A/N: Wow. I am not sure where the idea for this one came up, but I'll tell you that this is a "serial" drabble. There are six parts to this drabble, if I remember correctly… so, with no further ado, enjoy part one! No pairings.

17. Tales From a Desk Phone I – Abuse and Suffering

I keep trying to plead with him, plead with my master, but he never listens! He never hears my cries of pain! I'm starting to think no one can. No one ever listens to a telephone.

Day after day, night after night, I am beaten, strangled, spit on, then slammed down back to my cradle! I almost blacked out last night after my master rather violently threw me into the desk, completely missing the cradle. I think my arm or leg or something is broken…

I cringe whenever my master comes near. He is just so big and menacing; overpowering. I've seen the way others tremble before him; I am no different. Master Roy Mustang is a bad, bad man! I've seen the way he treats his paperwork… the poor papers, they must feel so abused. He uses words they should ever have to hear when speaking to them…

And the words he shouts at me – into me – are sometimes even more terrible. Once the angry words come, then I know it's about time for me to brace myself for another vicious fall into my cradle.

It hurts so bad! I can hardly move… And all I want to do is cry. I want to be moved into a different office. I want to leave the military! I didn't ask to be enlisted in it in the first place! I want to go to some nice person's home where I will be handled and treated with love, kindness, and respect. I don't want to be under Master Mustang's control!

I try to tell his friend Riza Hawkeye how evil Master Mustang is, but she can't hear me either. She does tell Master Mustang to calm down, but it does little to help my cause. Sweet words will not heal my injured back and injured soul.

Oh no… Master Mustang is coming… He's reaching out for me… Oh, oh God! He's dialing Ed's number! That can't mean anything good! AAAAAAUUUUUGGGH! OHHHH, IT HURTS! IT HURTS! AAAAHHHHHH!

I hate being a telephone…

Reviewer Responses!

MetalWing Alchemist: Thanks! I got a thing for angst. n.n As for what I came up with next… heh. What did you think of this one:sweatdrop: I've done weirder though… :looks at Drabble 37 (not posted yet, obviously) and winces: Heh heh. Thanks for the review!

Fading Wind: Really? That was one of your favorites? Cool. :) I'm fond of it too. Thanks for the review!

TheBlondeWriter: That's okay. I know suicide, for one, thing, is… bad… and also in the fanfic world, it's a way overdone theme. I don't have very many "suicide drabbles". I know I have at least one more, though… / Sorry! Anyway, I live… farther north than Florida (not telling where though, that's nobody's business), but it's hotter than hell this summer… T.T As for Havoc drabbles, I do have a few others in my archive… not many, but I know Drabble 26 is a Havoc x ? pairing, and Drabble 33 is a Havoc one… and wow. I think that's about it. I really should write some more… Thanks for the review!

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