Chapter twenty-two: Depression

"Edward, how…"

"Coniniaue, did you honestly think I would date you?" Envy replied in Edward's voice.

"I… I hoped." Coniniaue admitted, casting her eyes to the ground.

"Haha. Well, did you like our 'date?'" Envy asked in a snickering tone. "Don't worry, you'll be dead by tonight anyway."

"You idiot!" Coniniaue hissed. "You know how to kill me and it is not within your power."

"Oh, only one way?" Envy lifted his hand. "Hey Lust, there's only one way to kill her. And it's hard!"

"Oh, dear." Lust brought back her nails and Envy stepped back, turning back into Envy. Coniniaue collapsed to the floor, half unconscious.

"Coniniaue!" Edward dashed over and picked her up, grunting at the weight of her automail arm. He lifted his eyes to Envy and Lust, and now Gluttony, who had dropped in. "Why can't you homunculi just let me live my life in peace?" He asked angrily.

"Because you are a valuable sacrifice and it is our job to make you suffer as much as we can." Lust replied. "Envy, Gluttony. Let's go."

"Coniniaue! Coniniaue! Wake up…" Edward squeezed his eyes shut tight and held her close. This is the second time I couldn't help her. He thought. There was the time Dominique shot her, and now this. Why is she always the target of all my enemies? Soon Scar is going to come for her, and I have to be ready...

"Ed… Edward?" Coniniaue's eyes flickered open.

"Coniniaue? Are you okay?" He asked. Coniniaue draped her left arm over his shoulder.

"I… I'm fine. But Envy… He turned into you… And… It was just… Terrible…"

"It's okay, Coniniaue, it was just Envy. We have to be careful…"

She sat up. "Careful don't mean jack anymore. We need to be alert and ready for anything."

((This chapter was a little confusing. This one and the one where Coniniaue gets her automail arm. You might be thinking, "Why the Hell is Edward worried? Coniniaue is physically immortal." Well, yes, she it, but if the wound penetrates a nerve or bone, it will hurt as it she did have blood. She can be choked, but she would only pass out, not die from it. The only ways Coniniaue can be hurt are

A)Getting choked, strangled, et cetera

B)A very deep wound

C)When the nerves connect… Like Edward, when the nerves connect for her metal arm and her human shoulder, it hurts as if Hell was rising and the sky was falling. 'Nuff said, right? XD))