-Seroko's POV-

I slowly awoke. I groaned as I pushed myself from the wall I was against. I had been unconscious for the last few days. I looked around, and noticed I was in an alleyway. In fact, it was the same alleyway Cici had fainted in. I stumbled out of it, and then saw a newspaper on the ground. I slowly picked it up, and looked at the front page.

ROUGE ALCHEMIST STRIKES AGAIN

Late on the afternoon of Thursday the 21st, the Rouge Alchemist attacked yet again. This time, instead of one of the Ishballan Assassins, it was our very own Metal Eye Alchemist, Cici Elric. Cici tells us that the Rouge Alchemist had taken her to the hotel when she passed out in an alleyway. That's when he removed her automail limbs and raped her. After raping her, he transmuted a sword, thrusting it through her stomach, and ripping it through her left side.

She is currently in a moderate condition, hanging on alright.

The article then went on to name who I had attacked, and in what fashion. Then it said that this is the most monstrous thing I had ever done.

Colonel Roy Mustang and Fuhrer Bradley say that as soon as Metal Eye is out of the hospital, she will hunt down the Rouge Alchemist. Once she has him in her hold, the Fuhrer will hold a public execution. Metal Eye confirms this with pride, saying that she is glad to be help to catching a serial killer, and now that it has gotten personal, she will not rest until he is dead.

I felt my heart shatter as I read the final words of the article. How could..how could she just turn on me like that? I thought that maybe, just maybe, this time we could escape from all the horror in our lives.

Cici, Edward, and I were standing infront of the gravesite of Trisha Elric. Alphonse was sitting down on the ground.

"Cici..I.."

She shook her head, smiling. "Don't worry about me. I'll be just fine. It's my brothers I'm worried about."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded. "Yeah, Seroko."

"Okay, then you don't mind if I leave?"

"No." She turned and kissed me for the last time. But it had more passion than usual. "Take care."

I was going to leave Risembool anyway. It was scheduled a week ago, and today was the day I left. I smiled, and nodded slightly. I walked off.

I sighed as I walked, remembering what happened those last moments so many years ago.

"Um..I'm sorry..I gotta go, I have a mission to find the Rouge..."

I interrupted her. "Surprise."

She looked not only scared, but disappointed and sad. Then, she fainted.

I chuckled at how she reacted. She was always such a sweet girl. I wonder why she would lie about me.