Chapter Nine
Roy sat in his office, unable to do anything but worry. His pile of paperwork had drastically grown, but he'd been more active these past few days that in the past six months. He was spending time with the search investigation team. No leads. No motives. No suspects. Not even a single clue, just nothing.
His phone began to ring. He let it go off a few times before bothering to answer it. "Mustang." He said.
"Hi there, Colonel." A stranger's voice greeted over the other line.
"MUSTANG!" someone screamed in the background. He knew that voice, "ROY, HELP ME!" It was Ed. He was frantic, terrified, screaming as loud as he could. The colonel immediately rushed out of the room and began to trace the call. He felt a faint sense of hope hearing the teen's voice, but he didn't like how desperately he screamed.
"Who's this?" he demanded, "Tell me where you are!"
"I've seen your search team around here more than once." The man continued, "It's sad that you still can't find me. So…you wanna hear your subordinate's voice one last time?"
"WHAT!?" Ed screamed. He must have heard the 'one last time' part.
"Let me talk to him." Roy replied, struggling to keep the call going for as long as he could.
"Oh, I didn't say you could talk to him. I said you could hear his voice."
"…Exactly what do you mean by that?"
"You'll catch on sooner or later." The voice replied, and then there was a click of the phone hitting the table, the sound of footsteps crossing a wooden floor, Ed's breath quietly hitching. Roy waited, mentally screaming for the trace to hurry. The blonde began to scream, slams and slaps following.
"NO!" the teen screamed, "NO!" he cried, over and over again.
A loud slam, glass being broken, yells and screams and shouts echoed louder and louder than before. "PLEASE!" Ed helplessly screamed, "STOP IT!"
The call was traced. He got the location. "ROY!" Ed hysterically shrieked, knowing that the phone was still on, "ROY, HELP ME!"
The Colonel felt terrible hanging up on him like that, but he knew where he was being held. A large, abandoned warehouse on the edge of Central. He'd gather a team and get him immediately. This would all be over in an hour. He just hoped it was soon enough to save Ed's life.