Fox set Roy down in the bed of the wagon and took
off the bag she was carrying. She was sweating
and panting a little. She opened the bag up and
pulled out some disinfectants, bandages, and
gauze.

Fox cringed as pain suddenly shot through her right
arm. The battle with the chimera and enemy soldiers
reopened the wounds on her shoulder and arm. And
what's worse, it seemed as if the pain pills were
wearing off.

Fox rummaged through the bag once more and found
the bottle of pills. Opening it, she took two,
closed the bottle, and put it away.

Next, she tended to Roy the best she could. She
didn't have a whole lot of medical training, but
she knew a few basics. First, she used the
disinfectants to clean the wounds. Then, she
applied gauze and wrapped the wounds with the
bandages.

Fox turned to her own cuts and cleaned them,
grimacing as she did so. It stung badly, but she
had to endure it. She was about to apply gauze when
she hear people calling for Roy.

"Damn!" She looked in the direction of the voices.
Maes and Riza were heading this way. They spotted
her just as she was starting to run off.

Riza raised her gun and shouted, "Freeze!" When
the girl didn't stop, she fired a warning shot
towards her leg.

Fox felt the bullet graze her left leg as she
ducked behind a wagon full of cages. The gunshot
had startled a bunch of the chimera inside the
cages, and they started making noises.

Maes stayed by Roy as Riza gave chase. She ran
around the corner of the wagon and trained her
gun on the girl. A bead of sweat rolled down the
side of her face.

"Alright, who are you?" Rize demanded. "And what
were you doing with the Colonel?"

Fox remained silent, staring at the woman in fear.
She didn't know what to say. Should she tell her
the truth? Would anyone believe it?

Riza realized she was scaring the poor girl and
lowered her gun. "Hey, what's wrong? Why are
you here all by yourself? Don't you know it's
dangerous out here?" She figured the girl wasn't
affiliated with those rogue soldiers.

Sitting on her butt, Fox brought her knees to
her chest and stared at the ground. "Roi-sama..."
What she said was barely audible.

Riza blinked, unsure of what she just heard.
"Roi... sama?" She went back into focus. "Wait
a minute... How do you know Roy?"

Fox looked back up at her and cocked her head to
the side. Her wild yellow eyes stared intently.
She really wanted to see if Roy was alright.

That's when Riza realized. The green leather
collar, the eyes, the hair, even the way she
cocked her head to the side. All of those things
gave her away. "Fox?" She smiled and laughed
lightly when the girl reacted with a shocked gasp.

Riza put away her gun and extended her hand towards
the girl. "Come here."

Fox nodded and slowly stood up. Taking the woman's
hand like a little child, she let herself be led
to Roy and the others.

Roy was now awake and speaking with Maes. He
stopped the Lieutenant Colonel and looked to Riza
and Fox with a smile. "Who is THIS you've
found?"

"This is Fox," Riza said simply. She smiled when
he raised his brow. "It's just as you suspected.
She's a chimera. And apparently, she can achieve
human form."

Roy "hm"ed.

Maes turned to his superior, holding up a badge
that was on one of the soldiers. "This badge
matches none of the country's military insignias,
or that of any of the other countries for that
matter."

Roy nodded. "I see... We should report back to HQ
and inform them of our findings."

"Sir!" his subordinates responded.

Roy looked to Fox. "I assume you were the one
who patched me up." He received a shy nod in
response, to which he smiled. "Thank you."
He packed everything back into the bag and
handed it to Fox. "Good girl," he said while
patting her on the head.