Shyanna checked the time and stood up. "Sorry Ed, I gotta go. See you later," she said. Once outside the room she sighed, thinking 'That was close.'

She walked through the halls until she came to her old office. Opening the door she saw Riza and Havoc talking quietly. Shyanna smiled and slipped into the room. "Hi guys,"

"Well hello there," Havoc said looking at her, "Haven't seen you in awhile,"

Shyanna smiled, "Nice try Havoc, I still won't go out with you. Unless you would like this to get out."

She pulled out the queen of hearts and turned it over. On the back was a very embarrassing picture of Havoc making an idiot of himself in a restaurant. When she first joined the military, Shyanna had gone out with him once. Not because she liked him, she did it because Shyanna knows when she can get good blackmail. Havoc made a grab at it but she held it out of his reach and walked over to her old desk. "I take it that my desk is still mine?"

Hawkeye nodded and Shyanna sat down in the chair. She took out the metal box from her bag and put it in the bottom drawer of her desk. Placing the key to the box in her pocket, Shyanna felt underneath her desk. "Aha!" she said triumphantly, taking another small key from under the desk. She locked the drawer and put the second key in her pocket as well. Right as she began to relax, Roy walked into the room.

"That was quick," Shyanna said looking up at him. She looked as if it she hadn't been gone for a year.

"This paperwork is actually for you to be reinstated," he said setting down a stack of papers on her desk. She flipped through the pages and said, "It'll take me about 15 minutes."

Everyone except the Colonel looked at her like she was crazy until Roy said, "Not only is she good at paperwork, Shyanna is fast, descriptive, and neat. Not only that but she'll do my work willingly."

Shyanna smiled as he left the room, then her look turned sour. "Willingly my ass," she muttered.

"What was that?" Havoc asked. Shyanna ignored him and started to work on the papers. Her hand flew across the paper writing in small, neat lettering. In a little more than fifteen minutes, Shyanna was knocking on the door to Col. Mustang's office, completed forms in hand. He told her to come in.

"I'm finished," she said handing him the papers. Shyanna turned to leave.

"Hold on a minute Shyanna," he said. She turned around and looked at him. "Sit down for a second."

Shyanna nodded and sat down wondering what was coming. 'I'm not ready to tell him why I left yet,' she thought.

"I have an assignment for you," he said flipping through a file. "There's a town to the west where it's rumored that a man is making chimeras and selling them as pets. I need you to go take care of him," Shyanna nodded and got up to leave. "Oh and the Elrics are going with you."

Shyanna looked back at him (again) and said, in a slightly annoyed voice, "Why?"

"They are heading to the same town…for their own reasons. With Scar and the Homunculi around, even though they can take care of themselves, I'd feel better if you went with," Mustang closed the file and looked at her expecting her to leave.

"Oh Roy!" Shyanna sang sweetly walking over to his desk, once again acting childish. She pulled an envelope out of her pocket and held it out. "What are the Elrics looking for?"

The Colonel rolled his eyes at her antics. "Shyanna, since when do you act like that?" She realized how she was acting and who to. Instantly, she stood straight and looked down at the floor, muttering "I'm sorry sir. It's been awhile since I was last here. I developed this sort of optimistic, childish attitude while I was traveling. People are friendlier if you act that way instead of being all mysterious. I was only all stiff when I get here because I was so close to the military. But you're avoiding the question. Tell me or I'll release the photo."

"I didn't think you would lose that," he said. Shyanna looked at him closely, "Enough blackmailing, more talking."

"Fine, but you have to keep your mouth shut. They are looking for the Philosopher's Stone. I made a deal with Ed that all stuff we get wind of about it goes to him so when I get a lead and have nothing for him to do, he gets to go look for it. We got information that it's in the West. Are you ok?" Roy leaned over to look up at her face. She had several looks on her face. Surprise, horror, fear all mixed together, but she shook her head. "It's nothing. We'll leave tomorrow morning,"

Shyanna left the office soon after that, heading back to her own. Her face was downcast as she sat down to read the file. She barely noticed Riza and Havoc watching her. Shyanna, being a fast reader as well as fast writer, was finished quickly. She checked the time on her watch and sighed. "At least this means I can put off my explanation."

"Lieutenant White?" someone asked. Shyanna looked up to see Ed.

"Oh hi Ed. What brings you here?" she asked politely, putting the file in a drawer in her desk.

"I'm not interrupting you am I?" he asked. She shook her head and he continued, "I wanted to talk about our assignment. I was wondering if we could leave tonight,"

"Oh, um, sure. That's fine," she said. 'I thought he was going to try and question me again' she thought.

Later that afternoon, Shyanna, Ed, and Al left for the train station. Shyanna insisted that they walk, she didn't like the train and wanted to stretch her legs before sitting. Ed was surprised that she hadn't reverted to her childish ways, now that Roy wasn't around. To his surprise, though, she didn't. Eyes hidden behind her sunglasses, Shyanna trailed behind them, in silence, staring at the ground. Ed was about to ask what was wrong, but they came upon the train station and were met by a surprise. There, waiting next to a car, was the Colonel.

"What are you doing here?" Ed asked him. Shyanna just stayed back not saying anything.

"I've been waiting for you guys. Where have you been?" Mustang asked, ignoring Ed.

"I wanted to walk," Shyanna said barely loud enough for him to hear her. He looked over at her and said in a harsh tone, "Why? So you could get away again?"

Shyanna bit her lip, still looking down at the ground. "I didn't, did I?"

Roy gave her a 'Whatever' look and turned to Ed. "Fuhrer Bradley wants me to come along. He thinks Lieutenant White here might try and run off again,"

Shyanna turned away from the group. 'Damn it! What am I going to do now?' Al watched her while Ed and Mustang talked alittle more about her intentions. Trying to tune them out, she bit down harder on her lip and tasted blood. Wiping it away she said, "Can we just get on the train? Please?"

Both Ed and Roy nodded and Shyanna followed them into the station, readjusting the bag slung over her shoulder. She felt the box shift against her back. They all boarded the train and she made a move to sit alone.

"Hold on Lieutenant," Col. Mustang said behind her. Shyanna turned to him, but kept her head down still. "I would like you to stay where I can see you till we get there."

"You'd like me too or you're ordering me too?" she muttered. Mustang cocked an eyebrow at her.

"What was that?" he asked her in an accusing tone. Shyanna turned her head slightly and said quietly, "Yes, sir."

She sat down in a booth by herself, setting her bag beside her. Shyanna pulled out the metal box and fished the key from her pocket. Unlocking it, she sifted through the remaining items, finally taking out a small book and a pen. As the train pulled away from the station, she began to write about the past few days.

Shyanna had managed to fill two pages when Ed's head popped up over the seat behind her. "Whatcha doin?" he asked peering over her shoulder.

A vein pulsed on her forehead, as she blocked her book from view. "Leave me alone, Ed," she said quietly. He slid out of his booth and sat down opposite her. "I didn't know you had a diary. Do you write in it every day?"

Shyanna closed the book and slipped off her sunglasses. "I only write in it when something important happens. The last time I wrote in it was three months ago," she looked at Ed with her unique blue eyes, as if begging him to leave. Ed's face was all of a sudden more serious.

"Why do act all official and uptight around Mustang?" he asked. Shyanna's eyes widened a little, but not enough to notice. "That's easy. He's my boss, my superior officer." She said. Ed inspected her face closely, and looked over her shoulder at Roy, who was watching them both. Shyanna could feel his eyes boring into the back of her head.

"Well, yeah but, I have a feeling that's not it. As little as I know you; you've been kind of hyper and childish. Except for our meeting on the street that is. You're like a perfect military official around him. That's not you," he said watching her face for emotion. Shyanna sighed deeply.

"Let's just say that it's part of a deal we made a long time ago. The Colonel has several things in his back pocket on me," she looked up at Ed, gazing into his eyes so he knew she wasn't lying. "I have to keep to my mouth shut and treat him with respect,"

After that, Ed left her alone and Shyanna decided to get some sleep. In the seat behind her, Ed was thinking.

"Is something wrong, brother?" Al asked him. Ed shook his head and looked up at him.

"Al, has Shyanna been limping? Her ankle should still be hurting her, it only happened yesterday," Ed said quietly, apparently thinking hard. If it could have, a look of realization would've crossed Al's face.

"Now that you mention it brother, I don't think she was. Strange isn't it?" Al said. Ed peeked over the seat at her, sleeping soundly.

Sitting back down he said, "I'm gonna ask her…now," He got up and walked back over to where he was sitting earlier. Al held out his hand to stop him.

"Ed, let her sleep," he said. Edward just ignored him and shook Shyanna's shoulder a bit roughly. Shyanna groaned and grabbed his wrist, glaring up at him fiercely.

"I know we're not there yet, Edward, so what do you want?" Ed wrenched his hand out of her grip.

"How's your ankle feeling?" he asked. His voice was not filled with concern, but suspicion. Shyanna sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"It's fine. Why?" she asked being a bit more cautious now, after the tone he had used. Ed looked down at her, still standing.

"It's only a day after you sprained it, but your walking without limping. When you first woke up you could barely walk," he said. Shyanna's eyes opened wide. 'Man, I knew someone would notice' she thought. Wrenching her gaze to the ground, Shyanna answered.

"I just heal quickly, that's all."

What happened next barely gave Shyanna time to react. Ed clapped his hands and transmuted a blade onto his automail arm, and Shyanna transmuted on of her cards into a small dagger. He swung at her and she brought the dagger up to hold off his blade. Both Al and Mustang got up and ran over. Shyanna hadn't seen much action in a long time and was barely holding Ed off.

"What are you doing?" she asked putting her other hand on the handle of her little dagger to add the strength of her other arm. Ed kept pushing on the blade of it, not letting up.

"Seeing how fast you really heal!"

"Brother, stop it!" Al said watching the two. Shyanna looked like her arms were about to give in. As they watched, Ed's blade got closer and closer to her.

"Stop it, Edward," Mustang commanded him. At that, Ed backed off and transmuted his arm back to normal. Shyanna sat there, panting, and wiped the sweat off her forehead. She transmuted the dagger back to a playing card and put it in her pocket. When she finally caught her breath, she exploded.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" she screamed at him. Usually Ed would have recoiled but her stood there firm, still wearing that serious look on his face. "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? CHOP MY HEAD OFF? No matter how much he bugs me, I'm sitting with the Colonel from now on," she picked up her bag and shoved past all of them.

Mustang rounded on Ed as soon as Shyanna had sat back down.

"What do you think you're doing? That's one of my best officers you nearly killed! What lead you to nearly cut her throat like that?" he demanded. Ed looked up at him; shocked he hadn't realized it before.

"Don't you find it odd that she's been walking around, the day after she sprained her ankle, without limping, Colonel? Nobody can heal that quickly," Ed shot at him.

"What do you think she is, a homunculus? Hate to break it to you Ed, but Shyanna is as human as you and I," Mustang said to him.

"How can you be sure?" Edward asked him watching the back of Shyanna's head. She was shaking slightly, as if she was crying. Al went over to talk to her, while Roy looked at Shyanna then rounded back at Ed.

"I know things about Shyanna no one else does, Ed."