Well hello there, here i am making my debut as FMA fanfic author. This is my first. Though i do love FMA and it´s on the very top of my favorite animes and mangas list , I never thought i could write something good enough to do the real thing justice. Thus i started getting into romantic thrillers. And i felt inspired to write this. It took me quite a while to create a plot, make an outline and write this first chapter. But now it´s finally here! YAY! Well I hope you do read it , and enjoy and pls do review. Chapter two will be coming along soon.
Ps. I actually finished this while i was studying for my theoretical driver´s lisence test.lol
Btw – if you find any wrong spelling or punctuation , let me know , because my spellcheck seems to have gone beserk.
And...
Enjoy!
LuvInu88
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She awoke with a start,She thought she had heard something. She sat up and looked around her room for anything unusual. After scanning the dark as thoroughly as she could with her sleepy eyes , she gave a sign of relief.
"Clank , clank"
She was en guard again,What was that noise?
She slowly got up from her bed , trying to make as less noise as possible herself. If there indeed was a robber in her house she would want to pass unnoticed. She quietly made her way to the living room .
Her apartment wasn´t big, but in the dark it seemed hug and the corridor that connected her room to the rest of the apartment seemed neverending. She gingerly made her way throught the hallway and grabbed the fireplace poker she kept behind the door of her room.
Clank , clank
There it was again , this time she lifted the poker in a baseball swinger stance and dared to call out. "Is anyone there?"
Clank , clank
By the time she got to the living room , the first thing she saw was the big window behind the couches thrown open , a wild gust of wind blowing in and caressing her dark curls. She sighed.
It was probably just a storm coming, her windows were never top quality and tended to pop open with the wind all the time. She lowered the poker and made her way to the window.
That´s when she heard the steps behind her. Her eyes widened and she froze in fear...could someone have gotten in???
On instinct she swirled around and swung the poker , hoping it would hit the intruder straight in the face.
A black gloved hand stopped the poker mid- strike, melting it. She dropped the instrument before the hot metal could reach her hand.
-"What the?"
was all she was able to utter before the gloved hands pulled her toward the wall and slammed her there. One holding her in place and the other caressing her face. She felt instant disgust.
The intruder spoke.
-"I´ve waited so long Gloria , I´ve been watching you for ages"
"Who the hell are you? get out of here now or i´ll scream"
"The only screams you´ll emit my dear are screams of pleasure"
saying this his hand began to wander to her collar bone.
She tried to flinch away, but to no avail , his grip was like steel.
"What do you want from me? Take anything you want , just leave me alone!"
she was on the edge of tears.
"But my dearest Jane ,you know me , in your heart you love me , you just don´t know it yet"
"youre crazy , how can i love you!? I dont even know you!! And even if i did know you i´m pretty sure i´d hate your guts just like i´m doing now! You sicko!"
The words had come out of her mouth in a furious panic , and they seemed to have struck a cord. For his grip tightened on her arm.
"I hope you didn´t mean that my dearest , it would be all wise for you to accept your love willingly"
She spat at him.
"So is this how it´s gonna be Gloria??"
"I already told you!!!, get away from me or I´ll scream" she tried once again with silent panic rising once again inside her.
"Oh Gloriae, this is rather regretful , we could have had a romance to remember , you could have been my lady. But seems your stubborness overules your love. A punishment seems in order."
She was about to open her mouth and scream when she felt a cloth being place upon her mouth and nose , muffling any sound that would have otherwise escaped her lips.
"sweet dreams my love"
As she heard these last words , she felt numb and somehow knew , that what was ahead would be one nightmare she would never wake up from...
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It was another dreary day in the office , stacks of paperwork to be done. Most of these stacks upon the desk of the only solitary desk at the end of the room. As usual the Colonel was late for work and first lieutenant Hawkeye had been the first to get to the work space.
-"Not even seven in the morning and already a stack per desk..." she commented with a short exasperated sigh. It wouldn´t have been so exasperated if she didn´t know about the fact that her work peers were so slow and 10 times more keen on talk than on paper .
Not seeing another alternative , she got up and walked to the Colonel´s desk in her usual austere manner picking up half of the paperwork and depositing upon her own desk. She really didn´t feel like staying afterhours today...
Upon settling herself at her usual deskspace , she wipped out a pen and began to fill out the reports and boring files . Within the hour the others arrived. First a sleep-stricken Havoc in the company of Breda, Followed by Fuery and Falman. Needless to say , it was already 9 by the time the Colonel decided to strut in.
The young blond-haired lieutenant felt tempted to (as"respectfully" as possible) reprimand her commanding officer for his indolence. But decided otherwise upon seeing his facial features depicting a set of furrowed brows and a perturberd glint in his onyx eyes.
The others in the room seemed to have noticed the edgy aura around their commanding officer , for they instantly quieted down from their usual betting and gossipful chatter. Given his dogmatic demeanor none of his subordinates was looking forward to being the first in saluting the Colonel.
But as usual Riza Hawkeye would have to serve as the mediator ,
-"Good morning Colonel" she said making a confident salute torwards the man. He gave a quick glance and nod, acknowlodging her salute. This was it, she had broken the ice. Now it was a matter of seconds before he said something that would give the occupants of the room a clue to his gloomy conduct.
-"There has been a brutal murder commited here in Central"
he said trying to sound as collected as possible while he deposited his coat on the hanger and sat at his desk. A wave of sullen expression seemed to have hit. For once expectant faces now held worried and apprehensive looks.
-"But sir, they happen all the time...should this even be in our jurisdiction?" said Falman.
For a second Roy looked back at the Warrant officer as if wanting to believe his words , and then looked at the floor and shook his head in refusal.
"I wish it were so ,but there are suspicions that alchemy is involved and it might be a serial, the investigation department officials are heading over to the spot as we speak , needless to say , our team has been put on the case as well...seems they want they best help they can get."
"Sir, is this is as big as it actually sounds?" questioned Fuery in a mousy manner.
"Don´t worry little buddy , big guys will be here protecting ya´!! Not to mention the Lieautant and her gun..." retorded Breda in a lazy manner , slapping Fuery on the back ( a bit too hard) causing the poor Master Sargeant to nearly fall over.
Thus the only woman in the room (and probably the 50 meter radius) spoke "Shall we get going then?". In situations like these Hawkeye always tried to keep her cool. As a soldier , and being in the military for quite a while she had learned to reppress emotion , especially fear. Another thing was being one of the few women in the military , when something remotly dangerous went on , she made it her bussiness to proove that she wasn´t a damsel in distress . Seems men had weak spot for a woman doing their usual dirty jobs.
But this wasn´t the problem at present, the problem was that there was another psycho on the loose .Not that she feared this killer. She had been trained to feel a hostile presence a mile away. Or so she thought...
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Upon arrival at the scene , the first thing Riza registered was the surroundings... This was not your usual post-murder location. At least the past serial killers Riza had dealt with deposited the carcasses in an alley or somewhere usually dark and public during the day , somewhere hidden. But this time the murder scene had been the victim´s home. Upon entering one could distinctly note the smell of day old flesh and dry blood. Riza had never seen something so sickening in all her life, Even during the war.This person´s house just smelled of plain old terror , terror and despair, she didn´t like it at all. Fuery who was right behind the 1st lieutenant had to hold his mouth and nose to keep down his breakfast.
-"Ah , Roy i´m so glad you made it !!!" The voice pertaining that always go-lucky tone was unmistakable . If Maes Hughes wasn´t here , then this wasnt a real case.
"Hello Maes, so what´s so important that the investigation department couldn´t handle it on it´s own?" said Roy in his usual sarcastic yet smooth tone (mostly used on Hughes).
"Come now Roy! You shouldn´t be so hard on us , besides..I think i´m really gonna need all the help i can get on this one" Replied Hughes in a serious tone.
"Lietenant Colonel , were ready to move out" said one of his subordinates, wearing a pair of latex gloves and holding on a to plastic bag with what seemed to be a sample of the victim´s bloodied hair.
-"Very well Corporal Greg , we´ll be leaving in a second , I just have to take the Colonel´s team to check the scene. ".
This was it , the dreaded moment. Only one glance at the disfigured corpse and Fuery ran off to the nearest sink . The others couldn´t say much either. For it was hard see something delicate in such a grotesque manner .
The woman looked no older than 25 , she would have been beautiful had it not been for the extremelly frightened expression etched on her face. Her raven hair was covered in blood , and was hardened by it, the tresses were unnevenly chopped, as if the girl had gotten a bad haircut with a blunt knife. There were hematomes all over her chest . Her hands and legs were bound with some type of silvey ribbon .
The girl was naked and bound in such a position that made her look overly grotesque and vulgar. Just bellow her navel there was a long , thin and unwavering cut . Mustang approached the scene , the disgust and anger mixed together in his look. He traced a latex gloved finger over the ribbon .
Hughes held a file in his hand and he flopped it open and began to inform :
-"Gloria Cassher , age : 24 , occupation : florist happaned sometime between 2 and 4 in the morning , none of the neighboors heard a single thing."
-"alchemy, the bastard uses alchemy..."
"That´s precisely why i judged this would be in ur neighborhood" said Maes to Roy in a matter of fact tone.
-"Who would be capable of doing something like this???" asked Havoc , also obsviously trying to keep his cool .
Hughes answered
- "We have no clue, though i´m inclined to say that this is not the first murder of this nature, when we return to headquarters , first thing to be done is look through the murder files. We
don´t even know how he got in here , but then again alchemy might be the answer to that."
The others nodded in agreement. Riza was having a hard time keeping herself from retching, this girl had probably been completely unaware of the horrible fate that awaited her not to mention scared out of her wits , this was cruel. Mustang directed his eyes at his lieutenant, he seemed to sense the uneasyness in her and then spoke up , breaking the silence.
-"So, what else do we have ?"
"From what my forensics team gathered here on the scene , there was a struggle, but she was drugged , by the looks of it he used Rohypnol , i´m not sure if you gave this particular cut enoght attention
though "
Said Hughes pointing to the large cut accross the woman´s pelvical area.
The Colonel leaned in for closer inspection and his eyes widened for a nano-second.
"seems he used alchemy here too...seems like it Bio-alchemy what he used it for is the question..""Not anymore my friend , he took her womanhood and she was awake while he did it "
The looks of utter and complete outrage and shock that crossed the faces of the present company was inexplicable.
"the godamn bastard..." uttered Havoc with downcast eyes.
Fuery had still not come back from his trip to the toilet.
"But , sir, why in god´s name would he take her uterus?" Falman also looked enraged at wat the criminal had done to the poor unsuspecting woman.
"unfortunatly Vato we have no guide on any of it right now , that´s why i suggest we start on this as soon as possible."
Taking their cue , the group of people began to exit the room but Riza stayed behind, she thought she had seen a glimpse of something ... Roy was almost at the door when he noticed his blond bodyguard´s absense. "Lieautenant what is the matter?" he said appearing in the doorway and seeing her hunched on the ground.
" Well Colonel , i was just wondering if the forensics team missed this"
She held up a blue rose with a red ribbon tied around it´s stem .
Hughes approached her and took the rose.
"How could we have missed this? It´s like his...calling card "
"precisely..and once again it´s alchemy" stated the Colonel.
Riza on the other hand had still not gotten up from the ground and was in deep thougth when she felt a nudge on the shoulder and looked up to see a pair of captivating onyx eyes. "We´ll be heading back to central now Lieutenant" To her it sounded more like an order than an information . Why did he sound so sullen with her ? She couldn´t help but wonder. She got up from her position and headed back with the others. Little did she know that this case would take the biggest toll on her.
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Later that day , Hawkeye got home in an exhausted state .Even Black Hayate seemed to notice . When she unlocked her apartment door she saw the little black fuzzball jump with joy , but he soon stopped upon noticing his master´s weary mood.
"not today Hayate, mommy has had a very long day"
she said leaning down to pat him on the head. She looked up at her apartment , and the memories of what she had seen today came flooding back into
her mind . She had tried to ignore it all day long , and noticed that her fellow officers and her superior were shooting her subtle but long looks of concern all day long.
Upon arrival at HQ , The Colonel had split them into separate groups , so as to obtain a faster and more organized result. He had Havoc and Breda in charge of contacting the military police and arraging for a possible curfew alert of extra patrol at night. He and Falman would interrogate witnesses and possible suspects , and she and Fuery would stay at HQ and conduct a research to see if they could find anything that had a correlation with this case.
"How typical " she thought , "putting me in the job that least requires field action , being the only girl in there is very irritating sometimes. "
She disposed of her military uniform jacket as she made her way to the shower.
Discarding the rest of her clothing on the bathroom counter she entered the steaming shower , to try and relax , but all she could do was think on how bad this situation would get if they did not find this murderer soon , or at least found more about him. How often would he act? What did that Blue rose mean? Why had he taken the girl´s uterus? It was all very sickening . She drowned in her thoughts and stayed under the shooting hot water for what seemed like hours.
" Damn , now my fingers are all pruny " she said inspecting her fingertips.
She grabbed a towel and dried herself. She felt suffocated in this tiny bathroom cramped with steam . "I think i need some fresh air".
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" Come on Hayate! You wanna go for a walk!?" said the blonde woman holding up a colar.
The little bundle of black and white was jumping with excitment as she lowered herself to secure his collar on .
She wore a yellow silk shirt and a black pair of ankle high pants , with simple black shoes .
Her long and silky blonde hair was loose , and she seemed satisfied and comfortable enough as she took one last glance at the mirror near her door and snatched the keys out of the table.
Outside the weather was very pleasant. Though the sun was already set , and lamps around town were beggining to light up . The temperature was very nice , clinging more to the chilly side, but not unbearable. She was actually enjoying being tugged around by her puppy as his nose made more and more discoveries within the bushes and grass. Taking a little walk always helped to clear her mind. But there was a constant thought on her mind that no matter how much she walked could not be cleared.
-"I wonder what the Colonel is up to" she thought but quickly kicked herself mentally for that pure thought. "Dont be stupid , you know he´s probably off on one of his many dates"
she gave a bitter laugh and looked at Hayate who was at the moment venturing so deep into a nearby bush that the collar was already starting to give away. "Hayate! You just had a bath yesterday! Get out of there this isntant!" she commanded with a military tone that would have made any brigadier general proud.
The dog whimpered but ignored her command . "Hayate..." she was midsentence when she felt a presence behind her. She pulled out a gun ( don´t ask from where) and whirled around so fast that the poor dog was momentarily strangled.
-"at ease Hawkeye " there stood the colonel , in civilian clothes none the less
Riza gave a small sign of relief as she put down her gun .
- "Colonel! What are you doing here? At this hour?" .
For a mere moment she thought she´d seen an amused glint in his eyes , but sure enough they were quickly replaced a by a stern look , followed by a stern tone.
-"I could ask the same thing of you Lieutenant"
-"Sir, I don´t see how walking my dog constitutes as something abnormal "
-"I didn´t mean that , you know perfectly well about the current circumstances we find ourselves in at the moment , it would unwise for a woman who fits the profile this killer seeks so closely to be walking about alone."
She didn´t know whether to feel flattered or angry at this comment. Though there was a considerable mix of both. He was worried about her , but he was underestimating her.
-"I daresay it would have been better that the killer come after me , if he did , we´d have him under custody in a snap" she said.
Mustang´s brows furrowed at this and he felt greatly tempted to give her a sermon on how bullets were no match for a psycho who was an alchemic genius. But all he said was.
-"Very well Hawkeye , but i do feel inclined to warn you to be extremelly careful and lock your windows and door at night , it would even help to have a gun nearby.."
-"You really do underestimate me Colonel , I already do that without having to be warned..."
He felt like an idiot for a second but quickly recovered.
- "Well if it isn´t much trouble lieutenant , I would like to walk you home , I do prize the safety of my subordinates very much. "
She couldnt help but smile very lightly. He was trully a kind man.
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The next morning , Riza was surprised to find she wasnt the first one to arrive at the office.
By the time she got there , Falman and Fuery were doing research.
They both saluted
-"Good morning lieutenant".
-"at ease boys , so what have we got?" She said as she placed her bag beside her desk and headed over to them.
Fuery looked from her to the table and picked up a file.
-"Well I sure do have good news for you Lieutenant, first off i found some imformation on blue roses , and the second part i´ll leave for last"
-"very well , go on"
He shuffled around until her found the paper with his own scribbled notes and cleared his throat.
-"Blue Roses , Blue roses were popularized as an ancient Paegan symbol of love often bequeathed upon a partner after completing a variety of sexual acts."
-"That´s all i got on the roses, but i think that tells us a lot" he continued
-"very good Fuery , and what´s the other big thing you were saving?"
He smiled wide at this , as thought very pleased with himself.
-"Well miss.Hawkeye, yesterday i stayed after hours with officer falman and looked through the entire repertory of murder files. I found a case that is almost an identical match to what were dealing with ." he then pulled out another folder from an open drawer in his desk and went next to Hawkeye opening the folder in front of them. The file held ocurrancy reports , pictures , forensics reports and an official military stamp almost everywhere. She looked at the introductory page of the report and saw something familiar.
-"New Hiessgart?"
Fuery nodded , and Falman answered.
-"precisely , it seems that but two years ago there was a simular chain of serial killings in New Hiessgart , all the qualities presented with what we saw yesterday match with these , save for some minor differences."
-" good, so that must be our guy right there"
Fuery and Falman both looked at her as if expecting to hear that. And then Fuery continued.
-"You see Lieutenant, That´s our problem right there, thsis guy struck five victims , but the last one survived "
-"and so , he was not caught?" she asked
-"actually she killed him" Riza was taken aback. This was all becoming very overwhealming.
-"could he be a copycat then?"
"I don´t think so , If you look at it , it´s almost as if it were the same guy. It´s all very freaky" said Fuery in a mildly frightened tone.
"Well then , we´ll just have to come over to New Hiessgart and interrogate this survivor then." Said Hawkeye matter of factly.
"That wont be nescessary Lieutenant , Seems she is living right here in Central"
She didnt seem to have heard him this time, for her eyes were staring off into nothing and she seemed to be trying to concentrate on something,
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"umm...Lieutenant , is there something wrong?" asked Kain in the most wallflower way he could ( you never know if she might whip out her gun at you).
Kain´s gentle voice lifted her from her short trance...the hairs in the back of her neck were standing up. She felt like someone was watching her. But decided to dismiss it for the moment.
-"I´m sorry Sargeant Fuery , what did you say ?"
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At the very same moment a dark figure watched the yellow haired lieutenant from a considerable distance.
"very wise little bird, seems your name isn´t just a tag." He chuckled in a most sickening and perverse manner.
"You really have captured my attention , you really are 'unique' like they told me. I just might feel inclined to woo you."
And with those words the figure was gone in a flash.
Owari for now
Sooooo did you like it? I´m personally very into the romantic thriller genre with these characters , and i already have a very big outline set out for this. Just please do me the favor of giving me a boost or an opinion. No flames pls, just constructive cristisism.
Btw my spell check is broken , so a few words might be incorrect. I´ll get it fixed by next chapter
Bjo!
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