OK so i was very shocked to see people review the terrible last chapter, so thanks guys ^^.

I'll just leave a warning for this chapter, there is more violence than usual. I personally liked how this came out but I think it could have been longer.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa

Chapter 14

Garand hurried back to his office, his mind was still filled with the comments from the last meeting.

"Next on topic, we need to discuss the future of Major Mustang."

"He's been very diligent lately."

"Indeed, I hear he often works overtime."

"I discovered that he still manages projects over in Ishval, even though he has other priorities."

"I also heard he sends down supplies paid for from his own account."

"Yes, he seems to have improved. Maybe he is worthy of being a Brigadier General."

"But what about his relationship with Lieutenant Hawkeye?"

"I heard he's just using her."

"Yeah, that relationship is hardly serious. He'll dump her once he finds the next busty blonde."

"Let's take it to a vote then shall we? All in favour of reinstating State Alchemist Major Roy Mustang." The majority of the room raised their hands. "All oppose." A few people raised their hands including Garand.

"Then it's settled, we'll reinstate him once the paperwork has been filed. Garand and Mustang will run Eastern HQ in a partnership."

The words still echoed in Garand's head as he walked faster. He couldn't work with Mustang. If he got reinstated then his threats that he held over Hawkeye would dissolve. He would have nothing on her, and she would stay in the military poisoning the male officers. He needed to get Hawkeye and as many women to quit as possible. He had already made several quit due to offensive comments and discharging a few by catching them acting unprofessionally. However Hawkeye was harder to catch out, she acted professional in almost every situation and any slip ups that occurred weren't serious enough to be discharged for. Besides if she was discharged unreasonably she would probably argue her case along with the other subordinates.

He greatly disliked them as well. Garand had heard that the Mustang unit was extremely loyal to their commanding officer. He had expected that they would follow him without hesitation from the first day. But he began to see that they only answered to Mustang. Heck they obeyed Hawkeye more than they listened to him. He always saw them as idiots for not seeing that Hawkeye acted out of place, she was not an equal. She was low pathetic servant. Or she should be. By being in the military she had become a more important member of society. She could eventually climb ranks and end up commanding a whole squad of soldiers. Each one's lives depended on her decisions. However she would get them killed because she was a woman.

These deep thoughts were still in Garand's head as he entered his private office. None of the men were in the main one so he assumed that they were still running errands around HQ or could have even gone home. When he entered his office Hawkeye was there waiting for him with a small stack of paperwork. She saluted.

"General Hakuro asked me to drop these off sir, he needs them signed by tomorrow, so he can file them in Central ASAP." Garand stared at her for a second. He glanced at the paperwork on his desk but something else caught his eye. A photo frame that sat on Hawkeye's desk. He picked it up in a hurry and stared at it. She automatically moved closer to him as he did, indicating its importance.

"Why do you stay in the military?" His voice was quiet but filled with venom, his eyes still staring intently at the photo. "Is it them!" He shoved the photo in her face. It was of the whole of Mustang's unit with Hughes and Armstrong also included. His hand shook as he waved the picture, his eyes were bloodshot and cold.

"Because there's someone I have to protect." There was fire burning in her eyes.

That set him off.

The photo frame was hurled against the wall instantly shattering. A startled Hawkeye was punched in the face and then again in the stomach. The pain wracked through her body. Garand then grabbed her head and slapped her.

"You protect someone? Don't make me laugh. Women can't protect anything. The time you spent in Ishval, you call that protecting someone!" He smashed her head against the wall again.

Riza noticed the violence had escalated, he was completely insane at this moment. She had to fight for her life. After all she had been ordered not to die. As he hands snaked around her neck, her hand reached for her firearm in her back holster.

But she was too slow. Garand had drawn his sword and stabbed it directly through her hand then removed it quickly. The blood splattered the walls and the floor. He pulled off the holster and threw it in the corner like he was toying with her.

"See you can't even protect yourself." He punched her again knocking her into the ground.

She scrabbled to reach the holster. Hawkeye was fast enough to wrap her hand, despite the horrible bleeding, around the handle. She was about to turned around and shoot, but Garand stomped on her hand. She screamed as he increased the pressure on his hand.

"Let go." She didn't move, her eyes were still filled with determination.

He pushed down harder. "I said let go." His voice was low and filled with venom.

"No."

He bent low and began prying the fingers from the gun one by one with force. He grabbed the index first and pulled it away from the handle and further back then it should go. It broke with a loud crack. Hawkeye cried out in pain and Garand proceeded to do the same to the middle. When he was left with the last two fingers he merely ripped the gun from her hand as her grip had significantly weakened. He threw the gun far away.

Garand crouched low and leaned his knee into the small of Riza's back to stop her from getting up. "Being a woman makes you weak. I thought you had decided to become male officer." He dug the knee deeper causing a scream of pain to escape from her mouth, despite how hard she tried to muffle it. She flailed her arms and legs as far as they could go to land a blow, but her limbs were too short. "I have never seen a male officer wear a skirt, wear earrings, have breasts or," He undid the clip that held up her hair, he then dug his fingers into her hair and pulled. "Have hair this long."

"Let me help you with that." He bunched up her hair so it was close together. "Don't move." Using his sword he cut through her long hair. The ordeal was harder than he expect and had to try several time for a small lock to be cut. Each time Riza felt her dignity fading away. The one part of her that she had been able to chose what she did with, was being taken away by force. Part of her freedom was being taken. She fought hard but a single tear began to fall and soak the carpet. She could barely feel a thing in her body, the pain in her hand was numb, the pain from her face was numb, her ribs were numb.

Garand smashed her head against the floor one last time before standing and re-sheathing his sword. "Look at you, even after all I've said you still act exactly like a typical woman." He spat on her and kicked her in her ribs. "Does it hurt?"

She remained silent.

"I bet it does. I'll stop if you beg." He kicked her quickly in the rib. Trying to get a response from her.

"Never." She said momentarily regaining herself.

But that pissed him off more. His boot came harshly down on her cheek, crushing it. He twisted his foot and pushed harder as if he was trying to kill an ant.

By chance he looked up at the clock and slowly removed his foot. "Don't even think about telling anyone or leaving." He began to leave the room. "I'll be back after my meeting. We'll finish this later." With that he shut the door to the office and locked it before he left.

Riza lay on the floor shaking lightly, her mind was blank. She couldn't conjure up the will to stand. Instead she crawled towards the gun and pointed it directly at the door in case he came back, then stopped moving and just shook, tears not falling but the sounds of sobbing were obvious.

Kay guys who thought Garand was going to rape Hawkeye? –raises hand guiltily- I was going to make it happen first, but then I worked out Garand's character and if he did rape Hawkeye it would be extremely out of character.

Anyway I hoped you enjoyed this. Hearing your thoughts and predictions would be nice.