"Oh You guys are all right" Winry sighed in relief when we walked into one of the waiting rooms the officers had directed us to.

I noticed Bradley and my face dropped into a scowl.

"Hello Fullmetal alchemist" Bradley said sipping his coffee so innocently.

"Fuhrer president Bradley?" Ed and Al said in astonishment.

"What are you doing here?" I spat at him. I had no reason to be polite, he had no authority over me.

"No need to be snappy Alexis" he said with an amused look, "when I was questioning the MPs they informed me that a childhood friend of yours, Fullmetal, was being held under protective custody. As a close friend of an important member of our organisation I had to give her special treatment" he got up and smiled down at Winry.

"Well then young lady, now that your friends are here this old man will be leaving"

I huffed at Bradley.

"Oh yes thank you" Winry said Politely.

"Alexis" Bradley turned to me, "I just wanted to know what you think of me now since our last encounter was a little rough" I knew he was stirring me up so I thought id give him some smartass comment back, I wasn't in the mood to be tested in.

"Bite me" I said crossing my arms.

His roaring laughter bounced off the walls.

"You always made me laugh Alexis" he stopped laughing and glared down at me, "but be carful because the next time you say something stupid, it might get you a bullet in the head."

I wasn't scared even if I should have been.

"You may kill me but you will never insult me" I said smirking at him. He laughed at me finding me quite humorous which was far from what I was trying to be, "this world isn't big enough for you and your ego!" I shouted out to him but he was already gone.

"Alexis!" Ed and Al snapped.

I looked at them.

"What?" I asked.

"Are you trying to get yourself into trouble?" Ed asked, "you're acting like an idiot!"

"Whatever" I muttered and slumped into the chair across from Winry, I didn't have the patiences to fight with Ed right now.

"Lexie?" Winry spoke up.

I looked at her.

"What you said earlier about only killers hold guns, why do I get the feeling that you label yourself as a killer?" she asked.

I shook my head not saying anything.

I was in enough pain just remembering Jack, I didn't want to remember Sammy either.

I pulled my knees up to my chest and sunk further in my chair, she had to know I wasn't going to say anything.

"I always wondered why you had Jack tattooed on your arm" she said gesturing to the small cursive name on my right arm, "that was the Ishbalan boy right?" she asked.

I nodded.

"Yeah" I said softly, "the military killed him just like they kill everyone else" I growled slightly, "but theres no point holding a grudge it will just hurt even more" I ran my hand over the tattoo on my arm.

"You're strong" she said to me, "to be able to accept something like that" I didn't accept it, otherwise I wouldn't have killed Sammy.

"I never accepted it, I dealt with it in the worst way possible and now I can't take back what I did, love makes you do dangerous things" I muttered.

"How old were you?" she asked, "when you fell in love?"

"Young and foolish, I have a habit of loving people I'm not supposed to" I said looking up at her, "I was warned by many people not to love him but that just made me love him more" I said softly.

She saw the pain in my eyes and took her attention off me.

I always fell in the love with someone I couldn't have or wasn't supposed to love, I wasn't sure why but it always ended in heart ache.

"Ed" she paused looking down, "how long have you known about mum and dad?" she asked, "keep your promise and tell me everything"

He told her everything and when she knew the truth it put a smile on her face.

"Mum and dad continued to help people until the very end, I feel better now and I'm really proud they're my mum and dad but I wish more than anything that they could've come home alive, waiting is hard and scary" Winry said softly.


By the time we got back to the hotel I was so tried I felt like I was floating instead of walking, I wasn't sure how long it had been now since I had slept but I felt weak from it.

"Mrs Rockbell you have a call from Mr Garfiel" the desk clerk said as we walked past him, she took the phone.

"You know I don't think I could ever imagine you in love" Ed said elbowing me, he was trying to tease me while perking me up a bit, "Lexie in love" he said thinking about it, "I would believe it when I see it" unfortunately for him I wasn't in the mood but there was one thing that might perk me up.

I wrapped my arm around his neck and started digging my knuckles into his head.

"Hey!" he protested "Lexie….Stop….Ouch!…Al?Help…" Ed shouted trying to remove himself from my grip.

"Nope, you were stirring her up Brother I think you deserve it" Al stated crossing his arms.

"Alexis!" Winry shouted staring at us, "put him down" she was glaring at me.

I let go and he fell to the floor.

"He was asking for it" I said holding my hands up smiling slightly.

"Now I have to go back to Rush Valley and how am I going to be able to trust you that you won't end up killing Ed before Scar does" Winry said glaring at me.

"I can look after myself!" Ed snapped up at us from the floor.

I put my foot on his back and he was pushed back to the ground.

He growled at me in frustration.

"Oh come on, don't worry Winry ill make sure he doesn't die, I can't say that I may not injure him though"

She crossed her arms at me.

"Don't worry Winry ill keep a close eye on them" Al chimed.

Ed stood up brushing himself off glaring at me.

I poked my tongue out at him.

Ed jumped at me in anger.

I dodged him and he fell to the ground again.

"Come Ed you've gotta try harder than that" I said to him.

He sat up and squeezed my sore hand.

I squealed in pain and punched him in the face.

"Ouch!" Ed snapped rubbing his nose.

"Sorry reflex" I muttered rubbing my hand.

"I want you two to promise me that you're not going to keep hurting each other" Winry snapped at us, "you need to start working together because this whole mess could easily get you all killed and thats the last thing I want."

Ed and I smiled at her and Al put his hand on her head.

"You don't need to worry about us, we have each others back, right guys?" I asked them.

They both nodded.

"As much as they fight and bicker, they do work together pretty well" Al stated, he was right. Us bickering was a way to keep us constantly alert and ready for anything except right now I felt like I was going to pass out of exhaustion.

Winry pointed to both me and Ed.

"You will behave for Al, the both of you"

We both smiled.

"Of course" We both chimed innocently. Saying it didn't mean it was going to happen, trouble always found us no matter what we did even if we invited it most of the time.


We walked Winry to the train station. now I was sure I was floating, I was on autopilot.

"Al what did I tell you" Ed snapped, "get rid of that thing" he said pointing to the black and white creature in Al's hands.

I jumped when I saw it.

"Yeah! That thing is evil" I exclaimed pointing at it.

"You two don't like it because it bit you" Al stated.

Winry put her hand on my shoulder, I turned to her while Ed and Al continued to bicker.

"Thank you Lexie"

I raised my eyes brows at her.

"What for?" I asked curiously. I couldn't imagine what she was thanking me for now.

"For caring for them, you have a funny way of showing it but I can see you care"

I scoffed at her.

"You're looking into to much" she smiled seeing through my lie. I did care about them and I wasn't the type to start caring, I never have been but now I was starting to care again, I didn't feel as numb as I used to.

"Get rid of it Al!" Ed shouted.

Winry pushed Ed's head so it smashed into Al's chest.

"Don't go dying you idiots" she snapped at them.

Ed rubbed his head and glaring at her.

"Of course we won't" Al chimed.

Winry got on the train poking her head out the window and smiled down at us.

Ed took in a deep breath.

I watched him oddly.

"Next time..." The train started cutting off Ed.

"Huh? What? I can't hear you" Winry shouted over the noise.

Ed turned around and started to walk away.

"Wait big brother, bye Winry" Al said waving to her.

I ran after Ed.

What the hell was up with him, he was acting weird.

"Wait! Ed! I didn't hear you!" Winry shouted.

Ed turned around with a serious look on his face.

"Next time I make you cry, they'll be tears of joy, Al and I will get our bodies back no matter what and we'll make you so happy that you'll cry!" Ed shouted at Winry.

A smile spread across my face.

"Got it" she shouted back smiling and waving at us.

"Awwww" Al and I squealed.

Ed glared at us.

"How cute!" I squealed again.

"That was so sweet big brother" Al squealed after me.

"Shut up stupids!" Ed said kicking us.

We jumped out the way.

"Aren't you just the cutest thing" I said pinching his cheeks.

"Alexis!" He growled slapping my hands away.

"Don't you reckon Al, young love is so sweet" I sung wrapping my arm around Ed.

He punched me in embarrassment.

"Shut up!" He shouted at me.

A car stopped in front of us making us come to a sudden stop.

"Get in" Roy said rolling down the window.

We got in without protest.

"The desk clerk told me I might find you here, I wouldn't go back to the hotel if I were you, the place is crawling with MPs, if they find you they won't let you leave" he explained.

"That's right we let Scar get away" Ed mumbled.

"They'll probably try and stick us with somebody guards again" Al added.

"So what happened to the homunculus?" I asked.

"Hawkeye called and said they've taken it to an empty house in the suburbs, that's Where we're headed now" Roy said to us. "And Alexis you got very lucky today, I heard how close you were to being killed by Scar, you're just lucky you know how to talk your way out of things."

I sighed at Roy.

"I love how you like to tell me things I already know" I said sarcastically.

Roy gave me a cold stare through the review mirror.

"And you also haven't fully recovered" I added.

"Should you even be driving?" Ed asked.

"I'm running short on pawns that I can move, so I have no choice but to move myself" Roy explained.

"You don't have many allies, do you?" Ed asked.

"He's never really been very popular" I stated.

Al nudged my in the side to shut up.

Ed smirked at me.

"I don't want to hear that from you!" Roy snapped at me.

"You know I'm right" I muttered slouching down in the car closing my eyes and yawning. I think ill just have a little sleep before we get to the house and deal with our new friend Gluttony.