Chapter two: Man in the hat
Edited by: xCanadianxAngelx
The next day, Riza woke up with her alarm clock. It was weird for her, but she decided to ignore it. An hour later, when she had done her usual morning routine, she headed to the Central Train Station. Colonel was waiting there, sitting on a bench. When he saw her he smiled and stood up. She walked closer to him and saluted.
"Good morning, Colonel."
"Good morning, at ease Lieutenant." He furrowed "Are you okay, Hawkeye?" His voice was worried and when Riza thought of it, she really was somehow not feeling good. If you want to be precise, she had an headache. But of course, she didn't want to worry Colonel.
"Of course I am, sir. Let's go, the train arrived."
Moments later, they were in the train. They had found two free seats and they sat opposite each other. The trip will be long, almost half of a day.
"Colonel, why do you so badly want to investigate this case? Why you want to meet this alchemist?"
"He is in possession of very powerful alchemy. Who knows , maybe I will get to know it? And maybe I will get promoted? Besides, power like this can't be in possession of someone bad."
"Is one secret and powerful alchemy is not enough for you, sir?" she asked, half joking.
"Of course it is. But Military shouldn't have something that powerful. More powerful than flame."
"You are right, sir, until military is so corrupt, there shouldn't-" Hawkeye stopped in the middle of sentence when she saw a man in the end of the car. He looked pretty familiar. He was wearing a hat, but she could see his brown eyes. He also had blonde hair and he looked rather old. "Excuse me, sir." Riza stood up and walked after the man. She searched few cars, but she couldn't find him. She was more tired than before. She touched her temple, which was puling with a pain. Suddenly she felt an arm on her shoulder. She immediately drew her gun from the holster and pointed at the danger. Then, Riza saw Mustang's worried face. She sighed and placed her gun back in the holster.
"Did you saw someone suspicious, Hawkeye?"
"I thought so, sir. I shouldn't leave you there. What if the man would attack you? I apologize."
"It's okay Hawkeye. Come," he turned around "let's go back."
When they sat down, Hawkeye asked the service for tea. Later, when Hawkeye seemed to cool down he asked her about the man.
"Can you describe him?"
"I think so. He had blond hair, stubble, shades under his eyes… I think his eyes were brown. He looked rather old."
"Why did you go after him?" There was a moment before she responded.
"I thought I saw him somewhere before… besides he was looking at me with a suspicious look and I think my instinct took over me."
"At least we know that you are on alert." He smiled to her but Riza looked outside the window. This situation was very suspicious to her.
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The time of their arrival was somewhere near 4 PM. Roy and Riza were walking down a small street. Werner lived near the city center. His home was similar to Tuckers' home. Sighing, Hawkeye opened the gate for Colonel. Next, she knocked and after a minute a little girl opened the door.
"M-Military?" she asked, nervous.
"Yes, we came over to talk with your father. Can we come in?" Roy asked politely.
"Daddy doesn't like the military.
"What is going on here? Jenny?" the man looked over to Roy and Riza "What do you want here, dogs? Jenny, go to your room!" The girl ran into the house and Roy's face became nervous.
"Hello, I am Colonel Roy Mustang and this is Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, we came over to talk with you."
"Hawkeye?" Werner whispered. Usually people recognize Roy, less recently Hawkeye. "I have thought that everyone from Berthold's family are dead. I didn't know he has a daughter either." He looked at Riza with fascination in his eyes. "Come in."
His living room was quite normal. Hawkeye, feeling uneasy sat down next to the Colonel. They looked at Werner's face and Havoc's words came to their mind… weirdo.
"Lieutenant Hawkeye, ah and you Colonel. Alchemy that I am researching gives a possibility of creating and controlling lava. But if I want it to work properly I need to get know the Flame Alchemy." They eyes winded. "I have heard that your father was conducted research on it. Would you be that kind and borrowed me his notes?"
Roy and Riza looked at the man blankly. He was definitely sick. After a moment, Riza collected herself and said:
"I burned the notes a long time ago."
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