It had been two months since the inncedent in Lior, and Ed and Eliza were still inseperable. According to everyone else, they made the perfect couple. But anyone who told them so would get their ass kicked, burnt to a crisp, and frozen.

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"You wanted to see me?" Eliza asked as she walked into her fathers office.

"Yes. Lt. Colonel Hughes and I need to go to Lior to take care of some...business." He said, searching for the right word. "You'll be alright here without me, right?" He asked.

"Duh." Was her only reply as she turned around and left the room.

"Well, that was expected." He muttered to himself as he and Hughes left for the train station.

xXTwo Weeks LaterXx

Mustang?" Fuery asked Eliza, who was currently studying in the library with Ed.

"Yes?" She replied, not looking away from her book.

"Lt. Hawkeye would like to see you and Elric in the colonel's office right away." He said, and left.

"Wonder what she wants?" Ed asked as they drew closer to Roy's office.

"Dunno." Eliza said as she walked in, immediately noticing something was wrong. "Where's my dad?" She asked, frantically looking around the room for him.

"We're sorry, major. But, he was attacked off guard. He...didn't make it out." Hawkeyes said, her eyes downcast and getting teary.

"He's... dead? But he can't be? Can h-?" She fainted.

"Eliza?" Ed asked and dragged the unconscious girl to the couch and rested her head on his lap till she came to.

She came to shortly after Ed had moved her, and shortly after that she remembered what Riza had told her.

"He-He's...r-really...go-gone." She stuttered, as realization dawned on her. She took on a spacey look.

"Eliza?" Ed asked. "Are you ok?" He waved a hand in front of her face. She didn't blink.

"Yeah. I'm fine." She said, but she knew that he knew that she was lying through her teeth.

"No, your not." He told her.

"Your...right." she said as she started to break down. " I'm not ok. I'm the opposite of ok. My father just died, and there's no way I can be alright... God must hate me. Don't you, god?" She asked, looking toward the ceiling.

"No, he doesn't. And we'll get through this. Together. I promise." Edward said as he comforted her, much like when she had come back from Lior. Lior. Suddenly, he had a good guess as to who killed Roy. A very good guess. "We need to go to Lior." He said suddenly, getting up.

"Um...sir? I am also to tell you...that...Lt. Colonel Hughes...was murdered as well." Hawkeye said, knowing it wasn't the best time to tell them, but it had to be said, better to kill two birds with one stone.

"Wh-What?" He said, growing wide-eyed.

"I'm really sorry, Edward." Hawkeye said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"We need to leave for Lior. Immediately." Edward said, anger burning in his eyes.

"Well, you'll have to wait. I'd expect you'd want to go to their funerals." Lt. Hawkeye said as she regained her composer.

"You know who it was?" Eliza asked softly as soon as they left the office.

"Not completely, but I'm pretty sure." He said as they walked to the dormitories.

"The homoculi?" Eliza asked Ed, already knowing the answer.

"Exactly." Was the only thing he said as they parted ways to their seperate rooms. They needed space, and time to grieve.

-end chappy!

yay! this one seemed about the right length! woohoo! I KILLED ROY! OH NO! DONT KILL ME! But I told you it wasn't over. so...HA! And I warned you. I said, and I quote, "WARNING! CHARACTER DEATH NEXT CHAPTER!" so, you can't say i didn't warn you.

reviewer responses-

camper: no, that was not the end, i said it plain and clear in my author's note. i said that if you dont like depressing stories, than for you it can be the end, but it really isn't.