Saviors from the Gate

Deia stared up at the ceiling. She was in one of the guest rooms in Winry's house, wearing a nightgown she borrowed and she was so tired after a day of explaining things to Winry and Al and so frustrated from being interrupted every five seconds by Ed. 'Well it isn't just a house.' Deia thought. 'I guess it's sort of a hospital too.' The air in this room smelled like antiseptic and bandages. 'The smell of doctors.' Deia recalled that one time when she went with Vivian to get a vaccine and all through the clinic there was this smell.

'Right! Vivian! I wonder how she's doing. She should have made to the Colonel by now. I should call him to see if she's there.' Deia bolted out of the guest room, ran down the stairs and down the hall, and burst through the kitchen door to find the nearest telephone. However, what she found wasn't a telephone. It was Edward. Crouched on the floor. Eating a piece of pie. In only his boxers. Deia thanked the lord that she didn't bring a lamp with her into the kitchen, otherwise Ed would have seen how red she looked.

"You wanted a midnight snack too?" Ed asked her from his spot on the floor and offered her some pie.

"U-um no thanks" Deia sputtered. "Do you have a telephone I can use?"

"No, but who do you need to call? No one in Amestris knows you anyways."

"I need to call Colonel Flaming Pony." Edward snickered at the girl's nickname for the Colonel.

"I only know his office phone number and no one's there at midnight. Why do you need to call him?"

"Well you know how I said I lost almost everything?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I have a friend and she decided to give the Colonel information."

Edward scoffed. "Maybe she should have came instead of an annoying little brat."

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN ANNOYING LITTLE BRAT YOU SHRIMP?"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT THEY WOULD DROWN IN A MOLUCULE OF WATER?"

"ME! AND I'M SURE VIVIAN COULD HANDLE A LITTLE BEAN LIKE YOU!"

"BEAN? WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BEAN! YOU'RE SHORTER THAN I AM!"

"YEAH BUT IM YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE!"

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"

The two stopped fighting to see Pinako standing in the doorway.

"THEY STARTED IT!" Edward and Deia were pointing at each other while glaring at one another.

"Now, if you don't mind, some people are trying to get some sleep. Winry had to wake me up to tell you two to shut up!" Pinako glared at the two and then swiftly walked out of the room while they were still seething at each other and trying to burn holes into each other's heads. If looks could kill, Father would be dead with one glare. Finally Ed turned away and continued to eat his slice of pie.

"Fine, I'll call the Colonel Flaming Pony for you tomorrow." Ed said reluctantly.

"Thanks, I guess." Deia turned her back to Ed and walked to the kitchen doorway. When she about to leave she turned around and said "For the record, you're not that short."

Edward smirked and swallowed another piece of pie. "Fine, you're not that much of an annoying brat either."

"Night,"

"Night,"

"And Deia,"

"What?"

"… Never mind, go back to sleep."

"Okay then."


Deia started walking up the stairway. 'What did he want to say to me?" she wondered and then sighed. The little devil in the back of her head said 'He WUVS you Deia! You know he does! Now all you need to do is steal that annoying Winry from him!' while Deia thought 'NO! BAD MINI DEIA!' and it replied, 'But you know I'm right.' Around the time that she was almost up the stairs she was having a full-fledged war with her inner devil over whether or not she loved the blond teen and she didn't that she was walking, 'BAM' straight into Alphonse.

"Ahh! MY head!" the decapitated suit of armor said in surprise but once he noticed Deia on the floor holding the helmet he offered her a hand to help her get up.

"Sorry, are you okay?" he asked earnestly.

Deia nodded. "No need to apologize I wasn't watching where I was walking." She laughed nervously and handed Alphonse his head back. "What are you doing up this late?"

"I heard a big noise and I couldn't find brother, so I decided to see if Winry hit him with her wrench again."

Deia laughed, but it was really a nervous laugh this time. "That wasn't Winry, she's sleeping. Ed and I were having a fight downstairs, that's all."

"You called him short didn't you?" Al sweat dropped.

"Well he called me a brat!" she retorted.

Alphonse sighed. "Well I guess you probably want to get some sleep, good night Deia." He said before continuing down the stairs."

"Yeah, good night." She replied before heading back into her room. 'Alphonse is a nice guy.' Deia thought. 'Not like his jerkface of a brother.' She added. 'But what about loving him?' the little devil in her head asked. 'Oh you shut up' Deia lay down on her bed and turned over onto her side, burying herself in the fresh sheets before finally drifting off the sleep.


Fuery and Vivian were walking down the hall in the dorm building. They had saluted to a few officers on the way there and Vivian had to admit that she was getting used to all of these formalities. Once they had reached the end of the hall, Fuery took out his keys and opened the door to his apartment.

"This is it." He said while they walked in. "Sorry if it isn't much."

Vivian observed the place. It was quite small, consisting of a tiny living room and a small kitchenette which had nothing more than a small stove and oven, a sink and a refrigerator. There were a few pictures on the walls of the living room, one with the entire Mustang Unit, a young Fuery, and one of women who she presumed was Fuery's mother.

"You found my mom, huh?" said a voice from behind her. Vivian turned around to see Fuery with a sad smile.

"Yes sir." She said monotonously.

Fuery let out a small chuckle. "You don't have to call me sir you know. We're of equal rank, so you can call me Fuery or Kain if you like." He smiled brightly.

Vivian gave him a small smile back. "Okay Kain," the words felt awkward on her tongue. "How about I make something for dinner?" She said. Vivian was used to making dinner back at home when mother was busy with work and her dad, well she didn't trust him with the stove.

"Well, um." Fuery started to blush. "I won a whole bunch of money today in a bet." He chuckled nervously. "How about we go out to eat at a nice restaurant?" he suggested.

"But I don't have any civilian clothing." Fuery sweat dropped 'Right, we can't go to a restaurant in military uniforms. If anyone gets suspicious we could get court martialed for fraternizing.'

"How about we go to Lieutenant Hawkeye?" he blurted out with a lack of a better answer.

Vivian paled slightly and said "Oh no, I've already gotten this uniform from her! I couldn't possibly ask her give me anything else!" She looked slightly panicky and she was fidgeting a bit.

"Don't worry, the Lieutenant won't mind." Fuery reassured her, "Besides, you can't wear the same uniform every day." He laughed while the girl's face turned a bit shocked but then turned back into its normal emotionless look.

"Alright then," Vivian stood up and walked towards the door. "Wait, where does the Lieutenant live?" she asked.

"She's only a ten minute walk away." Fuery said and he opened the door and let Vivian walk through. They went down the same hall and staircases until they finally reached the lobby. Fuery seemed to know the way and Vivian quickly followed behind him. They walked in silence for the first five minutes before Fuery broke the ice.

"So what's your name?" he asked timidly.

Vivian raised an eyebrow. "I thought the Colonel already told you my name." she replied monotonously.

"Well, no offense, but I'm pretty sure that's not your real name." Vivian stopped in her tracks and Fuery turned around to face her with a kind look on his face.

She sighed, "My name is Vivian Lo, and since I call you Kain, I guess it's only fair for you to call me Vivian. Just not at work though." The young man nodded and then they both continued walking.

"So what did you talk to the Colonel for?" he asked next.

Her eyes darkened for a second, "Nothing much," she said quietly. "Nothing you need to know."

"Well I'm your dorm partner now right? We should be able to share things with each other."

"I'm sorry but what happened in that room is between the colonel, the lieutenant and I." she said coldly. 'Normally Fuery is more gentle and kind just like he was a minute ago. What has gotten into him?' she thought to herself.

"Fine," Fuery sighed, "But just know that you can trust me." Vivian nodded and the two master sergeants were finally at the apartment building of Lieutenant Hawkeye.


The building wasn't fancy or anything, but it seemed a lot more spacious than their dorm building. There were a few civilians that raised an eyebrow at the two Master Sergeants but they ignored them. Vivian could hear barking in the distance and could only assume that was Black Hayate. She thought about her dog back at home, maybe at least Hayate could give her some sense of normalcy. Once they reached the door Kain raised his hand to knock on the door. Some rumbling and footsteps were heard from the other side of the door.

"Hayate, no!" they heard someone scold from the other side. Then the door opened and a bundle and black and white fur jumped up and knocked Vivian right on her bottom.

"Bad Hayate! Bad dog." Riza said firmly while her puppy was licking Vivian's face off. 'I hope she's not afraid of dogs.' She thought to herself but to her and Kain's surprise, Vivian started to smile and pet Hayate, but not just a fake, polite smile, a genuine grin graced her lips and she scratched the dog behind his ears. As she got up and shook the dog fur off her uniform, the Lieutenant apologized for her dog's behavior.

"It's alright." She reassured. "I've seen naughtier dogs." Fuery nodded and then said "Sorry to bother you lieutenant, but we were thinking about going out to eat and Lillian doesn't have any civilian clothing. Do you think we could borrow a dress and maybe a few spare uniforms until our paychecks come in?"

The lieutenant raised one blonde eyebrow and asked. "You are aware of the frat law, right?"

The two Master Sergeants turned bright red.

"Yes, yes!" Vivian yelped. "We're just acquaintances and Kain pointed out that I couldn't use the same uniform every day, and that if us two officers went in military uniforms we might be suspected of fraternizing! That's all!"

Hawkeye continued to look at the two suspiciously. "Kain?" she asked with her eyebrow still raised.

Fuery began to twiddle his thumbs and said "Well we're dorm mates now I guess, so we should be able to call each other by our first names when we're not in the office." Vivian nodded to back him up.

"Well if it's that way I guess I could lend you something to wear for tonight. Besides, Fuery has a point. You can't use the same uniform for the entire week."

Vivian bowed, "Thank you Lieutenant Hawkeye. I'll find a way to repay you." She promised.

"No that's not necessary; you can keep the uniforms, I wasn't a Sergeant since I was in the war." Hawkeye said. "Come in and take a seat, this should only take a moment."

The lieutenant's house was very neat, as one could expect from the Hawk's Eye. There was a small kitchenette, a table to one side of the room and a couch at another side along with a bookshelf. It wasn't exactly very homely though, sort of like a hotel room; there was no sign of a person actually living there except for a single picture on top of the bookshelf. It had a picture of a young Riza along with her father.

Hawkeye returned with a bag full of clothes along with a blouse and a skirt. "Here, this should do it." She said.

Vivian bowed and accepted the clothing. "Thank you." The girl turned slightly pink and asked "Is it okay if I had someplace to change?"

"Sure." Replied the Lieutenant. "Just use the guestroom. It's the first room on your left."

"Thanks again." Vivian replied and then walked quickly down the hallway. When she opened the door she was surprised to see that it was empty except for a small futon in the corner. 'I guess the Lieutenant doesn't get too many guests' she thought. Then a thought swept her mind imbedded itself in her mind. How much did the Lieutenant have to suffer? If she had told them everything that will happen in the near future, will they worry and suffer because of that? Will they up all night both anticipating and dreading those gory events? Should she even tell them everything that will happen? Is it too late now? She felt her blood turn to ice when she thought. 'What if they kill the Colonel and the Elric Brothers because we told them everything that's going to happen?'

Vivian shook her head quickly and pushed the thought to the back of her head. She changed out of the heavy military uniform and put on the blouse and skirt. It fell down to her ankles and the blouse was a pretty light blue colour. Finally, she took her hair out of the tight twist that she had put it into and let it down. It had slight curls in it like when she normally wakes up on a Saturday morning but for some reason it was waist length rather than shoulder length. 'I remember it being that long in the morning but when did this happen?' She sighed for what felt like the millionth time and folded her uniform up and put it in the bag along with the other clothing and headed back to the living room where Fuery was waiting for her.

"You look absolutely charming." He said with a slight blush.

Vivian gave a small sincere smile and replied "Thank you." Then she looked around and asked "Where's the Lieutenant?"

"Oh she just needed to walk Black Hayate. I have her keys and I promised to lock the door for her." He said with a small smile. "Now come on, let's go before all the good seats are taken."

"Okay," she smiled and headed out with door. Fuery locked the door and they were off.


Lieutenant Hawkeye was exhausted. Black Hayate had decided to chase every single squirrel in Central even though he was trained better than that. There was also the business with Vivian. She was a little skeptical about her story at first until she heard the sorrow in her voice. She had only heard that tone once, and that was when little Winry Rockbell had asked her why she had become a soldier. The pure fear, anxiety and sadness in a child's voice cannot be replicated by anything except for a life-scarring experience.

Her train of thought was interrupted by a knock at her door. 'Who could be here at this hour?" She opened the door and found Fuery fumbling through his pocket looking for something. He looked up and gave a quick salute.

Lieutenant Hawkeye was confused for a moment. "Where is Vivian? Is she at your place already?"

"Who's Vivian?" Fuery replied back with a confused look on his face. Hawkeye paled.

Something is very, very wrong.


GOMEN NASAI!

GAHHHH! I haven't uploaded anything in like forever IM SO SORRY

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oh well..

You can ask any questions about the series if you want to :3 I'll be glad to answer them C:

BTW, Deia is pronounced DAY-AH. I know I call her Dee but that's just me and my laziness (:

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