Chapter2- Mission

"Sorry I'm late." I apologized as I bounded threw the big doors of Roy's office in Central.

I looked around to see Havoc, Lieutenant Ross, Ed, Al and Roy Sitting at a rectangular table. Riza was standing behind Roy. My cheeks turned a light shade of pink as I walked over to the only empty seat. I sat down and looked across the table to see Roy staring at me.

"Nice of you to join us." He smirked, knowing I was embarrassed.

"Sorry." I murmured.

Roy sighed and opened a folder in front of him. From where I was sitting I could see that there were two pictures and several papers with sloppy handwriting scribbled over them. Roy took out one of the pictures and handed it to Edward.

"Do you recognize him?" Roy questioned, folding his hands in front of him to rest his chin on.

Ed gasped that hissed, "Envy."

"What?" Al gasped snatching the photo from his brother's hands.

Ed took the other photo from the folder and held it close to his face. "No way. We haven't heard about him or seen him in years. Now since Al got his body and I got my arm." Ed said almost shocked.

I leaned over and tapped on Al's hand.

"Let me see Al." I said.

He handed me the picture. In the photo a green-haired, palm-tree-looking figure stood on top of a building. I was able to see an Ouroboros tattoo on his leg.

"A homunculus." I whispered.

"Correct." Toy confirmed.

I looked up at Roy and raised one eye-brow as a smile played at my lips.

"He's been seen several times around town and as you know there has been three unexplained disappearances. I'm not saying he's the reason behind them but there is a possibility." Roy said.

"We've encountered his kind before." Ed said looking at Alphonse and to me.

I have killed two homunculi. I killed Lust and Gluttony by burning them. Roy taught me how to produce fire using alchemy. He needs a glove to ignite a spark when he snaps his fingers. I however do not. When I snap I am able to ignite a spark from the little amount of friction produced. However when its raining I need a lighter.

I know Edward killed Sloth and Greed. Alphonse killed Wrath and Roy killed Pride. That leaves only Envy alive. Although there could be other homunculi out there, they aren't posing a threat. Until they threaten humans they will be left alone by the military.

A smirk emerged over Roy's face. "From what he's done in the past and what he still can do, he needs to be terminated." Roy looked at each one of us.

"Sorry Roy but Al and I can't. Were headed back to Risembool in a couple days, so we can't." Ed proclaimed, putting his hands behind his head and tipping back in his chair.

"I'll do it." I said looking from Edward to Roy. "It's been a while since I had a good fight."

Ed and Al looked at me with worried expressions. Al was first to speak. "You must be very careful; Orchid. He can take on the form of other people. That's how he killed Huges."

"Right." I nodded.

"You can never let your guard down. You must always pay attention and be one step ahead of him." Edward warned.

"I'll kill him and come right back home. Piece of cake." I said rolling my eyes and resting my chin in my hand.

"Don't be so sure of your self Eternal." Roy scolded. He always used my state Alchemist name at work. He did the same for Edward. I call him Fuhrer. "Fullmetal and Al are serious. He'll be difficult to kill. He's fast and impossibly strong."

"Stop worrying, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself. Its not like I've never killed a homunculus before an-" I was interrupted by a serious voice.

"He's different Orchid. He's stronger than the rest of them and he can fight like no one else can." Edward said looking me in the eyes.

I raised my eye-brows. "That bad huh? Well… I'm looking forward to it. You guys forget sometimes that the only way I'll ever die is if I'm torched to death. Not many people know that."

"You're like a sister to us. We still think of you as a human because of that. We don't always think of you as the one and only Revolutionest." Al said with a smile.

Al was always closer to me that Ed was. Sometimes it was like we were twins.

There was a light knock on the door. Everyone's heads turned towards the door.

"Come in." Roy called.

Sheska popped her head in the door and announced that there was a call for the Fuhrer. Roy got up and walked out of the door but not without telling me I leave in twenty-four hours first.

With the meeting over, I was able to leave and be a teenager. People left the room one by one except for Riza and I.

"I swear you're the bravest girls I've ever met." She murmured walking behind Roy's desk and opening the bottom left drawer. She took out something and tossed it at me.

"I'm immortal. Why live in fear?" I said catching a pair of skinny jeans and a brown v-neck tee-shirt.

I slid out of my State alchemist uniform and into the new clothing. After clipping my pocket watch to my belt loop and shoving it into my pocket, Riza set a pair of brown Uggs in front of me. I slid me feet into the sheep skin boots and yanked the hair tie out of my ponytail. My long dark brown hair fell down to my waist. I brushed my bangs to the side and began walking to the door.

"Be careful." Riza called after me. "And where this."

I turned and caught the white jacket she threw at me.

"It's getting cold." She said as I slid into the jacket.

"Bye!" I said slipping out the door.

Riza was right. The air was chilly, as I walked on the sidewalk. It was almost Winter. We were all still waiting for the first snowfall of the season. Christmas decorations sparkled in shop windows and bug red bows hung from every other light post. I smiled to myself thinking about a Christmas tree being in our living room again.

By the time I got back from killing Envy Riza probably would have gotten one. When I got home we would decorate it. This will be my fourth Christmas with Roy and Riza. It's something I look forward to every year. While it's nothing like it was with my mom and dad its still fun having a Christmas party every year with most of the Military personnel and State Alchemists.

After buying a lighter -just incase it rains the next few days- I walked home. The estate we lived on was huge. I walked up the long walkway to the front door and pulled key out of my pocket. After unlocking the door and locking it behind me I slipped out of my Uggs, leaving them in the foyer. I wandered down the long foyer and turned to my left revealing a large dining room with a table that could seat fifteen. I opened the door on the far left wall and I was in the kitchen. The kitchen was almost like a kitchen in an expensive restaurant. There were tons of cupboards and drawers –all white-. Riza was there. Exactly where I knew she would be. I could sense her energy like I could sense Roy's energy on the floor above us. Just another perk of being the Revolutionest.

"Hey you." Riza greeted tying an apron around her slender waist.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm getting a head start this year. I made sugar cookie dough yesterday. I'm cutting out the shapes and baking them today. Than I'll freeze them until Christmas. Wanna help?" She asked, walking over to one of the two refrigerators and taking out a large bowel of dough.

"Sure." I said walking over to a sink and washing my hands.

When I turned around I aught an apron Riza threw at me and quickly tied it around me. I stood on the opposite side of the island. Riza patted flour on the table so the dough wouldn't stick. I took out a chunk of the dough and began rolling it out.

"So are you nervous?" Riza asked rolling out some dough.

"No not really. I like stuff like that." I explained referring to killing Envy.

"Killing things?"

"No." I chuckled to myself. "The feeling you get after killing a homunculi. It's like you know your helping people because the homunculi you just eliminated is gone and can't hurt them anymore."

"Hmm."

I felt Roy's energy level move and began to hear his foot steps in the dining room. Sure enough he emerged threw the kitchen door a couple seconds later.

"Ah I see you've made it home." He said with a sly smile.

"Mhm."

"Make sure you are completely ready by three PM." He warned.

Picked up a snowman cookie cutter and pressed it into the dough. "I'll be ready by noon." I vowed.

"Very well." Roy smiled. "What are you two up to?" He asked walking around the island to Riza.

"Making sugar cookies." She said, kissing him quickly.

I rolled over in my king sized bed to look at my alarm clock. By now it was midnight and I couldn't sleep. I was either to excided to start my day tomorrow or I was still too hyped up from eating so many cookies. With a sigh I rolled over again to see a picture of my parents and I on my other bed-side table. I was a baby when the picture was taken. I couldn't even walk yet. It was before I died, before my father disappeared and before my mother went crazy. My sat in a chair, with her blond hair and light eyes more brilliant that ever and me on her lap. I sat with short curly blond hair. My eyes gleaming as I reached towards the camera man smiling as big of a smile as possible. My dad was standing behind us with his hands resting my mom's shoulders. He had short brown hair and hazel eyes. His smile was warm and caring.

Within no time at all I found myself wishing I could go back to that day knowing what I know now. I could grow up and tell my parents not take me into Contrail that day and have them stay home with me instead. But you can't change the past.

I plan on introducing Envy in the next chapter and that probably won't change. How is it? The more reviews I get that faster I update.