A/N: okay! here's chapter 3! I hope it's a good one too and all..and that's why i'm sorta rushing the fighting scene and bad guy scene sortaish cause i wanna get to like, the hughes family and the newest sibling to elicia and also to central to see riza and roys son and daughters! anywyz! here's chappie 3 and i hope u lke it again so ummm...arigatou and plz R&R! -Em

Disclaimer: I /beeep/ OWN FMA! WHOO HOO!! (secret service appear out of nowhere, surrounding me and my manga books) Uh...What I MEANT TO SAY! was that...sadly, I don't own FMA but I would LIKE TO OWN IT! it all goes to Hiromu Arakawa. (secret service leave) however! This sequel story of mine belongs to me -smirks- just not the show or like, the original story which makes me sad... anywayz! Onward! HAZAH!

Special Guest: Dr. Velshtien a.k.a the Healing Alchemist

Chapter 3: What About Fletcher?

As Li-san and Fletcher looked around the small hut they had found in the storm after the phone call, they saw not too many possessions the doctor had; only materials and such a doctor needed. Still, they were curious and walked around together, staying close just in case. I mean, wouldn't you be curious too if you entered a stranger's home? Especially in the middle of a snowstorm?

"Hey it looks like we hit a jackpot Fletch. Now we can get you some medicine for your cold. Even better, he's a doctor and ex-state alchemist." Li-san said with a smile. She wouldn't let her hunch get the better of her, they still needed to fix up Fletcher of his cold. Even though it was a little strange for an old geezer to live out here by himself and accept two strangers who were teenagers just stay at his house..For The Night... Creepy thoughts ran through her mind, but she shook it off when Fletcher turned to him with an awkward smile on.

"O-okay." Fletcher replied nervously. Dr. Velshtien came over with a bin filled with hot water and a cloth in his hands.

"Here you go my boy, this will hopefully make your cold go down a bit. It will also warm you up. Hehehheh." Dr. Velshtien laughed heartily, and Fletcher accepted with a bow.

"Now then, both of you wait here while I go make you my boy some soup. Now, just so we all know eachother, what are your names?" Dr. Velshtien asked kindly.

"My name's Li-san Yamanaka." Li said happily.

"And I'm Fletcher Tringham." Fletcher said with a grin.

"Ah! You're the son of Nash! I thought you beared some resemblance to him! He was an excellent alchemist, one of the best in my days! Why, he was my good friend back in the day when we both worked together by using alchemy. So how is he these days, hm?" Dr. Velshtien asked. Fletcher was silent for a moment, and Li was beginning to worry. He finally answered quietly with a short frown on his face.

"Oh well... He-He died a long time ago sir..." Fletcher answered and Dr. Velshtien seemed a little disappointed.

"Oh dear...I'm sorry my boy." Dr. Velshtien apologized and Fletcher grinned nervously saying it was all right.

"So Mr. er--Dr. Velshtien, my friend here as you know has a cold and um, you think he'll be good as new by tommorow?" Li-san asked and the doctor nodded happily.

"Of course. Now both of you wait here as I get the soup ready, and he'll be good as new overnight!" he said with a smile and got to work in the kitchen preparing the soup for Fletcher. As the two waited in the dining room, both were quiet, but continued to look around the small home.

"Do you two need a place to stay for the night? The storm outside seems to still be going. You can stay here for the night if you'd like." he offered in the kitchen as the soup was just beginning to warm up over the stove. The two couldn't help but nod with a slight nervous laugh.

"No, no it's quite all right! It's quite all right.." Dr. Velshtien said and he examined to see how the soup was coming along. When he opened the pot steam flew out, and he took a sip of the broth with his spoon. 'After all...my assessment is coming up last time I had checked. I could sure use some new patients for my genius experiments now. Isn't that right, Naomi? Alan?' Dr. Velshtien thought with a fake smile on his face.

"Ah! Here we go!" Dr. Velshtien said happily and came over with the soup in his hands. Li-san watched as the man gave the soup to Fletcher who thanked him about a dozen times, and he only laughed as he turned the corner. When he disappeared, she had a stern look on her face, wondering if everything was...right.

"Isn't this great Li? We get a place to crash for tonight! Dr. Velshtien is pretty nice, isn't he?" Fletcher exclaimed happily as he took a sip of the tea with a small slurp.

"Yeah. Nice is a good word to use..." Li-san said half heartily, now knowing something was really up with that doctor. Something she didn't like at all.

Huh?" Fletcher wondered with a sniffle when he saw a picture of Dr. Velshtien as he was standing in front of a woman who was younger than her with navy hair, holding a young boy with black hair that seemed to be spiked up slightly. There wasn't even a resemblence between all of them. Why was that? And where was the man of the house in that picture anyways?

"Mister, who are these people in this picture here? They seem awfully nice and happy." Fletcher asked curiously.

"Hm? Oh that's my daughter-in-law and grandson. That right there is Naomi and her son Alan." Dr. Velshstien said when he came back from the kitchen.

"What happened to them Dr.?" Li-san asked.

"Both of them died of a terrible illness a while back... I, tried my best to heal them with my alchemy skills but, alas, I was not able to save them." Dr. Velshtien said. The other two were silent, and he walked away. Li-san frowned. Something was wrong with this picture, and she was going to find out whether she liked it or not. After all, she had experienced this before, and of all the things good and pure why hadn't she seen it before?! This was one investigation situation that needed to be further pursued. As Dr. Velshtien came back out with a warm smile on his face, he gave both of them hot chocolate. When the clock struck 11:00 after a few hours, it was time for the both of them to get some rest.

"You both may use the rooms upstairs if you'd like. The bathroom is on your left and my room is the last room on the right. You two may stay in the one on the left side if that's all right with you." Dr. Velshtien said happily and the two walked upstairs.

"Don'tcha think Mr. Velshtien is being really nice to us?" Fletcher said happily.

"A little too nice... I don't think anything is right here Fletcher... He said daughter-in-law, remember? So where's his son?" Li-san asked.

"H-he probably died before the picture was taken!" Fletcher squeaked when he followed Li into the room, not liking at all the response she gave him. He hated spooky places, and the doctor seemed so nice, he didn't want to believe that he was a bad kind of guy.

"I dunno... Something's just not right." Li-san said with a frown on her face as she locked the door.

"Hm... Say Li, I'm your friend right?" Fletcher asked, changing the subject.

"Of course you are Fletcher! Why wouldn't you be?" Li-san said with a grin.

"I...I dunno I was just wondering and all cause.. well we've only like, met eachother I guess in just a few hours and all.." Fletcher said nervously.

"Haha. It's nothin to be afraid of. We're friends and we're gonna stay friends mmkay?" Li-san said with a wink as she stuck her tongue out playfully, Fletcher giving her a warm smile back. He liked her answer, maybe he could become her boyfriend with a little more time. Boy was he actually pretty glad that they were staying over for the night! He got to sleep in the same bed as she would...one bed only. It was then he found the courage to reveal his pain to her, maybe she could console him.

"Thanks Li. I guess... I asked that cause, well, you know how my older brother can sometimes be a bit of a pain.." Fletcher started and Li-san nodded with a huff. He couldn't help but laugh with a chuckle.

"Go on Fletch." Li-san said with a smile.

"It's just that...well, normally my brother is the one that's the genius. He's the one who's always so strong, and talented, and courageous.. Not like me. I'm not strong, I'm normally weak all the time... I'm only a mediocre in alchemy, nothing compared to my brother. I'm a scaredy-cat, the opposite of what he is. It's always like that for me, Russell, always coming to my rescue. Always being there for me, when I could never be there for him, or anyone for that matter. I just...get too scared and I hate it when I'm in a sticky situation. I'm nothing like my brother, and normally people I guess... judge me because of that that's all." Fletcher explained and then took in a deep breath.

Wow. He had actually done that! He had never ever confessed that kind of stuff to anyone, not even Russell himself! He looked at Li guiltily when he saw her frown. Was she mad at him? Did he make a bad move by telling her this? He thought girls liked guys who were sensitive...maybe Li wasn't that type. He waited for a response, and she could only laugh after being serious for two straight minutes.

"Ahahahaha! That's a record! Wait till I tell Hazel!" Li-san couldn't help but say to herself.

"Um... Am I missing something here?" Fletcher couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing nothing! It's just I'm not normally the serious type, more like the one that bursts out laughing." Li-san explained, and then regained herself. By this point Fletcher just felt insulted and down right embarrassed. She turned to him though, and it got his attention.

"On to important matters... Fletch, you shouldn't feel that way about yourself. You're your own person and if you're going to be one who doesn't like fighting, then that's okay! I think it's pretty sweet that a guy would rather talk it out in peace rather than fight to the death. It shows maturity, and it also shows lots of courage. You have those qualities Fletcher, don't underestimate yourself. You were very brave in telling me this, and you were really strong as to how you handled it. You're not at all weak, that I can say for sure!" Li-san said happily, and Fletcher couldn't help but have his face lighten up.

"R-Really?! You really think that I... I'm brave? And strong? And mature?!" Fletcher couldn't help but exclaim. Li-san nodded and Fletcher immediately rushed up to her and gave her a hug.

"Thank you so much Li! No one has ever told me that before! You're so nice, and kind, and caring, and smart, and funny, and... and... well.. NICE! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Wait until I tell Brother!" Fletcher exclaimed, and then realized what he had just done. He gulped once, and then looked up to see Li-san looking back down, a smile on her face as she put a hand on his head and playfully ruffled up his hair a bit.

"S'okay. That's what I'm here for." she said innocently with a smile on her face. He was surprised, blank and clueless eyes stared into happy ones. By this time, he would have thought Li was aghast at the way he reacted when all of a sudden she was being hugged by a 16 year old, but I guess that was the reason he liked her too. So understanding, compassionate, smart, determined, and most importantly someone who was pretty. (a/n: boy i'm really taking advantage of this! after all li's well..me! XP) When he let go of her, he looked around the room cluelessly to regain himself, and then finally remembered the bed! One bed! He then checked the clock. It was getting really late by now, and he thought it was about time to go to bed.

"Cool...So um, I see there's only one bed... Uh, you wouldn't mind if I uh...well, you know slept in it with you and all right? Unless you want me to sleep on the floor that is!" Fletcher said, nervousness just came over him even though he had been able to pull that 'stunt' a few seconds ago.

"Huh? Oh yeah you're right there's only one bed... Sure why not!" Li-san said with a smile. Wow, she was really really nice. Actually, she probably still didn't know that Fletcher was trying to get close to her! Then again, she probably was too worried about Dr. Velshtien. Fletcher blushed.

"C-cool. Thanks Li." Fletcher said happily. When the two were silent for a while, Li-san finally spoke up.

"So uh...we'd better um, get to sleep huh?" Li-san said with a blush. She had finally, finally, finally realized something about Fletcher, how he was always blushing randomly sometimes. 'Aww. It's so cute that Fletcher has a crush!.. Wait..a crush... A CRUSH ON ME!! Boy how slow am I? B-but I already have a boyfriend.. I got Al. How am I gonna tell Fletcher that I have a boyfriend already?' Li-san wondered. She stared up at Fletcher who nodded with a grin and without hesitation took off his shirt and undershirt. Li-san blinked several times in surprise as she now stared at his bare chest, it was pretty filled with muscle for a teen his age. Now that she thought about it, Fletcher was the youngest out of Ed, Al, and Russell. Poor kid, he was stuck being 16 while everyone else was 18 with the exception of Russell and Al who were 17. Then again... probably so was Russell's, Ed's, and Al's. But man oh man he just did that all of a sudden!

"W-wow Fletch... Won't you be cold?" Li-san asked with a face looking like o.o

"Huh? Oh! I'm sorry Li-san that was probably a little weird for you! I'm sorry!" Fletcher said worriedly and put his shirt back on.

"N-no! It's okay it's fine! You can...take off your shirt if you want to..." Li-san said and walked over to Fletcher as she pulled the shirt off of him. Okay, she knew this was awkward, and definately giving off a bad sing considering she hadn't broken his poor little heart by saying she was taken by Al. He started to blush again when he raised his hands up to remove his undershirt.

"Uh..okay... Thanks Li..." Fletcher said in a whisper and Li-san was silent as she threw the shirt aside. What the figismucking was she doing?! SHE WAS FLIRTING?! WITH FLETCHER! THAT WAS BAD! 'Oh crap! Did I do what I think I just did?! OH CRAP OH CRAP NOW HOW AM I GONNA TELL FLETCHER THAT I HAVE A BOYFRIEND?!' Li-san screamed inside her head. Not to mention she was flirting with someone who was two years younger than her! Actually...two years older than her in the future... It was--weird! (o.o)! ( how am I gonna get outta this one now?! ANE-SAN WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU!!!)

"Ah...heh...No problem.." Li-san said with a half-grin, and then she took off her jacket. She was about to take off her long sleeved shirt too, but then stopped herself abruptly. WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE DOING?! 'OH FOR CHRIST'S SAKE I'M FLIRTING WITH FLETCHER! AND IT'S WORKING!!' Li-san wailed. At least she still had that on and her gloves, he still didn't know she had automail.

"Well uh...better hit the hay." Fletcher said and Li-san nodded as the two climbed into the bed. It was kind of small, and uncomfortable.

"Wow it..sure is roomy..." Fletcher joked.

"Yeah... G'night Fletcher." Li-san said and closed her eyes. She could feel herself start to sweat, and her cheeks were flustered. Fletcher felt the same way as he slept on his back, staring at the ceiling. Li-san was on her side, and tried not to move from time to time to attract attention. When she finally fell asleep, Fletcher was still wide away, ever so often glancing over to where Li-san was sleeping. She was beautiful, and so pretty... he always was saying to himself. How he wished he could just kiss her right now and confess his love for her, hopefully having her agree. When he noticed Li roll over to face him, she seemed and looked so peaceful. He moved his head to the side, not moving his body, only to have a good glance at her beautiful face. His eyes started to shake, and he felt himself move closer to her, closer to her lips, wanting to give her a passionate kiss. His lust began to rise, his pulse raced, sweat rolled down his face as he etched closer, and closer, and closer, and then-..CREEEEEEAAAAAAAAAKKKKK. He immediately retreated when he heard the door to their room open.

"Sleep... Both of you..." he heard a voice hiss, and Fletcher made sure to cover his whole mouth when he heard a spray fill the room. When the door closed silently, he moved under the sheets to avoid the spray, and tried to make Li-san do the same, but she had already fell under the spell of the stench. 'Li was right! Dr. Velshtien is up to something evil!' Fletcher thought nervously, trying to think of a way out of this..hopefully, in time.. He turned to look at Li-san nervously, seeing how she was deeply asleep. How was he gonna wake her up now?! He was able to grab some courage, and turned on his side now, abruptly shaking Li on the shoulder.

"Li! LI WAKE UP PLEASE!" he hissed in a low voice to her, but there was no response, only the deep breaths coming from Li who was still in her slumber. She rolled over to her side, ignoring anything on the outside as her dream began to take her in for the count.

"No Li you. have. to. wake. up!" Fletcher begged as he turned her back towards him, shaking her again to hopefully wake her up. She only slapped him and he teared a little out of the sting. It shouldn'tve hurt that much unless...

He sighed with a frown, and then wondered if some water would wake her up! He crept out of bed quietly, and walked toward the door. When his hand was etching close to the knob, he heard foosteps and his heart pounded in his chest, faster and faster until he had to not think about breathing. He looked down, saw the doctors' shadow right below where he was standing.

Did the doctor know? Know that he wasn't asleep?! That he was ruining his plan?! Fletcher could feel a huge lump in his chest, sweat began to roll down his face and chest as he dared not open his mouth to even take a small, silent, breath. It seemed forever, even though it was only about thirty five seconds. Soon, Fletcher could hear the doctor grumble as he walked away from the door. Even then Fletcher didn't even dare to think or move, too scared to do anything. He listened and waited.

He heard the doctor walk up to his room, open the door and close it before silence took over the hallway. After a few more minutes, Fletcher finally was able to break out of his curse and breathe deeply in and out, hyperventilating a little bit before coming to his senses. 'That was close! If I would have come out before he came, I would've been caught! What's that doctor up to? What's he going to do to us if we don't get out of here? There's gotta be a way out...' Fletcher thought to himself and then looked out the window. He growled.

'Dammit all! It's a snowstorm out there... What am I supposed to do now?!' Fletcher thought to himself with a growl of aggrivation and a clenched fist that had sweat falling onto the ground out of the event before hand. He then turned to Li who was still sleeping peacefully through all of this. He was wondering what she was dreaming out, what was making her look so beautiful, so majestic... that and, she was starting to drool. 'I am not cleaning that up if she wakes up.' was the first thing he thought to himself as his eyes narrowed slightly. If it was one thing he wanted now more than ever, was to have his brother come to his aid. Fletcher gritted his teeth.

If it was one thing he would never want to truly admit, it was that of being the weaker of the siblings as he had explained to Li before. He was always the one who wanted to find a peaceful solution, never reckless like his older brother. Never stronger like his older brother, never ever brave enough like his older brother. It pained him so sometimes that he felt like crying. He then though, remembered Li's words.

"...You shouldn't feel that way about yourself. You're your own person and if you're going to be one who doesn't like fighting, then that's okay! I think it's pretty sweet that a guy would rather talk it out in peace rather than fight to the death. It shows maturity, and it also shows lots of courage. You have those qualities Fletcher, don't underestimate yourself. You were very brave in telling me this, and you were really strong as to how you handled it. You're not at all weak, that I can say for sure!"

That's right! He was, in her eyes, strong; someone who was brave! He couldn't let her down now! But what was a 16 year old boy supposed to do in the middle of the night? He couldn't make a run for it. If he knew too well, it was that the doctor would probably hear them somehow and track them down, and it was still snowstorming. He thought about what to do, and closed his eyes, a bead of sweat ran down the side of his face. Frantic blue eyes opened, to only become saddened. There was nothing he could do now, nothing he could think of. He'd need rest to do that...but would it be too late if morning would come already and he still didn't have a plan? Hopefully...hopefully his dreams would help him through it, and hopefully somehow he would maybe have a plan all ready the next morning...

He couldn't think straight now, shock and overwhelming distress took over that he started to get a headache. He crawled into the bed wearily, and looked at Li. Knowing she was asleep peacefully, he did the only thing he felt was the best right now. He felt his heart thump rapidly in his chest, waiting for the right time. He found Li's hand and gripped it tight, and put on a brave and yet nervous smile.

'Don't worry Li...I'm going to save us both. You have faith in me..and that's all I need. Just you wait, I'll show you what Fletcher Tringham can do.' he thought to himself, only to realize that it was probably a lie.. But he couldn't say that! Not just yet! He could do it, he knew he could, and gripped on tighter. With one more squeeze of reassurance, to both her and himself, he fell asleep wearily, letting her go as he was lost in his own dream...

When the morning came, Fletcher woke up to a start as the door opened forcefully. He closed his eyes, pretending he was asleep. He heard the footsteps of Dr. Velshtien walking over to them, eyeing (sp?) both of them carefully.

"Good morning you two. Or should I say...good bye instead?... It's time to start the experimentation, and you two have to behave for me now don't you. After all, I am still the Healing Alchemist, aren't I? Seems like you two need some fixing up to do why, my dear you look awfully pale." Dr. Velshtien seemed to be saying to himself, a crazed look on his face as he put his cold hand on Li's cheek. She flinched a little bit, but retreated after he removed his icy cold hand away from her face. He looked at both of them asleep, side by side.

"How fitting it will be. My assessment is coming up too, didn't I tell you? Well...it would be coming up but... it seems the military found out at the last moment how I was able to pass my assessment... My my have the years flown by when I haven't seen one person in sight. Today is my lucky day as well." Dr. Velshtien said and exited the room for a moment.

Fletcher squinted his eyes open slightly, and turned to Li who was still in a deep sleep. He could feel sweat run down his face, but then heard the doctor come back in. He could see in his mind what the doctor was doing, picking Li up and placing her on a stretcher. He couldn't open his eyes, not yet.

"Now you'll go first my dear. After I fix you up, I'll have to take care of your little friend here who came down with a dreadful cold that could...perhaps, change his life forever." Dr. Velshtien said, licking his lips as he led the stretcher into his room, all the way at the end of the hallway. When Fletcher heard the door close, he immediately rushed out of bed and silently and hurriedly rushed downstairs to the phone, dialing the Rockbell's phone number hastily.

As he waited, he could only wonder if Li was still alive or not. 'C'mon..pick up! PICK UP PLEASE!' Fletcher thought as his mind raced, heart pounding. When no one answered, he finally gave up and took a gulp. He thought to himself and recalled what she had said the night before over and over in his mind, how strong and brave he was. He wasn't going to let go of that: EVER. It was what gave him strength now, the courage and the skills. Today he would become a hero...

'NO! I'm not gonna run! I'm gonna save Li! I'm gonna be her protector! She needs me too and I'm the only person here she's got right now! My alchemy should be enough...' Fletcher thought with a courageous look on his face and transmuted himself a strong thorny sword from a nearby rose flower. He held it in his hands, and quietly crept up the stairs to the doctor's room, ready to strike with his thorned sword at any moment.

The room was dark, and the doctor layed (sp?) Li on the table, tying her down. He couldn't wait to start the disection, doing whatever he could to her, finding a cure for the most abnormal 'diseases' or 'problems' this girl could have that could kill her. He smiled in glee, and made her wake up by sprinkling some pepper on her. Soon enough, she sneezed and looked; dazed around the dark room as a light shone in her face.

"Wha...What's going on?... Doctor?" Li-san mumbled to herself and then gritted her teeth as she struggled against the binds that held her down.

"I'm glad you're up my dear. You wouldn't wake up when I called for you, so I thought maybe I could wake you up myself." Dr. Velshtien said happily, and then sighed when she started to sneeze a little bit. She sniffed once, and then had her eyes crossed.

"You wake me up by spraying pepper over my face to make me sneeze to..toooo...ACHOO! WAKE ME UP?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN?!" Li-san shouted angrily. He had yet to wonder if she even realized the danger she was in. 'Clueless dobe. The more, the merrier I guess as my grandmother used to say. Idiocity is a curse, deal with it is what she also said... This poor girl must have both.' Dr. Velshtien thought with a sigh.

". . . Well I never met such a dirty mouthed brat like yourself." he said simply. Li-san had her eye twitched, and she shouted at the top of her lungs.

"YOU IDIOT! NOW I'M GONNA SNEEZE NONSTOP! WAY TO GO GENIUS! I HATE PEPP..PEPPP...ACHOOO! PEPPER TOOOO!" Li-san cried angrily.

"Snappy...Goodness me. You need to take a short snooze." he said and took out a needle. Li-san couldn't help but smirk. He wondered why, and placed the needle in her right arm to have it be bent.

"What the-"

"Did I forget to mention? I'm not what you would call..um, fully functional I guess... Wait no that's not what I meant to say cause I'm not like..a cyborg or whatever." Li-san started and then frowned slightly. The doctor didn't care what she had to say, and tore away her long sleeves to change her outift into a short sleeved shirt.

"Hey! Don't go ripping my sleeves!" Li-san snapped and the doctor examined her.

"Hmph. Automail huh? Looks like I'll have some work here, I'm not very good with mechanics. I wonder what would happen if I took it apart.." the doctor said to himself and started to pull the automail off.

"Hey! Get offa me!" Li-san struggled and kicked him hard. He was pushed away from her and she did a backflip to have her hands over the table.

"Damn...Forgot to bind her legs too. My memory is getting beat.." the doctor muttered.

"Tell me who you really are! You're not a doctor are you.. You're probably like, an assasin who's an ex-state alchemist! And who was your son? You said daughter-in-law so you must have killed your son!" Li-san came to conclusions.

"You're half right, and half wrong my dear. I am a doctor, and I am a state alchemist. I'm not an assasin...I'm... a doctor who has failed at his job many times, but have always created something...functional." he said with a sweet smile on his face.

"Yeah right.. Like I'm supposed to believe that." Li-san spat. He smiled and walked over to her, notcing that her left arm only had half her automail.

"I suppose this will do." he said and stuck the needle deep into her arm, making her eyes become dulled, finally having darkness surround her. He smirked slightly, and pushed her back onto the table, tying her legs down. As he examing her right arm, he dislocated the automail and tossed it aside, seeing what would happen if he tried to toy with it. He started to take it apart piece by piece, fascinated of how this could be used during his examination.

The creations ran through his mind, like the ones he had planned so long ago.. His son... his very first patient, his very first successful experiment... He started to laugh out loud to himself, muttering at some points. When he finally was finished fiddling with her automail, he stared at his masterwork. He had changed the automail into a demented form of some sort having a purpose of only one thing: Death and Destruction. He would use this newfound contraption (a/n: boy i like sounding smart when i use big words! XD) to experiment on Li, wondering what kind of new form she would take after the surgery was complete.. It didn't take long though to have his thoughts be interrupted.

Suddenly, the door burst opened and he saw Fletcher standing in the doorway. Dr. Velshtien looked at the boy like he had seen a ghost! How could it be?! How could Fletcher be awake?! It just wasn't possible! Did something go wrong? How could his plans have backfired?! If this would have gotten out to the military, he was sunk and he knew it. He couldn't let this happen. When he found the courage to speak, he spat in an aggrivated and nervous tone.

"H-How can you be awake?!" he cried.

"Step away from Li!" Fletcher replied confidently. The doctor gritted his teeth.

"Listen boy, I don't know how you were able to stay awake throughout last night, but if you know what's good for you you'll say you didn't see anything and leave your friend behind. Besides, when you see her again you won't even recognize her." he said with a crazed smile.

"Li was right! You are a creepy doctor alchemist person! I won't let you get away with this at all! I want answers, and I want the truth! First though, let her go!" Fletcher cried angrily. At this the doctor laughed and laughed, seeing how this boy was acting was a site to see.

"Ha! Who are you kid? Her body guard? You aren't even 18! What are you trying to be? A hero?! Good luck with that! All you'll be doing is causing her pain, you realize that?" Dr. Velshtien spat as he picked up his latest finished piece of work. Fletcher was silent for a moment, wondering what to say. Maybe he was right... 'NO! NO NO NO NO NO! I HAVE TO TRY!'

"I may not be her age...but I'm..in love and I won't let you hurt Li! I'll become her knight in shining armor!" Fletcher roared and charged with his alchemy, straight for the doctor's beating heart.

A/N: I think i'm gonna stop there XD anywayz! plz leave a review u guys, tell me how u're likin it so far plzzzz!! also, the next chapter will be like an action packed scene and all, but will first start out with the night before as a flashback (it might be long-middle-ish though). u'll see y and it doesn't have to deal with li and fletcher being at the crazed doc's house. anywayz, it'll even have a lil bit of (like really really minor so don't get ur hopes up or nothin) edxwinry! i'll do my best! o yes... one more thing i must say to all of u! thanks to everyone so far for the reviews! arigatou! -Em... Next time!- Chapter 4: My Knight In Shining Armor ... o yea.. i'd like at least 5 reviews of it's not that much trouble ev'ryone.. four's okay too but i'm askin for 5 plz make my new year's wish come true! o yea! HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!