Story: Undo, Chapter 1
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"Did they leave after all…?" Riza mused, before calling out: "Colonel?"

No response.

Trying her best to regain her composure and level-headedness, she told herself that they had probably just went elsewhere in the house to explore.

After all, that was kind of what they had agreed on. In her moment of stupor, she had merely forgotten.

However, to be safe, she approached the front door and prepared to open it, before she realized that it, just like the other door, was locked.

That's odd.

Dismissing the matter of the locked door, she figured that maybe there was another way out, like a back exit or something. So, instead of immediately seeking it out, she opted to explore the house a bit herself while she was at it.

She headed down the corridor opposite to the one she had just come from, which was longer than this one, but only by a bit. In the middle of the hallway, there was a room that contained what appeared to be Xingese screens, its panels most likely made of rice paper.

However, there was nobody in there, and it seemed empty on the overall, so she didn't pay it much mind, and instead passed by it for the time being.

Once she reached the end of the corridor, it split off into yet another passage.

And it was at that moment that she saw something that chilled her to the core. Down at the opposite side of the hallway, she'd just entered, with it's back turned to her…

Was a monster.

It was a sickly gray with a vague tinge of purple, and it was stark naked. She didn't even think it could be described as a chimera, because it most certainly wasn't a human, nor was it an animal.

Any other person probably would have screamed at the very sight of the beast in her situation, but Riza was smart and rational enough to avoid attracting attention, despite how unsettling and terrifying it was. It was true that she could probably use her gun against whatever that thing was, but at this point, she had no clue how much damage it would do, so she instead opted to save her bullets and observe what the creature did for now. If luck were on her side, it wouldn't notice her.

And apparently, it didn't, because next thing she knew, it entered a room in front of it, the door shutting behind the creature.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, she let out a breath that she didn't even know she was holding it. She needed to find the Colonel and the others.

Could they be in the room that the creature had just entered?

Pulling out her gun, and holding it up in preparation to shoot if she had to, she decided she had no choice but to take her chances after all.

With every step towards the door, her heartbeat became faster and faster as the whole atmosphere around her had turned more and more suffocating. Despite all that, she still pressed forward, trying her best to ignore it.

Finally, she reached the end of the passageway, only hesitating for a brief moment to reach up to open the door.

Yet, once again, it was locked.

What was with all the locked doors? She would probably need some key to get anywhere in this house, judging by the looks of it.

She sighed, before turning around, yet still keeping a close eye behind her, and heading back to the area where the front door was.

It was at this point that she decided to head upstairs since there didn't appear to be anything of value on the bottom floor.

There were four rooms in the top floor, two on either side of the staircase. Additionally, there was another level above.

She decided to start with the bottom left room, which was locked, go figure, before moving on to the bottom right.

This one, fortunately, wasn't locked, so she decided to explore the room a bit. And what she found on the bed admittedly took her off guard.

Hold on… This is one of the Colonel's gloves. But what is it doing here?

Of course, it didn't take a lot of effort to piece together that Roy, Havoc, and Edward had most likely had a run-in with the beast as well. That was the only reasonable explanation for everybody going missing, after all.

Briefly skimming through the drawers, she discovered a first aid kit that she decided to bring with her for safe-keeping in case one of the others had got hurt. Aside from that, there was nothing else of value, only a few particles of clothing, so she decidedly made her exit at that point and turned her attention to the top left room - which turned out to be of no interest - and then the top right room.

As soon as she entered the room, she heard shuffling. From what she could tell, it was coming from behind a curtain in the corner of the room - likely a closet.

Cautiously, and with the same level of apprehension she had felt just a short while ago(although, quite frankly, she had been pretty tense the whole time), she approached the curtain.

It was then that Roy shot out from behind it, pointing a gun at her.

Immediately, Riza backed up.

"Hawkeye…!" Roy's eyes widened, but he visibly relaxed a bit, lowering the gun, before his expression turned sharp and alert, even though he was still clearly shaken up. "Have you seen Edward or Havoc? I ended getting separated from them..."

"No, sir. I haven't..." Riza said, trying her best to keep herself calm.

"I see…" Roy muttered, before leaning back against the wall and sliding down to the ground. "I'm k-kind of worried about them. We got separated when that th-thing attacked us. Have you seen it?"

"Yes..." Riza murmured, nodding. "...Oh, that reminds me. Colonel, I found your glove in one of the other rooms. It was on the bed."

"Oh, thanks…" Roy, said despondently, taking the offered glove from her.

"Sir, if you don't mind me asking, is that why you were about to use the gun instead of your flames?" Riza wanted to know, confused because Roy still did have one of his gloves on.

It was a known fact that Roy rarely ever relied on guns to do the fighting. He always stuck to his flame alchemy when push came to shove. So if he didn't use it, something was wrong or something was preventing him from using it.

"...Actually, my alchemy…" He met Riza's eyes with a serious expression. "It's not working…"

- End of Chapter.

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A/N: Another chapter complete. I want to write moreeeee so baaaad, but it's after 5 AM and have work at 2 PM RIP. Though knowing me, this was probably a crappy chapter. *sob*

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