Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. If I did, I would make an Ed and Al clone for every fangirl. And, If I owned FMA, Roy and Riza would get married and adopt the Elrics.
Do not fret, this is Post-2003. Ed is NOT in the Black Gate. Al has his body.
Chapter 1: Pain and Suffering.
"Bye Al. I'll be back in a few hours" Edward Elric told his younger brother, Alphonse Elric. He left the inn the two were staying in. He had decided to walk to work that day. It was a picture-perfect day. Ed was enjoying the nice weather as he walked. However, he was so close to the Central military base, when something, or someone, slammed into his side. When Ed stood up, the thing slammed into him again, this time, pressing him against the wall. He squirmed to get free, but the thing wasn't going to go down without a fight. Ed felt a sting in his arm. He looked at his left arm and saw a syringe sticking out of it. Ed's eyes widened as he turned his head to the front again. A young woman, who looked no older than 17 or 18 was standing in front of him. She smirked, and pressed on the syringe. "Good night, Fullmetal Alchemist." she said, as Ed's eyes wavered, then shut.
*a few hours later*
Alphonse paced back and forth. Ed had been gone longer than he thought. 'He probably got into a long argument with the colonel', he thought, just to stay posotive. Alphonse left the inn, and started walking towards the military base. Once there, he headed straight for Roy's office. 'Weird. I thought Brother got into a long argument with him, but I don't hear Brother yelling' Al thought. He opened the colonel's office and was surprised to not see Ed. "Oh, hello Alphonse" Roy said. "Where's your brother? He was suppose to deliver a report today" Roy said. "You mean, you haven't seen him?" Alphonjse said. "No. Wait, why?" Roy asked, standing up. "Brother said he was coming here and would be back in a few hours. I thought he got in a long argument with you, so I wasn't worried, but now I am" Alphonse said. "Let me get my subbordinates, and we can go search for him" Roy said. Alphonse nodded, and followed Roy out of the room.
When Ed came to, he was in an unfamilier place. His wrists were bound in a way so he couldn't use his alchemy, his legs were bound tightly. "So, you finally wake up. It's about time" the same voice from earlier said. Ed looked around. The girl came in front of him. "Hello. It's good to see you're awake" she said. "Who are you?" Ed asked. "Just a simple alchemist with a few twists and turns here and there." the girl replied. "Who are you?" Ed asked again. "Oh, my name? You can call me Claire." the girl said. She walked to a table, and picked up a long strip of cloth. She walked back over to Ed, knelt down, and gagged him. "Can't have you talking when you need to listen" Claire said. "I know a lot about you. And, you are very important to some people. Make a noise, if you can, if I mention anyone in particular, m'kay?" Claire asked. She started to list names. "Riza Hawkeye, Roy Mustang, Jean Havoc, Maria Ross, hmm, I'm missing someone...Oh! Now I know, Alphonse Elric" At the mention of Al, Ed's eyes widened a bit. He tyried to say "You better not do ANYTHING to my little brother" but it was all muffled. Claire smirked at this. She transmuted a knife from the ground and walked towards Ed again. She started slashing him on his arm, his leg, his chest, basically everywhere. Ed wasn't going to give her the pleasure of him screaming. "You are no fun at all, are you?" Claire asked. She dropped the knife for a while, and started to kick Ed. Ed winced with every kick. He had to stay alive for Al. Claire wound up her leg, and gave a hard kick to Ed's gut. Claire head cracking, and Ed's muffled scream. Claire smirked at this. Ed was now laying in a small, but growing, pool of blood. Claire picked up the knife again, and began slashing him al over again. Enjoying his pain, Claire kept slashing away, until she heard voices in the distance. She stopped slashing. She quickly ran to the table again, and grabbed her syringe. It was filled with a clear liquid. She stuck it into Ed's shoulder and pressed. Ed's screams and whimpers were still muffled by the gag. Claire kept looking over her shoulder. The contents of the syringe were gone. She put it into her pocket, and stuck the knife into Ed's side. Ed screamed in pain, but, of course, it was muffled. Tears were streaming down his cheeks from the pain. "Goodbye for now, Fullmetal Alchemist" Claire said. She looked past her table and smirked. 'I knew this place was fantastic to put him' she said. There was a river just below them. She dragged Ed's body across the floor, leaving a trail of blood. She managed to push him into the river, just as Roy, Al, Riza, and the others showed up. Claire ran off.
"Brother!" Alphonse yelled. He ran to the ledge. Roy grasped Alphonse's hand. "Let me go! Brother! He needs me!" Alphonse screeched, trying to get free of Roy's grasp. "Alphonse. The current is too rough for you" Riza tried to reason with him. "Brother was thrown in there! He'll die if I don't go and get him!" Alphonse screeched. "Pleasde! Let me go and get him!" Alphonse begged. Roy wouldn't let go of Alphonse. "Riza. Watch over Alphonse. I need to find out where this river leads. Take Alphonse back to Headquarters. I'll find Fullmetal and take him there" Roy said. "Sir!" Riza said, saluting. Roy ran off, following the river.
Roy kept following the seemingly endless river. At the edge of a little town named Yozenai was where the river ended. Roy ran to the edge of the river. There, lying in red and blue water, was Ed. He was unconcious, and he had gotten more wounds from the current slamming him against the floor of the river. Roy picked him up carefully and untied his bindings and gag. When the gag was removed, Ed started coughing up small ammounts of blood. Roy held the boy close. He had been worried about Fullmetal for so long. And now, here he was. He was severely injured, and was still bleeding a bit, and he had just finished coughing up small ammounts of blood onto his shirt. "A-Alphonse" Ed coughed. "He's alright, Fullmetal. I can't take you back to Central just yet. It's too far and you're too injured. Luckily, Yozenai has a hospital. I'll take you there, and I'll be staying with you until your injuries are almost gone." Roy said. He stepped out of the water and started walking to Yozenai's hospital. Once in the hospital, Ed was taken into the surgery room because of his broken ribs. Roy sat in the waiting room for a few hours, until a doctor came out. "How is he?" Roy asked. "He has a few broken ribs, a broken arm, and a broken leg. Along with that, he's lost quite a bit of blood. We gave a few painkillers, and, he's resting now, but even the painkillers we gave him won't help that much. He'll be in a lot of pain when he wakes up" The doctor explained. "Can I see him?" Roy asked. "Sure. Just, when he wakes up, be gentle." the doctor said. Roy nodded, and walked to Ed's room. It pained him to see Fullmetal like this. He felt so weak, so useless. Ed was just a teenager. He didn't need to be going through all of this. Roy sat down in one of the chairs in the room. He decided to take a small nap. When he woke up a half hour later, Edward was staring at him.
A/N: How's that for a start? So mkuch Ed-abuse I know. But, there is *sob sob* still more of that to come, if you remember Claire injected him with something. This is a Non-Yaoi Parental!Roy-Ed story. You lookin' fo Roy-Ed Yaoi? I dun write OR read that shizzo!
Until Chapter Two!