26: The attempted assassination of Roy Mustang
I don't own FMA and it belongs to its rightful owners anything else belongs to AENR13. Sorry I haven't updated in a while I've been busy with school starting so once when things start calming down I'll be able to work on more chapters! Bear with me!
Meanwhile, in Himoji, we're enjoying the most we can before we have to go back to being the cold-hearted Alchemists that we're all supposed to carry out. We also found some other records and papers about to Leo's alliances throughout the years. We're using our old treehouse as a hideout so that way we're not detected. I pull down my glasses and lay down on his stomach, my eyes scan over the words. My eye starts hurting so I start massaging it to help it relax, bad thing about the Rinkai; it'll wear out your muscles in your eyes meaning that slowly over time the eyesight will start to degrade.
"Hey you okay? You've done that for a while now." He asks so I nod
"Yeah, it's just the strain of Illusion Alchemy. Anyways it doesn't matter," I return back to the file then someone's at the base of the tree. I get up then lean my head outside of the window. It's Riza and someone from my company so Riza cups her hands around her mouth and yells
"Roy! Laura! We got an emergency at Central!" That's when we climb down then Riza starts explaining as we're getting our stuff. "The Fuehrer wanted to see you Laura and we got an assignment Roy. Sorry to have to do this on your vacation week." she apologizes so I look over to the other Alchemist in my company.
"What did the Fuehrer want?" the Alchemist looks at me and replies as he starts the truck
"He says he has an assignment for you." I nod then a couple of hours later, we're back at Central.
The Fuhrer summons me along with Fletcher and Armstrong.
"Sir." We all greet in unison as we salute him. He raises his hand so we lower ours and await our orders.
"I have a mission for you; there's an uprising in Lior and I want you guys to put it down. It's about southeast from Ishbal. I'm assigning Colonel Fletcher to be in charge; then Colonel Fang 2nd in command and Major Armstrong you will aid these Colonels to the best of your abilities. Is that understood?" We all nod so we're about to be dismissed when Roy storms in.
"Sir! I request if I can come along with the Eastern Campaign. Colonel Fang and I know the terrain better than Colonel Fetcher. And I was stationed in Eastern City so I feel I'm partly at fault."
"Sorry Colonel Mustang, the Fuhrer has assigned me as Colonel over the whole campaign." Fletcher throws out so he glances over at me for support.
"Sir. I don't have any inconvenience if Colonel Mustang comes along." I state making Fletcher to glare at me.
"I don't have any inconvenience either." Armstrong adds on so Fletcher glares at us with murderous eyes.
"Alright Colonel Mustang you may join the Eastern campaign." and on that note we're dismissed. I see Leo so I play the act that I'm not investigating his mysterious background. We're supposed to leave for Lior in a week but honestly, I don't want to get involved into another war. War is such an ugly thing, when I'm sent on assassination missions, it means because I'm preventing them but being in them is something completely different. Anyways we're all preparing ourselves for the ugly face of war.
Roy's been missing for days. I know that we get different assignments despite the Fuehrer intertwining our companies together so that way I can keep an eye on him; but he at least lets Furry inform me that he's leaving. He just disappeared. And Leo's has been very quiet lately... I pass by a lake on my way back to my place when I see something bobbing in the water. I go over to the edge to check it out, then I jump in. I throw of my uniform top and start swimming as hard as I can. I reach the object and I scream out
"OHMIGOD! ROY!" I reach out for him when he slips under. I take a deep breath and plunge myself into the dark waters. I reach out for him when I scrape my nail over his medal so I swim under him, wrap my arms around his waist and push us up. I'm gasping for air as I shift his weight so that way I can swim back. He's not breathing so I throw him against the bank and slam my hands on his chest. I swear if Leo did this, there's hell to pay. Hercules runs up to me to I tell him to go get help. Hercules nods then he runs off,
"Roy damn it you can't do this to me!" I yell but he isn't responding. I hear Hercules barking, I turn around and Alex runs up to us.
"Step aside Colonel!" he pushes me out-of-the-way and picks up Roy's limp body. We run over to a general hospital then the staff rushes him into a room. I'm bawling all over Alex so I get myself under control so Alex looks at me "What is it Colonel?" I get off of him and start marching my way out. "Laura!" he calls out after me and Hercules barks
"There's something I have to do. If Roy pulls through, tell him that I went to pay Arrow Cash a visit." I reply flatly then go to back to HQ. I march down to the sleeping quarters. The door bounces off of the wall as I throw the door to Leo's room open. He runs around then I see the rotting flesh on his abdomen.
"Laura, I thought you were already home. What are you doing here?" he asks as he slips on his shirt. I enter the door slamming the door behind me.
"I know what you are Leo. You've been able to fool me this long but not anymore." I bark so he nods
"Do you really Laura?"
"You're using Human Alchemy to keep yourself alive for all these years. Once when your human vessel can't keep up, you simply freeze it and get rid of it, but it seems as if your soul can't even maintain the new bodies. So tell me one thing," I disappear and reappear behind him as I have a sword at his throat. "Why did you try killing Colonel Mustang?!" I demand making him to laugh
"Those are very strong accusations Fang. You do know what the penalty for killing another State Alchemist is right?" he asks and he vanishes. I scan the room with my eyes trying to find him when my arms are pulled behind me as he holds me in a choke hold. My sword clatter against the hardwood as I struggle to keep breathing. "The penalty is death Colonel. But you see, I was ordered to kill Mustang. I know you dragged his body out of the lake, but he's dead. I can't have the person who knows still alive right? Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead right?" he slowly tightens his hold on me, I choke then his hand slips down to the hem of my shirt. "It's such a shame I have to kill you Laura, you're quiet beautiful but it won't matter now." I scream as I feel him activating his Alchemy by setting his hand against my abdomen. The cold starts making my body go numb when he gives me a choice "Don't say anything and I won't kill you Laura..." He leans over to so I can see his face.
"I'd rather die then knowing that you killed Roy. And he's alive, his Alchemy managed to stop yours from killing him. Once when he wakes up, we'll take you down Leo." I smite through my teeth so he sighs then throws me against the floor. I start gasping for air but still, the effects of his Alchemy is still pulling me down.
"Have it your way Colonel. But unlike him, you don't have his Elemental Alchemy abilities. Even if I don't kill you now, your little internal Alchemy device won't be able to work properly. Have you ever thought of that Laura?" my eyes grow huge as I realize why he attacked me there. He handicapped me so that way I won't be able to fight him. "You underestimate me Colonel." he stands before me and hovers my sword above me, "Once when I kill Mustang, there's nothing to stop me from taking over his body." his body morphs into Roy's making me to scream. "What's wrong Laura? You don't like this?" he asks in Roy's voice. That's when I lose it, my head pounds against the hardwood and the last thing I see is Leo's black boots coming towards me.