A/N Hello there again, I felt the need to update… so here I am. This is a really fun story to write, and I'm still trying to add as much into it as I can as I go along. In other news, this story's gotten over 100 reviews, I'm so proud… I could cry. My next goal is 150; lets try for it! Bwahahaha, its 2 in the morning, I've just finished drinking a double gulp, and I am at my computer. All of the elements of a good chapter are here; lets just wait and see where it goes, shall we?

Disclaimer: If I owned FMA I wouldn't be up at 2 in the morning typing this up now would I? Didn't think so.

Envy slammed open the door, striding in furiously. "Where's Lust?" He asked loudly, glaring about.

"I'm right here," Lust replied, walking out of Envy's room with an empty tray in her arms, "I was just delivering dinner, seeing as you both left me here to baby sit." Envy pulled a strip of fabric out of his pocket, handing it to Sloth. Lust's eyes flashed with recognition, and she swore under her breath as Sloth unfolded it and looked it over.

"Ed found this. I got it before Hughes could see it," Envy said, venom filling his voice, "They know she's not dead. And the little pipsqueak has gotten the idea into his head that it's connected with us. And this just confirmed both of these." Sloth looked up at Lust, eyebrows raised.

"Now tell me Lust, dear," she said in seeming indifference, "How is it that Riza could get a note all of the way to central HQ? You were to watch her today, so you should know." Lust's eyes darted from one homunculus to the other.

"I wouldn't know, she might have sent it days before now," she said cautiously. Envy smiled bemusedly at her, looking in a certain way. Lust's mind clicked with that look. He knew. But Envy's expression reappeared into one of cold anger a moment later. Only Lust had seen his face.

"You know, that's true," Envy said thoughtfully, "No one's really been watching her before now. Lets not jump to conclusions." With that he strode over to his room, opening the door and walking in. "You, get up," He ordered. Riza's eyes opened up from her light sleep. She sat up, rubbing her eyes before fixing a glare at Envy and the other homunculi. "When did you write this?" he asked, showing her the fabric. "Just tell us, you won't get in trouble."

"I don't know what you're talking about," she replied haughtily. Best play it safe. Envy leaned down and looked strait into her eyes. Then he slapped her across the face, a clapping noise sounding out through the room. Riza grabbed her reddening cheek. "She sent it today," Envy said, getting up and walking out the door. "I'll go tell Dante."

"Envy, wait," Lust pleaded, panic spreading through her. "We can work this out on our own can't we? You don't need to get Dante involved, we can take care of it!" Envy turned back at the door, stopping.

"I'll bet we could," he replied. Lust sighed in relief. "But where would the fun in that be?" He walked through the doorway, slamming the door. Lust fell to her knees, staring at the door in horror.

"I'm going to bed," Sloth said, stopping to look over at Riza, who'd been watching in confusion. She turned and walked into her room, closing the door quietly.

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"Eat," Sloth said the next morning, walking into Envy's room with a tray of scones and some milk. There was also a bit of jam, because everyone needs jam. She sat it down next to Riza, who'd just woken up, and left. Riza ate it thankfully; she'd learned to appreciate food since her stay there. The homunculi usually did not eat very much, except of course for Gluttony they only eating for amusement or the occasional, uncanny need for chocolate. So most of the food they fed her was extremely odd, or tasted terrible. Envy hadn't come back since when he'd left the night before. Lust had disappeared sometime in the night as well.

The other thing the homunculi lacked was entertainment. Not even a deck of cards was to be found anywhere. And Sloth was set to watch Riza today. "Sloth?" she asked, walking out of the room she spent most of her time confined to. Sloth looked up from a newspaper.

"Where's Lust and Envy?" she asked, "I haven't seen them at all since last night."

"Do you want to see Envy?" Sloth asked.

"No, not really, but what about Lust?" Riza asked.

"…It is of no consequence to you," Sloth flipped a page of the newspaper. "She'll probably be back sometime this evening. Might be longer, might be shorter, you never know with these sort of things." Exactly what sort of things, Riza had no idea, but she went back and sat down on the bed. She didn't particularly like Lust, she didn't like any of them, but Lust had at least been better than the other two. Envy was a total bastard, and Sloth, well, Sloth was just boring.

"Do you have any decks of cards?" Riza asked after a few more minutes. Sloth shook her head. "…Could you go buy me some?"

"Will that make you contented?" Sloth sighed, folding up the paper. Riza nodded, anything for something to do. Sloth got up hesitantly. "You'll have to stay in Envy's room while I'm gone. Try anything again and you will be punished." Sloth locked the door to Envy's room, and his window. Then she left. Which got Riza to wondering why there would be locks on the other side of the door. She lay down on bed, staring at the ceiling. Lets see, how many spots are there o the walls? One, two, three…

Riza frowned. She was reduced to this. To counting the spots on the walls, an unnerving amount deep red. She turned on her side, fidgeting. Lust had at least provided someone to talk to, even if only a bit. Riza thought over where she could be, giving up after a few minutes amusing herself with random notions. No one told her anything here, and not nearly enough to even try to guess something that big. Lets see, four, five, six, seven…

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Lust felt pain. She doubled over, puking mouthfuls of red substance in horror. Loosing the red stones isn't the same as losing blood, or some other bodily element. Humans can only imagine what it feels like, to feel life escaping you in this way. Not simply your body, but your life, the closest thing you have to a soul. Lust finished bringing up two mouthfuls, before collapsing, lying on her side and staring into space. The transmutation circle stopped glowing. Lust didn't have the strength or will to wipe the tears off of her cheeks. She'd lost only a small portion of the stone, but it had been the most terrible thing she'd ever felt. She watched through bleary eyes as they melted away.

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Riza played solitaire for the rest of the day, and no conversation was struck by either of them, so the day passed in silence.

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"Roy, we need to talk with you," Ed said, grabbing Roy's arm to lead him to his office. "Now." When they got there and walked in, Hughes was the only other person inside. He'd been waiting.

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Envy sat I in the room in a corner, changing forms out of boredom more than anything else. "If it's not one, it's the other," he mused, staring passively at the woman on the other side of the room. And then, after so much waiting, something happened. Amber eyes opened up. She sat up, looking around for the first time. She opened her mouth, forming shapes with it, but no noise came out.

A/N Ok, I'm going to sleep now. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did, as always, watermelons make me update faster. Also, you can no longer buy peppermint ice cream. It's so very depressing; I should want to die if not for the watermelons arriving. Well, my desperate need for sleep bids me to say farewell. One last note though, as I've said in only one of my other fics, it was just my birthday a couple months ago… I turned 14. Hurray for me. Well, goodnight all.