Chapter 1
Edward Elric was furious. He had received orders to come to Central and report to Roy, which meant he'd had to drag his brother with him for fear of what would happen if he were left alone for as long as it might take to satisfy the bastard Colonel.
"Big brother! Calm down!" Al called from behind him. Only then did he realize that he's been storming down the hall, scaring off any military personnel unlucky enough to cross his path. He stopped, waiting for Alphonse to catch up. They turned the corner together and stopped. Halfway down this hall was the door to Roy's office. Riza and Hughes seemed to be peering in through a crack in the slightly open door. Sneaking up behind them, the Elric brothers poked their way in to look. Seeing the events occurring inside, Ed almost wished he hadn't. It was sickening!
A small chuckle escaped the room as Roy kicked off again, sending his chair into a wildly spinning cyclone of motion. His arms and legs stuck out at odd angles as though he were a child on a rollercoaster. He had the most idiotic look on his face, a mixture of pure joy and the sour expression that was often a sign of motion sickness.
Riza seemed to sigh at her need to take care of Mustang as though he really was a small, troublesome child. Drawing herself up, she snuck into the room while Roy continued that incessant spinning. Ed could see her fingering her gun, but then she seemed to change her mind. Instead, she pushed the chair over to the open window and, before Roy had a chance to complain or get up, upended the chair, sending Roy out the window into the street three stories below.
Riza turned to find that the others were now staring at her as an awkward silence crept across the room. Then Ed grinned and began to applaud her. The corners of her mouth twitched up in a smile of her own.
"Now then, to work!"
Ten minutes later, Ed sat on the edge of the Colonel's desk, waiting for him to get back (if he even could, for that matter). Al stood nearby talking softly to Riza about the-Gate-only-knows-what. The others were going about their usual business when the door to the office slammed open. Fearing the worst, some (including Breda and Havoc) ducked under their desks for cover. But the open door revealed Major Armstrong. He was carrying what seemed to be the Colonel, but…Is he drunk Ed wondered.
"I was walking in this morning when something was dropped on me from a third story window." He stepped into the room as he said this and offered the Colonel to Riza. "I believe you are in charge of…this?"
Riza sighed and pointed to the chair she had emptied out the window.
"Just put him there."
Armstrong gently placed Roy in the chair and left the room, presumably to explain to whomever he had to report to why he was late. Shaking her head, Riza turned to Roy, who was slouching so badly that he was about to slip out of the chair and onto the floor. With a firm grip on his arms, Riza held him up in the chair and thought for a moment.
"Ed, go get me some duct tape."