Author Note: Guess what? It snowed yesterday! Winter has arrived and I am really excited! Despite the coming winter, I still found time to type this up for you all. R&R

Disclaimer: I own nothing!

Warning: Riza still might (will) still act OoC.

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Riza's hands shook and her eyes were slightly clouded as she pointed a pistol at Roy. She was having trouble believing this whole situation; she trusted Roy with her life, but Baxter said Roy was trying to kill him. She was starting to love Baxter and wanted to keep him safe, but this was a rather rash thing to do.

"Lt. Hawkeye," Ed approached her cautiously, "What's going on?"

Riza cursed to herself, she had forgotten about the brothers, "Get out of here boys," She said coldly, her eyes giving no emotion away, "this is between the Colonel and I."

"Ok," Ed walked towards the door, "Let's go Al. We will be in the hall."

Once the boys were in the hallway they closed the door and each pressed an ear to it, attempting to eavesdrop on the two officers.

Iniside the room, Roy eyed the gun warily. "What brings you here at this hour, Hawkeye?"

"I…" she took a deep breath, "I have been told you committed treason and I came to bring you in." She said as she adjusted her slightly shaking aim to a nonlethal spot. Baxter could simply be over reacting with the whole kill thing, she would bring the Colonel in alive and they would discuss it later. She still was not sure Roy had actually stepped off the path.

Roy put both his hands up and took one step towards Riza. "If you truly believe," another step, "I betrayed the military," his fourth step put him close enough to feel the gun, shaking obviously now, pressed against his heart. She had readjusted her aim in surprise as he approached. "Then shoot me now."

Riza was very confused. She trusted Roy, but she loved Baxter, and she had no idea what was going on. Baxter said Roy tried to kill him, but she had never seen any proof of that herself. But she loved him and believed him. But Roy was her comrade and superior officer, they had a long history wading through a river of blood and she trusted him with her life. But…

Riza's knees gave out, and Roy caught her as she collapsed. He sat her down against the wall and gently removed the gun from her grasp. He replaced the safety and put it on a nearby table.

Then, when he turned back to Riza and their eyes met, he noticed her eyes were less clouded than they were a few minutes ago.

"Ed!" he called to the eavesdropping teen, "Call Havoc and tell him to get here now!" Roy and Riza just sat there on the ground as Ed contacted the other soldier. Al followed his brother to the phones.

Roy watched Riza closely, trying to figure out what had caused this whole situation. She had her head tilted forward, refusing to meet his questioning gaze.

About five minutes of awkward silence later, Havoc burst through the door with a pistol in hand.

"What the…?" Poor Havoc had jumped out of bed, grabbed a pistol, and ran all the way to HQ in only his pajama pants and a pair of sneakers. He glared at Ed, the boy said it was an emergency!

"2nd Lieutenant Havoc," Roy rose from his position on the ground, "Than you for coming in."

"Yeah, yeah," Havoc scratched the back of his head, "What's this emergency?"

"I need you to stay here with Al and Lieutenant Hawkeye while Ed and I go to apprehend a criminal" The look on Roy's face as he said this told Havoc not to ask any questions and to just obey orders. Havoc saluted and filled the space Roy was sitting in before.

"Lieutenant Hawkeye, Al, stay here with Havoc." Roy ordered the pair.

"Yes Sir!" Al chirped back. Riza did not reply.

"Let's go Ed." Roy walked with intent out the office door.

"Alright," The teen followed the Colonel, "We are finally going to see some action, aren't we?" He asked grimly.

"Yes," Roy nodded resolutely, "We are."

The two strode briskly out of HQ and into the night. Baxter's house was only a ten minute walk from HQ, but they arrived there in only seven. They used their extra three minutes to construct a plan of action. When they finished planning, Ed went up to the door while Roy lurked in a nearby shadow.

Ed rang the doorbell and, after waiting a few moments, glared at Baxter as he opened the door.

"Hello," Ed said conversationally, managing to contain his anger, "I am looking for Lieutenant Hawkeye, is she here?"

Baxter shook his head no, "Did you check her apartment yet?"

Ed nodded, "Yeah, I only came here because I heard the two of you had a date tonight." Ed's glare intensified as he stared the man down.

Baxter's eyes narrowed slightly, "She left a little while ago. I don't know where she went."

Ed let out a fake sigh, "Thanks anyway, I suppose." He turned away from the door and a slip of paper fell out of one of his jacket pockets. It was the drawing of the oroborus symbol and it landed face up.

"Oops," Ed scooped it up, looking to meet Baxter's panicked gaze, "I must have dropped that."

Baxter suddenly shoved Ed out of his way, running out into the street. Roy jumped out from the shadows of the house and blocked the other man's way.

"Where are you going?" Roy said coldly, "We have so much to discuss." His gloved fingers were outstretched and ready to snap.

Baxter did not stop running and attempted to knock Roy down so he could escape. He was forced to skid to a halt as a flame appeared in front of him. He turned to run the other way, but Ed was waiting for him.

Baxter was trapped.

"Now tell me," Roy asked threateningly, "What did you do to my subordinate?"

Ed sweat dropped; most people would be more concerned about why someone was trying to kill them, but not the Colonel. He cared more about Hawkeye's wellbeing than saving his own skin.

Baxter seemed to be having similar thoughts as the teen and replied, "Nothing, nothing at all. To any of them, since I'm not sure which one you are talking about."

Roy's eyes flared with his tempter, "Don't play dumb! I'm not going to ask again."

"What can I say," Baxter smirked, "the ladies just adore me. Why do you ask? What did she do?"

"Nothing that is any of your concern!" Roy practically yelled at Baxter.

"Touchy, touchy," Baxter's smirk grew a few molars, "Ever heard of a love potion?"

Ed had never seen the colonel this angry before, and they hadn't even asked the guy about the assassins yet. He decided to intervene before Roy literally snapped and burned Baxter to a crisp. Ed wanted to damage the guy beyond repair too, but they couldn't risk killing their source of information.

"We are taking you in for questioning on the charges of being a suspect in the attempts on the Colonel's life." Ed said.

Baxter chuckled, "I don't think so." His skin turned white and he seemed to transform. Ed's jaw dropped.

"Pick your teeth off the ground, ain't you ever seen a chimera before?" The creature asked Ed.

Ed recovered and shook his head no as Baxter crouched down and scratched one floppy ear with his left foot. He looked rather strange with his beagle patterned skin, black nose, long snout, tail, and floppy ears, but he didn't really seem to care.

Roy was not fazed by the transformation and fired a flame and the chimera. When Baxter jumped out of the way, he started running on four paws.

"I don't know what you are," Ed said as he transformed his automail into a weapon, "But I will stop you anyway." He charged in, and Baxter dodged again. He was quick on his paws, faster than Ed was anyway. Ed followed, still attempting to strike and still failing with every swing of his automail.

The flame Roy had lit earlier burned out, and the only light came from occasional passing cars, a distant lamp post, and the half moon. Roy would have cast another flame to light up the area, but he didn't want to risk hitting Ed by accident.

Both Ed and Roy were having difficulty finding Baxter, let alone actually hit him. Baxter, on the other hand, had a hound dog's nose. It was easy for him to sneak up on Ed and…

"Ouch!" the teen jumped and lashed out behind him. "He bit me!"

"Eeeww…" Roy chuckled slightly at Ed's expense raising his guard a little to defend from similar attacks, "I hope he didn't have rabies."

"It's not funny!" Ed pointed a finger at the Colonel threateningly, "Shut your trap!"

Suddenly, a bright light shined over the group.

Riza Hawkeye had arrived on the scene, and she had brought a flashlight with her.

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End Note: I can't believe there is only one more chapter after this. It is really exciting, since this is the first chapter story I will ever finish. Also, I would like to apologize to Alphonse Elric, when I first wrote this I forgot he was there and I had to go back and write him in, which is why he was excluded from the action.

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