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Who else thinks that Brotherhood deserves a well-executed spinoff series? Some think that it couldn't possibly be cool since *SPOILER* Edward Elric can't do alchemy anymore. /spoiler. To that I say, "Nay!" Batman doesn't need superpowers to be awesome and neither does Ed!
GOOD OFT INTERRED
Prologue
"Rest assured we have nothing to do with this." General Mustang gritted his teeth and pressed the phone to his ear. His staff flocked around his desk.
"Yes, I was once in charge of him. That's why Fuhror Grunman sent you to me. Like I said, the Fullmetal Alchemist was discharged three years ago."
A barking voice rang from the other end of the line. The group cringed, but Mustang cocked an eyebrow.
"Call it whatever you like, Minister, but I'm standing by my statement...No, I am not asking for war! I'm gathering some damage control as we speak. Alright. Good day."
The staff collectively sighed as General Mustang hung up the phone. He gazed down at his desk. The battle against "Father" had once blinded him. The philosopher's stone had been nearly spent on Havoc's recovery by the time Mustang was willing to use it to regain his eyesight. It was a wonderful thing, being useful again, but now he felt so helpless.
"Fullmetal just might have turned our western skirmish into a full-blown war." Mustang leaned his head on his fist. "And we were making so much progress with Creta."
"Elric's not a soldier anymore," said Major Hawkeye. "We're not accountable for his actions."
"They don't know that! Outside Amestris, he still has his reputation as State Alchemist! Ugh." Roy Mustang pulled at his hair. "The only way we can save face now is if we denounce him."
"What?" Lieutenant Ross gasped. Her severe ear-length haircut belied her gentle nature.
Hawkeye drew a long breath. "If we were to denounce him, we would be telling the Creta government that we have nothing to do with Elric's actions."
"Yeah, but what would we do with Edward? They'd expect us to follow through-hunt him down, hand him over!" Ross yelled. "They could put him to death!"
"Of course they would," Mustang lifted his head from his hands. "They want retribution for that dead kid."
"You don't think that he-"
"Of course I don't!" Mustang spat. The group slightly recoiled.
Mustang sighed, and leaned back in his chair. "The setup was too perfect...our old state alchemist on the hunt for one of their alchemists...Their guy's kid gets killed, another boy goes missing...and Fullmetal runs off in the middle of it." The general scowled. "Way too suspicious."
"Edward's behavior, or the setup, sir?" Captain Falman asked.
Mustang scoffed. "Both. That dumb kid got caught in the middle of things again. Maybe I should put him under house arrest."
"Well, what do we do?" Feury asked, pushing up his glasses.
"I think we should tell Edward what he's started." All eyes turned to Hawkeye.
"We've tried shielding him from the truth before, and we know how well that worked out," she argued. "It's about time we started recognizing that he's an adult."
"Do you want to put a whole war on his conscience?" Lieutenant Ross furrowed her brows.
"He started this whole dilemma, and he knows what's going on better than we do." Hawkeye folded her arms. "He might be able to help us out."
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment.
Finally, Lieutenant Breda scratched his sparse beard and voiced everyone's thought.
"This isn't going to be pretty."
End Prologue
Now I think I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that you came here for some good 'ol Team Ed sexy time! That's what fanfiction is all about, right? Well, not to fret, Edward's on his way! Sexytime? Mmm...probably not.
But you know what is sexy? Writing critiques! Suggest better wording, better action/description, and what you would like to see happen in this story. This fanfic has been lovingly enhanced by top beta readers, but let's not stop there!