrath. In three days time, we're going to lead a revolt against the humans of Central. Once we're done with Central, we'll spread outwards to all surrounding towns and cities! Human blood shall be spilled until there is nothing left to shed!' She declared triumphantly. The homunculi responded with agreeable claps all that is, excepting for Wrath, who stood dumb-founded.

He slowly raised his hand to make his protest; Envy was ready to kick it down until Wrath began to speak. 'E-Excuse me? Can I ask why we're doing this revolt against humans? I mean, not all of them are bad.'

'Hm. It seems that living with Fullmetal has made you soft. But it's a good question. Why would we lead a revolt against humanity? Because they deny you YOUR humanity. They disapprove of you sleeping and enjoying dreams and so they have taken away that privilege from you. They curse you with no soul! They themselves have created you and so make you suffer! That is why you can take their lives!'

'So… my father, Edward, created me without sleep?' Wrath questioned.

'Of course.' She answered promptly. 'He doesn't wish for you to have humanity. He'd rather let you suffer. So shouldn't you return the favour?' She grinned.

Wrath's old hatred for his father had been re-ignited and now it burned brighter than ever.

'Well…when that day comes, save DAD for me!' Wrath grinned toothily and his purple irises burned bright with an old and familiar desire. A desire to kill.

Author's note: I know it isn't very long but at least it's an update. For those who don't know already, the new series for FMA, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is now on the Internet! I have watched the 1st episode at least twice and it is brilliant! I love the opening songs and the credits too! You must watch. It's on .tv. Then search by the name of the series or Fullmetal alchemist 2. It's got subtitles as well because of course it is in Japanese.

Please watch!

Ophelia Davis