A/N: learn some more about how everyone got into that tucker situation and the like. should be picking up soon, i hope.

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I walk into the hospital and decide to go and see how Hawkeye is doing. The last I had heard of her was not very pleasant. I hadn't seen her yet and she could probably tell me some things that happened. Hawkeye was very good at remembering the details and she would have been the most sane person to get information from, besides Havoc. I walk up to the door and knock softly.

"Come in…" someone says from inside and I open it.

I walk into the room and listen to the beeps of the machinery. I don't know what I'm going to see so I brace myself and walk further in. To my shock, I see a very obese woman sitting in the bed, a gown barely covering her large frame. She turns and smiles softly.

"Hello, Lt. Colonel, it's good to see you finally."

"Riza?"

"In the flesh."

My mouth twitches to smile but I pull up at a chair and take her hand.

"What did that sick bastard do to you, Lieutenant…?"

"The lesser off all the evils he did to the rest of the group, that's for sure. I am not deterred by this, Maes; exercise, perseverance, and will power will get me to where I need to be quickly. Tucker knew that I would be able to handle it and that I'd figure out how to fix myself quickly. He just wanted me out of the way of experimenting on the rest of them…"

"What happened in there, Lieutenant? How did you all get caught?"

"We had heard from a village a little ways off that there had been some dogs and cats going missing and there were strange noises coming from an abandoned warehouse just outside the outskirts of the village. The villagers said it was the ghosts of the men who died in the fire that took the warehouse but the Colonel knew that it was probably the mournful cries of mixed animals. We found the warehouse and he put posts on all sides.

"The Colonel and I took the front and he kicked the door down, my pistol in hand and his fingers ready to strike. But there was nothing inside. We searched and searched but there was nothing so we called the rest of the men in to help us out. That was our mistake for thinking that Tucker wouldn't be watching us for soon the door closed and the warehouse filled with gas. We all lost consciousness and when we awoke we were all chained to a wall."

"So he moved you from the warehouse to the place where Ed and Al found you."

"I assume so. The gas was pretty powerful so none of us woke up until we were inside. We had no idea where we were so the first thing we did was try to get loose. The door opened and Tucker came in; he had taken all of our weapons, including the Colonel's gloves, and destroyed our communications system. He then told us that he was going to experiment on each and every one of us until we told him where Ed was."

"Ed? Why did he want Edward?"

"He beat him senseless and then Scar killed his daughter and dog. He blames Edward for letting his experiment get killed and having to rush to find something better than his other assessment. He blames Ed for everything that's happened. He wants to use Ed in one of his experiments…"

"Shit…"

"He separated the Colonel from us but in a place where he could see everything that ever happened. Then he injected me with some sort of serum and I began to expand until I couldn't move. Colonel was begging, pleading for him to just use him instead of us; he wanted everything done to him but Tucker didn't let him. He wanted him to watch and wait. He knew things about us that we didn't know about ourselves but everything he did to us, he did because he knew that we would be able to handle it to a degree.

"He made the Colonel watch me start to gain weight, not able to get rid of it no matter what. Then, he made Breda watch as Fuery turned into a dog, using his fear of dogs to make him go insane. I had to watch as Fuery lost his mind… Havoc was being used for some thing and then the Colonel… No one knew what was happening to him. We could hear him pleading and screaming and then sometimes we couldn't hear him at all. It was all… daunting…"

I nod and take my glasses off, rubbing my face and kneading my temples.

"I'm sorry that you all had to go through with this… I just got word from Ed that the facility they sent Fuery to some sort of lab and instead of just testing him they have been experimenting on him."

"What?!"

"I'm going to talk to the Fuhrer and ask about a transfer and then get someone to take care of him that he knows. Al said that he would be able to get back to normal better if he was with people he knew and loved, not experimented on and prodded."

"I agree… Whenever I get out of here, if the Fuhrer allows it, I'll take him in."

"Good. I'll tell him we already have a plan. That might make it easier for the transfer. Has Havoc come to see you?"

"I heard that he tried to come but they were doing testing on me and he was denied. I wish that I was able to see the Colonel… How is he, Maes?"

"Not good. He's out of it and… and there's something in his stomach."

"What do you mean?"

"There's something in his stomach. It's… growing. We don't know what it is yet but as of now it's not hurting him. He's non-responsive but he understands everything we say."

Hawkeye sighs, looking away. "Tucker told us that he would save the worst experiment he had for Roy… I thought that changing him into a chimera would be the worst thing but when he did it to Fuery, I knew that there was more to come."

"I see…"

"Will you tell him 'hey' for me?"

"Of course."

I get up and leave but meet Havoc outside the door.

"Hey, Lt. Colonel, she's allowed to have visitors now?" he asks, looking up from the wheelchair.

"Yeah; she asked about you."

He smiles and I go to see Roy.

I knock on the door and open it up. A nurse looks up from doing blood pressure on Roy and smiles.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hughes."

"Afternoon; how is he?"

"He's pretty good today. He's quite fidgety." She says with a smile.

"Anything new with the uh…" I point to my stomach.

She shakes her head. "No, no growth."

I nod and go over to Roy. His eyes are open but I can tell he's not really looking at anything. I sit next to him and grab his hand.

"Oh… Roy… There's so many things I wish you could tell me. Ed and the rest of your men are all worried about you. Can you believe that? Edward Elric, worried about this lazy, good for nothing Colonel? I know you said nothing to compromise Edward and you are to be commended for that but I wish you would wake up… Say something…"

I kiss his hand and squeeze it. I lean up and brush his bangs from his forehead when Roy suddenly turns his gaze to me.

"Roy?"

He blinks a couple of times but he soon falls into the same trance as before. I sigh and then look at the bump where his stomach is. What the hell is that thing…?