Hehehehe… so the saga continues….

BTW, Ed is so evil…

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Family

Chapter 14: Rivals Meet Again Alas

The next following morning, Mika went to Colonel Elric's office for her report.

"So, by the looks of this paperwork… I must say that your mission remained successful…" Edward said gently setting the paperwork on his desk glancing up at the nervous Mika.

"Th-thank you, sir!" Mika croaked.

Ed squinted his eyes. "Say, by the way, where has Gabe ran off to?"

"We split up to look for the chimera, and I haven't seen her since.." Mika answered disappointedly.

Ed stroked his chin with his index finger. "Really? You don't say…"

Then, unexpectantly, Gabriella came in the office softly shutting the door behind her. Mika pouted. "Gabriella! Where were you!"

Gabe walked up next to Mika stroking her hair black back. "Long story.." she said quietly.

Ed smirked. "You're late, Mustang. That goes off your paycheck.."

"Whatever…"

Ed leaned more to his desk. "So, do you mind telling me why you're so late, Mustang?"

"………….."

The blonde scoffed. "Ha! It's no use asking… you'll never know what goes on in a Goth's head…"

The black-haired girl twitched. Mika jumped up startingly. One thing that Mika does know about her is that she hates being called a Goth.

Gabe grew a cool grin. "So, you want to know why I was late, eh?" She finally replied. "Well, let's just say I had a long-time no see get-together with my dad… And I bet you had some sort of acquaintance with him?"

Ed laughed. "Don't be silly! If this is your way of slithering out of this, you've got another thing coming! Your daddy has been dead and always will be; end of story!"

"You don't believe me?" said Ed's superior. "How about I come and bring him here just to prove it to you…"

The Colonel choked. "YOUR JOKING?"

"Colonel, Colonel… Another fine trait of me is to never joke.." Gabe said coolly putting her hands in her pockets.

"B-but!"

Gabe dragged Mika out of the office. "Come on, Mika, let's go…" And the two girls left Ed who started acting hysterically frantic.

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Roy sat on his couch looking out in the peaceful view. He sipped his coffee.

"Aah… it's so tranquil…" He said to himself looking down at his reflection in his coffee cup. "I wonder….. where is Hawkeye now…"

Knock Knock!

Roy perked up his head and looked up at the door. He then set his coffee down and walked over to answer the door.

"Hey, dad.." sad Gabe.

"Ah, it's you," Roy turned to Mika. "And…"

"This is Mika, my partner." Gabe introduced.

"Hi!" She chirped.

"Uh-huh.. Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"Grab your coat, we're leaving."

Roy blinked.

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Meanwhile, Mika, Gabriella, and Roy traveled all the way back to Central.

"What are we doing here?" Roy said looking around the halls. It's been so long since he's been in Central.

Gabe smirked. "I want you to meet the Colonel…"

"Oh.." he said disappointedly. After all that hard work of being in the top, he suddenly just lost it all. Then again, he was curious of whom the Colonel would be.

Finally, the gang stopped. "Here we are…" Gabe said standing in front of the office door. When she opened it, she pushed Roy inside. "Hey, what was that—"

Roy turned to see Edward in his chair. They stared and stared and stared.

Gabe smiled. "Well, me and Mika have a lot of errands to do, so I'll just leave you to catch up!"

"Wait a minute!"

Too late, Gabe already slammed the door, leaving Roy alone with his rival.

Mika walked next to Gabe down the halls. "Hey, Gabey-chan.. do you think they'll be okay in there by themselves?"

"I highly doubt it."

Gabe smiled. For once she was in a happy mood.

"Come on, let's go get some ice cream that you wanted."

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MEH! Sorry if I ended it so quickly. I didn't feel like writing how Roy and Ed were fighting/talking/stuff. I couldn't think of a way for how Roy would express himself… soo ya… Gomen Nasai! Ill update soon.