Regrouping

[Greed]

Greed saw her and smiled a bit.
"I shall leave you to that, you relax, and get some rest." he replied, kissing her lightly on the forehead.
He then swept lightly out of the room.
He casually walked into the main room.
"Yo', jets." he said, jokingly. He even tossed Gluttony a chair.
"There you go. Have at it. Only that one, though." he said, giving the male a nice warning.
He looked back at Martel's room, slightly worried about her, and fell into a couch.
"Now I got a splitting headache." he said, thinking about everything.

[silverviper2134]

Noticing his boss enter the room, Dorochette smiled lightly. He frowned somewhat when he heard Greed complain about a headache. "Anything bothering you, boss?"

[masterwarlord]

Gluttony’s thoughts hastily went down the tubes upon being told there was something he was actually allowed to eat. He laughed and nodded in thanks at Greed, then began to dig into the chair. His more rare deep thoughts were still present in the back of his mind, but for now, he was easily side tracked by the chair. After a few bites, he took himself away from the chair long enough to say “Thank you!”, then went back to his meal, a few splinters flying every which way. Per chance, one of them happened to fly into Dorochet.

[silverviper2134]

Dorochette growled slightly, and tightened his grip around his sword. It was taking all he could not to slice Gluttony in half right now. Teach him some manners.

[masterwarlord]

Gluttony saw Dorochet tensing up, but didn't realize he was the cause of it. He pulled himself away from his mostly eaten chair, throwing away the only remains of the chair, a drool covered leg, to force himself to concentrate. "What's the matter, dog man? Someone bad coming?".

[masterwarlord]

Envy walked up outside the Devil’s Nest in the form of a generic man. “Finally”, he thought to himself. “Took me damn long enough to get to this place. Anyway, this is probably where that little bitch has run off since the incident. She probably just ran back into Greed’s arms like always. . .Such a whore. . .”.

The entrance to the Devil’s Nest was guarded as always. Greed never was short on loyal minions, it seemed. Envy went around the side of the building and saw an open stray window higher up in the complex. “Perfect. . .”. Envy went out of sight from anyone who might pass by, hiding behind some crates, then transformed into a crow and flied in through the open window. Thankfully, nobody was in the room at the time. Envy turned into a rat and proceeded to look through the place for Martel. He’d mouthed off a few too many times recently and needed her to get back on Dante’s good side. While he wasn’t particularly fond of Dante or working for her, doing so was the best way he could cause as much death as possible and there was no way he could leave her, even if he wanted to.

Envy was using his sensitive rat nose to try to pick up Martel’s scent, but instead picked up a far more familiar one. “Could it be? Nah, no way it could be him. Greed probably killed that fat ass by now.”. Regardless, Envy decided to seek out the source of the smell, it still being quite strong and going over other smells in the nest despite Gluttony having showered. Envy was somewhat shocked upon seeing Gluttony still alive and kicking. “Surprising Greed trusts that idiot. . .Although I’m more surprised that Gluttony betrayed Dante. Greed’s the only one stupid enough to do that. . .Either way, I can use this fat ass to my advantage. . .If he went with them so easily, I really doubt it’ll be hard to convince the idiot to come back where he belongs.”.

After having thought it over, Envy dashed out in front of Gluttony, still in rat form, trying to get his attention. “Come on, you idiot. I’m delicious. You can’t pass me up, can you?”. Gluttony looked down at Envy running circles around him, losing his focus on Greed and Dorochet, beginning to drool. He took a chomp down at Envy, but Envy easily dodged. Gluttony followed after Envy on all fours, starting what looked considerably like a cat and mouse chase. Envy underestimated Gluttony, nearly getting chomped a good few times, causing him to get a lot more frantic and speed up as he fled from him. Ultimately Envy led Gluttony outside as he rampaged after him like a wild animal. Envy continued to lead Gluttony far outside the Devil’s Nest into a secluded alley. “That should be far enough. . .There’s no way they could’ve followed us all the way out here.”.

Envy turned back to his main form, panting considerably. Gluttony sighed as he saw the rat disappear, shaking his head in disappointment. “Hey, Envy. You seen a rat around here?”. Envy chuckled. “Can’t say I have, but it’s good meeting up with you again, big guy. How have ya been?”. Gluttony shrugged his shoulders. “Okay. Greed is nicer to me then Dante, but I miss Lust. . .”. Envy forced himself to sympathize for him in Lust’s place, forcing a smile. “Lust’s been worried sick about you, ya know. She misses you too. She really wishes you’d come back. . .So do I, actually.”. Gluttony let out a big smile at finally getting some attention, being the child-minded person he was. “I missed you too, Envy!” he said, as he gave Envy a back breaking hug. Envy’s eye twitched violently as he took the hug in pain, ending it early by turning into a fly to get out of Gluttony’s grasp then turning back to normal.

Envy forced himself to smile at Gluttony once again, his eye twitching violentely in aggravation. “Dante’s been kinda upset with you, though, what with, you know, how you’ve betrayed us and all.”. Gluttony looked at the ground and sighed. “Why is Dante so mean. . .?”. Envy put a hand on Gluttony’s shoulder. “Oh, she’s not all that mean. Don’t worry, if you help her out with this one little job, everything will be forgiven.”. Gluttony let out an excited chuckle and childishly said “Oooohh!!! What do I have to do?”. Envy smirked. It was all too easy to manipulate Gluttony. He proceeded to describe Martel to Gluttony. “You seen anybody like her around. . .?”. Gluttony went into the deepest thought he could, but then nodded. Envy patted Gluttony’s head. “That’s a good boy. Just go bring her back here to me and we’ll have turkey when we go back to Dante’s place. Sound good?”. Gluttony drooled and mumbled “Tuuuuurkeeeyyyyy. . .” as he proceeded to head back to the Devil’s Nest. Envy chuckled to himself and thought “Being so nice to him was absolutely disgusting, but it’ll be worth it. This way I won’t have to get my hands dirty, and even if Gluttony fails he’ll provide enough distraction for me to get that bitch myself.”. Envy turned into a rat once more and followed after Gluttony to observe him, though keeping a good distance so that he wouldn’t chase after him again.

Gluttony got back into the Devil’s Nest and headed into the room where Martel was trying to rest after having puked. He let out a massive grimace as he towered over her due to her being on the bed and proceeded to go down to grab her. Envy continued to watch in his rat form. “Ah, Gluttony. . .You haven’t changed a bit.”.

[silverviper2134]

Martel awoke with a start, jumping out of the way before Gluttony had a chance to grab her. "What the hell, you bastard" she asked him angrily, gasping for breath. She wasn't really tired, just shocked from the sudden attack.

"Okay, what's going on here?" the Ultimate Shield asked aloud, walking into the room. He looked from Martel to his "brother", silently asking the large Homunculus what he was doing.

[masterwarlord]

Gluttony let out some maniacal laughter as he lunged after he, doing a diving tackle once again to try to grab her. “Sorry, but my Lust needs me!”, he said. In the back of his mind he questioned whether he should be betraying Greed so eagerly after he spared his life, but this was blown out of his mind due to Envy having baby talked him back to Dante’s side. Envy knew that Gluttony easily blew away all other logic whenever Lust was so much as mentioned and had used it to his fullest advantage.

[silverviper2134]

Once again jumping out of the way, Martel found herself beginning to get tired. That was exactly something she didn't expect---she was pregnant, after all, plus the past days activities left her exhausted.

Greed growled slightly. "This has Envy written all over it" he hissed, looking around the room. "Well, why don't you show yourself, Abomination?" Greed asked out loud, using his own name for Envy.

[masterwarlord]

((Sorry about leaving a few hours earlier, but I had to go and my computer’s been getting even –MORE- crappy.))

Envy was rather annoyed at being found out so quickly. . .It seems he’d underestimated Greed. Perhaps he should’ve told Gluttony to attack Greed for distraction purposes then taken Martel himself? Still, it’d be nice to actually bring Gluttony back with him. That’d be sure to get him back on Dante’s good side. He’d get plenty of extra credit for that.

Gluttony continued chasing Martel about the room while Envy formed his plan quickly. He went behind Martel while still a rat, then turned into his main form and grabbed her from behind by surprise, putting a blade to her neck. “You make one move and she’s dead, Greed. While I’d love to stick around and rip you apart myself, Dante’s got something special planned for you. . .I’ll let you go for now, -if- you don’t do anything stupid. You wouldn’t wanna go against the odds, now, would ya? Two homunculi on one?”. Envy chuckled.

[silverviper2134]

"You really aren't that smart, are you?" Greed asked the elder Homunculus. "You're trying to bring her to that bitch Dante, right?"

Martel craned her head slightly, eyes narrowed dangerously at Envy. She wished she could extend her limbs, but that was impossible at the moment. So she did the next best thing. Her head still craned over, straining to avoid the blade, she spat on his face, hissing at him as she did.

[masterwarlord]

Envy attempted to answer to greed, but was cut off upon Martel spitting in his face. Envy twitched slightly. "Stupid bitch!", he said, as he proceeded to headbutt her to try to silence her. Gluttony laughed at this, for the most part oblivious as to what was going on.

Envy cleared his throat. "Now then, where were we? Oh yeah, that's right. Look, I'm not any more fond of that old hag then you are, but crossing paths with her is suicide. I sure as hell wouldn't wanna be you, Greed, considering all Dante's plans for ya. . .Now then, make your choice. You can die now by my hands, or you can live on with your carefree live a little while longer until Dante sees fit to dispose of you. Either way, I don't mind.". Envy chuckled.

[silverviper2134]

"Bastard" Martel hissed back at Envy. Her head was throbbing now, but it still wouldn't silence her. The only way to do that was to kill her.

Greed smirked slightly. "Do you really think you could kill me, Envy? I mean, if you could, don't you think you'd just do it? Why even give me this choice?" he asked, sounding very sarcastic.

[masterwarlord]

Envy twitched more still as he considered what to do, going into thought quickly. “He’s on to me. . .We’re on even footing here. I’ve underestimated Greed too many times, the lucky bastard has everything going for him. . .I really don’t wanna risk everything just for the fun of a fight, so. . .I’ll just go with the original plan. Probably shouldn’t of got into this so hastily. . .”.

Envy turned to the fat short homunculus. “Gluttony! Take care of Greed for me, will ya? You’ve got permission to eat anything you see here.”. Gluttony nodded to Envy, then let out a maniacal laugh as he turned to Greed and lunged at him. Envy chuckled and turned into a more muscle bound version of himself and smacked Martel hard in the face to knock her out, then proceeded to sling her over a shoulder and make a run for it. While fleeing was humiliating, he wasn’t going to leave any room for error this time. His past failures from his over-confidence and assish attitude had cost him dearly in the past. “Don’t worry, I’ll be back for you soon enough.”.

[silverviper2134]

"Get back here you bastard!" Greed roared at Envy as he fled. He would have followed him but he had his own problems to deal with. The shield covered his body just in time for Gluttony to charge into him.

Greed smacked Gluttony in the face, looking more than a little pissed. "What's this about, Gluttony? I actually treat you right and this is how you repay me?" he growled angrily.

[masterwarlord]

Gluttony retreated slightly, holding his big fat nose in pain. “What’s this about? My precious Lust, of course! I’ll finally be able to see my Lust again!”. Gluttony chuckled again as he slowly came towards Greed and attempted to take a bite out of him. While Greed’s shield could essentially block anything, Gluttony’s saliva could melt through anything, thus they canceled each other out for the most part and caused the bite to be of average pain as if both homunculi were humans.

Meanwhile, Envy continued running off. He ran up to the window he entered the Devil’s Nest from and threw Martel’s unconscious body out the window. He turned into a bird and hastily flew down to the ground, then turned back to his regular form and caught Martel barely before she hit the floor before continuing to flee. A shame Dante wanted her alive. . .

[silverviper2134]

Recoling slightly, Greed growled again. "Envy told you that" he said, not even bothering to ask. Who else could have done it? God, he had to deal with Gluttony and get Martel back before Dante got her hands on her.

[masterwarlord]

Gluttony savored the test of Greed’s shield, taking a brief breather. “Yes, Envy told me. So?”. Gluttony was far too stupid to realize he was merely being manipulated and proceeded to go for another bite at Greed.

[silverviper2134]

"You do realize that bastard's an even bigger liar than the bitch that calls herself your master, don't you?" Greed questioned, taking a step backwards.

At that moment, Dorochette entered the fight. He ran into the room, unsheathed his sword, and stabbed Gluttony in the back. It wasn't a deep puncture, but it would hopefully stop him.

[masterwarlord]

Dorochette caught Gluttony completely by surprise, impaling him through the back and causing him to let out a loud cry of pain, but then laughed as he regenerated the wound with his homunculus power and slowly backed himself up against a wall to face both of them at once.

“But Envy would never lie to me! He was so nice! What are you talking about?”.