CHAPTER TWO: Three Homunculi
Ed stood up and looked at Roy through his golden lock of hair. "You...you...YOU'RE LYING!" Ed said with an unsteady breath. Ed climbed on top of Roy's desk, knocking files and papers to the floor. Ed was now standing straight on Roy's desk. Alphonse looked up at his brother and shook his head for one moment, then realized what Ed was about to do.
"Brother...NO! Get--" Too late. Ed had leapt into the air and was now on the floor on top of Roy. He used his right hand to punch Roy several times in the face. "Brother!" Alphonse cried out and stood up, but not until after he realized there was the file Roy had handed Ed, earlier. Alphonse picked it up and sighed, a hesitant breath, if that. "Bro...ther...Ed...I honestly don't think he's lying..." Alphonse said as he stared down at the file he held ever-so tightly, to the point where the manila folder was a tiny bit bent. Ed heard Al's words and stood up.
"But..." Ed stopped. He sighed longingly and looked at Al.
"This is the list of murders...Ed...and Winrii's...Winry's on it!" Al said as Ed tried to help Roy up. Roy declined. So, Edward walked around the mess he made of Roy's desk and stood next to Alphonse. Ed held out his hand and waited for Al to hand him the filed reports.
"My...God...no..." Ed said as he took one simple glance at it. Ed then scanned the names of each murder case.
"It's too bad, that Hughes isn't around..." Roy got up and said carefully. With blood slightly rolling down to his chin, Roy used his white glove to wipe it off, the blood staining it slightly. "He died because of a Homunculus named Envy. Supposively, this Envy used his power of 'transformation' and made himself look exactly like Hughes' wife, Gracia. However..." Roy paused and sigh. Small laughs came sliding out of Roy's mouth and he started to laugh a little. "However, we all know Hughes can't kill his family members, even if they really weren't, even if they transformed themselves to LOOK like his family, Maes couldn't do it!" Ed sighed and looked up.
"Yeah...I suppose so..." Ed said carefully. How funny it was to see Roy and Ed get into a fight, then to see them acting like normal. Ed looked back down at the files ad continued reading each name. Every single name, Ed and Al actually knew. Ed was now reading the 'T' section. Two all too familiar names popped up. "Fletcher Tr-tringum...and..." Ed said as Al's eyes had gotten very wide. Fletcher and Al had actually gotten pretty close, and now he was gone! "...And...Russell Tringum..." Ed's eyes had also gotten a bit wide. "Roy...this better not be one of your sick jokes again..." Roy shook his head slowly. Ed turned towards the door and looked down. "I'm gonna get revenge for all of our friends." Ed said as he walked out into the hallway.
"Brother...I..." Al sighed. "...Just be careful, you hear?" Ed nodded at that and darted out into a sprint towards the stairs.
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While on top of an old building, a two story building, two Homunculi stood afoot it. "When's he gonna get here, Hatred..." A familiar voice said. It was Hughes' voice, but it wasn't Hughes...it was Obsession.
"Soon enough...Obsession...you need patience..." Hatred spoke with hate in her voice. Obsession was 'obsessed' with the crimson red stones. That's how he got his name. Hatred was full of 'hate' and so, she got her name. Lastly, the missing homunculi of this group was Denial. Full of 'denial' of his height, he was created by Ed not admitting he's short for his age. Thus, we get Denial.
"I'm here, I'm here..." An exact voice of Ed's spoke. Although, it wasn't Ed, it was Ed's homunculus twin, Denial.
"Good, we can start it now..." Obsession said with a dark smile.
"Yes, Obsession, we can start now..." Hatred reassured the Obsessor of stones—well, actually, more like the obsessor of everything. Footsteps were heard as a blonde alchemist suddenly showed himself to the Homunculi, though, Ed himself had no idea where they were. Denial stepped down and jumped behind the short alchemist.
"Hey, Fullmetal Runt!" Denial said ever-so cheerfully. He grabbed a hold of Ed's shoulder and Ed froze.
"Huh?" Ed turned around and his blonde braided hair whipped around. "Who...are you? You look just like..."
"You..." Denial finished. Ed's eyes widened. Ed was in a stage of fear.
"You were the one's who killed Winrii...Fletcher...and...RUSSELL! Weren't you?" Ed said as he pulled away from Denial's shoulder grip. "You should have stayed out of mine and Al's life!"
"Oh, but that's not possible. We can't do that." Came a voice of pleasure, but obsessed, sort of a greedy tone.
"Hughes? No...you're dead...you're..."
"Obsession, nice ta meetcha!" Obsession said as he looked around.
Hatred took her spot next to Denial and Obsession, and she sigh with a guilty tone. "I'm sorry, but we were instructed to kill you, Edward Elric..." She said in a lustful tone. The three were homunculi...the THREE HOMUNCULI...