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Lust sighed as she entered her room. Envy could be so stupid and immature sometimes. She stopped suddenly looking around. Something felt…out of place. Winry was holding her breath, hoping against hope that she wouldn't find her. Lust walked towards the closet and Winry nearly whimpered in fear. But she suddenly turned to her bed and reached under it. She pulled out a huge bloated cat carcass. She wrinkled her nose in disgust and said, "I've told Gluttony a thousand times, never leave his food in my room."
She sighed and tossed the thing out the window before lying down on her bed. She closed her eyes and blocked out all thought. She extended one finger and pushed a button on a nearby boom box. A light rhythmic music filled the room, full of calming sounds and soothing melodies. Soon, Lust was asleep. Winry waited a few more minutes, just to be safe, then slowly opened the closet door. When she was sure Lust wasn't going to wake up, she began to tiptoe out of the room. Just as she reached the door, sure she was home free, she felt her foot sink into something warm and wet. She slowly looked down and saw she had stepped in another rotted carcass. She screeched in horror, jumping around the room trying to scrape it off. Lust jumped up in surprise and instantly started impaling things in self defense. Winry screamed again and tripped over the carcass, falling into Lust's closet. Lust, who still hadn't got a good look at her assailant, darted forward and swung her blades around trying to cut whoever was intruding in her room. Winry kept moving, now tangled in three of Lust's dresses. Lust tried again and again to cut the moving blob of her clothes but only succeeded in tearing most of her dresses and obliterating her pictures of Scar. She yelled in anger and kept slashing. Soon, the wall was completely destroyed, revealing the bathroom. Winry darted through the hole as steam from the shower obscured Lust's sight. But she'd seen enough. She knew it was Winry that had caused all this destruction. She kicked open her door and headed for the crashing sounds of Envy tearing apart the mansion trying to find Winry. Meanwhile, Winry sighed in relief extricating herself from the dresses. She brushed her arms off, and then brushed her clothes off. She froze as she heard the shower turn off and the curtain slither back. She turned and saw Greed stepping out of the shower, totally naked. They both stared at each other for a few seconds…then screamed!
Greed jumped backwards, grabbing at the shower curtain, yelling, "Can't a guy get any privacy in this damn house?"
Winry covered her eyes and ran for the door, slamming into it before finding the knob and escaping. She didn't stop running until she saw an open room. She darted inside and slammed the door shut.
"Oh God, oh please, let this be a broom closet!"
Winry slowly turned around and sighed in relief. She'd entered into a storage room of some sort. And best of all, no one had seen her rush in. She was safe. For now.
Meanwhile, on the Dublith city limits, Ed and Al, bruised, beaten and tired, finally arrived. Ed collapsed and sighed.
"Finally! I thought we'd never make it!"
Al wasn't tired in the least, being a suit of armor he couldn't feel tired, and was looking around.
"Do you think we should visit Teacher?" he asked.
"No way!" Ed jumped up and winced, then sat back down. "Let's just try and keep this visit simple. We're here to find Winry and just Winry."
Al helped Ed up and they were about to head to the forest when a voice called out to them.
"Hey Ed! Al! Over here!"
The brothers froze in their tracks as they heard the familiar voice. They turned and saw Mason waving to them from down the street.
"Hey guys! Over here!"
Ed grabbed Al's arm and pulled him in close before whispering, "Ignore him. Let's just go."
They turned to leave again, but Mason wasn't about to give up.
"Hey Sig look! It's the Elrics!"
The brothers froze again and looked back to see Sig turn and stare at them behind his hooded eyes.
"Aw crap." Ed said as Sig and Mason approached them.
Back at the Mansion Envy, and now Lust as well, were tearing the Mansion apart trying to find Winry.
"Just wait until I get my hands on her!" Lust said, tearing down the clothes in a nearby closet.
"You can't do anything to her! I need her for my plan!" Envy yelled over to her from the other side of the room.
"Piss on your plan! She tore up my dresses and pic—"
"You're what?" Envy said.
"My—my—my—pic-pic-adilly. Yes, my Piccadilly."
Envy raised an eyebrow at her.
"Never mind, just keep looking!"
As they continued searching, Wrath was happily jumping on his bed, listening to the havoc he'd caused.
"Hah! That'll teach Envy to be mean to me!"
Gluttony was finally getting up and out of bed. He blearily picked up a nearby metal pole and chewed on it as he left his room.
"I wonder where my Lust is?" He asked himself, looking around.
He knocked lightly on Pride's door who opened the door irritably.
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy?"
"Where's my Lust?"
"How should I know? Try looking downstairs!"
Pride slammed the door in his face and Gluttony whimpered slightly.
"Mean old man."
He waddled off downstairs in search of Lust.
Greed, with a towel wrapped around him, carefully looked both ways before exiting the bathroom. He didn't want anymore surprises today. He quickly slipped into his room and began to get dressed. He checked a clock that was hanging askew on the wall and cursed softly. He was late.
Sloth was almost finished making dinner. She was setting the table when Gluttony came in. She looked at him warily.
"Yes, what is it Gluttony?" she asked carefully.
Gluttony removed his finger from his mouth and said, "Where's my Lust?"
Sloth rolled her eyes and said, "Your Lust is currently tearing apart the library with Envy."
Gluttony's stomach growled loudly. Before he could say anything, Sloth pushed him out of the room and said, "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes! No eating until then!"
She slammed the door in his face, but he didn't care. He was already on his way to find Lust.
While all this was going on, Winry carefully peeked out from the closet. She quickly closed it again as Greed went running past, dressed in his usual attire and slipping on a pair of sunglasses. She peeked out again and saw that the coast was clear. She tiptoed to the landing and made sure no one was around, than ran downstairs. She was breathing a sigh of relief when she ran smack into Greed. They both stumbled back, Greed's sunglasses now hanging akimbo, and crashed into opposite walls. Greed shook his head and looked at Winry in surprise, then anger.
"You! You're the one who was spying on me in the shower!"
"I wasn't spying! I was running to save my life!"
Greed waved his hand. "That's just an excuse. But then again, I can't blame you wanting to see me naked. No woman can resist my charm."
"Blech! Please! Don't make me sick!"
Greed was about to start arguing again but stopped.
"Hey, who are you anyway? What are you doing here?"
Winry looked around for an escape route but, not finding one, decided to stand and fight. Quick as she could, Winry grabbed a small wrench she kept in her sock and clamped Greed's nose with it. He yelled out in pain and squealed even louder when she twisted it viciously.
"Ow! OW! Let go of my you bitch! OWWWW!"
Winry kicked him in the crotch for good measure, than ran as fast as she could down the hall. Greed gasped in pain, grabbing himself and sinking slowly to the ground. Winry wasn't paying attention to where she was going and, in consequence, ran straight into the library. Lust and Envy looked up as they heard the door slam open. Winry skidded to a stop. All three just stared at each other for a second. Then, quick as lightning, Envy and Lust grabbed her. Envy grabbed her kicking legs, getting knocked in the face a few times, and Lust grabbed her arms. They carried her, screaming and struggling, towards the anteroom.
"Make her stop squirming!" Lust yelled to Envy.
"Why don't you do something for once?"
"Let's just take her through the kitchen. It'll be quicker."
So Lust and Envy carried Winry into the kitchen where Sloth was just finishing getting everything ready for dinner. Her eyes widened as she saw Envy and Lust toting Winry through her kitchen. Her look of surprise turned to horror as Winry's struggles grew more violent. Envy nearly tripped and knocked over the soup. Lust extended her fingers for balance and knocked the ham over. Winry's butt slammed into the counter and spilled the roasted potatoes all over the floor. By the time they had struggled out the other side of the kitchen, Sloth's meticulously made dinner was destroyed. She sank to her knees and picked up a sprig of parsley. She didn't even look up when Wrath skipped happily into the kitchen and said, "Hi Mommy! When's dinner gonna be ready?"
He stopped, mouth agape, as he saw the destruction around him. Sloth slowly rose to her feet and looked at Wrath with a haunted and terrible expression on her face.
"Mommy? Are you alright?"
Sloth placed her hands on Wrath's shoulders and bent down to his height.
"Wrath, listen very carefully. You must go upstairs into your room and lock the door. No matter what you hear or how loud and terrible things sound, you must not leave. Take this sandwich. I'll make you something better later. Remember what I told you."
Wrath nodded slowly, grabbed the sandwich and ran back upstairs to his room. He nearly ran into Pride who was on his way down to dinner.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
Wrath just gave him a fleeting, terrified look before running into his room and slamming the door shut. Pride raised an eyebrow and walked downstairs.
Sloth, after sending Wrath away, slowly picked up a butcher knife and exited the kitchen.
To Be Continued.
Ending Note: I'm really sorry this took so long to get up. I've been really busy lately and didn't have much time to write. The last chapter will come up sometime soon I hope. Review please, thank you.