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Greed and Lust walked slowly in complete silence. Although Hohenheim had given them an ample amount of the red stones, once they had agreed to his terms of course, their bodies still felt weak and the lasting effects of the nausea hadn't worn off yet. They walked in silence barely glancing ahead of them only staring at the ground. Occasionally Lust would sigh or Greed would give an irritated moan type of noise but that was more or less it. The chilled air blew around violently causing the last of the autumn leaves to be tworn from their branches and swoop down towards the pair blowing past them before settling on the ground. 'Reconvene with our fellow sins. Find Envy, subdue him then take him back to Hohenheim.' Greed thought as he coughed wrapping his arms around himself to protect him from the chill that ran down his spine.
'Roy Mustang, flame alchemist.' He thought seeing in his mind those white gloves that Hohenheim had tossed at him except they were on his own hands. He held out his arm and snapped his finger causing a small explosion to go off. He shook his head to clear the image and glanced over at Lust whom seemed just in deep of thought as he was. What was she thinking about? Could she remember this Riza Hawkeye just as clearly as Greed remembered Mustang? He brought his gaze to the road again not sure exactly how he was going to approach the other's about this whole situation but the prospect of getting rid of Envy so they could lead their lives devoid of him was more than enough for Greed to declare mutiny and jump onto the other side.
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Pride had managed to land in a slouched position just as Envy ran up alongside him readying himself for a devastating blow. Pride swept his leg around catching Envy with his feet causing the other sin to fall hard on the concrete.
"Wrath! Get out of here!" Pride yelled as the boy still sat clutching his knee's to his chest. His entire body was racked with uncontrollable sobs but he made no sound. Pride couldn't see his face so it was hard to tell what expression he wore. A few moments before Pride had yelled for Sloth or Gluttony to grab him but the two had left not that Pride blamed Gluttony but where had Sloth taken her? He would worry about it later he decided and stood up staring down at Envy. Envy stood as well and they stared at each other silently. Both wore a blank expression on his face not allowing the other to read into the emotions which was easier for Pride than Envy who consumed his emotions greedily wearing them on his face for the world to see.
"I always had a feeling it would come to this o-chibi san." Envy said finally. Pride only stared at him.
"After all look at who you were derived from, that hakane pipsqueek." Envy stated. Pride felt his anger rise boiling over. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
"Who..are...you calling...so...small...THAT HE SOUNDS LIKE A MOUSE!" Pride yelled charging at Envy fist bared swinging for the elder homunculi's head. Envy caught it and they glared at each other eye to eye as their forehead practically touched. Pride could feel Envy's warm breath on his face and their was something so familiar about this predicament.
"We've been here before haven't we Envy?" Pride asked suddenly. Envy's face twitched into an irritated grin.
"Yep we have." He answered tossing Pride some feet away. Pride landed next to Wrath not risking to take a glance at him in case Envy striked.
"You do remember how it ended right?" Envy asked a smug smile creeping across his lips.
"Ended?" Pride asked curiously. Envy only nodded.
"Oh you don't do you? Well shall I do a re-enactment then?" He asked in a mocking sarcastic tone. Pride took a defensive stance standing in front of Wrath. A soft mewing came from the side as Pride and Envy charged at one another exchanging punches and kicks. Wrath looked up curiously at the small white animal that walked over to him. He sniffled and wiped his eyes from the tears that had made them blood shot and puffy. A strange sensation came over him as it came closer to him almost seeming to call to him with it's soft voice.
"No get out of here little one. You'll get killed." Wrath whispered his voice thick and hoarse. The cat looked up at him taking it as an invitation and walked over to him purring. Wrath felt his body become weak as it drew nearer and his stomach heaved. He let go of his knee's getting into a kneeling postion and watched as the red stones flew out of his mouth bouncing in different directions. He distantly heard the cat give out a screech and scurry off but it's momentary appearance had left a lasting effect on him. The sweat dripped on his face in cascades as the continued to retch not sure how much more he could take when he stopped and simply collapsed against the ground. Envy held Pride by the hair and punched him repeatedly in the face. He managed to get Pride to the ground where Envy grabbed another fistful of hair and brought Pride's head up slightly only to have it smash against the ground. Pride felt his head split making his vision blurry and his mind groggy only to have it heal just as Envy smashed him against the concrete again cracking it. Envy glanced over at Wrath taking in the state he was in and smiled. Envy got up kicking Pride hard in the ribs before walking slowly over to the boy.
"You said you didn't remember what had happened Pride. Well it's time for that little re-enactment." Envy said picking Wrath up off the ground putting him in a standing position. Pride forced his eyes to stay open and willed himself to stand only to stumble falling hard. He dragged himself over to Wrath as Envy turned his arm into what looked like a metal spike. He brought it back aiming straight for Wrath's abdomen.
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Sloth had watched the other two homunculi fight it out with each other for a moment before deciding to take Gluttony and leave. Wrath could stay wallowing in his pitiful misery for all she cared. After all it was his fault that she had been killed in the first place. She knew because she remembered. Sloth remembered very clearly about the young woman Sceizska with the photographic mind. Perhaps that uncanny ability was the reason why she remembered everything so well. Besides that Envy had told her. Sloth carried Gluttony away from the city where the other three were and sat with her by a small stream. The air was cold as the sun began to set but it didn't bother her. Gluttony had fallen into an exhausted sleep leaving Sloth alone to ponder her thoughts. Images of the young girl popped in and out of her head from when they both were human. They had known each other and were friends that much she knew but had that young girl known the feelings that Sceizska had for her? She didn't believe so. Besides Winry Rockbell was far too much in love with Edward Elric and apparently still so with his duplicate. Sloth sighed sweeping the blonde hair from the girls forehead as her eye's twitched under their lids and her lips parted slightly with each breath she took. Sloth watched those pink lips with it's blood red seal that proclaimed to all who and what she was. Sceizska touched her own that lay just below her temple on the right side of her head and sighed. She wondered what it would be like to feel those lips against her own as she took the other's hand in hers. Her stomach fluttered nervously at the thought as she felt herself edging closer to the girl slowly bringing her face to hers. She could feel her breath against her lips and the warmth that they emitted. Sloth closed her eyes only seconds away from that warmth when a rough hand grabbed her startling her. She looked up wildly flinching when she saw who it was.
"Leave her alone! Haven't you done enough?" Sloth yelled at the other Gluttony getting to her feet. Gluttony stared at her and shook his head.
"Father wants to meet the two of you. You have to come with me." He stated. Sloth stared at him uncertainly.
"Check if you don't believe me Sloth." Gluttony offered. Sloth brought her hands and touched his temples closing her eyes. She felt her mind shuffle through his thoughts and memories as if they were pages in a book. She found herself tossing one aside searching through another when she found what appeared to her to be a small side note. 'Find the other homunculi and bring them to me. Greed and Lust will subdue Envy and bring him along as well.' Sloth sighed and nodded picking the female Gluttony up and followed the elder homunculi.
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A/N: Will Wrath survive? Who knows with me! Okay anyone seen that picture that's from bluebirds illusion with Ed and Envy locked in battle and their faces are only centimeters apart? That's what I meant when they said they'd been there before and as far as the cat goes, come on you could not have seen that one coming. The other thing what Pride says about the mouse thing. pip...squeek...mouse...get it? Okay until next time.