Chapter Three - Truth and Trick

"What else can you tell us about this homunculus who has been chasing you?" Al questioned. Lenna looked at him.

"Not anything really." she sighed. "I only know what she looks like, she calls herself Death and wants to kill me." she looked back to the direction she had been walking, glancing at Desdemona only to see she was teasing Ed again. Then she saw something move ahead of her, narrowing her eyes, she took a few more steps. Then it hit her like a smack to the face who it was. "Laira?" she murmured. The person stepped out and walked toward her, smiling broadly.

"Sister!" she said in greeting, pace speeding up. She hugged Lenna tightly and the alchemist gasped, feeling tears well up in her eyes.

"Perfect, Envy, that little foolish girl..." Death whispered from where she was perched on a building above them all.

"You're supposed to be dead..." Lenna managed. Laira looked at her, shaking her head.

"I'm here right now, does it matter?" she questioned. As the two hugged Ed, Al and Desdemona looked at them in confusion.

"If Laira was dead and transmuted, creating Death then..." Ed muttered, his eyes wide when he next looked at the two. "Lenna get away from her!" he warned. Lenna looked over her shoulder at him, annoyed. "It's Envy, not your sister. Get away from him."

The two let go of each other and Laira looked at Ed, eyes narrowed.

"You wound me, pipsqueak, you really do." she hissed with a grin. Then she glowed slightly and her form changed; back into Envy. "You are too smart for your own good. You didn't have to interrupt two sisters' reunion, pipsqueak, how mean."

"IM NOT SHORT!" Ed screamed, transmuting his auto-mail arm into a blade, Al was already standing with his fist raised to punch, Lenna clapped her hands together before reaching for the closet wall and Desdemona's claws were out stretched, her tail lashing.

"Not a good idea, you four." Death called, jumping from where she was perched, her hand turning into a gun. "Unless you want to mess with me too." Lenna's jaw fell open.

"No. Why are you here?" she managed. Death smirked, aiming her gun hand.

"Well you see, Lightning Alchemist, Envy is a friend of mine. And he was just going to help me take care of you." she fired a few shots and Lenna dodged the first, the next few hitting her right arm and bouncing off. "Damned auto-mail."

"Don't mess with Len-Len!" Desdemona shrieked, leaping at Death. Death moved out of the way just as Envy transformed again. As Desdemona looked up at her, she gawked. "Martel? I-is it you?"

"Hello Desdemona." Envy replied, his voice sounding exactly like Martel's.

"Idiot cat girl, that's the homunculus!" Ed yelled at her, running at Envy. Envy spun around, from Martel he changed his appearance to look Winry.

"You wouldn't hurt me, would you?" he whimpered fakely. Ed punched at his face.

"Use any form you want, I know it's you, you bastard!" the alchemist took another punch but Envy blocked it with his own hand as he turned back into his own form.

"You are cold, FullMetal pipsqueak." Envy said, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he pushed Ed off of him, sending the alchemist flying. Envy looked over to Death and the weapon homnculi gave a sigh.

"Mess with Len-Len, fool me, I WILL CLAW BOTH OF YOUR MONSTERS' EYES OUT!" Desdemona hissed suddenly, lunging at Death again. The homunculus dodged the chimera's claws but Desdemona kicked out and hit Death in the side with her back paws, pushing the homunculus over, right into Envy.

"Damn it!" Death coughed, pushing herself up. "Sorry." she winced and looked at her side, blood was seeping out of the claw marks Desdemona left.

"Shit, and it was getting fun." Envy rolled his eyes. "Guess this'll have to wait. I do not want to have to deal with Desire's complaining if you don't come back. Her voice is so pitched, it's annoying." he got up, pulling Death up with him. "See you, Fullmetal pipsqueak." he added with a grin. Death looked at Lenna.

"I will kill you. Just you wait, bitch." she threatened, eyes narrowed, then she and Envy were gone.

Lenna let her back hit the wall closest to her and rested her face in her hands, beginning to sob. Desdemona sat down next to her, her tail and ears flicking as she tried to comfort her friend.

"You alright?" Ed questioned, Al coming up behind him. Lenna looked up to him, her eyes full of tears.

"The homunculus who looks like my sister just tried to kill me again, of course I'm not alright!" she screamed. "I just want my sister back, I just..." she trailed off.

"How are homunculus made?" Desdemona demanded. "Why does that one look like her sister?" Ed and Al looked at one another before either answered.

"By failed human transmutation. Once they eat philosopher stones, or just chunks, they become more human looking. Our mother is the one of them." Ed explained, Al just gave a nod. Lenna narrowed her eyes.

"So my sister wants to kill me..." Lenna muttered. "Ain't that just great..."