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The two walked down the hall again, still sharp as ever. They had given the homunculi time to set up their little trap and now they were going to walk right on into it. An unorthodox plan but it was only quickly thought out.All they needed was good timing, confidence and sheer dumb luck. Roy peered along their path, searching for movement or something out of place. He found it soon.

He stopped, putting an arm out to halt his subordinate then pointed downward at the floor, hearing her gasp in shock. A trail of blood dotted the tile, small splatters leading down the hall way toward the large doors of the mess hall. He leaned down, dabbing his finger into the liquid, checking to see if it was really blood, not just some sick prank stuff. He sighed, it was real

"Its probably those guys that the other's met up with." he guessed.

"Those homunculi have twisted senses of humor." she mumbled, looking up at the doors in front of them. "We could be walking right into death." she said, wonder how odd she must've sounded.

"Yeah, we could be." he agreed. "But I recall being in this position a few times before." he sighed, turning around to face her. "I say that when we get out of this alive, which I assure you we will, we take a month of vacation."

"Sounds like something to work towards." she smiled, following as he lead the way through the doors.

It was extremely dark inside, only the moonlight from the windows illuminating what little it could. They stayed close they shut the doors behind themselves. Roy glanced at his partner, the light giving her face a ghostly look. His eyes darted down to his feet, seeing the trail of blood widen and run to the center of the massive room which was shrouded in darkness. He wasn't sure if he wanted to see what was there.

There wasn't much time for either of them to give another thought because of the sudden flicking lights of candles all around them. The candles were placed in a large circle around a wide puddle or red liquid. The lights of the candles gave some of the surface an orange tinge while the moonlight gave that of blue. It would've been beautiful if it was in a painting, but no. This was real. All of it was real. The blood was that of real human beings, ones that could've seen many more years. A pale foot stepped into the warm light, revealing Envy who was soon followed my Lust and Gluttony, who happened to be chewing on what looked to be a leg bone.

"Colonel, Lieutenant, welcome to our little party." Lust smiled. "We expected two people of your rank to join us earlier. Your a bit late."

Envy laughed, stepping forward into the puddle's edge. "Hey Lieutenant, last time we met I only caught you after your shower. How about we take a blood bath?" he asked, stomping his foot in the liquid, as if to invite the blonde woman. (No, I do not believe in Envy being gay. I'm not sure if he even he can be gay for that matter. he even said it himself, he's androgynous -.-)

"Forget it, ass hole." Riza hissed, clicking off her safety.

"You know if you two do what we want, this could all be over a hell of a lot quicker, so why no?" he sighed.

"Neither of us are ever going to do anything for you." Roy growled, readying his gloves.

"Last chance." the green haired man offered.

"No." they said in unison.

"Have it your way." with that, he and Lust rushed forward at the two who darted in opposite directions.

Riza went right dodging the long claws that flew after her, one or two maybe tearing her shirt as she tried to reach a corner where she could turn and shoot. Finding this space came somewhat easier than expected. Turning on her heel, she fired at her persuer, landing in accurate shots but seeing only small pain.

The woman twisted, running from her corner as the large claws swung forward again.

Roy went the opposite way, Envy following. The homunculus, morphing his arm into that of Edward Elric's automail (the sword-like part), charged after the backwards running man. Envy slung his arm forward, tearing a small spot in the white button up shirt on his opponent. Jumping backwards a few feet, Roy countered with a series of snaps, orange light streaking through the darkness at the homunculus, hitting few times.

The two homunculi glanced at each other, meeting eyes. In one swift movement, they switched places. The two soldiers almost crashed into each other at that, but regained themselves to stand back to back, eyes falling on their opponents. The two humans were panting lightly while the homunculi were completely unphased. The monstrosities eased back, relaxing, surprising the other two.

Before they could give another thought, a large, potato-like blur knocked Roy a few feet away, throwing him flat to the floor. A distraction, made by the massive Gluttony, had offered confusion and the perfect chance to strike. The other homunculi took this chance. As Riza's eyes darted to her superior officer, she had less time to yell his short name than it took for a blade and a few claws to pierce her shoulder and side. She let out a short, pained screech and when the blades retracted, she fell into the puddle of blood that splashed on impact, holding her wounds.

Roy whipped around to see his lieutenant on the ground, grinding her teeth to keep from screaming.

"RIZA!"

A/N: new chappie, yay. This are winding down, just a few more chapters to go before the fic ends. WHO'S EXCITED?! Heh. Hope you like this one, much more actionful. I just finished the outline for the last chapter and I think you'll either love it, kill me or be so full of suspense you'll explode. I like option one the best.

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