To Thine Own Self Be True
Chapter 30 - A Promise Kept
Outside, a handcuffed Hawkeye is escorted away in a car, along with the Fuhrer's family. Out of nowhere, another car speeds towards them and collides head-on.
"Oh my god!"
"Help!"
The family cried as Hawkeye continues to untie her hands. Archer steps out of the speeding car.
"I need to borrow a car to head towards the Fuhrer's residence, where I believes there is an attack on the Fuhrer."
Archer looks in the car as a soldier explains that Hawkeye was the captured as the culprit. Hawkeye stares up at Archer.
"No... I've been tricked!"
Archer yells. Hawkeye finally untied her hands and jumped out of the car. As she did this, Selim runs away, heading back to the burning house. Archer and Hawkeye exchanged gunshots.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Hawkeye continued to fire at Archer. He fired back. The dodged each other's bullets until one hit Hawkeye's shoulder. She yelled in pain as she fell to one knee, holding her wound. Archer laughed and began to run off to the Fuhrer's house. Inside the house, Pride and Mustang were fighting, Mustang quickly loosing. Selim entered the area Pride and Mustang were fighting. He thanked his father and Pride hugged the boy.
"My son..."
Pride then froze. Mustang watched from his place between the flames. He began to sense something was wrong, and so did Pride.
"I'm sorry, I thought it would get damaged in the fire."
Selim took a round object wrapped in cloth out of his bag. Mustang watched in horror as the enraged Pride began to choke the boy. Mustang finally is able to pull the saber from his shoulder. It causes pain to run though his body, as the bloody weapon is extracted from his body.
"This is why I hate humans... they are so stupid!"
Pride yells as he tossed the boy at Mustang. Mustang throws the saber back at Pride. The boy crashed into Mustang and they fell to the floor. Mustang stands back up and takes the cloth from the boy's hands. He unwrapped it and revealed a skull.
"Your weakness."
Mustang smirked as he held up the skull to Pride, who at the moment is frozen with fear. Mustang took a step forward, holding the skull in his right hand. His left hand, he drew a transmutation circle on the back of his right hand using his own blood. He then begins to engulf Pride with flames, moving the skull to his left hand. Pride screams as the flames engulf his body.
"I will kill you until your dead. I don't care how many times it takes!"
Mustang is now standing tired over a puddle of his own blood. He sets the puddle aflame and tosses the skull in, then watches it dissolve. Mustang turns around and sees the boys out cold on the floor. As much pain he is in, he picked up the boy and begins to walk outside. Outside, Mustang is confronted by Archer. Hawkeye comes running up a few minutes later and shoots Archer in the back.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG! BANG!
Archer finally falls to the ground, dead. She stands wounded and tired as she looks on at the burning building. Then, she sees Mustang lying lifeless in a puddle of his own blood.
"ROY!"
She ran up to him and collapsed on her knees next to his body. She started to shake him, tears forming in her eyes.
"Roy... Damn it! Colonel answer me! Roy Mustang... answer me!"
She collapsed atop of him and began to cry. He's not waking up. She leaned back and stared at his body. He was cold. She quickly stood up, despite the pain in her arm. She needed to get away. Get help. Something. As she turned to leave she felt something on her leg. Her head quickly turned around and looked down to see his hand grasping her leg tightly.
"R...Riza..."
Hawkeye fell back to her knees.
"Roy..."
"Hey..."
Mustang tried to smile, and Hawkeye did smile.
"I made it out... I came back..."
Hawkeye smirked and made a small chuckle.
"Is that all you think of?"
She took his hand into her's and held it tightly.
"When it's a promise... yeah..."
Hawkeye smiled and pushed a strand of his hair from his face. He was badly beat up, on of his eyes was bleeding and the other was longing. He placed his hand on her arm and used her to assist him in sitting up. Once sitting, he leaned in and kissed her lips. She could taste his blood in her mouth but didn't care. He was alive. Soon, lights and sirens could be heard as emergency trucks pulled up.
A month later, Hawkeye is sitting next to a large bed carving an apple. Her hair was down and she was wearing a black mini skirt and white blouse. In the bed laid a sleeping Mustang who was bandaged up. A large eye patch rested over his left eye.
"R...Riza...?"
Hawkeye lowered her knife to see Mustang waking up.
"Sir, you're okay."
She smiled and continued to cut the apple.
"I guess..."
He reached up and felt the eye patch.
"You've been sleeping since... since...-"
Mustang took her hand in his, stopping her from cutting the apple.
"And...?"
"Well, allot has changed... Central Headquarters is back to normal. With the passing of Bradley, a new government quickly rose. The state military has given all political decisions to a national assembly..."
Mustang began to sit up.
"I guess allot has changed..."
"Your now known as Brigadier General Roy Mustang..."
"Thats nice..."
Mustang doesn't seam too pleased, but he's just glad he's alive.
"I'm sorry sir..."
Mustang, finally sitting, looks over at her with concern.
"For what?"
"For not getting there in time to save you..."
She put the apple and knife down in her lap. Mustang lifted his hand and ran it though Hawkeye's hair. She stared at her.
"Riza...nothing is perfect, the world is incomplete... and that is why it's beautiful."
Hawkeye stared at him. At her feet, Black Hayate woke up from his nap and wagged his tail. He listened for a few moments, then fell back asleep. Hawkeye looked away from Mustang for a moment, but when she felt his hand gently touch her face, she turned back. He smiled at her and she attempted a smile.
"Anyway... are you still in the military?"
"Yes... I'm a Lieutenant Colonel now."
"Thats good, you rose though the ranks."
"Yes..."
"Um... when can I leave?"
"When your healed... sir."
Hawkeye then took a piece of apple and shoved it in his mouth. His one eye widened at this action but then began to chew. He was really hungry...
"Where am I?"
"My house sir, the one in Eastern."
"Oh... sorry to be a ...-"
"It's okay sir, it's the least I can do."
Hawkeye began to carve the apple again. That night, Hawkeye sleep on the sofa and Mustang took the bed. While sleeping Mustang dreamt about Hawkeye.
DREAM
Mustang and Hawkeye are walking down a crowded street full of vendors. Mustang is using a cane to walk and he is also holding Black Hayate's leash. Hawkeye is a few feet ahead looking at some apples. She bends over to talk to the lady and then turns back at him smiling. He smiled back at her as she pushes her hair behind her ear.
END DREAM
Mustang woke up the next day to an empty house. He got from the bed and found a cane next to the closet. It had his name on it, and he figured it was from the hospital. He walked from the room and relised Hawkeye was gone. He looked on the door and found a note...
"Gone to work, please stay put. Will be home around 2000 hours. Make yourself at home. Signed Hawkeye."
A/N - Let me cry for a moment (milk-like tears) Roy is hurt! NOOOOOoooooo...
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