Note: Italics are thoughts or flashbacks.

The man in the white coat stood in front of a big white board, explaining to the military men sitting in front of him, about the effects of the newly developed gas bomb on the human body.

"You see, the gas will simply penetrate the skin once the explosion occurs, and the effects will soon take place, represented by frequent outbursts of unexplained pain in all of the body, which can paralyze the enemy after 4 or 5 of them, and there's also a possibility of dropping of the body temperature which, if not treated , can result in a shock to the entire body system. If left untreated, death can occur within 10 hours of being exposed to the bomb."

It had been almost 30 minutes since they got stuck in here.

Roy remembered that time when that scientist explained coolly about all this, but he never imagined it would happen to the woman he cared so much about, whom he was cradling in his arms right now.

It was all his fault that she was hurting. If he had been more careful or something….

"It's not your fault." She suddenly said, as if reading his mind. How did she always know? She never stopped amazing him, sometimes even freaking him out, especially when he simply wanted to burn his paperwork "by accident" and she would stand in front of his desk & give him one of her "looks" that makes him want to curl up on the floor and cry. He smiled at her sadly.

"If I was…"

"Then it would be you here on the floor, not me. Like I said, it's my duty to protect you until you reach your goal. "

"But when I do, I want you to still be my side, Riza. I…uh…"

"I promised. D-Don't forget that."

"Riza? What's the matter?"

He just noticed that she was shivering. Cold sweat was beginning to from on her forehead. Her body temperature was beginning to drop.

Resting her head on his chest, he immediately took off his military jacket, leaving him in only his shirt, and wrapped her with it. He looked around them, hoping to find something he could start a fire with, but to no avail. He cursed his bad luck, as his gloves were torn as well. He had to keep her warm in any way possible. He brought her even closer to his warm body and wrapped his arms tightly around her, and began rubbing her arms to warm them up a bit. Her shivering was getting worse, her breathing fast.

"Hey, Riza, look at me." She raised her eyes towards him. "Remember that time when Fullmetal played the sandwich prank on Havoc? Havoc wasn't the main target."

"Oh r-really? Who was it?" She remembered pulling her gun and threatening to fire at Edward and Havoc, who ran for cover, escaping the female Lieutenant's wrath.

"Havoc was drunk or something that he wanted to play a prank on you and wanted Fullmetal to help him. However, he refused, and secretly turned it on Havoc. It's good Fullmetal stopped Havoc. Apparently He had a death wish."

"Am I that intimidating?"

She managed to smile weakly and he smiled back at her.

Good. Just keep her awake.

They kept talking like that for a while, until her shivering ceased.

"Feeling better now?" He said, putting his hand on her forehead, relived to find that it was warmer than before.

"Yeah. How long have we been here?"

He glanced at his watch. "An hour and 10 minutes."

"Roy."

He looked at her pale face. "Yeah?"

"Thank you."

He smiled at her. "You always took care of me when I got injured. At least I got to repay you some of it now."

All of a sudden, her body began convulsing again. It was even worse than before, as pained moans were escaping her suffocating lungs. She twisted and squirmed in his firm grip, not letting her hurt her self by accident. Everything was like a haze that covered her senses. Think about something else…anything…

Images of her life were flooding her mind. Her father. Roy. Ishbal. Talking to Roy and Hughes. The day she became his assistant. Her friends, Havoc, Breda, Fuery, Falman. Roy again. Black Hayate pouncing excitedly on her on a Saturday morning. The day when she first met Winry and the Elrics. Edward and Alphonse laughing innocently at one of Edward's pranks…

The pain finally stopped.

She opened her eyes, only to feel that her face was really wet with...tears? The pain was so great that she began crying?

She suddenly felt a waterdrop on her face. Looking up, she saw him crying...over her. She reached out and wiped his tears with a shaky hand.

He couldn't stand seeing her writhing in pain like that. Being so…vulnerable. He hated seeing her hurting so much, him being completely useless. He couldn't stop his tears from falling.

He smiled at her and kissed her hand.

"I'm getting you out of here really soon. I promise."

Sorry for the short chapter! I'll try to update soon! Thank you Kitsune-Blue & Ramen Time for reviewing!