Could You Wait Just 30 Seconds?

by wolfdefender01

an idea i got off of a Fullmetal Ova about Roy. A younger Roy than we are all accustomed to returns from Ishaval in a downward spiral and basically Hughes and Hawkeye pick up the pieces, rated K for attempted suicide and possible violence.

1. Chapter 1

Here is just a little teaser of my new fanfic. I is based off of a little side story episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, the one about Roy at the academy, meeting Hughes, fighting in Ishval, ect, here is a spin off of that little mini series.

I do not own this show, by the way.

I have already typed out quite a bit of this so this is just a taste, please bear with it and review if you like where this may be heading.

"Could you wait just 30 seconds?" I muttered, head bowed low under the white hood.

"30 seconds then." Said Hughes taking his pocket watch out.

We sat in complete silence. The seconds seemed too dragged by, I closed my eyes and tried to prepare myself, but then just like that my thirty seconds were up.

"Get up Mustang; it is time to go to work."

"Yes… Time to go to work."

I pulled myself to my feet, casting off all thoughts of genocide and pulled on my specially made gloves. I stared at my hands. These hands used to kill. So covered in blood. I could not look. I turned my gaze back to Hughes, who was standing at the entrance of the tent, ready to go. I walked over to him.

"Time to go to work Roy." He said again.

"Yes time to go… to war.

And with that Hughes flung back the tent flap with a flourish. We were momentarily blinded by the early morning light. I blinked several times until our temporary base camp came into focus. We stepped out into the war zone…