What the fuck?

Panic rose in his chest and he shot a glance to Havoc. Havoc turned in the direction Ed had been looking and cursed. Ed turned to stalk in the building for Maes before Havoc's voice stopped him.

"Ed! They'll arrest you too and you won't be able to help Roy." Havoc pleaded from behind the steering wheel.

"He can take care of himself!" Havoc added hoping he would listen. Ed hesitated before he groaned and reluctantly turned back to the car. Havoc was right of course. If he went in, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be arrested as well. Actually, he could bet on the fact he would be. He quickly got in and the car took off. His mind was racing a hundred paces a second.

Why the hell would they arrest Maes? What does he have to do with anything?

"What the hell is going on?" Ed screamed.

"I-I don't know!" Havoc yelled back desperately. He was just about as confused as Ed.

"Shit shit shit shit…." Havoc panicked as he turned a sharp corner, causing Ed to fall over in the seat. The folder fell out from under the seat and he quickly grabbed it.

Duh!

He repositioned himself in his seat, hooking the seat belt to save himself from Havoc's driving. He opened it and began to pan threw the pages.

"What's that boss?" Havoc asked worried through the rear view mirror.

"I don't know." Ed replied flipping another page. "Maes got it from the Fuhrers secretary. I-I'm not sure what it's for…." He added creasing his eyebrows. His eyes scanned the pages of the document reading over as fast as he could.

His eyes landed a certain few documents and his mind started to reel. His stomach twisted up and all the sudden he felt as if he were going to vomit.

"W-what?" Ed screeched causing Havoc to jump.

Theres no…no way. How could….WHY?

Havoc looked into the mirror a look of panic on his face.

"Uh…boss?" he asked. Ed looked up and met the eyes of the blonde man who had a cigarette burning between his lips. Ed didn't reply. He remembered how Havoc had went to see Hawkeye and his stomach twisted.

"Where's Hawkeye?" he asked.

"I…I didn't find her." Havoc replied softly. Ed's face turned snow white.

"Havoc…" Ed said slowly swallowing. "I need you to listen to me."

Havoc's eyes furrowed and he felt himself begin to panic. He'd never seen his boss this way.

"O-okay." He said glancing back at the road and then to the mirror on and off.

"Hawkeye got arrested." He said carefully. Havoc's eyes about pooped out of his head.

"What?" he screamed cigarette falling out of his mouth. He looked down to lap and cursed trying to pick it up without it burning him. He got the bud and rolled down the window, successfully flicking it out. He then looked back to Ed.

Before he could speak Ed interrupted. "We need to get out of here." Ed said face emotionless as possible. He was the higher officer here; he had to keep his composure as best he could. He silently thanked Roy for teaching him the ''I'm a bastard and you don't know what I'm thinking ha-ha" look. Though, Roy was exceptionally better at it then he was.

Havoc locked eyes with him just for a moment before looking back to the road and gripping the steering wheel tightly.

"What does the paper say boss?" Havoc said quietly taking a deep breath trying to keep some semblance of normalcy.

Ed didn't say anything and looked down to his feet.

"What does it say?" Havoc demanded making Ed jump. Ed kept his eyes shut and he swallowed hard. His stomach knotted up with dread.

"It's warrants…" he said softly.

Havoc didn't make a move for a few moments. "For who?" he asked.

They drove a few seconds in silence. No sound other than the engine and the sound of tire on pavement.

"Everyone."

They made it to Gracias within the hour. They jumped out of the car as soon as it had pulled to a stop. It was their only place to go. And they couldn't just keep the fact Maes had been arrested from his family. Gracia was waiting at the door, phone in hand, grief stricken on her face.

Damn…she already knows..

Ed walked up the stairs and stopped in front of Gracia. He opened his mouth to speak but immediately closed it when her arms reached around his shoulders. She sobbed into him and his heart broke. He held her trying to console her best he could. He shot a glance to Havoc. Who was looking just about as desperate as Gracia.

Havoc and Hawkeye had been engaged for awhile now. Though he was better at hiding his emotions then Gracia, you could still see the panic and frustration on his face. It seemed as though everyone's loved ones were being taken away.

He tapped Gracia's back and slowly the three of them made it inside.

"Where's-"

"In bed." Gracia interrupted wiping her nose on a tissue. Ed nodded and looked around awkwardly. He motioned to the table and the other two quickly sat down. He sat down with them and opened the folder.

He wasn't completely sure how to handle these kinds of things. He needed to tell them the whole situation, and what they were up against but he didn't want to give them emotional breakdowns. He needed their help if he was to save them. And this was particularly a touchy subject.

"Alright." Ed started as he handed them both papers. Grief crossed both their faces for only a moment as they scanned over each of the documents. Hawkeyes and Hughes warrants. It's hard to see your significant other's death note. They held the paper as if it was the most revoting thing on the planet. Ed smiled softly. He knew how that felt. A stab of pain went through his heart as he remembered his loved one being pulled away from him.

'I love you' he mouthed.

Ed shook his head trying to rid himself of the memories for now. he needed to focus. He scattered out the rest of the papers and began to point them out.

"Okay so, these," he said pointed to the ones on the left. "These are death warrants." He said clearing his throat. The others just nodded.

Okay, so they may be able to handle this.

He continued. "They're very similar to the one Roy got. Now, it's safe to assume they've picked up Falman, Breda, and probably Furey too." He said sighing.

He handed Havoc a paper and smirked lightly. "Here's yours."

Havoc smiled and nodded. "Well, not as fancy as I was hoping…" he said lightly. Ed smiled back.

"These, he said pointing to another stack. "These are the exact charges." He handed a couple out to them and all three scanned them over.

"Embedding…" Gracia whispered while putting a hand up to her mouth. Ed frowned.

"I know, its not-"

"No." Gracia interrupted looking at Ed causing Ed to stop.

She got up and went to a side table opening the drawers and searching for something. Ed and Havoc just watched her eyebrows furrowed. She smiled and picked out a small envelope. She walked back to the table and sat down. She eyed it and thumbed over the corners.

"This…" Gracia swallowed. "Was Maes's first case." She explained handing it to Ed.

He frowned and grabbed the envelope. She continued as he flipped it over and opened it.

"He's in intelligence so, you know, he gathers Intel. He got a case, about a man named Frank Ivory." She stated. Ed read over and nodded his head.

"The case is very similar." She added. "The Fuhrer…he ordered the death of him and his officers. It was later concluded that it was on false charges. But…" she looked down to her hands. "It was too late." She added softly.

Ed and Havoc looked to her sympathetically.

"It was really hard on Maes." She smiled sadly.

"But the point is…" she said looking up. "From then on, it was made a point that charges of death were up to two people. The Fuhrer…"

"and secondary military general." Ed finished her sentence turning pale.

"Yes." She said nodding. Havoc looked up confused to Ed.

"You mean Bruckman?" he asked.

Ed nodded and Havoc gasped.

"What?" Havoc yelled.

"That's the weird part!" Gracia interrupted catching the attention of the young blondes.

"It's been part of the law for the past three Fuhrer's that the secondary general is chosen on basis of not just loyalty, but rights of the country." She said.

"A non biased general." Havoc said frowning and nodding intently.

Ed scoffed. "Yeah, like it works like that."

Non biased? Yeah right. The government hasn't been non biased in forty years.

Gracia smiled sadly. "Yes, it is rather ridiculous." Everyone sat silently. There was not much that could be said. At least Ed knew that the initial order had come from the Fuhrer. The general was probably just bribed to supply fake evidence. That made it all the much harder. They could prove the evidence was fake, but that could take days. Weeks even. And they didn't have weeks. Or days. They had hours. Hours until the love of Ed's life was killed. Along with three or four other innocent people.

"Edward?" Gracia said voice cracking. She was holding a picture frame of Maes in her hands.

Edward looked up to her. "Yeah?" he asked barely over a whisper.

"What are we going to do?" she asked. Ed could hear the desperation in her voice and see the panic in her eyes. He knew she was extremely worried and it caused a feeling of guilt to settle in his stomach. But hell, so was he. He knew it was irrational to think it was his fault, but he couldnt help but feel like he should have done something more. That he should be doing something now. He wasn't sure there was anything they really could do.

"I-I don't know yet." Ed replied frowning.

They all sat in silence for a while until Havoc's head popped up, a huge smile plastered to his face. Ed looked at him one eyebrow raised.

Great, now he's gone crazy. He mentally sighed.

"I know what to do." Havoc said looking into Ed's eyes confidently.

Ed stared at him. "Yeah?" he asked skeptical.

"Yeah." Havoc said grinning maliciously.

"Are you sure about this?" Ed asked nervously as they stood outside of the jail compounds.

"Yes….no….wait…yes." Havoc said furrowing his eyebrows. Ed sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He had a terrible headache and he didn't especially like breathing in Havoc's cigarette smoke all day either. This was risky, and he needed to know that could pull this off. Because in truth, he wasn't quite sure they could.

"But listen," Havoc said looking over to Ed seriously. "My plan only gets us from point A, to point B. I can get him out but after that you guys are going have to figure out how to get the charges dropped." He said.

Ed nodded. "Don't worry." He said looking back over to the building. "I'm sure Roy will know what to do." He sighed. But he wasn't sure. He didn't know if this would be doing more harm than good. But what else could they do? It was already getting late and they were running out of options. They couldn't go to anyone in the military without risking their own confinement. This was kind of a last resort. And if anything, he and Roy could run away together. But in reality, he wasn't even sure about that.

"Ready?" Havoc asked.

No.

"Yep." Ed said clapping his hands.

Ready as I'll ever be…

Dun Dun Dun . Will Ed get Roy back? Review your pants off! Seriously. Encouragement is seriously needed. Also again, like I have said before, I do not have a Beta so there may or may not be some errors. Anyway...oh yeah! You were about to click the 'Review this story' button.