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Chapter 13

Battle with Bosely

Roy Mustang sits in the headquarters at Rush Valley. Soldiers are everywhere as they are still making improvements to the nearby buildings and the area where the fight broke out. The command center is more like a supply area then a military headquarters. He is on the phone with Lt. Colonel Thomas. It is a nice surprise that the Elrics have actually gone away for this short time. Mustang knew that they would show up sooner then expected.

"Don't worry Lt. Colonel. Everything will be fine in no time. You just need to deal with those boys keeping them there."

"I know Sir. You need to be careful of Bosely. He was a pain in the north and from what he started already, he is the same way."

"I will be careful. It shakes me up a little hearing how serious you are about this Thomas."

"Well Roy, I have a lot I want to pay back to that son of a bitch. I really don't want the brothers seeing that, which is the only reason I agreed to leave."

"Don't worry my friend, I will make sure he gets some amount of punishment. You know it is amazing how much a person lives through with severe burns."

"Careful General, you might get into a lot of trouble if someone hears you say that."

"I will only do what is needed to stop him."

"I'm sure you will. I need to go. I got customers coming into the store."

"I want you to report back to me once you getting ready to come back to Central."

"Yes Sir, Goodbye."

He hangs up the phone and grabs his jacket. Hawkeye is standing at the door ready to leave. Checking the crime scene where the red water is at, is the first thing they should do. He walks to the door and signals Riza to follow him. They already lost too much time trying to fix everything. It's time to focus everything on finding that man and getting him to talk. He gets in the back seat of his car and the Lt. gets in to drive. She starts the car and puts it into drive when all of a sudden an explosion sends the car flying into the air. The road collapses in front the headquarters as the car comes flying into the front of the building. Soldiers come flying to the car to check in the General.

"General Mustang? General Mustang, answer me."

"Hey get over here, get this damn door open."

"Hold on Sir. We will get you out."

Dozens of soldiers flood the scene to free their officers. Crowbars and hammers start at the car trying to pry the doors open. There is not a sound from inside the car. The first door to open is the front. When they open it, a bloody blonde falls out the car. Medical soldiers grab her and take her down.

"Hey is she alive?"

"Yes, she is. Can you get to the General?"

"No, the roof is caved in too bad. I can't even see him."

Three men on each side work to open any door on the back. Finally one budges open enough to put your hand into. All three pull repeatedly until someone is able to crawl into the back. They hear the voice of the soldier who just went in yelling "I got him, pull me out.". The men slowly pull the soldier out and see that their General is in horrible shape.

"We need a medic over here now."

"Get those stretchers over here. We need to get them to a hospital."

"Damn it, General, hang on."

An ambulance shows up and parks as close as they can. Soldiers line the building as they pass the General and Hawkeye toward the ambulance. The two look identical with their blood soaked faces. Neither of them has said a word or even moved. They get them to the ambulance and load them up. After they are on their way, a soldier looks out toward the road. Other soldiers are wounded and need medical aide. This blast was severe enough to collapse so much of the road. Looking down the road, people are coming toward the area. He starts to head them off to keep them away when he sees a man standing two blocks away. A man with a big smile stands by a corner of a building and starts laughing.

"Don't move you bastard. Come on men, that's Bosely over there."

Over a dozen people start running toward Bosely. He turns and runs down the alley with the military coming at him. Once the soldiers reach the spot they saw him, a grenade falls at their feet. They turn to run and the bomb goes off sending them flying into the road. Bosely stands in the back of the alley chuckling to himself about how the easy the military is to handle. Turning to leave, about twenty feet in front of him an explosion comes from the wall of a building. Dust and rock come flying toward him as he covers his face. Once the smoke starts to clear, he sees a large man standing in front of him. He is a little throw off by how large he is and for some reason he has taken off his shirt.

"Well baldy, who might you be?"

"You may think you just gained the upper hand against us. I am proud to say that your luck has changed. I'm Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strong Arm Alchemist."

"Sorry, but I don't see alchemists as much of a threat."

"You should feel threatened. This form of alchemy has been passed down the line of Armstrongs for generations. Now behold my beautiful and artistic alchemy."

The Colonel slams the ground and stone spikes come toward Bosely. He dodges them and pulls his pistol to shoot. Armstrong grabs a huge rock and throws it up, as it comes down he punches it as hard as he can sending a spike at Bosely head on. Bosely doesn't have time to shoot as he is ducking the attacks from Armstrong. He turns and sees a door beside him. He shoots the doorknob and goes through the door. Running and getting some distance from the alchemist was the only way to get the advantage. Running through the home, he sees a front door and before he reaches it, a concrete wall comes up. Blocking the way out he turns to see Armstrong standing before him.

"Damn you, Armstrong. I hope you realize that these actions won't go unpunished."

"It's my job to bring you in. If I didn't feel you had any type of information, I would kill you right here."

Bosely raises his gun to shoot again. Armstrong dives his fists into the ground and a wall of rock comes against Bosely. It pins him to the wall behind him. Everything is covered except his head which starts to bleed from the impact. The Colonel walks up to him and punches him dead in the face. Soldiers come pouring into the house behind the Colonel.

"Sir, are you ok?"

"Yes I am. This man is Bosely. Charge him with assault to an officer and attempt of murder."

"Damn Sir, you really did a number on him. He is out cold."

"Get him out of that and transport him to Central. He is going to be answering a lot of questions for us."

At the hospital, nurses and doctors rush to the incoming ambulance. The doors open and the two wounded officers are taken inside. Rushing down the hospital aisle the medics who were with Mustang and Riza start telling the doctors what they found out.

"All right, what do we got here?"

"White male, late thirties, head injury and unresponsive. Massive blood loss, but nothing else seems to be wrong."

"Send this man to x-ray. I want his whole body gone over. What about the woman?"

"She also has a head injury but hers is more severe. We can't get the bleeding to stop. Her left hand also appears to be broken."

"Nurses, I want this women prepped for surgery right away."

As they are being rushed down the aisle, Roy starts to wake up. He starts to open his eyes to see lights rushing by his head. His head is throbbing and vision is a bit blurry. He starts to raise his head but is brought back down by a nurse.

"You can't move mister. You are injured."

"Where, where is she?"

"She is right in front of you. Don't worry she will be fine."

"Doctor, we are ready for surgery."

"Wait, who are you taking into surgery?"

"Sir, please stay down. She needs to have surgery."

"Damn it, let go of me. Riza, damn it, answer me."

He looks to his left, and sees an open door. Being rolled into a room is his love, Riza.

He tries to get up off the bed to rush to her but has nurses and doctors holding him down.

"What the hell are you doing? We need to get an x-ray of you. Stop moving around so much."

"Let me go, I need to go see her. Riza, don't you die on me. You need to let me go."

"Sir, please don't move."

"Riza, Riza, oh god don't die. I can't lose you, damn it, let me go. I need to go see my wife."