I, Riza Hawkeye, love only one person; one man. The man who is basically my boss. The man who randomly asked me to meet him at a certain beach- while on a mission- for reasons I don't know. This being completely out of character for him, I skeptically gave him a 'yes'. I asked him why, of course, but all he did was give me an amused chuckle and walk away.
I look down on what I'm standing on: soft sand the color of my skin, making its way into my black boots covered in dry mud. Why am I here again? Oh yeah. Because Roy is COMPLETELY INSANE. I look up and purse my lips at the orange and pink sky. What's taking the colonel so long?
"I'm here, Lieuten- I mean Riza." I look behind me to see Roy Mustang walking over to be with a face attempting to hide something, his mouth quivering into a smile then back to a straight line.
"So, Colonel-" I start, only to be cut off.
"Just call me Roy." I blink at that and clear my throat, about to continue on.
"So, Roy, could you please tell me why we're here? I mean, yes, it's nice to procrastinate while on the job every once in awhile… even though I don't approve… but I think we've wasted too much work time doing so."
"Don't worry about work right now." Roy assures me. "Fullmetal is here somewhere in this city taking care of the alchemist that's been out of control."
"But he's been a real threat! Are you sure Edward will be alright? He's just a boy after all."
"Relax. Ed can take care of himself. Besides, he's got Alphonse with him like always, and you have to admit, the two are pretty good fighting together. Another thing, this alchemist everyone's been worrying about is not even that strong. He's just made a big deal by killing a large amount of defenseless people, so the fuhrer had to send multiple alchemists to show the citizens of this city they're being taken care of. They wouldn't accept just one out of fear." Roy suddenly smirks. "But really, they only need one alchemist to take care of this guy. I could kill him with the snap of my fingers!"
A wide smile spreads across my face. "Of course you could, Mr. Flame Alchemist," I respond playfully. This is one of the reasons I love this man so much; he's the only one who can truly make me smile. And he's the only person who I'm ever playful with.
Roy laughs then begins walking to the shore and gestures for me to follow. Dang it, Colonel. He still hasn't said why we're here. I'm bound to find out soon, though. Suddenly, Roy stops walking and looks out into the ocean, then… just sits. What?! He looks up at me with a warm smile, relaxing my confused facial expression, and pats the ground by him, indicating me to sit. I do.
"Look at the sky… and the ocean. It's a really nice view, isn't it?" Roy murmurs. Okay, this is too weird. I jump back up again.
"Roy, what is going on in your head?!" I exclaim. "You're not acting like yourself at all!" All Roy does is raise his eyebrows. "Roy?!" His eyes dart quickly to the side then narrow. "Please answer me!"
Just then, I hear a loud clapping noise, and Roy swiftly pulls me by the arm. I end up falling, but he catches me before I can hit the ground. My face turns a dark shade of red when I realize that I'm basically sitting in his lap. I turn around to look at him, wondering why in the world he did that, and I see an angry look on his face looking in the same direction he'd narrowed his eyes at. He puts his hand in pocket and pulls out his gloves with transmutation circles on them and slips them on. Uh-oh. That's not a good sign. I finally decide to look over at what he was making a big deal about when I see a beat up man with a crazed facial expression. Is this the alchemist that's been killing innocent people?
"You opened the gate..." Roy mutters at the man. He laughs maniacally in response.
"How'd you know?"
"Because you just tried to kill my lieutenant here without a transmutation circle." My eyes widen and I look over to where I had been standing before. I gasp when I see a large, black burn mark on the ground.
"Hmm, you're a smart one!" the alchemist exclaims. "Do you happen to be an alchemist like the shorty and armor boy I was just fightin'? They didn't need transmutation circles either." Roy seemed to get even angrier than he already was.
"What did you do to Ed and Al?!" he yells back. Oh no... if this man made it back after fighting them, that must mean... but Roy said he was weak!
"Them? Ah, well I knocked out shorty cold, and armor boy wouldn't leave him. He just kept shakin' him, sayin' something like, 'Brother! Brother, wake up!" the alchemist said with a mocking laugh. Roy gently lifts me off of his lap and places me on the sand, causing me to blush, and stands up.
"By the way, I am an alchemist," he says and snaps his fingers. Flames spark at the tip of Roy's fingers and fly towards the alchemist standing yards away, but he stealthily transmutes a wall out of the ground to protect himself. Roy begins walking to the wall, fingers at the ready, when the alchemist jumps from the top of the wall ever so quietly with a long sword he must have made from the minerals in the sand.
"Roy!" I warn. He turns around and ducks, the sword grazing the tips of his black hair, then jumps backwards, getting closer to me.
The alchemist looks at me and glares. "Well you're annoying, aren't you," he spits
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