Author's comments:
Yay, I'm very late for my submission! Had ummm, –cough- Something on over the weekend and school (3D modeling is a killer on the first lesson). So pardon my lateness. Maybe if I have some free (or I feel free) I could draw a few pics for this fic (I'd start from the earlier chapters though). Colouring is gonna be such a chore -sighs- Mendokuse.
Following the anime very closely X x I practically played the anime just to get the lines -laughs sheepishly-
Disclaimer: FullMetal Alchemist don't belong to me. Copyright of Hiromu san And the peeps at SquareEnix.
Chapter 3: Murder
Padding softly across the once red but now a faint maroon carpet, Envy made his way over to Dante. She would most likely still be playing with her doll now that Lior girl was completely in a trance, unable think freely for herself any longer. Dante said that the Elric brothers, especially the older one, seemed to have a fondness for this girl, whatever her name was. Something deep down inside of whatever was left from that long gone Elric of four hundred years made Envy feel...
Regardless of what it was, he shook it off without a second thought. Envy halted in front of the russet double doors of Dante's petite tea room, and knocked firmly on the dark wood of the door twice.
"Someone's coming" He spoke with a tone of apathy.
"Oh my, that was fast." Dante muttered back in mock astonishment, still within the tea room's premises.
Envy leaned against the walls, arms crossed, while Dante took her time to fantasise which gown to adorn on herself and her little dolly before finally waltzing out of the room merrily.
As they drew near the double doors leading back to the main hall back to the 'main' domicile, Wrath burst out of a side door, still bawling and whining about the loss of his 'momma'. Dante blinked at Wrath's presence questioningly.
"Wrath?" She remembered having given precise orders for this boy. And yet, he was still here, now running towards herself to plead for the stone again. Just before the younger sin was about within range, Envy had blocked his route to his destination. Not being able to tug on her dress, Wrath made do with Envy instead, pounding his fists lightly but whiningly on his chest. Envy still grinned back his shark formed teeth at Wrath as he continued to pound.
"You're really bothersome..."
"What's this supposed to mean? Isn't he the one to be watching over Edward?" Dante glared at Envy, who was still amused by Wrath's weak poundings and wimpy little pleads.
"Well, that's what I told him to do" Envy continued his grin back down at the shorter sin, flashing his pointy whites again. Wrath, the whole time throughout the conversation, still begging for the stone and bringing back his 'momma' before it was too late.
Dante then put on her forbearing face before turning back to Wrath.
"Be a good boy Wrath, or you won't get to be human-"
"Momma! We have to revive her before she disappears! There's no time!"
"Momma?"
Dante's patience broke a little, frowning at Wrath's rudeness for interrupting her speech and for yelling out at her face. Envy chucked Wrath away with the same hand he used to block the younger sin.
"He's talking about Sloth." Yet again using his nonchalant tone of voice.
Dante deepened her frown as Wrath stumbled back over and once more getting blockaded by Envy's firm grip, continuing his protest to use the stone for the recreation of the one that resembled the Elric brother's mother. If it was another sin that Envy despised, it was Sloth. It wasn't fair that the failed human transmutation of the Elric brothers was given a second chance. It wasn't fair the brothers got to even glance at their mother's face again. Mainly because of such an enormous hatred, was the reason of the downfall of Sloth. Envy just stood, hidden behind the stone pillar of the factory, watching Wrath foolishly combine himself with 'momma' and completely forgetting he carried her weakness with him now that he stole it from Edward, watching her vapourised into the atmosphere as her water form was transmuted into one of a higher viscosity.
"Wrath, Sloth isn't your mother. Homunculi have no mothers" Dante sighed out as Wrath carried on his string of solicits, "Don't say things as if you were human…"
As Wrath stubbornly continued, Dante finally approved Envy his right of being punisher for the moment. Envy grinned back, tossing the boy further than before. As he ran back, Envy lashed his leg in full force at his younger sin sibling, making sure this time his target hit the double doors with a huge bam. As Wrath struggled to prop himself up and use his powers with 'his' right arm, Envy was already over in a flash, stomping on that said arm and grinning back down deviously.
"And what are you gonna do in that condition?" Envy condescendingly tilted his head, then proceeded to whack up Wrath until he blacked out moments later as Dante watched with her icy, uncaring expression.
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Envy tossed the unconscious sin, now bound up with ropes, onto the cold, uncaring marble floor. The ropes were just redundant, the moment the boy woke, he could just transmute the ropes off. Upon the door slamming, Alphonse attempted to look up from his position on the ground as Envy padded over to the bed with a sigh.
"Wh-what happened to him?" The hollow armour echoing the high pitched voice. Envy put on a slight frown, glimpsing over to the bound suit on the ground and then closing his eyes completely as he crossed his legs and rested his chin in the palm of his gloved hand.
"Just got a little stubborn today, so he got what he asked for."
Why is it always me to baby-sit? Envy grumbled to himself, hissing. At this rate, when the shrimp does make it here, she's gonna be the one taking care of it. She did it again. Bitch.
Envy went on growling to himself, with the headless suit of armour blinking over curiously at the irritated sin.
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The time the object tossed upon the ground was the younger Elric. As Alphonse fell, he yelped as the abused armour hit the ground. He glanced around after Envy having slapped the helmet back on and looked at the ground he was laid on. Suddenly the floor started glowing in a familiar pattern. Alphonse looked carefully. A transmutation array. Alphonse panicked, finding only that he couldn't lift his legs off the ground, or even twitch a finger.
Apart from Alphonse, someone else was in a partial fit.
"Eat him" Envy spoke in his most possibly calm tone to a terrified Gluttony still traumatised upon hearing the death of the most important sin to him.
"Inside of you, he'll make the perfect stone" Envy stood upright from his part squat, "So, Hurry up and start feastin'!"
Envy grinned, in anticipation of the round sin to start moving, hand directing the other toward the immobile amour. Gluttony twitched alright. He took a trembling step forward, bringing his arms down to his sides and once more calling out for Lust although he knew very well she was gone. Envy blinked at the odd reaction from the oddball sin, frowning he didn't get what he wanted. He stomped in front of Gluttony, shouting his intentions.
"I want to see it! I want to see his children getting eaten by the likes of you!" Gluttony, more scared by the change in Envy's tone, bowed his head down. Envy mumbled almost inaudibly to himself, clenching a fist tightly after glancing over his shoulder to the watching Dante. "And damn, I wanted to beat the ochibisan to a pulp too..."
Whispers of the magenta dress shifting were heard clearly from the dead silence, Dante's fancy heeled shoes clicked upon every step she took forward until she stood in front of Gluttony. The wide sin continued his futile calls for Lust as he stepped toward Dante, hoping just maybe she would help bring back Lust. Hope is but a foolish dream. There was no way she would use to stone to 'help' the sins get what they wanted. Dante smiled like a caring mother would, cupping her hand on Gluttony's cheek like that said mother comforting her child who had lost something precious.
"Forgive me for this as it's too soon..."
Suddenly something had shot into Gluttony's mouth. As quick as light, Dante's hand held out the huge tongue of the sin, pulling it almost completely out of his oral cavity as the sin made incoherent noises.
With the tip of her thumb resting upon the Ouroboros, Dante activated the array. It glowed brightly on the wide tongue and then dimmed, vanishing completely. Envy watched with unease of the whole event, knowing Dante wasn't the person to actually step in and do something, and how Gluttony suddenly hung his head down as if dead.
"Gluttony?" Envy wondered if Dante really had killed the sin, although looking at the circumstances she wouldn't as she needed him. Envy stepped forward to further inspect the other sin. Suddenly, it veered its head up, mouth with drool pooling out and eyes wide open with just hunger alone.
"Careful now, all that's left him now is that hunger." Dante wiped her hand on her magenta gown, taking note to clean off the drool after everything here was done.
"After all," she stood up, dusting herself absentmindedly, "Homunculus are just like the red stone. They don't need a mind of their own."
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All the events seemed to past by so fast. First Gluttony about to have his last meal, then Wrath interrupting the procedure and she having open the gate upon him to teach him the last lesson. When the gate didn't vanish like it should, I thought it was about to reach out and pluck me back in, but as they opened and a blond head peeked out, I knew it wasn't that.
She nodded at me, and I gladly carried out orders as finally I got the chance to get back at that bastard's flesh and blood. It was so vexing to just see him again, back from the other side, pushing his way back to his beloved tin can. On the bright side, I get my revenge. It was so relishing how he glared at me as I took on that dead man's form, and how just lovely that later I managed to bury my elbow into his gut to prove how wrong he was when he said he was capable of killing his 'mother'.
The only fiasco to that whole vindictive event was that stupid brat. How dare he grab me while I had my fun. As much as I hated to admit it, it was my own cockiness I got floored. And of all the people, by the chibi.
The last tasty part of my revenge was that look of incredulity on the shorty's face.
I would have just snickered out loud if it weren't for 'mother' with her explaining. But she gave me the chance, the opening to bid farewell to my dear half brother.
The blood pooled around his expiring body on the clean floor, gushing out from the hole in his chest made by yours truly.
But still... why? ...Why? Why?
Why was there a tight feeling inside me? It's like my heart ached. As the dull gold, lifeless eyes stared up at the ceiling, I couldn't help the feeling of... crying? To be leaning down to hug that limp body even though it would make me all bloody.
I would have screamed out in confusion, but someone else did that for me and snapped me out from that odd trance timely. His name echoed through the hall, called out by a lady's voice.
Author's post fic comments:
And again, I'm so sorry for the late submission. I delayed long since school started and there were so many distractions. X x I didn't want to stretch this chapter out further too, the whole Wrath scene cut short... and Envy's Marcoh too. Sad.
Well, maybe before I start writing the next chapter, I'll draw the pic I had in mind for the first chappie. I'll post on my DeviantArt account though. Link to it is on my profile page
Replies to reviewers:
EnvyRocks: Oops, my bad then. XD;; I started out on two pairings for Fma actually. But I don't like Mr. Sharky. His teeth are just too ...frightening. I mean, can you imagine those biting something? -shudder-
La Salle De Bain: Thanks! I'm happy to hear that
Rianale: Yep, continuing alright. Although, I'm not sure how long I'm gonna write this... as well as I don't know whether to have some -cough- lemon in this later... then I'd have to move it over to the 'M' section. Darn.
Envysloyalservent: Yeps I draw. I only have one pic of it on my DA account sadly. I have like tons of EnvyEd pics in my sketch books/rough papers/notebooks...
-cries- I want Envy plushie ;; I only have a Munich!Ed one currently, which I snuggle and keep beside the com as I write -cough- You did NOT read that.
Rahkshi Sister: Envy's POV is hard to write...WHY? -sobs- But the lemon if you're looking forward to it, might be later. Have to plan first. First fic ya? XD; Oh, I have a EnvyEd smut one actually still in writing. Umm, gonna let my friend beta read it first before posting up on the 'M' section. ;;; And yes, darn you Roy, go to Riza... Or Hughes! -sob-