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"Lynette, can you get the newspaper?" Gracia said while she was cooking lunch. I nodded and pranced out, opening the door just to see the delivery boy put it on the ground. He's kinda cute... I thought for a moment, before a voice in my head shouted, IDIOT YOU HAVE A CRUSH.
"Thank you." I said, smiling sweetly as the boy straightened up and handed the newspaper to me. He smiled back at me. I don't matter to Ed anyway, I argued with the voice in my head.
"No problem." He winked. I bit my lip on a blush as I glanced at the newspaper in my hand. I did a double take.
"OH SHIT!" I yelled, alarmed, startling the newspaper boy. I raced inside, slamming the door in the poor boy's face as I streaked through to my room.
"LYNETTE! DON'T SWEAR! ELICIA IS IN THE LIVING ROOM!" Gracia scolded after me as I dashed to my room.
"SORRY!" I yelled back before slamming closed the door to my room.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit..." I muttered as I swiftly took out my uniform. After making sure Frosty wasn't in the room I stripped and pulled on my military uniform, then dashing out of my room and through the kitchen.
"SORRY GRACIA I CAN'T HAVE LUNCH SOMETHING URGENT MKAY BYE!" I said hurriedly as I zipped through the kitchen, through the living room, and out of the house.
I must've looked bizarre, a twelve year old wearing a military uniform sprinting at top speed toward Central Command. But I didn't care.
I quickly found my way to Central Command, and I burst into the entrance, startling the woman at the front desk. I was so out of breath I had to double over as I gasped for air. She stared at me as I walked toward the front desk, regaining my breath.
"I need to see Lieutenant Colonel Mustang immediately." I said urgently. I dug in my pocket and showed the woman my state watch.
"Okay call me in!" I called back as I raced down the hallway to the right of the desk, zooming around corners and speedily navigating hallways. Coming here with Hughes actually did help with my directions. But that doesn't mean I didn't get lost once or twice... Or five times, heh.
I finally found Mustang's office after about twenty minutes of searching. I burst in loudly, slamming the doors open to announce my arrival.
Lieutenant Breda was standing in front of Mustang's desk, where Mustang sat as he was talking on the phone.
Mustang suddenly shot up from his chair.
"HEY! BUDDY! YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO CALL ME AT WORK!" Mustang said in a loud voice with a funy expression on his face, "JUST LET ME CALL YOU BACK, OKAY?" He hung up the phone and sighed as I came over and slammed my hands down on the desk.
"WHAT'S UP WITH THIS NEWS ARTICLE?!" I exclaimed, shoving the newspaper in Mustang's face. He sighed again.
"... You were just talking on the phone with Barry the Chopper, weren't you?" I sweat dropped. I could hear Barry's loud voice from the phone as I burst in. Aw geez, THAT maniac...
"How do you know?" Mustang asked, confused. Breda gave me a curious look.
"Well, I met Barry when I went with the Elric brothers to investigate Lab 5. I heard his voice from the phone." I stated bluntly, then turned jumpy, "TALK TO HIM! HURRY! HE KNOWS CRUCIAL INFORMATION ON MARIA'S CASE!" I exclaimed, jumping and pointing to the door.
"LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO!" I said. Both guys looked at me, then at each other, then me, then shrugged. Mustang stood up and they went to the door, with me following.
"Okay, geez, lets go." Mustang said in attempt to call me down. But that didn't stop me from rushing them out of the building.

~

Breda and I were standing outside a telephone booth while Mustang was inside, talking to Barry the Chopper.
It was sunset, and the sun was almost down, making the land grow orange.
Mustang got out of the phone booth, tearing out a page in a notebook and handing it to Breda.
"I need you to gather everything on this list," Mustang said, "On the double, okay?" Breda took the paper and looked it over.
"Sixty pounds of pork... Carbon... Some ammonia...What is this?" He asked, reading off the paper, looking at Mustang, confused.
"It's for a well-cooked corpse," Mustang said. I grinned. Perfect.
"Human transmutation?!" Breda exclaimed, shocked. Mustang looked back at Breda.
"Of course not. I'm just going to whip up something that looks like a human corpse." Mustang started to walk away and Breda rushed after him, me trailing behind them.
"But... Wait, what about when they do the autopsy?" Breda said. Mustang kept walking.
"Trust me, it'll be too charred for them to I.D. It."
"But that won't stop them from checking the dental records." Breda pointed out.
"I've got it under control." Mustang reassured.
"Think you can pull it off?" Breda asked. Mustang stopped, slightly startling Breda.
"I'm not claiming to be an expert on human anatomy," he said, turning to face Breda, "But I've got plenty experience burning corpses. Lynette," Mustang said, turning to me as Breda rushed away to get the materials.
"Yes?" I asked cheerfully.
"I want you to make sure Barry doesn't do too much damage. You up for it?" Mustang asked. I grinned wider.
"I'm always up for a breakout," I winked. Mustang nodded to me.
"Good." Mustang said as I pulled a map out of my pocket. It was a map of Central.
"Now, can you write down the directions to Officer Falman's apartment?" I asked sheepishly. Mustang smiled slightly as he took the map and pencil from my hands.
"Same Lynette as always."
"I'm wondering whether that's a complement or an insult..."
"I'm counting on you," Mustang said, handing me the map. A route was traced through a few streets. I took it.
"Through hell, sir," I said with a salute.
"Through hell."

~

"Darn!" Barry said as an officer shot his head off. I caught it and gave it back to him. I laughed hysterically as the soldiers freaked out and some sprinted away at full speed. The rest Barry threw down the hall, sending them flying with the back of his gigantic butcher knife.
"This would be a lot more fun if I was allowed to cut 'em up," Barry complained, resting the giant knife's spine on his shoulder. I huffed.
"Sorry, but those are orders~" I sang cheerfully, robbing one of the unconscious guards of their gun. I grinned evilly.
"Hello! Strange armor ghost man! Hysterical girl!" I heard Ling's voice echo down the hall. Barry and I approached his cell.
"Do you think you could let me out of here?" He asked. I looked him up and down. He was actually pretty cute... And he looked like some kind of Asian... I HAD TRUTHFULLY ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET HIM! YAY I HAD FORGOTTEN HE WAS HERE!
"Who are you?" Barry asked, approaching the cell. Ling rubbed the back of his head, smiling sheepishly.
"Just an illegal immigrant from Xing," he said.
"Oh yeah? A foreigner?" Barry said, starting to walk away, "Well, have a nice trip home."
"If you let me out of here I could help you," Ling offered. I approached his cell.
"I don't have time to deal with you." Barry said. I ran up and kicked Barry's head off.
"You idiot, didn't you hear him? He's from Xing!" I scolded Barry for his stupidity as Barry replaced his head. He looked back at Ling.
"Wait, where did you say you were from?" He asked.
"Xing, east of the desert." Ling answered cheerfully. Barry sliced the lock apart, letting Ling out.
"Come with us," Barry said, starting to walk back down the hallway.
"I'd be happy to." Ling said as he and I walked side-by-side behind Barry, who was soon busting down more guards. He turned into a hallway, and stood in front of a cell, which I guessed to be Maria's.
"Well hello there, sweetheart," Barry said, his knives glinting threateningly toward the cage, "I've been looking for you." Yep, that's Maria's cell all right.
"You're from the fifth laboratory!" I heard Maria accuse, her voice sprinkled with fear. Barry broke the lock to the cage, and went in.
"You haven't forgotten me," He said, and I could feel his amusement from where I was standing, "How sweet~ I remember you too. I think of you every time I look at the hole you put in my right hand. Just like the hole you put in that guy Hughes," Barry said.
"No! It wasn't me!" Maria protested. Barry held up the newspaper I had given him earlier.
"Oh yeah? According to the newspapers, you're one guilty soldier girl." Barry said, handing the newspaper to Maria. She looked at it, shocked.
"It can't be..."
"Oh, but it is. Right now it's looking like you'll be facing the firing squad for sure." He said.
"It's not true!" She exclaimed, "They're wrong! If the would just do a proper investigat- AH!" Maria was cut off as Barry pierced his knife through the newspaper, just inches from Maria's face.
"Here are your choices," Barry said, a bit faster, "Stay here and be killed for murder, or bust out of this joint with me!"
"Hey! I'm helping too, you know!" I said as I walked into the cell. Maria gasped at me.
"Lynette...?" She asked before the knife got even closer to her face, directing her attention back at Barry.
"Which will it be?" He asked. Maria got tears in her eyes.
"How is this happening?" She whined, "Isn't there anything else I can do?"
"It sure doesn't look like it," Ling said cheerfully, pointing out more guards rushing down the hall.
"I have no choice!" Maria said dramatically, "Mom, Dad, please forgive me!" After that she straightened up and said,
"Fine, lets go." Maria marched past Barry, "If this is how it has to be, I'll escape with you. But you better know a way out of here, metal boy!" I grinned at Maria, who gave me a firm look back. She was ready to do this.
"Ohh~ You've got spunk!" Barry said fondly, well, as fondly as a serial killer could anyway, following after us as we marched out of the cell.
"I'll do what I have to do!" Maria said, slapping sense into herself. I patted her shoulder as we wove through the prison, taking out all the soldiers in our way.

We had finally got out of the prison and were currently rushing through a maze of alleyways.
"Just keep moving," Barry said. Suddenly two people turned into the alley in front of us, quickly catching sight of us.
Oh no.
"Lieutenant Ross!" The Elric brothers said together in shock.
"Edward, Alphonse, what are you two doing here?" She asked. Al caught gazes with Barry.
"YOU'RE THAT GUY!" They exclaimed, pointing to each other.
"Ling too?" Al said, surprised. Ling smiled sheepishly.
"Uh, hey guys! What're you up to?" Ling said. Maria was looking dumbfounded my between the brothers and Ling.
"I could ask the same of you!" Ed retorted.
"Uh, guys, we need to get moving," I said, popping out behind Barry. The Elric brother's eyes widened.
"LYNETTE?!" They exclaimed.
"QUIT CHATTERING!" Barry yelled, irritated, "WE DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS!" He said, taking a swing at Al.
"Why you..." Ed growled as Al jumped back by Ed.
"Alright, Sweetheart, go with Lynette and run through that back alley to the warehouse district. The darkness oughta hide you." Barry directed. I grabbed Maria's hand while I used the other to tap Barry's armor.
"Hey, you think you can hold 'em off for a bit, Serial Metal Man?" I asked, using alchemy to freeze Ed and Al's feet to the ground, then taking the excess materials to make fire that I used to shoot down the alleyway, illuminating it.
"I got it. Go!" Barry said as I pulled Maria along.
"Wait! Tell us about Hughes!" Ed demanded, pausing Maria in her track. I tugged her arm.
"Get going! If the MPs show up, they'll shoot you!" Barry exclaimed as Ed and Al tried to break the ice bonding their feet to the ground.
"Lieutenant Ross!" Ed called after us as I dragged Maria away, running down the alleyway, while the Elric brothers broke the ice.
"Stay back!" I heard Barry say as we started to get into the darkness.
"NO WAIT! LIEUTENANT ROSS!" Al yelled, but I just pulled her straight ahead, not looking back. If only there was dramatic music for this, like in the show, it'd be perfect.
I was nearly dead out of breath, Maria running in front of me, as the light at the end of the alleyway got closer, and closer...
Maria stopped dead and gasped. I doubled over and panted fiercely. I was out of shape when running was concerned. I looked up to see Colonel Mustang standing at the end, his jacket waving in the wind. I grinned at him.
"You're Maria Ross, correct?" Mustang said. I patted her back.
"Yep, it's her." I called breathlessly to Mustang, then turned to Maria, "Stay there for a moment, mkay?" I whispered, walking over to Mustang and lifting the metal lid of a garbage can next to us while he pulled out his fake human body and threw it on the ground in front of Maria. She stared at it.
"It's a dummy," Mustang said, gaining Maria's attention, "From this point on, you're dead." I retrieved wire cutters as Mustang burned the fake corpse, taking Maria's hand and cutting off the prison bracelet. After Mustang was done with the body, I handed him the bracelet before ushering Maria over to the garbage can as Mustang burned the bracelet and arranged it on the dummy.
"Get in," I ordered Maria, "It's an order from me as your superior. I'm a major as a state alchemist. So get in." I put my hands on the garbage and swung my legs into it, bouncing safely on the bags of garbage in it as Maria did the same. I quickly closed the lid of the dumpster, knocking the wall behind a hole in the back of the dumpster. It moved back to reveal Jean Havoc.
"Shhh," he said, putting his fingers to his lips. I crawled through the hole with Maria following.
We were safely in a warehouse, and while Jean replaced the piece of wood over the secret hole, I heard Ed's voice.
"What happened here Colonel? Tell me!" I heard him demand.
"What?" Havoc said, confused, "Is that the Fullmetal kid?"
"Damn," I cursed, "It is. Our escape squad ran into them earlier."
"Aww man," Havoc said, standing up, "We didn't plan on this one."
"Edward's here?" Maria asked. I nodded as Havoc turned and started to walk.
"Yeah, but I'm sure the Colonel will come up with something." Havoc assured Maria as she glanced back at the covered opening in the wall.
"Come on," I said as I walked behind Havoc.
"Right," Maria said, following us as our walk turned into another run.
"Jean, you're killing me!" I complained softly as we escaped.

Hey guys! LONG CHAPTER FOR YOU~ Yay! MARIA ESCAPED! Lynette helped too~ Happy times, happy times. LYNETTE IS A GOOD GUY SHE HELPED EVEN THOUGH THE HUMMONCULI WANTED MARIA KILLED! If you watched episode 4 and 5 of season 2 of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood you'd know what I meant. Anyway, questions, comments, concerns?
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