Hey everyone! My first story on here! :D So this story will be following FMAB but there might be some pieces of just FMA, maybe. Just a quick back story! When you were in your late teens you dropped out of school and pursued in the science of alchemy. You studied and practiced your butt off with it. You even seeked out your own teacher, who taught you a niffy alchemy! It was a battle to get your mom on the same train as you, but eventually she gave in, knowing you were going to do what you wanted to do. On your 18th birthday you went to join the military. You wanted to explore the world, or at least get out of Resembol, and the military was your best shot at it. Your special alchemy is very similar to the Flame Alchemist's style, only you do one less step. You can shoot lightening! It's a bit more dangerous than Roy's, only because it's a bit harder to control. Which only made it more impressive that you mastered it. After you were accepted into the military, Colonel Mustang had already felt a sense of responsibility for you, and within time, he even became a father figure to you. You now reside with him, and are also on his team. It's been a couple of years since you joined and everyone on the team kinda became a family to you. Anyways the story will be starting around when the Elrics are back from Reole. (I believe that's episode 4?...I'll Google it later!)

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~ It was mid-afternoon on a gorgeous Friday, and everyone is stuck indoors trying to get the Colonel caught up with his paperwork. Breda was slowly loosing concentration, while Hawkeye, Falman, Havoc and myself were still keeping our noses down and our hands scribbling. Fuery was staying busy trying to figure out what was wrong with the radio.

"Lieutenant Breda." Hawkeye handed the pudgy red head a piece of paperwork, without loosing a beat in her writing.

"Right." He grabbed it without hesitation and looked over it. I found it funny that Hawkeye knew Breda was starting to zone out without even needing to glance up from her paperwork. "Jeez, the Colonel's sure letting his paperwork pile up again, huh?" Breda said, not at all enthused and sat back down on his chair. He stared at Havoc with a little annoyance. "Havoc, give me a hand will ya?" I'll admit, it annoyed me some when he asked for help. It's not like anyone is short on work. We could all use some help! I was tempted to say something, when Havoc spoke up.

"I've got plenty to do over here already." That was always something I liked about Havoc, he could always speak for himself and never took crap from anyone! "Next up..." Havoc had a rather confused expression as he took a new piece of paper. "Who's this?"

"Lieutenant Yoki, remember?" This was the first time Falman spoke since we all sat down. "The crook who was using Youswell coal mine concessions to line his own pockets." Havoc brought the paper closer to his face for a better look. "Anyway, the Elric brothers exposed what he was up to and now he's on the run." I couldn't help but smile every time I heard that the boys are out doing good. Granted it's not intentional. Majority of the time they're just in the right place at the right time, but they were out there making a difference. I kinda looked up to them for it. I even admit, I had a small crush on Edward. Just a small one though, since he was a few years younger than me. I felt Hawkeye's eyes on me. I glance over to confirm my intuition was right. She raised an eyebrow, as if asking what I was just thinking of? I smiled sheepishly and went back to my paperwork.

"Master Sergeant Fuery, how's the radio?" I felt relief take over me when she asked poor little Fuery, taking the attention away from me. I glanced over at him as he continued to fiddle with the old looking contraption.

"The receiver on this thing seen better days, I think I'm gonna have to replace it." He seemed so disappointed about that fact. There was a random clap, and I saw a bright blue light shine in the corner of my eye. It took us all by surprise. When the light settled down, the metal box looked brand new! That's when we all looked to see who had graced us with their presence.

"Hey it's Edward and Alphonse!" Fuery sounded happy to see them.

"Welcome back boys." Hawkeye still sounded like herself, but at least she put down her pen and looked up to greet them. Before I could even greet them, Hawkeye continued, "Go on in, the Colonel's expecting you." Edward didn't seem too pleased to be handed off so quickly to the Colonel.

I watched as the two boys walked into a separate room and closed the door. I went back to the paperwork, that seemed to have grown within minutes. I suddenly lost all motivation and was siding with Breda and his outlook on things. I shouldn't have stopped, even if it was just for a moment. I leaned back in my hard wood rolly chair and took a big long stretch, making some embarrassing noises while doing so. Havoc glanced up and gave me a quick smirk before going back to his pile. I just sat there and continued to stare, absently to what I thought was a void in space. I was brought back with Havoc waving his pen in my face.

"Hello? Earth to Lovington?" I blinked a couple times, making myself focus back on reality.

"What?" I looked around quickly before looking up at Havoc.

"I was hoping you could come with me for a coffee break. Looks like you could use one." Havoc smiled innocently at me. Perfect timing as always. I gave him a quick smile and said, "Yes! Let's go!" I shot up from the table and without hesitation, left the room. I could hear Havoc mumbled something to the group before racing to catch up to me.


I was pouring all the coffee into individual cups, while Havoc was over at the front desk hitting on the cute little thing behind the desk. It only made it clear why he was down for a sudden "coffee break". More like "flirting break". I glanced behind my shoulder at the two of them hitting it off. She sure was cute. Not like me, of course. Granted I wasn't hard on the eyes, some would even say I was beautiful...Okay, so most people would say that. My long dark brown hair was normally up in a ponytail, and my figure was practically to die for. My favorite feature about myself were my eyes. Bright sapphire blue. They were what made me stand out with my light tan and hair. It wasn't the normal combination in this area. Unfortunately, like most women, I just didn't see the beauty all the time. Something I'm always working on though!

I was getting lost in my thoughts again, not noticing that I had barely over filled one of the cups.

"God Bless the Nation." I mumbled under my breath, while quickly grabbing some napkins to clean up the small mess.

"Man, you're really out of it today, aren't cha?" My heart skipped a beat hearing his voice suddenly behind me. I glanced behind me with a defeated look to Havoc. Normally I could smell him a mile away, I really must be out of it. Even though I hate the smell and the habit all together, it kinda suited him. The smell never seemed all that bad when it was coming from him. I finished wiping up the mess and poured the extra contents from the over filled cup to an empty one. I decided I would have the one that had so little in it. Coffee never settled with me, which I always hated because it tasted so yummy! Havoc grabbed two coffees in one hand, and one in the other, while I just carried one in each. Fuery didn't drink coffee either. He had the same problem as me, only a bit worse.

"So why are you being space cadet today?"

"I guess I'm starting to go brain dead from all the paperwork." I defiantly felt a headache coming on.

"We're almost done though. The guys and I are going out later to unwind, you're invited if you wanna join?" Oh yah, so I can once again be the babysitter. It always ends the same. Fuery and Falman are always the first ones to get drunk. Next, would be Breda and shortly after Havoc. Then it would be little Abby dragging them out one by one, into the car, and then dragging them into each and everyone of their apartments.

"I think I'll pass." That probably came out a bit more annoyed than it should have.

"So you really don't have fun with us?" I could hear the conceited smirk on his face. Since the first time I went out with them, he's been pestering me to admit that I never have. Of course I wouldn't say so. I'd just continue to punish myself and go with them, because it's always a "good time". A part of me wanted to stop in my tracks and trip him with the hot coffee, but everyone knew I was too nice to do such a deed.

"You didn't ask little Miss Cutie behind the desk?" A little playfulness crept into my voice. Havoc glanced back behind for a moment, as if debating to go back and do so.

"Nah." He said as he looked back in front of him. "Why invite her when I have you?" He gave me a cute wink that he knew always made my blood boil. And boil it did. My face was feeling feverish now.

"You're such an ass." I mumbled under my breath, picking up my pace.


When we entered the room, my eyes immediately went to Mustang's door, that was now left wide open. I went over to peer inside to see no one was home.

"All three went to Shou Tucker, The Sewing-Life Alchemist's resident. They were needing some research from him." Hawkeye said with her nose still down in her paperwork. "Havoc." She caught him off guard with her authority tone as he was setting all the cups down on the table. He quickly placed them, and stood straight back up.

"Yes sir?"

"Colonel Mustang called and is on his way back already. He is needing you to pick the Elric brothers up at 1900 hours." If I had the ability, my ears would have twitched.

"Yes sir." Havoc did a quick salute before sitting back down in the chair.

"Say Havoc?" He looked up at me.

"What do you want, Lovington?" He seemed a bit agitated. I would need to get to the point quickly.

"Could I come with you? To pick up the boys?" I was practically glowing with the thought of seeing little Nina. Havoc's expression didn't change.

"Sure, but only if you come out with us tonight." The conceited smirk crept on his face.

"Really? You're coming out with us again, Abby?" Fuery was so excited. I couldn't possibly say no now, and Havoc knew it. I could have punch him right in the jaw, or even better. I could have sparked his ass, but of course, I had to be the mature one.

"Fine." I agreed with a tone of defeat.

"Alright, now we can drink all night long." Breda finally got a little excitement going.

"No! I am not staying all night! I refuse!" I said as I crossed my arms together to make a big X.

"Why are you trying to start an argument? You know it's going to happen." Havoc still had that stupid smirk on his face, but he was right. There was no point in trying to change the inevitable.


It seemed like he was driving slower than the speed limit...on purpose. I couldn't help but squirm around in my seat nervously as I watched each house roll by.

"You know, my dead grandma could drive faster than this. Come on, Havoc. At least go the speed limit." His eyes went down to his speedometer as I insulted his driving.

"You know I'm going about 3 over, right?" He looked over with concern, as I dramatically leaned my head on the cool window. My headache was only getting worse, and now the coffee I had wasn't settling. "Everything alright there, Sparky?" I never knew if I liked his nickname for me or not. Part of me felt like it was an honor to have a nickname at all, since I never really ever had one. On the other hand, I always picture a more round bust man with the nickname Sparky. I guess you could say it was a win/lose situation.

"Yah everything's fine." I said with little confidence. The sun was setting making everything have that nice orange tint of a long, good day. Maybe I should stay in tonight? My head is only getting worse, and I have a long day tomorrow. All I wanted to do was go see cute little Nina, and then go crawl under my bed covers for the rest of the night. It's been forever since I saw the adorable little girl. I would often go and play with her, especially when Tucker needed to run out for errands. She always made my day better, like my own little ray of sunshine. Havoc slowed the car down, and placed it in park when it came to a complete stop. I was regretting coming along but I knew if I didn't, I might not get the chance for along time. I slowly stepped out of the vehicle and made my way to the front gate with Havoc.

"You sure you're doing okay?" He asked debating to get me back in the car.

"Yah, just getting a headache is all." More like a migraine! We passed the gate and made our way to the front door. Havoc knocked a couple times and waited for the response.

"Do you have pain killers?"

"No, I don't really ever get headaches." Today was a stressful day, and normally I only get headaches when under stress.

"I have some back at my place, if you want to grab some?" I looked up at him with a cocky smirk.

"Inviting me to your place? You got more balls than I thought Havoc." He blushed ever so slightly. I knew then that his intentions were pure.

"Whatever works these days." He went for the doorbell this time. It was always fun jabbing at Havoc, and I knew he felt the same way. Everyone else took things a little too seriously, especially Falman. The door opened very slowly at first, but then was opened enough to see Shou Tucker on the other side.

"Oh 2nd Lieutenant Havoc and 2nd Lieutenant Lovington, are you here to pick up the boys?" Shou Tucker was always a quiet man. He always gave me this chill down my spine, and I felt like I couldn't trust him.

"Yes, we are. Are they ready?" Just then we heard a loud smashing sound come from the other side of the house.

"What was...that?" I looked over Tucker's shoulder with concern.

"Oh I believe that would be Edward playing with Alexander." I found it a bit hard to imagine Ed playing with such an enormous dog, considering the beast was at least twice the size of him.

"Now this I got to see." I said with a small smirk as we stepped into the house. ~

END OF CHAPTER 1!

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