Author's Note: I wrote this one today... it was one of those random inspirations. I was listening to the song that the story is named after, & it just kinda came to me... yup.
Title is from a song by Coheed & Cambria.
Characters (c) Hiromu Arakawa

Welcome Home
By Kusabi

She ran with lightning fast speed. Only one thing was on her mind: defeating the enemy who was after Roy's' life. No matter how tired, or sore, she got, Riza refused to stop.
For weeks, a woman had been after the Colonel's life. According to Edward Elric, this woman was known as "Lust", and she wasn't human. She was a Homunculus.
At the moment, Roy was safe. While Lust was searching through Central for him, he was hiding out in Risembool, with the Rockbell family. Riza had taken it upon herself to go after the woman, so Roy could return to Central, and fight the bigger ongoing problems.
Noticing that the woman in the black dress had stopped, Riza stopped as well. That's right, she thought, agitated. Stop running from me… I will defeat you, for Roy.
"So…" Lust spoke. "How long do you plan on chasing me for? You must be tired."
It was true, and was evident by her heavy breathing. "Yeah, well… the same goes for you."
Letting out a small, snide laugh, Lust turned to face the blonde. "You're very ignorant, aren't you? I'm not as feeble as you… I don't get tired."
Eyes widening, Riza felt her hopes begin to die out. "Then…" she muttered, raising her gun. She fired a shot into the Homunculus's head.
That can't be…
Lust simply stood there, with her head bleeding, smiling.
Riza only felt the pain of Lust's extendable nail for a split second. Without any knowledge of what happened, she fell to the ground, dead.

Roy returned to Central two mornings after. He had received word that Lust ahd begun heading in his direction, but nobody told him about Riza's fate.
He was met in the station by Major Armstrong, who was shocked to see the Colonel looking fairly content. Well, it was normal for him to look that way in some tough times, but the Colonel obviously had cared for Riza. So why?
"Major Armstrong," Roy said to him. "Where is Lieutenant Hawkeye? I had expected her to be here as well."
The Major's head dropped. So he didn't hear… "They…" he said, voice breaking. "They didn't tell you…?"
A worried expression ran over Roy's face. "Tell me what?"
"Riza… she…" He couldn't say it. Not to Roy.
Face betraying feelings of anger, Roy snapped at him. "Armstrong! Tell me what's going on!"
"The Lieutenant… was killed by the Homunculus."
A million emotions ran over him. Horror, shock, panic, disgust, depression; all at once. He fell to his knees, and with a heave, vomited all over the floor. Never in his life had he felt so sick, not even when Hughes had died.
Then, everything went black.