Author's Edit: I am making a few slight changes to this fanfic, but it will relatively stay the same storyline.
ie: Dayna will be out of the military now and is just cleaning out Ed's office, dialogue will be changed a bit and anything minor will be changed.
Chapter 1: The Wounded Heart
The setting sun's light was shining through the curtains. It traveled around the room, highlighting objects that were scattered around. Light faded from pictures that were hanging on the walls and fell onto some piles of paper below. The light hit a nearby mirror, beaming across the room into the eyes of a person sleeping at the desk.
Her eyes fluttered open and the beams of light illuminated the green colour of them, because of the sudden intensity, she squinted her eyes, sat up in her chair and stretched.
She had been in cleaning the office and it was taking a little longer than she wanted, but it had to be done. She was cleaning out the books, papers, pictures and anything that could be deemed intimate and personal.
One of her outstretched arms accidentally knocked over a pile of newspapers and documents off of the table. Moaning, she got up out of the chair and bent down to pick up the mess, as she picked up one of the newspapers, sadness overcame her.
She placed down the stack of newspapers and stared at the top one, it bore a depressing headline:
3 Missing: Police and Military Still on the Search for 2 Military Personnel and Civilian.
Tears started to well up in her eyes. The three people who were pictured under the headline were her three best friends. It tore at her heart when there was no news of their disappearances. Then there was a knock at her door,
"Who is it?"
"It's me Lt. Havoc"
"Oh sure, come on in"
Lt. Havoc opened the door and stepped into the office. He watched as the blonde sat back down at her desk, she looked like she had been crying.
"Are you ok? I can come back another time"
"No it's ok, I'm fine."
As Havoc sighed and turned to leave, she asked,
"Lt. Havoc? Have they found anything yet?"
"No. Sorry. Nothing's turned up yet, but I'll let you know first when we do"
He exited the room and closed the door. He was just about to walk down the hall when he heard something. He looked back at the door to hear crying. He sighed and hung his head low as he walked down the hall.
* * *
Havoc entered the lounge to get a coffee. In the room were his fellow colleagues: Riza Hawkeye, Furey, Breda, Falman and Major Armstrong. Havoc set the papers on the table, sighed and walked over to get his coffee mug. Hawkeye walked up to him.
"How is she?"
"Still cleaning up his office. Do you think she'll be ok?"
"I don't know, It may take a while. I think I'm going to head home now, I'll see if see if she wants to go"
"All right. See you later"
Hawkeye grabbed her coat and head towards the office.
Hawkeye knocked on the door to the office.
"Who is it?"
"It's me Riza. I was heading home and wanted to know if you wanted to come along"
"Just a minute"
The door opened to reveal something Hawkeye didn't want to see. Standing in the doorway was a young girl with long, blond hair that was messed up and red rings around her green eyes. Tears trickled down her face and she held a tissue to her nose.
"Dayna, are you ok?"
Dayna tried to answer, but she broke down crying. Riza smiled slightly and put her arm around her and started to walk her home.
* * *
Dayna calmed down a little as they walked down the street. Riza thought it best not to say anything at the moment; she didn't want to upset Dayna any further.
"I'm sorry Riza"
"For what?"
"Being like this. I feel useless, crying and mourning all the time. I should be stronger than this"
"It's all right, cry if you want to"
"No, I'll be ok. Thanks anyway"
Ever since she met Dayna, Riza always was like a big sister to her. She always thought of her strong, even though of what she's been through at the age of 18.
She was the same age as Ed and when he, Al and Roy disappeared, it opened a hole in her heart that she wasn't sure it would ever mend.
They stopped when the reached a house that read 'Elric' on the mailbox. Dayna reached for her key and unlocked the door.
"Thanks for walking me home Riza. I'll see you later"
"If you need anything, you know where to find me"
"Ok, goodbye. Oh…Riza?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry too…about Roy," she said as she closed the door.
Riza waved goodbye and turned to leave, as she did, a single tear rolled down her cheek.
