Day One – Central Command
"Scare the Daylights out of Him"
"Fuhrer, we have a request from Major General Olivier Armstrong of Briggs that the Eastern regiments under Colonel Mustang be deployed to Northern. They have been shaken rather badly by freak circumstances recently, and fear a Drachman attack, which they hope to prevent by aligning with an offensive-heavy Eastern force."
The Fuhrer looked at the lowly Sergeant, quickly scribbled a note, and dismissed the young man – keeping the note safe in his pocket until the man left the room, then turning to another stern-eyed soldier, the only one left in his office. "Envy, send this message to Northern. There is no way we're allowing the Colonel out of our sights."
After they sent their reply, and waited for Armstrong's message of receipt, they discussed the Northern Wall of Briggs.
"Wrath, I'm telling you – she is not to be trusted. General Raven disappeared, and while she is unlikely to be the culprit if foul play was involved, the whole mess does taint her trustworthiness until we reach the bottom of it."
"Look, Envy – she has that Ishbalan on her staff, Miles, who I'm sure is the culprit, after all Raven was a huge proponent of the Ishbal annihilation. Of course, we cannot be too careful with her."
"Maybe it would be a good idea to send the Eastern army to Briggs, though. When it comes to death-dealing, they are star quality, after all. Maybe by sending them we can increase Briggs' ultimate death toll. I say we send the troops over, just without Mustang."
"That would be difficult to arrange, and needlessly suspicious in execution."
"Good point."
At this moment, the Sergeant walked in with Armstrong's militant response. After The Fuhrer and Envy waited for the man to leave, they continued their discussion.
"Lucky for her, we were already about to honor her request, how fortuitous," snarled Envy.
"Of course, we do need to keep Mustang here. How about this – let him go up with the commanders and their staffs now, have the rest of the enlisted follow in a week, since they will take longer to mobilize, and then by the time the enlisted get back up there, lure him down before he can get settled in or actually order his men to do anything."
"Wrath, you're just a kid, but I like you. I really do."
"Oh, that's not all. I want to make sure he doesn't pull any funny business before we can lure him back to Central, so when I send him up I'll scare him. And I know just the name to scare the daylights out of him. General Raven."
"Um, Raven's missing."
"So? Mustang won't know that until he's there, when he'll meet Major Kimbley, who is just as intimidating in person. A little mindfucking, I think, is just what the doctor ordered for our little renegade."
"Wrath, have I mentioned recently that I like you?"