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It was the next day and Roy, Havoc and Breada headed down stairs to pay for their stay at the hotel. "I see that you didn't disturb my other guests." The receptionist said seeing them walking towards him. "How much do we owe you?" Roy asked reaching for his wallet. "It's 100 cens per person." The man said holding out his hand.
"That's a bit steep." Havoc commented, the man glared at him. "It's not like this place gets many customers since the millatery started harassing everyone in this town. We don't get anyone out of town visit any more, so money is hard to get." He replied.
"So you take as much as you can from people who do stay here is that it?" Havoc asked, Roy put his hand up telling Havoc to stop arguing with the man.
"I have to make a living somehow, it's the millatery's fault that this town is suffering." The man argued back, Roy went into his wallet and gave him the money.
"Before we go, do you know what the millatery is looking for?" Roy asked, the man shook his head. "Not a clue, if we knew then we would have given it to them to stop them harassing us."
"OK thank you, we promise to find out what they want and help this town as best we can." Roy promised and left the hotel to head to the train station. The man shook his head behind them. "I am sorry but I can't tell you where it is, this country's safety depends on it." He picked up the phone and dialled a number that was in a black book.
"Kiba, we have Central dogs sniffing around. Make sure that they don't get to West city." With that he hung up and went back to work as if everything was normal. Outside Roy pondered something that the receptionist had said to them.
"What's wrong General?" Breada asked seeing the look on Roy face. "I have a feeling that that man isn't telling us everything, when I asked him what the millatery is looking for he dismissed it saying that he didn't know." Roy said walking towards the train station.
"What's so suspicious about that, he probably doesn't know what they want. It wouldn't be the first time that someone in the millatery has done something like this for their own gain." Breada said.
"I agree with the General, there is something not quit right about that guy." Havoc said, they all walked to the station but was stopped by strange people standing in front of them wearing black clocks.
"Are you three the soldiers from Central?" The leader of the group asked stepping forward.
"Who wants to know?" Roy asked getting his gloves ready for a fight.
"I am Dove, I hear that you have been asking about things that don't concern you." Dove said, Roy frowned he knew that man couldn't be trusted.
"We are here to conduct an inspection at Western Command and thought that we would confirm the rumours that we had heard about the millatery and this town." Roy said hoping that they would believe them and leave them alone. Dove pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and throw it at Roy who barely managed to dodge.
"I cannot allow you to go there, we will not allow the millatery to take it from us."
"Take what? We don't know what you are talking about." Roy shouted but Dove wasn't listening, she charged at them with her men following ready to fight. Havoc and Breada pulled out their guns that where hidden in their coats and fired at them, but found that they were unable to hit them. Roy put on his glove and snapped his fingers causing fire to surround the group given them enough time to run for the station and jump on the train as it was departing. Dove stood watching as they ran to the station. 'So he is an alchemist, I'll have to tell Kiba what happened.'
"Men head back to base, I will need to report back to the boss." Dove ordered.
"But aren't we supposed to kill them, the boss won't be to happy that we failed." One of the Dove's Lieutenat's said, Dove stared at her. "Don't worry Kohaku I will talk to him, now lets go."
They all went back to their hideout with the look of defeat on their faces.
At West city Roy, Havoc and Breada got of at the station and walk to Western command constantly watching for any signs of anyone following them. In Western HQ Roy and his 'escorts' went to Hakuro's office to let him know of his arrival. They went into the outer office causing everyone in the room to jump up and salute at their guest.
"General Mustang, what brings you here?" A female officer who was a Lieutenant Colonel asked polity.
"I am here to conduct an inspection of this command centre and wish to speak to General Hakuro." Roy said in a commanding voice. The Lieutenant Colonel bowed her head and knocked on the General's door before entering, Roy followed her to the door.
"Sorry to disturb you Sir, But General Mustang from Central is here and wishes to speak to you." She said opening the door and allowing Roy to walk in.
"Mustang what are you doing here? I wasn't told that you would be visiting." Hakuro said surprised, Roy smirked and walked up to the desk.
"I am here by order of the Fuhrer, he has asked me to conduct an inspection of the west because there have been reports of soldiers harassing and attacking the citizens in a town called Pendleton." Roy said handing Hakuro the document that Grumman had given him to show Hakuro. Hakuro frowned, he didn't like that Grumman had send Roy to inspect his HQ and was even more pissed of to see that Roy was now a Lieutenant General, a rank higher than him.
"Of course General Mustang I would be happy to show you around HQ, but first you and your men must be hungry and tired from the travelling you have done." Hakuro said leading Roy out of the office.
"Lieutenant Colonel Drake, could you be so kind as to show the General's escorts to the cafeteria so that they can get some lunch whilst General Mustang and I talk in my office." He asked his second in command. Drake stood up and saluted before leading Havoc and Breada to the cafeteria.
"So Mustang, how much do you know?" Hakuro asked sitting at his desk again lacing his fingers together, Roy gave him a curious look. "About what?"
"Don't play dumb with me, two of my men saw you in Pendleton looking around and asking questions. What were you told?" Hakuro demanded.
"We where told that two soldiers attacked and burned down the home of a man who refused to allow them to search his home. Apparently he was imprisoned for attacking the soldiers after rats that infested his home bit them." Roy said with a stern look on his face. Hakuro frowned.
"Really, the only person that I know of that was imprisoned from that town was a man who attacked the soldiers and seriously injured them for unknown reasons. I have doctors reports that you can look at if you don't believe me." Hakuro said glaring at Roy who glared back.
"So the soldiers haven't been terrorizing the town's people, so why have Central been receiving reports of soldiers causing trouble for the towns people? They all can't be wrong." Roy said leaning in the chair that he was sitting in.
"I'm not saying that there hasn't been trouble there, but any soldiers caught causing unnecessary trouble have been disciplined for their reckless behaviour." Hakuro said not looking to happy with Roy's questioning.
"Anyway I would like to get started with my inspection, where can I find my men?" Roy asked, he wanted to look around to see if he can find any clue as to what was going on.
"They are in the cafeteria, Lieutenant could you take the general to meet his men." Hakuro said, Roy went out of the office and followed the Lieutenant to the cafeteria. Hakuro sat back at his desk and glared at the door.
'This is going to be a problem, I'll have to be more discrete whilst Mustang is here. Or better yet give him a distraction heh.' Just as Hakuro was thinking Drake walked into the room.
"This could prove to be a problem Sir, how are we to continue with the plan with them here?" She asked the General.
"Don't worry I have a plan, I will need you to get close to Mustang use your womanly charms to distract him." Hakuro said.
"But what if he keeps asking me questions?" She asked concerned, she had heard that Mustang can be quit sharp when on a mission.
"Tell him what ever you like as long as it is believable, once you have your claws into him it won't matter what you say." Hakuro said reassuring her. "I also want you to try and find out anything that Mustang might already know, I'm sure that he knows more then what he's letting on." Drake saluted Hakuro and left to find Mustang.
In the cafeteria Roy, Havoc and Breada was sat in the corner out of the way so that no-one could hear what they where saying. "Have you managed to find out anything?" Roy asked them. "Nothing, we haven't had the chance to talk to anyone." Havoc said sipping his coffee.
"All right Breada what department are your friends in?" Roy asked, he had an idea.
"Piper and Walker work in the investigations department." Breada replied.
"OK I want you to..."
"General Mustang, General Hakuro has ordered me to help you with your inspection." Drake said saluting him, Roy frowned it looked like Hakuro wanted to keep an eye on him.
"Lieutenant Colonel Drake was it? I thank you but I don't think..."
"He insists Sir, and besides I'm sure you want to get back to Central as so as possible, if you have me to show you around then the job would get done quicker." She said playing innocent."Please don't make me disobey the General's orders." She looked at Roy with pleading eyes.
"All right I would be happy to have your help, in fact I think that you may be able to help us, you see we heard that there have been trouble in Pendleton and I would like to see the men who have been going there recently so that I can question them myself." Roy said standing up from the table.
"Why do you want to speak to them, the matter has already been resolved and the General won't be to happy with you if you interfere too much here." Drake said looking worried. Roy gave her a stern look.
"Why? Is the General hiding something?" Roy asked looking into her eyes.
"No it's just that he doesn't really like you and if he finds out that I have been going behind his back then he won't be happy. He may even try to demote me or worst." Roy sighed.
"Don't worry I don't intended to get you into trouble, I just won't to get their side of the story that's all." Roy reassured her putting his hand on her shoulder. "Now where are the men so that I can speak to them." Drake led Roy to where two men where checking the weapons to make sure that they where all right to use. When they saw Drake walk into the room they stood up and saluted looking nervous.
"General Mustang these are two of the men that have been send to Pendleton to check on the civilians there." Drake said, Roy approached the two men. "What are your names?" Roy demanded.
"I'm Captain Stuart Bailey Sir." Replied the first man who have dark brunette hair and green eyes.
"And I'm Major Dean Pearce Sir." Replied the other man who had blonde hair and blue eyes.
"I would like to ask you both some questions regarding Pendleton and the reports that Central have been receiving lately." Roy said sitting down on one of the chairs and pulling out a note book and pen.
"I want to know why you where sent to Pendleton?" Roy said looking at the two men.
"We where sent there because of the town being so close to Creta, the General is worried that even though they signed a treaty with us they may try to sneak in and try to do something." Dean said. "We would patrol around the town and ask people if they have seen anything suspicious. Two weeks ago us and another two soldiers where sent to the town like normal, we patrolled one side of the town and they where patrolling the other. At the end of the day we had finished our shift and swapped with two others and headed to the inn there to get some food like we would normally do. When we got there the other two soldiers weren't there, but we presumed that they where running a little late. We sat playing a game of cards when the soldiers that would normally cover their shift came running into the inn panicked, when we asked them what was wrong they said that they had found the other two soldiers dead." Continued Stuart.
"Is this why the soldiers have been causing trouble around the town?" Breada asked the two. "Yes the two soldiers where found near a river bank that leads to an old farm. We have asked people about the farm but all that they would say is that the person that lived there had died many years ago and they don' t know of anyone else living up there." Dean replied.
"How where the soldiers killed?" Roy asked.
"We don't know we never saw the bodies. You will have to go and ask Piper down at investigations." Stuart answered.
"General Mustang is this really necessary, General Hakuro have been sending people there to investigate the matter. Shouldn't you just conduct your inspection and head back to Central with your report." Colonel Drake said causing the two soldiers to stare at her.
"Of course you would say that, you and General Hakuro are in this together, that's why you want the General to go away, so that you can..."
"How dare you speak to a superior like that, I could have you court marshalled for that." She shouted at them, but the two men just smirked at her. "Well go a head then, I'm sure that they would love to hear all about it." They said.
"Enough of this, Lieutenant Colonel don't you forget that I am your superior here and I will not have you standing in the way of my investigation." Roy said staring daggers at her. "Now you have two choices number one: you help me or two: you leave me to do the job that I was sent here to do." Drake glared at him.
"I will help you with your inspection but not your investigation, as far as we are concerned there is no investigation that Central needs to get involve in, we have it under control." Drake said, Roy sighed. "I wasn't just sent here to do an inspection..."
"We know, but the General doesn't trust you. He feels that this is his area of command and he doesn't want anyone coming in and stealing his glory." Drake said looking away from him.
"OK but let me ask one more question, have you ever seen a group of people walking around in black robes?" Roy asked.
"Umm let me think...yes I have but I just thought that they where priests or something as they where going into the church." Stuart said remembering the suspicious people but thought nothing of it.
"The same group of people attacked us as we where leaving the town, the leader of the group called herself Dove." Roy said, Drake looked surprised at him. "Are you sure?"
"Yes we are." Havoc replied for the General.
"Then we shall send someone there to investigate at once, I need to tell the General right away." She said before running out of the door. Roy turned and looked at Havoc.
"I want you to go and listen in to what she tells him, try not to get caught." He ordered, Havoc saluted.
"Breada can you go down to the investigation department and find out how those soldiers died, I will go about with the 'inspection' and meet you at the cafeteria when we have finished." Havoc and Breada left the room to do as Roy had asked as Roy spoke to the to soldiers. "Tell me everything you know about the situation in Pendleton." He said sitting in front of the two men.
Havoc went to General Hakuro's outer office and looked inside to see if anyone was in there, lucky for him the office was empty so he went in and put his ear to the door to listen in to what Drake was saying to Hakuro.
"You left him alone so that he could ask his questions, what where you thinking he could ruin everything." Hakuro said angrily.
"But I-I needed t-to tell you what I f-f-found out, it has to be in t-the town, why el-else would the group that Mustang spoke of be there." Drake said, she sounded almost scared like she was afraid of Hakuro or something.
"You disobeyed a direct order, now not only do we have those sword wielding maniacs to worry about but Mustang as well." Hakuro reprimanded his voice as cold as ice as he is he spoke to her. There was the sound of skin hitting skin making Havoc flinch, he never thought that Hakuro would hit a subordinate.
"I-I'm sorry S-Sir it won't happen again." She asked, her voice shaking.
"Make sure that it doesn't, now we need to send more soldiers into the town, we know that the idol is there we just have to keep asking until someone caves and tells us where there hiding it." Hakuro replied. Havoc frowned, what is it that they are looking for? And why is it so important?
"N-not to be disrespectful Sir, but I-I don't th-think that will work. S-some of the men are al-already starting to g-get suspicious with your orders." Drake said with fear in her voice.
"And what do you recommend?" Hakuro asked is voice emotionless and cold.
"I was th-thinking that w-we could use M-M-Mustang whilst he is here, hi-his flame alchemy may come i-in handy, not to m-mention that he may be able to convince the t-towns people to help us." Drake said, Havoc didn't like the sound of this. What were they up to?
"All right we will do it you way, but don't let him find out too much about what we are doing we don't want him going back to Central and telling the Fuhrer, I have worked to hard to have him ruin it for me now." Hakuro said dismissing her, upon Drake being dismissed from the office Havoc got up and ran out of the office so not to be seen. He started walking again when he turned a corner so not to look suspicious. 'I have to tell the General.' He though heading to the weapons room where he had left Roy hoping that he would still be there. He got to the room and saw that Roy had just finished talking to the two men.
"All right thank you for the information, if you find out any more let me know." Roy turned to leave to see Havoc standing in the door way. "Sir we need to talk." He said giving Roy a serious look, Roy nodded and left the room to head to the cafeteria where he said they would meet. They found a table in the corner so that they could talk in peace without someone eavesdropping.
"What did you find out?" Roy asked Havoc who looked around to make sure that no-one was around before speaking in a whisper.
"I don't know what's fully going on but I heard them talking about trying to find some idol, apparently those people that we ran into as we where leaving the town is looking for it as well." Havoc said Roy frowned he did like officers who abused their position, he had to do something about this before someone else gets hurt.
"OK at least we know now why they attacked us, when Breada comes back with hopefully more useful information we can..."
"General Mustang I see that you have finished interrogating the men." Drake said walking up to the table and saluting before sitting next to him. Havoc and Roy glanced at each other, it looked like she wasn't going to leave them alone. Drake caught the glances that they exchanged with each other, it was obvious that they didn't trust her, she had to do something to get there trust.
"Sorry General I was interpreting something wasn't I, I-I am so sorry I will leave you to continue your business." She said standing up and bowing, she turned to leave when Roy stopped her. "What happened to your cheek?" He asked noticing the mark that Hakuro had left on her left cheek. Drake looked at Roy with sorow in her eyes.
"Oh i-it's nothing, I wasn't looking where I was going earlier and bumped into a door. It's nothing to be concerned about." She said looking away from him, Roy pulled her towards him and examined the mark.
"It looks more like someone slapped you, now please tell me who did this to you." He said looking into her eyes showing that he would put up with bulling in the millatery.
"It...it was the General, he wa-was angry with me for leaving you to talk to those soldiers. He sees you as a threat and doesn't want you to..."
"Doesn't want me to what?" Roy asked. "I can't... I have already said too much, if he finds out that I have been telling you this then..."
"Don't worry I won't let him do anything to you, but I can't help you unless you tell me what's going on." Drake looked at Mustang and smiled at him.
"All right I will tell you all that I know, but not here there are still soldiers here that are still loyal to the General." She said looking around suspiciously, just as they where walking out of the room Breada walked up to them with a serious look on his face, he saw Drake with them and glared at her making her cringe. Roy noticed the look and gave him a stern expression.
"I take it you found out something?" He asked, Breada nodded not wanted to say anything in front of the Lieutenant Colonel. Roy understood Breada caution he didn't know if he should trust her either, he would have to talk to them in private at their hotel later, put first if he could get anything out of her that could help them he would. Drake guided them all to an interrogation room so that they could talk without anyone listening, they sat around the table and waited for her a start explaining her self.
"OK as you probably already know the General have been sending soldiers to the town to search for something. The General told me that it is some kind of idol, why he wants it I don't know but I think that it maybe worth a fortune." Drake explained.
"Do you know anything about this idol? Where it came from or who it may belong to?" Roy asked her, he took out his notepad and pen and was writing everything that she said down so that he could refer back to it later.
"No I have no idea where it came from though I think that those people that you ran into on the way here may have something to do with it." Drake replied, Roy questioned her some more about what he had heard before calling it a day. "OK Lieutenant Colonel we will help you, but just so that we are clear I will not take kindly to being lied to, if I find out that anything that you have told me today is a lie then I will not be happy. Understood?"
"Y-yes General I understand perfectly, I-I just hope th-that we can get all this sorted out s-so that we can start rebuilding the t-trust with the towns people again." Drake replied, Roy, Havoc and Breada left to go to their hotel. In their room Roy sat down on his bed and asked both Havoc and Breada what they had found out.
"Well Sir when I was listening to their conversation through the door, I did hear Hakuro slap the Lieutenant Colonel." Havoc said confirming that she had been telling them the truth about the General hitting her. "The whole thing about the idol wasn't completely a lie either, she suggest to Hakuro that he using us to get the idol for them saying the 'Mustang's flame alchemy could be useful'. Though I think that the reason she said that was so that he would hit her again." Havoc said remembering the conversation that Drake and Hakuro had had in his office. Roy nodded in agreement.
"What did you find out?" Roy asked looking at Breada who pulled out his notebook with his finding in. "Apparently Piper from investigations was the one who sent the reports to Central, she said they investigated the case with the man apparently attacking those two soldiers but was blocked by Hakuro who said that he had ordered the soldiers to search the area for the people that where responsible for the murder of the two soldiers on patrol. Because the man had refused to let them in to search his home they arrested him on suspicion of either killing the two men or harbouring the people who did." Breada explained. "Also Piper told me that she had heard rumours of the General sending good men to search for an unknown item, she thinks that the General is using the soldiers deaths as an excuse to harass the towns people into given him what he is looking for." Breada said putting his notebook away, Roy sat in thought for a moment letting his brain process the information that he had just received. "Did she tell you how the two men where killed?"
"Yes Sir she said that they where stabbed to death by what could have been a dagger." Breada replied
"All right so we know that the General is looking for this idol, I think that we need to go back to Pendleton and investigate for ourselves, I want to talk to that Dove person so that we can get a better understanding of what this idol is and who it belongs to." Roy said, they went down to have some dinner and then went to bed for the night.
The next day Roy, Havoc and Breada left early so that they could catch the train to Pendleton, on the way there they where stopped by Drake. "Are you heading back to Pendleton?" She asked them, Roy nodded.
"Yes we are going to talk to this person called Dove, I want to see in she can tell us about the idol." Roy replied, Drake looked shocked. "B-But isn't that the person who t-tried to kill you before?" She asked nervously. "Yes she is but I am willing to risk that, if we can show them that we mean them no harm and that we want to help them then maybe they might give us the information we need." Roy said, he looked at her with concern. "Why don't you come with us." Roy said Drake looked away from him. "I can't what if the General gets angry with me again." She said sounding scared, Roy lifted her chin up and made her look at him. "I will not allow him to do that, you are a smart girl with a bright future, don't let Hakuro tell you any differently." Drake blushed she didn't know what to say, so instead she kissed Roy on the lips. "Thank you General, I will do my best." They continued to walk to the train station unaware that someone had been watching them.
When they got to Pendleton they noticed that the streets where a lot quieter then when they where there the day before. "Where is everyone?" Havoc questioned. They kept on walking until they heard people shouting and what sounded like a fight, Roy put on his gloves as they walked towards the scene. There in front of them was four soldiers surrounding Dove who had her blades out ready to defend herself, the four men moved closer to her raising there guns ready to shoot her, Dove swung her blades and knocked the guns out of the men's hands, she thought that she was safe until one of the men grabbed her from behind holding her so that the other three men could do what they wanted to her. Roy could see what the men had in mind for the captive, angry with what he had seen he stepped forward and snapped his fingers causing fire to erupted above their heads. Scared of what might happen the man let go of Dove and looked for the person who had interpreted their fun.
"What do you think you are doing?" Roy demanded, the men looked at Roy with scared eyes, they had recognised him and was afraid of having their heads blown of.
"We where trying to arrest this woman on suspicion of the murder of Sergeant Smith and Jones." One of the men said, Roy frowned at them causing them to cringe in fright.
"Really, it looked to me that you was harassing the woman. Do you have proof to your claims?" Roy asked. "No Sir but we where ordered by General Hakuro to arrest anyone that looked suspicious for questioning." One of the other men said hoping that Roy would leave them if he knew that it was an order.
"The General ordered you to come and harrass innocent people?" Drake asked walking towards the men.
"How do you know that she is innocent? Who else could have stabbed Smith and Jones to death?" The third man asked her suspiciously.
"That is not for you to know, all you need to know is that she didn't kill them." Drake said standing her ground.
"All right, you heard the Lieutenant Colonel. Now leave her allown and go back to your posts." Roy said, the four men glared at Drake.
"Not until the Lieutenant Colonel explains how she knows that she didn't kill them are you working with them is that it?." They asked raising there guns. Roy stepped in front of Drake and raised his right arm with his fingers ready to snap.
"Don't you even think about it, now go back to your posts." Roy threatened, the four men put they guns away and went back to there posts like they had been ordered to. As they walked by them drake heard one of the men mutter "This isn't over traiter."When the men had gone Roy walked up to Dove and helped her up. "Are you all right miss?" He asked her with a smile.
"Thanks for that, though I could have gotten out of it by myself." She said picking up her blades and putting them away. She went to leave when she was stopped.
"We need to talk to you." Roy said, Dove gave him a curious look. "What about? I'm sure that your friend there could give you the answers you seek." She said glaring at Drake who looked away from her. Roy turned to her and gave her a questioning look. "What haven't you been telling me?" He asked her. "I'm sorry I was going to tell you, I was just afraid that the General might find out and hurt me again." She said tears welling up in her eyes. Roy gave her a reassuring hug. "Like I told you, I will not let him hurt you any more. So please tell us who killed those two soldiers?"
"It was the two soldiers that said that they had found their bodies, General Hakuro had ordered them to kill them and to make it look like someone else had done it. He know that your people would be coming to look for the idol."
"So he thought that he could frame us for their murder." Dove said finishing what Drake was saying.
"I'm so sorry, when I saw what those men where going to do to you I had to say something I don't want any more innocent people dying because of his greed." Drake said. "Please I want to help you I'm tired of watching as he keeps distroying these peoples lives."
"All right I will take you to see Kiba." She said, Drake bowed she guided them to a church where she went into a secret passage. They came to a large door with to doors with two guards standing in front of them. The guards glared at them as they approached the door.
"Hon'in gozen korede dzuki to-ku motte Kiba." She said to the guards. They bowed there heads and allowed Dove to go in but stopped Roy and his men from entering.
"Senpou motte touhou." She said to the guards, they looked at her for a minute before letting them follow her. "Was that Xinginese?" Breada asked her as they followed her to where it is that they are taking them. "Yes, we are from Xing but I will let Kiba explain everything to you." They carried on walking until they came to what looked like a giant hall. They walked up to a man that was wearing a long black cloak like Dove.
"Gashi Kiba." Dove said bowing her head to show respect. "Gashi, izure korera minshuu?" He asked her pointing to Roy, Havoc, Breada and Drake. "Korera tonogata nozoite touhou." She replied Roy and the others looked confused, Dove turned to them and smiled. "Don't worry I just explained to him that you saved my life." She said seeing the looks that they where given them. Kiba bowed his head to show his gratadude.
"Thank you for saving Hato." He said surprising them because he had spoken to them in Amestrian. "My name is Kiba in your language it means Fang, and you have already met Dove. Now please tell me, why have you come here?" He asked them, Roy bowed his head in a sign of respect so not to seem rude. "My name is Roy Mustang, I am a General in the Amestrian millatery and I would like to try and help you with you problem." Roy said, Fang thought about this. "Why would you want to help us?" He asked him curious.
"Because I once knew a Xinginese man who help me and the people of this country when we where in danger of being destroyed, I owe him for what he did for us." Roy said, it wasn't a complete lie but it was something to help him gain their trust.
"Who is this man who saved you?" Fang asked, Roy looked up at him. "His name is Lin Yao." Roy replied, everyone in the room started talking all at once. Fang Raised his hand to silence everyone. "You know our Emperor?" He said, Roy smirked it looked like Lin managed to reach his goal. "Yes I do, he is a friend of ours." Roy replied, Drake look at Roy with surprised. "You are friends with the Xing Emperor?" She asked amazed
"In that case I am happy to except your help, with you helping us we will be able to find the idol and return it to Xing."
"Does this idol belong to the Emperor?" Roy asked, Fang nodded. "Yes it was given to him by a man who said that it came from Xerxes. The man had golden hair and eyes and looked just like the Western sage from out tails." Roy smiled it sounded like Hohenheim had given the idol to Lin before he had gone home and died.
"I know the man that you speak of his name is Van Hohenheim, he is the father of two of my friends." Roy said, Drake looked even more surprised, Roy had more powerful allias than Hakuro had thought. "So do you have any idea as to where the idol is?" He asked changing the subject, they could talk about this after they had found what they where looking for.
"We believe that when it was stolen the thief stashed it somewhere in this town, we have tried to look for it but the millatery of this country keeps getting in our way." Dove explained, they all talked about the possible places where the idol could be hidden before they went back to the town to start searching.
Roy had an idea of where to look so he went to the farm where the two soldiers had been found, they looked around the farm and came across a chest with a lock on it. "Havoc do you think that you could pick the lock?" Roy asked, Havoc wasn't the best person to ask but he had left Fuery in Central. Havoc looked at the lock. "It looks like the weather has weakened it." He said, he pulled out his gun and shot at it a few times until the lock fell off. They opened the chest and found the golden idol inside of it. Just as they took the idol out and went to walk back to the church, they saw Hakuro and his men standing in front of them with their guns pointing at them.
"I see that you found the idol." Hakuro said with an evil grin on his face. Roy stood there ready to fight and put on his gloves. "You will not have the idol, it belongs to the Emperor of Xing." Drake said, Hakuro just laughed at her. "So, it is true you did run to Mustang for help. How much did he pay you?" He asked laughing. Roy frowned. "You will leave her allow Hakuro." Roy threatened Hakuro just laughed harder. "Oh really? I wonder what you girlfriend would say about this." Hakuro said with an evil smirk. "Leave Lisa out of this." Roy shouted angry that he would try and use her as his weakness. "So it true, you are in a relationship with the Führer's granddaughter." Hakuro said, he reached into his pocket and pulled on a few photo's, one with Roy giving Drake a hug and another with Drake kissing him."I wonder what she would think if she saw these." Roy looked at what Hakuro was holding up in shock. "Now Mustang if you don't want these photo's being sent to your girlfriend I suggest that you give me the idol and arrest the girl for the murder of Smith and Jones." Roy was furious how dare he bring Lisa into this, on impulse Roy gave the idol to Dove and snapped his fingers causing Hakuro and his men to duck for cover.
"Take the idol and head back to Xing, we will deal with Hakuro and his men." Dove didn't argue, she took the idol and ran to the church, her men fighting anyone who got in there way. Hakuro glared at Roy, he thought that he would have given him the idol to save is relationship with Lisa."You traiters, how could you let that murderer get away." Hakuro shouted at them "Oh stop withthe act I already know about how you ordered those men to kill Smith and Jones." Roy said, he turned to Hakuro's men who looked like they where going to wet themselves "You will regret that Mustang." Hakuro said he ran after Dove trying to catch them, but one of her men throw a smoke bomb making it difficult for them to follow. Roy walked up behind them. "No Hakuro I believe that it will be you who will be doing the regretting." Roy said with a smirk. He left Hakuro where he was and headed to the train station, he needed to go back to Central and report into Grumman, he was sure that he would like to hear all about what the General had been doing whilst in the West. As they headed to the station they saw Dove and Fang on top of one station waiting for them. "Adiosu, Honoo Renkinjutsu." Fang said.
"Goodbye, Flame Alchemist." Dove said translating what Fang had just said. They left the roof of the station to head back home to Xing, Roy smiled he could see that Lin had some good people working under him. They waited at the station for there train to arrive, Drake stood with them she had decided to to Central with them so that she could talk to the Fuhrer about what Hakuro had been doing. "Thank you for your help General, and sorry if I might get you in trouble with your girlfriend." Drake said, Roy smiled at her. "You haven't gotten me into any trouble." Roy reassured train arrived and they got on it, Roy sat down and started writing his report so that he could hand it in as soon as he got back.
Thanks for reading, I am sorry if I wrote the Japanese sentences wrong I was working from an English to Japanese dictionary translating site. If anyone knows Japanese I would be happy for you to help with my translation. Please review.
*Kohaku - Amber
*Hon'in gozen Korede dzuki to-ku motte Kiba - I am here to talk with Fang.
*Senpou motte touhou - They're with me.
*Gashi Kiba - Greetings Kiba
*Gashi, izure korera minshuu? - Greetings, who're these people?
