"Sloth, what are you doing here?", Lust asked her.
"I came here to warn you", Sloth said to her.
"Warn her of what?", said Scar, who had come outside.
"Warn you of what's coming for you", Sloth replied.
Scar noticed that Ed was staring in shock and surprise at Sloth. "What's wrong with him?", Scar thought to himself. And then it hit him. Inside their house he had seen a picture of the Elrics with their mother, the woman who had come out of the water. "Another homunculus", Scar thought to himself.
"You can't be… you're dead!", Ed said suddenly.
Sloth turned her emotionless gaze to Ed. "You're right, Trisha Elric is dead. But I'm not her".
Lust stood up and picked up her boots and gloves.
"Why should I trust you?", Lust said to her extending her claws.
"Because I know Dante won't make me human", Sloth answered.
There was sincerity in her voice and Lust retracted her claws. Lust had always thought of Sloth has a friend. After all they were the only two female homunculi, that is if you excluded Envy.
"Let's go inside".
Has the walked towards the house Scar couldn't help but wonder what role Sloth had played in Ed's life. Scar wrapped his arm around Lust's bare shoulders and pulled her to him. Once they were inside Scar pulled Lust aside.
"What's the matter?", Lust asked him.
"I'm worried about you", Scar said to her, "I don't want to lose you again".
"You'll never lose me", Lust said to him has he pulled her into a kiss.
The kiss lasted for hours until Scar ran out of breath and they pulled apart. Lust kissed Scar lightly on the lips.
"I'll be fine, I promise", Lust said to him.
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It was pitch dark outside when Envy arrived in Rizembol. He was in a very, very bad mood. He had had to drag Gluttony the entire way. The homunculus that had been Gluttony was now nothing more than a mindless beast. He had a chain around his neck which Envy held in his hand. The skull of the man who had been Gluttony was also attached to the chain has well, immobilizing him.
"I could've been out torturing some human. But no, I had to be dragging your fatass here", Envy muttered to himself.
In the distance he could see a house on top of a hill. His instincts told him that was where they were.
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Lust may have seemed calm on the outside to anybody who was looking but in reality, she was furious. She had just found out that she had been used her entire life. "Dante was never going to make me human at all. She just wanted to live forever", Lust thought angrily. Lust stood outside, her fist clenched tightly. Nobody dared to bother her, not even Scar or Sloth.
"You've been out here for along time", Scar said from behind her.
"So I have, it's no big deal", Lust said coldly.
Scar took a step forward. "You know it doesn't matter to me if your human or not, I still love you".
"Well I can't love you, I'm just a soulless puppet", Lust snapped at him.
Even though Scar was hurt by this last comment that didn't stop him. He put a hand on her shoulder. Lust shivered slightly at his touch but didn't turn around.
"But you do love me", Scar said to her.
"Yes", Lust said turning to face him, "I do".
Scar tilted her chin upward and stepped closer to her, "Then how can you be a soulless puppet?"
Scar kissed her, and Lust just let it all out. She felt the tears roll down her cheeks and heard herself sob has she kissed him. When they pulled apart Lust buried her face into Scar's chest and cried into his chest. Scar held Lust has she cried, she cried until she had no tears left to cry.
"Lust, will you", Scar hesitated before continuing, "will you marry me?"
"You mean if the military ever stops looking for us and if I become human?", she asked, her tone wavering.
"No, regardless. Whether your human or not doesn't matter to me Selena. Even though I won't live as long as you will, I want to spend the rest of my life with you", Scar said taking her hands in his.
Lust felt has if she could cry again. Not because she was sad but because she was happy. Under different circumstances Lust would've made him sweat a little before accepting but…
"Yes. Yes I will marry you", Lust replied to him.
"Selena", Scar said slowly bring his face close to hers, "you've just made me the happiest man in the world".
"Not nearly as happy has me", Lust replied has their lips met.
"How touching", a voice said.
The two broke apart and turned to see Envy, standing next to a chained Gluttony.
"Envy", Lust said her voice losing all emotion, "what are you doing here?"
"Oh you know why I'm here", Envy said to them, "Lust, you really shouldn't of run away".
"Why so I can help Dante live forever?", Lust snapped at him.
"So you finally figured it out?", Envy said smirking at them.
By that time Ed and Al were outside. Ed had his arm transmuted into a blade and was ready to fight but one look from Scar told him not to. Scar noticed that Lust had started sweating.
"Yeah I figured it out", Lust said to him, "and you can tell Dante that she can hunt for me all she wants, she'll never find me".
"funny, I think I just did", Envy said sarcastically.
Lust was beginning to find that it was getting harder to breath, and move. "What's the matter with me?", she thought to herself.
"Well I'd love to stay and chat but I'd like to get this over with", Envy said.
With lightning speed, Envy produced a skull and threw it at Lusts feet. Lust gasped when she realized what it was.
"I think my fat friend here looks pretty hungry, don't you?", Envy said has he removed the skull from Gluttonys chains.
Immediately Gluttony charged at Lust who was powerless to move out of the way. At the last minute Scar pushed Lust out of the way and Gluttonys attack missed. Gluttony gobbled up Lusts skull and looked around for more food to eat. Drool flowed from his mouth like a waterfall, "Gluttony, what did Dante do to you?", Lust thought to herself.
Gluttony lunged at Lust and Scar. Lust extended her claws and stabbed Gluttony through both of his shoulders stopping him in midair. That didn't stop him though, Gluttony bit off both of Lust claws and continued his assault. Lust extended all ten of her claws and stabbed Gluttony again. Gluttony simply started eating away at Lusts claws. Lust withdrew them quickly as Ed stabbed through Gluttonys heart. Gluttony spun around and sank his teeth into Ed's automail arm and began eating away at it.
"Get off me you fat piece of crap!", Ed yelled at Gluttony.
Scar was already in motion and had his right hand placed on Gluttonys bald head. Red sparks appeared and the force knocked Gluttony to the ground temporarily dazing him. Ed looked at the stump that had been his right arm and then at Scar.
"Thanks, I owe you one", Ed said to him.
Before Scar could reply he felt Envys foot slam into his jaw and knock him to the ground. Envy turned his left arm into a replica of Ed's sword and was about to stab Scar when Ed did the only thing he could do: With his remaining hand, Ed grabbed a lock of Envy's hair, and yanked has hard has he could.
This gave Scar enough to time to get up and punch the shape shifter square in the face. Meanwhile, Lust was having her own problems. Gluttony had focused his attention on her.
"Gluttony its me, Lust", Lust said to the beast.
Unfortunately for Lust, all attachments Gluttony once had were lost, and Lust was just another entrée. Gluttony lunged at Lust and sank his teeth into her shoulder. Lust screamed in pain. "Wait a minute, pain?", she thought to herself. The bite had been excruciatingly painful, but only for a few seconds, long enough for Lust to know she'd been injured. Lust stabbed Gluttony through the forehead causing him to fall off her, though he took a chunk of her shoulder with him.
"Gluttony don't you remember me?", Lust said to him.
For a moment it appeared that Gluttony did recognize her. Lust took a step towards him and knelt down in front of him.
"What did Dante do to you?"
Gluttonys reply was to tackle Lust to the ground and bite anything that he could get a hold of. In the corner of her eye Lust saw something lying on the ground, a skull. Lust reached out and grabbed it.
"Eat this!", Lust yelled has she shoved the skull into Gluttonys open mouth paralyzing him.
Lust extended her index finger into a claw, and stabbed Gluttony through the head, ending his pitiful existence.
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Scar was taking on Envy all by himself. And it wasn't easy. Their fight had taken them into the woods away from the village. Scar blocked another one of Envys attacks with his left hand and put his free hand on the homunculi's face. Envy simply laughed and turned both of his arms into replicas of Ed's swords.
"You can't beat me you pathetic human", Envy spat at him has he attempted to stab Scar.
Scar sidestepped to the left and barely had time to duck has another of the blades swung to decapitate him.
"I'm pathetic? Then what does that make you?", Scar said back to Envy.
Enraged, Envy turned into Lust just as Scar was about to attack him. Scar stopped his fist just inches from Lusts face.
"You wouldn't hurt me, would you?", Envy said imitating Lusts voice.
Scar lowered his hands but his mind screamed at him to do something. "This is not Lust! It's just a copy", he tried to tell himself.
"No, I wouldn't hurt Lust", Scar replied, "you on the other hand, are a different story!"
Scar raised his right hand only to have his wrist grabbed by Envy. With his free hand, Envy pointed his index finger at Scar and stabbed him through the shoulder pinning him to a tree. Envy turned back into his genderless self and his gaze went to the locket around Scars neck.
"How precious", Envy said yanking the locket off of Scar, "a symbol of love".
"That's something that you wouldn't know anything about", Scar spat at him.
"I'd love to carry on this conversation", Envy said turning his arm into a blade, "but I think killing you will be more fun".
"Then get it over with", Scar replied.
Killa Pat: Sorry about the long update. I would've posted this chapter sooner but I had to take my computer to the shop to get fixed. Anyway, please review and I'll go write more chapters.
Killa Pat