Chapter 15: Hey Judas

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Edward Elric was a bit head strong and full of himself at times, but he always managed to have a good understanding of his surroundings, or at least he believed he did. But now he was thinking of how much he didn't know about his friend, Sean, not even his past was known to his friend, but yet Edward just had that much trust in his friend. Could he trust him now after what he was doing and his strange behavior? Could he just leave it at that while a potential traitor was walking around and could be betraying him right now? Winry was right next to him, his eyes for when he was blinded by judgment, but he couldn't help himself, Sean was his friend.

Right now they were walking in the mostly desert area, about to hit the mountains and caves that the Philosopher's Stone resided in. They had travelled by night to keep from being observed since they had seen military patrols in their area from the Philosophers and they were certain that there was a mole in their division. Most eyes were falling on Sean because of his shaky behavior, but he had managed to help them out of trouble with the patrols through quick thinking and his own tactics. That didn't stop Roy from having Sean under his sights almost twenty-four hours a day, saving the time that Sean went off to pee by himself, which took a total of twenty minutes if there just happened to be a patrol. Luckily, Winry had taken some tents from the train and shared one with Riza while Roy shared one with Edward, leaving Sean to take his place from hanging from something like always did. He was an odd individual, but he managed balance out quirks with his own skills that had made their survival possible. Even Riza, the very image of a soldier, was impressed by his survival skills, but she knew that he did have his flaws and even though it would be hard to take him down, she could do it.

"We should be coming to the first cave right about now," announced Sean as he walked along one of the rocky formations while Riza had her binoculars out to scout the area. A bullet shot rang out and there was a small explosion in one of the rocks that was an inch from where Sean was walking.

"Every take defensive positions," said Roy as he dove behind a rock for cover as did everyone else, but RIza who was trying to find the sniper. "Damn it Riza, find some cover."

"I know I can get a shot on him," replied Riza as she lined up the bullet pattern to find the sniper running for cover and she placed her shot a few inches ahead of his head so he would run into it, blowing away a good portion of his frontal lobe, which if it didn't kill him, it would leave him out. "There we are, I got him, but they might have a patrol coming."

"Probably have a few alchemists in that patrol as well, but we'll be long gone," said Sean as he checked his own rifle for any disfigurement. "I think we might have to split in pairs for this, Riza and Roy can be one team. The next team can be comprised of Vashov, Lust, and Omerta. The last team will consist of Ed, I, and Winry. Is that good?"

"Um, you forgot about me," said Al as he raised his hand and then everyone seemed to sweat drop at Sean's terrible memory.

"Oh, yeah you're here, so I guess you go with Roy and Riza," said Sean as he pulled out the shotgun in the pack of weapons that he had taken from the train, which mostly consisted of rifles with one shotgun, but submachine guns were not a part of the deal since they were harder to store into compartments. "I think that's all I need to say for now, let's move out."

Just staring at the ceiling with no other thought than about the woman outside who was currently bathing in one of the oasis that was nearby, that was all Roy Mustang was doing as he lay in his small tent that had room for only three people. He tried imagining how she looked in the waters of the oasis, washing herself clean of all the sand that had gotten on her and once he started thinking about them, he just couldn't help himself with it. His body was calling out for her, for Riza Hawkeye, who seemed to not know that when she took off her coat and left herself in only a white shirt and black pants, it took so much for control for Roy not to remove everything else and have her right there. Before or after she shot him in a place that would probably put a damper on his romantic escapades. His pants all of a sudden got tighter in a certain spot that made him hope that Riza wouldn't suddenly walk in the door and see him like that, but he had to think of a way to cover it. There was only one option, all though it would make him feel ashamed for a few hours, but he had no choice but to masturbate and he was glad that Alphonse had decided to sleep outside under the stars. He slid his pants partially down and then started to jerk off to his fantasies, never noticing that Riza had crawled into the tent until he by chance opened his eyes and saw her naked body.

Riza was unsure about what she was about to do, but she had been instructed by Lust and Winry to do this if she was going to tell him, just to show him how much she loved him. It was an awkward thing for her, a lieutenant general, to appear naked and seduce her superior officer, especially with Alphonse so close and just below the legal age to know of such things. Plus he might accidently see her as she made her way to the tent, but she knew that was just her own paranoia for she made sure that she wouldn't be seen by telling him to sleep on the side that had an obstructed view of the lake so that he would never get a peak at the goods that she reserved for one man. That man, however, was lying in the tent doing something that she had often heard of Colonel Havoc getting caught doing while in the bathroom once, among other sad charges against him. The one man she cared about was jacking off in the tent and she felt a bit disturbed by this action and jealous thinking it was another woman since he could have just had her, but then she heard it.

"Riza..," he moaned as he continued on with his business. Then one eye opened slightly and then both shot open in surprise as a Riza just crawled in there, naked as the day she was born with water still dripping down her wet chest, and falling off her perky nipples like rain drops.

"Oh Roy, you didn't have to do that, I could have done that for you," said Riza and she immediately turned a thousand shades of red as soon as those words left her mouth. She laid down right next to him, too embarrassed to look at him, but she was determined to get these words out. "I love you Roy and will do anything for you, even if you do not feel the same way. If you wish I can help you achieve release now just as long as you want me to do it."

Winry didn't know why, but she thought she would deliver Sean his dinner while he was cleaning his guns, maybe find out something from like his past or perhaps anything about Edward that she should know. The sun was setting over the horizon, leaving a glow on every object with its orange glow and she could see that he was in that suitcase that he brought along. It was strange that he brought it, but as soon as she saw the antenna she realized that he had brought a radio for something. She hid and waited for him to talk.

"Yes, everything is going to plan and Ed and the rest will get there on time," said Sean to the person on the other side. "Don't worry about my job, just get my pay ready and I'll get my part done, guaranteed. Right now they are suspicious of me due to Winry listening in on me giving directions to Roy's officers, but I think I can stay in their trust or enough of their trust to do my job. What…? Kill Winry to prevent her from finding out?"

Winry didn't need a second thought before she took off running to get Ed and tell him about this before Sean did anything.

"I'm sorry but that is not part of the deal and I won't do that," replied Sean to his employer as he examined a bullet in his hand. "She is the love interest of my friend and that would cause damage that I was assured would not happen. Besides this is for their benefit and would make it a bit odd if I killed her. But for now I'll go back before they come looking for me. Goodbye Dante."