Missing

When Riza doesn't come into work, her co-workers begin to worry, especially a certain Colonel.

Meanwhile, Havoc, Breda and Falman were sitting back at Central Headquarters, silently doing paper work...

And Major Alexander Louis Armstrong was strolling down the hall when he found it a bit too quiet, so he decided to stop by the normal source of commotion and found the room deathly silent with the absence of three soldiers while the remaining three soldiers filling out paper work, shrouded in an air or eerie silence and a soft rumbling sound that even the Major found unnerving.

However, just before he was given the chance to even open his mouth in an attempt to end it, the soft rumbles suddenly became unbarely loud and accented when Havoc erupted from his chair and threw his pen onto the table, spraying everything within a ten foot radius with an uneven shower of blue ink, as the abused, and now broken object, shattered and its pieces fell to the floor at the young Second Lieutenant's feet.

" I've had about enough of this!" he shouted as he glared down at the pen as its remaining ink began to seep out of its broken carton and soaked into the gray carpet of the office. He could feel his heart twist and his stomach contrict as he watched the pen and pictured the broken body of their beloved First Lieutenant, before kicking his chair back in, its backing slamming into the edge of the table, now bringing both Breda and Falman to their feet and the Major could only stare at the panicked Lieutenant.

" Hawkeye might be out there in trouble, and the Colonel has us stuck here being a bunch of god damned paper-pushers!" he shouted, moving to kick the pen but stopped as his mind flashed back to its previous vision, causing him to grimace and instead bend down. Everyone in the room was on-edge as they watched Havoc gently pick up the pen and hold it in the palm of his hand as he watched the last few drops of ink create a small stream and slowly drip of the side of his hand.

" We should be out there with them, not here." he said as he looked over at Breda and Falman, and then at the Major, before returning his gaze to the now inkless pen in his hand. " And the Colonel can scream at me as much as he'd like, but I'm not going to stand aside and fill out papers when the Lieutenant is missing." he said finally, before turning to look at his fellow co-workers. " So, if anyone feels like stopping me from going out there, speak up now, because I'm getting out of here to help the Colonel find Hawkeye." He said firmly, as he set the pen back down on the ink painted table of files and paperwork and then went to the closet and grabbed his coat, pleased by the lack of protests as he made his way to the door.

" We're not going alone, Falman." Havoc said, directing his gaze towards Falman, who hadn't even from his position by the table because Breda was already by his side with his own coat and the Major was obviously already coming with them, judging by the grim look on his face and his stiff stance.

" Oh, sorry." Falman apologized as he went to the closet and grabbed his jacket before joining his comrades at the door.

" Let's go find the Lieutenant."

As soon as they were in the hall, Havoc began running through several possible places the Lieutenant could be, and then began cancelling out the places the Colonel would check with Fuery and Black Hayate. This process caused the entire walk to the front steps to be silent, and menacing to the surrounding officers who watched as the stiff and serious looking group of respected soldiers strode quickly through the halls and straight past the main lobby, curtly ignoring the various rounds of salutes and greetings thrown towards them as they passed.

It wasn't until they reached the front steps that Havoc spoke, " We'll need to split into gropus of two, I'll take Breda and take the downtown 100th to 80th blocks, Major, Falman, take the train station main warehouse districts. We meet at Susy at 1700 hours, got it?" Havoc commanded, receiving nods from Falman and the Major before they turned and walked off, while he and Breda went their own way.

" Are you trying to quit smoking again or somethin'?" Breda asked casually as they began walking, but he then turned to look at his silent friend with a serious and grim expression. " Or is this really that bad?"

" Yeah, it's one thing for the Lieutenant to not show up for work, but she'll always give a good reason. However, it's another thing when she doesn't show up and doesn't give any notice, and that the Colonel only takes Fuery with him. Normally, he'd just go by himself..."

"...but if he needs Black Hayate, something is definitely wrong..." Breda finished, and a tense silence surrounded them as they continued to scour the market place.

" You do know the Colonel is going to kill you, right?" Breda said, finally breaking the silence as they walked down the fish section of the downtown market place.

" For what, disobeying, or what I did to the office?" Havoc asked as they turned another corner.

" Neither, that's already the Lieutenant's domain, I doubt the Colonel would even care." Breda replied and Havoc gave him a strange look.

" Then what is he going to kill me for?" Havoc asked as he and Breda ducked into the produce area of the market.

" For-" Breda started, but suddenly stopped when Havoc shoved a hand over his mouth and thrust a finger in the direction of a certain blonde-haired woman. " Do you think it's Hawkeye?" Breda hissed as they ducked behind one of the vegestable carts and started to follow the woman.

" I can't tell, I can't see her face." Havoc replied as they entered a crowd of people after the woman.

" But why would she skip work to go to the market?" Breda asked again and Havoc shrugged.

" She wouldn't, something must be wrong- #!*% it, we lost her!" Havoc growled, as he came to a stop as soon as they were out of the crowd, causing Breda to run into him.

" Shesh, I hope the others are having better luck than we are." Breda sighed as they turned around and went back into the crowd, but then grabbed Havoc by the back of his collar and pulled him back out of the crowd as soon as he spotted a dark-haired man being followed by a group of dazed women.

" Hey, it's the Colonel!" Havoc said, brightening up a little as soon as he saw the man, but he was soon dimmed when the man shouted into the empty air.

" Yep, that's definitely the Colonel..." Breda sighed, his shoulders slumping slightly at their strange superior.

" And it looks like he's talking to himself again." Havoc sighed flatly as he ran a hand through his hair and watched as the group of women disappear before following their colonel again.

" Well this oughta be fun." Breda grumbled sarcasticly, and Havoc snorted.

" Yeah. Fun." he scoffed as they approached the man once again. " I just hope the others are having better luck than we are."

And of course, they weren't.

Falman and the Major had gotten lost and had went around the same block three times, Fuery and Black Hayate were still trying to find Roy, who was walking down the streets in Central's main market place, being followed a growing group of young women who were either eyeing him as he passed or were following him throughout the market like a cat stalking a mouse.

Roy twitched, he didn't really enjoy the situation comparsion. He wasn't pleased by being referred to as a rodent that was too greedy and stupid enough to get itself caught by a vicious metal trap, baited by a delicious dairy product by the name of cheese. Nor did he particularly favor the notion of being the pray of a bunch of annoying felines.

' Not a mouse...not a mouse...not a m-' Roy stopped when yet another girl came to stand in front of him. ' Okay, Roy... you're a mouse... but where the #!*% is that cheese (he's referring to Riza)!...Wait...but what if this is all just a trap? Oh #!*% , who cares about the #!*% trap...if it's for the cheese it's worth it right?' Roy paused and then blinked before groaning and slapping a hand over his forhead, " You've got to be kidding me! Now I'm thinking like the #!*% creature too!" he shouted to no one in particular, but everyone still heard and the group of women behind him soon faded away.

Roy smirked triumphantly before turning and starting off again, pleased with the new lack of stalkers behind him. ' Ha! No one wants to date a madman!...' He came to another stop and growled as he hit himself in the head again, " #!*% ... I really need to find Riza soon, or I'll lose it." he sighed, massaging his temples and thinking about the rest of his men back at the office, doing paper work. ' I really should have brought them along...' he thought, pitying them: Havoc, Breda, Falman, Fuery-

Roy froze with realization. ' #!*% ... I had almost completely forgotten about him...' he reached up pull at his hair for forgetting the younger soldier, but right before he could he was pulled back by the shoulders and found Havoc and Breda.

" Huh?" he blurted, staring at the two in surprise. " Havoc. Breda."

" You forgettin' about somethin', Colonel?" Havoc asked with a smirk at Roy's baffled expression, while Breda heaved asigh beside him. However, the response they received wasn't the one they had expected.

" #!*% it, you're right!" he exclaimed, clapping his hands together, before slapping his hand down on Havoc's shoulder and grinning, " Poor Fuery, I almost forgot about him, again! Thanks Havoc!" Roy then strode past his two subordinates, leaving Havoc standing there with his mouth open, ciggarette falling to the street, while Breda stood at his side, restraining his laughter.

Havoc looked at the teary-eyed Breda and sneered. " Oh, shut up." he then turned away and sulked after Roy with Breda snickering behind him. " Now, come on, before he gets lost."

Breda raised an amused eyebrow, as his laughter began to die down, before follow the still-bruning Havoc, and the spacy Roy with a single hope on his mind.

' I hope we can find Hawkeye soon. Or it'll be death by deliquency for us all.' he heaved out another sigh, and they rounded the corner.

Okay, I sort of like this chapter the most of them all. I had fun writing this one, and if you consider it weird that a writer would laugh at their own chapters then...I'm a freak! Oh well, see you next time everyone! Enjoy and review please! I refuse to write another chapter unless I get five reviews for this one!