A/N: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of it's characters. I simply adore the series and the idea of Roy and Ed. Thanks everyone for your kind feedback! I wasn't expecting it. I hope that this chapter doesn't let you down...;u; or, well, maybe it will. I don't know.

"So, you've found me out." Adalric Krause's voice echoed heavily throughout his laboratory. Thick, dark, red blood covered the floor of the room. Heavy metal cages lined every inch of the walls. They were even stacked on top of each other, there wasn't a space wasted. Inside a few of the cages there were people. Real, Live, People. Some of them were sleeping, most of them were awake, and a lot of them appeared to have been dead. In a few other cages were tigers, lions, wolves, and other large animals. They all hissed, roared, and barked at the commotion. It wasn't that they were hostile, they were simply terrified. In one large cage in the center of the room stood a chimera. A creature that had been created from both a human and an animal. It had lost all of it's senses, it was helpless, just like a certain little girl and her dog that Edward Elric had known long ago.

"You...asshole. You bastard!" Coming back to his senses the Fullmetal Alchemist briskly changed his automail arm into a blade, a technique that he used often, one that his mechanic highly disapproved of. In pure animosity he rushed toward Krause. Using his blade he attempted to strike the mans throat. He was going to kill him. He had to kill him. For Nina, it had to be for Nina. He needed to save Nina...

But Krause was too fast. As he flipped over him, he dodged the blonds attack. The man was laughing maniacally, "You really think that will get me, You think you can KILL me? Haha! HAH!" he barked. This was not the quiet, timid man they had met less than an hour ago. "Alchemist's are such silly silly creatures! They are all hypocrites, too! Oh! Let's have fun! Let's play! Let us dance!" He chirped as he began to sing his haunting tune yet again.

You may notice certain things before you die.

Mail them to me should they cause

your algebra to fail.

Cole and Macey lost their eyes

on the finer points

roll them up in coffee cake and dine

The scene was simply a blur. They flipped, they rolled, they dodged, and they striked, both attempting to kill each other. Both of them had loud, maniacal looks on their faces. Roy, who is usually very calm and on the move in these situations, couldn't do anything but watch. Has Edward really become like this, he thought, had he already seen so much that it's traumatized him into becoming a murderer?

Just as the Flame Alchemist was about to revoke that thought there was another howl.

The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, The youngest state alchemist there was, was on the ground in the center of a pool of blood. His blood. His hair, His clothes, his skin was stained with his own blood. He was practically drowning in it. He cringed as Adalric dug a knife deeper into his chest. Edward cried out loudly, "P-please, R-roy! Help!" but there was nothing. Tears streaked the young alchemist's face as he looked up at Roy, who looked abnormally helpless as the blade was being dug deeper and deeper.

And just like that, Edward Elric was dead.

"Sir? Sir? Wake up." Riza's calm voice pronounced quietly. She was almost like a mother at times, and even in the worst situations could make you feel better again. Roy glanced at her before he sat up and covered his eyes with his hands. It was almost as if he was a little kid in this situation, helpless and scared, though he tried to camouflage it. "It was only a dream." He reassured himself. Riza nodded. When he had looked at her he seemed like the most helpless being in the world. His eyes were dark and glossy as if he'd been crying, he was someone that Riza wanted to protect, especially in these odd occasions.

To be quite honest, Riza had no idea what his nightmare was about, however it seemed to be reoccuring quite often for the past couple of weeks. She didn't want to ask, she figured that if he wanted her to know, he would tell her. So every night around 2 AM she'd return outside his door. Once she heard a scream she knew it was okay to enter and comfort him. She felt sick to her stomach each time it occurred, however, for she got a delerious, twisted, joy out of seeing him in such a helpless state. Especially at this hour, Especially in Mustang's private quarters.

Droplets of sweat formed on the mans forehead as he recalled the nightmare. Blood, Screaming, Chimeras, and...Edward. Why the hell was he dreaming of Edward? Especially him dying, for gods sake. And why in the world did it bother him to this extent?

It's true that he did indeed look after the older Elric and protected him greatly, but the fact that a dream of the boy's death alarmed him this intensely confused him. He knew that the kid would be fine, he had his brother, and as long as that was true he wouldn't have a choice but to live on. Roy sighed heavily.

"What time is it?" He inquired listlessly and rested his head on his knee as he closed his eyes. "3 AM, sir" Riza acknowledged."Please try to get more sleep before you must wake up. You seem to have a lack of it, these days." She turned to leave his dark room, however as she put her hand on the doorknob Roy spoke up.

"Is...Fullmetal still here?" His voice was low, as if he wasn't directing the question at his subordinate at all, it was almost as if he was asking himself. Riza hesitated. That was an odd question...since when did Roy Mustang care if Edward Elric was in central at 3 AM in the morning? "Edward and Alphonse are still in Central, Sir, however I feel they are departing soon." The flame alchemist let out a soft, pitiful noise that almost sounded like a small groan. Riza opened the door and left, shutting it softly behind her and leaving Roy Mustang alone in the dark yet again.