Hughes jumped at the phone when it began to ring. "This is Hughes."

"Lieutenant, we must have just missed the suspect. He's gone. He obviously left in a hurry and left behind quite a bit."

"Damnit! We were so close! At least we know where he's headed. What did you find?"

"Serveral envelopes full of powders, dirty diapers, and some journals and calenders I think you should see."

Maes was a bit confused, this was one of his top men. Why would he be looking at calendars? "Why are you wasting your time on powders and calenders?"

"Sir, they are not a waste of time. Believe me. YOU need to see them."

"Alright. Bring them straight to me now."

He didn't wait for a response before hanging up the phone and calling East City.

.oOo.

The powders had been sent to the labs to be analyzed. He first started looking at the calender. At first he thought it looked a lot like the one his wife kept hidden away in her drawer. It was marked the same way.

It took him a moment to realize that this was a calender that a woman had been using to keep track of her cycle. But as he flipped through it the handwriting changed. And not only were the periods themselves marked, but also when said woman would have been fertile. After several months of that the markings stopped.

So he moved on to the journal. He couldn't believe what he was reading. How could anyone think this way? How messed up and obsessed do you have to be?

He had just finished reading when the phone rang again. "Lieutenant Hughes, good news, Sir. We captured the suspect as he came off the train. We have the infant. She has been checked at the local hospital and is unharmed. She is with my most trusted soldiers now in a military vehicle on her way home. Expect to see her in two hours."

Hughes breathed in a sigh of relief. "Thank you. That's the best thing I've heard in weeks."

"You're welcome, give our regards to Fullmetal."

"Of course."

With that he hung up the phone and went to find Ed.

.oOo.

Ed was sitting where she always did when she heard someone coming towards her.

Hughes looked red and out of breath. "Ed. We need to talk."

Ed was fearing the worst and simply nodded.

"Alex's father? It's Roy, isn't it?"

Ed hung her head and couldn't look him in the eye. It made sense that he knew. She had heard Roy talking to him about it on the roof that day. Ed simply nodded.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"He didn't want anything to do with me after that. I heard him tell you on the roof that it was the biggest mistake of his life."

Maes finally had a large understanding of what had happened. "You misunderstood. Why were you wearing lipstick that night?"

"Winry had taken me to get a makeover. How did you know about that?"

Maes took a deep breath. "We know who took Alex. He's in custody in East City. Alex is fine and will be here in a couple hours."

He had barely finished his sentence when he was being tackled with a hug.

"Thank you! Oh, thank you! How...?"

"I'm not done. The man who took her planned the entire thing. He was a shitty alchemist who got mad when he failed the exam. He got a job as a janitor instead. He stole your calender, and was able to predict when you would most likely get pregnant."

Ed was confused. "But, what does that have to do with Mustang?"

"He decided he would get even by creating the perfect alchemist. He figured the child of the two greatest alchemists the country had ever seen would be just what he wanted. His plan was to raise Alex to be the perfect weapon against the military."

"So he drugged both you and Roy that night. Although something apparently went wrong with your dose because you weren't supposed to remember anything either."

Ed was confused. "He doesn't remember? But that doesn't make sense."

Maes couldn't help but smile at her. "I suggest you get his side of the story from him. I'll talk to him soon. In the meantime go get Al and make sure you have everything ready for your daughter's homecoming."

.oOo.

Roy went to his best friend's office as soon as he got the call.

"What's up?"

"I've had a good day Roy. Learned quite a bit."

Roy rolled his eyes. "Like what?"

"Well, I know who drugged you. And before you ask it was your janitor."

"He gave me something to make me horny? Ok. That's creepy."

"I also know who Alex's father is."

Roy just stared at his friend. Finaly he spoke up. "Good. Tell me who so I can fry him to a crisp."

"Don't be so hasty, Roy. That would be suicide and we already burned that bridge after Ishbal."

Roy felt his rage die and thought his heart was about to stop. "What are you talking about Maes?"

Maes just smiled. "The night you were drugged, Ed didn't walk in on you. She was with you."

All of a sudden Roy felt dizzy and sat down hard. He looked up after a moment and Maes was handing him a beat up journal.

"I marked the entries you want to make sure to read. And by the way by the time your done with that your daughter should be home.

Roy felt like the rug had been pulled out from under him.