The next morning, the sun coming through the still open window woke Shyanna up. Yawning, she sat up and looked around the room. 'Ow, my head hurts' she thought putting her hand up to hold her head. A knock came from the door, causing her to wince. "Come in and keep it quiet!" she yelled, rather annoyed. Smirking like always, Mustang entered the room. Shyanna hurriedly slipped the sunglasses over her eyes. He raised his eyebrow but she ignored him. "Can I help you?" Shyanna shot at him.
"Actually you can. You can tell me why you broke into the library about three months ago," he said sitting down in a chair next to the bed. Shyanna, who had been sipping a glass of water, choked and swallowed it in a big gulp.
"What makes you think it was me?" she asked putting the glass down. As a precaution, she checked to see if her gun was still strapped to her leg. To the Colonel, it looked like she was just rubbing her leg.
"Well, there's the fact that just almost choked on your water," he said looking at her, "And there's this." He pulled the ribbon she used to tie her hair back out of her pocket. It was light blue with little violet flowers. She grabbed it out of his hand and tied her hair back.
"What does my ribbon have to do with some break-in? Sounds to me like you guys are just lacking in good security," Shyanna calmly shuffled a pack of cards. Mustang watched her for a second before continuing.
"One of the guards at the scene remembers the ribbon. Plus, the fact that ribbon is handmade means it's one of a kind," Mustang said smartly. She sighed and took another sip of water.
"So what now? I go to prison?" she asked, keeping her head down. She pulled out five random cards and fanned them out. "Ha, Royal Flush."
"Most likely," Shyanna glared at the colonel as he said this. "Your cards should keep you entertained though,"
In a split second, Shyanna stood up on her bed and pulled her pistol, just as Colonel Mustang stood up and held his hand out in front of him, ready to snap. She smirked and holstered her weapon, dropping back onto the bed. "I had a good reason," Shyanna muttered.
"And what was that?" Mustang asked, putting his arm down. She leaned back on the pillow and looked up at the ceiling, she pulled off her glasses.
"I wanted to see if my name was still in the files," before he had time to react, she turned to him and held up the five cards. "Second Lieutenant Shyanna White, the Royal Flush Alchemist at your service. Long time, no see Roy."
He sat there, speechless, while she transmuted the zipper onto her jacket again. Reaching into the pocket, Shyanna pulled out the small key and something else. She turned back to him and held up a state alchemist pocketwatch. Tossing it to him, she picked up her bag. Mustang examined her watch as she unlocked the metal box and pulled out the biggest package. Roy looked closely at the watch, making sure it was real.
Meanwhile, Shyanna was in the corner behind a curtain. When she came back out, she was wearing a military uniform and had moved her gun to her hip. Walking over to the bed, she took the watch and turned it over. There on the back someone had scratched a spade. Shyanna slipped the watch into her pocket and pulled a knife out of her boot. She slipped the ribbon down a little and cut her hair to the length it was a year ago.
Roy stood there amazed, looking upon the lieutenant that had disappeared almost a year ago. At that moment, Ed barged into the room. Lt. Shyanna White looked over at him but he apparently didn't recognize her.
"Hold on," Roy stood up, "How do I know you're really her? Sure you have her watch, but you could've killed her and taken that,"
Shyanna laughed, "Same old Roy," she pointed at her eyes. "Take a good look at me."
Roy stood in front of her, staring at her eyes. A second later, his eyes opened wide. Her eyes were one of a kind.
"Where have you been? It's been a year," He said sitting down. Ed was still standing in the doorway, gaping at her.
"I'm perfectly aware how long it's been," Shyanna walked over to Ed and pushed his mouth shut. "Yes, Edward. It's me Mandy, but that's not my true name. I'm actually Second Lieutenant Shyanna White, the Royal Flush Alchemist." She walked back over to her bed and sifted through the box. She pulled out a box of bullets and started to load her gun while Mustang walked over to Ed and explained about Shyanna and her disappearance.
She holstered the gun and took her 'special' cards from the pocket of her coat. They were modified to suit (haha that's kinda a pun if you think about it!) Shyanna's special techniques. Sitting back on the bed, Shyanna started to sort them out. Humming quietly, she put them in a certain order and put them in her pocket. Mustang and Ed walked back over to her, both of them watching her, still shocked.
"Colonel Mustang, I brought the car to take the gir…" Riza Hawkeye, file under her arm, entered the room followed by two guards. She stood in the doorway, looking at Shyanna.
"Hey Riza," Shyanna said, raising her hand in greeting. Riza's eyes widened but she quickly pulled her self together.
"Is that you, Shy?" she managed to get out. Shyanna picked up her ribbon and walked over to Hawkeye.
"The one and only!" Shyanna grinned and Riza looked over to the Colonel.
"Where's the prisoner? The one that broke into the library," Hawkeye asked looking around the room. He just gestured towards Shyanna saying nothing. Riza looked at her then opened the file she had under her arm. She looked back and forth from the pictures in the file to the girl standing in front of her, who was tying the ribbon around her wrist. Shyanna looked over Riza's shoulder at the file. She read the profile and giggled. "What's so funny?" Riza asked.
"Someone forgot the eye color on this report," she said giggling again. She stopped and looked at Roy expectantly.
"You can only come back if you tell us why you left and didn't want to be found," It was his turn to look expectantly at her. Shyanna sighed before Roy continued, "Besides, you're the only one that will do my paperwork for me willingly."
"It'll take me awhile to get my story straight. Is it ok if I come by your office later? Everyone's invited of course." She said looking alittle uncomfortable. Mustang nodded and left the room, Riza following. Ed, however, stayed where he was. Shyanna looked at him, then sat next to him.
"What is it?" she asked. He looked surprised at her and said, "What do you mean?"
"Well, you obviously want something or you would have left," she said. Her tone of voice was like that of a very observant young child.
"Well, first off why do you act like that? Like a child," he asked. Shyanna sighed.
"It's my optimism. I developed it after I left. Trust me, I used to be like Roy and Riza. Freedom does that to you. You know Ed, we knew eachother before," she said. Shyanna smiled and thought 'If I keep normal conversation, maybe he won't try to get me to tell him the truth.'
"Really? I don't remember you," he said looking her up and down trying to remember. At least he appeared to be doing so. Ed was really thinking. 'She's keeping the conversation away from her disappearance. Shyanna's hiding something.'