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"Yes, there was supposed to be another string of events going on now. But I caused a few diversions to change that. Dante was supposed to leave while you were on the other side of the gate Edward," explained Destiny. "And Roy was supposed to almost be killed by Frank Archer, and before that, he was supposed to defeat the Fuhrer. But I changed everything, and all so this could happen!"
He laughed maniacally for a while, much to our three heroes' horror.
"Wait, what was supposed to happen?" asked Edward.
Destiny grinned. "This."
He pulled back a curtain to reveal Roy, bound, and apparently unconscious. Riza's eyes widened, and she immediately darted to him.
"General!" she sobbed. "Father, you dirty rotten… w-why would you do this to him?"
"So he could hear the whole story. I'm such a meddler."
Alphonse spoke up. "But he's knocked out, sir. How could he hear us?"
"Alphonse, I have powers beyond that of a mortal or alchemist.. Making him only hear and use the normal body processes for somebody like me," Destiny said as if he was all high and mighty, which might be true. "Now that this is all over, I'll just release the spell."
He formed his hands into many bizarre hand signs. The effects of the spell weren't immediate, but after a minute, Roy slowly opened his eyes.
"R-Riza?" he said weakly.
"General…" Riza's voice trailed off. She didn't know what to say. She would never have broken down like those hopeless girls in the romance novels. But with all that was happening, Riza felt she was turning into one of them. But people didn't change overnight, and she wasn't completely sure what to do in this situation.
"Mustang, I'm sorry…"
"Riza… I-it's all right. You didn't do anything wrong," Roy spoke softly, as the spell's effects were taking a while to wear off.
"Not all the lovey-dovey crap again," groaned Destiny. "I never thought you were right for my daughter, so you will have to die now."
"General Idiot!" Edward yelled. "You can't lose to this nutcase! Get off your lazy butt, and kill him!"
"Brother, that was a bit harsh," said Alphonse.
"It's called motivation, Al," said Edward, getting pumped up.
"Whatever you say, Ed."
Riza was tearing at the ropes crudely tying Roy to the wall. As she was getting to one on his right arm, Roy's eyes snapped open. The dreary gaze was gone. A man of action was ready for anything.
"Lieutenant, I can take care of this now."
"Yes sir," said Riza, pulling out her gun to cover Roy's position as he was untying himself.
"Fullmetal," called Roy.
"I'm not a soldier anymore, Mustang. I'm a civilian. It begins with a "C". I hope you know the word," Edward said with an understanding nod.
Edward pulled off his glove, and extended the automail into a shiny and dangerous-looking blade. He got into a battle stance, and glared at Destiny. Riza aimed her pistol,(Yes, that was Momo) and Roy tore off the final ropes. All stood at ready.
"All 3 of you are going to fight me?" Destiny asked, clearly surprised at this.
"All 4 of us," said Alphonse. "Your futures you have created have turned on you. You didn't see this coming, did you, Sir?"
"I, no…" Destiny was sweating buckets. He closed his eyes, and started to look constipated. "I can't win this fight… too many… now they are too strong… We'll meet again."
Destiny frantically made some hand signs, and disappeared.
"That means we won," said Riza.
"Yes Lieutenant, we may have won that battle, but there's one battle you haven't won yet."
One week later…
Roy was sitting at his desk, admiring his shiny new engagement ring. Riza was sitting in a chair off in the corner, working on forging Roy's paperwork. She glanced at her own new ring, and snuck a small smile at her fiancée. She fingered two small hairclips and a pair of amethyst earrings. She fiddled with them for a minute, before returning them to her pocket.
"'Riza Mustang'," said Roy, breaking the silence. "I kind of like the sound of that."
"Captain Riza Mustang," Riza added. "To the generals, assisting in the defeat of a public threat earns me a long-deserve promotion."
The door was thrown open. Hughes and the Elrics filed in.
"Just dropping in, sir," said Hughes. "Want to see this new picture of my family?"
"No Hughes," said Roy. "Now please leave. I wanted to talk to the Elrics alone."
"Fine," Hughes muttered, slipping out the door.
"Why did you want to see us sir?" questioned Edward.
"Fullmetal, I know you don't wish to burden your brother with your problems," said Roy. "But I believe since he can also do alchemy without a transmutation circle, he would be a valuable soldier in the military. Maybe in a few years he could join up?"
Alphonse smiled. "I'd like that, Mr. Mustang."
"Good," said Riza. "We'll all have our own happy endings."
Yes, Riza finally fulfilled Jessica's dying wish! Yay, I'm so happy with this story!
