Here is the long awaited 5th chapter! So sorry for the long wait. ^_^; Writers' Block got a hold of me and then work started getting in the way. I hope this lives up to your expectations of me! (If you have any XD)


A week after Jessica had followed Envy back to the lair, she had gotten a pretty good idea of when most everyone was away. She especially knew that Envy was out tonight. She had seen him in front of the MP Headquarters. He hadn't been in a mood to play, either. Oh well. His loss. She had managed to make her way past the chimeras who were supposed to guard the lair by convincing them that she was a new guardian. It was easier to convince the ones with some canine in them and have the word spread from there.

She padded silently through the twists and turns of the lair, checking any place that had Envy's scent. Finally she found his room again. She changed and reached into her bag to pull out the old pillow case she had taken last time and placed it on the end of his bed. She picked up his pillow and sniffed it. He hadn't been using it very much lately. She sighed and tossed it back on the bed. She really wanted something to take back with her. Preferably something that was strong with his scent.

His room was still just as empty as ever. Jessica frowned and started digging through his dresser drawers. Nothing was interesting enough to catch her attention. Leaving the drawers open, she went and laid down on the bed and snuggled herself into his blankets. The scent wasn't as strong, but it was better than nothing and before she knew it, she was asleep.

~o.O.o.O.o.O. Earlier .O.o.O.o.O.o~

Envy waited outside the MP Headquarters. He hated waiting, but this is where Lust had told him to be in case their target left the building. The stupid man had been sticking his nose into business that didn't concern him and he was learning far too much for comfort. Envy's boredom was starting to get the better of him and he was watching out for anything to entertain himself with. The only thing that seemed to be alive that night was a strange, dark reddish brown wolf with a bag wrapped around it's neck and chest. It had stopped and looked at him, seeming to size him up, like it might attack. Instead it wagged its tail and started towards him.

"Go away, you mangy thing!" Envy hissed at it. It kept coming for him, and almost looked like it was smiling. Envy started to change into something bigger than the wolf and growled threateningly at it. It stopped its advance and looked around it.

'Good,' Envy thought. 'It gets the picture.'

The wolf looked back at Envy, sizing him up again, barked once, and trotted off in a different direction. He watched the wolf leave as something nagged at his brain about the animal. Maybe it was the eyes. They had looked a little mismatched; kind of like a 'rabbit' he knew. He shook the feeling off and resumed his usual form. The strange encounter had eaten up a little of the time, but he still hadn't gotten any signal from Lust, nor had anyone come outside.

He was just starting to get bored again when the front doors opened and an injured man came stumbling out. Looks like Lust missed her shot and now it was his turn. Envy grinned evilly as he took on the form of one of the Pipsqueaks' guards, Lieutenant Ross, he believed her name was. This should do the trick. Envy followed the man silently from a short distance and watched as he struggled into a payphone. He punched the numbers into the payphone, muttering about how long they were taking to answer.

"Come on. Come on!-"

"Hello. This is East Area HQ," a woman's voice came over the receiver.

"Put me through to Roy- I mean Colonel Mustang!" He practically shouted into the phone.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to connect phones using an outside line-"

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Hughes from Central! This is an emergency so I'm calling from outside!" His frustration was starting to get the better of him. Envy smiled to himself.

"May I have your code?" the woman asked unperturbed by Hughes' curtness.

"Agh! What a pain in the ass!" Hughes grumbled as he dug out a small notebook, dropping a picture in his hurry. "It's ankle, sugar, oliver, then eight, zero, zero!"

A quick moment of silence while Hughes got even more frustrated, then, "I've confirmed your code. One moment while I connect you."

"Hurry up! The military's in trouble!" he yelled at the phone.

Envy stepped on the photo as it hit the ground. Must be his wife and daughter. How happy they look. How pathetic! Envy scowled at the photo, but took note of the woman in it. She may be useful.

"Can you put down the phone, Lieutenant Colonel?" he asked in Ross' voice, raising a gun level with Hughes' heart and cocking it.

Hughes froze at the sound of the gun, slowly lowering the receiver and turning to see if it really was Lieutenant Ross behind him.

"Now put the phone down," she said, keeping the gun steady.

"Second Lieutenant Ross..?" Hughes started, confused. Then understanding dawned on him. "No... you're not. Who are you?" he demanded.

"Who? I'm Second Lieutenant Maria Ross," Envy replied, a little confused himself, though it wasn't betrayed in his voice. But how could he tell? "We've met many times at the hospital-"

"No you aren't!" Hughes interrupted. "Second Lieutenant Ross has a birthmark under her left eye!"

Envy stared at Hughes for a second. 'Damn!'

"Oh," he smiled, using his own voice now. "Is that so? I guess I was being careless." He tapped the spot just under his left eye, creating the birthmark. "Is this better?"

"Wha-?" Hughes balked. He turned his back, using the phone to support himself. "What the hell? Shit! It's like something I'd see in a nightmare."

"Yes, that's right," Envy cooed. "This is the ultimate nightmare. What a horrible disaster. And all because you're too smart for your own good, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes." Envy took another look at the picture on the ground as he spoke. He had to get it perfect. His opportunity with this face was past, and time was running out.

"Hey, hey. Cut me some slack!" Hughes chuckled, pulling a dagger from his sleeve. "I've got a wife and kid waiting for me at home... I CAN'T DIE HERE!" He spun around intending to strike fast and stopped dead instead, the image of his wife smiling back at him.

Envy had changed just in time. He smiled sweetly at Hughes. "You're not going to stab your wife, are you?" He grinned ear to ear at the pained struggle raging in Hughes' eyes. "Nice effects, don't you think? Lieutenant Colonel Hughes."

Envy stood over Hughes, staying in his wife's form, until the life had drained out of him. 'How pathetically human,' he thought as he finally turned away and resumed Lieutenant Ross' form. This time he remembered the birthmark under her eye.

~o.O.o.O.o.O Later O.o.O.o.O.o~

Envy was in semi-high spirits. Killing someone in their moment of weakness was a favorite past time of his. He was still mildly irritated at not having been able to locate Rabbit and curious about that wolf he had seen earlier. He let his mind wander a bit as he navigated the familiar tunnels towards 'home'. The eyes of the wolf had pushed their way to the surface of his thoughts, which led him to how it had been acting. Now that he thought about it, it may not have been sizing him up for a fight. It may have recognized him; it certainly acted like it knew him. No. There was no way. He was the only being on the planet that could change like that. The closest things to him were the human chimeras, but even they couldn't change completely into the animals they were merged with. Still the image kept nagging at him, especially the eyes, and it brought his mood down considerably.

By the time Envy had gotten back to the lair, he was beyond pissed again. 'If I ever find that fucking Rabbit,' he thought, 'I will make her wish she never knew I existed!' He rounded the corner of the hallway to his room, banging on the walls in his irritation.

~o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o~

Jessica woke up startled to a loud banging, searching for the source and confused in a sleepy haze. Then she remembered where she was. Anxiety struck her hard and she did the only thing she had time to do; roll onto the floor and under the bed. She made it completely under just as Envy burst into his room.

"Who the hell has been in my room again!?" He growled.

She silently cursed herself for leaving things open as she watched his feet cross the room to his dresser. He looked into each of the drawers, found nothing out of place, and slammed them shut again. He stalked over and checked the closet as well, even though she hadn't touched it this time. He slammed that door shut, too, and was about to yell for Greed to stay the hell out when he noticed the previously missing pillow case folded neatly on the foot of the bed. The sheets also looked ruffled, as if someone had been laying on them recently.

Jessica held her breath as his feet moved slowly closer to where she was hiding. 'Please don't look under the bed. Please, please don't look under the bed,' she prayed. She wasn't afraid of what he'd do to her. No, she was only thinking of how embarrassed she'd be trying to explain why she was there at all. She cringed and tried to sink into the floor and he knelt down in front of her.

"ENVY!" It was the voice of the woman. Lust? Was that her name? Jessica felt that it was and saw a pair of heels enter the room.

"What are you doing down there?" She asked him, a sound of disgust in her tone. Jessica decided she didn't like her anymore.

"Someone's been in here again and I want to make sure they're not -still- here," he replied coolly.

"Are you still on that?" Lust sighed huskily. "That girl hasn't been seen in over a month. Forget about her already. But enough of that. Did you get that bastard? Or did he slip past you, too?"

Envy stood and turned to face Lust. "First off, I am -not- still 'on that' about that stupid girl-"

"Good."

Envy growled. "And second, no. I didn't let him slip by like you did. I put him right where he deserves."

"Well, at least you're still capable of something. Father was starting to worry that girl had gotten to you somehow." Lust left the room with her insult hanging in the air.

Envy was enraged, and had completely forgotten about looking under the bed for whoever had been in his room.

"I swear if I EVER find Rabbit, she will pay for this!" He reached for the nearest object, which happened to be the mattress, and hurled it across the room at his door.

Jessica couldn't help but snicker at his outburst. She was happy to hear that he hadn't forgotten about her and apparently thought about her almost as often as she thought about him. She was lost in her daydreams and didn't realize that Envy had heard her laugh. He stood frozen listening for any other sounds that might prove he was not alone. Jessica felt something in her bag sticking her in the side and rustled around a bit to be more comfortable while she waited for him to leave. He heard it and the next thing she saw was Envy grinning at her.

"Hello again, my Rabbit."


Again I am sorry for the late update. For those of you who are curious, don't worry, some of Jessica "Rabbit"s story will be explained in later chapters. I have even considered a separate story for her.

Anywho, comment please and let me know what you think about what should happen next. ^_^