I transmuted an ice sword, and was ready to go.

"Since you're feeling so confident, you can play with my new pet!" at these words, a large creature jumped in front of me. It had to be a chimera- it had various animal parts. It's growl was fierce, but I ready. I made the first move, running forward and swung my sword. It missed, and the creature bit it in half. It went for my left arm and got a mouth full of steel. I put my hand on the ground, and a pillar pierced the chimera's head. Father Cornello didn't look too pleased about me killing his pet either.

"That was just dumb luck! Try and dodge this!" a red flash from the stone created a large machine gun. Cornello's laughter could barley be heard over the shots. Al transmuted a door, and we ran as fast as we could.

"We need to expose Cornello for what he really is!" Ed was voicing what I was thinking. Al and I shook our heads, and he stopped.

"Alright, since this is your first real mission, I'm putting you in charge." What the hell was Edward thinking?

"What the hell are you thinking? It's my first real mission, so you should be in charge. Putting me in charge is setting us up for failure!" I crossed my arms across my chest and staring him down, I mean down at him.

"We're just teaching you the way teacher taught us! We have faith in you Raven!" If suits of armor had facial expressions, Al would have a sweet smile on his face right now, and imagining that, I just couldn't say no.

"Alright fine, what do you want me to do?" I was fighting back a smile.

"I want you to find the room where they do all the radio broadcasts on, and make sure the mic is on, Al and I will do the rest." he didn't have time to go more in detail, because Cornello was coming this way. The boys made a left turn, and I went right- we all transmuted walls to buy time.

I opened up 3 doors before I found it. I shut the door behind me, and began my search for the mic switch. It was on the floor under the desk, and flipped it on.I didn't hear anything from outside, so I sat on top of the desk, waiting for the bastard to rear his ugly bald head. The brothers must have lost him, because I heard hurried footsteps coming my way. The door was snatched open by the false priest.

"You think you're so smart don't you, figuring out what I was up to?" he was really pissed off, but I really didn't know what he wanted. Fame, fortune?

"What are your plans?" I said in a sarcatic tone.

"You know what I want! To play these fools into thinking that if they serve the church, that they will be saved! If they think that, they will fight to the death for me without a second thought. Think about it, mindless followers fighting for me, and they don't even ask questions!" he laughter was silenced by a mob forming outside the church. I started laughing then, and showed him the switch.

"You'd better face your dedicated followers Cornello, they have questions." I couldn't help but grin at this point. He looked scared, but I didn't care. All I could focus on was the stone.

"Now, I'll make sure they don't kill you if you hand over the stone." my hand was out, waiting. Cornello was shaking. I pulled my knife from my boot, and put it to his throat.

"Look, I don't want to do this, but you just need to hand over the stone." I wasn't going to kill him, just scare him, and if need be, rough him up a bit. He took off his ring and gave it to me, but before I dropped in my pocket, the stone broke appart and disappeard. My mouth fell open.

"What are you trying to pull, old man?" I grabbed him by his collar, and balled and automail fist.

"Please, I'm useless without the stone! I don't know why it broke! Please spare me!" I threw him aside, being blinded by anger. I could tell that he really had nothing to do with this, but I couldn't help being mad at him.

"Fine, I'll spare you, but you're facing your people and telling them the truth. It's the least you can do." he didn't move, so I puched him in the head.

"I said NOW!"

"I'm sorry, please don't hurt me anymore!" he sounded like a little kid.


"What happened Raven?" Alphonse ran up to me, hoping for good news. I didn't want to break his heart, but I couln't lie to him either.

"Sorry Al.." I showed him the empty gold band, and his head fell. Edward came over, saw my face, and knew what the outcome was.

"It's alright Frosty, it's not like we haven't been through this before." Ed and Roy's nickname for me always made me feel better, and I was jst glad the he wasn't mad.

"You did a pretty good job for your first mission too, congrats." The short blonde beamed at me, which made me smile.

"So guys, where are we going now?" I was really excited to get to the next place.

"Well, while you were playing with Cornello, I got a call from Mustang. The Fuhrer has requested your presence back in central. After you get done with that, meet us in a mining town; here's your tickets for the train, and good luck." before I could answer, the boys were walking away from me.

"Great."

To be honest, I really didn't want to go back to central, I felt like I was being left out of an awesome adventure- not to mention that I have to meet up with the corrupt leader of the military, by myself. This just sounds so great.


A/n: I'm posting this right after the other so that we can just be done with Liore and that mess. I regret not putting it all in one chapter, but I wanted t keep the cliffhanger thing going :P What does the Fuhrer want with our heroine? Find out next time. Enjoy life,

-Owl