The Great Locomotive Chase

I do not own anything. All content is based off of "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" all rights (copyrights) go to the producers. This is inspired by the song "Great Locomotive Chase" by Robert W. Smith. Apparently it was something that actually happened in the civil war.

Summary: Roy is now a General. The military, which has been losing trains like crazy in Briggs. Roy can become Fuhrer if he can solve the problem, and the plan is being prepared, except for one problem. They need a sniper as good as Riza Hawkeye. Roy to let Hawkeye switch teams. What will Hawkeye do?

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Chapter 1:

"At ease, Brigadier General,"General Armstrong commanded.

Hawkeye snapped her arm back to her side, standing stock still, face straight ahead, even though the General was sitting down.

"I don't suppose you came here because you finally came to your senses, and am going to help me execute my own plan, are you?"the General asked, legs and arms still crossed.

Hawkeye finally looked at her, relaxing her posture, before sitting in the seat across from the general. "What do you think?"

"Of course not… You're here just to help me execute Mustang's plan, and he'll get all the credit even though I did all the work, and he'll become Fuhrer,"Armstrong mused. "How did you get Mustang to finally agree to letting you go? And permanently too?"

It was true. General Mustang had thrown a fit. He'd literally told Fuhrer Grumman (who was retiring, which was the cause of all the political chaos in the first place) I quote, "Go to hell", when the Fuhrer had threatened him. That one, Hawkeye had to get him out of by begging Grumman at his house as his Granddaughter, and not Brigadier General. Which wasn't something she did often. She'd almost never talked to Grumman as a Grandfather, but rather a higher ranking boss.

"He doesn't know. He doesn't read his paperwork."

"Why would you choose a permanent change? Perhaps you really have come to your senses?"Armstrong asked, one eyebrow raised.

"Once he becomes Fuhrer, he will need to find a wife. Having a woman as his right hand will only get in the way of that,"Hawkeye answered.

Armstrong's posture softened slightly, and she tilted her head. "Riza… I trained with you and Rebecca as cadets. That is way beyond what you would do for a boss."

"Can't I think of him as the boy who was my best friend before we joined the military? The boy who was apprentice to my father?"Riza asked, although it seemed she was asking herself more.

"It's dangerous to care too much,"the Ice Queen answered, her eyes pitying. Then her posture stiffened once again, guard going back up. "Back to business, since you are officially now under my command, I can promote you from Brigadier General to Lieutenant General."

Hawkeye didn't even hesitate. "Yes." The reason which she hadn't taken it, was that she wouldn't have been able to focus solely on guarding, protecting, and helping Roy. Now that she was here, she didn't need to keep declining the promotion that so many superiors had tried to give her.

This is a short opening chapter to a multi-chapter story. This happens post-brotherhood. I hope the characters aren't too OOC. As I said, this is based off of The Great Locomotive Chase, a song for bands (as in horns and stuff, and not the rock and pop bands) that I played in 8th grade. A lot of the stuff I write is personally tied to my childhood, whether through ideas or experiences.