SL-Thank you for the reviews! This is my second fic and I really wasn't expecting any response! Thank you!
Nightfallshadow- heres the next chapter!
Aeroths Rider- I'm glad you like it. Don't worry, Roy's in this chapter.
Crimsionshadow-I'll work on it. Constructive criticisms smiled upon.
Priestess kurumi inu's sister- Yes I did sort of torture poor Edo. Oh well. Glad you like the fic
I don't own FMA never will. On with the fic!
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"My daughter had her first ballet recital yesterday! She was magnificent playing that tree! She stole the whole show away with her cuteness and talent!" Hughes eyes sparkled with joy, "I wish you could've seen it! Don't worry! I used three rolls of film on it! You'll get to see my little star in the making…"
"Lieutenant colonel Hughes. I did go. Remember, you kidnapped me from my office and tied me to the theater chair." Colonel Mustang said with annoyance over the phone as he recalled three torturous hours of watching children forgetting their ballet dances and their teacher weeping in the background. From afar Riza feared Roy would crack the phone in half.
"But you didn't see the finally! You should have seen how cute Elysia was as she shyly excepted her bouquet…"
"The only reason I didn't see the finally was because by then the rescue team found me. Now could you please tell me…WHY'D YOU CALL WHILE I'M AT WORK!" Roy yelled while slamming his hand down on his paper-flooded desk.
"What a coincidence! I'm at work too!" Roy was wondering if there was a way to fry someone over the phone with alchemy. He'd have to research that.
"Hughes, unless it's important, stop using the military line!"
"Well actually the reason I called was because there's a rumor there's some crazy guy that's been murdering certain family members of alchemists."
"You've actually caught my interest, continue."
"Well it seems he's particularly after children. There's bean five victims total. Three children, a thirty year old woman and a seventeen year old girl."
"Great. We have another scar running around."
"I have to say he's a lot less messy then scar. Ever death is different depending on the resources found around the place of death. There's one thing in common though… They're all related to alchemists. However this is wear it gets kind of weird. The alchemist related to the victims…none are, or ever were, related to the military in any way." Over the phone Roy could here a gun being cocked.
Hughes had fire burning in his eyes as he held a machine gun readily in hand, "If that got within distance of my family I'd personally tear his face off and feed it to Black Hayate!" Roy sweatdropped.
"Well since he's not after military officials I'm sure your family is safe." Suddenly Havoc peaked through the door.
"Bad news. The squirts in the hospital."
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Edward was having a nice dream. He was ten stories tall and he was about to step on Colonel Mustang when…
He fell off the hospital bed, "Ow…"H groaned while climbing back up. HE looked around to see he was in a small white room. The only thing that really stood out was his red coat, which hung on a rack a few feet away. The place was immaculately clean and smelled strongly of sterilizers. He put two and two together.
"I'm in a hospital…" he put his hand on his forehead feeling bandages there.
"BROTHER!" A giant suite of armor slammed through the door. It was none other then Edward's younger brother Alphonse who looked like he wanted to cry in joy… As much as a suite of armor could anyways
"GAAAAHHHHH!" He screamed in surprise of Al's entrance.
"You're finally awake! When you didn't get back I went to look for you! I found you lying unconscious in the alley, and carried you all the way to the hospital!" Suddenly memories flooded back to Edward.
"Al! What happened to the girl!" Alphonse looked down.
"She was dead."
Edward looked down sadly. He clearly remembered her dying face and her dull brown eyes going limp.
"I'm sorry nisan. What happened?"
"I was trying to get back when I heard something. I went to check it out and she was just lying there. She was alive when I got to her. She grabbed my hand and…" Edward pauses and looked at his hand. It had a dull throb and was covered in bandages. He ripped the bandages off and was surprised at what he found.
Embedded in his palm was a relatively small, flat, clouded, dark blue stone no bigger than a quarter. Al looked at it in surprise too.
"What is that?" He asked in confusion. Edward tapped the stone with his metallic hand. He then started shaking his hand up and down to see if the stone would fall out. It stayed put. In annoyance he clapped his hands together then set two of his metallic fingers on the stone. There was a flash of light. But something Edward didn't intend to, happened.
There was a flash of blue and the whole wall behind him shattered like glass and fell to the floor. Edward and Al watched slack jaw where the wall used to be. A surprised nurse, who was changing a patients IV, turned around from the room behind them and stared.
Edward jumped out of the bed and grabbed his jacket off the coat rack, "time to go Al!" He said as hurriedly exited the room.
They were in the hall as Al pleaded his brother to get back in bed. Edward was deep in thoughts.
'Why'd my alchemy do that?' was the overriding thought in his mind. The more he thought about it… that wall that cracked in the alley. Did he do that? He was drawn out of it when he heard…
"Meow!" Ed slowly turned around to face his brother. Poor Al just stood there in fear.
"Al… Is there a cat in your Armour?"
"No! Cat? What Cat? Of course not!" suddenly a scratching noise was heard inside the Armors body followed by another "meow".
"I TOLD YOU, YOU COULDN'T KEEP THE KITTEN!" Edward steamed.
"BUT SHE WAS ALL ALONE IN THE COLD DARK ALLEY! I had to help it! Can't I keep her?"
"NO! YOU CAN'T KEEP IT! PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND HIM!" Ed looked around to see Al was gone. He looked to see his metal brother running in the distance.
"WAAAHHH! BROTHER, YOUR INHUMANE!" He cried. The poor kitten was rattling inside of him.
"STOP RUNNING! YOUR MAKING ME FEEL BAD FOR IT!" Edward called chasing after his brother through the hospital corridors.
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"Isn't it just like him cause me more paperwork," Mustang grumbled in the back of the truck as he filled out some medical files of Eds. He looked up from his work, "so do you mind telling me exactly what happened Hawkeye?"
"Edward was found by his brother unconscious in an alleyway," Riza Hawkeye said as she took the forms Roy finished and straightened them, "When al found his brother he also found the corps of a little girl." Roy looked up in surprise.
"What was the cause of death?"
"Apparently Fatal head injuries. From the looks of it she fell from quite a height." Roy cupped his chin with his thumb and stared to stare out the window.
"When we get to the hospital I need to get Hughes on the phone." The truck they were in slowed down.
Roy and Riza got out of the car and walked through the doors of the hospital. It was at that moment a crash was heard and a suite of armor burst from the hall. He ran right past Roy and Riza. Mustang could've sworn he saw two thick streams of water from the armors eyes.
"AL! YOU CAN'T KEEP IT!" Edward thundered out the door after the armor. A frantic nurse chased after him yelling for him to go back to bed. Edward started feeling light head and he fell face forward at Roy's feet.
"I see your feeling better Fullmetal."
"Just…shut…up," Edward said while clawing the rug with one hand.
"Edward, you shouldn't over exert yourself," Hawkeye looked down at Edward.
"I'm…just winded." Edward mumbled as Hawkeye helped him up.
"You do realize Al doesn't have lungs," Roy began.
"Yeah and?"
"He has infinite stamina and can't get fatigue like you." Edward stared blankly, "Well I'm glad to see you're on your way to recovery Fullmetal. Hawkeye please escort him to his room. If you excuse me I have to find a phone.
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"Hello?"
"Hughes? This is Colonel Mustang calling. Sorry to inconvenience you on your day off but I need you to…"
"Oh! You called just in time! Elysia's helping Gracia bake a cake! She soooo cute and…Ope! She got some chocolate on her nose! Hang on sweetie! Let daddy wipe that off for... Wait! Photo opportunity! Where'd I put that camera…"
"HUGHES!" Mustang screamed through the phone clearly scaring the hell out of many people in the surrounding area.
"OW! Direct hit to the eardrum! If I go def you're paying for my hearing aide!" Hughes said with a huff.
"I need you to come to Ayer."
"Why?"
"Because you're my intelligence agent!" Roy was getting aggravated, "There's been a possible victim of your cloaked man…"
"Eclipse."
"What?"
"He's going under the name of eclipse. Apparently he has a large crescent moon shaped scar on the palm of his hand. Besides, he couldn't be the cloaked phantom forever."
"Either way, you need to come to Ayer to get information. There's been a mysterious death of a young girl. Al found her when he was looking for his brother. I want to know who she is, where she's from, and why she may have been a target."
"Yessir. Oh yeah! How's Edo? Will he get out of the hospital soon? I know he hates those places."
"He's awake and regaining his energy. He had enough to chase Al though the building. How'd you know he was in the hospital?"
"I'm you intelligence agent remember?" he said with a smirk.
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Yay! This is fun to write! Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated as is constructive criticism. Like before, the good ol' flame alchemist will burn flamers! See ya next chapter.