"Rosa, please." Hughes sighed, "You're makin-"

"Shut up!" she barked, "I'm not listening to you anymore!" she yelled.

"Rosa, this is going to cost the boys their future and you your job." The man growled, "We're only trying to help you." He muttered.

"I though I could trust you, Maes, why…Why did you betray me?" she cried. Roy blinked, his ears folding back, the smell in the air was musky. He put a paw on her shoulder.

"Rosa…I don't want to be a burden." Roy muttered. Rosa turned around and looked at him, that musky smell was her tears. She looked at him and smiled, it was a painful smile.

"Don't be silly…you're not being a burden." She said quietly. She turned towards Hughes once more getting to her feet, "Why Hughes? You know he disappeared several years ago, he's just as good. Maybe even better." She glared at him. Her eyes grew wide as Hughes and the man raised guns eye level to her and Roy. She growled and stepped in front of Roy. Her arms spread open, ready to take whatever they threw at her.

"Rosa…" Roy's ears remained back and he put a paw on her shoulder, "D-Don't…"

"He's right Rosa. Don't." Edward's voice came from her left, Alphonse behind him. Rosa shook her head.

"I'm not letting anyone take anything from me anymore. I lost my parents and brother to that war of yours." She glared at the strange man, "And what I thought was a family, betrayed me." The glare came to Hughes, "I'm not giving up what I have left to cling to." She replied softly.

"He's not worth dying for Rosa!"

"SHUT UP!" she barked at him, "Don't you DARE say that!" she screeched at him. Roy's paws came over his ears, it wasn't her screeching, but the Elric's hurtful words.

"Rosa, you're making this harder then t it should be." Hughes waved his arm, "Just clear out! "

"If you kill him you kill me and some of Thule society's greatest secrets." She glared. The old man cringed.

"Rosa! You're asking for death! Give it a rest!" Edward yelled.

"Rosa, I'll give you to the count of three." Hughes warned.

"Don't waste your breath! I'm not budging."

"Ro…sa…" Roy muttered.

"One"

"I love you, Roy." Rosa said, arms still spread out.

"Two."

"I will die for you."

"Three"

"Because you belong with me." Hughes lowered the gun and stared, he couldn't…

"Rosa-"

BANG!