Ah, I finally got this done. Sorry about the wait, I wanted to make a little timeline for my story so that I know what I want to happen and when it should happen. Honestly, it was more difficult than I thought it would be. Anyways, It's time to see Scar again!

I do not own FMA.


Scar panted lightly as he hid behind a building. Over the last day, the military had become more active in their search for him and there had been several close calls already. His brow furrowed deeper as he thought about the situation. Something important had to have happened recently. But whatever it was, the military was keeping a tight hold on their information.

Scar turned around and studied the buildings, he was too large to slip between the narrow spaces between most of them. After looking a minute more, Scar began to walk again before he heard a familiar voice say, "It's time to wake up, Lydia." Scar felt anger swell over him at the sound of the Crimson Lotus Alchemist, Kimblee.

Scar turned abruptly and walked toward the building the voice came from. His right hand opened and closed as he savored the thought of taking that alchemist's life. However, he was sorely disappointed to see the only person in the room was a blond woman who was slowly waking up. Kimblee's voice was coming from a two-way radio.

Kimblee once again told the woman to wake up, and the blond jerked to wakefulness as she cried out in alarm. A chuckled emanated from the radio as Kimble sneered, "Good morning, Lydia dearest. Did you sleep well?" The woman, Lydia, shook her head as she looked around and said, "Solf, what are you doing? Why am I tied up?"

The alchemist chucked as he said, "Isn't it clear? I'm using you. I've been using you from the start." The woman's mouth dropped open before she stuttered out, "Using me? But, weren't we dating? I, I thought ..." "That you meant something to me?" the alchemist finished before he continued, "You never did. My whole plan was to get you close to the men working under me so they would feel further compelled to find the scared man after he 'killed' you."

Scar growled lightly, his predicament made a good deal more sense now. He must have been framed for the woman's kidnap. Therefore, the military was looking for him before he could 'kill' her.

The woman shook her head as she said, "But he's only ever killed state alchemist's! Why would he make an exception for me?" Kimblee laughed as he said, "Because, your my girlfriend and I killed his family. Some might say it would be 'poetic justice'. Not that he'll be the one to kill you, I'll be the one to do that."

Scar's lip curled into a snarl. No mater who the person was related to in any way, Scar wouldn't murder civilians unless they refused to get out of his way. The Crimson Lotus Alchemist's girlfriend was no exemption.

Scar studied the woman carefully, being the girlfriend of Kimblee meant that she had intimate knowledge of wear he lived, worked, and what his schedule was. She would be incredibly useful for Scar's purposes, and she was right in front of him, ripe for the taking.

A minute later, the radio turned off and the woman sighed before she whispered to herself, "How could everything go so wrong?" She appeared to be trying to figure out what had happened.

Scar stepped into the room and the woman's head lifted to look in his direction with a hopeful look on her face that swiftly turned to shock. Scar turned to the radio and tugged the cord out of the wall to ensure that the alchemist wouldn't find out anything. He turned back toward the woman who watched him closely before he said, "You're going to help me find the Crimson Lotus Alchemist."

The woman opened her mouth to refuse before she closed it as she seemed to remember something. After a couple minutes of thinking, the woman nodded wordlessly. She clearly didn't want to go along, but she seemed to feel there was no there choice. Scar reached over and untied the woman who said, "Your Scar, aren't you?" Scar nodded, and walked outside as the woman followed.

He heard a small sound and turned to look at the woman who said, "There is something I have to do right now. It can't wait." Scar opened his mouth to refuse, but the woman stared at him with an expression that said that she wouldn't back down no matter how scared she was. His frown deepened as he gestured for her to lead the way.

the woman turned and walked toward the housing district, making sure to use back roads and to stay out of sight. a while later, she stopped behind some apartments and knelt beside a basement door. She wrapped he knuckles on the door before she stood again. The basement door flew open as a small shape flew at the woman.

Scar tensed until he realized, to his surprise, that the small shape was an Ishvallan boy no older than three. A six year old girl rushed out to be followed by a thirteen year old, both of which were Ishvalan. The woman turned to Scar as she said, "I adopted them three years ago after their mother died. I never told Solf about them."

Scar nodded abruptly as he looked at the children, of all the things he had expected, including an ambush by the Amestrian military, this was not one of them. Lydia rested her hand on the eldest's shoulder as the boy stared suspiciously at Scar and said, "This is Aaron." she rested her other hand on the girl's head as she hid behind her mothers leg and said, "This is Elsie." Last of all, she gestured toward the littlest boy who was curiously looking as Scar as his mother said, "And this is Edgar." The woman then rested her finger on her collarbone as she said, "And my name is Lydia Addams.

The woman, Lydia turned to look at her children as she said, "This man is Scar. We'll be with him for a while, so I want you to listen to him." The three children nodded before Lydia turned to look at Scar who frowned. It would be hard enough to look after one additional person, but three kids as well? Scar turned abruptly as he said, "For now, we'll need to hide."

So, what did you think? Please leave a review, I want to make sure I'm doing a good job with this.