I'm back! I'm sick, to the point where I couldn't talk, and I fell down the stairs. Wonderful, huh?
Crazymellow102: He's not a robot! He's a soul trapped in a puppet1 Pretty much like Al.
Peaceofmindalchemist: I love ego boosts. XD For an example: all of the freshmen at my school in anime club think that I'm in charge of anime club. I'm a sophomore. My friend, Chelsea is in charge is a senior. However, I am most likely getting reins of it next year. =] However, it was hilarious to have so many people asking me questions for anime club. I was able to answer them though. Then I steered them to Chelsea. Yea, Roy rocks. I'm also putting up a story tonight that has Roy as a main character with Edward. No yaoi though. I don't write yaoi. Glad you like the story!
Sacalow: Wait till the end of this story! You'll really go 'wow'. XD Yes, I do use my DSi to read fan fiction into the early morning hours. It's one of the main reasons I use it! XD I do have a flip note, but I can't remember my log in info.
Theflamefangirl: thanks!
So, now without further ado, here is chapter 2!
Anguished Flames
Chapter 2
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Now I know why Fullmetal is so persistent to find the stone. I'm trapped in a puppet just like Alphonse is trapped in armor, however my 'new' body was more subtle. I was still strapped to the damn table, however that psychopath had left and took my body with him. Just fucking great. Now I'm stuck here, and if my hunch is correct, I can't eat or sleep so I may be stuck here until someone eventually finds me. If this isn't mental torture, I don't know what is. I'll have to give a little more effort in finding leads for the boys once I get out of this mess.
-one week later-
GOD DAMN IT! WHERE THE HELL IS MY TEAM!? They were even in the same building as me when this thing freak'n started!!!! There is a layer of dust coving me since I'm stuck to this table! Ugh, I'll have to try myself. Again. I had been scratching a transmutation circle onto the back of my hand using the edge of the damn table. It was basic, but it would be enough to get me out of here.
Yes! I grinned to myself as I finally finished the circle. I focused my energy on the circle as I then pressed my hand up against the table and I suddenly felt myself falling onto the floor. I landed onto the bricks I had transmuted the stone table into and took off the bindings on my arms and legs. I saw the wood shavings on the ground next to the bricks and I looked at my hand. I pocketed them before pulling my gloves back on and dusted myself off. Thankfully, the maniac let me change back into my uniform however he still had my body. I am going to find that bastard and make him give back my body!
SLAM
"Colonel?! Are you in here?!"
"Oh now you all decide to show up!" I groaned as my team stood in the doorway.
"Boss! You're alive!" Havoc exclaimed and my eye twitched. However that was possible, I have no clue but I didn't wish to ponder that at the moment.
"Of course I'm alive. I just got myself out of my bindings." I replied bitterly. Hawkeye walked up and saluted.
"I am sorry for the mistake of putting you in harm's way sir." She said and I saw her eyes were clouded.
"It's alright Hawkeye. At ease. It was my fault I got myself into this mess. Did you manage to apprehend the Psychic alchemist?"
"Uhhhhhh."
"You mean you didn't find him?!" I exclaimed and Havoc shrugged.
"Never saw him. We only reported that you were missing and we've been looking for the past week."
"Feels like it's been two." I muttered and sighed. "We had better get back to Headquarters." I said as I began to walk out of the room.
"But Sir!" Fuery stammered and I stopped, "Shouldn't you go to the hospital to get checked out?"
"Yeah Sir." Breda added, "You've been missing for a week. Shouldn't you see if there's anything wrong?" Of course there was something wrong! I couldn't let a military, let alone regular doctor find out about me now.
"I'm fine." I replied and began to walk out again.
"Sir, you are going to the hospital." Hawkeye stated and I left out a small sigh.
"No." With that, I walked out.
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"Well, things seem to be getting back to normal." Breda said as everyone was working on their paperwork at HQ, well everyone except for the Colonel. It had been a few days since the Colonel had returned and after he had been questioned, now things were falling back into the same old loop.
"Sir." Hawkeye said curtly as she worked on her paperwork. She didn't even have to look up to know that the Colonel wasn't working on paperwork. It was instinct by now.
"But I don't wanna work on paperwork." Roy moaned with his head facedown on the desk.
Click
The Colonel usually would have started furiously working on his papers at the sound of the dreaded gun, but however today he seemed to just brush it off. The other men just silently began to hide behind their desks due to the tension that was growing by the second, along with the Lieutenant's temper.
"Sir." She repeated, this time through clenched teeth.
The men merely watched as Roy stayed in his facedown position.
"This is not going to end up well." Havoc whispered anxiously and the others nodded. No one had defied Hawkeye. Not even the Colonel himself, except for today.
BANG
"DAMN!"
Riza stood there, pale faced. She had hit him. The Colonel had been hit by the ricocheting bullet in the left shoulder where he now clutched.
"You're all dismissed." Roy said anxiously as he briskly walked out of the office, clutching his shoulder. It was dead silent in the office as the men watched Hawkeye as she stared at the gun. She had never missed. However, this was the first time something like this had happened.
"Is…..the Colonel going to be alright?" Fuery meekly asked only to be met with silence.
"I think he'll be fine since he managed to walk out of here." Falman replied after a few moments. They began creeping out from their desks and Hawkeye looked at them.
"We need to go to the hospital to see if he's alright." She stated and the others nodded.
"Hey, is that wood pieces on the Colonel's desk?" Everyone looked to where Breda was pointing where on Mustang's desk, there were tons of splinters of wood that previously not there before.
"How did those get there?" Havoc asked and he went over and looked at them but that's when he spotted it. "Isn't that the bullet?" Everyone walked over and covered in splinters, was the bullet and a small piece of blue fabric.
"I shot through his entire shoulder." Hawkeye whispered and the others turned to her.
"The Colonel will be fine!" Breda said, "It was an accident and he knows it. It was a ricochet and it was completely unexpected. We should just go and check and see how he's doing." Everyone nodded and left the office to head to the hospital.
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Damn, the bullet went clean through! How am I going to explain this? I ran to the restroom until I heard my team walking past in the hallway. I took another look at my shoulder in the mirror and shuddered. This is beyond creepy. Well, perhaps I should have listened to Riza in the first place…. Can't help it now.
After a few more minutes, I clamped my hand over my shoulder so no one would see the clean cut hole in it and went back into the office. Just like I expected, the wood from my shoulder had been there along with the piece of my uniform. I quickly transmuted the piece back into my uniform and pocketed the wood. I headed home quickly, hoping I could find a way to fix my temporary body before anyone found out.
Beware of random bullets! Poor Roy! I think the crew will be more suspicious now, how long until they find out? Come back for the next update to find out!
