Chapter twenty-one: The little bloodless girl

Gluttony chewed the finger of some random man thoroughly. He saw Edward and Coniniaue enter, so he turned to a woman and a cat next to him. "Envy! Lust! The Fullmetal boy is here, same with the Bloodless girl."

"What're THEY doing here?" Envy sniffed.

Lust carefully peered in through the skylight. "Oh, their on a date! How cute."

"A date? Hahaha!" Envy laughed. "I've always wondered what kind of girl would fall for the Fullmetal boy. Now I know; a bloodless girl."

"Oh, no!" Lust sighed. "The girl has an automail arm. It must have happened when she was shot. That will be a choppy ingredient. We can cut it off before we add her."

"Or we can just feed it to Gluttony and see if he can swallow it." Envy snickered.

"Metal taste bad!" Gluttony moaned.

"Whatever." Lust sneered. "Now Envy, go down with a gun and rob the place. We need to see what this bloodless girl is capable of!"

Coniniaue cut into her filet mignon, a bite sized piece popped into her mouth. She chewed quietly until she said, "Edward, can you stop staring at me?"

"Staring? Who's staring? Not me!"

"Shut up."

"Shutting up now."

There was a BANG, and Envy—disguised, of course—darted into the room. He shot his gun several times into the air and shouted, "Alright give me all the cash in the… Ouch!"

The pistol was still smoking in Coniniaue's hand. She had hidden two pistols in holsters on her thighs beneath her dress.

"Drop the gun, dammit!" She hissed.

"Ooh, I'm so scared of the little bloodless girl!" Envy sniggered, turning back to his usual form.

"Who the…"

Edward growled and was about the spring forward.

"Relax, Fullmetal boy." Lust dropped into the room. "We just want to see what your little bloodless friend can do."

Coniniaue shot Envy until her guns were out of bullets. "What…" She blinked, and raised her fists. "What are you?"

"A homunculus."

Envy dove at her, pinning her to the wall. His fingers wrapped around her throat and pushed her against the wall, while she squirmed.

"Coniniaue!" Edward called. He started to go to her but Lust's long nails cut him off.

"Your girlfriend can't die, so what's the point?"

"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"

Coniniaue's eyes squeezed shut tight. Maybe I can die like this. She thought. Maybe homunculi and not humans can kill me.

Envy morphed into Edward. Coniniaue opened her eyes. "Ed… Edward?"