The door was locked, but to Envy that didn't matter very much as he effortlessly kicked the door down, leaving Mustang's dark , but roomy, home open to all."Pride!" he bellowed, half excepting the blond sin to be coming down the stairs, tripping over himself, just to be near his lover again.. Then he remembered the small fight they had had, and bellowed again, "Pride! It's me, come down here… now!"
While he waited, he looked around Roy's house. It gave off that homey feeling that Envy, himself, hated. A few knick-knacks here and there, along with some pictures. Some of Roy and Hughes, some of his subordinates, and he even had some of Edward. "How cute…" Envy growled, before losing his temper at the picture and smashing it into a million pieces.
His hand ached and throbbed, but it didn't take long for the crackling sound to be heard as his body started the 'healing' process. He shouted again…
"Pride!" Only this time, he didn't wait for his clumsy lover, he lunged up the stairs, taking two at a time and fueled by anger and anticipation to see his lover. He nearly broke down the first door he saw on the second level of Roy's house. To his dismay, that door lead only to a clean (almost too clean) bathroom. He growled and slammed the door shut.
He went across the hallway to the next door in sight and busted that one open, shouting again, "Pride!" He wasn't greeted with a squeaky gasp or a bundle of blonde hair tackling into him, but instead, a low groan.
The room he had run into was a complete mess. A window was broken, the bed flipped onto a side, pictures that had once hung on the walls were smashed on the floor, and in the corner of all this dismay was the General Bastard himself, Roy... Not exactly who Envy had been hoping to see, but at least it was a start.
The sin stalked over to the fallen soldier and nudged him (not so gently) with his foot. "Hey... Where's Pride?" he demanded.
Roy groaned again. His head was leaned to one side, resting in an awkward position on his shoulder, and had left a small bloodstain on the wall behind. His dark eyes cracked open to look up at Envy in confusion. "Mmm, what are you doing here? Oh... Oh! Pride! Where's Pride?"
Envy cocked an eyebrow at the General, as the man squirmed in place, looking around the room and panicking. "I just asked you that question," Envy stated.
Roy paused, and looked at Envy again, eyes demanding... Something, before he slumped against the wall in utter defeat. "Then he took him..."
Envy sucked in a sharp breath. "Pride? Who took him?"
"I'd assume he's a friend of yours. A homunculus, that Pride called Greed..." Roy stated.
Envy's eyes narrowed on the General in disgust. "Greed, is most certainly not my friend!" he spat.
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Pride whimpered as Greed rested a big, heavy hand on his thigh. The greedy sin paid him no mind and looked over at Hohenheim, who sat obediently in the corner. "Have my dear brothers and sisters arrived yet?" he asked, showing his father a full set of teeth.
Hohenheim growled, "All except Envy-"
"Yes, but that is to be excepted of the palm tree. He's probably out looking for little Pride right now." He made a sympathetic sound for Pride, but it sounded more like a strangled animal. Pride's whole body started quivering slightly, but Greed didn't seem to notice. He ran his free hand through the sin's hair, admiring it as he told his chimera guards, posted by the front door, "We'll have to give him the proper greeting." He grinned, and sniffed one of Pride's long golden locks. "Mmmm, Pride you still smell like him."
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"Wait up!" Roy commanded as he limped down the badly lit streets of Central. He was a good couple of yards behind Envy, who growled as he spun around to meet the General with angry, purple eyes.
"I can't wait up!" he stated, "Greed has Pride, and I have to go talk to Father. This is serious. Besides, I didn't ask you to follow me." He snorted, "Lust will kill me when she finds you in our lair."
Roy gave a weak smile. "I'll handle that on my own. I want to help find Pride."
"Why, so you can try to steal my lover away from me?" Envy snapped.
"No, because I at least owe it to him," Roy countered, giving Envy a deadly glare before he continued to wobble along. Envy stared at the retreating back of the General, wondering what he had meant, before shrugging it off, passing it by as the General's stubborn way, and "backing down."
'And about damn time.' Envy thought bitterly, 'that's one less thing to worry about with Pride.'
They continued to walk, until they came to the open sewer way. Envy didn't pause, like Roy had, he just walked merrily into the dark, damp, sewer. Roy gawked, "That's your lair?"
Envy didn't answer, but kept walking, leaving Roy behind. Eventually though, the echoing sound of a second set of footsteps were heard behind him, and when they were deep enough in the sewer, censored lights flicked on. Once again, Roy took a moment to gawk, breathlessly saying, "I can't believe all this is down here. "
"Believe it, soldier-boy," a very feminine voice purred from the darkness. More lights (strung about the walls, as if they were Christmas decorations) flickered on and showed the curvy body of Lust.
"Lust…" Envy acknowledged, before walking past her without a second thought.
"Where are you going, Envy?" she asked, watching as Roy limped past her as well, his hands in his pockets, fingers already in position to snap, and trying his best not to show off how injured he was.
"To see Father…" Envy called over his shoulder.
Roy almost let out the sigh of relief when he felt they were a safe distance away from Lust, when, all of the sudden, something zipped by his head. His breath caught in his throat, he turned around instantly, and saw Lust withdrawing her long, weapon-like nail, before his fingers fell into machine-like movements letting loose a snap, and another snap, and another…
The homunculus went up in flames and Roy turned to check on his companion, only to see Envy sprawled on the ground with a small (almost unnoticeable) hole in his forehead. Roy gulped around the big lump in his throat, "E-Envy?"
Lust chuckled behind him, and he turned to meet her with wide, worried eyes. "H-How could you?" he gasped. Lust kept looking at him, her lips dancing into a smile, and he pulled up his glove to ready, aim, and…
Someone laughed behind him, and Roy could have sworn his heart stopped. He didn't need another opponent in his condition.
But to his surprise (and secret relief) it was Envy's own laughter, as his body healed itself and he sat up. "Gee, Lust, what a welcome!" he said sarcastically, "Father finally decide to get rid of me?"
Lust smiled. "No, Greed did," she answered.
Envy's amused smile disappeared, and he scowled. "What!" he demanded, picking his body up off the floor, about to charge at his sister, until Roy stepped in his way.
"Envy, I'll handle this, you go and find Pride," he stated.
"Oh- the General wants to play." Lust licked her lips. "Yes, Envy, go get little Pride. He's in Father's study," she added while giving Roy a once-over with her eyes. Roy shivered when he saw this, but he didn't move.
Envy glared at Lust, still angry that she had taken one of his lives, before turning on heel and sprinting into the darkness, lights flickering on behind him.
One of Lust's nails grew into a threatening object, and she pointed it at Roy, "Now, let's begin."
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All of his anger helped in strength, as he pushed Hohenheim's big doors open with ease. The room went silent at his presence, and his eyes began to take in the situation. Hohenheim was in the corner (didn't seem hurt) and was surrounded by guards. Greed sat in Hohenheim's chair, with Pride in his lap.
Envy sneered at the sight.
"Envy-" Hohenheim cooed from his spot in the corner. Envy sent him a quick snarl that told him to be quiet, and kept his cold eyes on Greed.
"Envy, what are you doing here?" Greed asked, "I would have thought Lust could kill you. Guess it was the other way around." He smiled, and Pride gasped, looking at him with worried eyes.
Envy smiled, "No, my accomplice is taking care of her as we speak," he replied. "Now tell me what the fuck you think you're doing."
"Accomplice?" Greed asked. "Oh, you brought back up? How cute…" He adjusted his position in the seat, dragging Pride closer to his overbearing chest and cupping the smaller sin's chin as he spoke the word 'cute.'
"Even you should know what I'm up to Envy. I'm Greed, after all. I want Power, I want lovers, I want whatever I can get my hands on." His claws tightened around Pride's waist and the sin squeaked in surprise before squirming, but Greed wouldn't let him out of his massive grip.
"Look, truth to be told, I don't care if you kill Father and take his fucking place, but you won't be taking Pride from me!" Envy snarled.
Pride stopped squirming, and stared at Envy wide-eyed. "Envy… You… You…"
Greed pulled him closer, and took a nice chomp on his skinny neck. Pride cried out in surprise, and at the sting. "Pride!" Envy called out in shock.
"Greed!" Hohenheim boomed in a angry voice.
Greed started to seductively lick the bite, making Pride wither. "I swear…" he slurped, "Pride is one of the only things I really want and here everyone is trying to take him away from me…" He tsked, eyes closing as he imagined being Pride's lover for real. Having the adorable little sin, wither in love, and gasp in heat.
He nuzzled Pride's neck one last time, before his eyes opened in evil, angry slits. "Well if I can't have him, I sure as hell ain't letting you have him, Envy!" he snapped, and then pressed his mouth close to Pride's ear, preparing…
Hohenheim gasped. "Greed don't!" he begged.
Greed pushed back one of the golden strands that hung by Pride's ear, and whispered in his husky voice, "Pride, you wanna know about your past... Do you want to remember? I'll tell you."
Envy sucked in a sharp breath. "Greed don't!" he shouted.
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Is...Is it done? Did I finally finish this chapter? OH, there is a god! Seriously all, so sorry it took so long. In all truth I had it done about 2 weeks ago, but this stupid floopy disk I had it on, DIED! So I had to retype it, and I hate retyping with a fiery passion. But for some reason I'm more productive when I type at school, so thats what finally got this chapter done. That and a awesome beta! Who, as soon as she got this, finished it and returned it like THAT, even though it was late at night!
Snaps for her, and for all of you who reviewed! I will seriously try to have the next chappie up... mmm, next week sometime! So REVIEW, I love your reveiws that pour into my email for DAYS! WOW!