A/N Hello, 'tis the fourth chapter in the mighty tale titled 'The Assassin', answering the age-old question "What if Roy Mustang had a younger sister?" In the previous chapter there was some seriousness, but that has passed, and I also have given up on the idea that Alexandria dies in the end, I hope that all of you are pleased by that decision, and now on with the story!
Chapter 4
Alexandria and Roy hardly spoke to each other, and when they did it was strictly business, which was hardly ever.
Alexandria was hard a work in the Assassination Department (which no one knew the location of). She had to get in top condition if she wanted to keep in the assassination business, which she kinda had to cause the only way out was to die (she simply knew too much). Alexandria had to be interviewed and interrogated about the group that abducted her, and was required to file a detailed report on her experiences in the last 4 years.
And Roy was busy doing whatever he did, and yelling at his subordinates more than usual.
Finally, about a week and a half after their confrontation, they spoke to one another.
Alexandria walked in to his office just as everyone else was leaving. She stood in front of his desk, watching him clean off his workspace until she was sure that no one could overhear their conversation.
"I have a mission within the city, I'll be back late, so I am apologizing in advance incase I wake you when I get home" the younger sibling stated formally.
"WHAT!! You already have a mission?? You haven't been back for two weeks and they're sending you out so soon, don't worry I'll talk to someone, you wont have to do this, I'll-" Roy was cut off from continuing his worried little ramble by a laugh from his sister.
"Roy, stop worrying" Alex said with a smile "you always flip out and go into way too protective older brother mode over nothing, and I requested that they send me out there, it is an easy kill, no big deal"
"How easy?" he asked suspiciously
"I probably could've killed him when I was 10 with a butter knife" the assassin said flatly
"Oh, ok, but don't get too confident" her brother warned her.
She just blankly stared at him.
"What?"
She sighed "That was probably the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard"
"Aw, c'mon, I am not too confident"
"You're the most arrogant person I know!"
"Nuh-uh!"
Alexandria just sighed.
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Later that night
Alexandria quietly opened the door to the house she shared with her brother, it had been a really easy kill like she had said earlier, but the body was hard to dispose of (Assassination rule 51:b: There shall be no trace of you(the assassin), the victim, or any act of violence at the scene of elimination), a 300 pound, 40-year-old man, wasn't something that people wouldn't notice being carried down the street by a young woman covered in blood. But she managed to find an area where a building had recently been torn down and there was a big enough ditch for her to dump him in and cover him with soil without being seen.
She walked into the living room to find the lights on and Roy sitting in there with a thick and ancient book on the history of alchemy (what a dork), he looked up when she walked in.
"So, how did the mission go?"
"Killing that guy was a piece of cake, I did it quicker than a greased armadillo off a ski jump" Alexandria said lightly.
"Where do you get all these weird sayings?"
She simply shrugged "Oh well, I'm going to bed 'night"
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The Next day
Jean Havoc stared over his coffee cup at the young woman across from him.
"Well what do you think?"
"Alexandria"
"Yes?" she said slowly
"Are you completely nuts?" he asked his lifelong friend
"Probably" the assassin replied
There was no doubt in many people's minds that Alexandria Oktouber Elizabeth Mustang was a certifiable head case, she had a tendency to talk about killing people very casually, she had many unusual habits and quirks, and she was able to switch from being an angry cold-hearted bitch to a sweet as sugar, cupcakes and unicorns happy fairy princess like person, but this is what proved it to him, she was going to try to get Colonel Mustang and Lieutenant Hawkeye together, and she wanted him to help.
They were the two most stubborn people he had ever met, they would never admit that they were completely in love with on another (which is obvious to everyone else); they couldn't even admit it to themselves. If they ever knew that someone was trying to get them together they would be even blinder to their feelings than before and get extremely annoyed and neither of them were the kind of people you ticked off, and she should know, one is her best friend and the other her brother.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" he asked with a skeptical tone
"Well of course we can't let them know what we're trying to do, and can't do things that would seem suspicious, all we have to do is occasionally nudge them in the right direction" Alex answered "or we could create a situation where they would need to be working in a confined environment just the two of them for a very long time." She looked at him expectantly.
"Well," he started "I do agree that they need to get together, but I don't know if we should meddle with this, or let things take their course and work out on their own"
"You never let me do things my way" she pouted, then she suddenly gasped "Oh poo, what time is it!" she exclaimed grabbing his wrist and looking at his watch "Oh well I've got to go, have a mission, we'll talk about this later, bye!" and then she was gone
"Good-bye" he whispered
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Jean Havoc was sitting in the living room of his apartment, it was very late, but for some reason her couldn't bring himself to go to bed, there was something bothering him in the back of his mind, but he didn't know what. He found himself straining his ears to hear something but there was nothi- what was that, it sounded as if something had fallen against his door. Jean waited a moment then cautiously opened the door to his apartment and onto him fell an unconscious and bloody Alexandria Mustang.
A/N DUN DUN DUN!! What happened? What's going to happen? Will Roy and Riza get together? Will Alex die? Will Havoc quit smoking? Will Ed get taller? Will I stop talking in questions? Yes I will now ahem well I hope you liked it please review it will make the next chapter come quicker.
-TLO