The Homunculi Games

The Palm Tree Is Finally Mentioned Again

Father rubbed his forehead. It had only been a few days and three of his children were already gone. Gluttony, Sloth, and surprisingly Pride. That was a surprise. Who was left? Wrath, Lust, Envy, and who was the fourth one? Hmm...Oh yeah. Greed. Father was always forgetting about him.

Wrath, Lust, Envy, and Greed. Who should he pair up next? Well, Envy hadn't played the game yet. Perhaps it was time to throw him back in the mix. Fine, then.

Envy tried to swallow, but his mouth and saliva was so dry, all it did was make his throat hurt. He had been wandering the desert for days without any sign of the other homunculi. Why did Father put him here?? Of all the unforgivable, hellish things that Father had ever done, this was by far the worst.

He had probably died from heat stroke, dehydration, and other things multiple times by now.

He had heard (by some weird mental message from Father) that Gluttony, Sloth, and even Pride was gone already. That must mean that Wrath has some skill.

Envy growled, bringing his hands to his neck. That's when he spotted a cluster of palm trees up ahead. That meant....WATER.

Envy changed into a dog to move there faster and sprinted over to the trees. He drank from a small pool of water rapidly, savoring every drop. It was so good...he completely submerged himself, enjoying the coolness. The water was so clear, and refreshing, and red, and-

Red?

The pool was glowing red. Envy peered down into the water and saw the faint outlines of a transmutation circle. The water suddenly sucked him in.

"WHAT THE HELL-" Envy yelled as he was dragged in, choked out by the fast moving water.

Lust wandered through Rush Valley. There was nothing else for her to do. She peered through the windows at the metal limbs shown on display. God, these were so unattractive. Why everyone was so obsessed with these things, she had no idea. Bored, Lust went back to her hideout on a cliff. She had discovered a large cavern there, and that was where she had taken refuge.

But as she approached her cliff, she spotted a confused-looking, dripping wet homunculus.

"Envy." Her lip curled. "I was wondering when you were going to show."

"Hey Lusty-wusty." Envy shook himself off, combing through his long hair with his fingers. "What's new?"

"God, you're so vain. Even more than me. Well, then..." Lust took a swipe at Envy. "I'm waiting."

Envy smirked. "Heard you got rid of Gluttony. That must have been something."

Lust narrowed her eyes. "Shut up Envy."

Envy lunged at her. Lust was ready and she dodged him. He changed his arm into a snake and wrapped it around her neck, injecting her with venom as well. Lust pursed her lips, and cut off the snake's head, as her poisoned blood trickled out of her.

She speared at Envy's head, managing to cut off some hairs. Envy growled in anger and started to physically fight her, dodging her fingers.

She managed to get him in the leg, and Envy cried out in pain.

He darted away deeper inside the cavern. Lust bit her lip, not quite sure what he was planning. She walked over to where Envy had ran. Gluttony stared up at her, Lust scoffed, leaning back. "That's not going to work Envy." 

"Oh yeah?" Envy suddenly transformed back, changing his arm into a sword and stabbing it right into the center of Lust's chest.

Lust laughed coldly. "Men shouldn't touch women there, not until they get to know her better."

Envy withdrew his arm very slowly, and Lust screamed in pain. Envy was holding her philosopher's stone in his hand. He squeezed it tightly and Lust shrieked loudly. His grin only grew as he clenched the red stone harder and harder. He knew that it couldn't be destroyed unless he did something...special.

He changed into his big monster form, Lust gasped from pain as the hand in her chest got significantly bigger, tearing at her flesh. Envy yanked out her philosopher's stone and handed it to one of the many souls on his body. They took it and Envy slowly absorbed the stone, adding to his collection of his millions of souls.

Lust's body stared at the spot where her life force had been and fell backwards, changing into dust. Once she was completely gone, Envy changed back into his human form.

He flipped his hair back and stretched out his muscles and torso. Man, he hated fighting.