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It felt odd; the 500 year old, psychopathic, shape shifting homunculus had to admit. When the FullMetal brat was alive, Envy had something to...

To...

To what? Look forward to? The annoying blond alchemist was a little more energetic and exciting than most humans Envy had come across. Still...

Envy waved away the annoying thoughts that fluttered around his head, deeming them to be a nuisance and not troublesome enough to deal with.

To more pressing matters at hand...

Mostly how Envy was going to find some innocent and unsuspecting human and murder them in the most horrible way he knew how.

Why would he do such a thing, you ask? Well, besides the fact that he's kinda crazy, Envy was now, by this time in the day, incredibly /bored/ not to mention extremely annoyed.

It was no secret that Envy hated his newest 'brother'. After all, even if he was a lying and backstabbing creature, when he hated a person...
He was amazingly blunt about it. It didn't even take any coaxing to make Envy say "I hate Pride." In fact, as soon as the now youngest homunculus was created, he had announced it.

/I hate him. /

Not exactly the most warming or welcoming thing to say to a creature that had just come into the world, but hey. Envy wasn't exactly welcoming or warming. He hated just about everything.
His bad mood was due to him being here, looking for said hated 'brother'. He had, quite literally, drawn the short straw and been practically kicked out to watch after Pride.
After all, if the toy realized who he was, regaining his human memories, then that would cause...
'Problems' didn't seem to fit.

Normally when told to be discreet and not draw any attention to himself, Envy followed that order. After all, he did enjoy shifting into other people and did it as often as possible.
But today...
Hey, you look at the ticked off palm tree stomping down the street leaving hardly noticeable cracks in the pavement and tell me.
Envy wasn't even trying not to be noticed. He was dressed in his usual black attire, headband shoved forward over his forehead and shadowing his eyes, leaving only bright violet to peer out.
Pity the fool who got in his way.
Fortunately, the natural human survival instinct seemed to be alive today, and just about everyone else was on the other side of the street.

It was a rather run down part of town, so not many people were there. Anyone who was, was most likely a homeless weirdo who no one would believe if they told about what they saw. Two figures caught his eye as he was passing a corner. His memory quickly placed them.
Alphonse Elric, said Runt's now fully human brother.
And Pride. Stupid nuisance.
As he stood there, watching, he watched Pride grab Al by the collar. Envy could just barely catch the words spoken.

"Edward was your brother not me! Or are you trying to say that we are the same person?!"

Envy's frown deepened. Uh oh. This wasn't looking good.
Barely 7 seconds later, Envy was positioned behind his younger brother.

"Are you going to kill him or what?" he asked, with a very bored tone in his voice. His headband was pushed back to normal level and he still looked somewhat annoyed.

Pride, still angry of course, glared at him.

"This doesn't concern you!" he snarled, "I'll get to it when I get answers!"

Alphonse stiffened.

Envy...
What...was... /Thwack!/
That was the sound of Envy hitting Pride, quite hard, in the back of the head. It wasn't a killing blow, Envy thought annoyedly. Just something to hurt. The impact sent Pride to the ground and made him let go of Al, who also fell, a painful jolt traveling through his hand as he tried to break his fall.

"Answers?!" Envy snarled. "You don't need answers to anything. You should just do as you're told and be an obedient little brat." If it was even possible, Envy hated Pride more then he had hated Ed.

Pride growled and got back to his feet, his anger seemed to grow slightly for a reason he didn't quite understand. It had something to do with the word 'little'. He quickly clapped his hands together and pulled a spear from the ground.

"Why should I have to obey the likes of you!"

Damn...Damn that Envy!

Against his better judgment, Envy decided to start a fight. Maybe he just didn't like Pride that much. Maybe his boredom was kicking him even more into insanity. Who knew.
Envy smirked, placing his hands on his hips.

"I'm older, you're an idiot, I know what I'm doing, you don't...The list could go on and on, you stupid brat."

/Oh no, oh no.../ his tiny and practically unheard voice of reason chanted, cradling itself in the corner of his mind. (Which is a scary place to be.) /Oh no, no...Don't start a fight!/
Like almost always, Envy blatantly ignored the voice. Hell, if it was a fight Pride wanted, it was a fight he was going to get...
And by the time Envy was through with him, maybe that stupid runt would learn just who was in charge!

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

Oh yeah, Al. Envy had almost forgotten about the remaining Elric brother. Envy didn't even blink as he turned to the boy.

"Why should I? He's not your brother. He's just a-" Couldn't say copy or fake that might trigger something "-homunculus. Why would you care about him?"

The words stung...but even so, Al knew they where true.
Homunculi...where only images of the people they used to be...
Pride may have Edwards face...
But he wasn't Edward.
But...Al just couldn't bring himself to realize that...
He knew that if he had to accept it...he would probably lose a good portion of his sanity.

Pride charged at Envy, spear at the ready. A flurry of jabs flew at his opponent, aiming mostly for the torso, one of which hit where Envy's heart was. If he had one.

"That was for getting in my way..." The spear withdrew and the onslaught continued.

Alphonse silently watched the fight, falling to his knees once again.
/This is my fault.../ he thought, his mind blank, eyes filled with pain and sadness.

"This...is all my fault..."

An impressive back flip and Pride was left to stab at nothing. The wound healed in a second. Envy resisted the urge to flip his hair just a little- damn, was he good!- and walked over to Al.
Despite his practically never ending hatred of Pride, they did have their orders. Alphonse Elric was to die. And THEN he could kick Pride's butt all the way to Xing.

"This...is all my fault..."

Al stiffened as a sudden chill ran up his spine, causing him to look up, catching sight of Envy starting in his direction...getting closer...
Envy's sadistic smirk grew and he kicked Al in his gut.

"Of course it is. It was your fault from the beginning when you and your brother did the stupidest thing in the world and decided to try human transmutation. And now..." He was practically grinning/smirking from ear to ear. "Hell, you don't even have your brother anymore."

(Ooh, Envy really ticks me off...but I can't get rid of him since he's a vital part to this fic. You guys know the drill, R and R and I'll let you torture, kill, seduce etc. the palm tree.

Envy: Hey! This wasn't in my contract!

FFO: Yes it was, look. –pulls out electron microscope-

Envy: -looks- Damn you fine print...)