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Miles walked in with some more soldiers, and it was obvious that he and I were at odds at the moment, so I chose that moment to make my escape.

"Hey Miles!" I grinned at the officer, getting his attention. "Its really nice to see you again, but I have things I need to do… GOODBYE~!" I called back as I bolted to the nearest window. Before Miles could pull his gun out of its holster, I looked back, winked at Ed, and, to everyone's surprise, I dove out of the window.

I was planning to hide out in the mines and make sure Scar, Winry and the others were safe, so I had to find my way to the mines.

Falling was a bit quicker than I expected, but I still had enough time to clap my hands to the building and have a rock pole shoot out of the building wall, wrapping around my waist and stopping my fall.

But I was upside down.

Being held upside down makes the blood rush to your head, an irritating sensation where you feel the oncoming headache. Reaching out to touch the pole around my waist, I flipped myself right side up and proceeded to lower myself safely to the ground, where I found myself disturbing a small group of guards that had been posted outside the building.

"Aw shit." I cursed as all the guys turned to me with shocked expressions. I smiled sheepishly. "Hi there."

"MAJOR LYNETTE?!" One of the guards pointed at me, whose blue hair poked out of my bandana. I sighed. Crap, I can't fight as good with only one eye… I'm screwed.

The guard nearest to me, thankfully on my right side, tried to grab me, but I caught his arm, attempting to twist it back. The soldier, more skilled than I had first thought, knew what I was doing and easily avoided it, flipping me over his shoulder. I gasped, the wind getting knocked out of me as I thumped down on the ground.

As fast as I could, I whipped out on of one of my guns, flipping it off safety and pointing it at the guy who had flipped me.

But sadly, the three other guys had their rifles pointed at me. My eyes widened. I couldn't get caught. Before I would be able to even defend myself against the military, Kimblee would kill me, or even worse, ship me back to Central to get tortured and questioned by the homunculi.

"Give up. You're surrounded." The guy who flipped me said. He looked in his early twenties, muscular, and raggedly handsome, but I did feel slight recognition for this man… Wait…

"Hunter?" I asked, lowering my gun slightly. His face remained rigid and unwavering, but I knew he recognized me.

"Major Lynette, surrender now and you won't be harmed." He said icily, and I snorted at his words.

"Not harmed my ass." I retorted, "You know I'm gonna get killed." After having a staring war with Hunter, I sighed and got up, brushing myself off and throwing my gun at Hunter's feet.

How did I know this man? This was one of the rude-ass guys who got qualified to be a state alchemist with me. After the state alchemist exam, I hadn't seen much of him before I heard he was shipped to East City… But what was he doing here?

At this point, I had no choice but to let myself be handcuffed. I wasn't about to take a chance running from trained gunmen. That'd be pure idiocy.

After cuffing me rather harshly, Hunter roughly pushed me up in front of him. By now, it was obvious to me that Kimblee had sent some other men to spy on Miles' troop.

As we walked, Hunter leaned in near my ear, and with a chuckle, whispered, "Special treatment didn't get you anywhere, kid."

I wasn't liking this.

Turns out, Kimblee was coming with his troop to the building where The Elric brothers and the others were gathered, so the troop that had taken me hostage ran into theirs.

I felt completely cowardly.

"Major Lynette?" Kimblee's voice reached me, and I resisted shrinking back in fear. I clenched my teeth as I looked up into his ice-blue eyes.

"Kimblee." I growled, narrowing my eyes at him. I was defenseless against him with all these sharpshooters and skillful gunmen surrounding me.

"It's nice to see you again." He said, giving me an intimidating smirk. I bared my teeth slightly.

"I can't exactly say the same." I spat, glaring at him. Kimblee looked at Hunter, who stepped forward.

"Nice work. Guard her until I can deal with her." He ordered, and Hunter obediently saluted. I guess I had figured out where Hunter's loyalty lies.

So, with Hunter's troop joining Kimblee's, we headed back to the building that I had previously tried to escape from.

We reached it, well… Just as it exploded.

I coughed as the dust billowed toward us from the explosion. Hunter's troop got closer to me, shielding me from the dust and from sight as I saw Ed run out of the dust cloud, racing toward Kimblee.

"We finally got Scar cornered, and now he's taken her hostage BECAUSE OF YOU!" Ed yelled at Kimblee, acting in anger and distress. I made sure he couldn't see me, well, because I didn't feel like showing him I got caught.

The soldiers from Hunter's group didn't even hesitate to hide me from Ed's view.

Soon enough, a blizzard rolled in and all the soldiers packed into a tall building that strangely had its glass windows still intact. At least it kept the wind out.

I was sitting down on a bench, with Kimblee staring at me and wondering what to do with me. I mean, the homunculi weren't here to tell him what to do.

Ed and Al were in the other room, and they fortunately didn't know I had been captured.

Me? I was sitting there hoping I'd live through the night.

"What was your purpose in Baschool?" Kimblee asked me finally, and I sighed.

"My purpose is to stay alive." I said, looking up at him. "I can't go into any city without being recognized from the wanted posters. And in turn, I ask you," I said, looking into his eyes, "Why where you looking for me?" The corner of Kimblee's mouth tilted up slightly.

"You're more trouble than you're worth." Kimblee said, "I can't let you interfere." I kept looking into his eyes, unwavering.

"Then why am I still alive?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.

"You know more than you let on. The kind of information you have is invaluable." Kimblee said, and I pursed my lips. I knew it; he was going to send me to get tortured for information by the homunculi.

"I will not stand to be treated with such inconsideration." I said levelly. "I will protect the people I have come to care about here, and there's no amount of pain that can persuade me otherwise."

"May I remind you that you are in no position to say such words, Cold Blood Alchemist." Kimblee said, slightly amused at my silent rebellion, "You are in no position to protect anyone when you are the one who is at risk." His meaning came right away.

He's using me as a hostage.

He knew I was friends with the Elric brothers in the past.

Oh no.

"You're wrong," My voice became unsteady. "I'm no ones' weakness." Kimblee smirked again, looking at me smugly.

"Oh?" He said, "Well, why don't we see?" My blood froze as I saw Kimblee motion to one of the guards to get the Elric brothers. They saw me right away.

"Lynette?!" Ed and Al gasped, and I flinched.

"Guys, I…" I couldn't find any words to say. I couldn't let them be affected by my presence. Ed looked at Kimblee, about to say something undoubtedly harsh, but I interrupted quickly. "Shut up, Ed. Nothing's going to happen to me." I lied, catching Ed's attention. I gave him an honest look, and he looked back at Kimblee grudgingly, somehow believing me. Al looked very distressed, but I gave him a look to shut him up.

I had remembered my goal.

I just had to keep everything going as planned.

HI GUYS! SORRY FOR BEING A MEAN AUTHOR LADY AND IGNORING THE STORY FOR A WHILE!

But I've been feeling really bad lately. There was this concert I wanted to go to more than ANYTHING, and I even got permission to go, so I waited until the tickets went on sale…. And they sold out. Right before my eyes. I had been sitting at the computer the minute they went on sale and when I tried to buy them….. THE STUPID WEBSITE WOULDN'T WORK! So I've been really moody lately and I'm getting really upset really easily, so I decided to distract myself with writing this chapter.

OK, MOVING ON from my emotion problems, I hope you guys liked the chapter! I put some action and alchemy in it, and even decided to throw in a random guy who Lynette knew from the state exam!

I'll try to update more from now on! I've been really busy, and so I'll work on trying to update more!

By now, I don't even know what's going on in the story any more. I'm just going with the flow XD So I hope it doesn't bother you guys…

SOMETHING GOOD IS COMING UP. Some of you might already have guessed what's going to happen, but I want to make it DRAMATIC! It's gonna be AWESOME.

BTW, My birthday's coming up! WOOHOOO! YAY! PRESENTS AND MONEY!

Anyway…..

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