The next day, Edward and Al really didn't decide to read the day away. Instead, they decided to play with Tuckers' daughter, Nina. They said that it was to "stretch," but I knew what they meant. I mean, I don't blame them. The kid has no mother and her father is always on alchemy business.

While Ed and Al were playing with Nina, I was sitting underneath a tree with Alex, deep in thought. I snapped too when Edward tossed a pebble past my eyes. "Do you do anything else, but think?"

"Thinking gets the job done. Besides, I didn't come to this world to have fun."

"Have you ever tried?" I gave him the death stare. His golden eyes reminded me of fire.

I sighed, looked away, and waved my hand over his legs, freezing them in their place.

"What the—" He tried to move, but he wasn't going far.

"Now this is how I have fun." I began walking towards him, slowly. He flinched when I unsheathed my claws. "Victims like you have the most gullible mind, it's almost like a game to off you." I was standing right in front of him. I raised his chin with the tip of my index claw on my right hand. "They think it's all fun and games . . . until blood flies." I began to walk away when I turned my head and said, "By the way . . . the ice is frozen."

"You know, that wasn't funny!"

"It was for me!"

Night fell. Alex and I had to leave the estate to give a report of our progress to Leon, so I let Ed and Al tag along. While we were gone, I explained everything about why we were in his world in a way he would understand.

Ed decided to stay a little late to catch up on some reading, so I just stayed off to the side talking with Alex about other subjects about training.

When Ed was finished with his reading, he went to look for Tucker to announce our departure. I also found it odd how Nina was nowhere to be seen.

"Down here!" I heard Tucker announce. We followed to where his voice was coming, which lead to a room, filled with alchemic solutions and books. I saw him kneeling before, what looked like, a completed chimera.

"It's finished, boys," he said, trembling. It looked like insanity had taken over his head. Of course, Ed and Al got excited. "You said you wanted to see a chimera that spoke the human tounge." The chimera looked like a dog with a bad haircut. Another thing sparked my mind: Where did Nina run off to, all of a sudden?

"So, I understand that you would do anything to keep your license." My body began to tense up. "Does that include murdering your own daughter?!" That broke a head light. Tucker knew what I was talking about. He used his own daughter and his dog to create a talking Chimera.

"I hate alchemists like you. So damn perspective. But I shouldn't expect this from you, Xena. I knew what you were when I first saw you. You, yourself are a combination of an animal and a human. We are the same." I socked him in the face, sending him against the back wall, his face covered in blood.

"We aren't the same! You think I did this to myself?! It's people like you who get us killed!" Where that came from, I have no idea. Maybe it was just the anger talking.

As for Nina, there was nothing I could do for her. She was stuck like this . . . for good.

As we were leaving the room, I saw his State Alchemist Pocket Watch and crushed it beneath my feet. He didn't deserve to be an alchemist in the first place.

It was raining by the time we arrived at Central Command. Edward was sitting on the front steps, his head between his legs.

"How did you know?" he asked.

"Like I said: you need to keep your eyes open to all perspectives."

"Choice words." I looked behind me to see the Colonel and his First Lieutenant leaving Central. "Unfortunately, said at a later moment. A few minutes after you left the Tucker Estate, we found Tucker and his Chimera dead."

"What?!"

"It looks like they were killed by the same person who has been killing State Alchemists in the area. Watch your back, Fullmetal."