Dear Reader,
Whoa dudes, sorry not to update sooner. A) my NeNe ( grandmother from hell) keeps yelling at me about lack of sleep and B) This chapter was a tuffy! I really had to focus when I was writing it. You see, I have the whole story outline in my head, it's just kind of hard to make everything come together. This chapter is kinda the downfall of the story, where everything kinda comes together and Dante's evil plan is revealed! Bwahahaha and Envy comes to terms with his true feeling for his little mechanic. Ya, This chapter is long. SUCK IT! Oh, and I'de like to personally thank HikaruBestFriend for sending me such good advice! And I just saw that I got another review! Thanks Meh! I love you both! AHHHHH! Please enjoy my long ass chapter.
- Ramona F.
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Revealed
Envy sat on the tree branch, staring up into the moon with a blank expression.
He was thinking of his moments with Winry only an hour ago.
Envy smiled.
Because he was full of a joy he had never felt before.
Winry had proven to him that she wasn't disgusted with him. This didn't exactly ease all of his worries. He still thought he was corrupting her. He could feel it now, even as he knew she slept. Her dreams where being filled with his wicked desires, but he couldn't help himself from smiling. He was just so damned happy. He felt like he shouldn't be.
Winry had pleaded with him to stay, but he knew those approaching footsteps.
Dante.
The old hag had made it clear to him that she suspected him and Winry. Remembering the way she had run her hands up and down his chest made Envy's stomach twist. Why had she been acting like that? It confused him to no end, and sickened him immensely.
Envy tried to stretched out on the tree limb, keeping his balance perfectly as he arched his back and yawned. A normal person would have fallen, and Envy was, for once happy, to be a homunculus.
He stared up at the moon once again.
" Please don't leave."
He could feel her in his hands. Her warmth. He could taste her on him, could smell her on his clothes. He brought his hands to his face and sniffed them. Envy sighed with delight and leaned his head back. He fondly remembered the way her body had felt under his. It was better than he had imagined.
His eyes opened as he heard a twig snap from bellow him. He looked down to find Gluttony staring up at him. Envy scowled at the fat lard. " What are you doing out here?"
" Something wrong with Lust. Lust angry." The fat man said and he frowned.
" Ya, so?" Envy sneered, not really giving a damn about the busty sin.
She can cry all she wants to, I still don't give a damn.
" You did it." He pointed up at him.
Envy couldn't help but laugh at the fat man. He wasn't only Lust's lap dog, but her guard dog as well. Envy shook with his laughter, and fell from the tree. He spun mid air and landed silently on his feet. He placed a hand on his hip and flipped his hair carelessly. He was without his headband, and felt slightly bare. Yet he recalled when Winry took it off in their passion and felt heat go through him. A whimpering brought his attention back to the fat man looking up at him with large eyes.
" I did, did I?" he asked, raising an eyebrow and pulling his lips into a grin.
The fat man nodded his head, his fat cheeks bouncing.
Envy sighed, " Now Gluttony. Where would you get such an idea?"
Gluttony's face was full of determination. " She say so."
Envy was silent as he inspected his nails.
" She also say you need leave Winry alone."
Envy's eyes shot up from his inspection, and he glared down at the obese sin. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists so tightly, his knuckles cracked. He hated the way the man had of speaking, and he really hated the way he said Winry's name. Like she was food. He also didn't like his statement, because he knew it was true.
Even thought half of him still screamed in denial, and argued that she had in fact kissed him. She had asked him not to leave her. She had looked up at him with those damned beautiful eyes that had begged him to take her.
But it was those damned beautiful eyes that proved him wrong.
Envy was ruining her. Destroying everything that was pure about her.
And he was being so selfish in pursuing her.
But the way she had looked up at him with those eyes...Those smiling eyes...He loved how they held no fear. No remorse for what they where doing. They had been filled with an almost love. And in due time, he hopes that she would actually start to...
Even if she does, it can't be. Your a monster.
Envy closed his eyes and growled at the voice. But instead of ignoring it, he decided to argue back. Even if he felt insane in doing so.
Winry said she thought there was good in me, he retorted.
He heard the voice laugh. It was a whispering sound that sent chills down his spine, but it was still a laugh. Yes, but that doesn't make it true.
Envy was still for a moment. He hadn't really considered that.
Do you really think that you of all beings can be good?
His throat got thick.
That you can't kill? Can't find harmony in causing someone pain?
When Envy didn't answer he thought the voice had left. But from far away in his mind it called, almost as if it where leaving.
Leave her.
" Why should I?" He hissed aloud, speaking to that damned voice.
Gluttony looked up at him, thinking he had been asked the question.
" Winry good. Envy bad. Lust say so."
He couldn't help the feeling of falling that swept over him.
Envy wouldn't hear it.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, willing the oaf to shut up.
" Lust says leave her."
Envy guessed that the same fate that had sent the Elric to the exact same train station had put the words through the pigs lips. He found the dark humor to be quite bothersome.
To release his anger, he couldn't stop himself from rushing the chattering man. He raged forward in a blind fury, grabbing Gluttony by his shirt and running him into the closest tree. He held him up over his head and raised his free arm back, turning it into a deadly blade. He held it close, next to his face, a nicked himself. He turned his predatory glare on the trembling sin.
" Now you listen here you sack of fat. She's mine. Do you understand? And no one is going to tell me what to do with her. You tell your Lust to go and mind her own fucking business."
The fat sin whimpered and closed his eyes.
" Understand?" Envy snarled.
Gluttony vigorously nodded, his cheeks bouncing with the force. Envy dropped him and kicked him once. Gluttony let out a small cry of pain and stood. He ran as fast as his fat legs could carry him, and disappeared the way he had come. Envy watched him go, but his mind was in a far away place.
The nerve of Lust.
Sending her little dog to deliver her forebodings.
Envy bared his teeth and in his anger, cut at the tree he had pinned Gluttony to. He sliced through the thick bark, splintering chunks over the forest floor like blood. He continued to cut and cut, until his eyes began to sting and he was sure if he continued, he would slice through the thing.
Could he really not have her?
This one thing he wanted so badly?
Wanted even more than to kill Edward? Or Hohenhiem?
Envy stopped and let his arm turn back to normal.
He stared at his hands for a long time. He thought about everything he had done with them over the past four hundred years. Nothing gentle, or caring ever came from them. Only when he was with Winry. He had been rather delicate with her. But he knew it would be a struggle. It had been almost painful for him not to use his full strength. Like holding onto something without using your fingers. Impossible. Envy couldn't hold back a choked laugh. Everything about him and Winry was impossible.
But Envy always liked a challenge...
Envy stared back at the house. He could just make it out through the trees, could still see her open window.
That foolish girl!
Anything could come through that opened window.
Envy found his assumptions rather alarming and tried to reason with himself. They where out in the middle of know where. The possibility of anything crawling through her opened window and hurting her was not likely. Envy snickered. The person that could do the most harm to her was him. But he still couldn't shake off the uneasiness her felt by seeing it open..
He hadn't even realized he had been standing before the house until he almost walked into that damned rose bush. He stepped on a thorn and cussed. Envy stood still for a few minutes, debating what to do.
Dante was long gone by now...But she might still be lingering around...
" Fuck it." He snapped.
He jumped up to her window with ease.
She was in only her white panties, and was laying on her side. One of her legs was drawn to her stomach and she pillowed her cheek with her hands. She had a beautiful smile on her pink lips.
Envy found himself slinking over to her bed. He was quiet as a shadow, and fell onto her bed softly. She didn't awaken as he wrapped her up in his arms, and she unconsciously snuggled into him. She buried her face into him and spread both of her hands out on his chest. He shivered at how cold she was, and drew the blankets over them both. He rubbed his hands down her arms, trying to warm her.
It dawned on him that he wouldn't have done this a few weeks ago.
He would have killed her first. He would have enjoyed it to. But now the thought made Envy feel almost ass sick as he had when Dante had touched him with her cold hands. He shivered as he recalled her clammy skin. She was like a dead person. Well, he thought, technically her body was dead.
" Envy..." She sighed in her sleep and smiled.
Envy was shocked to hear her say his name, but smiled a smug smile. He felt a but of triumph, and for some reason felt like he had won something.
He kissed the top of her head, inhaling her. He rested his cheek on the crown of her head.
Envy let his mind run wild with thoughts of what couldn't have happened if that bitch Dante hadn't been walking down the hall, spying on them. He knew it was her. He could sense it. He still didn't understand why she had come in the first place, and how she knew which room they where in.
Unless she had been watching.
Envy got a sick feeling in his stomach at the idea of Dante watching he and Winry.
His thoughts where thrown aside when Winry began rubbing her fingers on his chest slowly. She was still asleep, and was blushing. Envy smiled darkly. She had been saying his name before...
Her face suddenly turned into a scowl and Envy frowned.
" Edward...Stop..."
Envy bared his teeth.
Even in her dreams she couldn't get away from the stupid Fullmetal Alchemist.
" Stop...Fighting...You two...Get along...!" She frantically whispered.
Envy froze.
She was dreaming about him and Edward fighting.
And was trying to stop them.
Saying that they should get along.
Get along?
The thought brought a dark smile to his face.
Never.
Her eyebrows pulled together and a tear rolled down her cheek. Envy's angered subsided and turned to confusion.
" Ow...That hurts...Dante..."
Envy growled at narrowed his eyes. It sounded like Dante was harming her. He watched as her face twisted in pain. He would have been delighted in this a month ago, but now he just felt a pang of pain and panic run through him. He felt like he should do something, but he slightly wanted to hear what else she had to say.
" Envy...Please...Help me..." she cried out, " Envy!"
Envy held her close as she shuddered. He buried his face in her hair.
" Shhh it's alright.." he said absently as he ran his hands through her golden hair, which slipped like silk in between his long fingers. He felt completely lost.
Because even as she slept, he caused her nothing but pain.
Winry stared down at her cup of tea absently. She felt like she hadn't slept in a week, and the lights in the kitchen where too bright for her sleep deprived eyes. She guessed she might look hung over. She had never been drunk, but she felt like she had been hit with a ton of bricks!
It's not that she hadn't slept, she had. But it had been her dream. The same dream she had been having every single night since her first night at the summer home.
She shivered at the memory.
" Cold?"
Winry jumped a bit, being brought from her thoughts. Envy was intently staring. He was seated opposite from her at the kitchen table, and had his elbows pressed to the surface and his fingers laced. His chin rested against his fingers, and Winry couldn't deny the fact that he looked very sexy to her right now.
She was happy to find him holding her in his arms every morning. He always would sneak in after she went to bed. Winry was a little disappointed they didn't get any further than they had the first night, but she was also glad. She was still really nervous, and she wanted so badly to please him. Winry was a little shocked she had been so willing to him that first night. She had been a little beside herself.
" Winry, your perfect. I wouldn't want you any other way. Your beautiful..."
No one had ever called her beautiful before! Except her mom, dad and grandmother. But Winry didn't really think that counted much. They where family. Not even Edward or Alphonse...Heck, she was lucky if Edward even noticed her.
Envy certainty noticed her.
She flushed at the thought of him kissing her that morning after she had woken him up.
Aside from intimacy, she did enjoy just speaking to Envy. He was so... interesting. She found his out look on life to be a bit sad, but she believed that was just because he was raised to hate. But Envy had been all over the world! He had such an exciting life, hers felt so lame in comparison. But it seemed to intrigued him. He liked to hear her talk about her work, and her parents before they passed. The only thing he enjoy was hearing about the Elric's. Mainly Edward...Which she didn't understand. She didn't even know they had met, but Envy had made it seem like they had before...He seemed to tense up at the sound of his name, and get this far away look he always got when he thought deeply about something.
After being with him for almost a month now, she was noticing things about him she hadn't before. Ticks and habits. For example, how soundly he slept. It was trying to wake up the dead! When she had told him this he had laughed bitterly, and had said " I am dead."
Winry looked over at him and saw he was taking a big bite out of toast, getting a little jelly and crumbs on his face. He was even cuter than Wrath!
She still remembered trying to wake him up, and giggled.
He had been so cute, she almost hadn't let herself do it. He had been snoring softly, and the feeling had vibrated through him and almost lulled her to sleep. His mouth was hanging opened and he would get smiles on his face. He looked so different while he slept. Not mean or menacing. But normal. Winry had almost molded herself back into his warm side... But she wouldn't let herself go back to bed. She would dream again...
" No, I'm fine." She said, before her memories could resurface.
" You look tired Winry." Wrath said.
Winry turned her attention to the little sin who always sat beside her. Currently, he was gobbling his breakfast. She smiled, because he was just as cute as could be! He had jelly on his cheeks, which where crammed with food like as little chipmunk. He stared at her with large purple eyes and smiled through his breakfast filled mouth, revealing his sharp teeth. A little while ago this would have scared her, but now she just smiled back.
" Swallow Wrath, you might choke!" Envy snapped.
Winry blinked in surprise.
Envy had never, ever said something that sounded so sincere to the little boy. Well, he had barked it at him. But Winry guessed that was about as kind as he could get.
Her heart swelled and she smiled at Envy, who saw her smile and gave her a confused look. But not before he blushed.
Winry was so proud of him. He had changed so much since they had met! She was sure that Dante was wrong about homunculus. Sure, they weren't human, but they had souls and hearts just like everyone else. She believed in them.
" Elbows off the table Envy!" Sloth snapped.
Envy just gave her a glare and didn't move his elbows.
" That's such an old custom." He rolled his eyes.
Just like Edward, Winry smiled and shook her head.
Images of her dream assaulted her.
Edward looked at her with sorrow filled golden eyes, his face a mask of pain...Envy reaching out for her...Envy and Edward fighting...
Winry shook her head. She didn't want to think about it.
" Something wrong, dear?"
Winry realized her eyes had been closed tightly and she was clutching her mug rather tight. She opened them and found Sloth, Envy, and Wrath giving her odd expressions. She held up her hands and began to nervously laugh, " I'm fine! Just going crazy!"
Envy narrowed his eyes at her and she felt herself blush with embarrassment.
" Mommy, is there any cold milk? I hate warm milk..." Wrath grumbled and help up his glass.
" Brat..." Envy murmured and gave Wrath a wicked grin.
" I'm sorry dear, but the fridge is broken."
Winry brightened up. That's just what she needed! Something to distract her from that pesky dream. Plus her hands itched to be on some tools. She hadn't built anything in so long she thought she might burst! " Do you have a tool set?" She asked.
Her question puzzled the humunculie, who stared at her like she actually was going crazy.
She sighed and pointed to herself. " Automail mechanic. I can fix the fridge."
Envy's eyes brightened and he looked up at Sloth.
" Yes, she can probably fix it. She built Fullmetal his arm."
Sloth looked down at her with a surprised expression. " You?"
Winry frowned and pushed her chair back. She placed her hands on her hips and looked up at the rather tall woman. " Yes, me! I'm the best automail mechanic around!"
Envy snickered and stood. He stretched and looked over at Wrath.
" Go find a tool box imp. I wanna see this."
She frowned at the amusement in his eyes. He really thought she couldn't do it?
Wrath wined -probably because he always had to go get things- pushed his chair back and fled the room in a hurry. He was probably excited to see Winry fix it as much as the others she guessed. Which was strange, because she was just going to fix a broken fridge.
She rolled her eyes. They where all so strange.
Then she realized that someone was missing, aside form her usual companion.
" Where's Lust? And Gluttony?"
Usually the big man stared at her during meals in hopes for secret snacks. She was a little disappointed he wasn't there. And she hadn't seen Lust since...Since she had been there.
Envy rolled his eyes, and Sloth looked a little worried.
" She hasn't come out of her room since we've arrived...she's very upset." She shot Envy a look that Winry couldn't help but catch. He seemed to smile widely at this.
What has he done now?
Before she could ask more, Wrath appeared with a tool box, and a large grin on his jelly covered face.
Once seeing the tool box, Winry's heart sped up. She grabbed it out of the child's hands and startled him a bit. She opened the lid and almost cried when she saw a box of shimmering tools. She picked up a wrench. This is heaven, she thought to herself.
" Um...?"
Envy's voice broke through her rapture, and she blushed when she saw the look he was giving her. Now she probably seemed even more crazy.
" Are you alright?" Sloth asked.
She blushed and sweat dropped along with everyone else in the room.
She laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head.
" Ya, I just love tools! Especially nice models like these..."
Winry doubted they could understand her love for mechanics. Not even Edward of Al did. Countless times Edward had called her "Weirdo"...Which she hated.
The others continued to stare, until Envy burst out with his hard laughter she remembered hearing from him when Winry had tickled him. She narrowed her eyes and pointed a wrench at him. " Cut it out Envy!" she blushed in her anger but he didn't notice. His eyes where closed with his glee. He pointed a finger at her.
" Your...So Weird..." he said in between laughing fits.
She whacked him over the head with the wrench.
Which felt so good.
" What the hell was that for!" he cried, sitting on the ground and holding his head.
" Don't call me weird! And I can fix anything!" She barked at him then, in a huff of her own anger, marched into the kitchen. She spotted the fridge, and how all of it's contents where strewn about.
She glared at the large rectangle like it was her enemy, and there was a glint to her eye as she held up her wrench. " Your going down Mr. Fridge!"
Winry inspected it, but decided she needed to move it away from the wall. She shoved her shirt sleeves up with determination and tried to push it. Despite her efforts, it didn't even move. She glared at the stupid thing and kicked it.
" Need some help?"
She yelped in surprise to find Envy leaning against it the fridge, arms crossed and a pleased grin on his handsome face.
She wanted to wipe that damned grin off his face.
You are too much like Edward.
" No! I can manage all by myself." she said as she placed both hands on her hips.
He rolled his eyes and sighed heavily. " I don't know why I put up with you humans. Your so stubborn." He looked back down at her and his eyes became dark. " But of coarse, that's why I like you."
She smacked him over the head as he made an advance to kiss her.
" What the hell Winry!" He screamed, a knot forming on top of her other one. from her last. He covered up the spot with both hands and bared his teeth at her.
Envy reacted the exact same way as Edward did.
" I'm still mad at you for calling me weird!"
He made a frustrated sound and pulled at the ends of his long hair.
" You human woman are so fickle! Ugh!"
" Ya, well get used to it, palm tree!"
His agitation grew even more when she called him his hated nickname.
" Don't call me that!"
" I'll call you what ever I like! Palm tree!"
" Whatever! Now I'm not going to help you!"
" Fine!"
" Fine!"
They had both moved so close to each other that their noses where touching. Static sparked between their eyes, and Envy moved away, putting his nose high into the air and putting one hand on his hip. He walked over to the counter top and jumped on it. Crossing his legs ( The woman way, Winry noted) He folded his arms over his chest and gave her an expectant look.
" Well? Go ahead! Move the damned thing!"
She gave him a look before turning around.
And then sweat dropping because she actually did need his help.
She sighed and looked up to the ceiling.
Sometimes Winry, why do you have to be so proud?
With a determined look, she prodded the fridge. There was a space between it and the wall...An idea sparked in her mind and she grinned ear to ear. Wedging herself between the wall and the fridge ( Which was pretty narrow and absolutely filthy) She used the wall as leverage to push the stupid hunk of junk forward. After a moment of grunting, it finally moved enough so she could raise a leg and push from there. She jumped with glee when the fridge was successfully away from the wall, and she gave Envy- who was staring with his mouth open- a cheeky grin.
" Ha! I told you I could do it!"
He narrowed his eyes, but smirked. " Yes, but now can you fix it?"
Winry gave him a confident smirk and twirled her wrench. between her fingers.
" No problem."
Envy watched with an amused smirk as Winry took apart the back of the broken ice box. Nuts and bots shot out all around her, and she was covered in dust. But, unlike other girls, she didn't care. She had a determined look on her gorgeous face that Envy couldn't look away from.
He had never been so happy before in his life. The past few weeks with her had...Changed him. He could feel it. When he was with her, he didn't feel angry or confused. Envy felt like he could do anything. Well, he had always felt like he could do anything, but even more so when with Winry.
Envy was a little upset they couldn't do anything more than kiss or fool around. He wanted to take it to the next level. But in the dead of night, he could feel Dante's eyes on them from some hidden place. He didn't know why, but he felt like wherever he went, she was watching.
And Envy defiantly did not like that feeling.
Winry pulled out something big, and it sent a tube swirling around her like a snake. She grabbed hold of it and stuffed it back to wherever it came from. Envy snickered.
He liked everything about Winry. Her laugh, her smile, her life. It was so normal. So human. He didn't even mind hearing about Fullmetal or the trash can ( to a certain extent) and found their childhood blunders to be quite entertaining. But when she would speak about Edward...envy couldn't help but notice a far away look in her eyes and a longing that been around her whole life. Her eyes sparkled when she said his name, and her cheeks flushed beautifully. It made Envy sick. He knew that if he let her go, Edward would just move on in and take her from him.
I'll never let that happen.
" Wow Winry, do you really know how to fix it? It's in pieces." Sloth said and bent down beside Winry to inspect what she was doing. Her eyes where wide with enchantment and she had a smile on her lips.
Envy couldn't get over how much she had changed. She hardly resembled the old Sloth at all, who's eyes where cold and was deadly quiet with her slow movements. She had been like a cold stream, flowing slowly. Now she was like the ocean. Warm and rushing, stretching out for all the eye could see. Envy was reminded off that damned woman that took his father away...He knew he should have been angry. But Sloth filled a void for him he had wanted Dante to fill. He had been envious of the Elric brothers and their perfect mother, and now he felt like he had one.
Envy couldn't contain an evil grin.
First I take his girl, and now I have his mother.
He was getting back at that damned pipsqueak and he didn't even know it.
" Winry, where'd you learn to fix stuff?" Wrath asked, getting his face close to something she was tightening with her wrench.
Envy couldn't help but smile at the imp. He was growing on him.
" Oh, from my grandma. I've been learning since I was really little, and it just sorta comes naturally to me I guess. I never make mistakes-" she laughs suddenly and gets that far away look, "- Except this one time I forgot to put a screw in Edwards arm. I was so worried it would break!"
Envy's jaw clenched and he made his hands into fists.
Damn that alchemist.
" Envy."
Unexpectedly, Dante was standing in the door way to the kitchen.
Winry stopped her tinkering and looked up, while Sloth stiffened and Envy saw her take a slight step in front of the mechanic. Wrath did this also, as if protecting her unconsciously. Envy kept his seat, but his eyes turned steely. It wasn't like the bitch to leave her room. She hardly ever conversed with her beloved creatures, other than to tell them what to do. Envy knew this wasn't a social visit.
" Dante." His tried to keep his tone neutral, but he couldn't help but snarl the name.
A chill seemed to fill that air as she turned her frosty gaze on the fridge, and the blond girl shyly sitting behind it, covered in dust.
" What are you doing?" She asked her in a cool voice.
Envy couldn't help but get a tingle up his spine. It was like she was throwing daggers at her.
" U-um, just fixing the fridge. It's broken." Winry sheepishly said, gesturing to her tools.
Dante's eyes narrowed, and she suddenly locked eyes with Sloth, and then Wrath.
Wrath looked a little nervous, but his eyes tightened with concentration. Envy marveled at how strong he had seemed to become. And felt proud. He was becoming more like Envy every day.
" is there something you would like, Master?" Sloth asked, using her old cool tone.
Envy noticed, that in front of Dante, Sloth tried to conceal her new found personality. It made Envy sick. She couldn't even be who she was around the witch.
He tried to bite back his rage. He jumped off the counter top and stretched. But he never kept his eyes off the cold corpse. She stood perfectly still in the threshold, and looked into Sloth's eyes for a while, before she shifted her gaze between them at Winry.
" I would like to speak to Winry."
Envy stiffened.
He knew this couldn't be good.
Sloth seemed to sense this as well, and couldn't mask her surprise. Her eyes widened for a second. Dante seemed to notice, and a smile came on her face.
" Is something wrong, Sloth?"
Sloth's eyes became calm again, and she bowed slightly. " No Master."
Envy never took his eyes off of Dante as Winry got up and dusted herself off. Dante never kept her dead gaze off of Winry as she walked to her, and stopped before her.
When they left, Envy went to follow, but was stopped in the door way by Dante.
She locked eyes with him, and he had a feeling of falling.
" I would like to speak to Ms. Rockbell alone, Envy."
He gritted his teeth.
Dante didn't wait for a reply as she turned on her heals, her hair swinging around along with her flowing skirts. Envy watched her go, but not before shifting his gaze to Winry, who stood behind a moment.
Her blue eyes held slight traces of fear he was sure he held in his own eyes. He dare not speak to her, but he tried to send her mental signals that everything would be fine. She smiled slightly, and nodded, seeming to get his telepathy, and turned. He watched their retreating figures until they where gone.
This was not good.
Envy returned to the kitchen and paced back and forth.
" What the hell could she want to speak to her about?" He hissed.
" I don't know..." Sloth said, looking more solemn then she had ever been.
" Damn it!" Envy raged.
He felt more lost then he ever had. When Hohenhiem left, he didn't know what to do. And then slowly, his misery had turned to rage and hate. He had been so lost, and helpless for a long time, until; he had eventually grown cold and had turned into the man he was today. But now...He felt like he was back in that place. He couldn't do anything to help Winry. And he didn't even know if she was in danger or not.
He shook his head.
She's with Dante. Of coarse she's in danger.
" But what could she want from Winry?" He asked aloud.
" Information on Edward?" sloth guessed.
Envy shook his head. " No, she has enough of that from Pride."
" Maybe she's using her as a way to get to Edward." Wrath added.
Envy considered this. But he had been watching her instructions to Pride. And there really wasn't anything pressing happening of late. They where at a stand still. Edward was ready to make his Philosopher's stone yet, so she wouldn't need Winry until much later. So why now? Why keep her with them for so long? Did Dante even know she would have such a strong affect on them?
" I don't know what that bitch had planned..." He murmured.
He clenched and unclenched his fists.
" Isn't it obvious?"
Envy whirled around and saw Lust standing in the door way. She had a black shah over her head like a hood, and was covering herself. She looked deadly serious, and there wasn't a hint of amusement of her lovely face. " I thought you would have seen it by now Envy. Your so keen after all."
Envy rushed her and grabbed her by her shah. Her face stayed completely the same and she stared at him directly in the eyes.
" Tell me what you know Lust!" He hissed.
" Guess. I'd love to hear you try." Now she smiled, and it was cold.
Envy stared at her in the eyes, and noticed something was different about her. He released her and stepped back, examining her. A bitter smile played on his lips when he noticed what was so different.
" when did she give them to you Lust?"
Her bravado changed, and she smirked coolly.
" Give her what?" Wrath asked.
Envy raised his hand and pointed at the smiling sin.
" Dante must have given you red stones."
He could tell by her eyes and her attitude. She had shown so much protectiveness over Winry. To be acting this bitter now...It only made her assumptions correct about the Philosophers stones.
Envy had always guessed that Dante was controlling them with the philosophers stones. And that was it. He thought they didn't make him any different from how he naturally – or unnaturally- was. From eating the red stones at "birth" nonstop, and never going off of them for more than a month, Envy had never realized the changes. Sure, he would feel a decrease in power. But his head was suddenly clear. He no longer imagined destruction or slaughtering for fun. Envy now knew that Dante could also alter their emotions through the delicious drugs.
He figured that Dante must have been seeing the changed in them, and had fed Lust the stones because of her anger for him. But why Lust allowed Dante to feed them to her, he had no idea.
" Why Lust? Why did you let her?" His voice was soft, and caught every ones attention.
" Because I don't care anymore. You said so yourself. I'll never be human. Dante is just using us to make a new Philosopher's stone for her own gain. And my purpose as a homunculus is to help her." She said this calmly, but he could see the hate storming behind her eyes.
" She...She can't make us human?"
Envy stiffened and found Sloth's eyes wide.
Envy shook his head.
" Nope. She's been using us as her pawns. She's just too cowardly to do anything herself."
Wrath bared his sharp teeth and slammed his hand into the fridge. It teetered back and forth.
Envy turned his attention back to Lust, who was smiling as she had a long time ago. Before Winry. Sinister.
" You used to be so strong Lust. So strong willed...Now look at you. She's got you under her thumb." he said in disgust.
She let out a cold laugh. " I'm no different from the rest of you."
Envy stared into her cold eyes and asked, " Don't you care what happens to Winry?"
She smiled darkly, " I thought you said you didn't care about humans. So why should I?"
Envy regretted using those words. He remembered exactly when he had said them. On that damned train. He looked at her with a soft expression turned to determination. He had seen Edward dawn the look when he was doing something selfless, he thought he'd try it.
" I care for her."
He felt as if something had been released form him. A cage opening in his chest, letting loose something. He knew exactly what it was..." I love her." He whispered.
Lust must have heard this, because her entire demeanor changed. She was her old self again.
" Finally, he admits it." She smirks.
Envy couldn't help but drop his mouth and point at her.
" What! You tricked me!"
" what? I'm confused." Wrath whined.
" So am I." Sloth agreed.
Lust turned to them and smiled. " I was trying to prove a point. Envy didn't truly understand how Dante controls us with the stones-"
" So she pretended to act like her old self to help me see the light." Envy finished.
" So...Can Dante really not make us human?" S,loth asked.
Lust's face turned sad for a moment. " No. She can't."
It was quiet for a moment before Wrath finally spoke.
" You know...I already feel human as it is."
His fellow humunculie all stared at him.
" Ever since Winry showed up...Every day I feel more and more relaxed. I'm not..Angry anymore." he looked up and met all of their eyes, " I feel like I do have a soul. And a heart. I feel like I am a human. And I don't think I ever was anything else. And I know that now, because of Winry."
Envy had to give it to the kid. He had grown up.
And Envy agreed with him.
" What's she planning to do with Winry, Lust?"
Lust's face became grim. " I thought you would have seen it by now...Dante needs Edward to make her a Philosophers Stone. She's going to try and persuade him, and probably make him her new lover.."
" I wouldn't doubt it." Envy said, remembering how she had tried to chamber him.
Lust locked eyes with Envy, trying to tell her something.
And then everything made sense. It all just clicked together.
" No..." He whispered, but hardly made a sound.
He felt his knees buckle beneath him, and suddenly he was on his knees. He should have felt weak. Should have stood. But he couldn't find the strength.
Sloth gasped. " She can't!"
Envy gritted his teeth. He had never felt like this before. Never felt the anger ans anguish bubbling up inside his throat. He didn't have the need to take the woman's head and crush it beneath his hands. He wanted to tear her to pierced and then burn her so there would be nothing left. He wanted to take what was left of her soul and destroy that as well, so there would be nothing left. He didn't care what happened to him. Didn't care if he really did need those stones to survive.
Nothing mattered if Winry died.
He felt ten times heavier as realization hit.
Envy quickly stood on his feet. He set his determined gaze of Lust, who seemed to read his mind. He nodded to her, then turned to the others." I'm going to need all of your help in this."
Wrath nodded. " I'll do anything to help Winry."
Sloth smiled, " Count me in."
For once, Envy felt whole. A dark smile spread across his face, and he cracked his knuckles.
" I'm going to enjoy this."
Ya, so I hope that was good. There wasn't any good Envy and Winry love action ( like lemons) but I can't do those every five minutes! And if your wondering again, yes there is a Edward, Winry, Envy love triangle. Sorry folks, but I also find Edward to be VERY hot and he's such a sweetie. I had to give him a little Winry lov'in. DON'T STOP READING JUST BECAUSE I SAID THAT! It's all going to come together my friends. You'll see!