"You heard me." Mustang said smirking.

"You can't be serious!" Erika yelled.

"I am NOT going to be paired up with this hot head!" Ed yelled.

"And you're an idiot if you think I'll fight alongside this pipsqueak!" Erika shouted.

"Pipsqueak?" Ed yelled.

"Not now Elric!" Erika yelled.

"Would the both of you just shut up!" Amy yelled. Everyone looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Never once have they heard her yell.

"Ames?" Erika asked.

"You two need to chill out! It's just a job! Get over it!" Amy said.

"I didn't sign up for this Amy!" Erika shouted. Ed and Al looked at each other.

"She used her whole name. That's never good." Ed and Al said in unison.

"We both know that me and the shrimp don't get along. Don't say you've forgotten." Erika whispered.

"I didn't." Amy said with a chuckle.

"Then you should understand why I don't need a partnership with him right now!" Erika said. Amy nodded. Mustang sighed.

"I don't care what's your motive or why you've come, but you're not getting out of this." Mustang said. Erika looked at him. "Believe it or not I know you're going to need Fullmetal. And Fullmetal," Mustang said. Edward turned to him. "You'll need Sapphire Spark."

Everyone got silent and looked at the floor. "Fine." Erika spoke up. Ed looked up. "If I'm stuck with the trouble making midget, what's his jurisdiction?" Erika muttered. Amy smiled.

"Edward can tell you that." Mustang said and passed her a key. "Your room's number is 72. Fullmetal's is 77. Don't kill each other. That is all." Mustang said and saluted.

"Yes sir." Erika and Edward said in unison. Ed saluted and Erika bowed.

"And Erika," Mustang said as they were walking out. "This isn't the police station at Ashwell, you'll need to salute."

"O-Oh…right!" Erika said and tried the salute.

"With your right hand Sapphire." Mustang corrected.

"Oh." Erika said and saluted correctly and walked out.

"What have I gotten into?" Mustang groaned.

IN EDWARD'S ROOM…

"And remind me, why are you in my room?" Ed asked sitting down on the couch.

"What's your position in the military?" Erika asked with arms crossed.

"State alchemist. Don't you remember?" Ed said dangling his watch.

"I mean what do you do? Do you just sit around and wait for missions or something?" Erika asked. "Wait a second! Why didn't I get a watch?"

"Hold your horses. I didn't get my watch as soon as I got accepted." Edward said.

"Yes you did brother." Al said.

"Oh yeah that's right." Ed said smirking.

"Don't toy with me Elric! This is serious!" Erika said flailing her arms. Ed chuckled.

"It's not serious if you do that." Amy said sweat dropping.

"Don't worry. I'm sure the colonel's getting it right now as we speak." Edward said.

"Now, what was your research?" Erika said. Ed sweat dropped.

"Well, uh…"

"Any time Elric." Erika said falling onto the couch.

"We're researching the philosopher's stone…" Ed muttered. Erika and Amy grew silent.

"And why would you need that?" Erika asked breaking the silence.

"You don't remember?" Al asked.

"Remember what?" Erika asked standing up.

"Uh, guys. There's something I'd like to tell you privately." Amy said grabbing Ed and Al by the collar.

"Hey! Careful!" Ed said as Amy released them as they were in a different room.

"What's wrong Amy?" Al asked.

"Sister hasn't told you has she?" Amy asked. Ed and Al looked at her blankly. "Once you left, she got into a another fight regarding revenge."

"Girl can't stay out of trouble can she?" Ed said irritably.

"In the fight she…er…got hit in the head and suffered from amnesia." Amy said. "Partial amnesia. It only severed some of her memory so don't be surprised if she can't remember certain things."

"What happened to those thugs?" Al asked.

"Well, after she got hit in the head, she woke up and the thugs were looking over her. Apparently they said something along the lines of 'Girly girl like this could beat up Carbine and them?' Bet you can imagine what happened afterwards." Amy said.

"Yeah, you don't have to explain more than that." Al said sweat dropping.

"Well, don't treat her like she's damaged or anything like that. She understands she's under amnesia." Amy said.

"That explains why she doesn't remember what we told her…" Ed said under his breath.

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Let's go back." Ed said and walked into the room where Erika was pacing. Ed blinked. "Why are you pacing?"

"Huh?" Erika asked looking at them and not the floor "Nothing. So, why is it that you're researching the philosopher's stone?"

"Not your business." Ed replied falling onto the couch one more time.

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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 'NOT MY BUSINESS'?" Erika shouted.

"Calm down! You're going to break my ear drums!" Ed yelled.

"Not until you tell me why you're researching the devil's work!" Erika shouted again. Ed glared at the blue eyed alchemist and she returned it with a growl. He shifted his gold gaze to the side and Erika blinked. "Why are you being so stubborn?" Erika shouted.

"What is it to you about what we research!" Ed yelled.

"Don't you remember? Flashback! Mustang just told us that we're stuck with each other! Why aren't you telling me?" Erika shouted again.

"You don't need to know." Ed replied putting his hands behind his head. Amy watched as flames erupted from her sister. She sighed.

XOXOXOXOXO

"Does Edward enjoy ticking off Erika?" Amy asked.

"I don't know about that. It's more like unintentional I guess." Al replied sweat dropping.

XOXOXOXOXO

"ELRIC! YOU BETTER TELL ME RIGHT NOW BEFORE I SET YOUR FREAKING HAIR ON FIRE!" Erika shouted with a flame hovering over her right hand.

"What the hell!" Ed asked/yelled. "Gees woman! It's just a bit of information!"

"It's a huge amount of information! Do I need to interrogate you or something?" Erika yelled.

"You better do as she says Edward." Amy said. Ed snapped his head toward the younger Evans sister. "She's the daughter of a prime time detective AND the daughter of a skilled elemental alchemist whose specialty was water and fire."

"You've got to be friking kidding me!" Ed shouted moving back from the outraged alchemist.

"Erika's pretty scary when she's mad…" Al said.

"MAD! I'M FREAKING PISSED!" Erika shouted one more time with the flame growing in size. "NOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME WHY THE CRAP YOU'RE RESEARCHING THAT FREAKING STONE!"

"Just calm the hell down! Fine! I'll tell you!" Ed yelled in defeat. Erika's eyes softened at his words and the flame disappeared. The flame that erupted inside her sapphire orbs disappeared as well and Erika rolled her eyes.

"Was that so hard?" Erika asked in her usual sarcastic tone. She sat herself in the couch across of him and next to her sister. She ran her fingers over her armband and the red glow it was emitting turned into one of blue. "Now why are you researching it?"

Ed bowed his head and stared at his hands that were balled up into fists. "When we were younger…something…"

"Erika!" Amy exclaimed. Ed and Al shot their heads up and looked at the two Evans sisters.

"Amy! What's wrong?" Al asked.

"Erika! Erika wake up!" Amy yelled shaking Erika by the collar. "C'mon Erika! Wake up!" She yelled one more time shaking Erika by the collar harder trying to get the swirls to go away. "Erika! Erika Violet Evans! You better not have died on me!"

"Erika Violet?" Ed asked himself.

"Amy, I think she just fainted." Al said looking at the eldest sister.

"Fainted?" Amy asked with tears in her eyes. She looked at her swirly eyed sister and smiled. "I thought she outgrew this."

"Outgrew it?" Al asked.

"Edward?" Amy asked.

"Hm?" Ed asked looking at the amber eyed girl lazily.

"Do you mind if Erika sleeps here tonight? I can't exactly manage to drag her back five rooms and especially at this late hour." Amy said smiling.

"She just got her own room and she's going to sleep at my place tonight?" Ed asked. Amy smiled sheepishly. "I guess…at least I'll get breakfast again."

"Great. Okay see you!" Amy said walking out the door.

"Hey!" Ed called. Amy poked her head back into the Elrics' room. "Where are you going?"

"To my room. Where else?" Amy asked.

"I thought you were staying here with her!" Ed yelled.

"Nope. Don't worry, she won't be a hassle as long as you give her a pillow and a blanket. She can basically sleep anywhere nowadays." Amy said. "Till tomorrow Elric brothers!"

Ed looked at the sleeping girl irritably. "She's like a leech, can't get her away." Ed grumbled.

"Don't say that about her brother!" Al said draping a quilt over her. "She's only concerned. She said the devil's work. Just like everyone else says when they hear the name."

"Wonder how she'll react when she hears the actual story. We never did tell her the whole story back at Ashwell…" Edward said. Al sighed.

"I guess we can tell her the real story now." Al said.

BN: Sorry peoples! I didn't mean for the uploading to go so slowly. I'm juggling about three fanfics at one time so if it comes out reallllllyyyy late I'm sorry. Well, criticism is fine and comments are always welcome! Please people! Please review! When you do I swear, about all my chapters come out better! And sometimes faster or two in one day, that sort of thing. Well, until next chap! =:D