Hi this story is going to deal with the recovery of Lt. Colonel Hughes, this story is going to be my explanation to why he didn't tell Ed and Roy about the Fathers big plan even though he still lives. And for those of you who are here because of my Edelle Elric story don't worry I'm still writing that but I feel like I need to write this right now. Oh yeah also for the Edelle readers just pretend that Ed and Winry are their gender-swapped. And the story will be told in Roy and Maes point of view mainly.

BTW I don't own fullmetal alchemist this goes for all of my chapters aswell

ROY POV

It was late I walked back into my office because I forgot something, I was supposed to be in and out within a minute but the phone rang. I answered it.

"You have a phone call from a normal line from Lieutenant Colonel Hughes of Central"

"Hughes again? Put him through." I waited I cold hear a woman talking faintly on the other end of the line, then a gunshot. "Hughes! Hughes! Maes answer me!" I yelled into the line.

"Roy? Is it you?" Maes asked me, his voice sound weak.

"Yeah buddy it's me. Where are you?" I asked trying to keep him talking. Hawkeye walked back into the room looking to see what was taking me so long. I kept the phone to my ear and held the mouth piece away. "Hughes has been shot. Go get him an ambulance." I ordered, but it was more of a croak. Before she looked at me.

"Where is he?"

"Roy you still there?" Maes asked

"Of course I'm still here, just tell me where you are so I can get help."

"I'm in a phone both right outside of the big park in central. The one I proposed to Grecia in." He told me. I gave the information to Hawkeye and she ran out of the room.

"That's great buddy, help is on the way. Just keep talking to me." My throat tightened "Tell me about Elicia, how was her party?"

"I must be bad if you're asking me about Elicia." He joked

"Maes, please tell me." I begged him I just wanted to get his mind off of what was happening to him.

"It was great Roy. You should have been there, Ed and Al's friend came, what was her name? Winry? Yeah it was Winry, she came and stayed at our place."

"What was Winry doing in Central? Was there an automail convention going on?" I tried to keep the conversation going. I tried to follow his train of thought.

"No, Ed needed repair work done on his automail." His words were starting to slur together.

"Edward broke it again?"

"Yeah, fuck man it hurts" He swore at me, which was rare because after he had Elicia he almost stopped swearing altogether. "God damn it Roy I'm going to die in a phone both and I called you and not my wife." I could hear the man on the other line start to cry.

"Shh, Maes it's okay. You aren't going to die I'm not letting you."

"Okay. Grecia is going to kill me though for scaring her like this"

"Oh you k now it." I was crying and laughing at the same time, I was going to loses my best friend. "How is Grecia by the way? How is your lovely wife?" I could hear his breath quicken, almost like a panic attack.

"Grecia she was here." He said. He was hallucinating, how much blood had he lost?

"Maes, she safe at home, with your daughter, and you need to stay with me so you can get home to them." I ordered him. After all we've been through I wasn't losing him now.

"Of course, if I go who's going to find you a wife?" Maes joked I could hear the smile on his face.

" Exactly" There was a pause. "Maes are you still there?" I heard him grunt on the other end. "Maes, where were you shot?" I had to know if it was in the gut he had a pretty good chance of surviving.

"Collarbone," He took a few breaths, "And I was stabbed in my shoulder and my side." He told me.

"Straight through?" I asked

"Yup" This wasn't by chance someone wanted him dead.

"You've had worse." I lied to him. Maes went through all of the Ishval civil war without so much as a paper cut.

"Yeah remember my Bachelor party?" He asked me "I feel better now then I did the morning after."

"You've always been a light weight."

"Ross, Ross was here. Wasn't she. I don't now it was really dark I could've been seeing things." He sounded confused.

"Hey eyes on the prize Maes. How about I let you hook me up on a date when you get better?" I told him, I was willing to do anything for him if he lived.

"Even General Armstrong?" He asked

"Yes Maes even her." I hung to the phone like a life line

"Man I must be dying if you're willing to go out with her again."

"Don't remind me." I cringed at the memory of our first date. "Maes way are you calling from the park?" I asked. If he was in Central command he would have been helped by now.

"She attacked me in the records archive."

"Who? Do you know her?" I questioned. I didn't want him talking about the attack, but I wanted him talking.

"She had dark hair, and pale skin." His breathing got ragged.

"It's okay Maes, calm down, don't think about it. Tell me about your wife." His breath quickened

"She... She saw Ed off at the train station today." He said to me.

"Great so Ed is coming home soon?" I questioned

"No... They are... They're going to the South."

"Good because I won't be here when they get back."

"Where are you going?"

"Central to see my best friend." I told him. Maes sounded confused at first, the lack of blood must really be getting to him. There was a long silence.

"Roy-boy? You still there?"

"I'm not leaving yet Maes, trains don't run at this hour." Then it dawn upon me, what happened to the guy that shout Hughes. "Maes, what happened to the man that shot you?"

"Um...he...she...she ran off." I could hear him swallow something, it was probably his own blood. Hawkeye walked back into the room.

"They say that they have arrived on scene Sir." She reported

"Maes you still there?" I asked hoping that they weren't going to find a corps instead of a living person.

"I didn't leave you in Ishval I'm not leaving you here." I heard him say. I waited a few seconds.

"Maes the ambulance should be there soon do you see it?" I asked. I heard a grunt of pain followed by some quick breathes. "Maes stay still, don't move just tell me if you can see them or not."

"I can hear people." His breath was very laboured now.

"That's great. Hold on buddy help is going to be there soon." I heard the phone drop and the sounds of bodies moving on the other side.

"Who is this?" I heard a strange man ask on the other line."

"Colonel Mustang, from East headquarters. I'm a personal friend of Lieutenant Colonel Hughes." I told them

"I'm one of the paramedics responding on site, and we are about to take him to the military hospital in Central. He just lost conciousness" He responded

"I'll be there in the morning." I hung up the phone and looked at Hawkeye "Book my the earliest train to Central." I put my hat and coat back on and left the room. 'Hang in there buddy you can't die I still need you.'

Yes for those of you that have read the other one the first two chapters are going to be the same mainly because I don't want to go through the trauma of writing that again. And don't worry if there is a while between post I'm probably work on Edelle more then this one but I promise I will never leave an unfinished fanfiction for no reason. See you guys next time.