"Kitara..Kit..come here.."
"D..Dad please d..don't move..it..it'll be ok. I..I called Ro..Roy and the ambulance..t..they'll be.."
"Shh, come here and kneel down, daddy needs to tell you something,"
The female did as she was told, grasping the male's hand as silent tears rolled down her face."Promise me..Promise me that you'll look after Roy. You'll take my place, and push him to the top. Do this for me Kitara..."
"I..Dad no you'll.."
"Kitara..promise me.."
"I promise..." The alarm went off beside the bed, but the bed itself lay empty. Infact it appeared to never have been slept in at all. Though the entire house was silent, the only sound that was heard was rushing water that filtered through the silence like wind. In the shower a female stood. Her crimson hair falling over her face. A metal arm planted against the tile. Though it was the best metal in the world. Rust resistant and full of hidden secrets.
When the female lifted her head, sapphiric orbs opened and glanced around. She'd fallen asleep standing up? Funny..The water was freezing, but she didn't notice. Cutting off the stream, she stepped out and wrapped a towel around her. Moving out of the bathroom and to her bed room. She discarded the towel, pulled on her underwear, her tank top, and jeans. She then pulled her jacket on and took the pocket watch from the night stand.Sitting down on the bed, she braided her hair, pulled her bag up and sighed. Another day. Her mother was gone now, along with her sister, to Dublith to stay with family. This old house hadn't been a home for a long time. Sighing softly, she pulled on her boots, whistled and heard the padding of paws as Aries came into the room.
"ready boy?" she asked scratching his head. The black wolf barked and followed her down stairs. She pulled her backpack on and walked out the door. She was only a few inches taller than Edward, and skill extremely skinny. Her hair was long, now braided down her back, and in need of a trim. As she made her way to the main street of Central, she collected the daisies, and the bag from the deli and moved on. Her everyday route, it had become something of a routine for her so the shop owners always had her items ready.
The walk to the large metal gate, didn't take long. She moved up the hill, through the rows of grey until she came to the one she knew all to well. Moving the old flowers off, she slipped the new ones into the vase and sat down with her back to the concrete.
"so old man, let's see what we've got on today's list," tossing Aries a biscuit, she opened her cup of milk and bit into her own. studing the files she'd brought home that night. It might seem funny to some, but to Kitara, sitting out here helped her think. Though many thought her crazy for talking to that old head stone. Engraved with her father's name. She didn't. Not Kitara.
She scanned the pages, signed where she needed, and an hour or so later, finally stood and sighed. She kissed the stone and saluted "see you tomorrow pops." Heading now to the large building east of there, she stretched and groaned, she needed to see winry, and the good thing was her sister would be there soon. at least she hoped. Heading up the ivory steps, she past Havoc and Breda with a wave and slipped into her office.Her father's old office was now hers, she'd worked her ass off for this post and she wasn't about to give it up. She was Head of Investigations now, and she planned to stay in her station. She hadn't been promoted further than Lt. Colonel, even though she was nearly thirty. She chuckled as she pulled her jacket off and slipped into her uniform coat, It was..somewhat tradition for her to fool the higher ups this way.sitting down, she tucked her paperwork into it's box and leaned back, a smile slipped upon her face. Though she'd have to deal with Mustang later, she had never regretted making that promise to her dad. Roy was something of a best friend to Kit. The ying to her yang so to speak. He was fire, she was ice. the perfect team, though he never admitted it to anyone "JEAN," she called out as he passed the office , she tossed him the bag with his breakfast and smiled."we going out tonight again?" he asked with a wink "Oh baby you know it," she said their 'date' was sitting on the roof watching the stars. Another bond she'd made long ago. Havoc had been the one to find her in Ishval and take her to the fuhrer, though he neveologized, it was after all what lead to her bhere. leaning back once more she smiled, a bark came as Breda scratched Aries on the head, but the wolf then padded over to his bed and curled up. yes, this was a hectic place, hell on earth if you were low in ranks. Pain went with the job. but..this was home.