SONG OF A BLUE BIRD

Regret,Guilt and Love

Hiederich stared down at the lifeless body, blood covering his hand and knife. He stared at it for a moment in disbelief before quickly putting it inside his coat. He hastened his pace, as he heard footsteps approaching down the hall. Looking up slowly, his eye's met with a lovely young woman, also in a uniform. Following faithfully at her side was her partner in crime, a black and white canine, who sat loyally by her side. The woman stared at him for a moment, and something about her gaze made Hiederich feel extrememly uncomfortable. He turned on his heel, and continued to walk swiftly down the hall as the woman walked off towards the Colonel's office. A moment later, a scream came from the office. Almost instantly, Hiederich dashed out the front door and Riza gave chase.

"Stop that man!" she yelled loudly. But she was too late, for at the moment Hiederich was already long gone. The soldiers ran to Riza's side, prepared for the worst.

"What's going on? What man?"

Riza stood up slowly, a look of anger and hatred in her eyes. "That man who was just here. It's his fault..."

The soldiers gazed into the room, and gasped in disbelief.

"Colonel! He's..."

"Find that man immediately! I will make him pay for what he did."

Having given her finaly command, she stormed off down the hall angrily. "He will not get away with this."

Hiederich ran quickly into the apartment, closing the door loudly behind him only to remember the exact second the door slammed that Edward was asleep on the couch. He sat up quickly, and turned his gaze towards the door where he spotted Hiederich panting loudly, and covered in a cold sweat.

"Hiederich... what's wrong?"

Hiederich smiled softly, and walked over to him, gently running his fingers through his hair. "Nothing Edward. I went for a walk, and I got lost. I was afraid I would never see you again, and was worried about leaving you alone for too long."

Edward gave him a strange look, but smiled softly and rose to his feet. "I'm alright. It's nothing major. Just a few scratches. Colonel always did fight like a girl" he chuckled happily.

Hiederich grinned at him and nodded.

"You truly are amazing Edward. I would like to take you somewhere."

Edward started at him for a moment, and shrugged.

"I guess it couldn't hurt to leave central for a while. Being cooped up in this apartment does things to people."

Hiederich nodded, and looked towards the window.

"We could go to the country. Wander the green fields, and spend our day's laying in the grass and looking up at the clouds, dreaming of tomorrow. And at night I will hold you close, and make all your fear's vanish... and we will be happy. Always happy."

Edward turned his gaze to him once more and smiled.

"That would be a nice change from all this noise of the city." He Walked over to the closet and pulled out a large suitcase. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Hiederich smiled softly and walked over to Edward, embracing him tightly and pulling him close to him.

"I love you Edward."

Edward blushed softly, as he wrapped his arm's around him tightly and closed his eyes tightly, letting the words linger in his mind for a moment.

"I love you too Hiederich."

Stepping back for a moment, they looked into eachother's eye's loving before sharing a tender kiss.

When they were packed and ready to, they wandered off towards the train station. Holding eachother's hand tightly, the entered they sat on the bench and awaited the arrival of their train. A soldier passed by, and immediately reconized Hiederich as the man who had been in central when Colonel died. At that moment, the train arrived and Edward and Hiederich boarded it quickly. Edward decided Hiederich might like the window seat, since he had never seen the country before. Lowering himself into the seat, Hiederich stared up at the sky and smiled softly at the thought of being with Edward forever. At that moment, Riza ran up the stairs and reconized him instantly. She pulled out her gun and fired a shot that rang loud and clear into the station. The train took off, and Riza ran to the cordinator.

"That train... where is it heading. I need to know. NOW!"

Edward looked around the train quickly, everyone's eye's trying hard to see what that noise had been.

"Wow, that was weird. Who in the world would be firing a gun inside a train?"

Hiederich smiled softly, and turned his gaze to Edward.

"It wasn't inside the train Edward. It was... outside..."

His face grew paler and paler by the moment, as he leaned forward and fainted from shock.

"Hiederich? HIEDERICH!"

It was at that moment Edward noticed the blood on his shirt. "HIEDERICH! HIEDERICH! STAY WITH ME! STAY AWAKE!"

But Hiederich did not respond to Edwards plea's. Hiederich... had been shot.