Roy had his fingers laced together and his brow was furrowed in deep concentration as he unconsciously stared down in imaginary figure of Envy and the other homunculi Gluttony and Lust. He tried to pinpoint something about that had particularly bothered him when he began to think of Duo. There was some lingering thought that refused to reveal itself that would show why the homunculi had kidnapped the boy.

The dark-haired man shifted in his chair and continued to inspect the imaginary figures, he finally gave up on whatever memory or thought that was taking care to make itself unknown. He looked out towards the midnight sky that was littered with small white stars, and then turned back to the wooden door that had remained shut all day. He had not had anyone bother him for the day while he tried to remember what similarity Duo shared with those monsters.

There was a light knock on the door that almost startled Roy out of his trance, but he didn't move an inch as Hawkeye walked in a silently shut the door. She wasn't dressed in her usual military uniform, in fact she was dressed in some casual clothes that looked suitable for a date; he just had a feeling that's what she was planning. Hawkeye's hair looked beautiful down and Roy noticed something he had never noticed before about his subordinate. Her hair was perfectly straight, there were no waves or curls that led to dead ends just one straight length that either led to an answer or to nothing at all; just as Hawkeye was herself.

Roy didn't know how the hell he thought of that.

"Colonel, you haven't had much to eat if anything at all, and it's already almost nine." She smiled, making her lips look even more welcoming as Roy stood up to take her hand. Something about the First Lieutenant had suddenly triggered his interest, something that he had always overlooked with her before, "It'll take your mind off everything that's been happening just for tonight."

Roy almost felt as sudden urge to take Hawkeye's lips with his own, but he resisted it and walked around to the other side of the desk. Hawkeye led the way to the door and she opened it for him.

"Ladies first," Roy gestured for her to go first and she only smiled once again, taking up his offer. Then he remembered that his car could only seat two people now since the back seat was cluttered with many papers and files he had to go through that night to find the missing link to Duo and whatever his memory was hiding from him.

It didn't bother him much to neglect mentioning it to Hawkeye as he headed out to the car.

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Edward suddenly woke up and looked outside and guessed it was around ten or eleven o'clock. He had only been sleep for about two or three hours, but something had made him wake up. Once again, a feeling that someone was watching him overwhelmed his body but he ignored the feeling.

"It isn't very late, so Al and Winry should still be up," the blonde swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. "Why can't I get rid of this feeling...? Ever since that woman came earlier..." He shuddered as he remembered the woman's strange eyes and how the hatred in them reflected so easily off of the face of a girl who looked so innocent. "I guess you can never tell who's a two-faced bastard until they act like that."

He walked over to the door and didn't hear anyone talking, and when he looked out into the hall all the lights were turned out and he noticed that Al had finally taken the other guest bedroom that he should've used last night. Apparently, all three had already gone to bed but when Edward actually looked up at the clock it was already one in the morning.

Edward left the door open behind him and tried to keep his automail quiet as he descended the stairs and wandered into the kitchen and rummaged around for food. He found some left over dinner and ate it cold, not really caring how nasty it tasted. All that he really cared about was filling his stomach with something that would keep his mind off the fact that he was starving.

There were some really strange things that he began to remember from his dream, there was a whole bunch of men who were screaming and begging not to be killed as a giant cable had began to unravel. The metallic sounds that almost deafened him even now in the desolate kitchen rang in his ears, and the remembered letting go of a man with messy chocolate hair and cobalt blue eyes.

Edward also remembered him saying to the man that he loved him, but then he deliberately put himself at risk to save so many other lives. It also occurred to him that he had dreamt of something from Duo's past, or at least the name of the man that Duo had mentioned was there.

"Just because that man Heero was there doesn't mean that I was dreaming I was Duo... That would be too weird..." The young alchemist tried to convince himself, but failed miserably at it as he was alerted by some rustling outside in the front.

It was faint, and could've been no more than a slight breeze that had moved the leaves from the tree outside his window. Edward still didn't trust that it wasn't somebody out there spying on him and Al or stalking them. It was very possible since both the Elrics were very dangerous to the homunculi then and he knew they probably wouldn't mind killing him off to make their lives easier.

As he unlocked the front door without an audible sound, and slipped around to the side of the house where he heard the noise come from. He saw a person who was completely shrouded in darkness and their face was also not visible from where Ed was standing. The blonde was at a disadvantage either way, he could finally catch the person who'd been spying on him but that person also had a good chance of being able to run since they were outside.

Edward decided to take his chances and tried to surprise the man, but he was already a step ahead of Edward and began to run before Ed even had the chance to catch him. As the blonde tried to sprint after him, the man disappeared onto a path that led to the mines that Ed and Al had often played in as children. He smirked because he thought this might give him the advantage of terrain and he thought it would be simple to lead the stalker to a dead end.

"It's time to see who you are..."

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Another late update by me! I really should learn how to update and set deadlines for myself or I'll never get this series done!

Anyway, I hope all you readers enjoyed it and I'd love some good or bad reviews (whatever you thought of this annoyingly short chapter).

Shari Maxwell