Drabble
Rating: PG
Status:
41/100
Secondary
Genre: Tragedy
Word
Count: 200
"Perhaps," Roy Mustang mused as he headed home, "I shouldn't have been so forceful to Alphonse." He looked up to the skies, frowning as he saw the gathering storm. Rain would be breaking out any second, he'd really need to get home.
A frown crossed his face as he continued on. "Protecting people is just in his nature, so... I can hardly fault him. Perhaps it was all just a misunder-"
His voice trailed off as he saw a purple light shining from his own house. It was a transmutation of such magnitude that Roy instantly knew what was happening. As he broke out into a run, the storm finally broke out. Just like what had happened a few years earlier, he was going to be too late to stop a tragedy...
He tore through the house, dashing down the stairs into the basement. There, as he had feared, was a large transmutation array on the floor, a horrible monstrosity that bore Edward's eyes and features... and Alphonse Elric.
Roy did what he could; he incinerated the creature before Alphonse could protest, and in the process, stopped the reaction. However, by that time, the boy had already lost his left...
Theme: Uke Roy #1: "Hand"