Authors note! Hey everyone! Thank you for the reviews I'm receiving! It makes me feel good, seeing as I don't put out stories to often. Well I don't want to make you wait any longer for the next chapter so here you go! Chapter 4!
In central, hundreds of soldiers were gathered at the cemetery. All of them where in they're nice uniforms and hates. The service went quickly, thought it felt like forever to Riza. She didn't cry, she wouldn't let herself shed tears in front of the whole military, and most likely none of then knew about her relationship to Yuki. After they buried Yuki, most of the people had left. The only ones left were, Hughes, Ed, Al and of course Riza. Gracia would of stayed but she had to take Elysia home.
"You alright Riza?" Hughes asked.
"Yes, why do you ask?" She replied.
"Well I know it must be hard for you. I mean your brother just died, and Roy left. It must be hard."
Riza slightly gasped. "You know?"
"Yuki is your brother?" Ed exclaimed.
"Yup, he's Riza's older brother." Hughes replied. "Riza," he continued, "I'm in the Investigations Department, of course I knew, but you don't have to worry. I didn't tell anyone, though I'm surprised you didn't say anything when I told Roy in the office."
"Yeah, but really, I'm fine. Thanks for your concern though."
"Are you sure Lieutenant?" Al asked.
"Yes Alphonse."
"Okay, good." Ed said. "Well Al and I better get going. We forgot to call Winry, and let her know we got here fine."
"Yes, and I'm going to go and see Gracia and Elysia."
"Okay, Bye." Riza said as she watched them walk away.
"Bye." They replied as they went on their ways.
"Well now is the time." Riza said to herself. She drew the array need for the transmutation, and placed the ingredients in the middle. "This is it." She said, and then pressed her hands to it. A bright light surrounded her, and the she saw the gate. "What the?" Then she was back but she was missing an arm. Her good arm, the one she used to hold her guns and aim. "Damn." She muttered as she lay there bleeding.
MEANWHILE
Roy and the rest woke up and ate breakfast, and go ready for their day.
"Is everyone ready?" Roy asked.
"Yes sir." They replied.
"Good. Now Falman, and I will go the East side, while you two check the West. If you find anything, use the walkie-talkie to radio us. Understood?"
"Yes sir." Armstrong, and Breda replied, as they headed off to the west side of town.
"Alright, lets go Falman." Ro said, as they left for their side.
"Yes sir." He replied as he walked with Roy.
MEANWHILE
"Where is Hawkeye?" Havoc asked.
"I'm not sure, but she is never late." Fuery replied.
"I know, its crazy." Just as Havoc finished, Ed and Al walked in.
"Hey guys." Ed said.
"Hey, have you guys seen Hawkeye?" Havoc asked.
"She's not here?" Al exclaimed.
"Nope, this is really odd for her." Fuery said.
"Yeah. How bout Al and I look for her?" Ed suggested.
"Thanks." Fuery said.
"No problem." Ed replied, as him and Al left.
"So where should we start brother?" Al asked.
"Let's check her apartment first."
"Okay."
It only took a few minutes for them to reach Riza's house. When they arrived, Ed knocked. "Hawkeye!" He yelled.
No answer.
"LIEUTENANT!" He yelled again.
Still no answer.
"What the hell? LIEUTENANT HAWKEYE!" Ed yelled as he started pounding on the door.
"Ed! Maybe she isn't in there." Al suggested.
"Hmm, maybe. Let's check the graveyard." Ed said as he stopped pounding and headed towards the cemetery with Al trailing behind.
About five minutes later, they arrived at the graveyard. They headed to where Yuki was recently buried.
"No!" Ed said, as he saw a body lying on the ground next to Yuki's grave. "Damn." He said as he as he ran to Riza. "Why?" he looked at her, her face was very pale and she had a faint heartbeat, but she was alive. Ed clapped his hands and put the blood back into her arm and then made a small piece of cloth from the grass and tied it around her wound to stop the bleeding.
"Brother… You don't think she tried…" Al couldn't finish it.
"Yeah Al, she tried Human Transmutation."
"I can't believe it."
"Me either. Now lets take her back to our dorm. If the higher-ups find out she could be discharged or killed."
"Right." Al said as he picked her up bridal style, and walked to their room.
"Al, put her in your armor. We don't want anyone getting suspicious."
"Um, ok." He said as he put Riza into his armor, gently so she wouldn't wake up.
They arrived shortly to their military dorm. "Okay, take her out and lay her on the bed. I'm going to go get Havoc and Fuery." Ed replied as he walked out the door, closing it behind him.
" Okay." Al replied as he watched Ed leave, and then laid Riza in the bed carefully.
Ed ran to where Havoc and Fuery would be. "Hey!" he said as he busted through the door.
"What is it?" Havoc asked.
"We've found Hawkeye. You better come take a look."
"Alright, lets go Fuery."
"Right."
Ed led them to his room. As he opened the door and led them to the bed Havoc yelled, "What the hell?"
"Oh My God!" Fuery said.
" I know, it's really bad." Ed replied. "She tried Human Transmutation to bring back Yuki."
"Why?" Havoc asked.
"That's her older brother." Al said.
"What?" Havoc and Fuery exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's what we said."
"Wow, I never thought of Riza using alchemy, but then again the past few days have probably been hard for her. I mean Mustang left, we get more paperwork, and her older brother died, plus we have a mission soon. I didn't think she was affected at all. She keeps everything in." Havoc said.
"Same here." Fuery replied.
Just then Riza started to stir. She opened her eyes, blinked a few times, then her eyes finally adjusted to the light and she looked around. "Where am I?" she asked, then looked around a little more and saw that she was in room with Al, Ed, Havoc and Fuery.
"Your in mine and Al's room." Ed said. "We found you in the cemetery bleeding, so we brought you back here. We know what you did."
Riza closed her eyes, and thought about what to say. "Yeah, I know, I'm an idiot. I shouldn't be this weak."
"Your not an idiot Lieutenant. Look at Al and me. We did the same thing."
"I supposed, but I can't go back to the military like this."
"I already thought about that. We can say you were attacked by Lust and Envy, and then Al and I can take you to Rizembool with us and Winry can make you an arm like mine."
"Dang, kid." Havoc said. "You really have thought about this."
"Yeah." Ed said as he scratched the back of his head. "Well I guess I'll call Winry, and let her know we are coming back."
"That's a great plan Ed." Riza said. "But I'm afraid I can't travel all the way out there."
"Why not?" Al asked.
"I have a mission in 3 days. There is no way I can go there, get the surgery and be back."
"Yeah I guess that is a problem. Well I'll call her and have her make a trip out here." Ed replied casually.
"Are you sure Ed? That's a long trip on such notice." Riza said.
"Ah, she won't care. She will be happy she can come out here, and she pulls all-nighters all the time so it's no big deal."
"Okay, thanks." Riza said as she smiled and closed her eyes to drift off into a some-what peaceful sleep.
"Well, we better get back to the office." Havoc said.
"Yeah, good idea." Fuery replied as he followed Havoc out of the room.
"Al, you keep and eye on Hawkeye, I'm going to call Winry," Ed said as he walked to the door.
"Okay." Al replied as he watched is brother leave, and close the door behind him.
Ed walked to the nearest phone. He picked it up and dialed Winry's number.
"HI!" a happy voice said. "This is Winry of the Rockbelle Auto mail shop."
Ed laughed at her method of answering the phone before speaking. "Hey Winry. That sure is a unique way of answering the phone."
"Ed!" She said happily, and then changed her tone to serious. "Wait. You just called me. What happened?"
"Well nothing happened to me or Al. Can you make a trip down here? I have a customer for you."
"Sure. Do I know them?"
"Yeah, its Lt. Hawkeye."
"Oh My Gosh!" Winry exclaimed. "What happened?"
"She was attacked." He lied. "I would of taken her to Risembool, but she has a mission in 3 days, so you'll have to pull of an all-nighter."
"Okay, that's fine. Anything for Riza."
"Thanks a lot Winry."
"Your welcome Ed."
"Bye."
"Bye." Winry said as she hung up the phone and went to pack.
Ed walked to his room. "She'll be on her way tomorrow." He told Al as he made a makeshift bed on the floor. "I'm going to get some sleep. Night."
"Night." Al replied as he watched his brother go into a peaceful slumber.
MEANWHILE
Roy and Falman searched everywhere they could think of.
"Falman, radio Armstrong, and tell them to head back to HQ, and we will meet them there." Roy said as he kept a look out.
"Yes sir." Falman replied as he took out the radio, and informed Armstrong and Breda. "They are heading there now sir."
"Good." Roy said.
"To bad you won't be able to see them Flame Alchemist." Scar said as he walked out from behind a building.
Roy smirked. " I had a feeling I was being stalked." Then he turned to Falman. "Go to HQ."
"Sir! I'm not leaving you, I can't."
"I'll be fine, plus someone has to meet them, so now go."
"Yes sir." He replied reluctantly as he left, and headed toward HQ.
"Now," Roy said as he faced Scar, "Let's begin."
"So soon to die I see. God will punish you!" Scar said as he ran towards Roy.
Roy dodge-rolled (A/N: haha I got that from Kingdom Hearts! I love that game and the 2nd one!) out of the way, and then snapped creating flames around Scar. Just then spikes came up from the ground and stabbed Roy through is side.
"Damn." He said as he got up, and looked for Scar. 'Where the hell is he?' Then he was grabbed by the neck, and slammed against a wall.
" Have fun in the after life." Scar said as he brought up his other hand that did the alchemy and let it rest of Roy's head. 'I can't die yet! I have to get back to Central!' Roy thought. Then, he grabbed Scar's hand that was on his head and twisted it as best he could. It was getting really hard for him to breathe so he was having some trouble but he kept going.
"AH!" Scar yelled as his hand was being bent the wrong way, and, this caused him to chock Roy harder, but Roy didn't stop. Then Scar let go of Roy's throat and punched him in the face swiftly, and in return Roy kneed him in the stomach. After getting kneed in the stomach by Roy, Scar stumbled, as Roy dropped to the ground gasping for air. 'I have to finish this.' Roy thought, as he slowly stood up. He then snapped his fingers and a giant fire erupted around Scar, but Scar got one final hit on Roy. Just before he was burned, he touched the building that was near him and caused it to fall apart, and it just happened that Roy was still out of breathe he didn't have time to get away from the building that fell atop of him, leaving him buried under the rubble, hoping Falman would get to Armstrong and Breda safely, and then look for him.
MEANWHILE
Ed awoke to a sunny morning. He looked at the bed, and saw that Riza was still asleep.
"Hey brother." Al said, from the corner of the room.
"Hey." Ed replied as he yawned, and then stretched. "I'm going to go and get some food, for me and Hawkeye. I'll be back in about 15 minutes."
"Okay."
About 5 minutes after Ed left to get some food from the Mess Hall, Riza stirred and awoke.
"Good morning Lt."
"Hello Alphonse." She said as she smiled, and tried to sit up. Al went over and helped her sit up.
"Thanks, Alphonse." Riza said, and then her stomach growled.
"Your welcome. Oh, and Ed just left about 5 minutes ago to get some for you."
"That's nice of him."
"Yeah."
10 minutes later of talking between Riza and Al, Ed came back.
"I'm back." He said
"Hey." Al and Riza replied.
"I got you some food."
"I see. Thank you Edward."
"No problem." He said as he handed her the dish.
Later on Riza told Ed she wanted to do paperwork so she wouldn't get to far behind and would not go insane. She needed something to do. They began to protest but in the end they gave in. They all awaited Winry's arrival.
MEANWHILE
Falman me Armstrong and Breda, and told them how Roy was going to fight Scar. They all ran back to where the fight took place. Once they arrived they saw what once used to be a whole building, was now a pile of rubble. There was also scorch marks everywhere along with blood. They had also smelled burned flesh.
"Wow," was all Falman and Breda could say.
"Come on, we need to find the Colonel." Armstrong said, as they started looking under the pile of rubble.
"Uhh…Armstrong?" Breda said, somewhat in a shaky tone.
"Yes?"
"I-I think I've…found him."
"You think?" Armstrong replied as he walked over to see what Breda was looking at. "Ouch." Armstrong said, as he looked at Roy after he pulled him out. He had blood coming from a wound on his forehead, and also a bruised face from the punch Scar gave him, and it also busted his lip, which was dripping blood. His arms had quite a few scratches and, his throat had a bad mark from where Scar had choked him. There was some blood seeping through his uniform from his stomach, and he had a sprained ankle, with some minor cuts.
"We'd better get him to the Infirmary fast." Falman said.
"Yes." Armstrong agreed. He picked up Roy and ran to HQ, with Falman and Breda trailing behind.
MEANWHILE
Ed went to the train station to wait for Winry's arrival. He started pacing back and forth, because he was so bored. Finally, he heard the train whistle. "Yes." He said to himself.
"Winry." He said as he waved to her.
"Hey Ed!" She replied, walking to him.
"Thanks again for coming."
"Your welcome. Now lets get to Riza."
"Right."
"Riza!" Winry said as the opened the door, and ran to the bedside.
"Hello Winry." She replied with a smile.
Winry smiled back, and then turned to Ed and Al. "Can you guys leave?"
"You don't need help?" Al asked.
"Not now, only when its about to go on."
"Okay, then we will check up on Havoc and Fuery, to see how they are doing." Ed said.
"Good. See you later." Winry said as they left, and she began working on Riza's arm.
They made small talk, like Ed, Al, Roy, Hughes and the rest of the group while Winry worked. It soon grew dark and Riza drifted off to sleep with Winry still working.
THE NEXT MORNING
Riza awoke and saw that the arm was just about done.
"Morning." Winry said tiredly.
"Morning."
"It's almost done. I'm going to go and get Ed and Al to help to I'll be back."
"Alright."
5 minutes later Winry returned with Ed and Al. "Ok, now Ed, you hold down Riza, to make sure she doesn't move. Al, you help me hook up the arm."
"Why do I have to hold her down? Al's stronger." Ed complained.
"Because Al has seen me do this to you all the time."
"Fine." Ed replied as he held down Riza.
"You ready Riza?" Winry asked.
"Yes."
"Okay then, lets do this." Winry hooked the nerves to the arm and then connected everything. Riza tensed up but didn't move or make a sound.
"Alright, you're done Riza. You did great!" Winry said.
"Wow." Ed said. "How did you not move or anything? That was amazing."
"I've been shot quite a few times. I know pain, and if that's all you feel, then its not really pain at all." Riza replied as she got up and moved her arm around. "It works great. Thank you Winry."
"Anytime Riza."
"You should get some rest. You've been up all night."
"Yeah, I'll get some sleep on the train." Winry said as she packed up her things.
"Leaving already?" Al asked.
"Yeah, I can't leave Grandma there by herself. Who knows what will happen."
"Yeah, I guess your right." Ed replied.
So Winry left for her trip home, and Riza spent the remainder of her day packing for her mission tomorrow. Ed and Al roamed through the city, trying to find something to do.
Well there is chapter 4. I hope you guys enjoyed it and I tried to make it as long as I could, so I hope its pretty long. Chapter 5 might take a while, because I have yet to write it but I do know what it will be about, but I'm going to try and make it long like this one so I don't know when I will update but I will try not to take to long. Thanks for all the Reviews everyone! Please keep them going!
