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Sitting in his office, he filed through the papers that had been piling onto his desk for weeks. He went through them all in a matter of hours. Not one from Fullmetal… interesting. Has he really been slacking of for this long? He stopped as he heard a soft knock on his door. He looked up at the woman standing in his doorway. He took in her blond bangs falling carelessly over her eye, her hair pulled up tightly. He saw the rapt attention in her eyes, saw the sad lines of loneliness under the black bags caused by lack of sleep. He hadn't seen her in a while, he'd been away. He wondered if she'd lost sleep over worry for him…?

"Brigadier General Mustang, Alphonse Elric is here to see you." His face fell slightly. She saw his eyes, cast downward, the glitter of happiness gone. His onyx eyes had the hollow look that she had seen in the eyes of the older Elric after they had found out Cornello's Stone was fake. That happened so long ago… why do I remember that now? That was the last time she'd seen such extreme disappointment. Devastating disappointment. Did he think I was coming to see him? That would be inappropriate…

He looked up at her, drinking in her beautiful figure. This is why I'm getting miniskirts put in the uniforms… he thought to himself. He continued to take in her little nose, sharp eyes and soft lips. He absently formed the words "Send him in." He hadn't registered giving the order, but sure enough, she was gone. After he uniform had whipped out sight, he found the words he'd been searching for. "I missed you, Riza…"

Alphonse was in the office a mere five minutes, as he asked if his brother could meet with the colonel that day. Without thinking, Roy made an appointment. His entire mind was on Riza. How she lit up the room when she smiled. Her smile, so pure, but so rare. The shadow of her shape on the carpet, as she stood framed in the doorway, light flooding from behind her. He was entrapped in her gaze, her smell.

"Sir…" She was back. He couldn't mask his happiness. "Sir, are you alright? You've been gone for so long…" She wasn't thinking anymore. Well, a little bit. She walked right up to his desk, not waiting to be invited in. He was so taken aback from her straightforwardness, she could see.

He stammered, as surprised by her being upfront as she was. He said the words he'd said before, with a little more feeling. "I'm alright, but… I missed you, Riza." He walked out to the front of the desk and stood beside her, looking straight into her eyes. She was startled, but she reached for his hand. He leaned in and whispered in her ear. Sweet nothingness, and swiftly brought his lips to hers.

He felt her recoil, but slowly return the kiss. She was leaning up against the desk, his back to the closed door. At the sound of a soft knock on the door, he broke off, pulling her into a strong embrace. He moved back into his chair, and dismissed her. She opened the door, and as she left she revealed a young man, about 14 years of age (or so he looked, being short.) He walked in without invitation, his blonde bangs swinging into his eyes as he did. Tenderly, quietly, closing the door behind him, he stormed up to the desk and leaned over so his eyes stared directly into the Roy's. He said, in a harsh whisper, "Mustang, where the hell have you been?" His eyes flashed with black before narrowing into tiny slits.

"Wow, I'm back one day and you're already being short with me. What do you want?" Roy's smirk turned into a grimace. What's wrong with him?

"Who you calling so short you could squish with a postage stamp?!" He snarled, still in that whisper. His tone was hard, but sharp.

"Why don't you just tell me what's going on then?" Roy was getting impatient. Why in the world is he whispering? It would have been better if he'd just come in and yelled. "Before I die of boredom?" His voice settled into a low drawl.

"You don't know?" The blonde boy looked surprised. "I filed a report a week ago…" He looked over to the desk, at the stack of papers. Then he saw the card on the table. He sauntered back to the door, stopping only to say one more word. "Psiren."

Roy stood up and yelled down the hallway at the retreating boy's back. "Fullmetal! Ed! What's going on?!"

He yelled back, not turning to look. "Robbery ring, stealing valuable jewels known as the Teardrops of the Moon." Ed turned a corner and had disappeared into the throng of people.

Roy retreated sullenly back to his office, slinking through the halls.

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Mahiru Shiarishi tried to see through the whipping winds around her. She couldn't see very far that night. The fog had surrounded her, thick and chokingly, earlier when she'd left Moonshine with her friends. The rushing of the air around her was blocking her ears, cutting into her skin. She ought to be used to it by now, but there was always that initial shock. She was so disoriented she barely heard Mitsuru's call they were landing and gave a start at the sudden plunge.

"Next time don't squirm so much," Mitsuru advised her after neatly setting her down, cracking his neck. He looked at the expression on her face, an expression of reproach he'd seen so many times. "You're gonna make me drop you." He looked behind her at the approaching boy. Mahiru turned, facing the boy as well, watching as he shook his brown hair out of his shining eyes. He looked rather shaken.

"Akira, what happened? Where are Nozomu and Misoka?" She sounded worried. Akira looked tired, like he'd been running forever. "Where are we?"

"I think we skipped over the lunar dimension. You shouldn't be sensing Teardrops here Mahiru. The people here, they're strange." Akira shuddered. "Nozomu and Misoka should be here soon." He sat down on a rock, breathing in the air deeply. The fog wasn't as think now. The air around them began to clear, but the night was dark. There were no lights. He looked around for the two missing from their party, and then looked down at the ground. Mitsuru was standing at the edge of a hill, looking out upon a nearby city. Mahiru stood a while longer, but eventually gave in and sat next to Akira.

She heard a cry from above. "Mahiru!" Mr. Bat swooped down and fluttered in front of her. He sounded distressed. "Nozomu and Misoka need you in the city! Come quickly!!" He took off, leaving the three companions to chase after him. Mahiru was overwhelmed with thoughts. I hope they're not hurt…

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Roy faced his two visitors from the other side of his desk. "So, you're involved with the Teardrops of the Moon, eh?"