This chapter will be switching from 3rd person POV to 1st person POV. It sounds better reading it in first person so you will be reading it as if you are Edward. After Edward's POV it does go back to 3rd person. As promised, the story will be picking up from here on out. It hopefully won't just be dialog and small fillers too bad after this chapter. Please read and review! Continuing off…

1st Person POV – Edward. Italicized are thoughts. "…" are the spoken lines (self-explanatory I hope XD)

(Edward had drifted off to sleep in Roy's arms in the last chapter. So picking up right from there.)

Something is touching me…. Is someone there?

"More of them are coming! We can't delay any longer. If you don't hurry and get out of here, they will kill us. I know you're weak right now, but you're our only hope to survive this place."

Who's there? Someone is pulling on my arm. I struggled to lift my head and forced my eyes to open. "Al? Is that you?" They continued to pull on my arm as I managed to get the strength to stand up. The stone floor cold on my bare feet almost burned from the icy touch. My legs trembled below me as the room spun and the blood quickly rushed to my head. An arm weaved its way under mine, and I was being held tightly against someone's body.

"Let's hurry." We walked as quickly as I was able to. Stumbling through the halls as they twisted themselves like vines of a forest. A maze of corridor after corridor. We stopped for a moment at a four way and I attempted to focus my gaze down the dim corridors. "This way!" At the end of the corridor there were a row of beautiful canopied beds, covered in a thick layer of dust, set on top of a velvet carpet. "The door is over here," the male's voice rang as he pulled me towards the back of the room. My gaze was fixated on the beds, an unsettling feeling in my stomach. Upon reaching the door, I noticed there was a pile of something in the other corner. It had been shoved against the side of the wall.

"Al…?" I mumbled, still unsure if it was him, swallowing hard and walking towards the pile. I reached my hand out and touched a piece of the pile, when it suddenly turned to dust and vanished right in front of our eyes. Turned to power and disappeared into the stale air. My knees buckled, falling to the ground hard in horror. "…Corpses…. It's a pile of charred, crumbling bodies." I looked at the beds and then back to the pile. 'These people were thrown here and burned alive…. No way….what the fuck is going on?!' Fear had once again taken over. I sat there shaking at the thought of what was going to happen to me. They are too burnt to make out any details on the face, nor were there any articles of clothing left. It all had been destroyed by the flames. The hand grabbed me and yanked me out of the room. We ran down the hall, echoed footsteps of many others were heard not too far from us. 'A door!' Light was peering in from the bottom of the doorway just down the hall. I smiled slightly and turned to thank my savior. His blonde hair shimmering in the little light, pale skin, golden eyes… The door flung open and I was pushed into the brightness. I glanced behind me only to be in complete surprise. The person who helped me… it wasn't Alphonse. Standing there, glowing in the sunlight, in the open doorway, 'it's me'.

3rd Person POV

Edward stretched and sat up in bed. 'It was just a dream…. That's how I escaped…. I should tell Roy.' Edward looked around the room to notice the blankets had been tossed back on the bed and wrapped around his legs. Roy was no longer in bed with him. Not even in the room. Mustang's muffled voice was heard from downstairs. 'Who's he talking to?'

"Roy, you look like you haven't slept in days…" Dark bags and red eyes were a dead giveaway.

"Hughes, you should have seen him… he finally told me about it." Roy went on about all the details Edward had shared with him. Hughes interjected questions along the way. Roy's fists were clenched tight as he informed Hughes that they tortured him and healed him many times over. They knew Edward was upstairs sleeping so Hughes had to remind Mustang to lower his voice a few times.

"If they were continuously monitoring Ed, how did he manage to escape?" Roy shrugged his shoulders just as confused as Hughes was. Edward hadn't yet told him that. "You said they used alchemy on him. Any idea what kind?" Roy shook his head and sighed. They sat in silence for a few minutes, just letting all the information sink in. Hoping to find a hint or clue to who based off Ed's memories. "Roy… that boy needs to get some actual help. To talk to someone who can try and help him recover from this."

"That's what I'm trying to do! He's my responsibility!" Roy shouted as he quickly stood up, staring down at Hughes.

"Listen Roy. I know you want to help, but you've done all that you can for him" Hughes stood up and spoke lightly. He knew Mustang had good intentions and truly wanted to help the boy. "You know I'll have to report this to central right? They will want to find out the truth too."

"He's been through enough! Give him some damn time to feel safe again before we just hand him over for interrogation!" Roy began pacing around the room thinking about what to do. The military needed to know he was a target and not just picked up by chance. The abilities of his captors. His escape. His captor. All things they needed to know. The more he thought about what Edward had gone through the worse his temper got.

"Any ideas who could have done this?" CRASH! Hughes jumped at the sound of the vase shattering against the wall. Broken shards of glass fell to the floor followed by drops of blood. "Roy!" Hughes ran over and placed a hand on top of Roy's. He took his hand and pulled small shards of glass out of his colonel's palm and just shook his head. "It's been a very long time since I've seen you like this. Ed means a lot to you, doesn't he?" Roy brought his free hand to his face, taking a deep breathe, before a choked mumble came out. "Does he know?" Roy looked up at him slightly confused. "You don't get like this over just anything Roy. Have you told him about your feelings?" Roy blushed a bit but turned away before Hughes was able to tell. Hughes just sighed.

"What happened?! Did something break?" Edward's alarmed voice surprised the two men. He stood on the bottom step, rubbing his tired eyes. Edward was examining the shattered glass all over the floor.

"Edward be careful! Don't step over there!" Hughes handed the rag he kept in his pocket over to Roy to hold in his hand. He walked past Ed and grabbed the broom and cleaned the mess up right away. Edward stepped to the back of the couch and was afraid at the sight of the blood. The room began to spin, the smell of iron overwhelming his senses, and his golden eyes clouded over.

"ED!" Roy yelled and Edward wobbled and started to fall. Hughes managed to catch him and safely set him on the floor. "Are you okay?!" Roy jumped over the back of the couch and knelt down beside him. Edward hadn't passed out, but he came very close. He nodded as he stared at the bloody rag. "I'm ok. Don't worry. Just a few scrapes."

"He cares a lot about you Ed. He told me what happened and he flew off the handle. Smashing the vase was apparently going to make him feel better" Hughes chimed in with a joking manner. Roy shot him a death stare which only made Hughes chuckle. "He'll be fine. He's got a temper ya know." Hughes dragged Roy into the kitchen after Edward was feeling better to finish cleaning up his hand. Mumbles came from the kitchen as the two continued to talk. Edward tried to listen in but wasn't able to make any of it out. He knew they were talking about him though. After all that had happened, there was nothing else he could imagine that they would be talking about. He just thought about what Hughes had said about Roy caring a lot about him.

'Is that why he kissed me? Does he like me?' Edward quickly shook that though out of his head. 'No way. Roy even stated he's not into men. It had to have been because of the situation. The want to help me and he just confused it with passion….Right?' Edward could feel his cheeks becoming hot and his heart was pounding rather hard. He tries to shake those thoughts out of his head as the other two came back to the room.

"Ed?" He snapped his attention to Mustang calling his name. Meeting the gaze of those eyes only made him feel hotter. He blushed and turned away quickly.

Hughes chuckled again and playfully elbowed Roy in the side. "If I were to guess, I'd say the truth could benefit you." The comment confused Edward but Roy knew exactly what he meant.

"I told you-"

"Yeah yeah" Hughes dismissed his comment with a wave of his hand. "How are you feeling Ed? Took a pretty long nap I hear." Edward raised an eyebrow.

"Edward… You've been asleep for over a day," Roy explained, sitting down next to him. Ed's eyes widened as he thought it was only for a couple hours. "I called Winry earlier today and told her you were still resting so it would take us a few days yet before we headed to Risembool." Ed just sat there staring at Mustang in disbelief.

"Roy called to ask me to pick up a few things so he wouldn't have to leave the house. He felt you would be happier knowing he's been here the whole time with you." Hughes pulled stuff out of the shopping bag to show Ed everything he'd gotten for him. "I know it's not really your style, but he requested some clothes for you too." He pulled out a pair of plain black pants, a white t-shirt, and a dark grey jacket. Ed gave Hughes a weird look and he nodded his head at Mustang. "He's the one who told me what to get. I'm just following orders."

"You don't like it?" Roy looked kind of hurt. He put on an exaggerated pouting face. "I went with something simple since you're not all about high fashion."

"What's wrong with the way I dress?!" The two men couldn't help but laugh. Hughes leaned down and whispered into Edward's ear. The young man's face turned a deep shade of red and he instantly became fidgety. Roy hung his arm over the back of the couch and sighed.

"What did you just say to him?" Hughes just laughed again and patted the top of Ed's head.

"Go on Ed. Go try the clothes on. Prove me wrong." Roy just sat there dumbfounded as Hughes helped Ed up to his feet. "Go on," he pestered. Edward left the room with the clothes. Just a couple minutes later, Edward wondered back into the living room, dressed in clothes that actually fit him. The two older men were having a simple discussion and didn't notice him enter. "With time, everything will go back to the way it was. Maybe things will even be better!" Hughes smiled.

"Better?"

"Yeah. Better. Maybe things will settle down around Central and I can spend some normal time with my beautiful wife and my daughter! We haven't been able to have a normal family day in a very long time. Maybe you could even get yourself a partner Roy!" Roy just shook his head.

"Too many girls. Not enough time. I'm not the settle down and live in a nice country house kind of guy Hughes."

"Maybe that's where the problem is."

"I'm not going to change Hughes."

"That's not what I mean. Girls. That could be the problem. Maybe you need an active, stubborn, and short man." Edward knew he was talking about him and his heart skipped a beat.

'Roy and me? Yeah right….' Edward couldn't help but blush at the thought and wanted to escape back upstairs. He slid his foot back only to hit the edge of the step and give away his position. "Shit" Edward angrily whispered. Roy and Hughes turned around to see the young alchemist in his new outfit. Edward glanced over at Roy to notice he was a light shade of pink himself. Even Hughes noticed. He catcalled at Ed, which was a mistake. Mustang grabbed a fistful of his shirt and threw him off the couch. He looked back at Ed, opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"Say it Ed!" Hughes cheered from the floor. Roy's eyes darted back and forth between the two, not sure he wanted to know what Hughes was talking about.

Edward's face turned beat red from ear to ear and he began to stutter sounds, but no words were formed. Roy stood up and walked over to the boy.

"What is it Edward?"

"Do….you," Edward paused.

"Do I what?"

Edward took a deep breath and just blurted out, "Do you think I'm sexy?" He avoided Roy's gaze as he stared intently at the floor. Roy took a step back and sat on the back of the couch. Silence once again filled the room.

"Well Mustang? Things could be better." Hughes broke the silence with teasing Mustang. He's been friends with him for many years and to him it was obvious how Roy was feeling towards Ed. He was just trying to give a helping hand in moving things forward. Roy, turning almost purple, stared at Edward in silence. Edward was not only feeling extremely embarrassed, but was starting to feel hurt. He was really hoping for an answer, or at least a sarcastic one. Now, he wanted out of the situation. He wanted to go back to the room. He turned to head up the stairs as Roy's voice finally came out.

"Yes!" he shouted, watching Edward's attempt to run away come to a complete halt, frozen in his tracks. He reached out and grabbed Ed's hand, carefully turning him around to meet Roy's gaze. With Edward being on the stairs, it made him match Roy's height, and with a smirk, Roy slid his hand up Edward's arm. A chill ran down Ed's back as his colonel's gentle touch danced across his creek. Mustang's fingers weaved themselves into Edward's wavy hair before slowly pulling him into a kiss. Edward's leg felt like they were going to give out… The slow, dramatic pull towards Roy's lips was very seductive to the young man. It enhanced the passion behind it and before he knew it, Edward had wrapped his arms around Roy and was kissing him back. Secretly earning for more…

Thanks for reading! I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. I am giving away some very important warnings! In later chapters, there will be self-harm, depression, murder, character(s) death and suicide attempts. I'm not going to be giving any of those details away for the time being. But in the next few chapters, something will happen that may just break Roy Mustang. Please follow to stay up to date on my chapter releases to find out! Reviews are greatly appreciated.