Welcome to the 6th chapter of my story. I've never written a story this long in my life, and its still continuing. Hope everyone has a great labor day, I know I will because I don't have to work. I'll be getting more writing done because of the break.

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA or the FMA character's. Don't sue, that's a direct order from Colonel Roy Mustang.

Now on to the story. Please review after you read, I love to hear what you guys think.

Chapter 6 - uncontrollable

Havoc turned the corner. Stopping in front of Headquarters, he turned off the car. Mustang got out on the left side. At the same time Ed got out on the right.

"I'm sorry Ed, we searched the house thoroughly. Al isn't here." Hughes stated. The mans heart ached for the blonde. Maes escorted Ed to the car they arrived in. Mustang had already returned to the car earlier.

"Good luck on the investigation, Maes" Roy said as Ed got in.

"We're going to make another run through the place. I want to make sure we haven't missed anything. Will pack up after that." Mustang nodded. Moments after Hughes shut the car door and Mustang signaled for Havoc to drive. Ed once again just stared out the window the whole ride without speaking a word. It didn't take long to reach headquarters.

Ed followed the Colonel up the steps and through the halls of the building. Hawkeye exited the lounge as the two Alchemist passed by "Sir." She began as she saluted him. Mustang motioned for Ed to continue heading to his office. Ed complied with out incident. "Is everything ok?" Riza asked "You were gone when I returned."

Walking into the dimly lit room, Ed saw a folded note sitting on Roy's desk. Ed didn't recall the note being there before. As he got closer to further exam it, he noticed it was addressed to him. Opening it, he began reading:

Fullmetal,

We have your brother hostage. If you care to see him again, come to the abandon milk factory near the east outskirts of town. Come alone or we'll kill him.

After finishing his conversation with Hawkeye, explaining roughly what Hughes had found, Mustang hurried to his office. Hearing Roy enter the room and close the door, Ed quickly stuffed the letter in his pocket. Turning on his heels, Ed made a beeline for the door. Mustang still had his hand on the knob when Ed reached him. "Just where do you think your going? We still have a matter to discuss" Ed froze in place 'Shit I almost forgot' he thought to himself 'No not now, not when I know where Al is. I cant waste time here.' Ed spat out the first thing that came to mind. Hoping it would enable him to take his leave sooner rather then later. "I won't do it any more" He stated staring Mustang square in the eyes.

Mustang let out a huff "Damn straight your not." Mustang began "I'm not going to just take your word for it though. You are going to report to my office every morning starting tomorrow." Ed's mouth dropped and his gaze followed Mustang crossed the room as the Flame Alchemist settled in his chair

"What, you can't make me do that" Ed yelled as he marched over to Mustangs desk.

"You think I can't, just watch me. You will be here at 9am every morning. The first time you're a no show, your seeing a psychologist." Mustang didn't have his normal smirk on his face. He didn't have any readable expression, other then he was serious. "That's not fair. This is none of your business anyways Mustang" Ed yelled as he slammed his hands down on the desk. "Shall I call the Psychologist now then? I'm doing this so you can save face." Mustang took to his feet. "Do you think I'm doing this because I like it Edward?" Roy was raising his voice at the boy. Ed lost the angry expression he once had. Now all that was there was shock. "You need to stop acting like a child and realize when someone's trying to help you. Not everyone is out to get you."

Mustang realized he was practically yelling. He sat down, putting his elbows on the desk, resting his head in his hands. Looking up, Mustang saw Ed was staring at him "Look Fullmetal" Mustang began trying to regain his composure "You have two choices. Be here at 9am, or taking a trip to the psychologist. Which do you want?" Ed just stared at him for a few minutes. He wasn't able to say anything at first but he knew he had to leave and save Al "I'll be here in the morning" he spat out, as he turned and left the room. Slamming the door behind him.

Ed stormed passed Hawkeye. Once he got to the hall he bolted down it and out of the building. He had wasted enough time with the Colonel. Running down the street Ed headed east.

Hawkeye opened the door a little peeking in. "Sir, do you need anything?" She was trying to be helpful. Having over heard some of the conversation, mostly the yelling parts, she knew that Roy was stressed out about something. Although from what she heard of the conversation she wasn't really sure what was going on. Shacking his head, Mustang stood up. "Its late, why don't you do home and get some rest." Grabbing his coat he passed Hawkeye "Goodnight, Lieutenant" Hawkeye nodded "Goodnight, Sir." As Roy disappeared around the corner, Hawkeye flipped off the lights and headed out.

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Ed found himself just outside of a building with a huge broken milk bottle as its sign. Walking up to the brown double doors, he looked around. There was only one or two working street lights on the block. Other then that it was extremely dark. Ed reached up and took hold of the door knob, giving it a twist, he swung the door open. Taking two steps into the darkness. The door closed behind him, causing the blond to jump. He stayed where he was, allowing his eyes to adjust to the lack of lighting. After a few minutes he could see pretty good and he walked forward.

'Is this a trap?' Ed thought, as he looked all around him. Ed was staying very aware, he didn't want to get jumped. It was enormous inside the building, and completely empty. In the distance Ed could make out a staircase. It seemed to be the only passageway in sight and as he made his way over to it, he realized the stairs lead two ways. One flight of stairs went up, and just to the left, the other set descended. 'If I kidnapped a 6' foot tall suit of armor, where would I keep him' the blonde thought 'down stairs, in a basement of some sort would be my plan' Ed took two steps down the stairs "So down it is" he whispered to himself.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs, Ed could see a single door. Moon light flooded out from the room. Taking a deep breath Ed headed in. From what Ed could tell, so far this was the only room with a window. Small and rectangle but a window nun the less. It made this room a bit brighter then the others and something in the corner caught the boys eye. It was a shinning suit of armor. "Al!" Ed squealed. He smacked himself mentally for that action as he rushed over to his brother. If he managed to sneak in here without anyone knowing, they sure as hell would know now.

"Al. Al…" Ed called as he knelt down next to his brother. "Are you alright Al?" The suit stirred a little, and life filled the armored brother. "Ed ..Ed is that you? I was so scared." Al rambled, but before Ed had time to say anything let alone unshackle his brother Al screamed "No, Ed look out"

Turning as fast as he could, a metal pole connected with his skull and blonde boy was out cold. His body lifeless on the floor. Dennis dropped the pole, just as two of his lackeys came rushing in. Ed was then shackled to the nearest wall, using the same process his brother experienced before. "Leave him alone, don't hurt him, don't you touch him" Al yelled. Dennis pulled out a syringe, as he tested the flow, he moved closer to Ed. "I said don't touch him. Leave my brother alone." Al continued. Barking orders and struggling against his restraints. Dennis crouched by Ed, tilting his neck further to the right then it already was. Exposing the boys neck, then in one swift move Dennis jammed the needle into Ed's neck. Emptying all the contents, he pulled the syringe out tossing it to the side. Al had settled down once the Alchemist stuck his brother with the needle. Dennis headed for the door. "Your dear brother is one of my pawns now." With that he was gone.

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Headquarters was busy, with the hustle and bustle of everyone rushing around. Morning had come and everyone in HQ doing their routine things. Hawkeye was filling out paper work, and havoc was attempting to light a cigarette in the office. That was until Hawkeye looked up giving him the ol 'I'm going to shoot you, don't even think about it' look. Fury rushed in with the morning coffee. Everything was normal, except for a certain Colonel who was waiting in his office watching the clock. It was now 9:48am and Roy had told himself he was going to give Ed one more minute, of course that being 48 minute ago. 'Where the hell are you Ed?' Mustang thought. "Your really pushing it? I'm a patient man, but your pushing it.' His thoughts were interrupted by Hughes barging in. Hughes strolled over to the couch and flopped down.

"Boy am I beat." Hughes began "I didn't get home till late last night. Packing up at the Dennis residence was a pain. By the time I got home, Elicia was already in bed." Hughes was rambling and Mustang wasn't paying attention "Then this morning I had to get up at 6'o clock, because we were out of milk. I'm so tired I could sleep for a year."

The man was a pro at exaggerating. If there was a medal for 'Exaggeration' it would belong to Hughes. Finally noticing Roy wasn't listening, Maes stood up "Roy?" He got no answer from the Flame Alchemist. "Roy?" Hughes said again making his way over to the other man.

A waving hand in front of Mustang's face finally snapped him out of it. "Earth to Roy. Come in Roy." Hughes joked. "Everything alright there, buddy? You look worse then I do." Mustang got up "Have you seen, Fullmetal?" he questioned. While grabbing his jacket then slipping it on.. It was fairly cold outside but that wasn't unusual for this time of year. "Ed? Nope I haven't seen him. Is there something wrong? Does this have something to do about last night?" Hughes asked. He was a very smart man, and he could tell when things were bugging his friend. Ignoring Maes's line of questioning Mustang made his way to the door "I'll be back in a little while" and with that he was gone, leaving Hughes standing alone in the empty office.

Hawkeye was out of the office and he was lucky, or she would try to stop him. Lecturing him on how there was work that needed to be completed, and how his leisurely walks could be taken at a later time. Making up and excuse, was something he wasn't up for at the moment. As he made his way out of the building and down the staircase, he reminded himself just how lucky he was that he made it out scot-free.

The military barracks was not to far away. About three blocks or so, and as Mustang made his way there to drag Ed out and beat him senseless, and eerie feeling came over him. Finally reaching the barracks Mustang located the stairway he needed and headed up. 'Ed's really going to get it for making me come all the way out here' He thought. Reaching the third floor, where Ed's room was located. He made his way down the hall until he came to a red door which read 'Edward Elric'. This is where blonde and his brother would stay anytime they were in Central. This was the only place the brothers had to call home. Mustang banged on the door, then waited. When nothing happened, he banged again on the door, waiting and listening for any movement in the room. Any sign that Ed realized he was late for his appointment and was trying to sneak out another way. Again no sign of anything. Mustang reached out his hand and tried turning the knob to the door. Surprisingly it was unlocked.

'That damn shrimp, he should learn to lock his doors' Mustang thought as he took a step into the room. "Fullmetal" Roy called, but got no reply. "Edward" he said. Trying again, but still nothing. Deciding it was pointless, Mustang headed to the door to leave. As he approached the exit, he heard foot steps coming down the hall. In a matter of minutes the young blonde Alchemist was standing in his doorway looking in at the intruder known as Roy Mustang.

What's up with me and cliffhangers? … well since you asked I'll tell you. I just love them, it keeps people wondering what's going to happened next. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter because next chapter is going to have a fight scene. I'm sure you can guess who's going to fight. So stick around and see how it turns out. Until then,

Adios