Grace opened the door and stepped inside. When she could see her sisters blue hair she began to worry. I hope she can forgive me for what I've done she thought to herself. She rounded the corner of the room and saw her sister laying there asleep. Relieved she gave Alexandria a hug and a kiss goodnight and went back to the apartment. She got herself ready for bed when suddenly, she was somewhere else watching what appeared to be a memory of again she saw her and a girl playing in a field. There came a knock at the door, this snapped Grace out of the memory. She began hurrying to get the door.
At the door was a man standing with a cigarette hanging in his mouth, "Who are you," asked Grace cautiously. "Don't worry, I'm Havoc, one of Mustang's men," the man said in response. One of Mustang's men? This can't be good, that or he's just got another mission for me Grace thought to herself. Grace unlatched the door and invited him in. "What do you need from me," asked Grace. "Well there's no easy way to say this, your sister's been taken by an unknown person or persons," said Havoc. Grace stumbled back in disbelief. "What, no, no she can't be taken, I just visited her a few hours ago," exclaimed Grace. "I'm afraid it's true," said Havoc "Colonel Mustang has asked me to collect you for recon," he continued. Without another word Grace grabbed her clothes, changed, and was ready for the hunt.
The two of them began running towards the colonel's office to receive their official orders on the matter at hand. As they were running Graces mind was running wild. Whenever I find who did this I will make them pay. I promised her I would protect her and no one will ever stop me from keeping that promise, thats my little sister, she thought to herself. Suddenly, Grace's memory flashed in her head, it was the memory of her and that girl again. Why am I having these flashbacks what do they mean? Grace wondered to herself.
Finally they reached the colonel's office. Grace without thinking twice rushed into the office. "The weapon alchemist reporting for duty," she exclaimed quickly. "Alright then, here's your mission, find your sister and bring her home safely, and do whatever you see fit to the aggressors," said Roy. "Yes sir, understood," Grace responded. "Excuse me sir, do you have any leads for me to follow," Grace asked. "As a matter of fact I do, here take a look," said Roy as he threw down a map of the city. Grace scanned it over many times. This allowed her to get a full understanding of the situation. "Thank you sir, I'll be back with Alexandria in no time at all, give me one hour before sending reinforcements," said Grace "Very well," replied Roy. Grace turned around facing the door and headed out to the spot on the map, a place called the fifth laboratory.
Standing outside of the lab Grace could tell it hadn't been used in some time. Alexandria has to be in there, she's just has to be, Grace thought to herself. Grace looked for the best place to enter the facility. She finally found a place through an air vent. She crawled her way through the duct to the main room. When she exited the duct she looked forward. There tied up and blindfolded was Alexandria. "Alexandria," Grace exclaimed. Alexandria looked in Grace's direction "Sis, run! Your the one she's after," Alexandria screamed. "No, I'm not leaving you, not now not ever," said Grace in return. "Aw how sweet of you Grace," A voice said out of the shadows. "Who's there, show yourself," Grace said. "You mean to tell me you don't recognize my voice, Grace that makes me sad," the voice said. "I mean we used to be best friends when we were younger" the voice continued.
The figure finally stepped out of the shadows. A young woman that didn't seem to be much older then Grace stepped out from the shadow. "Who are you," Grace yelled. "You mean you really don't remember?" the figure said. I'm the little girl you left all those years ago trapped under that tree. Graces eyes grew wider and she entered a state of shock. "A-Alice?" Grace said with a shaken voice. Alice was a girl with long red hair like Grace, but was more of a shy person and strangely enjoyed the same things as Grace.
" You were trapped under that tree, I ran to get help and when I got back you were gone," said Grace with an irritated tone. "Thats right but a man found me, freed me and then raised me as his own," Alice said. "Oh, by the way, my father wanted me to give both of you a message," said Alice. "What's that," asked Grace. "He told me to tell you that your mother wasn't your real mother to start with she was just playing the role of your mother," said Alice. This statement caused Alexandria and Grace to be in shock. "Shut up, you don't know anything about our mother," exclaimed Grace. "Your mother was just there to provide for you nothing more, she never cared about you," Alice continued. "I said shut up,I'm through listening to you," Grace said with a furious tone. Grace charged Alice with a small dagger she had hidden inside her sleeve. "Grace no, don't do this,"Alexandria shouted. Grace stopped her rushing and looked at Alexandria "Why should I stop, why should I let her spout lies about our mother, Grace fired back. " I know your furious right now but you promised to keep me safe, and right now the best thing to do is to get out of here," said Alexandria. Grace looked down at her watch and realized Alexandria was right. "Alice we are not finished yet I will make you pay for the things you said," said Grace. "Fair enough, I'll be waiting," replied Alice.
Grace picked up Alexandria and carried her out of the lab and to the apartment because she had officially been checked out of the hospital earlier that day. "Alexandria, I'm sorry for everything thats happened over these last few days," said Grace. "What are you apologizing for," Alexandria asked in return. "I'm apologizing because of the trouble I caused, you got hurt and I went after Kimbley," said Grace. "I know you did and I'm glad you did well" said Alexandria. "Will you forgive me for what I've done" asked Grace. "There's nothing to forgive" replied Alexandria. Grace laid Alexandria down in the bed and headed to the colonel's office to give the mission success. "Mission accomplished," said Grace. "Well done Grace, did you know the one who captured your sister," inquired the colonel. "Yes sir, I did," answered Grace. "Well, what happened," the colonel asked. "We had to let her go because of the mission objective but don't worry sir, I'll get her for what she's done to my family," said Grace. With that she left the office. She will pay for what she's done to my sister and for what she's done to my mother's name, Grace thought as she walked back to the apartment.