After a pretty long hiatus, I have finnaly gotten back to writing. I started working on this story over a month ago, but then I got writer's block and it just went away a few days ago. This is the first chapter story I have ever tried to write, so if it turns out really bad that's part of the reason. Oh, and just so you're not confused, all the characters in the story are at the same command center and Hughes is alive.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist, or any of its characters. If I did no one would watch it.
"FURY!" Sergeant Cain Fury quickly looked up. Jean Havok was standing by him, tray in hand. "I asked was anybody sitting there," he said, motioning toward an empty seat. "No, you can have it," Fury replied absently. Jean sat down. He was starting to worry about Fury. It had been this way for three days now. Jean would come to talk with Fury, like he always did at lunch break, and Fury would just be sitting there looking across the cafeteria, dead to the world. Havok decided he had to know what was going on.
"Hey Cain, what's wrong?" Jean asked, tapping Fury's shoulder. Fury jumped at the sound of his voice. "N-nothing. Nothing at all. I was just, um, thinking." Havok didn't believe that for a second. "What about?" he inquired. "Well, ummm..." Fury decided just to tell Jean the truth. They were friends, after all. Jean would keep his mouth shut. "You see that girl over there?" Fury asked, motioning across the cafeteria. "The brunette with the glasses? Yeah, that's Sciezka," Havok responded. "What about her?" "I, um...well, I..." Cain started, blushing. "You're interested in her," Jean said, a big smile on his face. "That's great! It's about time you found yourself a girl. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"O.K., who wants to place a bet?" Havok asked, lighting his cigarette. He had of course just informed everyone about Fury's situation. Jean himself had bet that Sciezka and Fury would be together by the end of the week. He might need to help them along a little bit, but no one had said that he couldn't (not that he had asked). Fury walked in and everybody hurriedly got back to work, trying not to look suspicious.
Sciezka was exhausted. She had been working for about a week now with almost no sleep. Instead of taking breaks between writing the records that Hughes requested she got to look at pictures of Elisia. Sure, Elisia was cute and all, but her image was not a substitute for sleep. Even caffeine had lost its effect. So Sciezka was overjoyed when Hughes had told her she could leave a little early Friday and forget about work for the rest of the weekend. Well, except for one short report that she finished before going home.
"Now I can finally relax," Sciezka thought to herself as she curled up in a cozy chair with a new romance novel. "I wish I were her," Sciezka sighed as she read. "I just never go anywhere I could meet an available guy. Well, except the bookstore, but people think I'm weird for going there so much." As she thought about it, though, she realized that wasn't true anymore. Even with all her work, she had met a lot of people since she joined the military. But someone she could date?
"Well, Colonel Mustang's single," Sciezka thought, giggling. riza had warned her about Mustang. "It's not like I'm pretty enough for him, anyway. Hmm, Vato Farman might be available, but he seems a little boring, and Jean Havok's cute, but smoking is gross (and a fire hazard). Who was that guy Riza said gave her Black Hayate? He sounded nice from her description...Cain Fury, that was his name. I don't think I've met him..." Sciezka got back to her book and read a while before she fell asleep.
Did you like chapter 1? Was it the worst thing you've ever read? Please let me know with a review. Just remember, for every flame you send Gluttony eats a cute little kitten, so please, think of the kittens.