One Big Military Family

Author's Note: This is my very first on going Royai fic! I had a lot of random ideas for how I wanted to do so I hope it actually turns out decent. I actually got the idea before seeing episode 25 and I liked how it turned out so much I decided to keep the first chapters the way they were and I'll figure things out from there. There are only a few spoilers I actually know of cuz I'm relying on the Adult Swim schedule, so go easy on me.

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or the characters. I just like writing fics about 'em. :)

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Chapter 28- Let the Investigations Begin!!

When Mustang's sisters had left, Roy seemed to be more than pleased. No, they could not handle his son and it seemed that because of this, they decided that telling embarrassing stories about their little brother would just make things so much better. Riza tried to keep from laughing at her husband as he would sit in the ultimate disgruntled manner, glaring at his older sisters, but when Edward and Alphonse were in the room, someone was going to overreact and make the stories funnier than they actually were. Now there was a strange kind of silence about the office, despite the fact Lee was there.

Havoc had gone off to, more than likely, visit that girlfriend of his, Winry had gone to see her grandmother, bringing along Al, while Ed stayed behind and ended up sent on a mission in the process. Riza and Fuery came walking into the office with Black Hayate, both carrying Roy's workload. Riza frowned when she saw her husband acting as though there was nothing to be done. Lee was on the other side of the office sleeping on the couch. She made her way over and dropped the documents onto his desk, glaring at the confused man.

"So tell me, General, why you feel there is nothing important to be done today and you feel you can just lounge about." She said. Roy looked at her and his confused look was replaced with an innocent grin as he leaned back in his seat.

"Relax Riza, I've got everything under control. We're just waiting for Havoc to call in." he said, nodding over at his subordinates, who were quick to make themselves look busy when their commanding officer's wife had entered the room. Riza looked over at them men and frowned a little.

"I'm sure Havoc will make sure to get back to you by tomorrow if anything. It is a long ride." She said, looking at her husband expectantly. Roy stared at his wife blankly for a moment before letting out a sigh and nodding, sitting straight in his seat.

"So, what's all of this you've got there? Not damage reports from Fullmetal again, I hope." He said with a sigh as he flipped open one of the folders. He couldn't understand how that boy could cause so much destruction to not only property or himself so often and still be alive. Mustang actually half expected the thick folder to contain the blonde alchemist's hospital bill.

"Actually, it's reports of mysterious sightings and disappearances. Apparently they can't seem to figure out any reasoning behind them over in Eastern." Riza explained. Roy frowned a bit as he flipped through the folder before reaching and grabbing another.

"There is absolutely nothing in common with these reports… Their all random." He said, narrowing his eyes.

"Exactly. That's why these reports were sent to us." She then moved around the folders on the desk. "South, North, East, West, Central and even some small towns have been making reports of friends vanishing or spotting something strange before the disappearance occurs." Breda, Fuery, and Falman all looked at their commanding officer expectantly.

"Havoc is in Southern. We'll have him look into it then." instructed Roy after a moment of silence. "Edward will have to be contacted and we'll send Alphonse to where he is. Breda, I want you and Fuery to gather your things. You're going North." He informed as he stood.

"Yes sir." The men responded as they quickly stood to their feet and saluted before making their way out of the office.

"Falman, get a hold of Hughes for me. When you're done, find Ross and Borsh. You'll be going with them to Eastern." He said. Falman nodded and quickly made his way out. Roy then looked over at his wife. "It looks like we'll be making a trip to Risembol. Someone needs to watch the little man for us." He said. Riza glanced over at their sleeping son.

"It will take too much time away from the investigation. We need to find someone who can at least take him for us." She informed.

"But who can we trust enough with him…"

"Good afternoon General! Colonel." Boomed a cheerful voice and the couple turned to look at the glittery mass of muscle and cheerfulness known as Armstrong. Roy glanced over at his wife and raised an eyebrow in a suggestive manner. Riza looked between her son and Armstrong a few times before giving a slight nod. Roy nodded and turned to the man, despite the worried feeling that was coming over him.

"Armstrong is going to hate us when this is over…" Riza muttered to herself as her husband cheerfully gave the man a new mission involving transferring his son to Rizenbol.


Havoc huffed miserably to himself as he dropped his bags at the door and turned to his girlfriend, who smiled back at him sympathetically. He had just gotten the call from his commanding officer assigning him on an investigation, so she understood that he was going to have to cut his lovely little visit short this once. He was a military man after all. "I'm sorry… I'll make it up to you when this is all over though." He informed. She just smiled and shook her head in an understanding manner.

"It's part of your line of duty. I can't stop you after all." She said and leaned towards him, giving him a soft kiss. "You be safe, ok." Havoc smiled and nodded his head, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek before slinging his bag over his shoulder and walking towards town. When he was far enough, he allowed his shoulders to sag.

"There is no way this is fair." He whined, a waterfall of tears flooding from his eyes and down his cheeks as he sulked his way into town. A few people that watched the civilian dressed solider pass by looked at him strangely but otherwise minded their own business. There was no reason for the young man to be so miserable in their eyes, but then again they would be miserable too if they were pulled from their little vacation to do an investigation they knew very little about.


Breda stared grumpily out of his window while Fuery flipped through the report folder that had been handed over to them before they were released. They were on the train to Northern now and had packed up all sources of warmth before hand. Breda began grumbling to himself. "I can't believe he's sending us into the artic." He muttered bitterly. Fuery looked up from the report and sighed.

"It shouldn't be too bad. After all, there will be someone up there waiting for us ready to take us straight to shelter." He provided. Breda sat up straight in his seat and looked over at his younger companion.

"Don't you get it, Kain. We're being sent to a giant glacier. We have to spend more time out in the freezing ice and snow interrogating people over sitting in front of a nice cozy fire." He complained. Kain looked down sheepishly at the instructions that Mustang had handed over to him before they left.

"Yeah, but we're suppose to be meeting Armstrong's sister…"

"Whoa wait!!!" Fuery looked up and blinked in confusion when he saw Breda looking back at him with shinning eyes. "You're telling me that Armstrong has a sister we're staying with in Northern?" he asked anxiously. Fuery nodded his head slowly and Breda seemed to go from angry and annoyed to anxious. "This trip may not be too terrible after all."