No Lying Allowed

Chapter Three: Hawkeye's Fury

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Hawkeye yanked open the door. Mustang and Edward stared, openmouthed and completely caught off guard.

The rest of the people who had been eavesdropping against the door fell to the ground in a heap. Red-faced, Mustang's subordinates and Winry quickly got off of the ground and straightened themselves up. Meanwhile, Hawkeye rounded on Edward, who shrank back in fear.

"Edward – please repeat to me what you just asked Mustang." Her expression was of intense anger.

"Ummm…" Edward petered out. He gulped.

Hawkeye lost all patience. She whipped out one of her guns from her holster and swiftly pointed it at Edward. Her eyes were cold and her hand never wavered.

Edward's eyes betrayed his fear. He tried to pretend that he wasn't scared, but he wasn't fooling anyone. Eventually, Edward decided to stop trying to cover up his fear and cowered, shielding himself with his arms.

Mustang felt just a little pity for his subordinate. He, too, had been pinned beneath the icy glare and unerring aim that was a famous characteristic of Riza Hawkeye. However, this was unusually harsh, even due to the circumstances.

He leaned toward Riza and asked uncertainly, "Isn't this a little too forceful, Ri-"

His question was cut off abruptly as a 'chak' resounded through the room. Hawkeye had pulled out her other gun and had pointed it at Roy. Roy flinched.

Riza spoke in a low voice. "Edward, I will not ask again…repeat what you just asked the colonel. Now." Her eyes darted from Roy to Edward.

Edward stuttered out, "O-okay. Umm…I asked Mustang why hasn't he screwed y-you yet."

BLAM! BLAM!

Mustang and Fullmetal both jumped so hard in their seats that they fell out of them. Quickly they stood up. Their backs were pressed against the wall of Mustang's office.

"Edward, you…you perverted midget!" She hissed from between her clenched teeth.

Edward's face was white and bloodless with fright. Riza's gun was pointed right...at...him. He gulped.

Suddenly she whirled and pointed it at Mustang. Mustang's eyes were wide, scared.

"Riza, please…point that away from me!" Mustang pleaded.

Hawkeye giggled. She felt like she was getting her sweet revenge. Seeing her commanding officer so petrified was kind of…funny to her. She decided to taunt him.

"Why, sir? Are you scared of me?"

Mustang attempted to stand up straighter against the wall to prove her wrong, but he failed miserably. He tried not to cower. After all, he was her boss. He should appear strong.

"Do not talk about me behind my back!" Riza whispered, menacing.

Roy tried to nod his head. For some reason, his neck didn't want to comply with his orders.

Hawkeye took this lack of response as meaning that he didn't agree with her. Her eyes narrowed. With another 'chak', the gun's safety was flipped off.

Mustang was so terrified of his subordinate at that moment that he took one look at Hawkeye's gun and her ice-cold eyes staring at him…

And sank to the floor in a dead faint.

"MUSTANG!" Edward yelled. In a panic, he wondered to himself, what did Hawkeye do to Mustang to make him so scared of her?

And Hawkeye? Hawkeye was just…standing there. She was shocked that Mustang had fainted. He was supposed to be strong…wasn't he?

Mustang was on the floor, spread-eagled with his eyes closed. He looked so helpless and vulnerable like that.

For just a moment, she felt her heart soften.

Abruptly she felt confused. She was furious just a second ago, and now…now she was feeling sorry for her commanding officer.

Her eyes darted to Edward, standing there looking at her with his mouth open. Then she gazed upon the shocked people by the door – Breda, Falman, Havoc, Fuery, Winry…Suddenly she felt remorseful for making them feel terrified. Of her.

Hastily she turned and swept hurriedly out of the room, through the door, and into the hall. Panting slightly, she ran to the ladies room and sank down onto the floor, her head resting on her knees. She tried to restore calm and peace to her roiling thoughts….

Roy's POV

Ouch…

My head hurt like hell. A large, throbbing knot ached at the back of my skull. I groaned and tried to sit up.

Aw, man. My shoulders ached too. So did my back. Why was I hurting all over?

I rubbed my eyes and blinked, bringing the room into focus. Edward and Winry were standing over me. So were the rest of my subordinates. Wait…why were they doing that? What had happened?

A memory was nudging at the edge of my consciousness. It was annoying, and I decided to ignore it. I pushed it away and opted to try to sit up. Right when I tried, the room started spinning.

"What the…" I moaned. A few seconds later, the room stopped and the bout of dizziness passed. I huffed and attempted to stand. Winry, who was still waiting next to me, held out her hand to grasp mine. I took it.

Fullmetal snickered. "Hey bastard, what do you remember?"

I glared at him, but I had an inkling of doubt at the edge of my mind. Why did he look so smug?

"Fullmetal, be quiet and go sit over there. Leave me alone." I ordered.

He grinned evilly but he did as he was told. He looked like he was ready to burst out laughing. Why?

Suddenly the memory that had been hiding along the confines of my mind burst out of its restraints. My eyes widened as I remembered what had happened before I….

Before I FAINTED.

I buried my head in my hands in shame. My face was burning red and I knew that Edward could obviously see it. Why did all of the embarrassing things have to happen to me?

Riza had been yelling at Edward for a question that he had asked me. Then she had pulled out her guns. I knew that she was getting serious when she did that.

And she had pointed them at me? I was so…umm…well…scared at that moment that I couldn't talk or do anything. I had finally gone over the edge and fainted when she had clicked the safeties off.

Damn. How was I ever going to live that down?

I was busier than usual this week and couldn't update as fast as I would have liked. So sorry, people!

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