Claudia stood in front of the altar, her arms raised above her head. "It is almost time….time for Alessa's dream to come to fruition. God is almost here!" She dropped her arms and turned. Insanity lay on the floor, unconscious. A grotesque ceremonial mask covered his face. Claudia knelt by him. "All we have to do is sacrifice the demon to Hell…."

X

Greed sprinted down the long hallway in search of any sign of the younger homunculus. Katie sped alongside him.

"I can smell both of them, they're close!" Katie yelled. She suddenly stopped, her eyes wide. Greed stopped and turned.

"What?" He raised his arms in a hurried gesture. He followed Katie's gaze. Behind him was that Pyramid Head creature. This one had a spear in place of the sword.

"Shit…" Greed raised his shield up to his neck and faced the "thing." It started towards the two, slowly. Greed raised his arms defensively, but the creature passed him without so much as a snarl.

"I think we should follow it….He smells of that Claudia bitch." Katie said as soon as it was out of earshot. Greed reluctantly agreed.

X

"Now is the time when all will be forgiven their sins!" Claudia cried, a small crowd of followers cheered. "With this blood sacrifice, on this day of the Devil, we will go to Eternal Paradise!" She sidestepped to reveal Insanity, crucified. Small blades in his wrists and one in his neck, right on the ouroboros. He was still unconscious, but was slowly coming around.

Katie and Greed had followed the creature as closely as possible, and had ended up in the back of the sacrifice chamber behind the people. Both saw what was going on onstage, but Greed was the one to freeze up. Katie nudged his ribs.

"That's the way I found him….on a cross…." Was his only response. Katie shook her head.

"He's useless now…." She silently slipped through the crowd to the edge of the stage. The creature from before had entered the stage, followed by another spear-wielding thing, and the one with the heavy sword.

"The Three are here to help usher in the eternal bliss God had prepared for us!" Claudia was oblivious of Katie's presence and continued her speech.

The two with spears stood on either side if the boy. Insanity raised his head and opened his eyes. "Wha…?" He struggled with the blades, but the one in his neck drove deeper with every movement. He stopped and coughed up blood.
"See how he bleeds!"

Insanity looked around wildly, and his eyes caught sight of Greed. He opened his mouth to yell his name, but only a dry croaking sound came out. The blade seemed to have severed his vocal cords.

"And now, the sacrifice!" The Pyramid Head with the sword stepped in front of the wounded homunculus, and raised the heavy blade. Katie's eyes widened and she jumped onstage.

Claudia finally saw her and uttered a small cry. "Get the nonbeliever!" She cried to her followers. Some of the men jumped onto the platform and formed a circle around Katie. One made to move forward, but flew backwards as Greed elbowed him in the face.

"Some women are just so reckless…."

Claudia looked at the sword-wielding creature. "Do it now!" The sword was brought down with a screech as it slid into Insanity's body and into the metal cross behind him. At the sound, the followers ceased the attack and grew silent. Katie had covered her face with her hands but had heard the sound. Greed turned and was staring at the ghastly sight. The followers erupted in cheers.

"The demon is dead! The demon is dead!" It was true, Insanity was dead. He'd thrown up the stones earlier, and those stones were the only means of self-regeneration. Without them, he was as vulnerable as Trunks was.

"Why….." Greed stared emotionless at the crucified boy. It was almost the same sight he'd come across when he found the homunculus, but last time, he wasn't dead.

The cheers stopped abruptly. Claudia had been impaled on one of the spears, but it wasn't a creature that held it, it was Katie.

"This is for my husband!" She ripped it out viciously. Then she held the weapon at eye level. "And this is for my friend…." She plunged the point into Claudia's eye. She didn't even have enough time to shriek. The followers had fled, fearing for their lives. "Bitch!" Katie brought the staff of the spear down on the stiffening body hard. "Bitch, fucking cunt!" She continued to beat the lifeless corpse, spewing swear words in English and saya-jin.

Greed made his way across the stage to his lover. He pulled the blade out as carefully as possible. Then the knives in his wrists. He held the body close to him as he fell away from the cross.

"Where's your god now?" Katie spat to the corpse on the ground. She turned to Greed, her eyes wet and glistening. Her face softened and her voice quieted. "Don't worry; we can get them back, right?" She tried to smile. Greed didn't even bother to look up. The blood from the body in his arms was staining his skin.

"Not him…he was already 'dead' to begin with…the stones just kept him from dying again…."

Katie didn't know how to answer. She lowered her head.

The end.

This is the end, and I hope you liked it….credits on all the even numbered chapters go to AngelSaiyan22, the odd ones were mine…..reviews are greatly appreciated!