Sorry it took me so long to update! I've been busy with my Horse, Boz. We've moved to a new stable today, it's called SunFlower Stables. I love it so far!

And as for my Coturnix Quail, I hatched out 18 of them and they are a month old now! Wow!

Anyhow, I enjoyed writing this chapter! It's starting to get good! *Evil Laugh*

Enjoy!


Maes rested a hand on Roy's shoulder. "You are my best friend and I couldn't take that risk. But we will find out if Ed really is The Shadow, I promise you." He said.

Roy nodded, letting his anger fade out with each breath. He refused to believe that Edward was The Shadow. It was someone else and he would prove it.

Roy felt someone tapping him on the shoulder and he turned around to a cop.

"Sir. I just got a call that The Shadow has been sighted! Down on 53rd street. The woman who reported it claims that The Shadow pushed into her, knocking her to the ground while he ran by." The cop reported quickly.

Maes stepped forward. "And how do they know it was The Shadow?" He asked.

"Sorry Sir. They said he was wearing the red cloak." The cop said before saluting and jogging off.

Roy knew this was his chance to prove once and for all that Ed was not The Shadow. He walked over to the waiting cops.

"Listen up!" Roy called, gaining the attention of everyone around him.

"The Shadow has been spotted on 53rd street. He is wearing a red cloak and is in a hurry. He might be on his way to kill another person. It is urgent that we catch this man! I want everyone to be on top alert and checking every side street that's near 53rd. Go, now!" Roy shouted.

Everyone saluted and went jogging off towards 53rd. Roy followed close behind, keeping an eye on the gathering crowds. He could feel his eagerness to catch The Shadow as his heart rate built up.

His eyes scanned over the crowd. He felt nervousness spiking through him. He could feel The Shadow's eyes on him and it made his skin crawl.

"There!" Maes yelled, pointing to a red streak running down a side alley.

"I'll get him! Maes, you circle around and meet me on the other side of this alley!" He demanded before running down the alley after The Shadow.

Roy raced down the alley after the red clad figure, his fingers posed to snap. His heart was racing at the thought of finally catching The Shadow.

The Shadow clapped his hands and quickly pressed them onto a wall as he ran, making large boulders jerk out of the ground and narrowly miss Roy.

Roy aimed and snapped his fingers, sending a roaring fire ball towards The Shadow. The red figure dodged the fiery blast, burning the edges of his red cloak.

Roy could hear the heaving breaths of the man as he started running again.

The Shadow spared a glanced back at Roy as his hood flew off his head and laid against his back.

Roy could see the man had blond hair as it flew out behind him like a flapping bird before the man snapped his head forward again and ran.

The Shadow once again clapped and pressed his hands against the wall as another tall boulder jutted from the ground under The Shadows feet, hoisting him into the air.

Roy snapped his fingers and sent a hissing fire ball into the large rock, melting it and bring the man back to earth.

They had reached the end of the alley with no where else to go. The Shadow frantically looked around at the high walls around him, looking for an escape.

Roy slid to a stop and aimed his fingers up at The Shadow. "You might as well give up. There's no where to run." Roy called.

His voice echoed around them through the clearness of the night. The Shadow sighed as he slowly turned his head towards Roy.

The moonlight shun onto the face of the mysterious Shadow and Roy's mouth hung open like a fish out of water.

Roy lowered his hand and he felt his heart shatter.

"Ed?...You really are The Shadow..." He mumbled with wide Onyx eyes.

The boy he had come to care for and love like a son was the murderer he'd been chasing for so long.

Roy looked at the ground. "Why?" He asked softly before looking up with furious black eyes. "Why would you kill all those people!" Roy snarled at Ed.

Ed met his eyes with steely golden orbs. "Why? Are you seriously asking me why?" Ed rolled his eyes and laughed. "If you had given one shit about my past you'd know the answer to that."

Roy narrowed his onyx eyes, "I left your past alone because I could tell it bothered you." He said.

Ed blinked and looked towards the ground. "You did?" He asked softly before meeting Roy's hard gaze.

Roy stared at him. "How?" He asked point blank.

"What do you mean how?" Ed asked flatly as he watched Roy's expression change from shocked to anger.

"I mean how did you kill those people when you were still in my house!" He yelled.

Ed smiled sadly and shook his head, "Easy, I snuck out while you were sleeping. I made sure to cover my tracks."

"Yeah well, you didn't cover them very well. How do you think I found you, you little bastard." Roy hissed at Ed with narrowed eyes. "I took you in and treated you like a son and this is how you repay me?" He clenched his hands, "You've betrayed everyone!"

Ed looked down at the ground and sighed. "I wanted to tell you but I knew you'd act like this..." Ed muttered.

"How else am I supposed to act when I find out the person I've been living with is a murderer?" Roy yelled as he started pacing the alley.

Ed watched him walk back and forth like a caged tiger. "I never wanted to be a murderer, you know." Ed said.

Roy stopped pacing and looked at Ed incredulously. "Oh yeah? I never planned on being part of the Military but hey, at least I didn't grow up killing people for fun." He snapped.

"That's not what I meant!" Ed hissed and threw his fists down against his sides.

"Oh? Then what did you mean?" Roy glared at him, heaving breaths as his heart rate picked up.

"I'm forced to kill people! I don't want to but I have to!" Ed shouted desperately as he looked Roy in the eyes and took a step towards him.

Roy held up his finger and posed it to snap. "Don't take another step." He spat, glazing with seething eyes at the boy he came to love like a son.

"Roy please, I never wanted this..." Ed felt a wetness leaking down his cheek. "Just listen to me!" Ed begged pitifully.

Roy could feel his heart tearing in two as he watched the tears pour from Ed's wide golden eyes. Roy shook away the feeling and steeled himself.

"I guess you must be made of something different than me," Roy closed his eyes and took a breath, "You have a heart full of cold metal." He opened cold onyx eyes and rested them on the boy. He was ready to snap his fingers and end it all.

"They're holding my little brother hostage!" Ed yelled desperately. "They're forcing me to kill in order to keep him alive..." Ed's shoulders slumped.

Roy almost lowered his fingers.

He wanted, with all of his might, to believe him.

"Why should I listen you?" Roy asked with a fixed glare as he watched Ed look up at him with wide eyes.

"Because it's the truth!" Ed said as he took another step closer. "Please..."

Roy watched with aimed fingers as Ed slowly inched closer to him until he was face to face with the boy.

"Please, Roy. Listen to me." Ed begged softly as he met Roy's hardened eyes with his watery golden gaze.

Roy sighed and dropped his hand to his side. "Why would they take your brother?" He finally asked after a moment.

Ed's eyes shun with hope, "You're gonna listen to me?" He asked.

Roy nodded, "I don't forgive what you've done but I am willing to listen."

Ed ran into Roy's chest and gripped him in a tight hug. He wept loudly into Roy's dark blue coat as Roy wrapped his arms around the boy, pulling him closer.

He didn't care what Ed had done. He couldn't bring himself to kill him. He knew deep in his heart that he was loving someone who was on death row but he couldn't block his feelings for the boy.

Ed pulled himself away from Roy and looked into his eyes. "Thank you, Roy." He sniffed as another tear fell down his cheek.

Roy knelt down and wiped the tear from Ed's cheek. "Now tell me, why are these people holding you brother hostage?"

Ed wiped his nose with the back of his hand and took a deep breath, readying himself. "My father was once part of a gang." He began.

"He had borrowed money from them," Ed looked up at Roy, "And I mean lots of money."

"What for?" Roy asked with a frown before Ed could say more.

"I don't know, I guess to buy our family home." Ed said with a sigh, "It wasn't worth the price though."

Ed stared at the ground, "It wasn't the Military that killed my parents. It was the gang." Ed looked up into Roy's face again.

"They killed my mother first, which sent my father into drugs and alcohol. After becoming addicted to those, he needed even more money."

Roy nodded, he could remember some of his friends getting hooked on that crap and how they all turned up dead.

"My father couldn't pay that back either so they killed him. They left us alone to die." Ed took a deep breath and gave a sad smile.

"They didn't realize my brother and I weren't just some stupid kids. We knew how to survive, I mean it was hard of course, but we did it."

Ed scowled, "That only angered the gang once they saw we weren't dead and they came back."

"They grabbed Alphonse, my little brother, and held a gun to his head and told me to listen to them." Ed shuddered with the memory.

"Of course I listened to their every detail. They told me that they would keep my brother alive as long as I did exactly what I was told." Ed took a breath.

"And so, The Reaper, was born." Ed thought for a moment. "Where did you guys come up with The Shadow anyways?" Ed asked.

Roy shook his head with a small smile. "Not my doings. I guess because you were always hidden in the shadows and never left much of a trace, at least not for the untrained eye."

Roy's face became serious again and he looked down into Ed's face. "You know they're still going to hunt you."

Ed's nodded, "I know, but not if you help me." He locked eyes with Roy, "Will you help me get my little brother back?"

Roy clenched his teeth. His entire career he followed the law and did his best to bring the law breakers to justice. He was risking not just his job by helping Ed, but his life too.

Roy took a deep breath and met Ed's golden eyes with determination. "I will help you." He promised.


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