"Where the hell are those two?" Roy asked himself in frustration. "They should have been back three days ago!"

"Careful, sir. One of the signs of insanity is having conversations with yourself." Lt. Hawkeye said as she laid another stack of papers on his desk. "Besides, they can take care of themselves."

"I guess so." He mumbled as he stared at the paperwork.

As if on cue, the door to his office opened, revealing a very tired and beat up looking Edward.

"Thank gods you two are- Fullmetal? Where's Eliza?" Roy asked as he looked up, not finding Eliza standing there with Ed.

"I'm sorry, sir." Edward said and looked down. "But she... didn't make it back with me." He said. A silent tear slid down his cheek. "She told me to give you this and to say she was sorry." He said as he handed Eliza's necklace to Mustang and left, before he completely broke down.

xXxXxXxXx

"Eliza." Was all Mustang could say as he held on to that necklace as if it were the only thing keeping him alive. "Eliza. Eliza. Eliza."

xXxXxXxXx

Edward sat alone on the roof, thinking about what had happened to them. He just couldn't tell the colonel. He couldn't.

xFlashbackx

They were walking back to the hotal after investigating another false lead on the disappearances, when Lust, Gluttony, and Envy appeared out of nowhere and started to attack them.

They fight drew them into an old abondoned warehouse and the two alchemists were losing the battle, badly.

"Run, Ed! Get out while you still can!" Eliza yelled to Ed, while fighting off Envy.

"There's no way I'm leaving you here alone!" He yelled back, while simotaneously(sp?) dodging Lust's fingernails.

"Don't make me make you go!" She threatened as she pointed her right hand at him.

"Alright! But be careful!" He yelled as he rushed to the door, leaving Eliza to battle the three Sins by herself.

"Wait!" She yelled and tossed her locket at him. "Give this to my dad and tell him I'm sorry! NOW GO!" She yelled, and continued fighting the Sins.

"How sweet. Daddy's little girl loves him." Lust said as she lunged at Eliza again.

The last thing Ed heard from the warehouse as he ran to the train station was Eliza's scream that cut through the night air.

xEnd Flashbackx

He shuddered thinking about it, and about telling it to the colonel, but he knew he had to tell him sometime.

xXTwo Weeks LaterXx

Things had basically gone back to normal. Hopes that Eliza would be found were almost nonexistent, but a few still had hope, and the colonel was one of them.

"Excuse me, sir." Edward said as he walked into Mustang's office.

"Yes, Fullmetal?" He said, not looking up from his papers.

"I...I...I thought you should know the whole story about what happened to us in Lior." Ed stuttered out, his eyes downcast.

"So...what happened?" Mustang asked, his attention now fully turned to Ed as he told him the story. The whole story.

xXxXxXxXx

Ed finished telling him what had happened, and everything was now completely silent. Tears slowly rolled down Ed's cheeks.

The silence was broken by the opening of the door. They looked to see who it was and stared disbelieving at who it was.

-end chappy!

Who could it be? I wonder! This seemed so much longer when I wrote it down in my notebook, it was 4 pages long! Now it's...2! Wow, that's alot shorter. Well, I'm babbling now so I guess I shall stop...babbling. Babble. Babble. Babble.

TayTay: Would you shut up already Lisa?

Me: Babble.

TayTay: Lisa, I'm gonna kick your ass the next time you say that.

Me: Babble.

Taylor: LISA!

Me: You said the next time I say "that"...oh shit! hides behind bonnie Help me!

Reviewer Responses-

TwilightStarWolf: yeah, i originally had it as just flames, but then i thought wouldn't it be cool if they were like Fire and Ice. So I decided to leave it at that. and this is the first chapter of my idea.

jackie: ok, i did.