Chapter 13

AN: SO here we go with another chapter. This was originally supposed to be part of chapter twelve but I think it will be better as a different chapter. We get to visit some old friends in this chapter.

Fuery rushed out of the office. He came up to Roy to report the bad news that he had just heard over the radio. He had to report this to Roy immediately. Roy saw Fuery coming and was wondering what the man could be doing running so hard and out of breath. Had something just happened.

"Something urgent just happened sir," Fuery said saluting as best he could.

"I gathered that much Kain now what is going on?" Roy asked fairly frustrated.

"Briggs. It well…um…."

"Out with it."

"Briggs fell. All except the man who contacted me were killed even General Armstrong…..20,000 more troops are headed our way. We are the protection for this country now."

"What how the hell did General Armstrong fall?" Roy questioned. He knew that Olivier was stronger than that and a bullet or two wouldn't bring the woman down.

"She was shot…twelve times," Fuery relayed to Roy.

"She…what. Nevermind that for now. We need backup. Call in the all the State Alchemists that you can think of and get me some troops from Central. Have all of them put on a train tonight!" Roy shouted.

"Yes of course Sir."

Just then Roy fell to his knees. He was so tired. He couldn't even stand and his legs felt like jelly as he came down to his knees.

"Roy," Riza shouted as she rushed over to him followed by Kain.

"Roy are you OK?" Fuery asked eyeing the father.

"Too tired need rest," Roy spoke before he collapsed completely on the ground.

Riza signaled for some of the other soldiers to come over and take the General to his tent so he could rest. 'All the fighting probably wore him out,' she thought as the soldiers carried him back to his tent. Kain looked at Riza and knew what she was thinking.

"Yeah the fighting did probably wear him out but he'll be fine by the morning I wouldn't worry too much about him," Kain said giving their lady officer a smile.

"I know it's just right now I think I might be concerned more for the poor children," she and Kain laughed as they left to get some sleep.

As Riza settled into her bed with Havoc that night she was thinking about what Kain had yelled at them. They were the defense against Drachma now. There was really only one problem with this and that was the fact that the person in charge was the person who was pregnant.

(The next morning)

Roy woke up to the sound of gunfire outside his tent. Had they really started the battle without the superior officer? What the hell was the meaning of this. Roy stepped out of his tent and was about to torch someone out of agitation when he realized that it was just the soldiers he had ordered who were practicing. He scanned to see who all Fuery had brought up on the train last night. The soldiers seemed fit and ready. Even Major Armstrong was there despite the fact that his sister had just been killed in battle. Riza looked over as Roy came out of his tent and she immediately saluted him, other soldiers looked to where the woman was turned and immediately stopped what they were doing and saluted along with her.

"At ease," Roy said looking at the soldiers. HE thought about telling them about his condition but figured not to if any of them were to figure it out then he would enlighten them on the topic. He looked around and saw that a good number of Alchemists had come. He smiled a sad smile at major Armstrong and made a mental note to speak to him privately after they were done with the drills. He looked and saw many other familiar faces. "I would wish to thank you all for coming as you may have heard from our intelligence-" he was cut off by a voice that made his muscles tense and his blood boil.

"Yeah yeah yeah Colonel Ba8stard, we got the gist of things from the message. Now can we go back to practicing. I really don't want you to be in the middle of your speech when the other troops arrive."

"That is Brigadier General Bastard…I mean Brigadier General Mustang to you, " Mustang said mentally face palming for insulting himself, "Edward Elric."

"Well I am sorry your majesty," Edward responded bowing with fake admiration.

"Get back in line Fullmetal before I torch your hair off."

"OOOOO General wanna play nasty."

"That is it Major," Roy spat with venom. Moments later half of Ed's braid was gone.

"What the hell did you just do to my braid?" Ed screamed.

"I'm really not in the mood for it Fullmetal so can it. You're a soldier so it's about damn time you start acting like one. Now as I was saying I thank you all for being here. We have to be prepared for the enemy when they come. That should be anytime now. Soldiers do not cease firing unless commanded or unless you have to reload your ammo. Alchemists do not give up until you get shot or die trying. Dismissed to the front lines."

"What should I do? Sit around and laugh?" Ed asked sarcastically.

"You heard me Fullmetal. All alchemist should fight until they are shot or die trying. Now get to the battle field."

Ed reluctantly went to the front lines and stood next to the other alchemists. He knew that now was the time that the military needed him and he would give it his all. He looked out over every head of the soldiers in front of him. He knew in a moment when Mustang motioned the only people that would be in front of him would be the Drachma troops. Ed gulped. They were here. The Drachma troops approached the lin of the training camp. Roy took his position at the head of the West side of the troops and Riza took her side at the East.

Riza looked at Roy wondering if he was going to be OK through this battle. She saw the Drachma troops approaching and readied her gun. They were going down. She looked over to Roy for the signal. He raised his hand and although she could not hear him she knew what it meant.

"Soldiers take your aim," she said as she stood on top of the sandbag wall. All guns were hoisted to the shoulder, "Alchemists at the ready." All of the alchemists took their stance. "Fire!" She shouted as she saw Mustang do the same and as always follow with the actual thing. Drachma soldiers fell like dolls. She looked out over the crowd and saw the torched bodies and ones that had been killed by rocks or the spikes that Edward had put up. The firing continued. Havoc was next to her shooting at the enemy picking them off one by one. He looked up at her and smiled. She returned the look and gave him a quick smile before returning to giving orders. Her voice3 was getting tired from yelling and she was getting tired of reloading her gun. About an hour into the battle she chanced a look at Roy. Then the most terrifying thing happened.

Roy waited a moment when he saw the Drachma troops. He then raised his hand and his voice with command. "Soldiers take your aim," guns were hoisted. "Alchemists be prepared," Stances were taken. "fire!" he shouted controlling the air around him and following with the actual thing. He looked out over the field and saw many torched bodies. He saw that Fullmetal had put up an impressive amount of spikes and many soldiers were well on top of them. 'I really thought the kid didn't have it in him,' he thought looking at the child. Then he heard the order that he hated the most. The voice of the Drachma leader telling his soldiers to fire. Some of Roy's men went down. Roy looked at some of the wounded men around him and his brow furrowed in anger. "Soldiers Fire!" He shouted following with the same thing. He dare not look at anyone else besides the enemy on the battlefield. After about an hour of fighting he was getting a bit tired of fighting. A pregnant man can only put up with so much after all. Just then out of all moments he chanced a look at Riza. He had a sinking feeling in his stomach and then the unthinkable happened.

A/N: Haha so I'm gonna be a mean author and leave it here. The next chapter has a bit more Ed than some of us (and Roy) would like. But there is a funny part that comes around.

Roy: Really style why did you have to bring the shrimp into this perfectly happy story.

Me: I'm sorry I thought that bringing him in might add a little flavor.

Ed: Shrimp, little? Who are you calling so small that he could live on the period at the end of the last sentence?

Me: I didn't mean anything by it Ed I'm sorry.

Roy: *sigh* this is super stressful

Me: Roy you better watch that stress. You don't want complications

Ed: Complications? With what? What the hell is going on with General Bastard?

Roy: should we tell him?

Me: Nope he finds out soon enough.