The Meeting Between the East And the North Part 2

Ever had one of those mornings when you felt like you just closed your eyes for about an hour at most and the alarm went off indicating it was already time to get up for work? Better yet, a morning where your head felt like it was about to explode and the world wont stop turning? If you had friends that thought that going drinking the night before waking up early for work because you felt like you were twenty one but well past that age, you most likely have. It was also this kind of morning for three men who was being awaken by the sound of the alarm loud and clear.

"For the love of god can someone please turn that damn thing off?!" Yelled Havoc as he awoke from the loud sound that bang on his head like drums.

"Hmmm...aahh.." Groaned Fuery as the sound awoke him.

Fuery lifted his hand and tried to reach for the alarm by reaching for the direction which the sound came from, after a couple of tries he finally located the alarm and pressed the snooze button. He swung his arm towards the bed again but it landed on something soft, as confused as he was he started to caress the feeling he felt in his hands.

"Oooh yeah...baby.."

Was all that he heard in response, suddenly now more aware he turned to face where his hand was rested and he found the round ass of Breda who lay on the same bed asleep with him.

"What the hell?!" Fuery shouted and the surprise made him fall off the bed and make a loud noise waking the three up. "What the hell happened last night?!"

"Shit man, don't talk so loud! My head hurts like crazy!...Why oh why don't I ever learn?!" Cried Havoc

"What the hell?" was the first words Breda said as he awoke.

"Havoc what the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you on your own bed in your own room?! Why am I here sleeping with Breda?!" Yelled Fuery.

"I said don't yell bro! ….Look man by the way it seems we all barely just made it to this room before we all passed out...we all obviously got really drunk last night." responded Havoc

Fuery greatly sighted,"Does anybody remembers anything from last night?"

"I kinda do. After we all left the dorm, we asked for a really good bar around Central. I think we went to this bar called "Madam Christmas Bar" , I remember us going up to the bar and chatted with the bartender." Breda rubbing his head trying to remember.

"Okay so how did we end up drinking soo much?" asked Fuery.

"Dude what the hell are you saying?! You couldn't stop yapping to the bartender and told her everything about us, once she found out that we were soldier's visiting Central from the East she wouldn't stop pouring us drinks!" cried Breda

"That's right!...her name was...Rachel!" Cried Fuery remembering her name.

"Yeah bro, you were really hitting it off with her, her sisters weren't that bad also" said Havoc starting to remember really small fragments of last night.

"Yeah, that Madam Christmas herself came up to talk to us, even took care half of our tab" Breda said.

"Oh man are you serious? We are going to have to go back again and thank her and ask her what the hell happened because I can't remember anything from last night." said Havoc getting up from the bed.

"Oh my god how the hell are we going to pull this off?! We have to be at the Fuhrer Office at Noon! We are soo fucked! cried Breda

"Okay calm down guys! Look, Eat or drink whatever you think will help you with the hang over. We also need to start getting ready so Havoc get your ass back to your dorm and take a shower and get ready!" said Fuery trying to salvage the situation.

Havoc didn't have the strength to reply or argue back, he simply walked over to the door and heading to his dorm. He opened the door to see Falman having Breakfast that he went to go buy it seems. Falman being the older and most mature "Adult" in the platoon always kept everything to himself, but as he saw Havoc standing at the door he wasn't able to hold back what he was thinking.

"Havoc, you look like crap."

The morning came best for the other two, Riza and Roy. Riza was already up and having her breakfast, Roy skipped the breakfast but was taking a shower. They spend their time leisurely until the time came, for Roy about half an hour before noon there was a knock on his door. Roy got excited because his imagination got the best of him, he figured it was his beautiful Lieutenant he would find behind the door coming to meet with him, instead he found the person who he just visited from last night.

"Good Morning Roy!" said Maes as Roy opened the door.

"Maes...already here bothering me so early in the morning?" Roy responded disappointed.

"Whats wrong my friend? Are you unhappy that you didn't have enough of my wife's cooking last night? Or are you disappointed your wifey didn't come get you?

"And I was having such a good morning.." Roy said as he put a hand on his face

"Well maybe this will help to make it better, I have someone who wants to say hi to you buddy"

Hughes indicated with his head that someone was standing in the hallway with him waiting to greet him, As Roy walked out of the door he saw a huge man that towered above them and perhaps a lot of people they knew. Here stood a man that no words could describe the sheer beauty of muscles that must have taken his whole lifetime to build, power that ran from every inch of his body, a muscle trainer would say it was a work of art.

"Its good to see you again Colonel Mustang, it has been a while."

"Yes, it is really good to see you again Major Armstrong."

Roy extended to shake the hand of one of the person he respected most in his career. More came to the honor of the man who shook his hand, Major Alex Lois Armstrong. To anyone who would take a first glance of this man would think he was a ruthless soldier, his structure and face was one of the most intimidating people someone can ever meet. Little did they know that this man carried a heart of a saint. Major Alex Lois Armstrong was one of the soldiers in the Ishval War, a hell too much that this gentle soul could bear. Everyone laughed and criticized Alex and called him a coward, he couldn't come to kill any more after a while thus disgracing himself and the family name and history that came with it, Thus Major Armstrong will forever stay at his rank unable to move up because of that same reason. But even so, there was one person who did not judge or see him as a weakling but instead as a true human being and one of the strongest people hes ever known.

"Did you come here with your sister Major?" asked Roy

"No sir, I been stationed here in Central as a drill instructor and personal trainer for the new recruits."

"You think with great talents that you have that they can find something better for you Major."

"Thank you Sir but I have to say I rather enjoy training these new recruits with a burning sensation and desire that their body screams for!" replied Alex excited.

"I see, well then im happy for you Major, now if you would excuse me I have to attend to the Fuhrer."

"As a matter of fact so do I Colonel, allow me to accompany you."

"Really? ..Well lets go then Major, we don't want to be late."

"Ill walk with you guys to Central Headquarters." Maes said as he followed behind them.

Walking down the stairs and into the second floor stood Riza outside her door as if she was waiting for Roy to walk with him to Headquarters, she looked spaced out but in reality she was very aware as she quickly turn to face Roy and everyone else who came with him.

"Good Morning Lieutenant"

"Good Morning Colonel" as she gave a salute

"Its good to see you again Miss Hawkeye!" cried the big lug.

"Yes, its been a while Major, I hope you been doing good." Riza also respected and trusted Alex already to a default. She had the same feelings Roy felt about him and perhaps if given the chance she would like to know him more as a fellow soldier and good being.

"Good Morning Lieutenant Colonel, once again I appreciate your hospitality for last night" Riza gave a salute to both to Maes and Alex since they were at a higher rank than her.

"I told you Lieutenant that you guys are welcomed anytime in my house, you guys are my friends so can you please stop being so formal?" but of course that request was impossible, for if Riza was formal with him outside of work, in her uniform on work would be out of this world.

Riza once again just stood there and couldn't say a word.

"Let's go everyone, the suspense is killing me and I can no longer wait." Roy said sarcastically.

They all walked together out of the dorm and into Central Headquarters. Once in the entrance Maes said his goodbyes and went off to work and join his squad. Roy, Riza and Alex walked pass throughout the far back of Headquarter, pass many soldiers stationed and guarding the building and into the highest floor up to the Fuhrer's office. Outside was standing four soldiers Roy knew too well and three of them could not look any more horrible than they already did. Roy walked up to them and looked at them carefully, they looked as if it was taking all their strength and concentration just to look normal with their faces and stand straight, Roy just deeply sighted for it was not him who was going to say anything, as a matter of fact, those three poor soul's were not shaking or sweating because they were scared about their commander, it was their Lieutenant they were scared of.

Riza walked up to them looked at them carefully into their eyes, Falman couldn't feel any more pity for his three companion's than he did at that moment. The other three were too scared to see her eyes but felt the heavy presence and horror it sent down their spines.

"If any of you three say's a single word in there or does anything stupid, I will personally take care of you myself."

"Yes Ma'am." was all their voice could muster to reply back

Riza knew that Roy was way too forgiving and carefree with them because he genuinely cared for them and knew they would risk their lives for him, but Riza also cared about Roy's reputation and image. She did what Roy didn't do and did what she needed to do to protect him.

This was it. It was finally time for the big reunion of the North and East. Roy knocked three times and waited until a reply came granting him permission to come in. He slowly opened the door and took in the great atmosphere and presence of everyone in the room. In the middle sitting down on his desk stood the man that held the power to the whole nation, the man who's been running Amestris with an Iron hand. His name was simply Bradly, well supreme Fuhrer and the one on top of everyone so his name was "King" Bradly. This man had already age very well, had an eye patch on his right eye and a very strong presence nobody could deny, it was intimidating just being in the same room or standing with this man, Roy never felt this strong about anybody his whole life, every fiber in his skin would cry in a bad way, he honestly hated him.

Walking in further and into the left part of the office to give space for his platoon and the Major who was a big size person he finally shifted his eyes to behold the person everyone was talking about. There stood with her platoon Olivier Mira Armstrong, Alex's older sister. Roy has always had eyes for one person his whole life and that was Riza Hawkeye, but he had to admit, she was very beautiful. She was about Roy's height and indeed had a full figure you could actually tell even from wearing a uniform, she had long beautiful yellow hair and a sword at her side. The way she stood you could tell how proud and well she carried herself and her presence you could not ignore even if Bradly stood there in the same room. It seemed ever since Roy walked in the office she had her eyes on him and never looked away, she had a disappointed look with disgust, she had too much of a keen eyes, it seemed she was disappointment in him and his subordinates as soon as he walked in, she immediately disliked him.

"Thank you all for coming here today." Bradley took a minute to look at everyone in the room.

"I'm sorry for I am not good at sugar coating my words, that being said I will get to the point. I brought you here on the assumption that it was for rewarding you for being splendid teams and contributing so much to the army, of course that is very true but it is not the reason why you are here today." he paused for some seconds before he continued."I have brought you here because you are the ones stationed and entrusted with taking care of perhaps the most dangerous peace between our nation and Drachma and Xing, I brought you here to resolve important issue's we have to take care of.

Everyone kept quiet as nobody spoke to confirm or ask what that was, they simply knew they had to listen and obey whatever the Fuhrer said.

"As you all know our history with the Ishvalan people and all our casualty in both sides because of the war has left us in a really bad reputation with our surrounding states. We are very low on soldier's for our army and need to recruit if possible but it seems we also have a problem. Xing has sent us a letter saying that some Ishvalan people are passing on their land and inhabiting their lands. We are not clear what is going on. Some of our spies are reporting some weird activities with Aerugo and Creta that may branch out to Drachma. There may be something building greatly behind the scenes that we are not aware of that could be a big threat. Have any of you seen or had any problems recently by your borders?

"No Sir, everything has been quiet for a couple of months now." Said Olivier in a proud voice.

"Same here Sir, there has been no signs of any kind of trouble or violence in our east borders as well." replied Roy normally

"I See, well that definitely doesn't mean perhaps something indeed is going on, we are enemies to all nation around us, if they were to come together somehow, this may be the end for us."

"Sir, are you saying after everything that happened they are planning on another war?" Roy couldn't hide his surprise, his voice sounded with disbelief.

"And why would that be impossible to believe Colonel? "An enemy of my is a friend" Colonel and we are enemy's to every nation around us, do you not think they are not capable of putting their difference aside and come together to eliminate us? Are you that naive Colonel?" Olivier Armstrong could not hide her detest on her voice.

Riza couldn't hide a twitch of the eye when she heard those words come out. Was it that unbelievable that a soldier would not want war at any cost?

"This is highly classified for now so i have made it seem that you will be here for a week and that you will be doing team drills and vacationing together around but of course that will not be the case. My idea is to have groups and sent out to gather information on this and find out whatever you can. I need to cover every nation and inquire on anything you can find out but under no circumstances are you to create any conflicts with any of these nation or reveal your objective."

"Sir, if I may can I suggest an idea?" Roy said getting the attention of everyone in the room

"You may Colonel"

"What if we approach it differently?"

"What do you mean?"

"What if instead of spying or doing it secretly, why don't we try to create something between all the nation's so we can finally come to co exist?

Once again Olivier could not help but give a glare to Roy as if she was looking at the most conceited person in the world.

"And what do yo have in mind Colonel?"

"Why don't we extend our military to them and speak with them to share our knowledge and skills to them to form some kind of alliance and treaty?"

"That is completely absurd! You wish to give to everyone the knowledge and skills to have them destroy us?!" cried Olivier not being able to hold back her silence any longer.

"Forgive me Major but that is not my intention. If its true that perhaps these nation are coming together then perhaps it wont matter anyway but I wish to start finding a way where we can reach a peace with everyone. The only reason they fear us greatly is because of our power and see us as tyrants but if we were to share that power where it can be balance then maybe that could be the key." Roy couldn't help but sound hopeful and determined to see this happening.

"Are you really that foolish? Do you think human beings are able to be satisfied that easily? Are you that blind to trust a stranger and foreigner on something that could give them the power to kill million's?"

"It has to start somewhere Major. I want to believe more than anything anyone from this world would want to rid this world of violence and bloodshed. I want to believe that this is why an army exist, to work towards a world where everyone can co exist and have peace. I believe they hate and wish to get rid of us because this is how they feel, to them we are the bad guy, I think its time we try something different." Roy looked at Olivier with eyes that didn't give a hint of lie, for Roy it was his atonement and reason he was still alive, to create a world where everyone could be happy and get along, then perhaps his sin's and crimes could be forgiven.

The tension was so thick you could probably cut it with a knife. Olivier never took her eyes off Roy, This was definitely a person she detested and could not comprehend.

The Fuhrer just looked at Roy and putting his hands together and under his chin just stared at him for a good long minute everyone expecting a bad comment and perhaps him reprimanding Roy for his suggestion.

"Interesting!" cried the Fuhrer.

"Excuse me Sir?" cried Olivier

"Very well! Lets try it out. Roy Mustang, I want to try your idea but only with one nation and that would be Xing. Xing is the only nation we can assume that is not involve with any of the rumors that the other nation are under assumption since they sent us the letter. I will have you personally handle that nation. I want your team with Armstrong's team to come to an agreement to decide your groups and infiltrate the other nations. Once you have the teams you are to report back to me with this information and make all preparations for your trip. The clock is ticking so I would appreciate it if you can have this by tomorrow, that is all for today."

"Yes Sir" said Roy and Olivier at the same time.

Everyone exit the Fuhrer's office quietly but the tension was not gone, as everyone stood outside the Fuhrer's office it seems the tension and awkwardness just got higher but no greater than Roy and Olivier who stood standing next to each other.