unexpected plot twist ahead and despite said twist, i'm still going to keep it focused so... yeah...

"You seem nervous." Havoc said as they drove to the place where Roy had had his assignment.

"That wolf is in here and whatever it did to the Colonel is making him act the way he does… especially towards me."

"Maybe he doesn't like runts."

Edward would have taken the insult personally like he usually did but he was too focused on the issue at hand. An alchemically altered wolf bit his superior and now his superior is showing wolf-like symptoms and seems to be on the high alert with him. Only him… But why me?

The car stopped and he and Havoc got out, heading into the facility. The receptionist looked up at them.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

"We're here to see a Professor… uh… Haschvagan?"

"We all just call him Hasch, but yes, if you'll have a seat I'll let him know that you're here."

The two took their seats and Edward looked around, feeling suspicious of the whole building. A couple minutes later a frazzled looking man came from the back of the building in civilian clothes, but a lab coat on over them, and smiled.

"Hello, hello, welcome to my sanctuary. I'm Garten Haschvagan but people just call me Hasch around here. And who might you be?"

"I'm Lieutenant Havoc and this is Edward Elric-"

"THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST!" Hasch yelled, looking either pleased or horrified (Edward wasn't sure). He grabbed Edward's gloved hands and shook them furiously. "I've always wanted to meet you! I've heard about your works and the way that you do alchemy. Incredible!"

"Uh, thanks." He said, pulling his hands from the man.

"If I only had just a fraction of your raw talent… Ugh, I'd be done with this project and we'd be on our way! Oh, I am just pleased as punch!"

"Right…" Havoc said, looking at Edward. "Anyway, our superior, Colonel Roy Mustang, came here to check your project and see if it was both up to military standards and also needed for military tactics. He was also bitten by a wolf here?"

"Ah… yes, Shiro Kiba… She's a bit of a touchy old broad. Doesn't like men too much."

"Shiro Kiba is a girl?"

"Yup, an alpha, but a girl just the same. Would you like to meet her?"

"If she doesn't like men then don't you think it would be better if we didn't?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to say she doesn't like men with black hair. I rescued her from Xing and the people there did some horrible things to her. Black hair reminds her of that time."

"But you have black hair."

"I put a cap on at all times." He said with a cheesy thumbs up.

So far, Edward was extremely uncomfortable but followed the flighty man to the back of the building.

"And here is where we train Shiro Kiba and the other wolves to follow orders. Oh, it looks like they are about to start. It fascinates me every time. Watch…"

Havoc and Edward watched as a group of about fourteen wolves played with each other in a group and a man walked in wearing an army uniform.

"Atten-tion!" he yelled.

The dogs stopped playing and lined up in a straight line, sitting tall. The man walked in front of them.

"I know we like to have a lot of fun and play jokes on the trainers, but I know it was one of you who pooped in my shoe this morning. Morning Star."

The wolf named Morning Star looked as if they were trying to hide. "Uh huh, I thought it was you. You get to trot around the track for twenty laps. Go."

The light brown wolf got up and began to trot around the enclosure as the man talked with the others.

"Red Team, I want you to find the green balls that are in the forest. White Team, you'll be the enemy today. Black Team, you're sniper position and Gold Team, you're distraction. Everyone understand?" Morning Star barked. "No, you still have to do laps. Go!"

The wolves dispersed and the man sighed, looking over. Hasch walked over to him and smiled.

"Lieutenant, Fullmetal- may I call you that?"

"Yeah."

"This is my strategic officer, Major Rupert Colben."

"Nice to meet you."

"Colben, they have a couple questions about what happened to their superior, Colonel Roy Mustard."

"Mustang."

"Right."

"Sure, what would you like to know?"

"Was the Colonel doing anything to provoke the wolf in question?" Havoc asked.

"May I look around?" Edward asked.

"But of course you can! Here, I'll give you a tour myself-"

"I'd rather do it alone, thank you. If that's alright?"

This smile seemed forced but Hasch nodded.

"Of course…"

Edward asked where he could find Shiro Kiba and followed the signs to where she was being kept. He went down a long hallway and finally saw a door at the end. He opened it and found a lone cage in the middle of the room, a whimpering sound coming from it. He walked a little closer, seeing a white nose protruding out of the cage bars. As he got closer, the nose moved and then went into the cage. He walked over and knelt in front of the cage to look into it. Big yellow eyes stared back at him and he blinked a little.

"You bit my superior and now he acts like I'm a threat to him. What did they do to you? What did they use?" he said more to himself than to Shiro Kiba.

"Ar… ra… ry…"

"I know it's alchemy but-" Edward looked up as Shiro Kiba stared at him. "What?"

"Ar…ra…ry…"

Edward suddenly had flashbacks of poor Nina and Alexander and he tried to back away but tripped. He stared at Shiro Kiba as she stared back at him, her eyes never leaving his.

"You… you can talk…"

"Ritl."

"Right… um… did… are you a… a person?" Edward whispered, suddenly feeling like he was being watched.

Shiro Kiba shook her head 'no' and Edward sighed, glad that it wasn't like the others. He crawled back to her and gently put his hands around the bars.

"You bit my colonel the other day. Really bad. He had to go to the hospital and his arm almost rotted off. What do you have to say about that?"

"Rah-rers."

"What?"

"Rah-rers."

"Others?" Shiro Kiba nodded. "What does that have to do with-"

"Rah-rers rur."

"What?"

"Rah-rers rur."

"I get others but…"

"Rur!" she said, turning around in a circle.

"Others… turn…?"

She nodded and Edward narrowed his eyes at her.

"Others were turned into wolves?" She nodded and he nodded back. "I understand… Thanks-"

"Shiro Kiba. I thought you only spoke for me, my sweetness." A voice said in the doorway.

Edward slowly turned as Hasch stood in the doorway of the room. Shiro Kiba went crazy and started barking up a storm.

"I had a bad feeling you would end up here with her." He walked in and Edward back against the cage, clapping to get his blade from his automail. "How exciting for me to see you this way. Unfortunately, you've been a very bad dog."

Edward felt something go into his neck and the world went black.

Roy felt an eerie chill go up his spine and he looked around the room. He wondered what it was but all he wanted to do was go home. His arm had healed up almost immediately but he was still being held in the hospital. Something about anger issues…

"I'll show you anger issues if I don't get out of this prison." He growled at no one, looking at the ceiling. "I have things to do…"

"Like what, sir?" Hawkeye said from the corner.

"Paperwork or something useful."

"Resting is useful to us all."

Roy grumbled and crossed his arms when another chill went down his spine. Two people walked over my grave? Well, that's new. he thought. The phone rang in his room and made him jump in surprise. Riza made a face at him and stood up, grabbing the phone.

"Colonel Mustang's room. Calm down, Havoc, and talk slowly."

Riza listened as he told her what was getting him riled up, Roy looking at her curiously. He could slightly hear what Havoc was saying on the other line, a bit muffled, but he could hear the lilt of fear in his voice. A different kind of shiver went through Roy and he shook his head, trying to get that out of his mind.

"Sir, Lieutenant Havoc says there's something going on with that place you were at. He wants to speak with you."

Roy motioned for the phone and put it to his ear.

"Mustang."

"Colonel, there's some weird shit going on here." Havoc said in a raspy voice.

"Where are you?"

"I'm hiding."

"From… what?"

"The wolves!" he hissed. "Edward went to go investigate and I was talking to one of the guys here, a Major Colben or whatever, when the leader of the experiments left the room. I got done talking to the Major and went to find Edward when I saw him dragging his unconscious body down the hallway."

"Is he dead?" Roy deadpanned.

"No, he was breathing but… Colonel something really weird is going on here. When I saw that, I decided to hide and since then I've heard them asking where I am. There's snippets of info that they've yelled out but I… I have a bad feeling."

"Where are you now? Exactly?"

"I'm in an office under the desk. They haven't tried to come in here yet but I'm sure they will… Colonel, you have to save Edward."

"I'm sure Fullmetal can handle it on his own." Roy said nonchalantly as he looked at his nails. "He seems plenty capable."

"Not this time!" he hissed again. The phone went silent for a moment. "Shit, they're trying to get in. Send someone, anyone here. There's something weird going on here and it's not good."

The phone immediately hung up and Roy looked at it in annoyance. Riza looked at him patiently and then breathed in.

"Sir, may I speak frankly?"

"Of course."

"You don't seem too worried about their situation. I sent Havoc with Edward because someone needed to stay here with you. They're your men… Also, the way that the lieutenant is talking, it sounds like this place isn't just experimenting on wolves but more like-"

"Turning officers into wolves?" he said, not looking at her.

"That would… seem the case."

He looked up at her and for once in her life, she felt the need to put her hand on the holster of her gun.

"Because it is the case." He held up his bandaged arm. "I was lucky enough to escape with a bite on my arm. I found out about what he was doing and was already running when he sicked that fucking white hound on me."

"So you sent Edward and Havoc there?!"

"I forgot!" he snapped, putting his fingers to his temples. He opened his eyes and saw that Riza actually had pulled out her gun. "I didn't mean to scare you…"

"How could you forget, Colonel?! That seems like a pretty obvious thing to remember!"

"When the wolf bit me all I remember was trying to get back here. It was like a daze came over me. I must have made up a scenario in my head and just came back here. I don't know, Hawkeye. I just know that Havoc should be scared and Fullmetal… he might already be lost."

"You're turning into one of those things, right?"

"No… I'm turning into something different. I didn't get changed like the others. This is a second generation fluid transfer so… I guess Edward was right." He said with a small chuckle.

Riza holstered her gun and walked over to her superior. She grabbed his collar and dared to look him in his eyes that were lightening so quickly from black to yellow.

"Fix. This." she growled. "They are your men, who rely on you, and you sent them literally to the wolves!"

Roy sighed and pulled away from her.

"Find the file. You need to know what I know now that I remember. We're going to need it."

see, there's that plot twist. anyway, as mentioned, although the other two are involved, this is still going to focus more on roy. whether or not the others were turned is... up for debate haha. i dunno anymore...