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War:
Chapter 2:
Last Time:
"Sir?" Ed looked over at the boy who was just barely older than himself and shifted uncomfortably in his uniform as the boy let down his salute and continued. "We have reached the camp. The other Generals wish to speak with you." With a nod at his subordinate, Ed stood and walked towards the front cars, the same hard expression on his face. With a composing breath he opened the door and walked into the room.
"General Elric. Glad that you could join us. We were just going over our battle plan. We have decided that we will send two squadrons around the back so that they end up behind the enemy. The other group will distract them long enough for the squads flanking them to perform a surprise attack. Do you agree?" General Hiroku asked looking up at Ed from a map of Drachma.
"Who will be leading the two squads around the back?" Ed asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You and Fuhrer Mustang." Ed blanched at the statement. Mustang was here?
"Where is he?"
"He should be coming in behind you. I asked the boy that came and summoned you to tell Lieutenant Riggs to fetch him." Ed nodded when he heard the name of his Lieutenant. Riggs knew that he did not get along well with their new Fuhrer, especially after all of the short jokes, and had most likely taken his time in fetching him. At that precise moment there was a knock on the door, and the Fuhrer himself stepped in. Everyone in the room saluted him before he told them to relax.
"I trust the battle plans are going well Hiroku?" Mustang asked as he walked over to the map to look down at it, almost burning holes in it with his eyes.
"Yes, sir! We have decided-" Hiroku never received the chance to finish his statement, for at that moment the train screeched to a grinding halt throwing them all foreword.
"What was that? I thought that we had at least another thirty minutes until we arrived!" Ed said as he straightened up.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Mustang murmured under his breath as he to straightened up. "Fullmetal come with me. The rest of you go through all the cars and order the troops to remain calm. I will personally go and check it out." Ed followed Mustang out of the car and almost ran into Hawkeye, Armstrong, and Riggs on the way.
"Sir, What's all the commotion about?" Riggs asked Ed over the loud soldier's voices.
"We're about to go find out." Riggs looked over at Fuhrer Mustang, who had walked towards the door that led out and was currently giving orders to his awaiting subordinates.
"Fullmetal, Armstrong, and I will go first. Wait for the signal before you come, it could be too risky." The other's nodded as Ed followed Mustang and Armstrong out of the car and slowly walked along the rails. All the curtains were drawn so that no one could see inside. As they edged closer to the engine they heard soft voices.
"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to hijack this train, I hear that even the Fuhrer himself is on board. Not to mention the Fullmetal Alchemist and half of the military. How are we supposed to get them to corporate with our plans?"
"That's easy. We just capture one of their men and hold him hostage, preferably one of the higher ups."
"That's easier said than done you idiot! Now shut up! What if they hear us?"
Mustang turned back to the other two behind him while pulling on his spark gloves. He signaled that they should attack on the count of three.
As they edged closer, Mustang held up one finger… then two… and finally three as they all jumped out and started attacking the hijackers.
They had made a mistake though. There were at least ten of them, not counting reinforcements and they were all armed. Quick as a flash, Mustang snapped his fingers sending a spark down the side of the train before turning quickly and torching two of them just enough to knock them out. Ed had two fighting him, his arm blade extended and swinging skillfully only narrowly missing them if all. Armstrong had four on him, but was able to keep them far enough away with his combination of fighting skills and Alchemy.
The sound of gunshots was heard. The reinforcements had arrived and had dived on the chance to kill three Stated Alchemist, one of which was Fuhrer. Snapping his fingers again, Mustang was able to knock out another three before turning slightly to see how the others were doing.
He was a second to late, for just when he looked the man he had stuck down at the beginning of the fight had grabbed his gun a pointed it at…
"Ed! Look out behind you!"
He was too late. For when he had cried out his warning the man had shot. He watched as the bullet soared through the air in slow motion and then into Ed's chest only to come back out the other side after it had gone through. With a surprised look on his face, Ed fell at the same slow speed. Time had stopped.
A/N: Yay cliffhangers!!! Next chapter out soon I promise! Thanks to:
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