Points of Authority

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My anti-drug.

XD Sorry, I just saw one of those commercials, and it called to be said.

O.O ONE HUNDRED REVIEWS:celebrates: Ohmygod! You guys rock so much! And a big thanks to rozen maiden to being number one hundred:dances: I'll make this chapter extra long, just for you guys. Well, that, and I haven't updated in forever… so… I kinda owe it to you…

Okay, now that my freak out is outta the way…

There's this really creepy gay guy at school that's stalking me… I think I'm going to hurt him soon… Not like, the bearable gay… I have some gay friends, this guy's like… :shudder: He'd rape a guy, I swear. He's creepy like that…

Wow, I really hope I didn't just offend anyone… o.O :bows: Gomen nasai, if I did…

Anywayz… Well, this'll probably be one of the last chapters… I may drag out the fight over two, if I can get that creative…

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Yeah, don't get your hopes up. lol…

I do not own!

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Envy grinned as he took in the sudden rigidity of his mother's stance when she heard his voice. She paled, visible even in the wan moonlight. His grin turned sinister.

"Mother," he cooed, and she couldn't decide which was more frightening, his kind façade or his smile, "why do you look so frightened?"

She forced her voice not to tremble. "Do I?" she inquired, cursing herself when she heard the underlying fear in her question.

A flash of blue light enveloped his arm as it changed, suddenly cold and sharp, glinting in the moonlight. "Yes, Mother dear, you do. And, I hate to point out, you're not doing a very good job of hiding it." Silence followed his statement. He quirked an eyebrow, his smile sliding into a cool, easy smirk. "Well, since you have no comment to that…" He noticed suddenly that her hands had been behind her back the whole time. He growled, cutting his statement short and lunging at her, pulling his arm back and preparing to decapitate her in one easy swipe.

Dante pushed her hand against the wall, then ducked as a gigantic spike, sharper than a razor, propelled itself from the wall and straight through Envy's throat. In the brief moment before he died, he saw Dante wrench the door open and dash into the hall. Then, everything went black.

Not for long, however. A blue alchemical light enveloped him, and he pulled himself from the spike and stormed through the door, his eyes glinting with murderous intent.

He stalked her through the manor, listening to her ragged gasps for air and her frantically beating heart, both as loud as if they were his own. He smiled, a predator hunting his prey. His eyes lit up in amusement as he heard her feet pounding frantically against the floor. "Mother…" he whispered, just loud enough for her to hear. "Mother, you know you can't escape from me…" A chuckle, as he heard her gasp at the realization of how close he was to her. She stumbled blindly through the darkened halls, while he saw all as if it were the brightest daylight. He turned a corner, smiling as he saw her heading straight for a dead end she couldn't see. "You created me to be the perfect hunter, did you not? 'Never let any of your prey escape,' that's what you taught me from the beginning… Never knew it would come back to bite you in the ass, didja?"

A panicked cry tore itself from her throat as she came into contact with the wall, music to his ears. She scrabbled frantically against the surrounding walls, finding naught but unforgiving wood, solid and stoic. Impregnable.

A slow, hissing laugh came from his direction, and she looked around in the pitch blackness to try to discern exactly where he was. Her eyes alighted upon him for a brief moment, but she was unaware of it.

In a few quick steps, he has crossed the distance that still separated him from his creator and he leaned forward, almost nose to nose with her. She still didn't see him. So, he did what anyone in that position would've done.

"Boo."

Her reaction was priceless, in his honest opinion. He couldn't have asked for a better scream, a more priceless look of shock and horror. Again, the sadistic grin crossed his features.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mommy dearest, did I frighten you? Again?" he asked teasingly, voice taking on a childish air. "You know, you wouldn't be in this predicament if you had just left my business to me. Had you just let me do as I pleased, like I've been doing all these hundreds of years… But, of course, you already knew that, didn't you? Yes, of course you did. Because you're such an intelligent woman…" His smile turned sour, pure anger and hatred contorted his pretty features into that of which nightmares are made.

"E-Envy… My son…" Dante muttered, in a final attempt to save herself.

"I am not your son. How many times do I have to reiterate that?" he snarled, and, for a brief moment, the hallway was illuminated with blue light. For a brief moment, Dante could see the features of her eldest creation, contorted with rage and malice. For a brief moment, she saw the murderous glint in his eye. Then she was plunged back into unforgiving darkness. As Envy raised his arm to plunge it through her chest, he smiled. His arm sliced through the air, ever closer to his mother's heart.

A cry of pain echoed throughout the manor.

Envy stopped, his blade quivering mere micrometers above Dante's breast, inches from her heart. His eyes widened as recognition of that cry suddenly hit him.

"Edward!"

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Lust grinned at the feel of Ed's warm blood running down her arm. Two of her nails pinned him to the wall by his shoulders, while the other three were lodged in his stomach. Gluttony, meanwhile, was chasing a very frightened Alphonse, who was already missing a chunk out of his arm. Ed cursed, then looked up at Lust, his golden eyes hazy with pain, half-lidded with fatigue.

"Oh, you poor, poor boy," Lust cooed, "that must smart."

Ed growled. He was suddenly attacked by a frenzy of coughs that echoed loudly throughout the room. They were heavy and wet, and a small river of blood issued from his mouth, dribbling down his chin and dripping onto the floor. Blood flowed from his wounds freely, their flow only barricaded by the presence of Lust's nails.

"You're a bitch…" he whispered fiercely, wincing as she turned her wrist slightly, causing the nails to rotate slightly and make his lacerations wider.

"You're in no position to smart mouth me, you little bastard," she said angrily. His only retort was a sudden intake of air through clenched teeth. He was determined not to make any sound of pain, he knew that she wanted that, and he'd be damned if he gave her what she wanted.

"Go to hell," he said lowly, wincing at the rawness in his throat. His blood had left an unpleasant taste in his mouth, making him want to retch even more than the sickeningly smug smile on Lust's face.

Abruptly, a dagger flew through the air, catching Lust across the throat and lodging itself in her spinal cord. She gasped, immediately retracting her nails, and collapsed on the floor. Ed fell to the floor, and, wincing in pain, immediately tried to stand again. Envy was at his side in half a heartbeat. He grabbed Ed's automail arm, which, through some miracle, was still in perfect working condition, and helped him to his feet.

"Edo…" he murmured, looking upon Ed's sorry state with unveiled concern written clearly upon his features.

Ed turned to him and offered him an offhand smile. "It's really not as bad as it looks," he said, his voice still a bit raspy and raw. Envy just shook his head and embraced the smaller boy. Lust chuckled from her spot on the floor.

"So, Envy and the 'prodigy' are lovers, are they?" she said sarcastically, rising and dusting herself off. "And you survived?"

"No, you're seeing an apparition, dumbass," Envy said testily. Lust glared at him. There was a sudden, tense stillness. Even Gluttony ceased his pursuit of Al. Lust and Envy glared at each other for a long while. Then, suddenly, he noticed her hand move, and an instant before the razor-like nails pierced his flesh, he pushed Ed out of the way, directly into Al, who immediately wrapped his arms around him in an effort to hold him back from doing anything rash.

Black nails sunk far into Envy's body. He winced, gritting his teeth against the sudden torrent of pain. Looking past the pain, he wrapped his hands around Lust's nails and pulled them deeper into him, effectively pulling her closer. She looked upon him in confusion. He smiled and clutched her wrist, then, in the blink of an eye, had his arm transformed and swung it upwards. Lust's arm was severed at the elbow. She staggered back, eyes wide in shock. Her face contorted with pain. While she was healing, Envy pulled her arm out of his stomach, throwing it aside and lunging at her, blade raised, aiming for the Ouroboros tattooed on her chest.

She jumped aside, though not quick enough to avoid a sidelong blow from Envy's transmuted arm. Her shoulder gushed blood for a moment, but was quickly patched up. The elder Sin began swinging at her more furiously, creating deep gashes on her body, piling up, blow after blow, until his movements became so fast that her body had no time to heal itself before there was yet another abrasion to be healed.

His attacks were calculated perfectly. He had studied her fighting stances and strategies since the day she was created, and could predict and block or dodge any one of her attacks before she even made it, simply by watching the way she moved into position.

"You're at quite a disadvantage, Lust," Envy purred, slashing out at Lust's stomach and chest and head and legs and arms and any other exposed and potentially vulnerable surface on her body. She could only grunt in reply, and even that careless disruption in her train of thought led to a particularly nasty gash. She could feel her body wearing down, giving up, dying slowly as the incomplete philosopher's stones inside her body were consumed. Her movements slowed and became sloppy.

Envy grinned. Just then, something sharp and undoubtedly painful flew at him from the balcony. He dodged easily and glared up in time to see a figure, Dante, no doubt, retreating around a corner. He turned to Ed.

"Hagane no, you can take care of this slut from here, ne?" Envy asked, pointing to Lust. Ed grimaced in pain, but nodded. Envy walked over to him and gave him a quick kiss, then smiled. "Don't worry, she's already half dead as it is. Just a few more hits oughta do it." Envy then turned and followed Dante's path through the labyrinth of hallways. She had escaped the first time, yes, but not again. Not while he still lived and breathed… Well, if you could call it living.

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Ohmygod, I'm so sleepy. Sorry, I was going to kill Dante off, but I don't have the energy nor creative juices to accomplish that at this time of night.

Oh, I was just wondering, did anyone actually notice that I managed to incorporate the title of the fic into the story last chapter? … Well, I did… o.O

Ah! Review! You must! Remember, comments, compliments, complaints, and criticism is accepted with open arms. Still yet to receive my first flame… Will you be lucky numero uno? Maybe.

I LOVE YOU ALL!

Oh! You must read my next fic, too, that I'm working on with Goten0040 and Lil' Yahiko. It's going to be posted under the name Two Elrics and an Envy… Yeah… They're siblings… So… Yeah, guess who that makes me… For those of you who guessed Envy, you get a cookie!

Sorry, I'm in one of those moods… Probably all the EnvyxEd smut I've been reading all day... O.o You guys probably didn't need to know that... Sorry... :has been reading Elricest as well: o.O If you read my profile, you'd already know that... Well... Yeah. I'm gonna shut up now.

Teacher came on tonight… But, I've already seen it… So… It wasn't really a new episode for me… o.O Damn.

Ja, mata!

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