Roy glared at Monroe full of hatred as he smirked. "Really colonel? Your gonna fight me when your injured and bleeding?" Roy glared at him and replied. "If it means protecting my subordinates then so be it. A fight. Just between you and me, no alchemy. No tricks. Just our fists." Monroe just chuckled and said. "If it's a one sided battle you want then it's a one sided battle you'll get." Roy took off his gloves and put them in his pocket. He got into a fighting position as did Monroe, they stared each other down before Roy launched at him and the fight begun.

Hawkeye watched helplessly as Roy fought against Monroe. Roy was injured and weak while Monroe wasn't but he managed to get a few hits in. Currently Roy was panting while holding his bleeding side as Monroe chuckled at him evilly and said. "I was expecting to beat you after a minute but you surprised me colonel and you even managed to hit me. But I can see your suffering colonel. Just give up and let me kill you, I'll make it as painless as possible." Roy just glared at him and said. "You should know us Alchemist, we never give up because we're to stubborn!"

Monroe gritted his teeth and said. "Fine, I tried to give you an out but now your gonna get the most painful death ever!" Monroe ran towards him but he dodged him by sidestepping and tripping him. Monroe fell on fours and was about to turn to hit him but a gun was placed in front of him, Monroe stared at him before smirking and asking. "You gonna kill me?" Roy glared and him and said. "I should, but I'm not like you or this mental image you made me out to be. You will be going to prison for your treason and face justice like everyone else. I told you before, mess with my subordinates, you mess with me first." Monroe glared at him with such anger and Roy looked over his shoulder and said. "Arrest him." "Yes sir!" Havoc, Breda and Falmen went towards Monroe and aimed their guns at him as Furey hand cuffed him.

Roy sighed in relief, but it was short lived when he started to sway, he fell on his knees and fell back. He would've hit his head if not for Hawkeye running towards him and catching him in her lap. Hawkeye checked his pulse and sighed in relief to find out but it was slow and his breathing was shallow. She held him close and kissed his forehead, then whispered. "I'm so sorry sir. For everything."

As Monroe was being escorted to the prison, he suddenly pushed them away and was about to use alchemy but them rock hands appeared and grabbed them, then a metal hand whacked him over the head. Rendering him unconscious. "Now that's not polite. You should know better Monroe then to hurt the colonel when his men are around."

Everyone sighed in relief at seeing the Elrics, Alphonse held Monroe by his collar and Hawkeye said. "Havoc, help me with the colonel. He needs a hospital. Alphonse, Breda and Falmen get Monroe into prison and Furey call for an ambulance." "Yes sir." They all saluted and did their job. As Havoc and Hawkeye carried out Roy, Edward was about to follow them when he turned and saw a fluffy white spot on the floor, immediately recognizing it as Chiko. He ran towards her to see if she was okay but upon further investigation, he realized what had happened. He closed his eyes and looked away but then picked her up gently and held her in his hands. He didn't know what to tell the colonel, if he ever woke up.

Currently, Hawkeye was in the hospital room, waiting for Roy to wake up. She looked over at his sleeping form, he looked like a mess. His face was covered in bandages, his left wrist was in a cast, he had to wear bandages on his ribs and for his wound on his side as well. The doctor also said that he will wake up but he'll be weak due to the drugs that were injected into him and he will be groggy but other then that, he'll make a speedy recovery. Hawkeye sighed until she heard the door open and looked up to see Edward standing there with a cup of coffee in his hand.

He smiled at her and said. "Hey Lieutenant, thought you might need this." He handed the cup to her and she took it gratefully. She smiled at him and said. "Thank you, Edward." She took a grateful sip and they stayed in silence until Ed asked. "How is his?" Hawkeye sighed and replied. "The doctor said that his wounds will heal, and he'll wake up but he'll still be weak from the drugs that Monroe gave him."

Edward looked at Hawkeye and saw the faraway look in her eye, she looked depressed and tired. He knew she was blaming herself the colonel's injuries and for not seeing through Monroes lies. Edward sighed and said. "He's not gonna blame you, you know." Hawkeye looked at Edward with tears in her eyes and said. "He should."

Edward looks at her and says. "And I should blame myself for Nina's death and for Hughes but that you all tell me it's not. I couldn't have predicted that Tucker would have turned Nina and Alexander into a chimera or that Hughes would be killed because of helping me and Al but you guys told me it wasn't my fault because I couldn't have predicted those events. What I'm saying Hawkeye, you couldn't have known this was gonna happen when you got a new member. He tricked you and the others, he nearly had me and Al fooled if we had not seen the evidence on the colonels body. Then we would have been in the same boat and the colonel would be gone but that's not anyone's fault but Monroes."

Hawkeye looks up at Edward as tears go down her face and asks. "How do you know he'll ever forgive me?" Edward look at the colonels sleeping body and smiled then looked back at Hawkeye and said. "Because that's who he is. He's not one to hold grudges to the ones he loves and he knows that you were tricked like everyone else………….. And I know for a fact that he loves you the most Hawkeye."

Edward looks at Roy again before leaving. Hawkeye looks at her hands with a blush on her cheeks because of Edwards words. She had always had romantic feelings for Roy and knew of his but she didn't think they were that strong. She grabbed Roy's hand and held it to her cheek, kissing the inside of it. 'Please wake up Roy, I can't live without you.'

apologies if its short but the next one will be longer. See you in the next one.

To be continued