A/N: I'm so sorry! It's been like two weeks since my last update, I apologize greatly, please forgive me! I also apologize for making this chapter so short, but I promise the next one will be up soon, I already have most of it written, I think. Anyway, please enjoy!
Everyone stayed in various places of the apartment, the Host Club trying to make sense of everything that was happening, and the Amestrians trying not to think about the possible outcomes of the night's battle. They went on like that until about two o'clock.
Haruhi was trying to wrap her head around everything Eddie had told them earlier. What did she mean? None of it made any sense, but they were all obviously worried, and dead serious. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard knocking on the door. She pushed herself away from the wall she'd been leaning on.
She opened it slowly to see three people standing outside, two men and a woman. The first man was average height. He had short, jet black hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a white t-shirt, blue pants, and black combat boots. He was also wearing a pair of white gloves with a strange symbol on them.
The woman had long blonde hair done up in a spiky up do. Her bangs covered the left side of her forehead and her left temple. She had beautiful amber eyes with a serious air to them. She was wearing a simple black t-shirt and the same blue pants and black combat boots as the man. She had a gun in her hand.
The other man was very tall and had a very muscular build. He was bald except for a bit of blonde hair that curled down his forehead. He had a large blonde mustache, and striking blue eyes. He was wearing a white collared shirt, and the same blue pants and boots as the other two. He also had grey fingerless glove type things on his hands. There were strange symbols on the backs of both of them, and spikes on the knuckles.
"Can I help you?" Haruhi asked hesitantly.
"We'd like to speak with Eddie Elric." The black haired man said. Haruhi, a bit afraid of what they would do if she refused, nodded.
"Ed, there are some people here to see you!" She called back into the apartment.
A moment later, Eddie came to the door, and almost fell over when she saw who was there. After a moment she recovered enough to speak.
"Wh-what are you doing here?" she asked, shock evident in her voice. Suddenly the large mustached man stepped forward and captured her in a bone-crushing hug.
"Eddie Elric! It is so wonderful to see that you are safe!" he said in a booming voice, his shirt seeming to disappear into thin air, pink sparkles appearing around his head.
"M-major…I…can't…breathe." Eddie chocked out. Alphonse, Russell, Fletcher, and Winry dashed into the room upon hearing the voice of Major Alex Louis Armstrong. "Major Armstrong!" Al exclaimed.
"What are all of you doing here?" Eddie repeated, struggling to regain her breath.
"You think I would leave a group of teenagers to fight multiple homunculi on their own?" replied the black haired man.
"We're not incompetent kids Mustang!" Eddie argued. The man, Mustang, smirked a bit. Even when she knew she was in need of it Eddie wouldn't accept help.
"I meant it when I said I wanted you coming back to Amestris alive Ed."
"I know how to survive Mustang! I don't need your help!" she complained. The blonde woman walked up and put a hand on Ed's shoulder.
"We know Ed, but we're still worried. We just want to help." She said gently. Eddie grumbled something, but accepted the woman's reasoning, not wanting to be shot before noon. (A/N: How are they there before noon? With magic!)
"So why did you specifically come to help us?" asked Winry. The blonde opened her mouth to answer, but Mustang's hand shot out and covered her mouth before she could say anything.
"Hawkeye here was worried sick about you, and of course when Armstrong heard about the homunculi he insisted we come to help you." The flame alchemist said quickly. Hawkeye rolled her eyes and lifted her gun to the side of Roy's head.
"The general was pacing around his office and setting almost everything in sight on fire for almost an hour after you called. He threatened anyone who tried to talk to him or get him to work, and almost burned down Central HQ worrying about all of you. Finally he decided to come help you fight. Naturally I had to come to make sure he didn't get himself killed and the major, well he really did insist on coming with us." She explained, all the while holding her superior at gunpoint.
"Umm Colonel?" he asked nervously. She rolled her eyes again and put her gun back in its holster at her hip. By this time, everyone had assembled in the entryway. (A/N: How? With magic! I need to stop doing that.) Eddie burst out laughing at the scene.
"Wow Mustang, didn't think you cared so much about us." She said, smirking after her laughing fit. Mustang glared. Then Eddie noticed everyone staring confused at the three military officers.
"Oh, everyone, there are some people I would like you to meet." Eddie said.
"This is Brigadier General Roy Mustang, the Flame alchemist." She said, gesturing Mustang. "This is Lieutenant Colonel Riza Hawkeye, sniper." She gestured to Hawkeye.
"And this is Major Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strong-arm alchemist." She gestured to Armstrong, who had mysteriously regained his shirt.
A/N: Again, I'm sorry this is so short. Now for those of you wondering why I cut off there, and why I brought in new characters, it's because I'm stalling the fight with the Homunculi. I really don't want to write it, especially now that I have some idea for what's going to happen. Anyway, next chapter, you get more stalling the fight, and some people are going to die! (Cookies and hugs to anyone who an correctly guess what this means before next chapter). So please, review, guess, and have a wonderful day!
