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"Colonel are you sure you don't want to have that pain in your side looked at by a doctor?" Lieutenant Hawkey asked when she noticed him in pain again.

"There is only one doctor I trust to fix this, and though she's made quite the reputation for herself I can't seem to find her."Colonel Mustang replied.
"Sir, what if its something serious?"
"Then I'll just have a problem." He replied as though it wasn't important.

"Colonel, we've just received word that the Elric brother's train will be arriving within the hour." Warent Officer Falman said.
"Shall we go and meet them then Lieutenant?" Roy asked.

"No, I will go and you will stay here." She said leaving the room.

"Who is this?" Lieutenant Hawkey asked studying the girl who was waiting with the brothers.
"This is Rayna, she's here to see the Colonel." Al explained as they all got into the car; "Rayna this Lieutenant Hawkey, she babysits the Colonel." Ed said continuing the introduction.

"Thank you for taking such good care of him." Rayna said, "tell me, how is he?"
"I've been trying to get him to see a doctor and take care of the pain in his side, but he's being stubborn." The Lieutenant sighed.
"Perhaps Rayna could take a look." Al suggested.
"Are you a doctor," the blonde woman asked as she continued to drive through the city and back to HQ. "I am." Rayna replied simply.

"What business do you have with the Colonel?" Hawkey asked.

"I guess you can say its been awhile since I've seen him, so I wish to make up for lost time." The younger girl replied.
"How long has it been?" Ed asked.
"Ten years to the day." She replied.

"Colonel Mustang," Lieutenant Hawkey said entering the room before everyone else; "the Elric brothers have brought along a guest who wishes to see you."
Colonel Mustang was momentarily shocked when Rayna entered the room, then the shock was replaced with his signiture smirk.

"You've really let your hair grow out." Roy said.
"And you're still working on achieving that goal of yours, but why don't we deal with that pain you've got before it turns into something serious?"
"We'll since I don't have to keep looking for you I don't have to stall anymore."
"You mean she's the doctor you were referring to?" Hawkey asked.
"So even though you've been ignoring your responsibilites as my father and only living parent, you have been monitoring my success?"

"You know why I've kept my distance...I don't want you to end up like your mother."
"Yes, but there's no way I'll make the same choices." Rayna mumbled.

"Does it hurt when I press down here?" Rayna asked, as she applied pressure to her father's well toned abdomen.
"A little bit." Roy replied; he watched as she wrote his response in a little black book. "Any other things bothering you lately?

"She certainly is thorough," Lieutenant Hawkey whispered from where and the boys were watching on the other side of the room.
"I still can't believe that the Colonel has a kid." Ed mumbled. Though what really bothered him was growing more and more attracted to the Colonel's kid.
"I wounder what happened to her mother?" Al said.

"Okay, this is going to be incredibly painless, but it wont taste good." Rayna said, "I'll have to make your medicine first though."
"What is the medicine for?" Hawkey asked.
"His muscles need to be relaxed." Rayna shrugged.

"Are you permanently traveling with Fullmetal?" Her father asked putting his shirt and jacket back on.

Ed had tensed waiting for her to say something.
"Judging from the stories I've heard and the extent of his injuries yesterday, I should go with him, but I've never actually done much traveling and I don't want to be in their way."
"It was getting to dangerous for you to stay in that town anyway with all of those perverts." Al said; Rayna gave the two brothers a blank look before asking, "what perverts?"

"You didn't notice that every guy there was always leering at you?" Ed asked incredulously.

The Colonel chuckled, "if that's the case you certainly can't go back where you were, and if you stay here there's too much of a risk of you ending up like your mother..." He said switching into serious father mode, "so I would feel more comfortable if Fullmetal was keeping an eye on you."

So much for my plan to just forget her and not have to acknowledge these strange feelings. Ed sighed inwardly as he lay in his bed at the military hotel. She was just so cute when she was acting like a normal person, and the way she focused when she was working was really sexy.

Maybe I should just go for it...so far she doesn't appear to be anything like her father.

And by that he meant that she didn't seem like a horrible person. She obviously wasn't that kind of person that tricked others into doing her work for her. "I guess I should just go with it." He sighed rolling over onto his side.

"What does that mean?" Al asked.
"Nothing just wondering how well our new companion will handle life on the road." Ed lied. He didn't think telling anyone about his strange pretty much instant attraction to Rayna would be a good idea just yet.

"He needs to take one of these with every meal." Rayna told the Lieutenant giving her two shoe box sized boxes full of small bottles. "If he won't take them, then you'll have to mix it in with his food or drink." She continued as the older woman studied the dark purple liquid.

"How much is here?"
"I made enough for the next two months."
"Should he be better by the time he runs out?" Risa asked.
"That's just when I plan to check on him." Giving the woman a sheet of paper, "a list of side effects." She explained.
"You ready?" Ed asked showing up and interupting anything else that would have been said between the two women.

"What's with the files?" Risa asked referring to the two manilla folders in Ed's hands.
"The Colonel found out where we're going and gave me some stuff to look into." He grumbled.

"Still making life difficult for others I see." Rayna said rolling her eyes. "Personally I'm being more civil than I normally am, so he's not holding back with his demands."

"Then we should go before he gives you anything else to do." Rayna smiled sweetly at him.
The Lieutenant didn't miss the way Ed's cheeks turned red and he left the room flustered muttering something about going to get Al. How cute! She mused inwardly being careful not to show her amusement on the outside.

"Do you have a boyfriend Rayna?" Risa asked.

"No, I don't have the time for a relationship." Rayna replied, though I wouldn't mind having one. She added silently.
Risa's eyes didn't miss a thing though; so she wasn't oblivious to the look of longing that crossed over the girl's face and quickly disappeared.

"The Colonel is going to love this..."
"Love what?" Rayna asked confused by the blonde woman's statement.
"I was just being sarcastic about the medicine," she lied, "now let's get you and the boys to the train station."

Rayna was confused by how jittery the normally calm woman was, but she didn't argue as she was told to go and get her father.