I long to go home Chap.6
Hawkeye and Winry had found a way out through a maze of corridors and led the girls out. They emerged in a canyon with high cliffs and the only way out was to follow the bottom.
"I think we're somewhere in the western part of Amestris." Riza said confidently.
"So you know how to get us out?" one girl asked
"Yes" Hawkeye smiled a soft smile at them
As they walked along Winry came up beside Hawkeye "Riza I'm sorry I got so upset about the Edward situation." she lowered her eyes to watch where she was walking "I really have no room to get upset because I haven't even told Edward I've been dating someone."
"What!" Hawkeye's head shot up "Didn't you just agree to marry him?"
Winry scrunched her face "Yees, and I know I have to break it off with Robert,"
"Winry what were you thinking?" Riza stopped to face her.
"I've loved Edward for so long that when he proposed I didn't think." She looked at the ground.
"I told Robert that I still loved Edward when we started dating I never hid anything from him I was always upfront. We had some long conversations about Ed." Winry was trying to justify the situation.
"That's great Winry but have you been upfront with Edward? You really should have told him." Hawkeye knew what she was trying to do and she got a strange feeling of wanting to protect Edward. She had always felt like she had to protect those boys.
"I know! I know!" Winry said shaking her head back and forth "And I will as soon as we get out of here." she followed Hawkeye "I just hope he doesn't think bad of me."
Hawkeye stopped again and faced Winry and sighed " If there's one thing I do know it's that Edward love's you very much and he's not the same hot-tempered person who left ten years ago. So if you want to fix this you need to tell him the truth. I'm sure it will work itself out but then you have to tell Robert too." Hawkeye started to walk then stopped with her back to Winry "Just don't hurt him Winry."
Winry was glad she had only been dating Robert for two months. But in the back of her mind she wasn't really sure about a life with Edward. She could see him getting back in with stuff for the military and taking off leaving her with both girls to raise. ' I should have thought about this before I jumped at his proposal. Maybe Hawkeye is right about him not being the same person that left. All I want is someone to be with me and love me and I know Edward isn't the stay at home type. This is going to be a very serious truthful talk were going to have even if it is just me telling him how I feel.' She thought to herself she knew Edward wasn't one for expressing his feelings he always hid them.
As Maria pranced around in that outfit she felt like a cheap hooker on the street corner. Edward looked at Armstrong sitting next to him then back to Maria on the street.
"Uh Major why didn't you change?" He asked trying not to be rude.
Armstrong stood proudly flexing his muscles "ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP. I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING EDWARD ELRIC!" He then looked over his shoulder "Does this dress make my butt look big?"
Edward gave him a disturbing look "I'm not even going to answer that Major."
Then Armstrong nodded his head towards the street and both men looked at the guy who had been walking past Maria three times now.
Mustang's head poked out from around the corner as he stared at the guy waving a sign to Edward.
Edward and Armstrong got up and went to the stairs to get to the street below. When they opened the door leading to the alley to go out Edward jumped backwards as a guy flew past the door with Maria giving chase. As she caught up with him she began beating the shit out of him.
Edward ran towards her "MARIA WE NEED HIM TALKING!" As he grabbed her balled up fist.
Mustang got there in time to see Armstrong trying to run in high heels and wished he'd waited a few more minutes later so he wouldn't have had to see that.
Edward grabbed the guy by the neck "Where's Winry you filthy bastard?"
Mustang ran up "And Riza."
The guy's mask was disarrayed and Edward's eyes widened "HAVOC? WHAT THE HELL! ARE YOU THE KIDNAPPER?"
"HAVOC!" Mustang couldn't believe it "What the hell have you done?"
"I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF!" Havoc began rambling "I just wanted them to love me." then he snapped on Mustang "YOU! Stole all the women I loved so I decided to take the object of your desire" Mustang got a surprised look "What you thought no one knew. It's only been obvious for fifteen years I just had to wait for you to act on it."
"AND WHAT ABOUT WINRY?" Edward yelled.
"Well that's another dilemma I thought I had a chance with her. I went every other weekend to spend time with her and that kid of yours for four years and just when I think I have a chance that Robert guy came into the picture. Then you come back and propose." Havoc laughed knowing Edward was shocked to hear that.
"Robert? WHO THE HELL IS ROBERT?" Edward was about to punch Havoc when mustang stepped in.
"NO! We want him to tell us where they are." He grabbed Havoc by the shirt "Now tell me before I fry your eyebrows off."
"The last time I saw those two Winry was challenging Hawkeye for trying to sleep with Edward." Havoc snickered "It was quite the show she's a spunky one and hot when she's pissed."
"WHA'D YOU SAY? Edward yelled at him knowing Winry now knew about what happened at Riza's apartment. "Hawkeye explained to her nothing happened right?"
Havoc snickered again "Well I told her she probably would have done both of you and that you enjoyed it before Mustang showed up and blew it."
"AHHHHH! I'll kill you." Edward lunged for Havoc but Maria grabbed him.
"Anyway I'm sure they found their way out. Last I saw they were freeing all the girls as I crawled to safety." Havoc said "They should be on their way here soon enough."
"Crawled like the snake you are." Edward said struggling against Maria's grasp.
Mustang put his fingers to his lips and whistled. A few minutes later Falman and Breda showed up "Tell me where you had them Havoc."
He groaned "Well since I'm caught I had them in the western part of Amestris a half a mile from Creta in the canyon." He winked at Edward " If you know where to look."
Mustang looked at Falman and Breda "Get this trash out of here." then turned to Edward "Come on Fullmetal let's go."
As they walked to the train station Edward turned to him "General do you know about this Robert guy?"
Mustang got frustrated "NO FULLMETAL I HAVEN'T! You two really need to talk because I thought she just agreed to marry you?"
Edward got a big knot in his stomach "Yeah I thought she did too." 'Come on snap out of it' he thought to himself 'What! you thought she'd just quit living her life'
"Are we going to the train station general?" Edward asked trying to match Mustangs sprinting pace.
"Yes if their on their way the Major General will surely take the train." He turned the corner to the train station. Both men walked to the counter and asked about the trains from the west.
The toothless man behind the counter told them their were two trains coming due in the next two hours.
" Ok looks like we make ourselves comfortable." Mustang said sitting down crossing his arms over his chest.
Edward was confused "Are we just going to sit here General?"
"No use running off half cocked Fullmetal, Hawkeye will get them back safely.'
'He seems really calm about this' Edward thought as he sat next to him.
They sat and sat and sat then one train arrived and nothing. They sat and sat and sat some more and the next train arrived and nothing. So they sat and sat and sat till the sun went down then it came up again. The vein in Mustang's forehead was getting bigger so Edward went to ask the guy about another train.
"Well sunny there's one due in five minutes." Then he smiled a toothless smile at Edward.
As Edward turned around he could see the train and he waited. When it came in there were girls walking off. Both Edward and Mustang walked forward and Mustang spotted Hawkeye. He ran up and picked her up under the arms and lifted her off the ground.
"Riza I knew you'd make it."
Hawkeye starred at him from her perched position "Sir you can put me down now."
Edward saw Winry and ran to her "Winry are you alright."
She turned and looked at him then slapped his face and then she wrapped her hands around his neck and began shaking it back and forth " How could you let her try to sleep with you?"
The only words Edward could wheeze out "Who's Robert?"
Winry stopped shaking his head and gave him a surprised look as she released her hands from around his neck "Edward we need to talk I have something to tell you."
Edward looked at her strangely " O-ok."
Mustang put Riza down "Well this is quite the cluster fuck they have going on."
Riza gave Edward and Winry a solemn look "Yes Sir but it's time they're truthful with each other and I'm sure they'll get through it.
Edward and Winry were still talking and getting louder by the minute then all anyone heard was…..
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE GOING TO ENJOY HER MOLESTING YOU." Winry yelled at Edward.
Edward screamed back "WHAT! ARE YOU SERIOUS THAT'S LIKE DOING IT WITH MY MOTHER!."
Hawkeye and Mustang both starred at them Riza's eyes squinted with anger as she watched Winry punch Edward in the stomach.
"Winry what the hell? I was shot you idiot." He doubled over and wheezed out.
Hawkeye walked over and pulled Edward into a hug smashing his face into her chest "WINRY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM?" she felt like an over protective mama bear.
Mustang face-palmed "Oh shit."
"Just what the hell do you think your doing to my boy?" Now she saw Edward as what he just called her a mother and she now knew what it felt like. She remembered Edward and Al as young boys in the military and all the trials and dangerous situations they were in and she did what any mother would do …..she went on the defense.
"YOUR BOY?" Winry yelled "YOU TRIED TO SLEEP WITH YOUR BOY!"
"Uh, lieutenant I can't breath." Edward mumbled with his face in her chest.
Hawkeye looked at Winry with madness in her eyes "I was drunk then" she lifted her finger and circled her face in the front of it "NOW I'M SOBER AND PISSED." She patted her side "Roy where's my gun?"
Winry's eyes widened as Mustang explained that Havoc probably had them.
Edward pushed back off Hawkeye's chest "I long to go home now so I'm getting on this train and doing it."
"But Edward your not suppose to travel fo-" Hawkeye was cut off as Edward continued.
"Look thank you all for everything" He looked at Winry as she walked towards him "You…Woman keep your distance I can't take any more arguing or punches."
Mustang whistled for Armstrong and he came fluttering up in his outfit he wore so proudly with Maria walking behind him "Fullmetal I'm sending Armstrong with you so you two don't kill each other."
Everyone starred awkwardly at Armstrong as he tried to get on the train in the tight dress.
Edward turned to Winry "We have some serious things to talk about. But first I need to recover from the punch you just gave me."
Winry felt terrible that she had punched him and was going to apologize "Edward" but Edward turned his back to her and waved his hand as if to say not now. She thought maybe things had gone to far and she didn't mean to hurt him.
Everyone starred at Edward as he walked to the train he put his foot on the step then turned to everyone "You know I have the most dysfunctional family. I have a pistol packing mama, a fire breathing father, a very strange but caring uncle and an aunt that has no problem slapping me to keep me in line and a girl that drives me crazy every chance she gets." turning his back to them "Thank you all for being in mine and Al's lives I'll see you all real soon." then he got on the train with Armstrong and Winry.
"So Sir this is what it's like to have children?" she had a tear rolling down her cheek "It hurt's."
Mustang exhaled deeply and looked up "Yes Riza it does." He turned and she noticed his eye had a tear in it.
Both stood and watched as the train left and they felt a proud feeling in both their hearts that maybe they had made a difference in Edwards life while he was growing up that neither one noticed…but Edward did and he considered them his family.