Dear Reader,
Okay, so I was a little mad when I went and saw how bad my editing job was during my first 4 chapters. UGH! So, I'm going to remove them all and edit them, along with the annoying format. I only just now realized that there's a handy spacing bar thingy. I hated how it would just jump from Winry to Envy's point of view without showing my little * * * I had added! UGH! I hate technology.
- Ramon F.
Hide and Seek
" Come on Winry!"
The little boy pulled on Winry's hand, and she tripped forward out of the mansion door.
She was very nervous about leaving, and was paranoid one of her captors would be angry.
She shivered.
Especially Envy.
Thinking about the sin made her blood boil in anger.
She had had a great night with Lust, who was more than understanding about Winry's anger. The woman was intelligent, beautiful, and very sarcastic. Winry liked her spark, and how Lust stood up for herself. Winry found herself dazzled by the woman, and stared up at her in awe when she would yell at Envy like he wasn't terrifying. They bickered like brother and sister, which Winry had noted at breakfast. Lust had said something to the teenager and he had stormed off. Winry hadn't seen his since, and was thankful.
His eyes flashed in her mind and she shivered.
" W-Wrath, are we allowed to leave?" She shivered once again, but not because of her memories. It was freezing cold outside!
Wait, she thought. I'm outside!
She realized then that she was standing in the center of a desolate city. The building where old, crumbling, and stood like lifeless bodies amongst something that used to be alive. It was quet. Too quiet for Winry's liking. She felt like she was in a giant tomb. Where were the people? A wind picked up from no where and Winry gulped deeply. She realized then that they where the only ones down there. She looked up at the cavernous sky. It was rather dark in the cave, at least she thought it was a cave. It was as if the world had been plunged into an eternal night. Except there where no stars to be seen at all. She craned her head back to look at the vast ceiling.
She then had a sick thought.
Did they make this place?
" Hey Wrath, did you and the others make this city?"
Only then did she realize that his hand was gone from hers, and she had been so distracted with the eerie ghost city, she didn't notice the little guy take off. She was now completely alone.
" Wrath?" She whimpered, crossing her arms over her chest protectively, trying to warm herself.
She looked around her, moving in a complete circle. All of the building had begun to look the same. And she couldn't see the mansion from there. She was completely lost! She didn't even think about escaping now. She had no idea where to go! Panic began to bubble up inside her as she spun.
Winry let out a shriek as a hand suddenly clamped down on her shoulder.
" Where do you think your going?"
Envy's breath stirred her hair as he whispered in her ear. She shuddered at how close he was, and she felt her face go hot. She had to admit, she was a bit relieved that he was here.
She turned slowly and he drew back, but didn't move his grip from her small shoulder.
Winry looked up to see his face twisted with rage.
He thought I was trying to escape!
She held up her hands and nervously began rambling.
" I wasn't trying to escape! Wrath wanted to play and he brought me out here and now he's gone! I swear!" She was well aware of how his sharp eyes never left hers. She began to forget how cold it was in the cavern, and found she was smoking.
His lip curled over his sharp teeth in disgust at her.
" Quit your floundering, Human."
she stopped and glared at him.
" I thought I told you to stop calling me that!"
His grip became painful and she winced.
" I don't take orders from you!"
She tried to swat his hand away.
" Envy! Your hurting me! Stop it!"
He let out a dark chuckled and squeezed onto her shoulder. She glared up at him and saw he was actually enjoying her struggle. She punched him in the chest, and he didn't even flinch. He threw his head back in laughter. When he looked down at her again, his eyes where still filled with their sick joy.
" Oh, I'm sorry, was that supposed to hurt?"
She balled her hands into fists and shook with anger. Winry saw red. She had pent up frustration from his messing with her last night, and she really wasn't in the mood for him and his stupid games right now.
Winry was about to scream at him from the top of her lungs, until Wrath's chipper voice interrupted her. Envy turned his gaze onto the boy, and his pleased expression turned to malice.
" Envy! What are you doing here?" Wrath asked as he came up to them.
" Why did you take her outside the mansion Wrath? She could escape." Envy growled.
Wrath rolled his eyes.
" We where playing hide and seek! Even if she wasn't doing a very good job at it..." Wrath whimpered and looked at Winry. " You just turned around in circles!"
Winry blushed and coughed. He must have been talking to her while she had been gawking at the scenery.
" Never mind what you where doing! She could have gotten away!" Envy dropped his hand from her shoulder and she was momentarily relieved. That is, until he moved in on Wrath.
Winry put herself between her and the boy, easily side stepping in between then. She put her hands on her hips and stared up at the clearly pissed off sin. He glared down at her.
" leave him alone." she snapped.
His eyes twitched and he clenched his hands into fists. He shook in silent fury, and for a moment she was afraid he was going to change back into that dragon. She looked around herself. She didn't have her fork, and there didn't seem to be any weapons around. She guessed she could pick up a rock and chuck it at him...But he would probably just laugh at her like he did when she had punched him as hard as she could.
Envy crossed his arms over his chest and turned away, sticking his nose into the air.
Winry blinked in surprise at his sudden change of attitude.
" Fine, do whatever you want. I don't care."
Winry frowned as Wrath started jumping excitedly. It was strange that Envy would give up so quickly. He was too stubborn and proud to admit defeat. Winry thought it was strange how he was exactly like Edward. The only difference was their sense of humor.
" But I'm sticking around." he added quickly.
Oh, Winry thought. There was a catch.
Wrath stopped celebrating and frowned at the older sin.
" But...But your no fun! Your a cheater!" He pointed at him.
Envy lost his cool composure and glared down at the little sin.
To save them from fighting, and probably killing each other, Winry put up her hands and smiled nervously. " It's okay Wrath, he doesn't have to play! He can just follow me while you try and find me."
Wrath seemed to debate this, turning his eyes up to the sky and scratching his chin. Finally he nodded, but held up a finger at Envy with a big smile on his face. Winry noticed he also had sharp teeth. But they weren't menacing like the old boy. Winry found them kind of cute.
" And you can't talk!"
Envy's eye twitched and he went to move in on him, but Winry elbowed him in the ribs. She saw him hold back a giggle, and he glared down at her. His eye twitched again and he crossed his arms over his chest.
" Yes, he won't talk." Winry smiled.
Wrath did a back flip happily, and Winry was once again stunned at how flexible the child was. She couldn't even do a cart wheel!
" Yay! Okay, I'll count to ten and you hide!"
He covered his eyes and began loudly counting, and Winry scrambled around. She began running off to a thick cluster of building. Winry wasn't slow, her long legs made it easy for her to run. But the rubble on the ground made it hard for her to keep her balance, and she almost fell on her face. Suddenly, someone scooped her up into her arms, and she had just enough time to see a playful smirk spread on Envy's lips, and then she was squinting her eyes. She was moving so fast she felt like she was flying, and she couldn't help but cry out in glee. But the ride stopped almost as soon as it started, and she was suddenly dumped onto the ground.
" Hey!" She hissed, looking at Envy angrily as she stood, rubbing her back painfully.
He snickered and went to open his mouth, but she held up a finger to silence him.
" Ah, ah, ah Envy. No talking remember?" She smiled darkly.
Envy glared at her and narrowed his eyes. After a moment of intense glaring he shut his mouth and sat down on a ledge, staring out onto the ghost city with his strange eyes.
Winry jumped for joy.
It worked!
She felt Envy staring at her and she stopped, feeling like an idiot.
Winry took a moment to look around, and she realized he had brought her to a strange clock tower. She hadn't even felt him jump! She had no idea how fast he was. He was powerful after all. She stared at him. He didn't look that strong. But she could see his muscles twitch slightly under his skin, all coiled up and tight. Winry wondered if he ever relaxed.
They sat in silence for nearly twenty minutes, and Winry was getting impatient. She alos hated the silence, and wished for a moment that Envy would say something. It was strange for him to keep so quiet. She turned to yell at him, but stopped. He was asleep.
He looked completely different when he slept.
He was adorable.
Winry could help but smile and stare at the green haired boy who's mouth was slightly agape and his breath was coming out in soft snores. His chest rose and fell softly, and his arms where crossed over his chest. His head nodded off slightly to the side and boobed up and down from trying to stay aloft. A smile came onto his lips. It wasn't evil or cruel, but Winry found it to make him look quite cute. She guessed he was dreaming about something good. She then noticed that his taunt muscles seemed to smooth out while he slept, like he was finally in peace. He appeared to be sleeping quite heavily, and went to turn like he was in a bed.
Only he wasn't.
He was on a ledge.
And now he was about to fall of the side of it!
Acting on impulse, Winry went and grabbed out at him, pulling him to safety. He was really, really heavy, and when Winry finally had him back up, he fell onto her, sending her crashing to the ground making a strangled " Oof!" sound. She hit her head painfully and saw stars. She blinked up at the crumbling ceiling.
She looked down at the still sleeping homunculus.
Envy's face was now directly between her breasts.
Winry turned to the color of a tomato
She tried to push him off, but he was just so heavy! And he was out cold! She had never met anyone who could sleep like that. He didn't even budge.
" Envy! Envy get off of me!" She grumbled, but her voice was more of a grunt due to having his full weight on her.
Winry found she couldn't get him off, and he was out cold. She grumbled at her luck.
Her breath hitched in her throat and now she was fully aware of something.
She was still wearing that stupid dress, and it was rather low cut. She could feel his full lips against the bare skin of the top of her breast. Her stomach erupted into butterfly's at his slightly opened lips. He was breathing on her chest, and his breath was warm and felt really, really good. Now she realized he was radiating warmth, and it was freezing. She couldn't help but let herself enjoy his warmth. He was like a space blanket!
Her hand was tangled in his long hair, which was fanned all around him. She picked up a strand and inspected it. It was so soft! And silky. She didn't know why, but she brought it to her nose and breathed it in.
Lilac!
His eye lashes blinked on her skin.
" Wha..." His lips moved on her breast.
Her insides burned and a strange heat radiated in between her legs. She felt her back arch slightly. She hated herself for the reaction, but his lips against her like that felt...So good!
His tongue brushed against her skin lightly.
She tried to keep it in, she really did. But Winry let out a soft little mewl. She blushed at herself.
Upon hearing this sound, Envy stirred painfully on her body. He had been resting is full weight on her. Suddenly his body went still, and she felt his muscles get tight again. His lips separated from her skin, and she looked down to see his staring with wide eyes where his face had been.
Winry watched as a miraculous blush spread across his cheeks.
She narrowed her eyes. He had been staring at her chest for a long time now.
" Um, could you get off of me now?" She grunted.
He blinked a few times and looked up at her with surprised eyes. She blinked at him, and the two just sat there for a moment staring at eachother. Something stirred between them, but Winry couldn't name it.
Because his lower half was on her legs, Winry could help but feel something hard poke into her inner thigh. She gasped slightly, and thought for a second that a snake had slithered between them. The feeling felt delightful trembles along her spine, and she thought it was weird she would react like that to a snake. It felt too thick to be a snake though...
Envy seemed to notice the snake as well, because he was suddenly on his feet and had his back pressed against the wall. He was breathing heavily and stared down at the spot she had felt the snake.
She sat up and looked down at herself.
Nope, no snake.
" What...How did...?"
Winry looked up to see Envy was rather flustered, and she lifted a eyebrow. Why was he suddenly so...Nervous? Winry frowned. Envy? Nervous? He didn't seem like that kind of person.
But she couldn't miss a bead of sweat that slid down his cheek.
Was he sweating?
" Um...You almost fell off the ledge, so I grabbed you. But you fell on me. You sleep like rock!"
She laughed nervously and itched the back of her head. She opened her closed eyes to see him giving her a new, unreadable look.
" You...Saved me? From falling?"
She stood up and dusted herself off. Once she was finished smoothing out her long shirt she looked up to see he had removed himself from the wall and was giving her a weird look.
" Well ya. I couldn't just let you fall silly." She smiled.
His awestruck expression slowly changed into a sneer, and he put his hands on his hips.
" Well that was a stupid thing to do." He scowled.
She opened her mouth angrily and pointed a finger at him.
" You should be thanking me you ungrateful jerk!" She snapped.
He turned up his nose. " Hmph, I don't see why."
" Because I saved you!" She wanted to wring his ungrateful neck!
" I didn't need your help human!" He pointed his fingerless gloved hand at her.
Her eyebrow twitched at the word he frequently said.
" Fine! Be a jerk! I don't care!"
She fumed and looked around the small, circular enclosure. Sure enough, she found a large square in the ground that led to stone stairs. Without a look at Envy, she turned her back to him and started heading down them, mumbling insults as she did.
" Why that stupid, ungrateful, self absorbed-"
She didn't even feel him move beside her, and when he went to stand in her way on the narrow stairs she jumped back a bit. She fumed again.
" Get out of my way!"
" No." He smirked down at her.
He stretched out his arms, trying to block her path. Winry made her hands into fists and shook with her anger. She raised her shoulders and yelled, " Get out of my way you green haired freak!"
Envy was unfazed and continued to smirk down at her.
She growled with rage and a blood vessel appeared on her brow.
They stared at each other for a solid two minutes, before Winry suddenly got an idea. She knew it was risky, but it was worth a shot.
Envy wasn't expecting her to come forward so suddenly, so he jumped a bit.
She began tickling his ribs, hoping that her assumptions where correct.
To her delight, Envy's lips trembled.
She looked up at him with a confident smile.
" Is someone ticklish?" She smiled.
Envy blushed and opened his mouth to speak, but he fell into her trap. He suddenly let out a loud laugh, that turned into uncontrollable fits as she moved her fingers along his sides. She was momentarily lost in the delight of rendering him powerless, and the fact that his laughter was warm. She decided she liked to hear him laugh like that. He didn't sound insane or evil.
When he put his arms down, Winry made a run for it, leaving Envy to try and regain his composure. She flew down the stairs and when she reached the exit, she heard Envy swear. But it would take him a while to get back to her. Even with his freakish speed.
She smiled to herself in victory, and didn't slow her pace as she ran into the city.
" That bitch!" Envy snarled.
He took off down the stairs after putting himself back together.
That stupid mechanic had startled him when she moved in on him like that, but even more so when she began to...Tickle him. Him! Envy! The first homunculus was ticklish! He seethed with anger at his new found weakness.
And that girl had laughed at him, which was all the more infuriating.
His thoughts where drawn back to when he had fallen asleep.
He had been having a glorious dream about her. He was carving an ouroboros mark into her chest, while making Edward watch. His pleas for him to stop where almost as beautiful as her shuddering cries. He had taken delight in lapping up her blood with his tongue, tasting her sweetness.
Then he realized that he actually could taste her.
And then he heard a sound that differed between a gasp and a moan.
He remembered the feeling of her underneath him now. The feeling of her soft skin on his lips was unbearable. And her smell had engulfed his senses, inflaming him against his will. He hated the feeling that moved through him, heating him up with pleasure and sent delightful shivers down his spine. Envy was even more shocked when his body...Reacted the way it did.
He shook his head and focused on running.
He was pissed.
How dare she make him feel that way? She was a disgusting human. And he hated humans.
" Because I saved you!"
Her angry voice screamed off in his head and he shook it irritably.
Truth be told, Envy didn't know what to think about her having saved him. He slept so soundly, he might have not woken while he had been falling, and would be in a great deal of pain now, do to his lack of stones. But that still didn't explain what had possessed her stop him from falling. Envy had been the one to trap her here. And she was probably still pissed at him from teasing her the night before.
" So why the hell did you save me!" He asked aloud.
" Fine! Be a jerk! I don't care!"
And then she had yelled at him when he wouldn't say thank you. Envy would never say thank you to a human, and the fact that she even suggested it had insulted him, and infuriated him. Not to mention that he was stillslightly embarrassed about his body betraying him, but he had let his mind slip as well. Envy found that he liked the idea of having her body under his. It had felt...Nice.
And that sound she had made had been one of the causes of his intimate reaction.
He could hear it now, coming out of her lips. He imagined her face when she had let it slip through them. Heat began to rise up in forbidden places and he shook his head again.
What the hell are you thinking Envy? He screamed through his head.
You know what you where thinking...
A distant voice cooed into his mind, answering him.
The voice brought up the memory of her in that white lingerie. The way her curvy sides dipped into it and how she had spun her hips playfully, without realized her power over his body.
He shook his head and imagined carving her up. How her mewls turned into screams. This stopped the warm feelings, and brought in his sick delight.
He emerged from the tower and scanned the wreckage for that blasted girl.
" Where the hell is she?" He mumbled and looked around.
" Having trouble, Envy?"
He jolted, slightly surprised to have Lust suddenly standing next to him. She was currently in her Solaris disguise. Envy hated when she looked down at him like that, trying to make him feel inferior.
He placed a hand on his hip and smiled coolly at her.
" Not in the slightest Lust." He yawned and stretched.
She narrowed her eyes at him, and then began inspecting her nails. Her hand was glove less, which was strange. He was used to seeing her hands in her long, black gloves. To see her look so normal was also weird. He took in her pants and turtle neck lightly. The garments weren't like Lust at all. He snickered.
Not revealing enough.
" Just so you know, Master had me let loose a few chimera's to the city."
Envy didn't let his surprise show. She was still inspecting her nails.
" Why? Was she worried about burglars or something?" He joked.
" Actually, she was afraid the girl would try and escape, or her saviors would come to rescue her. She had me free them as a..." Her fingers turned into knives, and she looked up from them to meet his gaze, " ...Precaution."
Envy flipped his hair, but scanned the area. He hadn't heard any screams yet, so that was good. He wished Lust would just leave so he could get back to finding her. Being the idiot she was, she would no doubt run into a chimera. And he couldn't let her be killed. Dante would be pissed.
" What's wrong, you seem...Nervous about something."
Envy turned back to the curvy sin to see her smirking at him.
" Only waiting for you to shut up."
Her eyes narrowed. Envy couldn't help but smile. Getting under Lust's skin was so easy. He did it without really trying. It was entertaining to him, but he didn't have time for luxuries at the moment. He had to find that idiot and slap her around a few times to teacher her a lesson. No one makes a fool of Envy and gets away with it.
" Just remember what Master said..."
He sneered, he knew where this was going.
" I know, I know. Don't harm a hair on her perfect little head. Anything else, Lust?" He snapped impatiently.
Lust glared at him, but turned and left, making her way to the exit in her human guise. Envy watched her go for a moment, and then took off into the wreckage. He hopped over fallen buildings and large boulders with ease.
" Envy!"
Envy stopped mid jump, and landed. He turned to find the little imp racing over to him.
" Hey...Where's Winry?" Wrath said as he noticed she wasn't with him.
Envy clenched and unclenched his fists. " She ran off like an idiot."
Wrath's eyes went wide.
Just as he opened his moth to speak, a bloodcurdling scream split through the silence of the city. Envy and Wrath both snapped their heads to where it had come from.
" I-is that...?" Wrath asked, pointing to the direction of the scream.
Envy took off instead of answering, heading in the direction of the scream.
Winry was starting to reconsider leaving the ungrateful sin. At least with Envy she had protection.
Her hand shook, but she held up the sharp rock she had managed to find.
What the hell is this thing?
She was staring up into the eyes of a beast that appeared to be a mixture between a snake, a dog, and a bear. It had the body of a bear, and stood on it's haunches, but it's snout resembled a dogs, while its teeth and eyes where like a snake. It's tongue flickered in and out of it's mouth at her, and she yelped in disgust.
Winry hardly noticed that one of it's arms had actually turned into a snake head, and stretched out like it had it's own mind. Seeing her, it came at her with brake neck speed. Winry defensively went to strike at the snake head with her sharp rock. She payed dearly as the snakes teeth quickly bit into her wrist with it's long, sharp fangs.
She let out a agonized scream as fire erupted through her veins.
The thing's arm ( or whatever it was now) was about to go in for the kill, she could see it in it's cold eyes.
Winry never really expected to go like this.
She had so many things she wanted to do, so many things she wanted to see!
But the first thought that hit her when she was about to die surprised her.
I've never been kissed!
She closed her eyes tightly, and stumbled back into a wall. She slid down it's surface, curling into a tight ball as she awaited the snake's teeth. Her arm and hand was pulsing now with a dull pain, and she felt extremely dizzy. She felt the thing advancing on her, and she readied herself to die.
The pain she was waiting for never came.
She thought for a moment that she had died, until a cool effeminate voice sounded in the darkness. " Hn, dumb beast."
She opened her eyes, and found herself staring at a palm tree. She blinked a few times, her vision had come blurry. She squinted, trying to make out the figure. Envy?
Yes, it was the cocky sin.
His foot was squishing the snakes head like it was a bug that had been annoying him.
" Envy?..." She mumbled.
He turned back to smirk at her momentarily, then focused back on the monster who was screaming in either pain or rage at his meal being stolen from him.
" Shut up you fool." Envy hissed at the monster, and she saw one of his arms turn into a sword.
She had an extreame case of deja vu...Where had she seen that move before?
Envy gracefully jumped high into the air, turning on his side and spinning gracefully. The snakes head was released and back with a vengeance. It went after it's new target, only to have it's head sliced off. It came crashing down and fell near Winry. She yelped and scooted away as it's blood pooled dangerously close to her.
Envy's manic laughter brought her stare from the severed head, and she looked up in amazement at her savior. He was running very quickly at the beast, his arm poised in the air like a spear. The beast was shrieking and looking down at the spot where it's hand had been, it's arm having returned to normal. It's blood was squirting all over, and Winry felt like she might get sick.
She wouldn't have seen it's other hand/head creep up beside her if it's breath hadn't stirred her hair. It's jaws opened in anticipation, and Winry yelped, moving away quickly as it bit down into the spot she had been in. This head was bigger than the other!
" Oh no you don't!" she heard Envy grunt.
The snake was suddenly pulled back, and she looked to see Envy pulling on it's long body with his hand like a rope. A sick smile was twisted on his face as he pulled sharply. The head tried to slither away, but was no match for Envy's strength. He pulled the thing toward him and severed off it's head, moving clean through it like it was butter. He turned his attention back to the beast.
With both of it's hands cut off, the beast lunged towards Envy with his head, which grew out like his arms had, forming into a snake. It's mouth was open wide, dripping with venom, and Winry was about to close her eyes, expecting the worst, when Envy grabbed onto it's jaws with both hands. He braced himself, leaning into the head by bending his knees and pushing it back. Winry knew that thing was strong, and saw Envy's shoulder's where shaking. His body was pushed back as the monsters head moved forward, it's jaws struggling to brake free from Envy's slightly trembling hands.
She had to do something.
Winry got up despite her dizziness and blurring vision. She stood, leaning against the wall.
But what could she do?
She stared down at the sharp rock she still held in her hand. With determination, she tightened her grip. She looked up, and saw the thing's red eyes where locked onto Envy, who was struggling to keep it at bay.
Without hesitation, Winry brought the point down to her arm.
" Hey! Over here ugly! I'm much more tasty!" she called.
The creatures eyes shifted to her.
She stabbed the point into her arm, wincing slightly as her blood came dripping out of the deep gash. She already felt light headed from the loss.
As if it could smell her blood, the creatures eyes grew wide with hunger. It instantly backed away from Envy, who snapped his head back to look at her. His amethyst eyes grew wide with horror and surprise. " Idiot!" He screamed.
She smirked and slowly fell to her knees. The blood loss from the cut and the snake bite was finally taking affect. She felt her eyes start to close. When they did, her body began to slip down towards the ground. She was surrounded by a warm darkness, which hugged around her, accepting her into it's arms.
She saw her mother and father through the darkness.
They where smiling and waving at her.
She saw Trisha.
And a boy.
He was tall, and looked a lot like Edwards father. At least, what she remember of him.
And he smiled at her, and his golden eyes sparkled.
" Oh no your not you stupid human! Your not dying on me!"
She heard loud roars before she finally succumbed to the darkness that surrounded her. She smiled at the boy who was still grinning at her. She felt like she knew that grin.
" Sorry..." She whispered.