Note: In my last chapter I might have said that Rose was in Central, but disregard that and read it as if it says East Command Headquarters.

Alphonse Elric had only been in the East Command Headquarters for a few hours when he heard the sounds of an alarm going off as he made his way through the halls of the headquarters that held so many memories of the past. His mind was diverted to the sound of the alarm that blared throughout the veranda and as he started to walk towards the veranda as he pushed along with the crowd of officers as they made their way to the veranda.

"What's going on?" Al asked one of the officers as they rushed past him.

"Two strange cloaked figures have appeared on the veranda and we plan to get rid of them because they could pose a threat to our headquarters," Havoc said as he rushed past.

"What do you mean?"
"You'll see in a moment," Lt. Breda said as he got his gun out.

The officers made their way to the veranda, but Al's mind was racing a mile a minute in thought that it may be his brother, or someone from the past was back to get their revenge on Al and possibly Ed.

Rose stood still in the doorway to the veranda as her mind raced through images of things yet to come, but why were they coming to her? What do they mean to her and the future of the Elrics and others that they knew? Rose charged through the door as she heard the sound of the officer's gun's cocking as they prepared to fire on the mystery figures.
"Stop! Don't shoot them, they are harmless!" Rose shouted as she burst through the door as both Lust, Russell and the officers stopped.

"What is the meaning of the outburst?" Lt. Hawkeye asked as she pointed her gun at the ground.

"They are harmless because I know who they are and you should know as well," Rose answered as she made her towards the two cloaked figures.

"Is that Rose?" Al asked himself as he pushed past the stand still officers to see who was stopping the officers.

Al couldn't believe that it was Rose as he watched her making her way towards the two cloaked figures to reveal the identity of the mystery party crashers, "ROSE!"

Rose turned towards the voice as Russell came up from behind Rose and shoved her right arm behind her back and held a dagger to her throat.

"ROSE!" Al shouted as he tried to make it through the crowd of officers.

"Stay back or I will kill her where she stands," Russell shouted across the grounds.

"Leave her out of this," Lt. Ross shouted as she pointed her gun at Russell.

"Who are you two?" Al asked as he stood in the middle of the grounds towards Rose and the two cloaked figures.

"That is none of your concern," Lust said as she circled Al.

"Let go of the girl or we will open fire," Lt. Hawkeye said as she moved towards Al.

"I am warning you dogs of the military, back down or she pays the penalty."

"Tell me who you are and we let you go."
Russell and Lust pondered the thought as Russell tightened his grip on Rose's arm as he drew the dagger closer to her throat, but the decision was made as Russell pushed Rose towards Al.

"You really want to know who we are, Alphonse Elric." Russell asked as he prepared to take off his hood.

"Yes, I do and I want you to leave these grounds and this town and go back to wherever you came from," Al said as he held Rose in his arms.

"Time to break the silence," Lust said as she opened her cloak.

"You want the truth, I don't think you can handle the truth," Russell said as he removed his as well.

Silence fell upon the battle grounds of East Headquarters as Russell and Lust removed their cloaks and hoods slowly, but the moment they removed their cloaks a hush of surprise fell upon the Military and Al as they stared at the two visitors.

"Al, do you know these two?" Rose asked as she rubbed her arm.

"I do," Al answered.

"Who are they Alphonse?" Lt. Hawkeye asked as she lowered her gun, but didn't put it away.

"Allow myself to introduce myself and my friend; I am Russell and this woman is Lust, a former member of the Homunculi, but now she has become a normal person and she is helping me to find my brother because as you know, one of the other members of the Homunculi has come back and he has my brother."

All the officers put their weapons down as Al walked towards Russell and they talked out of earshot of the officers, Lt. Hawkeye, Lt. Ross and the others along with Rose, but as Rose watched Al talking with seemed to be the enemy she wondered why he was here and how did he know these two.

"Alphonse, bring your friends in to the office, I want to talk to them," Lt. Hawkeye called out as the officers headed into the headquarters.

"Okay!" Al shouted back.

"Long time, no see little brother of the Fullmetal Alchemist," Lust said with sarcasm.

"If you want my brother, you have missed him because after the fight between him and Envy my brother some how was pulled through the gate and hasn't been back since, why are you guys here?"

"Alphonse! NOW!" Lt. Ross shouted with anger in her voice.

Once everyone was back inside headquarters, the questioning of who these two figures were was started and as everyone stood around the office waiting for answers, Rose moved to the back to be out of view of Al or the two figures.

"My story started after the events the weeks that have passed; Fletcher and I were working in the town where we had been since you and your brother last left us, things went fine, but when your battle happened it seemed to change everything in the world. We decided to travel to see what had caused the changes in the towns we visited in during that time I met Lust, but she was nothing more than a bum on the street with nothing to her name.'

"Fletcher and I helped her back on her feet and one night she finally told us what she once was and that she had changed her ways. Things were fine for a time until we were walking along the streets of the town that is known for the beauty of the water that surrounds it. One moment things are moving like were and then I turn my back for one second and as turn back around, I saw a person that looked like Mugiar running off with my brother. I couldn't move as watched in what seemed like slow motion as my brother disappeared into the shadows," Russell said as he turned toward Al, "but something about the kidnapper didn't add up."

"What do you mean Russell?" Al asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Isn't it obvious, why would this guy kidnap a little kid?" Lust asked.

"Alphonse, what are they talking about?" Lt. Hawkeye as she studied Al's puzzled features as he soon realized what Russell means by his story.

"A few years ago when brother and I were in search of the Philosopher's Stone we stumbled upon a town where all they cared about was the wealth of the gold they had once been proud of, but when stumbled into a local pub to have dinner after removing a man's young daughter, we were asked our names and when we told them who we were, we were kicked out because they believed the "real" brothers were at the home of Mugiar working on the Philosopher's Stone.'

"Brother and I went to investigate, but brother being the hothead that he is got into a fight with Russell in the library of the man's home and we were soon kicked out, but we found our way back in and things didn't go as we hoped. In the end, we found out the reasoning behind Mugiar's madness of the red water that flowed under his home, but in the end---"

"In the end to finish the story, Mugiar was crushed under his collapsing house and there is no way that it could've been him," Russell said as he finished the long winding story.

"Now do you understand my question Alphonse?" Lust asked as she stared at Al.

"I do, but what does it have to do with me?" Al asked.

"A while before I met up with Russell and Fletcher I had come across what seemed to be Envy, but when I walked up to him, he was talking nonsense and talking about getting revenge on a man that once tried to bring him to life, but failed and he would destroy the offspring of the man."

"What does that mean?" Lt. Bloch asked as he got of his seat to listen more closely to the conversation.

"Hohenheim Elric was the man that created Envy, but when he was young he contracted Mercury Poisoning and when Hohenheim tried to do something about it, he failed at the task and for one hundred years he has been sealed away until the time of when he started chasing after the Elrics'. Now he seeks to destroy that man and…"

"WHO?" Al asked frantically.

"We believe he is coming for you and Ed, but since you are here in this world and Ed is in the other, you are in the most trouble and he has sworn to harm any that try to get in his way," Russell said as he stared at the blank faces of the Military members that had been involved with the Elrics'.

A silent hush of fear had fallen upon all in the room, especially among the military members and Al, but Rose was not about to believe what the two mystery people had to say, but there was truth behind what was said.

"Why should we believe you?" Rose asked from the back as she made her way to the front to confront the visitors.

"You want an answer?" Russell asked sarcastically as he glared at Rose.

"Yes, I do and what makes you guys such experts on the situation."
Russell looked to Lust and Lust looked to Russell as they shared a moment of silence as they silently nodded each other as they prepared to give their answer.

"We found this note on the ground in the alley where we chased the so-called Mugiar and on the note we found the location of where he plans to attack next," Russell said as Lust handed the note to Al.

To who ever finds this note,

My vengeance will not be derailed by the likes of those that believe that they can because their efforts shall in vain and my actions shall triumph over any acts that I ever performed in the past. My hatred for Hohenheim Elric, father of Edward and Alphonse Elric has been the fuel for my fiery passion to seek my vengeance upon the man, but why stop there? The Elric brothers are just the same as their father and they shall pay the same price as their father for the pain and suffering they have inflicted on me that cost me my chance at a human life! I have in my possession the brother of the one of the sons of the man that once failed at the creation of the stone long before the Elrics search for the stone. Tricking the young man will be nothing short of possible. The next person that I shall inflict the pain of my hatred upon will be the Alchemist Killer of Ishbal! I have heard news that he has become the center of authority at a local school in Lior and by destroying his life; he will be unable to stop mine. The next person…either Alphonse Elric, Colonel Roy Mustang, Lt. Hawkeye, Lt. Ross, Lt. Bloch, or another dog of the military that is hiding from me with his legs between his metal legs. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, EDWARD ELRIC! If someone finds this note, you have failed to stop me for I will already be far ahead towards my victim as written before and don't attempt to follow me or you shall suffer as well my captive victim!

Envy

Al dropped the note after reading the note. How could it be that Envy was back? Al defeated him when he pulled him back through the gate that Ed had gone through into an unknown world. Why was he after Scar? What caused this hatred towards the estranged father of the Elric brothers?

"When did you find this note?" Al asked as his hands shook.

"We found it a few days ago and we fear that by standing here and not doing something about the note the Alchemist Killer it is talking about could be in serious trouble or even dead by now," Russell said as he picked the note up and placed in his pocket.

Rose was taken back by the words that she had heard coming from the letter and she knew what it meant about the Alchemist Killer, it was Principal Scar! She did not know that he had grown to love her as she had done the same about him and she was not about to let something happen to him.

"I'm coming with you to stop this person," Rose said as she stepped forward next to Al.

"Did you know hear what I told you earlier about the fact that if anyone, especially you or your military friends here gets in the way of Envy's wrath, you will face a fate worse then death," Lust said as her anger rose towards Rose.

"If she wants to, she can come," Al said as he winked at Rose and for a brief moment a hint of love for Rose seemed to pass from Al to Rose, but Rose thought nothing of it at the moment until she completely soaked it in from the moment.

"Alphonse, if you leave without Military escort…I would feel that I was letting you walk into what seems to be a trap," Lt. Hawkeye said as tears started to form in her eyes for just the mention of Mustang in the note was enough to break her heart.

"We will leave as soon we gather our things and find the next train to Lior in hopes that Envy has not already beaten us to the punch and we will take a Military escort, I want Lt. Ross and Bloch to be our escorts," Al said as he pointed Lt. Bloch and Lt. Ross.

"You want us sir?" Lt. Ross and Bloch asked simultaneously.

"Who else would I trust?"

With that, the deal was sealed and plans were made to get to the train station as soon as possible and get aboard the train to Lior in hopes of stopping Envy before he unveiled his plans, but there were moments of hesitation as Al looked through his belongings and found pictures of he and Ed from both childhood and from when they teenagers. Memories are hard to let go of, but memories of torturous moments, those of which the boys had faced can never be forgotten and they hard to let go of in the process, but good memories tend to fill those spaces.

The only think on his mind was getting to Lior and stopping Envy for he had been an enemy to his brother and to him. He didn't want the death of a man that was more a friend than an enemy on his conscious and the look on Rose's face was the reason as well, but now was the time for action! And that was exactly what the six companions did as they bored the train to Lior, but on the platform was a sad moment as they watched Lt. Hawkeye, Lt. Havoc and the others disappearing into the distance as the train pulled away from the station.

"May God be with you Alphonse Elric," Lt. Hawkeye said as she and the others waved the train goodbye as it disappeared into the distance.

Al looked back and whispered to the wind, "Goodbye Lt. Hawkeye, we will bring Colonel Mustang back safe and sound and we will stop this evil of Envy and hopefully my brother shall be back soon. We are going to need all the help we can get."

Back in Lior, Principal Scar was dealing with absence of Rose being absent for the classroom and his heart was starting to ache for her, but he knew he had to hold his emotions in as the substitute teacher walked up next to him and introduced herself, but her beauty was not matched to that of Rose.

"Excuse me, are you the principal of this school?" asked the substitute teacher.

"Yes I am, and I am guessing you are the substitute for Ms. Rose while she is on a short vacation?" Scar asked in return.
"Yes I am and you may call me Ms. Psirien and I will be substituting for the teacher," Psirien answered as she shook Scar's hand and was soon introduced to the students of Rose's class, but no one noticed a cat on the windowsill as it moved out to the awning where there was shade as it took its true form.

"I have found you Alchemist Killer," Envy snickered under his breath as he ran back to his hideout in Lior.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE! Three new characters in one chapter? What are the odds of that happening, okay, confession time, I deliberately did it to add some excitement to the story and sorry that this story may be a little drawn out, but that is what makes a good story. Look for Ed, Alphonse, Hohenheim, Greed, Mustang, Winry and Pinako in the next chapter, its getting good and plan to make you guys hanging off the edge of your seats on the ending that you fall off and probably review angrily about why I did it? Bye for now!