There she lay, in his arms, writhing in pain. He couldn't hold back his tears as she squirmed in his grip, face scrunched up in agony, & hot tears of pain raining down her closed eyes.

A few hours earlier.

"Drop your weapons!" Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye yelled at the criminal standing not far away from her. "Step away from that device!" The criminal complied, stepping away from a small, oval shaped metal canister.

"Ah, Lieutenant Hawkeye, I see you've found him. Good job." Came the Colonel's voice.

Suddenly, the criminal smirked, holding something in his hand, before making a dash for the door. The Lieutenant shot him in the leg but it didn't stop him from reaching the door. She was going to chase after him but she noticed a ticking noise coming from the canister. It was a bomb. With only few seconds left, it was impossible to reach the door, so she quickly ran to the Colonel, pushing him to the ground protectively as the bomb went off.

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

(A/N: Haha sorry couldn't resist!)

He opened his eyes & coughed. There was just too much dust.

Wait, why's there too much dust?

He suddenly remembered Hawkeye yelling "Sir, watch out!" before pushing him to the ground as he felt great heat.

A bomb.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant Hawkeye! " He suddenly saw her in front of him, laying on the floor, unconscious, a little blood on her head, her military jacket torn to pieces, revealing her brown turtle neck t-shirt she always wore under.

"Riza! Riza can you hear me? Riza! Answer me!" He was quickly by her side, examining her wound. However, when he touched her forehead, she moaned.

"Riza? Can you hear my voice? Wake up. Come on, wake up Riza!" He said, tapping her cheek gently. He took off her torn jacket and removed her hair clip.

"Colonel! Can you hear me? Colonel Mustang? Are you alright?" Havoc's voice suddenly came from the far wall. "Yes Havoc. I'm ok. But Hawkeye is injured. How long till you can get us out?"

"Around 4 hours, sir. I'm sorry. It's the best we can do. Can't you use Alchemy or something?"

"No, I'll probably destroy what's left of the room. & my gloves are torn, anyway."

"We'll get to you two soon, sir. You hang in there."

Wake up.

Wake up.

She could hear her name being called, over & over again. She heard him telling her to wake up, feeling a warm hand lightly on her face. She moaned as her head hurt her again.

"Riza, Come on wake up! Riza! First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye! I order you to open your eyes!"

She slowly opened her eyes, barely adjusting to the dimly lit, destroyed room. She looked around, only to be greeted by a pair of ebony eyes.

She shot up. "Sir! Are you alright?" But immediately regretted it as her head exploded in pain. He gently pushed her back to the floor.

"Whoa now, take it easy. You're injured."

"But Sir..."

"And you're always the one who scolds me for worrying about the others when I'm injured. I'm fine, don't worry. Other than your head, does anything else hurts?"

"No, sir."

"Alright I'm going to help you up for a moment so I can see your wound, ok?"

He put his hands behind her back & gently pulled her up, leaning her back against a wall. He pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket & wiped the blood off her forehead. She winced a little at his touch.

"I'm sorry!"

"It's ok." She replied calmly.

He looked at the angry red gash on her head. It wasn't very serious but it was probably going to need stitches.

"They're getting us out of here in four hours."

"Can't you use your..."

"No. I can't risk it."

They both stayed silent for a minute.

"Thank you, by the way. You saved my life." Roy suddenly broke the silence.

"No need to thank me, sir. It's my duty to protect you."

"But I don't you to get hurt because of me."

"Sir, don't worry about it. It's nothing. I'm fine."

"Well, we're not really in the office now are we? Why not drop the formalities already, Riza?" He smirked slyly at her.

She couldn't help but smile. "Fine, Roy."

Suddenly she clutched her ribs, apparently in pain.

"Riza? What's wrong? Riza!"

He suddenly remembered the shape of the bomb. His eyes widened in fear.

It was a poisonous gas bomb. And since she took most of the hit that means she took in most of the gas…

Another pained groan snapped him back to reality. He quickly caught her before she collapsed on the floor. He held her closely to him, trying to soothe her pain as her body was convulsing from it.

She gritted her teeth & closed her eyes. That pain was worse than anything she had felt before. She could feel a pair of strong arms holding her protectively, a warm hand in hers. Squeezing it, she could feel him trying to soothe her pain.

"Riza, breathe! Try to breathe! Stay with me, Riza! Just breathe! It's going to be ok!"

She struggled to breathe as the pain was overtaking her. But it finally ceased slowly. She struggled to open her eyes, panting heavily as if she had just ran 5 miles without stopping.

"Shh it's alright now. It's going to be ok." He caressed her face, looking at him, she could see concern and fear written on every part of his handsome face. He could see pain and fear written on hers.

They both knew this was only the beginning.

So what do you think? I'll try to update tomorrow! Don't forget to review!