The Librarian and Lt. Col. Hughes

Disclaimer: MADNESS! -calms down- Alright let's set this right okay? -anger mark- I do not own FullMetal Alchemist or any of its characters! The only thing that I own is Rae… and Chris! And the story line.

Summary: Ed and Al have teamed up with a new girl, Mustang's niece, they are sent to investigate the happenings at a mine and get themselves caught in a giant military cover-up from years ago. Does the mine owner's daughter know anything about these strange happenings.

Scieszka walked over, carrying yet another precarious pile of books. Ed stood up and helped her as she walked over to the desk.

"Thanks Edward… what're you doing in here? I thought you got your bodies back already?" Scieszka looked at him.

"We did… but I had a question for you…"

"Uh huh… what's that?"

"What do you know about Lt. Col. Rachel Mustang?" Ed asked.

"L-Lieutenant Colonel… Rae huh? Well not much… no one in the military knows anything about her, she just showed up one day and passed the exam. Mustang's her uncle and he loves it, her being the second youngest State Alchemist and a female of course the self righteous man would want to… everything else is top secret information."

"Scieszka what would I have to do this time to get you to share those files with me?" Ed leaned over the desk as she put the books down.

"Sir?" She looked up, Ed's face was right in front of her.

"What do I have to do?"

"Nothing. Do you really think I'm going to give you the files?" Scieszka told him.

"Please Scieszka… I know she can use multiple alchemic abilities at one time and she has incredible accuracy with a handgun. What is she?"

"She's a high ranking official in the State Military… now if you'll excuse me." Scieszka turned and walked into the back.

"So you're digging into matters that don't concern you again huh Ed?" Ed felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over his shoulder at Hughes.

"Yeah… yeah I guess." Ed nodded.

"Well how about letting an old man help you?"

"Okay…" Ed allowed Hughes to lead him off, Scieszka shook her head as she watched them go.

"You need to see this." Hughes led Ed down and unfamiliar hallway. Ed looked around and then gasped as he saw what Hughes was motioning to. Hughes put a finger to his lips to caution Ed to be quiet.

"C'mon Rae… your time injured last time was 45 seconds… you've got a minute and 2!" Roy called to her. She was dodging through a course of ropes, pits and bars.

"I KNOW!" She called back and landed on one of the bars, balancing on just her feet, nothing else. Ed watched as she swung back down by a rope and dove across the finish.

"Hmmm… what's slowing you down Rae?" Riza asked her. Rae shrugged as Roy handed her a bottle of water. She drank it down.

"She did all that without even breaking a sweat?" Ed whispered to Hughes and Hughes nodded then hushed him again, pointing for him to watch.

"Alright let's go to the targets, we'll come back later." Roy called and motioned to someone.

"No… Uncle Roy how about that match you promised me… remember?" She eyed him.

"A match huh?" Roy handed his jacket to Riza who sighed and rolled her eyes, moving off to the side.

"Yeah… What? Don't think that you can beat your niece?" She smirked, raising her hand up.

"I don't know… perhaps!" Roy ran forward, pulling a sword out of a sheath that he had picked up.

"NO you don't!" She dodged to the side and put her hand on his head. He swung back around and she blocked the flat of the blade with her arm.

"Stronger now…" Roy retorted.

"But not stronger than me!" She slid her arm up the blade then forced it over with her shoulder, knocking Roy back. He slid backwards and smiled.

"You're improving… but not improved enough!" Roy ran at her again and she dodged him, pressing her hand on his head and knocking him to the ground. He rolled and flipped back up again only to turn and see Rae running towards him, she jumped up and came down, Roy held up the sword, putting his free hand on the flat of the blade, using it as a shield. Her heel hit the blade and for a second to those watching it seemed as thought the two were frozen in mid air. Then she fell back, sliding on one knee. Roy tossed the blade to the side and unbuttoned his white shirt.

"I don't want to get this dirty." He handed it to Riza who looked at him funny. Rae was already in her evergreen sweater-shirt. He had a small amount of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Not bad Uncle, you're improving… perhaps one day the master with surpass the student." Rae smiled as they two circled almost like a pair of dogs before a fight.

"They're amazing!" Ed whispered to Hughes and he nodded.

"I know… She's the deadliest weapon we have in our arsenal… she knows it too… we've sent her on numerous missions… she's the perfect model of a military officer. Riza's the same way… but Rae's surpassed even Roy. Her senses have been perfected using modern technology, like a cat's. She's the only woman in our military who can bench press 400 lbs. and yet look how small and lithe she is." Hughes nodded.

"Riza… how about you come out here?" Roy asked. Riza looked at him.

"Are you crazy sir?"

"No, c'mon… you haven't fought your rival yet." Roy walked over and pulled his shirt back on. Riza eyed him for a second then sighed. She pulled off her jacket. She smirked at Roy's niece as she walked out into the ring.

"NO Alchemy you got it… you little cheater…" Riza told her, letting her hair down. Rae swept her hair out of her face.

"The military's deadliest assassins up against each other? What in the hell is Roy thinking?" Hughes said.

"I don't know but this oughta be good." Ed watched the two girls.

"Whomever is knocked out of the ring first loses." Roy told the girls.

"RIGHT!" They said together.

"Ready? Steady girls… GO!" Roy clicked the stopwatch and Riza ran at her opponent.

"Too slow!" Rae put her hands on the lieutenant's shoulders, turned around and landed on her feet behind her, until Riza went down and kicked her feet out from under her. Rae flipped over and her heel slammed into Riza's jaw.

"Damn…" Riza righted herself and went down again, this time though she sprung back up and swung her leg over, her foot landing in Rae's stomach. "Oops… sorry…" Riza said in a sing song voice. Rae growled and grabbed her ankles, pulling her down.

"Get outta the way!" Rae sprung up and swung her leg around, aiming for Riza's face. Riza saw this at the last second and brought her arm up to block the blow. Roy gasped as did the rest as Rae, using her sister's arm, twisted in mid air to spin, her other leg coming up and slamming Riza in the back. Riza choked as Rae landed a few feet away from her.

"Try dodging THIS!" Riza pulled her gun out and fired at Rachel.

"Fine!" Rae dove to the side as the bullets rained around her, one just barely scraping her cheek and arm. She pulled out her own and fired straight back.

"Wasn't expecting that was she?" Hughes chuckled as Riza twisted in the air, dodging the return fire. She trained her own gun on a spot about 15 centimeters to the left of Rae's skull. She fired and Rae swung to the side and it hit her right where Riza had expected it to, it scraped her skull, almost hitting her temple full on. Rae was thrown back and landed outside the ring. Riza gasped and put the gun away.

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Uhhh… yeah…. Sorry I have been wanting to get that fight out of my system for some time now… yeah… read and review… all this stuff will be explained later.