Shyanna walked outside and went to play with some of the children. After a long game of tag, they sat down by the fountain. She let them ask her about being in the military.
"Do you ever get to use a gun?" one of the little boys asked.
"Sometimes, only if someone has been real bad and is trying to hurt someone else," she said.
"Do you have a boss?" a little girl asked. Shyanna laughed.
"Yes," she said. All of the girls got interested.
"Do you like him?"
"Roy? Oh no, not like that. In fact I don't really think of him as a friend either. He can be really mean sometimes. Oh look, that's him over there in the military uniform," Shyanna pointed to Roy, who was standing in front of their hotel. He looked like he was looking for her, but she didn't care. Telling the kids she would be right back, Shyanna ran over to one of the flower stands and bought a couple roses and some daisies.
"Miss Shyanna," one of the little girls said shyly when she got back, "I think your boss is cute."
Shyanna laughed and handed her a rose saying, "Here go tell him."
The little girl ran over to him and handed him the rose silently and ran back. "I couldn't say anything…"
"That's ok, I'll tell him for you later. Now watch this," Shyanna took out one of her cards that had a transmutation circle on the back. She set it on the ground and set a couple of daisies on it. The little girls leaned in to watch as Shyanna touched a finger to the circle. There was a soft glow and the daises appeared strung together in a wreath. She set it on one of the little girls heads and made them until everyone had one. At that moment, Mustang came up to where Shyanna was sitting with the children.
"Lieutenant, we better get to work," he said. She nodded and looked down to the girls. The one who said she liked Roy was hiding behind her back.
"Sorry kids, I need to go do my job. You see the roses on the cards I gave you? When I leave they will turn into hearts but, when I come back they'll turn back into roses ok?" All the children nodded and ran off to show their moms the daisy crowns they had gotten. Shyanna stood up and walked towards the address of the man who was selling chimeras with Roy.
When they got there it looked like a normal store. A bell jingled as they opened the door, and the man working the counter looked over at them, surprised.
"Can I help you?" he asked. 'I'll just let Roy handle this,' Shyanna thought pulling a pen and a small pad of paper out of her pocket.
"Sir, are you aware that you are not allowed to sell illegally made chimeras?"
Mustang went on questioning the guy, while Shyanna walked around the shop in a lazy manner. At least that's what it looked like. She was actually taking very detailed notes on everything in the shop. Not like she needed to, Shyanna had a photographic memory, but Roy needed the info for his report. She wandered into the back room, where all the chimeras were stored. 'These poor, poor creatures,' she thought walking along the isles. After making careful notes, she went back out to the front counter, where Roy was finishing up.
"Now, do you have any sort of record on who you sold the chimeras to?" he asked the convict. Shyanna walked over to stand beside Roy and put a stack of papers on the counter. "Lieutenant did you…"
Shyanna held up her notepad.
"Did you get the…"
Shyanna held up a tape recorder that had the conversation on it.
"Well, let's go get those chimeras then."
They handcuffed the guy and dragged him to the local police, who would get him to the military. Before they left the shop, Shyanna grabbed a big cardboard box. Mustang looked at her questioningly.
"What's in there?" he asked. She just shrugged and walked over o the car they were using. It had cages in the back for the chimeras. Shyanna climbed in with the box on her lap and they drove for the first house. It was the house of the little girl that liked Roy. Leaving her box in the car, Shyanna walked up and knocked on the door. The girls mom answered the door, smiling.
"Oh hi Lieutenant. Thank you for keeping the children busy this morning. We've been very busy lately," the girls mother said, then she spotted Roy and said "Is there a problem?"
"Oh no problem. I believe you bought a pet from the man down the street. I'm afraid we're gonna have to take it with us," Shyanna said trying to sound natural. The mother looked sad.
"Oh, that's too bad. She loves that thing to death. Sweetie1 Bring Lucy in here please!" she yelled over her shoulder. The little girl came running in, a chimera at her heels. It was made from a cat and a bird. She saw Shyanna and smiled wide, running to her for a hug. Shyanna hugged her and looked down at the chimera. The little girl saw Roy and made alittle squeak, leaping behind her mother. As much as she didn't want to Shyanna picked up the little animal.
"I'm sorry but, I'm gonna have to take Lucy with me," she said holding it in her arms.
"Why?" the little girl asked, clutching her mother's skirt. Shyanna gave the chimera to Roy who went to put it in the car while she bent down to the girls level.
"The guy you got her from is bad and shouldn't have given you Lucy. But I can make it up to you," Shyanna ran over to the car and took something out of the box. She ran back over to the little girl and handed a little orange kitten to her.
"Kitty!" she said hugging the little kitten. Shyanna smiled and turned to leave.
"Sorry, I need to go. Have fun with your kitten!" Shyanna walked back over to the car and climbed in with Roy. As he pulled away from the house, she petted the remaining kittens.
"Where do you think of things like this?" he asked her. Shyanna shrugged.
"It's not fair that we just take childrens pets. This way they get a new pet," Shyanna looked down the list. "He didn't get to do much selling before we got wind of him. Only eight people."
It didn't take long for them to get all the chimeras. While Roy went to finish up, Shyanna walked back to the hotel. On the way there, she bumped into Ed and Al.
"Oh hey guys, how'd it go?" she asked. They walked beside her back to the hotel looking disappointed.
"We got nothing. Wait, how did you know we were looking for…something." Ed looked at her curiously.
"Roy's not the only one who can blackmail. It's not like I'll tell or anything. Sorry you didn't find what you where looking for," Shyanna said as they entered the hotel. When they got up to their rooms. Mustang was waiting for them, leaning against his door.
"How'd it go boys?" he asked.
"We didn't find anything," Ed said looking depressed. Roy glanced at Shyanna and walked into his room. She sighed, knowing he wanted to talk to her and entered her room. Taking off her blue coat, so she was in a white short sleeve shirt and her uniform pants, Shyanna started to brush her hair sitting in front of the mirror. Her blue-violet eyes looked at her reflection and saw Roy standing in the doorway that connected their rooms.
"Didn't I tell you to knock?" she said turning around in her chair to look at him.
"Shyanna, you should tell them."
"No."
"I promised Ed."
"You promised me long before Ed."
"They need it."
"No one needs it. For all sakes it shouldn't even exist."
"I thought it didn't"
"Not a complete one."
"Stop being stubborn." Roy looked irritated. Shyanna wouldn't give in.
"It's my job to keep my mouth shut."
"You didn't do that too well when I found you."
She turned to him, tears in her eyes, automail hand held up in a fist. He gave her the same stare he always did when she didn't cooperate. Shyanna sighed, grabbing her coat and bag.
"I'm not gonna tell," she said before running out the door. Outside a dark figure sat outside the window listening.
Shyanna walked down the street in her uniform, hands in her pockets. "I can't believe he would ask me to tell them. What a jerk."
She passed several closed shops and dark alleys. Not sure of whether to run away again or not, she just walked through town. "I don't want to leave, I like my job."
"Sorry Lieutenant, you're gonna be MIA (missing in action) for awhile," a voice said from the darkness. Before she had time to even draw her gun, Shyanna was knocked over the head and fell unconscious.