A/N Very long chapter. I just went and saw 'Terminator' for the first time, it was hilarious, and I loved it. On a related note, I just got a LiveJournal account, its infamousbird so if you get the urge, send me a message there. I'm using it also to post oneshots that I've not posted here, so for now the ones I put there will only be available there. But I wont get to that for another day or two, so we'll see. Well, here you are. One warning though, the end is rather cruelly placed.
Riza cried and screamed, as she was drug from the car by Fury and Havoc. She'd threatened, she'd pleaded, she'd begged, but in the end she was still locked in Roy's office and was told not to be seen. Riza ran around at first, looking for a gun, a knife, anything to break through a window with, anything to help her feel safe. Giving up after a fruitless search, she lay down curled up on the couch, sobbing into her oversized tee shirt.
"They have no emotions," Riza said to herself when she had better control over herself, "Lust said so herself. She didn't care if I lived or died, she doesn't know compassion." Yet even this statement couldn't justify what possibly could have been her death. Riza clutched her legs to herself and began to sob quietly to herself again. This was what she'd been waiting for… so why wasn't she happy?
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Ed fell backwards onto the ground, grabbing his left arm as blood began to stain the inside of his sleeve. A second later he was falling over himself to get back up and jump away just in time to avoid… himself. Or, more truly put, Envy. "What now Roy?" He yelled desperately, clapping his hands together and conjuring up a spear from the ground. Envy threw himself forward, grinning wildly as he was blocked mid-swing by the spear. He grabbed onto it with his automail arm and stepped forward, kicking Ed in the stomach. The boy went flying.
"Ed!" Roy yelled, running his way and picking up the spear that had been dropped, checking on Ed. Envy had already walked back to see the other homunculi who weren't fighting, namely Greed and Lust. He was himself again.
"Dead yet?" Envy asked, kicking Lust hard in the side as she lay on the ground bleeding. The sound of something cracking rang through the air as he did this. Lust turned over, clutching her side in doubled pain. Envy crouched down beside her, pushing the hair out of her face. He caressed her cheek, staring into her fearful eyes. Her breathing was labored. "You will be soon. And do you know why?" Envy sat, staring into her light eyes, stroking her soft white skin. His face held none of the usual sick, cruel humor it almost always did. "You let her go. If you die it's your own fault, you know I'm going to have to clean this all up. Shame, you were quite the pretty face." Lust lay, struggling to breath. Envy's humor returned, and he smirked, getting up.
"Envy!" Envy looked over to Sloth. "Get them in, I'll stay here." Came the regular monotone of Sloth's voice. Envy frowned, leaning down and slinging Lust's body over his shoulder. He walked over to where Greed lay motionless; her body surrounded by a red stain in the ground, and picked her up as well. And with that, he walked up the staircase and kicked open the large church doors, walking in.
"Maes, Ed, run!" Roy yelled, snapping his fingers in an explosion. They were all showered in water droplets as they ran, Ed being helped by Roy. The water stopped falling and began to shape up in a pool of liquid and then a person. Sloth stood up, watching them run. Then, at a yell from inside the building, she turned and walked inside. Roy picked up Hayate, dropping him into the back of a military car before piling into it himself with Ed, and Hughes driving. "Maes, are you okay?" Roy asked, looking out the back window. No one was following them.
"I've been better," Hughes replied from the front seat, "But just a few scratches, nothing too bad."
"Elric, Edward are you alright?" Roy asked. Ed was leaning on him, his breathing heavy. Blood was pooling on the car seat around the boy.
"…Hurts," Ed managed, out of gritted teeth.
"Ed, do you think you can make it back to Central?" Roy asked, his voice louder than was needed. Roy ripped the bottom of his coat off, pulling Ed's coat off and wrapping the cut on his arm in the fabric.
"How's Ed?" Hughes asked, glancing back.
"…Drive faster," Roy said in return, finishing knotting the fabric around the boy's arm. Ed held his side, his eyes bleary. "Ed, where else are you hurt?"
"Ribs," Ed breathed out, "…broken." The fabric around his arm was beginning to soak through with blood.
"Come on Ed, just a few more minutes, you can do this," Roy demanded, running one of his hands through his hair in frustration. Ed leaned all of his weight onto Roy, closing his eyes and going limp. "Shit."
"What now?" Hughes asked, taking a sharp turn.
"Too much blood loss, he passed out," Roy replied, checking Ed's pulse. "How much longer?"
"Give me two minutes," Hughes replied, pushing down harder on the gas pedal.
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Riza sat in the darkness of the night, looking up as she heard a key being put into the door. It was jiggled about for another couple seconds, before the door opened. Roy stepped in, his coat gone and his white undershirt stained red brown. He closed the door and walked in, sitting down beside Riza. Riza didn't look up from the floor. "What happened?" she asked, breaking the silence.
"Ed is in the hospital. He's lost too much blood so they aren't letting him out for at least a couple of weeks," Roy said, also staring at the floor. "Hughes and me got away with just a few minor scrapes, nothing too bad. But Ed… he said he was fighting the homunculus Envy." Riza lurched at the mention of the name.
"What about the homunculi, what about Lust?" Riza asked quietly. She turned to look at Roy. Roy looked up at her.
"They left. Envy took Greed and Lust and left, we aren't sure whether or not she's dead." Riza leaned on Roy, looking out of the window at the stars.
"Are you sure?"
"Riza, it doesn't matter, none of it matters," Roy replied, "You're back. You're alive. That's all I want to think about." He stroked Riza's blonde hair, smelling her scent. Admittedly, it wasn't that good since she'd been allowed few showers, but it was Riza nonetheless. Roy hugged her close and they sat in silence, finally relaxing.
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"Too bad, guess we couldn't save Lust," Envy said, sitting in complete boredom.
"Envy, stop saying that, Dante's still working on her," Sloth replied testily.
"Nope, she's dead for sure," Envy replied, enjoying his little joke. It was still undecided whether either of the two other homunculi would live, but Dante'd been at it for hours. It was far too much trouble to wait for another homunculus to be born. Envy sat with Sloth in an adjoined room, waiting for their master to return. Finally, a door opened. Dante walked in, and both Envy and Sloth got up. "What's the news?"
"We'll have to wait and see. Envy, I've got a job for you," Dante said, putting a hand on her hip. Envy sat down, crossing his legs lazily.
"Tell me what to do," he replied.
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Roy edged out from under Riza's sleeping body. She'd fallen asleep watching the starts with him. He got up slowly, walking to the door and opening it. He closed it quietly and locked it. He walked down the hallway, heading to the hospital branch.
"Is he awake yet?" Roy asked Hughes, who passed him by on the way out.
"Yeah, he asked for you," Hughes replied, "Listen, I need to get home. We'll deal with this in the morning, agreed?" Roy nodded, heading in. Hughes left.
"Hey Ed, you still up?" Roy asked, puling a chair up beside the bed with a sigh. Ed looked over to Roy, nodding.
"Turn the light on." Ed said, looking to the desk lamp. Roy pulled down on the chain, dim light spilling across the room as he did so. "Roy, why didn't you finish it?" Ed's voice was raspy and tired, but strong through it all.
"Ed…" Roy started, "I got sidetracked, I had to help Hughes."
"Roy, she isn't real." Ed said plainly. "She's just a copy, and a bad one. She says she loves you? Bullshit. Complete bullshit. They can't feel love, nothing like it. They don't give, they just take, and there's nothing you can do about it."
"She isn't like the others, how can you be sure? Roy asked.
"Roy. It's a replica of Riza, not her. There isn't room for both of them, the natural laws are being scrambled and you need to fix it," Ed replied firmly. He stared at Roy.
"Goodnight Ed," Roy replied, getting up. He turned out the lamp and left.
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Riza was exhausted. She wasn't awakened until she felt her shoulders being violently shaken. She turned her head around behind her to see who it was, and was face to face with Envy. He smirked, quickly covering her mouth with one hand and putting a dagger to her throat with the other. "Now listen well Riza, we've got some things to discuss."
A/N Well, I need to get some sleep. At least five reviews as always. Another note, to Killa Pat, I don't watch Gundam Seed, I'm sorry. Well, goodnight.