Another chapter, just a few left to go.
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Envy ran through the tunnels, looking for Wrath, Lust, or any of Fathers allies so he could pound them into a pulp. Hell, he was hoping to find one of Ed's friends so he could help because just running through the tunnels made him feel useless!
He turned into a new tunnel only to stop and feel his blood run cold.
"Shit," He muttered.
In front of him were about thirty of those manequin homunucli dolls. The dolls glanced at him and began running to him.
"Shit, shit, shit!" Envy yelped as he began running from them. Thirty dolls to one Envy, odds weren't in his favor.
"What are these things?" Al questioned as they ran.
"Lesser Homunculi!" Envy yelled then continued in his head, There weaker homunculi, but there strength comes from the sheer number of them. Their number was what had Envy right now too.
"You think we could syncronize again to fight them?" Alphonse offered as they took another turn.
Kid, we don't even know how we did that the first time, Envy pointed out and then an idea came to mind.
"Envy..." Alphonse warned, "If your planning on dragging them all to the surface to let the military deal with them,"
Envy shook his head, Thought I might use my original true form, he said then paused I hope it works like it used to, else we're screwed, he added.
Before Alphonse could offer any words, Envy stopped running and began changing his form, feeling his body getting smaller and smaller. In a second he was the green fetus like creatures. He adjusted how he was standing and waited for the Homunculi dolls to grab him. It didn't take long, the first one grabbed him and then promptly ate him.
"ENVY!" Alphonse yelled, anger was in the tone as he was getting ready to yell at Envy for getting them eaten.
The homunculus just started laughing as he shifted into the dolls neck.
"I'M BACK!" He yelled as he took control over the lesser homunculus' body, making it jump up an lunge towards another, biting it's neck. Soon he was having them grab and merge with all the others and he shifted their white mass into his larger true form before shifting back into his preferred form.
Grinning, Envy spoke, "Now we got less of those lame ass Homunculi, and have more souls in our stone," he said proudly.
"That was quick thinking," Alphonse agreed then said in a more thoughtfull tone, "I'm surprised that the floor was able to handle that much weight though. How come it didn't break?"
"Eh...?" Was all Envy managed to say before the floor caved in under them and he fell onto the lower floors, landing painfully onto the ground. "Ow..."
"...It didn't handle the weight," Alphonse said.
No shit, genius, Envy muttered in his mind as he struggled to his feet and coughed a bit as he fanned his arm through the air to clear the dust. He looked up to see the rest of the group standing there, suprirsed to see him drop in, litterally.
Roy noticed the Ourorborus mark on his thigh and got ready to set the sin into flames, "Homunculus," He said.
"Wait!" Ed yelled, "It's alright! He's on our side!" The alchemist assured him, "This is Envy, the homunculus I was just talking about...right before he fell down here," He said looking at Envy with a silent question; 'What the fuck happened to you?'
Envy grinned, "You might want to try not to kill me," He warned Roy, "I die, so does Alphonse, and who knows, his soul could be used in the healing process-I don't have control over the souls used," He said with a light tone.
Roy lowered his hand but his eyes held mistrust, "Then, since you claim to be on our side, answer me this," He said and Envy was preparing for a question that only the group members knew, and was surprised by what Roy asked instead, "Who killed Maes Hughes?"
The homunculus stared at him in confusion, "Uh...who?" He asked dumbly, but that seemed to be the wrong answer as Roy bristled in anger, "Al...mind helping me here, who's Maes Hughes?" He asked out loud.
"Maes was one of the soldiers, a good friend of Roy. A homunculus killed him," Alphonse said.
Envy nodded, "Ah," He said and began thinking hard, who could have killed him? "What were the wounds?" He asked.
The Colonel took a step forward, "Why are you asking questions? Your a homunculus, you should know which of you killed him!" He snarled.
Envy just held his hands up, "Whoa, calm down there," He said, "I got melted down to my core and remade, I'm still recovering the memories of my previous life, if that even was my previous life, I don't remember anyone named Maes Hughes," He said, and watched as Roys anger grew, he offered him a sympathetic smile, "If it helps...I'm sorry for what my family did, I'm sure he died because of something that would have- and will if you guys know what he knew before he died- helped this nation a lot,"
He wasn't good with human interactions, but he figured Roy understood that he was trying to make this Maes guy sound even more heroric or something because he calmed a little.
"Envy...Roy killed Lust," Ed began and Envy shot him a shocked look.
"What? When?" He demanded, he missed his sisters death? No fair!
Roy shook his head, "Not right now, I killed her months ago, but she's still alive," He explained and turned to Edward, "Or so Fullmetal says."
Edward nodded, "Yeah, she was there when you got placed in Alphonse," He said and looked straight at Envy, "Did she get remade like you?"
The homunculus would have burst out laughing, instead he gave an amused smile and a slight chuckle, "If you had killed her, she wouldn't have been able to be remade. Her philosophers stone would have been destroyed and she would be dead for good. For me, my body was just melted down and my stone turned to liquid and returned to Father until he found a new container for me," he explaind and leaned back on some of the rubble he caused.
"Then how is she alive?!" Roy demanded, he was still pissed at her for damaging Havocs spine.
Envy shrugged, "Maybe you never killed her, it's possible one of the others took what was left of her stone and nursed her back to health," He said and grinned, "I don't know if I was still alive or not at that point," He added.
"You weren't alive," The sultry voice spoke, causing heads to turn and look as Lust walked up.
Envy narrowed his eyes before smirking, "If it isn't my favorite sister! Wait...your only my favorite because your my only sister!" He sneered, "Favorite by default."
Lust ignored him and turned to Roy, "You said you wanted to know who killed Maes, right?" She said, Roys expression confirmed it, "Your killer is the shape shifter," She told him with a slight smile.
The younger homunculus jumped up from where he was perched, "Wait, I'm the shape shifter your talking about, right?" He asked then shook his head, "I killed this Maes guy?" he asked with disbelief.
"ENVY! DODGE!" Al screamed and Envy leapt to the side when he said that, narrowly avoiding being burned alive by Roys fire.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" He screamed, glaring at Roy who's face was probably more insane with rage then Envy had ever seen on someone.
Roy raised his hand up, ready to snap his fingers, "You killed Hughes?" He demanded, his rage at being lied to by this monster making him want to just torture him until he begged for death.
Envy just gritted his teeth, "I told you, I don't know!" He yelled and pointed at Lust, "Why are you even believing in anything this witch says! I'm on your side, not her!"
His sister laughed, "Witch? Really? Your insults are starting to get weak, Envy," she mocked, and he glared at her.
"This is bad!" Alphonse yelled as Envy dodged another set of fire but still getting burned. It wasn't easy to dodge fire when it was a psycho attacking you with it!
Ed grabbed Roys arm, "Colonel! Stop it! If you kill him you kill Al!" He yelled but Roy just shoved him off.
"This monster deserves to die, he's just playing you, Ed!" He snapped and snapped his fingers.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Envy screamed, clutching his face, "MY EYES!" the bastard had burned his eyes!
Lust smiled with amuesment but it soon was erased from her face when she was encased in fire, Roy standing, his fingers poised an aimed at her.
The Colonel glared at her and at Envy, "Your supposed to have your eyes sewn shut, but I think boiling all the liquid in them will do just fine," Roy said, speaking it to Envy.
Envy stood up, his eyes healed and scowled etched onto his face, "Second Terrace," He said under his breath.
Lust took a step back, "What? You stopped attacking him! He killed your friend!" She said, unable to believe that Roy had just let Envy go just because he burned the sins eyes. How could he not kill Envy and avenge his dead friend? Why was he showing mercy to her brother?
It was Riza who took the chance to explain, "Envy may have killed Hughes," She said, "But that was the 'old Envy' as everyone is reffering him to. He does not remember killing Hughes, and if we kill Envy, we kill Alphonse as well as lose an important ally. There are to many cons to killing him compared to the one pro; vengance," The lieutenant stated.
Edward turned to look at Envy, "Alright if we kill your sister?" He asked with a teasing smirk.
He didn't have to respond right away as Roy began lighting Lust on fire repeatedly, he instead gave a light smile, "I think Roy doesn't care if I give my consent or not," He joked then frowned, "Wrath's down here somewhere," He said.
The alchemist raised an eyebrow and Envy continued, "That's why I was down here, I fought him above- I think I did some damage to his Ultimate Eye, I'm trying to find him and finish him off," He said, deciding it would be best to leave out his and Alphonses badass teamwork.
Ed nodded, "We'll find him, but our main objective is to find your Father," He said.
"Hey, speaking of fathers, where is your father?" Envy said, noticing that Hohenheim wasn't around, "Couldn't have died, he's immortal."
"He went on ahead, we split into two groups and he chose to go alone," Ed explained and Envy burst out laughing, "What's so funny?" He demanded.
Envy shook his head, "It's just that, well, Hohenheim probably knows where Fathers located, despite never being down here before. He was probably hoping to stop Father before you were brought into a fight where you would lose."
Ed blinked before growling, "That bastard!" he said and Envy put a hand on his shoulders.
"Fathers are bastards, get used to it," He said then grinned, "Or maybe it just runs in the blood, my father was made from your fathers blood, so maybe that's why they're both bastards," he joked.
"...it seems kind of disturbing in a way, that you two are just joking around while Colonel is fighting Lust right behind you guys," Alphonse said, but he understood what his brother was trying to do and he was sure Envy did too. Ed was trying to distract Envy from what was happening to Lust and Alphonse knew he was contridicting what Ed was trying to do by what he said.
It was also true with what Alphonse said, Roy was fighting Lust, well it was a one sided battle. Lust wasn't even getting a chance to attack before he set her on fire once again. It was a never ending onslaught of fire. Lust didn't have a chance, not only was she not getting a chance to heal, but her Stone was weaker then it was before.
The fight was over soon.
Envy wasn't going to admit it to anyone but Alphonse, but watching Lust die made him feel guilt. She was his sister, no matter what, and seeing his family get killed hurt, even though he hated them now.
He sighed and stood up, "Come on, we have to keep going," He said as he began walking back into the tunnels and out of the room. He didn't bother to turn around to see if they were following him. They probably were though, he knew the tunnels, they didn't.
Though, he stopped soon, "It'd be best if we split up now," He explained, "Ed, Chimeras, you guys can come with me. Roy, I think you and Lieutenant might like to take down the monster that helped make Wrath? The Gold Toothed Doctor," He said, gesturing to a different pathway. "Scar, I have the feeling you have your own plan," he said and Scar was already walking away.
"What about me, Mr. Envy," Mei asked looking up at him.
He rubbed the back of his head, "It's not safe with the lesser homunculi running around...you go with the Colonel and Lieutenant," he said and she soon ran after the two.
When he turned around, he saw Ed staring at him, "what?" he asked.
Ed shrugged, "You seemed to be giving out orders like a natural leader," He said.
"Yeah, well, I'm not a leader," He stated as he began walking again and thinking, "Father has you, that alchemist Roy, Hohenheim, your teacher Izumi-what-her-face, but he has one more alchemist, the fifth Sacrifice," He muttered out loud.
"Who is it?" Ed asked as they walked.
Envy shook his head, "That's the problem, I don't know. It could be any alchemist out there," He said, "When I left, he didn't have a fifth sacrifice, but he would have had one by now."
"Looks like we'll be getting a surprise then," Ed said as they walked.
It was probably twenty minutes of walking, they had to stop a few times to fight a group of lesser homunculi, when Ed let out a startled cry.
"What is it?!" Envy said turning around and freezing in place when he saw Ed's body start to deconstruct. Father was dragging him to his room. "Shit! Chimeras! you go back and get to the Colonel and Lieutenant!" He ordered and watched as they ran off, "Ed! I'll meet you at Fathers room! Don't panic!" Envy yelled as Ed continued to deconstruct. When he was done, Envy started running down the tunnels.
"Damn it all!" He snarled as he ran. He was hoping Father wouldn't do that, but that must mean that the eclipse was starting.
With his speed, he made it to the room in five minutes, and crouched, waiting to attack. He could see Father in a black form with several eyes, and Hohenheim was inside of him, it was kind of weird to see. When he examined the room, he saw that Ed, Izumi and Roy were all being held by long tendrils coming from Father, but what surprised him was that Marcoh was the fifth sacrifice.
We must have forced him to open the gate Envy thought, refering to the Homunculi as 'we'.
Pride was also there, so Envy wondered briefly how the ones who had been guarding him were faring. Probably weren't in the best conition, he decided.
But a movement beside him startled him and he turned his head quickly, only to relax when he saw it was just May.
"Do I want to know how you got here?" He whispered to her.
May didn't answer but stared at Father, "Thats...that's your father? He looks so different..." She said
Envy nodded, "Yeah, he's fatter now," he joked but he didn't have a smile. His mind was racing with what to do.
"What's the plan?" Alphonse asked and Envy smirked.
Attack and kill Envy said leaping out of his hiding place and lunging at Father. "Hi, daddy!" He mocked as he tried to punch him, but Father dodged, letting go of Hohenheimin the process but landed on his chair, a tendril grabbing Hohenheim.
"Ah, my Envy," Father said nodding to him, "I had a feeling you would come back, but I wasn't expecting you to team up with the humans," He said.
Envy ignored him and smirked, "Well Father, unless you want to give me God, you have to fight, since I'm on the center of the transmutation circle," He said but Father didn't seem bothered.
"This is the real center," Father said and Envy stiffened, Father had been expecting him to come and made him think that this spot was the center of the circle. He gritted his teeth as he felt a shiver run down his spine, Father was about to open the planets Gate. He was about to get God
May jumped up next to him, ready to fight since the five alchemists were useless right now, and Envy grabbed her, making sure that they had a distance between them and Father, the Alchemists between them. He then glanced at Edward who nodded.
"Envy, my plan!" He yelled and Envy felt hsi throat tighten.
"But!" Envy argued, "There has to be a different way!"
Ed shook his head, "I ran every scenario through my head! This is the only way I can see to stop Father!" He said, "Do it now!"
The homunculus stood there for a second, before transforming his arm into a blade and lunged towards Father.
"You really think you can hurt me with a head long attack like that?" Father asked as he transmuted a wall right into Envys path.
But Envy changed course, he slid to a halt and brought his blade arm back then thrusting it forward, plunging it into the soft flesh of the being next to him. He didn't look at first, feeling the warm blood runing down his arm. He didn't need to see to know if he'd done it right, the rooms dead silence was enough to tell him it worked.
"You..." Pride began, unable to know what to say at what had just happened.
"Envy..." Alphonse said, his voice cracking with anguish to what the Homunculus juts did.
Finally, Envy looked up to see Ed bent down a little, the blade going right through his chest.
Oh god...you guys are going to kill me for doing this. I did the unspeakable, I killed off Edward.
Eh, I don't really care...just don't come after me with pitchforks and torches. Or be pissed off at what I just did.
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