Chapter 3: The Boy with the Cold, Golden Eyes
The phone rang early the next morning. Dayna mumbled as she rolled over in bed to pick up the phone that was on a nearby table.
"Hello?"
"It's Master Sergeant Furey. Sorry to wake you up Dayna, but we have a problem"
"What is it?"
"Someone broke into Headquarters last night and trashed two of the offices. We don't know who it could have been, but we suspect that there may have been more than one"
"Which two offices?"
"Um…the ones that belonged to…um…"
"Spit it out Furey!"
"General Mustang and Colonel Elric, ma'am"
"What?! I'll be there as soon as I can!"
"No! Um…Sorry to yell but we've got everything here under control. Lt. Hawkeye said that she would call you later. Please, take the day off and try to feel better"
"All right. Thank you Furey, goodbye"
Dayna hung up the phone, the conversation playing over and over in her head. She would ask Hawkeye later when she called anyway. Dayna wiggled closer to the table and picked up the clock, it read 9:30. Realizing that she couldn't get back to sleep even if she tried, she decided to get up. She got up and went to go take a shower, to help clear her head.
Dayna got dressed, picking up her favourite jacket that Mrs. Hughes made for her years ago and a red dress that ended just above her knees ad a pair of beige sandals.
She went down stairs to make herself something to eat and saw that the pantry was just about empty.
"Great, I guess I'll have to get some groceries" she said, so she grabbed her purse and headed out the door.
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It seemed to take forever to get through the day. Dayna checked some of the shops along the way and watched some street performers. She walked by the Headquarters, but tried to fight the urge to go in and observe the incident, but she knew that Hawkeye would chase her away and tell her to enjoy her day off from cleaning the office.
She also dropped by the Hughes' house to say hello to Gracia and Elicia, but there was no one home. So, with her groceries in hand, she decided to head back home.
The sky started to get cloudy and then, without a good warning, the rain came down hard.
'Peachy, now I'll have to run home'
She was running as fast as she could and was almost home when she tripped and fell. Her groceries spilled over the ground. She looked at her feet and realized that sandals probably weren't the best choice for running. She crawled over and started to pick up her soggy groceries. As she was reaching for a can, a flash of lightning struck and startled her.
"Damn, it doesn't look like things could get any worse"
She was moving some of her wet hair out of her face when she saw a figure a few feet in front of her. They didn't have any protection from the rain and they weren't moving at all.
"Hello? Do you need help? Can you possibly give me a hand with my things?"
The figure never moved an inch.
"Hey! Excuse me? Hey You!"
The figure finally must have realized that there was someone behind him; he started to turn around to face her. Dayna saw the person turn around, but couldn't see them very well. A flash of lightning came and illuminated the sky, that when Dayna saw who it was.
The boy looked about her age, wore black and was covered in strange tattoos. What attracted her attention more were his face, long blond hair and golden eyes. It was a face she knew, but it was different. The eyes were cold and showed no emotion at all. He seemed to know that she was there, but not know that she was there.
'It…can't…be…it…just…can't…be'
A name she wanted to say for so long rose up to her mouth, the only name that she knew that would match the face perfectly.
"…Ed?"
She started to walk towards the boy when he stepped back away from her and crouched down; he then jumped and disappeared into the shadows.
"ED! Wait, come back! ED! ED!" Dayna screamed, but he was gone. She slumped back on the ground and cried.