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Chapter Ten - Progress

Just like every other day, there was work to be done the next morning. Ed was at work on time, arriving in the interrogations department with Havoc at around eight in the morning. They got the room number where their suspect would be waiting, and they made their way down the hall. With the exception of the two soldiers, the hallway was unusually empty. It kind of creeped Ed out. Hacing thoughts he'd rather not remember, he slightly trembled and wrapped his arms around himself, following Havoc.

"Nervous?" The older blonde asked.

"A little," Ed replied, "But I think I'll be fine."

"Good." Havoc replied, and then they reached their destination. "Let's play good cop, bad cop."

Ed raised an eyebrow, "Bad cop?" He asked.

"Rock paper scissors?" Havoc offered.

"Go." Ed agreed.

They played two out of three. Havoc won. "You're good cop this time." He said with a smirk.

"Whatever, Jean, I'll get you back." Ed replied, and then Havoc opened the door and he followed him in. Joking aside, he was still pretty nervous, but he remembered what Roy said the night before and he mentally told himself he'd be fine. This would be over before he knew it.

"Good morning." Havoc greeted the suspect, "I'm Second Lieutenant Jean Havoc, and I'm sure you're familiar with Major Edward Elric already, so let's just get down to business here..."

Ed started to let his mind wander once again as Havoc began firing off questions and recieving answers just as quickly. Clearly he wouldn't be needed for quite a while. He was pulled out of his thoughts only when Havoc began screaming and he slammed his fist down on the metal table so loud Ed thought it was broken. He jumped up slightly, eyes widening, before he calmed down and decided that now was the time to act.

"Now, Havoc, that's not the way to learn anything." He inturrupted, his calm voice inturrupting the shouting in an almost authorative manner. "You don't have to be so rude all the time." He added, then turned to the suspect. "Now, how about we get Havoc out of here, and you can explain what's going on to me. I'll listen to whatever you have to say."

Within the hour, Ed left with enough information to convict over five men, and a story about one of the largest drug rings Central's seen in decades.