31: Taboo

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3rd person

It's been a month completely since Leo and Laura disappeared, all the other Alchemists went to the Eastern Campaign, now the Elrics have disappeared too. So for Mustang, it's just a little bundle of hell for him. He's summoned to the Fuehrer's office so he enters closing the door behind him. The Fuehrer's looking outside of his window when he starts, "Mustang, I have a mission just for you. Tell me first though, who does your loyalty lies with? Me or your own personal friends?" Bradley asks as Mustang just stands there confused.

"With you of course Sir," he replies so then Bradley goes over to his bookcase and pulls out a thin book. He hands it over to him,

"Find me Leo Anderson and Laura Fang; I want them dead or alive. Here, it has all the known Principles of Illusion Alchemy." Mustang makes a shocked face,

"Sir, I'm not the type to object but why do you want them dead? I thought that Anderson used to help serve under you Sir?" He throws out making the Fuehrer to narrow his eyes

"So you did your own investigating I presume, well I guess it's not such a bad idea. Well if you insist, Anderson and Fang have some plans to rebel against me from what my spies have managed to dig up. Now if you manage to bring at least one of them, well more preferable Colonel Fang, I'll be able to get to the bottom of this." He gets serious with ice in his voice.

"If they did have plans to start a rebellion against you, would you execute them?" Mustang asks then the Fuehrer gets an angry expression on his face.

"That's none of your concern Mustang, don't fail me. I want at least one of them dead or alive before your to leave for the Northern Campaign. If you don't get started on it today, I'll send the Bitter Blood Alchemist (he's a ruthless killer) after them and I know he won't bring back alive." Mustang nods then salutes

"I will not let you down Sir." he leaves. Once when the door closes, the Fuehrer jerks his head summoning Fletcher to the room as he survived the Lior Campaign.

"Yes Sir?" Fletcher asks as his Auto Mail creaks,

"Follow Mustang and kill all three of them, kill her the worst way you can think of in front of them, serves them right for trying to rebel against me. Don't be spotted Fletcher." He grins then mocks him by bowing

"Of course Fuehrer King Bradley." then he leaves.

Mustang enters the hallway towards his office, he opens the door then flops down in his desk; Havoc and the others look at him,

"What happened Mustang?" Riza asks so he sighs as he steadies his voice,

"The Fuehrer ordered me to go find Laura and Leo, he wants them dead or alive. But the way how he sounded, he prefers them dead," they all nod because they know they're all in a complicated situation. That's when Havoc yells out

"Let me go with you Colonel!" they all look at him like if he's crazy. Mustang throws his hands against the table as he rises,

"I can't risk either of you coming along! This is the Illusion Alchemist and Chill Breath Alchemist we're talking about! They can easily kill you all if you try coming along! And besides," he sits back down locking his hands together, "I can't bring you along, I know how they'll react once when they all see you. The point is for me to convince them to come back without the suspicion that they're wanted by the Fuehrer himself."

"What happens if you're catch fighting them in the rain?" Riza questions trying to indirectly begging him to let her go with him. He sighs and reaches into his pocket, he throws out a lighter onto the table and a small combat knife.

"Plan B, and Plan C. I know you all want to come, I appreciate the concern but, if you hurt Colonel Fang," he glares at them with murderous intent in his black eyes (maybe that's where Laura got the 'he has no soul!' part for her song) "I won't let you live it down peacefully. Also, if I do have to kill them, at least when I'm trialed for their murders, you won't be brought down with me. Hawkeye, make sure that no one outside of us knows about this, if anyone asks tell where I am, tell them I went to Himoji. I trust you all to up hold your side of this, don't fail me you guys." He rises then leaves.

Leo and Laura are out from the hideout trying to calculate their next moves. They stand on top of a building that over looks the city,

"What now Leo? We just can't leave back to Central, I'm sure that our disappearance hasn't gone unnoticed." Laura glances over at him so he sighs.

"I know, but if we stay here, Dante will surely try hurting you again and I can't permit that. Also, well the odds are stacked against us in general; Face the furry of Dante or of the State Military, I don't like either of them." Leo starts thinking a way how to get out of the mess when there's the sound of something on the rooftop with them. They turn around and it's Mustang.

"Roy!" She smiles as they turn around. He looks at them with an angry tint to his face. He draws out his fingers and holds them as if he was going to snap.

"Come back to Central," he orders so before Laura can say anything, Leo beats her it.

"Why would we do that?!" Mustang closes his eyes and reopens them, there's a desperate shade in them.

"Laura please! If you don't come back that means I have to kill you! Don't make me carry that guilt and burden of me killing you for the rest of my life please!" He begs as his emotions are raw in his voice.

Leo replies instead, "More of a reason why we shouldn't! They want us dead and-"

Roy clenches his jaw and snaps out "I can care much less of you Anderson! If you have already died like you should have we wouldn't be caught in this mess! Now Laura, please." He pleads once more but she doesn't look at him.

"I can't," she mumbles so that's when he looses it. He grabs her by the shoulders making her to look at him,

"Please! I can't bring myself to kill you because like I told you, I love you Laura don't make me have to kill you!"

"They'll kill me though," she tries out because she's never been so afraid before,

"We can say that Leo put you under a giant Illusion or something! Surely they won't kill you for it. Please!"

Leo clenches his jaw and blurts out "Hey I'm right here!"

"Please," he gets her attention so before she can say anything, they all are on alert as there's someone else on the roof with them. Fletcher laughs as he walks his way towards them.

"You know Colonels, they say its taboo when you become intimate with another State Alchemists because of the many threats and responsibilities you're forced to carry; I never thought that there would be a thing between the Illusion and Flame Alchemist. Well that's not why I came here," they all stand on guard when Fletcher's hand zooms towards Laura, it grabs her and pulls her towards Fletcher. "Lets have some fun, lets see how many cuts on her body will it take until she dies." His fingers turn in a sharp razor blade and he slowly drags it across the side of her shoulder. She screams as she tries holding them back so he doesn't have the sadistic pleasure of her in agony.

"Well Leo, Roy, aren't you going to do something? Don't you both love her? Or how many more cuts will it take until you'll react?!" He demands as he drags down the blade from her shoulder down her arm. She screams as her uniform sleeve and skin are being sliced on her. Leo glances over at Roy

"Are you willing to put our differences aside for this?" He nods

"Let's get him." They're about to attack when Fletcher grins

"Allow us to play some tag then. You're it." Then he vanishes with Laura. They have no choice but to follow after them.