Note: There was in a previous chapter a little misunderstanding about the situation at the train station in Lior. I said that a guy that is a creation of Envy's hopped aboard the train and was headed towards Risembool. I made a big mess with that and I apologize for the misunderstanding. The beginning of this chapter will centered on the fight without the guy hopping aboard the train; all will be explained shortly.

"Welcome to Lior my friends!" Rose said as the friends stepped off the train and surveyed their surroundings, but the moment of happiness was short lived as Russell's eyes darted across the train platform for a faint moment he thought he had seen his missing brother.

"Fletcher, is that you?" Russell called out as he pushed through the crowd of people rushing to get on the train.

"Russell, where are you going?" Lust called out as the group was pushed along from everyone else.

Lt. Hawkeye had been steaming still since the phone call hours before and she was still rampaging around the headquarters about the situation; Mustang was in Risembool and Al, Russell, Lust, Rose, Lt. Ross and Lt. Bloch were in Lior. Everyone was keeping there distance from Lt. Hawkeye and the only two that managed to do that were Dr. Marcoh and Shesca as they busied themselves with some of the documents they had found that Lt. Colonel Hughes had been looking over the night that he was killed by a member of the Homunculi years before.

"Find anything interesting Shesca?" Dr. Marcoh asked as he peered over the stack of books in front of him.

"Nothing at the moment, but I did stumble across something that has me confused," Shesca said as she placed a stack of books on the table across from Dr. Marcoh.

"What do you mean?"

"Some of the documents I found mention at certain points about a man named Hohenheim Elric, but I don't understand how that could be possible."
"What do you mean 'Hohenheim Elric'?"

"The last name is what confuses me."
"You don't think!"

"That he could be related to Alphonse and Edward Elric?" Dr. Marcoh asked as he stood near Shesca as she peered into the book that was confusing her, "what does it say about this Hohenheim Elric?"

"It says that he once was apart of the Military, long before the Ishbal Massacre and it also says that in his studies he had found a way to create humans out of alchemy that would never tire or get hungry. The ultimate fighting machine, but when he found out what the Brigadier General planned to do with the creations, Hohenheim destroyed his creations and left the Military and his family never knew what happened to him."

"Does this mean that Hohenheim Elric created the Homunculi?"
"I don't know if it is true or not, but this means that Hughes' research on the Fifth Laboratory and the idea that someone among the Higher Ups was in connection with starting the massacre in Ishbal."

"We need to Lt. Hawkeye about this," Dr. Marcoh started to say as Lt. Hawkeye came in to see what was going on in the library between Dr. Marcoh and Shesca.

"Tell me what?" Lt. Hawkeye asked.

"Do you know anything about the man named Hohenheim Elric?" Shesca asked as she started to put books back on the shelves.

"I don't, but I have heard that he was here before the massacre of Ishbal and I wasn't even here at that point."
"We think he may have been the one to create the Homunculi and Lt. Colonel Hughes had been on the verge of proving this breaking point," Dr. Marcoh said.

"If he was, then there is nothing that can be done at the moment, the top priority is getting a hold of Mustang and Alphonse and getting everyone back here to East Command Headquarters before something happens to one of them with Envy on the loose."

Once leaving the train depot the friends started to walk through the town of Lior. It had been four or five years since Al had been back to this city and it had been after they been with the Military for a few years and it had been years since the incident that had led them to finding the now fabled Philosopher's Stone.

"I wonder what that was all about back there at the train station." Lt. Bloch asked as his eyes took in the area they were in, but everything was strange.

"Whatever it was, it had something to do with us and I bet was someone back at Headquarters trying to get a hold of us," Lt. Ross said as she walked beside Bloch.

Al started to search for a phone so he could call Lt. Hawkeye and make sure was alright and to check in with her to tell her that they had made it to Lior safe and without problems.
"What's the matter Al?" Rose asked as she noticed that Al was searching for something.

"Do you know where I can find a phone?" Al asked.

"Probably at the church, if it's still standing," Rose replied.

"Thank you," Al said as he made his way to the place where he remembered the church that had been under the control of Priest Cornello and the church itself seemed to bring back memories of the past. Memories of Ed and Rose's first fight about human life and the idea that Cornello could create life and perform miracles. Al soon found a phone and dialed East City Headquarters.

"Hello?" came the familiar voice of Lt. Hawkeye.

"Lt. Hawkeye? This Alphonse Elric, I'm calling to report that we arrived in Lior safely and without problems," Al said as he tried to make sense of the situation.

"Oh, Alphonse, I'm glad to hear that you guys are safe, I tried calling the train station there because we have found reports that Envy has headed to Lior and I feared something happening to you guys there and I was calling to have the train master stop you and make you come back to Headquarters."
"Oh, if it's alright with you, we would like to explore Lior and look for signs of Envy because we are hoping to find Fletcher and end this cat and mouse chase for him?"
Silence

"Lt. Hawkeye?"
"That's fine, but promise me that you will stay out of harms way and once you are finished I want to return to Headquarters and if anything happens, I want you to return to Headquarters. And that is an order Alphonse."

"Yes ma'am," Al said as he hung up the phone and walked out to the others, "Lt. Hawkeye says its okay that we look for Envy, but with the precaution that if anything happens we have to return to Headquarters."
Everyone was in agreement and with that Rose took the initiative to the show the group around Lior that she called home and to everyone's amazement they really saw the beauty that all of Lior noticed while living in the town, but as the day was dying down the fun was interrupted by a moment of interruption.

"Rose? Is that you?" Scar said as he sat at the counter of a local lunch counter.

He looked once more to make sure that want to have her in his arms and the numbing feeling of missing her was not getting to her along with the unending heat as he sat at the counter.

"Rose, what's the matter?" Al asked as he noticed the scarred man staring at them.

"It's Scar!" Rose said as she ran toward the muscular man sitting at the lunch counter.

"Who's the scarred guy?" Russell asked as he removed his hood from his head.

"That's Scar, he's originally from Ishbal, but after he came to Central to fulfill what he called "God's Destiny" he became more of an ally for my brother and I during our time in find the stone and fighting the Homunculus. I guess he has since moved here to Lior, but I don't why," Al said as he watched the two friends embrace, but Al could see from the pained look on Scar's face that he wanted more then just a friendly embrace.

Rose waved her friends over to introduce Scar to everyone, but Al didn't listen to a single word that Rose said because he had lived through the story, but his concentration was soon broken when Scar decided to take everyone to lunch to a nice restaurant.

"Rose tells me you guy's are searching for a member of the once Homunculi?" Scar asked as he went around the room watching for an answer from someone, "What brings you guys here?"
"My brother has been taken captive by the guy named Envy and we have figured out that he maybe hiding in Lior," Russell said after putting his glass of ice water down.

"I'm surprised to see the proud brother of the Fullmetal Alchemist here in Lior," Scar said as he eyed Al.

The conversation soon turned to the topic of finding Envy and Al brought everyone up to speed about the situation about Mustang and where he was, but unbeknownst to anyone at the table; hiding in the alley was that Envy was hiding out in a cloak with Fletcher bound and gagged hidden further in the alley.

"That is what is going on with the situation at the moment, but I feel that we need to make finding his hideout top priority in this town, but we don't have anywhere to stay for the night," Al said, but it was soon cleared up when Scar spoke up.

"You do have a place to stay," Scar said as he got up and paid the bill.

"What do you mean sir?" Lt. Bloch asked.

"You guys will stay at my estate tonight and in the morning I will help you find this Envy character."

"We couldn't possibly do that," Lust said.

"It's not inconvenient to me at all," Scar said as he took Rose's arm in his as they made their way to Scar's house and as they did they were given a tour of the city through the eyes of the two residents of the town, but no one else saw what a budding romance was forming between Rose and Scar, but Al could see they were in love.

Envy made his way back to his hideout and untied Fletcher as he placed their belongings in the corner of the abandoned building where they would be hiding out until Al and the others decided to get wise and find the hideout.

"I found my first target and tonight will be his last night ever alive," Envy said as he ripped the tape from Fletcher's mouth.

"Why do have to hurt innocent people to get your revenge, Alphonse Elric is here in Lior, why don't you only hurt him and leave others alone?" Fletcher asked with his hands still bound his back.

"Then what be the fun of torturing others that would get in the way of getting my revenge and that is why I'm the evil one and you are the innocent bystander."

Envy went about his business as he prepared for his first strike for later that night.

"The first domino to fall will be the famous "State Alchemist Killer" from Ishbal, Scar and then the others shall fall like a Domino Effect."
"What does that have to do with your plan?"

"It's a figure of speech you idiot," Envy said as he slapped Fletcher and knocked him across the room.

"Tonight while they are dining on their food I will make move against the State Alchemist Killer and then their quest will slow in trying to find me."

Envy slipped from the room and prepared for the night, but Fletcher knew what he was up to and decided to cry himself to sleep to escape the darkness that was soon to ensue upon Lior; an innocent live was about to be ruined and he was helpless to stop it.

At Scar's estate everyone was quiet as they dined at the expensive dining room table and Scar could not help staring at Rose as she sat across from her and he wanted more than anything to tell her how he felt about her, but he could not find the words to express his feelings.

"I hope you will be able to come back and visit on better terms, I would love to show you the school where I work as the principal, but that's not important," Scar said as he downed the rest of his drink.
"Sir would you like a refill?" the butler asked as he held a pitcher of water in his hand.

"Yes, would anyone else like a refill?"

A round of "no's" sprung up among the group and it would be the last time that Scar would ever live to drink the cool refreshing liquid, but as the moment seemed to slip away like nothing Scar felt that he had to say what was on his mind.

"Rose, I would like to speak to you in private," Scar said as he excused himself from the table as he motioned for Rose to follow him to the living room.

"Rose, this is hard for me to say."
"What is it?" Rose asked as she studied Scar's face as she searched for her answer.

"I have some many things to stay about how I feel about you, but even if I tried to say what I felt I would probably stumble over my words in the process."
"Oh Scar, you don't have to apologize for such things."
"Rose, I truly love, but I fear that you don't love me in return."
"Sir, we are two different people, but I have noticed that you have been more of a gentleman then when you are at school. I have noticed a change of heart in you that you truly have feelings for me."
"What are you saying Rose?"
"I feel the same way about you as I feel you feel about me Scar."
In the moments that followed, the two embraced each other and shared an intimate moment of love as their flame of love was lit and for a few hours they were not seen as it seemed that time seemed to stop for them as they shared their passion for love to each other.

"It's late, I must be getting to bed because tomorrow we start our search for Envy and I need all the rest I can get," Rose said as she placed a love peck on Scar's cheek as she left the room and went to her room for the night.

Scar was overcome with the flood of love that had come over him like a tidal wave, but he was soon overcome by a bigger tidal wave of pain as he made his way to his room and fell into a deep sleep that was filled with moments of pain and memories of the past in Ishbal to the points of the massacre, his brother, his arm that he still had that held the alchemy symbols of his brother's insanity in his quest to create the Philosopher's Stone.

During the night, he was awaken to find Rose standing at the foot of his bed, but as he called out to her, there was something there was something different about her, but he couldn't tell in the moonlight.

"Scar, I need to speak to you," Rose said as she sat by Scar's bedside in her nightgown.

"What is it?" Scar asked as he looked into her eyes.

"You know the appearances can be deceiving," Rose said as she shed the façade of her disguise to reveal her true form.

"YOU!"

"We meet again State Alchemist Killer, but you won't live to help your friends to stop me…in this vial I hold the antidote to the poison that slipped into your drink."
"What do you mean?" Scar asked as he struggled to get out of his bed.

"Your real butler is home with a cold," Envy said as he held the antidote above Scar's head as a piece of bait for a fish, "you want the antidote?"
"Yes, but what do you want in return for your vicious act?"
"I want you to kill Alphonse Elric and then you come see me, but if you fail you will die slowly from the effects of the poison."
"I would never harm him and I don't care about myself, but leave Rose alone!" Scar shouted as he struggled to reached for the vial.

"Whatever you say Romeo," Envy said as he heads for the window to make his escape as the dawn starts to come over the hills, "make your choice now Romeo or else you will die slowly and painfully, until then I will be waiting for you."

Scar wrestled the choice between his own life and death it soon becomes a fight with his conscience; to kill Alphonse Elric and live to be with Rose or do not kill him and die a slow and painful death and face the consequence of Rose fearing him? It was a yes or no question about what do about the situation.

"I've made my decision," Scar said as he stared out the window and put on his old clothes from his days of killing State Alchemists and wobbly made his way to the Living Room to wait for the others so they could find Envy.

"Forgive me Ishbala and forgive me Rose for what I am about to do, for day I live as if it is my last day upon this Earth that Ishbala has created for all of us to live upon and create and mold into our way of life. I'm sorry, but I must do this."

What drama! Hey guys, told you guys I be back with more action with Fullmetal Alchemist! What has Scar chosen to do? Kill Al or live out the remainder of his life and die slowly and painfully? So many questions left unanswered and so much suspense in one chapter! Read and Review, its not over yet!