A/N: Gaaa, okay so this chapter isn't the best but I have rewritten it five times and this is the best I've come up with. Sorry if it sucks air. I guess I am wanning since I have been elping my dad get up in the morning meaning since we both sleep past our alarms I have to stay up all night and mom won't let me sleep too much during the day. I promise a better chapter next post.

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Chapter 16: The deal, too easy for Envy

Heidi rounded the sleeping figure of the Ishbalin. A small smile crept upon her face seeing the sad state of his singed and sooty attire. The man looked like his left hand had been burned, was oozing puss and infected. There were still several ugly bruises dotting his uncovered arm and face. It looked like Roy had indeed gotten him good. But the thing that caught her attention was the x shaped burn scar upon his forehead. She only knew of one person who could make scars look like that and that was when it hit her. She did recognize this man though he was older now, his hair whiter on top.

Heidi took a seat upon a conveyor belt behind her to watch the man sleep and to think of what to do and how she knew this man; this man who had been marred by her brother. She remembered him vaguely but his image was still there in her mind. She'd gone to find Zolf, and find him she did torturing some Ishbalin's in the desert. She'd fought with Zolf tugging upon his arm, begging him to get him to leave his victims alone. Zolf had gone with her of course with a smile upon his face then attacked her.

But what to do with the man now? The man would kill her; she should get the hell out and call in back up right away. No, too many people in the way who could get hurt. She could take care of this, she had a new plan quickly forming in her mind, one she hoped he'd take to.

The man stirred and Heidi cocked her gun lifting it, aiming at the man as his eyes fluttered open. "That's a pretty bad burn Scar; you've not been taking care of it." The man sat up abruptly and lifted his right arm. "Don't even think about it, not until you hear me out."

Scar glared lowering his arm. "I don't care what you have to say."

Heidi smiled. "Maybe not, but I remember you now, now that you're up close and the memories came back. I'm sure you'll never forget the face of the man who scared your face, would it help you to hate me if I told you he was my brother?" Scar said nothing but there was pure hatred in his scarlet eyes. "I thought so. Want to see something?" she asked. He still said nothing but shifted. "Oh don't move the building's surrounded and there are snipers waiting for the right moment to take you out."

Scar remained still and Heidi lifted her hand to her uniform jacket undoing the clasps. Carefully she shrugged out of it, switching the gun to her gloved hand. Then she unbuttoned her snowy dress shirt a little, exposing the scars her brother had inflicted upon her. "You see these Scar? You weren't the only one he tortured that night. I was sent to get him and this is the price I paid for it."

"Your own brother did that to you?" The Ishbalin asked almost not wanting to believe it.

Heidi nodded. "Yeah, he was insane," she frowned clearing her throat. "So if that's the main reason why you're acting out against us…well I thought you should know that my brother's dead and you're not the only one he tried to kill."

"You killed him?"

"No, the state did, for treason and other things." She replied softly. "I barely had enough strength to make it back to camp. I'm sorry he hurt you, but I know that's not going to help. It wouldn't help me."

"What do you want?"

Heidi shrugged. "To talk, I'd like to know why you felt that attacking me would make you feel better."

"It doesn't,"

"Then why do it? Why go after the Elric's, my son. Those three had nothing to do with the war. Roy and I, yes we did, we followed orders in a time of war and deserve what ever judgment heaven or hell dishes out, but the children…Scar, Kairan, my son, he did nothing to you, and neither did Ed or Al. They are innocents."

"I'm carrying out God's will-"

Heidi laughed, she couldn't help it, she was so tired and this was so ludicrous. "Gods will, that's so amusing. You're such a hypocrite Scar, in fact you're the biggest one I have ever met. Really parading under a banner of God to commit murder, you think it makes it better or you'll get some kind of reward in heaven for that?" His glare confirmed that she had hit a mark with in him. "You're using alchemy, that's a sin in your religion, Ishbala forbids the science, the grand Arcanum as your people call it. And yet gods little soldier is running around performing it to murder people. So what's that; two sins in one?"

"You know nothing,"

"Hmm," Heidi smiled. "Actually I know a lot and I'm smart enough to know that you are in deed an alchemist just like me. You're a murderer just like me. You're doing the exact same thing my people did to yours. It's a cycle of revenge that must stop and it will stop today one way or another because if you ever even look in the direction of my family again what I'll do to you will make Ishbal look like picnic in the park. I learned enough from my brother that night to know how to torture someone and keep them alive for awhile. You can't blame me; I'm only protecting the ones I love."

He shifted again glancing at the windows. "What do you want?"

"To make you a deal." She breathed setting the gun down. "Let me take you in today with out any problems, we'll say you're turning yourself in. I'll get you the medical attention you need and then when you're on your way to Central for trail and execution, because that is what will happen, I won't lie about that, I'll have some one create a distraction on the train, one that will give you ample time to escape."

The Ishbalin blinked. "Why?"

Heidi slid off the conveyor belt and came to kneel beside him. She knew it was dangerous, suicide at worst. She was terrified even, but she reached for his left hand and pulled his shirt sleeve up shaking her head. "Because I'm tired of that stupid war and just want to spend some time with son and husband. Uniform, alchemic talents or no, I'm just a woman who loves her family and want to see them well. You can understand that can't you?"

"Yes," He replied looking in to her eyes. "What's the condition?"

Heidi smiled. "You have to promise to stop killing people. I know you're hurting and want revenge, but it's all I ask. Personally I don't want to state to have anymore reason to attack your people or you. You've been through enough, I think." She said softly. "If you don't do this I will have to kill you and I don't want that as much as you've managed to hurt me and piss me off. I don't like hurting people, it's not fun and I get nothing out of it. Do you?"

"No," He replied honestly.

Heidi nodded standing. "Then is it a deal, you stop killing and I let you escape to find some happiness some where to live out the rest of your life?"

The man seemed to contemplate this. "How can I know you won't go back on your word?"

"You don't, you're just going to have to trust me." She sighed. "But I will do everything in my power to make this happen as long as you hold up your end of the deal. And if you think by going along with this it's open for you to attack I will not hesitate to take you down. I've got a right to protect those I care about and my people from harm."

"I'll go," He replied getting to his feet.

Heidi nodded still on her guard and backed up to grab her uniform jacket. "Thank you Scar, it's not going to be easy, but I'll try to make it happen."

Heidi watched Scar as they walked through the streets, her hand still upon her gun in case something happened, or someone was stupid enough to pull anything. She took the back streets so they wouldn't run into too many people. So far they had been lucky.

"That boy, your son, he's beautiful." Scar said suddenly.

Heidi was startled. "What?"

"Your son is beautiful." He replied.

"He looks like his father." Heidi said softly.

"I didn't really want to kill him."

"That's not what Roy told me."

"I lied just like you lied about the factory being surrounded. You came alone, but how did you know where I was?" He looked to her. This woman was beautiful, strong, and very brave if not insane for coming to face him alone, knowing he could kill her at any moment. He smiled to himself, stupid humans knew nothing. He wondered how she'd react if she knew the truth of this situation. Pride was right; this Liezel/Heidi girl was too stressed out to notice how easy this situation was. Oh well more fun for him. How he'd love to see the look on her face when the real Scar came back to finish the job.

Heidi smiled. "I didn't, I actually snuck off away from my 24 hour body guard and went for a walk."

"Some guard,"

"No, I said I had to go to the bathroom and climbed out the window."

"And took a walk in a factory?" He asked.

Heidi nodded. "Uh huh, my adoptive parents own a factory up North. Some times I go to the factory here out of nostalgic reasons and just to think. Roy doesn't even know I've gone there. He's probably wondering where I am now."

"Adoptive parents?" Envy asked.

Heidi nodded again with a sigh. "Yeah, when I was six and Zolf, my brother, was about ten our parents were killed in an explosion, a bombing in Seris. We kind of made it on our own after that. After Ishbal, because I didn't want to be associated with my brother anymore I took on another identity and the Fuher found me some new parents to help play this new role. They are amazing people and I love them." She slowed as they came to the street that opened to the eastern HQ. "Alright people are afraid of you, they're-"

"I understand." Was all he said as she lifted her gun. She nodded for him to continue.

Roy paced the infirmary room he resided in glaring at Havoc. "I can't believe this!" He fumed. "They are supposed to be watching her!"

Ed tried to quiet Kairan's screaming with Al doing everything save for singing and none of it was doing any good, not with the tension in the air, the fear, and Roy's yelling.

"She said she had to go to the bathroom, what you want the man to go in with her?" Havoc asked. "We've just sent out people to look for her."

"If she comes up dead I'll never forgive her!" Roy snapped slamming his fist into the bed. "Damn her!"

"Calm down Colonel." Havoc said calmly. "Look it really hasn't been that long so she can't have gone far."

"It only takes that man a second to inflict damage upon someone Jean." Roy seethed.

"Colonel!" Fury called running in to the room. "You're not going to believe it, Major Mustang just walked on base and she's got Scar with her! She caught him."

Everyone in the room stood in shock save for Kairan. "What!" Roy asked finally. "Is she hurt? Where?"

Ed jumped up from his chair. "Really! How?"

Fury shook his head. "I don't know but she's got him in lock up assembling guards right now. She sent me to tell you she's fine, and she really is, not a scratch on her. It's really weird, like he just turned himself in or something."

Roy didn't believe it for a second; he had to see this with his own eyes, had to see if she was really okay and if she was make her listen to him yell at her for being so stupid. Grabbing up his shoes, he put them on.

"Where are you going?" Havoc asked.

"To see my wife, stop me and I'll demote you." Roy snapped. "Edward keep an eye on my son."

"Uh yeah," Ed replied shifting the screaming child in his arms.

"I'll stay with you brother," Al said lifting the bottle from the table for his brother.

Heidi sat once again that day behind Roy's desk, this time on the phone with the Fuher reporting in personally that she'd brought Scar in and would be fining a detailed report of how that came to pass. The beginnings of the report were all true the latter of it would all be a lie, a lie agreed upon by her and Scar and so help him if he didn't hold up his end of the deal. Her very pissed off body guard stood right next to her, in fact this was the only emotion the man had displayed in the week that he'd been breathing down her neck.

"Well congratulations on this victory Major, I am sure you'd like some rest now." The Fuher's voice said as kindly as ever.

"Yes I would, I still have some explaining to do where Colonel Mustang is concerned since he learned of my little walk."

"I am sure you do. Would you put Lt. Anderson on the phone please?"

Heidi didn't even reply just handed the phone to the man next to her. She'd no sooner sat back in the chair when the door burst open and Roy stood in a worse mood and expression than her body guard. "Well good evening to you too Colonel, shouldn't you be in the infirmary?" She asked coyly.

"Heidi!" Roy snapped stalking into the room.

"Ah ah, the Fuher's on the phone." She said softly.

"I don't care, you're my wife first and foremost and you're the biggest idiot I have ever met!" He replied slamming his hands down upon his desk.

"Ah I love you too," she said with a smile. It faded quickly. "I was suffocating Colonel and I needed a walk without someone breathing down my neck. I have told you before I hate confinement."

Roy's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "You could have taken him with you. You could have been killed and Kairan left with out a mother and me left without a wife. Damn it didn't you think of that?"

Heidi stood leaning inches from his face. "Of course I thought of that. It's not like I meant to stumble upon Scar in the factory it just happened and now it's over. Tomorrow after noon he's to be shipped to Central and we can get back to our normal lives."

Roy huffed. "You're missing the point."

"No I am choosing to look on the brighter side of it. The man turned himself in Roy. Had he not there would have been one hell of a mess to clean up in the warehouse district."

Roy could have slapped her for being so careless, for putting her life on the line like this. She was right but so was he damn it! He glanced at the man upon the phone and took her hand. "We're going home."

Heidi pulled her hand from his. "No we're not doing anything. I still have arrangements to make; you're going back to the infirmary to wait for me. Then you yell and rant all you want, you can do it until you're blue in the face if you like." She paused and looked around to see if anyone else had come with him. Havoc had but Kairan was no where to be seen or heard. "Where is Kairan?"

"With Ed and Al," Roy snipped.

Heidi closed her eyes and let out another sigh. "Good, please Roy, go back and get some rest. You're going to need it for when my parents come, they know what happened, we can thank Ivan for that."

"Stop changing the damn subject,"

"Duty calls Roy, I have things to do, don't make me call in the MP's to drag you back to the infirmary."

Roy almost growled at her, he certainly glared. "We're far from done and you are in so much trouble,"

"Yes, yes, now go." She replied waving him off.

Roy began to back away mostly out of fear that she really would call the MP's or worse lose it, she looked so exhausted, like she was simply ready to drop. That almost scared him more than her dying. "But you're okay?"

She smiled. "Yes, surprisingly I am, just tired." He nodded. "And Roy,"

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Thank you for coming to yell at me, it means a lot." With that she sat down and picked up her pen.

Roy frowned a moment not understanding but after a few seconds he nodded and left a little more calm. She understood what she'd done, understood that him coming to lecture her, or actually bite her head off, was becasue he was scared for her, really loved and cared for her. Stupid, beautiful, amazing woman, he thought. He was still going to make her talk to him, make her listen to him and make sure that she never ever pulled another stunt like this again. Yes she was his wife but she was also his subordinate and he had a job to keep her safe just like the others under his command.

Heidi waited until her body guard was off the phone to speak to him. "So are you leaving yet?"

"No, I am to watch you until Scar is out of the city. That was really stupid Major Mustang and will never happen again." He replied coldly. "I can not do my job if you do not meet me half way."

Heidi nodded. "I agree, it was stupid, but you are going to leave this office so I can make the arrangements necessary with out you breathing down my neck. You can wait out side the door if you want but it is an order."

When Heidi was finished for the day, really finished and in the infirmary taking care of her son, Roy began his lecture. He brought up her point from the early weeks of their life together about units and trusting people. He said she was too smart to act this idiotically stress or no. She said nothing just sat and listened. Ed and Al were there as well. For a good hour and a half Roy lectured and fumed. Then all was silent save for Kairan.

Roy sat upon his bed watching her. He felt badly for yelling at her, but it had to be done and she'd promised to never do it again as a wife, mother, and his subordinate. He sighed scratching his chin. "Now go home and get some sleep, you look terrible."

Heidi shifted her fussy son in her arms. "I don't want to go home." She said softly.

"You need sleep," He countered.

Heidi's sky blue eyes met his. "Can't I sleep here with my family?"

Roy couldn't really argue that. He'd missed her this last week, missed her terribly, worried about her staying in that apartment with only a body guard to protect her and little Kairan from harm. "Okay,"