Bring Your Kid to Work Day
Disclaimer: I do not own FMAB
Sorry for it being late, just finished it up about an hour ago.
Sorry for the shortness of it too, but I assure you, it's a silly chapter.
Enjoy
2 weeks later
"This is one thing that has changed, and strangely, most people were ok with it." Al chuckles as he and his brother walk to the doors from the parking lot, their sons practically hopping the whole way. And it was a much relieved pressure from their wives who had four month old daughters to tend to.
"How is Nita doing?" Ed asks in reference to his niece.
"She sleeps through the night and hardly fusses over anything." Al smiles.
"Alexia is the same way. I wonder where the docile nature came from." Ed laughs as he picks up Joseph. Remarkably enough, there were quite a few people who had brought their kids to work, some of which Ed didn't know had kids.
"Another slight rule change was that it wasn't completely horrible if military officers dated each other, and though it is still highly unadvised, it's not taboo." Ed says as they walk through the doors. Children of all ages were clinging to their parents as they walk through the halls. Joseph looks around from the arms of his father, with Kaio looking just as curious.
"Daddy, where we at?" Joseph asks.
"Where me and Uncle Al work." Ed says to his curious son.
"Oh." Joseph says as he continue to look at all the people dressed like his dad. A lot of them saluting Ed as he walks by.
"Hello Fuhrer Mustang, and son, James." Ed says with a salute to his old time mentor, and still superior officer.
"Colonel Elric. Major Elric. These two boys must be the firstborns." Roy smiles.
"Want down now." Joseph asks.
"Me too." Kaio pipes up. Al and Ed set their sons down on the ground where they go over to James and start to talk to him. James looks up to his father and smiles.
"Can I play with Joseph and Kaio?" James asks.
"Yes, as long as you behave and let your mother know." Roy says.
"Ok." James says with a sweet smile. As they walk away Ed gives Roy a half concerned look.
"What is it Elric?" Roy asks.
"Just concerned that they might get into trouble." Ed says.
"That's what personal guards are for." Roy says.
"Roy, are you forgetting exactly whose offspring we are talking about. Your son, who has two primary examples of military expertise and has demonstrated he can weasel in and out of difficult situations. My son, who is crafty and intelligent. Al's son, who can already do interesting martial arts tricks. Guards are good, but these are crafty kids." Ed explains at the moment that one of said guards ran up to them.
"Fuhrer sir, I'm sorry, but the Elric boys and your son managed to, well, escape my watch." The guard says with dismay.
"Shit. Elric, shut it and let's go find the boys." Roy says as they start.
"Easy, follow the sounds of chaos." Ed mutters.
James smiles as they tiptoe through the kitchen.
"For being little, you guys are quiet." James snickers.
"Thanks." Joseph giggles before the cook sees them.
"And what are you three doing here?" he asks before Kaio looks up, sees a precariously placed bag of flour, hops up and knocks it over, blinding the chef briefly as they run out of the kitchen, knocking over pots and pans on the way out. Running down the halls like wild dogs, they expertly dodge around Major Armstrong, who trips and falls from the whirlwind of children. Other children begin to join in the mischief, running down the halls and escaping the watch of their parents.
Roy, Ed and Al ran to the kitchen to find there was flour everywhere.
"Let me guess, three small boys ran through here like a hurricane?" Roy asks.
"Correct Fuhrer sir, they ran out that way." The cook says as he points to the door.
"Thank you." Roy says as the Elric brothers follow. Other kids are running through the halls with their parents desperately trying to gather them up. They came across Major Armstrong dusting himself off.
"Those boys of yours started this little rebellion. Let's hope they don't come across my sister or your wife Roy." Armstrong warned.
"Wouldn't that be a good thing?" Roy chuckles as a crash off in the distance warns them to where the three little tornados were.
"Do they ever leave the house?" Armstrong asks.
"Yes, Winry and I always invite May and Al to go to the park with us on Thursdays and Saturdays and they go almost every time." Ed says.
"Odd, one would expect that with them going out twice a week, they would be a little milder." Armstrong says.
"You'd think." Ed laughs before they take off again.
James skids to a halt when he sees the only other woman that can scare him, Major General Armstrong. Her icy glare shot down at the boys.
"And what are you three doing?" Olivier asks. Kaio smiles up at Olivier.
"Looking for you." Kaio says. James and Joseph nod.
"Oh really?" Olivier asks, cocking a shaped brow.
"Yes. We were looking for you cause we think that you…" Kaio says, looking to James to catch the hint.
"We think that you deserve a promotion! After all, it was you army that defeated Drachmas forces. And you've been in the military longer than my father, and rose your way up the ranks without the use of alchemy." James says as they walk around her, engaging her in conversation so that she has to move to the side.
"Well, those are all correct statements boys, but I sincerely believe you were only saying them to get out of any trouble you may be in." Olivier says sternly. James smiles mischievously.
"Yup, bye." He says before the boys are off and running. Only then does Olivier realize their ploy.
"Damn those boys." Olivier hisses before their fathers run up to her.
"Roy, your son is a swindling smooth talker, Al, your son is a good decoy, and Ed your son is not only a speedy little devil but he knows how to look for the opportunity to strike. They went down the next hall to the right, just follow the dust trail." Olivier growls.
"If you don't mind my asking ma'am, how the hell did they get passed you?" Al asks.
"I don't have a weakness for children if that's what you're implying, I simply underestimated their abilities." Olivier says before saluting to Roy and then walking off. They go the way Olivier said the boys went and continue their pursuit.
Joseph leans against a wall, holding his stomach and breathing deep, Kaio was doing the same and James was sitting down, tired from all the running.
"We should hide." James huffs out.
"Ok." Both boys reply before going into the first door they find, which happens to be the Fuhrer's suite.
"Moms not here, let's go to my room." James says as they walk through the rooms and find his huge room. All three boys plop onto the floor, tired from their mischief, and close their eyes.
"I can't believe this is happening." Riza groans as she rushes through the halls of the base, her two and a half year daughter, Andrea toddles behind her back to their home after searching everywhere for the three wild boys.
"Milady, you son and two other boys arrived about five minute ago and went to his room and have been there since." One of the maids says. Riza rushes passed the maid and goes to James's room and smirks seeing the three tuckered out kids.
"Please alert Fuhrer Mustang that our son and the Elric boys are safely napping in James's room. But I will have a stern talking to our son and the Elric boys when they wake up." Riza instructs a guard.
"Yes ma'am." He says before he takes off.
"Thank you for the report soldier. Alert us when they wake so that Major and Colonel Elric can retrieve their sons." Roy says.
"Of course sir." The guard salutes before leaving.
"Next year, we will make sure they know what they can and cannot do on the grounds." Roy says.
"Agreed." Both Elric brothers respond before going back work.
Ok, I know it was kinda open-ended but my train of thought ran out there. The next chapter is gonna skip ahead 2 years. Just warning you all now. So, until next Saturday, Happy Holidays all and please, R&R.