Chapter 2: Mysterious Pictures and Familiar Faces

Two figures watched people leaving the Military Headquarters. The tall one was standing, while the shorter one was sitting on the rooftop of a building across.
The two looked the same from a distance, but when you looked closer, they were very opposite from each other. The taller one had long green hair the made him look like a palm tree and had purple, snake-like eyes; he also wore a black top that stopped just below his chest and a black skirt with pants underneath. He also wore gloves that had the fingers cut out.
The other one, his companion wore the same black outfit, but his gloves were different; one of the gloves went up to his elbow. His appearance was also very different; he had long, blond hair that fell around his shoulders. He had a kind-looking face, but his eyes were the most disturbing feature: they showed no emotion; they were just like golden voids. The other most disturbing feature was his tattoos, blood red and covered most of his body.

The only other similar feature that connected the two together was a symbol on their bodies: a winged serpent devouring its own tail. The two were called Homunculi.

"Brother?"
"Yes, what is it Pride?"
"What are we doing here again?"

The taller one, who had a strangely feminine voice, sat down next to Pride and pointed to the Headquarters as the last few people headed home.

"We're going to have some fun. We are going to break in this building and trash it, but we're only going to do two rooms"
"Why the two, Brother?"
"'Cause, two bastards that I used to know used to work there. Come on"

The tall one and Pride leaped from the rooftop and made their way to the Headquarters. The tall one walked up to the front door and tried to open it.

"Figured"
"What is wrong Envy?"

Envy turned to face Pride.

"The front door is locked, use that talent of yours and get us inside"

Pride walked up to the door and looked at it; he then clapped his hands together and set them on the ground. Blue sparks flew from the ground and up to the door, causing it to explode. Envy walked past Pride and into the new pathway into the building.

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They stood in front of the two rooms, which were beside each other. Envy looked positively delighted at the idea of destroying things that weren't his.

"Ok, I'll take this room and you take the one next door, I'll let you know when it's time to leave"

Envy kicked the door open and walked into the first room. Pride was about to go into the other room when he heard Envy call,

"Pride! I expect to see that room trashed! Destroy everything you see. Smash, tear, burn anything you think is valuable or may have sentimental value to anybody. If you keep anything in there, I'll break both your fucking legs! Got it!?"
Pride nodded his head in understanding and entered the room. Most of the furniture was covered in tarps, indicating that who ever worked in this room hadn't been there in quite a while. Pride walked over to a bookshelf and started to take down books; he peered inside of them and was curious by some of the notes in them.

Pride, for some reason, didn't want to destroy them so he broke a floorboard and placed some of the book in there. He leaped on top of the bookshelf and kicked it down. He smashed a few windows and bent down to pick up a piece of glass, he cut his finger. Only one drop of blood made it out of the cut when he saw it heal. He picked up the piece of glass and started to slash the furniture.

He came to a large desk in the middle of the room and knocked off some of the items that were there. He stopped when he came across three pictures that were on the desk: One was of two boys; one had brownish hair while the other one had an arm of automail. They looked like they were goofing off and having fun.
The other one was of the same boy with the arm, but instead of the other boy, there was a girl about his age. She had blond hair and green eyes. The boy had his arms playfully around her and they both looked very happy.
The last one seemed special; it was a picture of just the girl. She was wearing a blue evening gown and a silver choker around her neck. Her smile made Pride feel warm and happy, but he didn't know why. He felt safe when he looked into her eyes.

'Why do they look familiar? I fell like I know them. But how?'

Then Pride noticed something strange. He looked closer at the pictures and saw that the boy with the automail arm looked just like him! He couldn't figure it out, why does this boy look exactly like him? Then he heard someone yelling.

"Pride! Why don't I hear any smashing?"

Envy's yelling made him jump, knocking off the pictures and causing them to smash against the floor. He looked up to see Envy standing in the doorway.

"Sorry Brother, I thought I stepped on a piece of glass"
"You're such a fucking idiot. We're leaving. Come on" Envy said as he left the room.

Pride threw the glass shard away and quietly bent down and removed the pictures from their frames. He stowed them away in his elbow-length glove. Who were the people in the picture and why did the girl's smile seem familiar to him?

Pride wanted to find out.