The Murderess and Rose

"SIR! We have a new report in on that serial killer!" One of the lieutenants ran into Al's office and he looked up. "We now had reason to believe that our murderer is a murderess!" Al blinked, he had been asleep on his desk, dreaming about his mother. Trisha's face swam across his memory again and he shook his head.

"Are you serious?" Al cocked an eyebrow.

"Yes sir… the DNA reports just came back from our latest murder, she's a female." Suddenly the phone rang on Al's desk. He jumped then picked it up.

"Colonel Elric speaking." Al spoke into the receiver, his tenor voice serious. The tall blonde was wearing his military uniform minus his jacket. He turned in his chair to look out the window as the lieutenant on the other line spoke.

"Colonel, there's been another murder, between East Central and Dogsin." Said the voice from the other line, Al's eyes opened wide.

"ANOTHER? AH, HELL!" Al hung up the phone and pulled his jacket on. "I have to get moving, call up my brother and get the team set." Al said running out the door, "LIEUTENANT TAELOR! WE'VE GOT ANOTHER! C'MON GET MOVING!" He shouted into his 1st lieutenant's office door. Chris looked up and jumped out of her chair. She pulled on her jacket and threw Al his long black coat, to keep the snow from soaking his clothes then ran out the door after him. He snatched the keys out of his superior's hand, his sister-in-law… she was engaged to his older brother. She gasped and smiled as she saw them run off.

"I'LL BE THERE WITH THE TEAM SOON ALPHONSE!" She called after them and Chris gave her a thumbs up.

"Another… DAMN! I can't believe we can't catch this perp." Al slammed his fist down on the table in the security room. He and Ed were on night duty that week. Ed nodded and propped his feet up on the desk and rested his hands behind his head.

"I understand." Ed told him. Al sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"Yeah… I mean he's avoiding us like Barry the Chopper… sorry Ed." Al apologized as he saw Ed cringe.

"It's alright Al… just don't like thinking about that guy." Ed grinned at his brother. Al grinned back at his brother as he propped his chin on his hands.

"Nothing's going on… why is it that we always watch but it's always when we look away that something happens?" Al looked at the monitor boredly.

"Because that's just the way it works." Ed replied and sat up, looking at his brother seriously. "There's something that you're hiding from me."

"Wha-what? That was rather sudden…" Al jumped, looking at his brother.

"You're hiding something from me… what is it?" Ed's face suddenly appeared in front of Al and the young man fell over in his chair.

"What's going on in here?" Ed heard his fiancé's voice. Rae walked over to them smiling, her long black hair pulled up in a braid that hung to her tailbone. She had a file in her hands and a smile on her face.

"Hey… I was wondering if you'd died or something." Ed beamed and Rae kissed him on the cheek and smiled at Al.

"If it isn't my favorite brother-in-law." Rae smiled and kissed him too. Al grinned at her then suddenly became serious.

"Have you seen Christine?" Al asked and Rae shook her head.

"No sir… I haven't seen her since when we parted this afternoon. I thought she was with you." Rae's face sunk slightly. "But I'm sure she's home safe and sound. Let's call." Rae picked up the phone and dialed their home number.

"Uncle Roy? Yeah it's Rae… have you seen Lieutenant Taelor around the house?" Rae smiled as she heard her uncle's voice. He had been sick lately, a feverish and nauseous mess was what described him. His voice was raspy and harsher than usual but its tone was soft, he cared deeply from his niece, who had followed in his footsteps since coming to live with him when she was a little girl.

"Lieutenant Taelor? No I haven't seen her… let me ask Riza." Rae heard her uncle cover up the phone and call to Riza. There was some talking and then Roy came back on the line. "Riza hasn't seen her for a few hours, she did speak to her earlier when she came home but then she left again."

Rae's face sank slightly as she thanked Roy and hung up, "Roy hasn't seen her since this morning and Riza hasn't seen her for a few hours…"

Al's face grew grim, "Damn, I told her to stay where either I or someone else could see her." Ed put his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Calm down Alphonse. We'll find her… don't worry." Ed smiled. Rae frowned then suddenly turned as the phone rang. She looked at it for a second then picked it up.

"General Mustang speaking…" She said, her voice serious.

"General, we have a fight down town, we can't get into the middle of it to find out who it is…" Was the voice from the other line. In the background Rae could hear the shouts and cries from the crowd that was surrounding the fight. "WE NEED YOU DOWN HERE!"

Rae hung up the phone and looked at Ed, "I was just bossed around by my own lieutenant."

"Serves you right." Ed smirked.

"SHUT UP!" She shouted at him then walked out of the room.

"Short fuse much?" Al chuckled and he and Ed followed her.

As they arrived they noticed that the lieutenant had been right, there was a huge mob fight in the middle of Central. Rae was already on the side lines with a number of lieutenants.

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" Rae shouted and shot off her gun. The entire crowd grew silent as the grumpy General pushed her way into the middle of the mob. Two men were at the center and she was amazed to find that one was her Uncle. The other was a man she didn't know.

"R-Rachel?" Roy gasped slightly as his niece looked down on him, he was on his ass in the middle of the mob, a large bruise already showing over his eye and other bruises showing on his face as well. Her eye twitched and Ed, Al, Riza, most of the lieutenants and the others that knew the warning signs and especially Roy all turned to duck and cover as they recognized the warning signs of an eruption.

"YOU! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE FUEHRER! AND LOOK AT YOULOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE DEGRADING YOURSELF BY GETTING INTO A FIST FIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED OF A STATE ALCHEMIST ROOKIE NOT A FULL FLEDGED AND BATTLE SCARRED STATE ALCHEMIST SUCH AS YOURSELF WHO ALSO JUST HAPPENS TO BE OUT FUEHRER!" Rae shouted at her uncle who smiled guiltily up at her.

"Rae… Rae calm down!" Ed called and grabbed her arms before she could catch a hold of the poor terrified fuehrer.

"My, there seems to be quite a lot of excitement around here today!" Chris's voice came from behind Al. He, Ed and Rae all turned to her and saw the girl standing next to her.

"Rose?" Al and Ed breathed together. They hadn't seen her for years.